PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Pulpit Commentary — Leviticus
Frederick Meyrick [1827-1906] · 410,653 words · 472 reading sections
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eary conviction and punishment of crime. When solemnly summoned to state what we know, and especially when an oath of the Lord is upon us, we are not free to keep back evidence, but are bound to disclose it. 3, It may be our duty to the offender himself. For it is better for him that he should bear the penalty due t…
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keeping the promise in remembrance; by natural, or (if necessary) by artificial means. We may infer- IV. 'l'HAT IF SPECIAL RESPONBIBil.ITY ATTACHES TO A PROMISE WITH WlilOH GoD'B NAME IS ASSOCIATED, so DOES IT TO ONE IN CONNECTION WITH me OAUSE. If we cannot vow, before him, to do any humblest thing without incurring …
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THE TRESPASS OFFERING (eh. v. 14---19, vi. man to offer either a ain offering or a tres- 1-7). The new heading with which ver. pass offering, or both : the sin offering would 14· begins indicates that it is here and not tee.oh the need of, and would symbolically at ver. 1 that the section on trespass offer- effect, exp…
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HOMILIES BY V.ARIOUS AUTHORS. Restitution 118 inculcated in the trespass offering. Ch. v. 14-vi. i; comp. Phil. iv. 8, 9 ; Luke xix. 8 ; Matt. v. 23, 24. 'l'he trespass offering, in emphasizing the idea of restitution, is needful to complete the list of sacrifices. Without the just dealing this sacrifice demands, the …
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Vers. 14-lG.-Trespass ame,nded. L To WITBHOLD FROM Go» ms DUES IS SINFUL. The rigour of Leviticus may well sharpen that perception of sin which is so apt to become dim. God is wealthy, and yet will not submit tamely to robbery. Minute instructions were given concerning the offering of tithes, etc., for the use of his s…
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The tree.sure& of the temple of whatever kind were also holy things. (2) To withhold any of these dues, or to profane by eating that which belonged to the priests, was a sacrilege, and, if wittingly done, exposed the criminal to death (see Lev. xxii. 14-16; comp. ver. 9). 2. This was the crime of Achan. (1) Joshua's ad…
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the Lord" (ver. 15). The Israelites were under many injunctions ; they probably received professional instruction from the Levites, as well as religious teachin" e.t home (Deut. vi. 7). But they might be betrayed into ignorance or fall into forgetfulness and they might come short of their duty (1) in the offerings they…
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EXPOSITION. trespass against the Lord, and falsely deny to CHAPTER VI. his neighbour something that was delivered TH• TRESPASS Oll'FEBING-continued (vers. to him to keep, or eomething that he had 1-7). The next seven verses, which in reoeived in pawn, or eomething that he had taken away by violenoe, or hath got som…
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Achan, who :robbed God (Josh. vii. 21). There is thus the evil co-operation of the senses and faculties, sin in inward thought and outward act. The temporary gratifica- tion of the flesh is preferred to the durable contentment of the spirit; self is brought into hideous prominence, e.s if it could never be coincident w…
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2. In matters of vwl,ence. Such as (1) "A thing taken away by violence,n A horrible example is furnished in the case of the vineyard of Na.both (1 Kings w.16, 16). (2) Any kind of oppression. Exactions under pressure of necessity. Exactions under threats. Withholding adequate remuneration for service (see Jas. ii 6;…
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(oppression),-" a thing taken away by violence" (ver. 2). 4. Fraud in trading,-" hath deceived his neighbour" (ver. 2). 5. Illegal retention of something accidently acquired, -" have found that which was lost," etc. (ver. 3). III. TBAT DISHONESTY IN ANY FORM IS A BEBIOUB BIN A0AIN8T Gon, a& well as a wrong done to ou…
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EXPOSITION. The following section (eh. vi. 8-vii. SS) ing on the altar symbolized the unceasing is a supplement to eh. i-vi. 7,conta.ining the worship of God by Israel, and the gracious regulations addressed to the priests relating acceptance of Israel by God. The ever- to the ri tue.l of the several se.cri.fices.V…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 8-30.-The priesti ritual. Hitherto the command had been, "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them" (eh. i. 2; iv. 2); Command Aaron and his sons;" the reason being that the injunctions which follow are sp,,cially addressed to the future priesthood. I. PRECISION OF THE POSITIVE RULES A…
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l. THE FIRE OF THE BURNT OFFERING WAS TO BE CAREFULLY PRESERVED, 80 THAT rr SHOULD NEVER GO OUT. This necessitated a regular remove.I of the ashes to the clean place selected for their reception without the camp. These ashes represented what would not e.sccnd in the fire, and were a fitting symbol of the dross and co…
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and we must give all honour to the atoning sacrifice of Jesus. In such circumstances we shall retain, in large and abiding measure, the Holy Spirit within us.-R. M. E. Ver. 13.-The ever-burning fire. The special directions for the benefit of the priests are fittingly separated from the instructions common to all the p…
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Christ, having dedicated himself to the Father, could declare "I sanctify myself." It is no light matter for a man to take upon himself allegiance to a holy God to "vow to be his, yea, his alone." God himself must sanctify us wholly, that body' soul and Rpirit may be preser_ve~ blameles~. ~ome article of furniture t…
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was laid on the wood of the cross, when the fil'8S of God's wrath entered into his very soul The fat of the peace offerings was placed on the burnt offering. So the fire was maintained (see Isa. x.xxi. 9). The fire was kept ever burning, to show that God's wrath could never be quenched until the blood of Christ shou…
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wa.s a type of "heaven itself" (Heb. ix. 24). It is explained to be the "court of the t.&berna.cle of the congrega.tion," which was a figure of the Church in its earthly aspect-the kingdom of hea.ven upon earth. Those who elect to worship God outside his Church, are not following out his instructions. (4) The males …
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with destruction any who dared to set him at defiance (Ps. xcvii. 2, 3; lxxxix. 14). 3. The reason: "It is most holy" (ver. 25). What? (1) Not the sin laid on the sacrifice. Bin seen in the sacrifice is exceeding sinful. That which could cause the Son of God his agonies is horrible and abominable in the extreme. (2) N…
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does not contain one act of drudgery; it is all upon the high level of holy, happy, elevating service. III. 'l'HAT THERE MUST BB OONBTANCY IN OUR CONSECRATION TO Goo. II The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall nevor go out" (ver. 13). As soon as the victim was slain and his shed blood was sprinkled on …
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II, FROM THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE LIFE AND DEATH OF MJ:N, Poverty, shame, sorrow, tears, the grave,-are not these other than they were, sacred things, since he "had not where to lay his head;" since the crown of thorns rested on that sacred head; since the Man of sorrows bore his bnrden • since "Jes…
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Priestcraft is no ar.g:nment against a special ministry in the Church. All mUBt help to maintain the fire, but some must take the command as addressed to them in a special manner. 'l'hey must separate themselves to the work, both by appropriate manner of life and recognition of special duties. Religion is not only in t…
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EXPOSITION. such offering should be presented it B certain CHAPTER vn condition were fulfilled. Voluntary offer- CONTINUATION OP THE SUPPLEMENTAL ings differ from votive offerings by not BEOULATIONS ADDRESSED TO THE PRIESTS, having been previously vowed, and from BEBPEOTING THE BITUAL OP THE SAOBIFIOES. thank offer…
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HOMILETICS. Ver. lit-Leavened bread was not to be offered on the altar, for a reason before assigned; but, though not offered on the altar? it may_Yet be consecrated to God, not by burning, but by heaving. Thus there are lives which can~ot be wholly devoted to God and his active service and yet can be consecrated to h…
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says the apostle, "to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake" (1 Thess. v. 12, 13). If ministers are rightly regarded, the people will feel it to be their duty, as Israel was instructed to do, to give them the best s…
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not to delay observance of hie precepts until their design is fully manifest. That servant is slothful who refuses to work by candle-light, and waits for the brightnees of the sun. IlL p ARTIAL DISOBEDIENCE NEUTRALIZES THB EFFECT OJ' A BBLIGIOUS OBBERV ANCE, AND MAY APPEAR MORE OFFENSIVE THAN TOTAL NEGLECT OF THE DIVI…
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How ennobli11g the thought of being sharers with God and his servants I We all partake of the same food, and are made " one bread and one body " (1 Cor. x. 17). '!'here is a better sauce than hunger! It consists in previous dedication to God. Selfish ex- clusion of the rights of God diminishes the intensity and narr…
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the omentum, or caul, the fat of the mesenlery and that about the kidneys, with tho rump or tail of the sheep. This last was in the East so enormous that it had in some caseu to be supported by a little cart fastened behind the animal (see Ludolrs 'History of ~thi?p!a.' p. 53). 3. They had the privile[!e of claiming th…
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11 give thanks" can " rejoice evermore" (1 Thess. v. 16-~18). (3) It was shared by the priest in his own community (see Numb. xviii. 8, 11, 18, 19). Shared domestically. Shared religiously. The stranger had no part nor lot in the matter.-J. A. M. Vers. 16-27.-The sanctity of the service of God. The peace offering m…
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universe.I. Blood, viz. of every description of a.nimal, is forbidden. The Jews properly expound this la.w a.a forbidding the blood of the life as distingnished from the gravy. And the reason given for the prohibition is that the life maketh atonement for the life. OW' life, which is redeemed by the life of Jesus sacri…
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Vers. 1-10.-Emphatic truths or things God lays stress upon. The great particularity and the occasional repetition shown in these ordinances point to the truth that God desired his people to attach very great weight to them. His servants were to under- stand that he laid great stress upon- • I. THE WAY IN WHICH HE W…
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then moving them in a. horizontal direction for the wavfng and in a vertical one for the heaving . , , the wa.ving was peculiarly connected with the breast, which is thence called the wa.ve brea.st (ver. 34), and the heaving with the shoulder, for this rea.son called the hea.ve shoulder" (ver. 34). The main truth to wh…
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generous impulses may mc-ve us. The mind which is constitutionally legal should cultivate the spontaneous in worship and benefaction; the impulsive must remember that there are statutes as well as suggestions in the Word of God. III. THAT THERE MAY BE NOT ONLY FUTILITY BUT EVEN GUILT in connection with sacred service…
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offered to God should be allowed to become unsound. No danger was to be incurred in the way of putrefaction. .Another statute in defence of purity in worship I In the service of the Holy One of Israel we must be pure in thought, in word, in act. He is "of purer eyes than to behold evil," etc. (Ha.b. i. 13), and ca.n…
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Vers. 22-21.-Instruction, for the p«1ple on tluJ fat and on the blood. The pro- hibition of fat was to secure the rights of Jehovah from invMion. The fat was a gift sanctified to God. The prohibition of the blood was to keep up the idea of atonement, the blood being regarded as the soul of the animal which God had appo…
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is, a linen sash for tying the tunic round Its purpose and its meaning in the eyes or the body, with variegated ends hanging the people would have been twofold : first, on each side to the ankles; thirdly, the 11.rter the manner of the king's crown and tobe, thnt is, a blue V08ture, woven of one the judge's robe, it…
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:u:viil. 4 I, and still more imperatively in Vere. 22-29.-The ra.m offered o.s a. peace Exod. xl. 15. They are spokon or as offering is ea.lied the ram of consecration, or " anointed" in eh. vii. 36, and as having literally, of filling, because one of the means •• the anointing oil or the Lord upon them" by which the c…
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HOMILETICS. Vel"I. 1-36.-Priuthood, which had existed fl'Om the beginning of the world is now for the first time made the exclusive and hereditary function of one family so' far as the Israelitish nation is concerned. I. A.a.BON AND ms SONS ARE APPOINTED, NOT BY THE NATION BUT BY GOD. In Exod. x?tvili. 1, we read,…
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themselves. 2. It consisted in bestowing benedictions (see Numb. vi. 23-27, "Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel. ... And they shall put my Name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them"). 3. It consisted in mediating between God and man, as in the re…
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of desiring to equalize themselves with the family of Aaron, on the plea that the latter "took too much upon th~m, seeing that all the congregation were holy, every one of them" (Numb. xvi. 8), disproves the right of all the congregation to exeroise priestly function, however much they might be, in a sense, a nation…
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they were emphasized by a sevenfold repetition; for seven days the procellS was to be repeated, at the end of which time .Aaron and bis sons were regarded as duly set apart for their work. Let us, then, compare the consecration of the high priests with the consecration of the immortal High Priest, Jesus Christ; and,…
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especially in the arrangement about the Urim and Thummim. The beautiful garments and this mysterious portion which lay upon tho high priest's bosom were to convey certain ideas about the office, and to secure in him the oracular man (cf. Ewald's • Antiquities of Israel,' pp. 288-98). Now, in the baptism of Christ, as…
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of his people. Why, then, turn away and refuse to enjoy this best of privileges? He waits to intercede on our behalf. It is no idle ceremony that the Word of God records, but one having to do wHh our daily sins, fears, trials, troubles, joys, and blessings. 'l'he titles and qualifications of Jesus Christ are of vita…
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racts ls requisite. The putting on of garments represented the bestowment upon Aaron of the qualities essential to the proper discharge of l:ls dutieR, This was the apparel respecting which the Lord said unto Moses, "Thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty." Looking at the high …
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MAKE. 1. The sin offering. Priesthood commences by self-a1megatwn, the confession of sin and renunciation of personal merit. By this offering the altar is sanctified (ver. 15), on which afterwards all other gifts will in due course be laid. Until the Saviour has been recognized as made a curse for us, there is no fo…
