Leviticus 8:12

"He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them."

Key Reflection

This action of sprinkling and anointing symbolized the consecration and purification of the altar and its utensils, ensuring they were set apart for holy use in God's service, reflecting the need for all aspects of worship to be sanctified by divine presence and authority.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

As investing the priest with official garments was a recognition before men of the official position of the person (seeExodus 28:3note), so the anointing him with oil was an acknowledgment that all fitness for his office, all the powers with which he would rightly fulfill its duties, must come from the Lord. So, again, with the sanctification of the holy things. Each of them was intended by divine wisdom to convey a spiritual meaning to the mind of man. They were means of grace to the devout worshipper. The oil poured upon them was a recognition of this fact, and at the same time it made them holy and set them apart from all profane and ordinary uses.

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