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“The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.”
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Over them. The sons of Caath, to whose care the more sacred things were entrusted; or Hebrew “over the oil,” and so forth—Sacrifice of flour, wine, and so forth These always accompanied the morning and evening holocaust. It hence appears that this law was already in force, and probably all such precepts were observed as were not incompatible with the wandering state of the Hebrews. Calmet.
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