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closely followed. (2) Now the time has come for carr)ing the directions of Deity into fuller ac<'.omplishment. The tabernacle has been finished aud occupied by the presence of God; the laws have been published; and the next thing in order is the consecration of the priests to serve the tabernacle. The Lord is a God …
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expression for purity (see Eph. vl. 14). (3) The coat was an inner garment, and bound close to the body with the girdle, to su!(gest that pwity and truth should be found "in the inner parts" (Ps. Ii. 6; Jer. xxxi. 33; Rom. ii. 29). 2. There were al,so breeches. (1) These are not mentioned here, but they are described i…
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Vers. 10--12.-Levitical anointings. The subjects of these anointings as brought under our notice in the text, are, generally, "the tabernacle and all that ;as therein." From amongs~ these included things we have _afterwards particularly specified, "the altm and all his vessels," and "the laver and his foot." The anoi…
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eanctiry it," or separate it to God. It was separated to him for the purposes of the ceremonial service. It was also separated, to represent the ")aver of regeneration" under the gospel, or the "renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus iii. 5). Those who are spiritually baptized into Christ are anointed with the gifts and gr…
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with Jesus (see Heb. vii. 26-28). 2. The altar was purt'fied with the blood (vers. 15, 19). (1) The earth, as the altar upon which the ~reat Antitype was offered, is purified l>y his blood. (a) As respects its inhabitants. (b) As respects itself. The inheritance of man is also redeemed by Christ from the curse of sin.…
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presence of God in bis taber.nncle. ~o the spirit~al priesthood have access to God in heaven. We must be anomted with the unct10n of the Holy One, and sprinkled with the blood of Ghrist, that we may enter into that most holy place (Heh. L 19-22 • 1 John ii. 20, 27). • III. THAT IT FILLED THE HANDS 01" AARON Alm HIS…
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help we gain from the remembrance that we have confessed Christ our Lord, and pledged ourselves to do his work before "all the congregation," "before many witnesses."-C. Vers. 6-9, 14.-The human and Divine pri'esthood-contrast. The setting apart of Aaron for his life-work, ~he hil:\h priesthood of Israel, naturally s…
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attired supplied marked and intentional suggestions of the attributes and the work of the Divine. 'l'hus we are reminded by Aaron's appearance of- I. HIS PERSONAL EOLINESB. "'l'he stuff of all of them was linen, and . . . must be understood to have been white." This was associated with the idea of bodily cleanness, an…
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under-garment a.nd a.n overcoat of the Christian wardrobe. " De clothed with humility" (1 Pet. v. 5). II. Tm: GARMENT oF FAITH. This is that clothing without which we cannot be justified before God now, nor permitted to sit down to the heavenly banquet hereafter (Matt. xxii. 11, 12). III. THE omDLE OF TRUTH. (Eph.…
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Vera. 33-36.-The burden of the Lord. It is in our nature to love distinction, office, power. The instincts and impulses of our humanity enter with us into the service of the Lord; they-belong to us as subjects of the kingdom of Christ (see Mark :x. 28, 35, etc.), - But-here, as elsewhere, distinctions and duties, prize…
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WILL OF GoD. The Lord spake to Moses. Moses did as the Lord commanded him. Moses said to the congregation, '' This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done." Mere will-worship is unacceptable to God. We must beware of two errors. l. Dependence on mere tradition in contrast with the Word. No need of a supple- me…
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011' THE BEANS EMPLOYED. 1. Distinguish between the rite itself and its fulfilment. M1m anoints with oil, God with the Spirit. The two baptisms with water and with ths Holy Ghost. 2. Special responsibility of those in office for the possession of spiritual power. We must not worship our own nets. They are nothing if no…
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mand is given to the people to present their burnt the fo.t of hie own sin offering, e.nd' offerings, and it is he that slays the viotims the flesh of his burnt offering, Firo, there- and offers their blood. His own sin offering fore, wo.s present upon the o.lto.r; ond wo.s is e. young ea.If, or yonng hull oalf, whe…
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HOMILETICS. Vers. 8--23.-Tbe first act of the new priesthood is sacrifice, by which reconciliation was ceremonially effected; the second (vers. 22, 23), a double benediction. As soon as the people are reconciled to him, God's blessing abundantly pours itself on them. The &crifice is: 1. For themselves, showing the wea…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. .A sign expected and received. Ch. ix.; cf. 2 Chron. v. 13, 14; Ezra vi. 16-22; .Acts i.; ii. We have now before us the hopeful fashion in which Aaron and bis sons entered upon their work. The consecration being completed on the eighth day, Moses directed them to take for themselves a s…
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