{1411 be the height thereof ; the horns thereof b ſhall. be of the ſame. WE | b See Exod 27. 2. Thoughtheſe horns, as they were for another
uſe,ſo they ſeem to be here of another form,and for ornament more than fo: ſervice.
3 And thou ſhalt overlay it with pure gold, the F top thereof c, and the + ſides thereof round about, and +Heb.reof the horns thereof : and thou ſhalt. make untoit a crown {Heb,walh
fOr, fat
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c This was made hollow like a Grate, that the Aſhes might fall thorough it. d A border which encompaſſed the Altar, that the things laii on it might not fall off
4 And two goiden rings ſhalt thou make to it, un- der the crown of it, by the two + corners thereof, upon the two ſides of it thait thou make thers : and they ſhall be for places for the ſtaves to bear it withal,
5 And thou ſhalt make the ſtaves of ſhittim<wood, and overlay them with gold.
6 And thou ſhalt put it before the vail e that ;-by the ark of the teſtimony, before the mercy-ſeat that is over the teſtimony, where I will meet with thee.
e Before the ſecond Vail, in the holy place;and near to the Holy of holies, and conſequently to the Ark and Mercy-ſeat.
t Hebribs; -
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7 And Aaron (hall burn thereon + fweer incenfe every morning : when * he dreſſeth the lampsg he ſhall 77%, 7 burn incenſe upon it. * Chap:
f Aaron was to do this for the firſt time,but afterwards any Prieſt 27. 20. might do it, as appears from Luke r. 9. This nor being donein the Holy of Holies,which was the High-Prieft's peculiar. g( 5. e.) Clean-. © ſed them, and prepared them for the receiving of the new light. , Or, fas ©
8 And when Aaron + Flighteth the lamps Þ at even, ,,,y b he ſhall burn incenſe upen it, a perpetual incenſe be- + Heb,” fore the LORD throughout your generations. canſeth 16 * _ |
hb The time whenall th: Lamps were to be lighted, 1 Sam: 3: 3. aſcend. See Exod: 27: 20, 2Ts + Hebs be«
9 Ye ſhali offer no ſtrange incenſe 5 thereon, nor — burnt-facrifice, nor meat- offering, neither ſhall ye pour Cr LY IN drink-offering thereon,
i ( 7: e: ) Ofany other ſort than what I ſhall here appoint, werſe 34» C.
10 And* Aaron ſhalt make an atonement upon the horns of it once int a year & with the blood of the fin- offering of atonements /; once in the year bal! he make atonefnent upon it throughout your generations 2 it is moſt holy unto the LORD. | wy
k On the day ofexpiation, Lev: 16: 19: Numb: 29: 7. 1 To note, that the Prayers of che Saints are - mtg to God no Rn 2 4 "u
hs Lev. 16; 14. and 23. 27:
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'*PRal. 26. and their feet thereat. 6. Ifa. 52. 11. Heb. handle holy things, or to come into the holy place,and their\need
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- fering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for
bur through the Blood of Chriſt, who was offered for theexpiation | of our ſins.
ir And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 12 * When thou takeft the ſum of the children of 11- rael after + their number, then ſhall they give every
thou numbreſt them », that there be no plague amongſt
them when thou numbreſit them. :
» A certain price for the redemption of their lives; whereby they acknowledged the rightand power which God had over their livzs, and that they had forfeited them by their ſins,and thatit was
juſt occaſion, either now in the Wilderneſs,or afterwards : It may ſeem that this payment was neither to be made at this rime only,as ſome would have it ; nor yet every year, as Je/ephus and others at- firm, becauſe it is not ſaid to be a perperual farureas other things of conſtant obſervance are,but upon any eminent occaſions, when the ſervice of the Tabernacle ( which 1s the end and uſe of this collection ) or Temple required it, as may be gathered from 2 Kings 12.4. com- pared with 2 Chron. 24. 6.Compare Neh. 10.32. Matth. 17. 24. And as now it was imployed in the building of the Tabernacle, fo after- wards it might be laid out upon'the repairs or other ſervices of it.
13 This they ſball give, every one that paiteth a- mong them that are numbred, * half aſhekel, after the
+ ſhekel of the ſanctuary o, ( athekel is twenty gerahs: ) an half ſhekel ſhall be the offering of the LOKD p.
o Which though it hath been commonly conceived to be double to the common Shekel, yet divers late Learned men ſcem more truly to judge that it was no more than the common Shekel, con- ſiſting of Half a Crown of Englilh-money ; which is called :he jbeke! of - x, Joy Sajna becauſe the Standard by which all Shekels were to be examined, was kept in the Sanftuary, as afterwards the uit Weights and Meaſures were kept in Chriſtian Temples, or other publick places. See Lev. 27. 25. Numb. 3- 47. Exzek. 45. 10, 11, 12.
Add to this, that it was a part of the Prieſt's Office to !ook to
- the Weights and Meaſures, as plainly appears from 1 Chron. 23. 29. þ Nor leſs, leſt it ſhould be contemprible ; nor more, leſt it ſhould be too burthenſome for the Poor.
14 Every one that paſſeth among them that are num- bred, from ewenty years old and above q, ſhall give an offering unto the LORD.
q The time when they began tobe fit for employment, and ca- pable of getting and paying Money. Women and Children are not included here, becauſe they are reckoned in their Fathers or Hus- bands.
«5 The rich ſhall not + give more,and the poor ſhall not 7 give leſs 7 than half a thekel when rhey give an of-
your fouls, r This was partly to teach them, that all Souls are of equal worth in themſclves,and price with God;that there is no reſpett of perſons
with God, and in God's Worſhip and Service, but Goſpel-graces, '
Ordinances and Priviledges are common and equal to all, Exod.1 2. and 16. 18. Gal: 3. 28. Col. 3. 11. that all perſons are like obnoxious to Divine Juſtice, and are redeemed by one and the ſame price ; partly to check the arrogance and vanity of the Rich,who are very apt ro deſpiſe the Poor ; and partly that by this means the number of the People might be exattly known when occaſion required it. 16 And thoulhalr take the atonemenc-money of the children of Iſrael, and * ſhalt appoint it for the ſervice of the tabernacle s of the congregation, that it may be a memorial z unto the children of Iſrael before the LORD, to make an atonement for your ſouls.