Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary Verse 2. Unleavened bread] Three kinds of bread as to its form are mentioned here, but all unleavened: 1. twxm matstsoth, unleavened bread, no matter in what shape. See chap. xii. 8. 2. tlj challoth, cakes, pricked or perforated, as the root implies. 3. yqyqr rekikey, an exceeding thin cake, from qr rak, to be attenuated, properly enough translated wafer.
The manner in which these were prepared is sufficiently plain from the text, and probably these were the principal forms in which flour was prepared for household use during their stay in the wilderness. These were all waved before the Lord, Exodus xxix. 24, as an acknowledgment that the bread that sustains the body, as well as the mercy which saves the soul, comes from God alone.
Matthew Henry Commentary
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 ou 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 consecrated throug sufferings, Heb 2:10. All believers are spiritual priests, to offe spiritual sacrifices, 1Pe 2:5, washed in the blood of Christ, and s made to our God priests, Re 1:5, 6. They also are clothed with the beauty of holiness, and have received the anointing, 1Jo 2:27. The Spirit of God is called the finger of God, (Lu 11:20, compared with M 12:28,) and by him the merit of Christ is applied to our souls. Thi consecration signifies the admission of a sinner into the spiritual priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God throug Jesus Christ.
Original Hebrew ולחם3899 מצות4682 וחלת2471 מצת4682 בלולת1101 בשׁמן8081 ורקיקי7550 מצות4682 משׁחים4886 בשׁמן8081 סלת5560 חטים2406 תעשׂה6213 אתם׃853
