24 An. if ought of the tieth of the confecrations, or of the bread remeoin unto the morning, then thou thalr burn the remainder with + fire : it ihall not be eaten, becaule it zs holy. | |
h According to the Law of all peace-offerings,except thoſe which were vows or voluntary offerings, Levit: 7; 16, 17. which theſe were not, compare Exoa: 12: 10. ;
25 And thus ſbalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his ſons, according to all things which I have commanded thee : ſeven days ſhalt thou conſecrate them,
36 And thou ſhalt offer every day a builock for a ſin- offering for atonementi : and thou tha't cleanſe the altar, when thou haft made an atonement for it, and thou ſhale anoint it, to ſanctifie it, |
; As well for the Prieſts, as for the Altar, both which as they were or might be polluted, ſo they needed the ſprinkling of this Blo -d to ſan&ifie them, ro ſhew that all perſons and chirds were fitte | for God's ſervice, and accepted by him only for and through the Blood of Chriſt.
27 Seven days thou fhalt make an atonement for the altar, and ſanctifie itz *and it ſhail be an altar molt holy k : { * whatſoever toucheth the altar ſhall be
holy /. i As appears from the following\reaſon, becauſe it wasnot on'y Holy in it ſelf, but by its rouch,communicated a legal Holinels "to other things. ! This may be underitood either 1. Of pe- ſons, as a caution that non? thould touch the Altar but holy and conſecra- ted perſons. Or rather 2. Of things, yet nor of all things, for polluted things were not made holy by the rouch of holy things, which is affirmed Hagga7 2:12: but of things belonging to the A'tar of offerings which by God's appointment were to ve offered, which were ſanC&ified by being laid upon this Altar, and therefore the Altar was greater and more holy than the gift, as our bleſſed Savi- our notes, Matth: 23: 19. , 28 Qq Now this zs that which thou ſhalt offer » upon + * Num, * k t #3 - altar, * two lambs of che firſt year * day by day
* Dan.12. Continually »,
It. m This is the chief end and uſe of this Altar, though it ſerved alſo for other Sacrifices. » To ſhew partly that men dodaily con- tra new defilement, and daily need new pardons; and partly taat God is not only to be worſhipped upon the Sabbath-days,and other ſet and ſolemn times, Hut every day. : :
39 The one lamb ſhalt tho offer in the morning o,
t Heb. be- and the other lamb thon ſhalt offer Þ at even.
tween the o Which two ſeaſons were ſele&ted, as moſt commodious, that
two even= men might both beginand end their worldly Attionsand Buſineſſes
Ings, with God, and might ſee their need of God's affiſtance and bleſſing in all their conceruas, and the juſtneſs of giving him the praiſe and glory of all.
40 And with the one lamb a tenth-deal p of flour, | mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin q of wine, for a drink- offering.
p The tenth part of an Ephah, as is evident from Nums: 28: 5: ; which isan Omer, Exod: 16: 36. q An Hin was a meaſure for 1i- quid things, as the Ephah was for dry things, contzining ſix Pints of our meaſure.
41 And the other lamb thou ſhalt offer at even, and ſhalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the | morning, and accordin for a ſweet ſavour, an
LORD. E | , 42 This ſoall be a continual burnt-offering throughout
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7 of the f Heb. where 7 I will meet meeting.
your generations, et the door of the tabernacle congregation before the LORD, you, to ſpeak there unto you, CRT
r Either 1. At which Door, for there the I ord food and talked with Moſes, Exod: 33: 9, 10. Orrather 2. In which Tabernacle, to wit, in the innermoſt part of it,becauſe that was the principal place where God did ordinarily refide and meet with his people, Exod: 30: 6: Levit: 16: 2: whereas God met bur once at the Door of the Ta- bernacle, and that with Moſes only, not with the people,with whom he is ſaid ro meer int this place, werſe 43. Add to this, - that the place whave GoJ meets themis the ſame place which is ſanfiified by his Glery, and that was the Tabernacle, werſe 43., as it is cx- preſſed in our Tranflation,and ſutfciently implied in the Hebrew, by a common Ellipſis of the Pronoun #, 7: e: rhat place where I meet with you, to wit, the Tabernacle, jhall be, &c.
43 4nd there I will meet with che children of Iſrael : and T the tabernacle shall be ſandified by my glory s.
s (7: e: } By my glorious preſence and appearance, of which ſee Exod. 40. 34, 35. Levit, 9. 24. ;
44 Aud 1 will lintifie the tabernacle of the congre- gation, and the altar: I will ſanctifie alſo both Aaron and his ſons to miniſter unto me in the prieſts office.
45 © And *I will dwell : amongſt the children of Ifrael, and will be their God,
; By my ſpecial grace, and favour, and bleſſing ; for by his ef- ſence he hills all places,
465 And they shall know that TI aw the LORD their Go4 that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,
m I may dwell among them : I am the LORD their od. CHAP.-/XXXY.
He commands to make an Altar for Incenſe, aud of what, x. The length and breadth of it, The form of it, 3---6. Whereon the Prieſt was to kindle Incenſe every morning, berng commanded, 7, All the children 0 Iſrael to bring half a jhekel for their ſouls, 11---=15, A Iaver of braſs, 17, 18. Wherein Aaron and his ſons waſh thcir feet, 19---21. The making the oil of holy ointnient, 22---=25, Its uſe, 26-<=28, None might make the like, 32, 33. for himſelf, 38. N D chou thalt make * an altar to burn incenſe * Chap. upon 2: of Shittim-wood s$halt thou make it. 37. 25. s Incenſe ſignifies the prayers of God's People, Pſal: 141: 2: Revel: - 8: 3: which are not acceptable to God, except they be offered upon th- true Altar,Chriſt. This Incenſe alſo was uſeful ro co:re& the bad ſmell of the Sacrifices, which were offered on another Altar,not far f.omir. Yea, ſome ſacrifices were offered upon this, Altar, as ap- pears from werſe 10: Levit: 4: 79. But here only the principal and conſtant uſe of it is noted. | 2 A cubir ſhall be the length thereof, and a cubic the breadth thereof ( four-ſquare ſball it be ) and two cubits