Job 42:8

“Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks, and seven rams, etc.] Creatures used in sacrifice before the giving of the Levitical law, (<010404>Genesis 4:4 8:20 15:9); and the same number of the same creatures were offered by Balaam in the country of Moab, not far from where Job lived, nor at any great distance of time from his age, (<042301>Numbers 23:1,2); and among the Gentiles in later times f1599. And these were typical of Christ, being strong creatures, especially the bullocks, and which were used for labour; and the number seven may point at the perfection of Christ’s sacrifice; to which these men were directed in their sacrifices to look for the complete atonement of their sins: now…”

“seven--(See Introduction). The number offered by the Gentile prophet (Num 23:1). Job plainly lived before the legal priesthood, &c. The patriarchs acted as priests for their families; and sometimes as praying mediators (Gen 20:17), thus foreshadowing the true Mediator (Ti1 2:5), but sacrifice accompanies and is the groundwork on which the mediation rests. him--rather, "His person [face] only" (see on Job 22:30). The "person," must be first accepted, before God can accept his offering and work (Gen 4:4); that can be only through Jesus Christ. folly--impiety (Job 1:22; Job 2:10).”

“Therefore take unto you - Or, FOR yourselves. Seven bullocks and seven rams - The number “seven” was a common number in offering animals for sacrifice; see Leviticus 23:18; Numbers 29:32. It was not a number, however, confined at all to Jewish sacrifices, for we find that Balaam gave the direction to Balak, king of Moab, to prepare just this number for sacrifice. “And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams;” Numbers 23:1, Numbers 23:29. The number “seven” was early regarded as a perfect number, and it was probably with reference to this that that number of victims was selected, with an intention of offering a sacrifice that would be…”

“My servant - Whom though you condemned as an hypocrite, I own for my faithful servant. Offer - By the hand of Job, whom I hereby constitute your priest to pray and sacrifice for you. Lest I deal - Lest my just judgment take hold of you for your false and foolish speeches. Job 42:9”

“42:8-9 The Lord made Job the mediator that Job had hoped to find for himself (9:33; 16:19-21; 19:25) and that Elihu desired to be (32:1–37:24). • go to my servant Job: God wanted Job’s friends to be reconciled with Job before they presented their offerings (Matt 5:23-24). • My servant Job will pray for you; he had also prayed for his children (1:5; cp. Jas 5:16; 1 Jn 5:16). • When the Lord accepted Job’s prayer, it ironically fulfilled Eliphaz’s promise (Job 22:26-30).”

“Therefore: From this it appears that Job was considered as a priest, not only to his own family, but also to others. For his children he offered burnt offerings ( Job 1:5), and now he is to make the same kind of offerings, accompanied with intercession, in behalf of his three friends. This is a full proof of the innocence and integrity of Job. seven bullocks: Num 23:1, Num 23:14, Num 23:29; Ch1 15:26; Ch2 29:21; Eze 45:23; Heb 10:4, Heb 10:10-14 go: Mat 5:23, Mat 5:24 offer: Job 1:5; Exo 18:12 my servant Job shall: Gen 20:17; Isa 60:14; Jer 14:11, Jer 15:1; Eze 14:14; Heb 7:25; Jam 5:14; Jo1 5:6; Rev 3:9 him: Heb. his face, or person, Job 42:9; Sa1 25:35; Mal 1:8, Mal 1:9; Mat 3:17; Eph 1:6…”

“8 And now take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer an offering for yourselves, and Job My servant shall pray for you; only his person will I accept, that I recompense not unto you your folly: for ye have not spoken what is correct in reference to Me, as My servant Job. Schlottm., like Ew., translates נכונה what is sincere, and understands it of Job's inward truthfulness, in opposition to the words of the friends contrary to their better knowledge and conscience. But nkwn has not this signification anywhere: it signifies either directum = rectum or erectum = stabile, but not sincerum. However, objective truth and subjective truthfulness are here…”