Exodus 29 · Verse 31

Exodus 29:31

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Exodus 29:31, King James Version

Exodus 29:31 in other translations

BSBYou are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
WEB“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place.
ASVAnd thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.
YLT‘And the ram of the consecration thou dost take, and hast boiled its flesh in the holy place;
DARBYAnd thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.
BBEThen take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.
WebsterAnd thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

What does Exodus 29:31 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 29:1-37

The continual burnt-offerings, God's promise to dwell among Israel. (38-46) Verses 1-37 Aaron and his sons were to be set apart for the priest's office, with ceremony and solemnity. Our Lord Jesus is the great High Priest of our profession, called of God to be so; anointed with the Spirit, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood; made perfect, or…

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Exodus 29:31 in the original Hebrew

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וְאֵ֛תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
אֵ֥יל'eil[the] ram ofH352
הַמִּלֻּאִ֖יםha.mi.lu.'Im<the> installation offering<s>H4394
תִּקָּ֑חti.Kachyou will takeH3947
וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥u.vi.shal.Taand you will boilH1310
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּשָׂר֖וֹbe.sa.Romeat itsH1320
בְּמָקֹ֥םbe.ma.Komin a placeH4725
קָדֹֽשׁ\׃ka.DoshholyH6918

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 29:31

  • Leviticus 8:31

    And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

  • Ezekiel 46:20-24

    Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. …

  • 1 Samuel 2:13

    And the priests’ custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;

  • 1 Samuel 2:15

    Also before they burnt the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

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the ram.
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seethe his flesh.
Le 8:31; 1Sa 2:13,15; Eze 46:20-24

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Context

  • Exodus 29:30

    And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place.

  • Exodus 29:31

    And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

  • Exodus 29:32

    And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Exodus 29:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomarás el carnero de las consagraciones, y cocerás su carne en el lugar del santuario.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu prendras le bélier de consécration, et tu feras cuire sa chair dans un lieu saint;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und den Einweihungswidder sollst du nehmen und sein Fleisch an heiligem Orte kochen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Arietem autem consecrationis tolles, et coques carnes ejus in loco sancto: