The Meaning of Exodus 29:2 Explained

Exodus 29:2

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

YLT: and bread unleavened, and cakes unleavened anointed with oil, of fine wheaten flour thou dost make them,

Darby: and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

ASV: and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Exodus 29:2 Mean?

Study Notes

cakes
See Scofield " Leviticus 2:1 ".
shewbread
Showbread, type of Christ, the Bread of God, nourisher of the Christian's life as a believer-priest 1 Peter 2:9 ; Revelation 1:6 . In John 6:33-58 our Lord has more in mind the manna, that food which "came down"; but all typical meanings of "bread" are there gathered into His words. The manna is the life-giving Christ; the showbread, the life-sustaining Christ. The showbread typifies Christ as the "corn of wheat" John 12:24 ground in the mill of suffering John 12:27 and brought into the fire of judgment John 12:31-33 . We, as priests, by faith feed upon Him as having undergone that in our stead and for our sakes. It is meditation upon Christ, as in Hebrews 12:2 ; Hebrews 12:3 .

Context Summary

Exodus 29:1-18 - The Priests Prepared For Consecration
The consecration of the priests was an elaborate and impressive ceremony. Notice how Aaron and his sons are classed together, as though to remind us that Jesus and we stand together forever-more. He is the faithful High Priest, but we also have been made priests unto God. First came the washing with water, intimating the necessity for personal purity. See Hebrews 10:22. Then the donning of official robes; for God's priests must be arrayed in the beauty of holiness. See Psalms 110:3.
The anointing oil is the emblem of the Holy Spirit. See Psalms 132:1-18 and 1 John 2:27. It is not enough to have the Holy Spirit in us for character; His anointing must be on us for service. The slain bullock, as sin offering, reminds us of the contrast between our Lord and us. He knew no sin; we require the propitiation for sin. The burned-offering reminds us of Romans 12:1-2. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 29

1  The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and the altar
38  The continual burnt offerings
45  God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel

What do the individual words in Exodus 29:2 mean?

and bread unleavened and cakes unleavened mixed with oil and wafers unleavened anointed with oil flour of wheat you shall make them
וְלֶ֣חֶם מַצּ֗וֹת וְחַלֹּ֤ת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֣ים בַּשָּׁ֑מֶן סֹ֥לֶת חִטִּ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָֽם

וְלֶ֣חֶם  and  bread 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
מַצּ֗וֹת  unleavened 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
וְחַלֹּ֤ת  and  cakes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural
Root: חַלָּה  
Sense: cake, cake (if pierced) (probably perforated).
מַצֹּת֙  unleavened 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
בְּלוּלֹ֣ת  mixed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine plural
Root: בָּלַל 
Sense: to mix, mingle, confuse, confound.
בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן  with  oil 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
וּרְקִיקֵ֥י  and  wafers 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רָקִיק  
Sense: thin cake, wafer.
מַצּ֖וֹת  unleavened 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַצָּה  
Sense: unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.
מְשֻׁחִ֣ים  anointed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine plural
Root: מָשַׁח  
Sense: to smear, anoint, spread a liquid.
בַּשָּׁ֑מֶן  with  oil 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁמֶן  
Sense: fat, oil.
סֹ֥לֶת  flour 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: סׄלֶת  
Sense: fine flour.
חִטִּ֖ים  of  wheat 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: חִטָּה  
Sense: wheat.
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה  you  shall  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.