9 Command Aaron and his ſons 3, ſaying, This is the law of the burnt-offering k: ( it is the burnt-of-
tering, + becauſe of the burning upon the altar all + Or,fr night unto the morning /, and the fire of the altar ſhal *** #7 be burning 1n it. ) 27g.
; Hitherto he hath preſcribed the S:crifices the comes to the manier of them, k Towit, which Exod. 29.38; Numb. 98: 3:as the foilo meaning 1s, the evening Burtnt-cffering wa Jaid on picce afier piece, that the fire mich be conſtantly maintains ed byit. It is tobe underſtood, that the mornins Burnt-offerir og were to be kept burning all the day from Morning to night alſo; but he mentions nor that, becauſe there was {o great a nuinber 'and ſuch a conſtant ſucceſſion of Sacrifices in the dzy-time; that there needed no Law for feeding and keeping in the firethen;the on! dan= ger was for the viyhr, when other Sacrifices were hor offered” but only the evening Burnt-offe:ing, which if it had been conſumed quickly, as the morning burnt-offering was, there had been dange of the going out of that tire, which they were commanded di gently and conſtantly ro keep in and maintain here below, verſe 13.
Chap:;: og : 6. and give it unto him to *Or,inth: * + in the day of his treſpaſs- 4a» of ki being found
try. ccompany THE, the day 0; his treſpaſs. * Chap. 5. TH
mſelves ; now he of the daily one, of wing words ſhew. / The S tvbe fo managed and
10 And theprieft ſhal pur on his linen and his linen breeches ſhal be put upon his fleſh, and take up the aſhes which the fire hath conſumed g with
the burnt-offering on the alcar,and he ſh QC Jhal put th is ſides the altar, i P em be
m (4. e, ) His linen Coat, of which ſee Exod: 28: » aſhes are {aid to beconſumed improper iy,when the wand ba 5k lo ed into aſhes : as meal is ſaid to be ground, 1 1=
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12 And the fire upon the altar ſhall be burning in it : it (ſhall not be pur out q ; and the priefts thall burn wood on it every morning ”, and lay the burnt of- | fering in order upon it, and he ſhall burn thereon 5
* Chap:3: * the fat of the peace- offerings.
3, 9s 14: q The fire coming down from Heaven, vir: 9g: 24. was to be
perpetualiy preſe;ved, and not ſuffered to.go out, partly that there
might be no occalion nor tempration ro oifer ſtrange fire, nor to mingle their inventions with God's appointments ; and partly to teach them whence they were to expect the acceprance of all their
Sacrifices, even from the Divine mercy and Grace,fignified by the
fire which came down from Heaven, which was an uſual token of
God's favourable acceptance. See the notes on Geri: 4: 4: 5.
» Though the evening alſo be doubtleſs intended,as 1t appears from
ver. 9. and from the nature of the thing ; yer the morning 15 only
mentioned, becauſe then the Altar was cleanſed,and the aſhes taken away, and a new fire made. s (. e. ) Upon the Burnt-offering, which thereby would be ſooner conſumed, that ſo way mighr be made for other Sacrifices, which were many. : 13 The fire (hall ever be burning upon the altar, it ſhall never go our. : 14 4 * And this zs the law of the meat-offering z 3
2: I: the ſons of Aaron ſhall offer it before tke LORD, be-
Num 15: fore the altar. F: + To wit, of that which was offered alone,and that by any of the People, not by-the Prieſts, for then it mult have becn all burnt. This Law delivered, Lewvit: 2: is here repeated for the fake of ſome Additions here made to it ; as it 15 a common praftice of Law- makers, when they make additional Laws, to recite ſuch Laws to which ſuch Additions belong. — = i5 And he ſhall rake of it his handful of the flour of the meat-offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincenſe which is upon the meat-oftering, and ſhall burn it upon the altar for a ſweet favour, even the * Chap: * memorial of it unto the LORD. : 2 "4 . 16 And the * remainder thereof ſhall Aaron and his = wP* © ſons « eat : + with unleavened bread x ſhall it be eaten + Heb. in the holy place : in the court of the tabernacle of the #t ſhall be congregation y they ſhall eat it. eaten le « The Males only-might eat theſe, becauſe they were moſt holy leguencd, things ; whereas the Daughters of Aaron might eat other holy Chap: 10. things, Numb: 18: 11- « Or rather, wnleavened, for with 1s not 1n ae the Hebrew, and it diſturbs the ſenſe ; For ſince the Meat-offering it ſelf was fine flour, Levit: 2:1. it is not likely that they eat it with unleavened bread. y In ſome ſpecial Room appointed for that pur- poſe. See Levit: 8: 31: 1 Sam:3:3: Ezek: 42: (3: and 46: 19, 24. The reaſon why this was to be eaten only by holy perſons, and that in | an holy place, is given verſe 17. becauſe zt is moſt holy, and therefore *Nuamb: 2 be treated with greater reverence. 18:0 16: 47 Its (ball nor be baken with leaven: *T have gi- * Chap: 2: VEN it unto them: for their portion of my offerings made 5. by fire : it is * moſt holy, as zs the fin-oftering, and as the treſpaſs-oftering. | z Thar part which remains to the Prieit ; for the part here offer- ed to God ſeems not to have been baked ar all. 138 All the males among the children of Aaron ſball eat of it : it ſhall be a ſtatute for ever in your genera- : tions, concerning the Offering of the LORD made by