Leviticus 8:30
וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה מִשֶּׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה וּמִן־הַדָּם אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיַּז עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן עַל־בְּגָדָיו וְעַל־בָּנָיו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּוֹ וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וְאֶת־בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵי בָנָיו אִתּֽוֹ׃
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וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֜ה מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן הַמִּשְׁחָ֗ה וּמִן־הַדָּם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ֒ וַיַּ֤ז עַֽל־אַהֲרֹן֙ עַל־בְּגָדָ֔יו וְעַל־בָּנָ֛יו וְעַל־בִּגְדֵ֥י בָנָ֖יו אִתּ֑וֹ וַיְקַדֵּ֤שׁ אֶֽת־אַהֲרֹן֙ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו וְאֶת־בָּנָ֛יו וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵ֥י בָנָ֖יו אִתּֽוֹ׃
καὶ ἔλαβεν Μωσῆς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλαίου τῆς χρίσεως καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ προσέρανεν ἐπὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ τὰς στολὰς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς στολὰς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετ’ αὐτοῦ.
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
Assumensque unguentum, et sanguinem qui erat in altari, aspersit super Aaron et vestimenta ejus, et super filios illius ac vestes eorum.
Luego Moisés tomó un poco del aceite de la unción y de la sangre que estaba en el altar, y roció a Aarón y su ropa, y también a sus hijos y la ropa de sus hijos. Así consagró a Aarón y su ropa, y a sus hijos y su ropa.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Luego tomó Moisés del aceite de la unción, y de la sangre que estaba sobre el altar, y roció sobre Aarón, y sobre sus vestiduras, sobre sus hijos, y sobre las vestiduras de sus hijos con él; y santificó á Aarón, y sus vestiduras, y á sus hijos, y las vestiduras de sus hijos con él.
Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
✦ What the text says
Summary
Moses takes anointing oil mixed with blood from the altar and sprinkles it on Aaron, his garments, and his sons and their garments. This action is described as the means by which Moses "set apart as holy" (qadesh) Aaron and his sons along with their garments.
Key words
- va-yiqqach (from "he took", H3947G) — qal narrative verb, third masculine singular, marking the first sequential action of the verse.
- mishchah ("anointing", H4888A) — feminine singular noun in construct with shemen ("oil"), forming the phrase "oil of anointing."
- va-yaz ("he spattered", H5137A) — hiphil (causative) narrative verb, indicating Moses causes the oil-blood mixture to scatter onto the persons and garments named.
- va-yqaddesh ("he set apart as holy", H6942G) — piel (intensive) narrative verb, the culminating action of the verse, applied via the direct object marker 'et (H0853) to Aaron, his garments, his sons, and their garments.
- bigdei / begadav ("garments of / his garments", H0899B) — masculine plural noun in construct form, repeated four times to specify exactly which garments receive the sprinkled substance and the resulting consecration.
What the text says
The verse divides into two main clauses joined by the narrative vav-consecutive chain typical of Hebrew narrative sequence: first va-yiqqach ("and he took"), then va-yaz ("and he spattered"), then va-yqaddesh ("and he set apart as holy"). This chain presents the actions as a single continuous sequence of events rather than isolated statements.
The object of the first action is doubled: mi-shemen ha-mishchah ("some of the oil of the anointing", H8081+H4888A) and min-ha-dam ("some of the blood", H1818), both taken with the partitive preposition min ("some of", H9006/H4480A), indicating a portion rather than the whole quantity was used. The blood is further specified by the relative clause 'asher 'al-ha-mizbeach ("which was on the altar", H0834A + H5921A + H4196), anchoring its source to the altar mentioned earlier in the chapter's ritual sequence.
The second clause, using the hiphil verb va-yaz ("he spattered", H5137A), lists four recipients joined by repeated 'al ("on", H5921A): Aaron, "his garments" (begadav), "his sons" (banav), and "the garments of his sons" (bigdei banav), each governed by the same preposition, giving a parallel structure that treats persons and garments as equally receiving the sprinkled substance.
The final clause repeats this same four-part list, but each element is now marked by the direct object marker 'et (H0853) rather than the preposition 'al, and governed by the single piel verb va-yqaddesh ("he set apart as holy", H6942G). The shift from prepositional phrases (marking the target of sprinkling) to direct objects (marking what is made holy) links the physical action of sprinkling to the resulting state of consecration for the same four entities: Aaron, his garments, his sons, and their garments.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.