King James Version
Exodus 29:7 in the King James Version says “Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.”
Exodus 29:7 · KJV
And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:
And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. put: Heb. bind consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“and pour”
H3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“it upon his head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“and anoint”
H4886to rub with oil, i.e., to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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