Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 32:29

29 For Moses had said, Consecrate your selves to day to the LORD , even every man upon his son, and upon his brother, that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

Offer up your selves to the honour and service of the Lord in this work, which because it was joyned with the hazard of their lives he calls it a consecration or oblation of themselves, as Abraham for the like reason is said to have offered up Isaac. Heb. [illegible: 1+ letters]ill your hands, &c. i. e. offer a sacrifice, for so that phrase is ost used, as Exod. 28. 41. Iudg. 17. 5, 12. That work of justice which they were going to execute might seem an inhumane and barbarous act, but he tells them it was an acceptable Sacrifice to God, as the destruction of Gods enemies is called a sacrifice, [illegible: 1 word]. 34. 6. Ezek. 39. 17. Or he hereby intimates, that this Tribe was designed by God for his immediate service, and therefore recommends this work to them as an excellent initiation into their office, and as a demonstration that they were in some sort worthy of that great trust.

Marginal references: Or, and Moses said, consecrate your selves to day to the LORD, because every man hath been against his son. and against his brother, &c.; Heb. fill your hands.