The KJV Holy Bible

 

Exodus Chapter Twenty Nine

 

1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

4 And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

5 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:

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

9 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.

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.

15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

19 And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

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.

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

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.

33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

 

 

Esoteric Interpretation & Commentary

 

The Hermetic Blueprint of Exodus: The Rite of Consecration and the Surrender of the Animal Nature

"Exodus Chapter Twenty-Nine details the rigorous, complex ritual required to officially consecrate the priesthood. Having constructed the Tabernacle and woven the holy garments, the Adept must now permanently install the Illuminated Rational Intellect (Aaron) and its Subordinate Thoughts (his Sons) as the sole administrators of the Internal Temple. This chapter is deeply rooted in the imagery of animal sacrifice, which in Hermeticism and Theosophy has Absolutely Nothing To Do with the Literal Shedding of Physical Blood. Instead, it represents the Supreme Psychological requirement of the Great Work: the Systematic, Conscious Slaughter and Transmutation of the Adept's Own Internal animal passions, stubborn earthly drives, and base biological instincts to feed the Eternal Flame of the Spirit."

 

 

Verses 1-7: The Ablution and the Anointing of the Crown - "And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office... And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water... Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him." 

Before the Intellect can assume its Divine office, it must be brought to the "door"—the threshold between the profane outer world and the Sacred Inner Space. The washing with water represents the Absolute Purification of the Emotional and Astral body; the Mind must be Entirely Cleansed of earthly attachments. Following this, the anointing oil is poured directly upon the head. Oil is the Esoteric Symbol of Divine Grace, Prana, and the Supreme distillation of Spiritual Wisdom. Pouring it on the head signifies the opening and sealing of the Crown Chakra, ensuring the Intellect is thoroughly saturated with the High, Subtle Frequencies of the Universal Mind before it begins its Internal labor.

 

 

Verses 10-14: The Bullock and the Expulsion of the Heavy Earth - "And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock... But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering." 

The bullock represents the heaviest, most stubborn, and deeply entrenched earthly aspects of the human ego—the dense, gravitational pull of the material matrix. By placing their hands upon its head, the Intellectual Faculties Consciously identify with and take Absolute responsibility for this lower animal nature. The "death" of the bullock is the Psychological Cessation of these heavy earthly drives. Crucially, the flesh, skin, and dung (the toxic, unredeemed Karmic waste of the ego) are not offered on the holy altar. They are carried "without the camp" and burned. The Adept must violently and permanently expel the lowest, most toxic Psychoses and attachments completely outside the perimeter of their Consciousness; they cannot be allowed to rot within the Psyche.

 

 

Verses 19-21: The Ram of Consecration and the Sealing of the Faculties - "And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot..." 

The Ram symbolizes Active, Fiery, Masculine Mental Energy (Aries, the head). While the bullock was the heavy physical nature, the Ram is the aggressive Intellectual Drive. Once this Energy is Transmuted (killed), its Vital Essence (blood) is used to seal Three specific points on the right (active/projective) side of the priest's body.

 

The Right Ear: The faculty of Perception and Understanding is sealed. The Adept will only hear and respond to the Voice of the Higher Self, becoming deaf to the chaotic noise of the profane world.

 

The Right Thumb: The faculty of action and execution is sealed. Every Deed and Conscious Effort is now Strictly Dedicated to the Great Work.

 

The Right Great Toe: The faculty of grounding and foundation is sealed. The Earthly Walk of the Adept is Perfectly Stabilized, ensuring they tread only upon the path of Universal Law.

 

 

Verses 22-24: The Wave Offering and the Generation of Kinetic Spirit - "Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump... and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread... And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord." 

The fat represents the stored, potential Energy of the Mind, and the unleavened breads represent the Pure, Uninflated Fruits of meditation. Rather than immediately burning them, they are placed in the hands of the Intellect and "waved." In Spiritual Physics, a wave represents Vibration, Rhythm, and the generation of kinetic Energy. The Adept does not simply hold static Spiritual Knowledge; they must Actively Vibrate it, Rhythmically moving their Spiritualized Thoughts and Vital Forces in Harmony with the Cosmos before surrendering that Energy to the Divine Source.

 

 

Verses 38-42: The Continual Burnt Offering and the Rhythm of Eternity - "Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even... This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee." 

This is the Ultimate Hermetic law of Rhythm and daily Spiritual maintenance. The Consecration of the Mind is not a single, historical event; it is an Eternal, Rhythmic Cycle. The Lamb in the morning (the Dawn of Waking Consciousness) and the Lamb in the evening (the Descent into the Subconscious/Sleep) represent the unbroken, daily sacrifice of the Adept’s Pure, Innocent Spiritual Focus. Only by maintaining this Continuous, Rhythmic meditation "day by day continually" does the Adept keep the door of the Tabernacle open, Ensuring the Divine Spirit has a Permanent, Reliable Space to Meet and Commune with the human Soul.