5 fire : every one that toucheth them thall be holy z. +» 5» - a It may be underſtood either 1. Of Perſons, that none ſhould touch, or eat them, but conſecrated Pertons, to wie, Prieſts. Or this may be an additional caution, that they who eat them ſhould be not only Prieſts, or their Male-children, but alſo hely, 3. e. ha- ving no uncleanneſs upon them, for in thar caſe even the Prieſts themſelves mighr not touch them. Or rather 2. of things, as may be gathered by comparing this with ver:27,28. Whatſoever toucheth them, as ſuppoſe rhe Diſh that receives rhem, the Knife, or Spoon, &-c. which is uſed about them, thoſe ſhall Le taken for holy, and not employed for common uſes. Sce Exod. 29: 37.
19 © And the LORD ipake unto Moſes, ſaying,
20 This is the offering of Aaron, and of his ſons, which they ſhall offer unco the LOR D, in the da when he is anointed b : the tenth part of an * Ephah of fine flour for a mear offering perpetual c, half of ir in the morning, and half thereof at night 4.
6 When any of them are anointed for High-Prieft ; for he only of all the Prieſts was to be anointed in future Ages. This Law of his Conſecration was delivered before, E:od: 29: 2, 24, 25: and is here repeated becauſe of ſome additions made to it. c To wit, whenſoever any of them ſhall be fo anointed. d Or, i the evening; the one to be annexed to the Morning-Sacrifice, the other to the Evening-ſacrifice, over and beſides that Meat-offering which every day was to be addcd to the daily Morning and evening Sacrifices, Exod. 29: 40.
2T Ina pan it ſhall be made wich oil, and 29hen it is bakzn e, thou f thalc bring ic in : and the baken pieces of the meat-offering thalc thou offer fer a ſweer favour unto the LORD,
e Or, Fried, fo that it ſwells and bubbles up. f Who are ſo anointed and conſecrated, werſe 22.
22 And the prieſt of his ſons * that is anointed in his ſtead ſhall offer it: 3t js a Sarute for ever unto the LORD ? * it ſhall be wholly burn.
23 For every meat-offering for the prieſts ſhall be | wholly burnt: it ſhall not be eaten f.
f No part of it ſhall be eaten by the Prieſt, as it was when the
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* Exod: I6: 36.
* Chap: 4: 3. D Exod: 29: 25,
| it for himſelf ; partly to ſignify the imperfe&ion of the Levitical
might eaſily ſink into it, whereby it was ceremonially holy, and
Y I] flanks. For it ſeems prepoſterous after a plain and exa& deſcription
FT 1 C0 | Chap. VIL becauſe when he offered it for the People, he was to have ſome re- compence for his pains, which he could not expe& when he offcred
Priefts,who could not beor their own iniquity ; for the Prieſt's cat- ing part of the Peoples Sacrifices did ſignify his typical bearing of the Peoples iniquity, as appears from Levit: 10: 17. and partly to teach the Prieſts and Minitters of God, that it is their duty ro ſerve God wirh tingleneſs of heart, and to be contenr with God's honour, though they have no preſenr advantage by ir. | :
24 4 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying,
25 Speak unto Aaron and to his fons, ſaying, [This is the law of the ſin-offering : * in the piace wherethe burnt-offering is killed, ſhail che fin- offering be kilied 29, 33. before the LORD : it is moſt holy. / *Chap:2
26 * The prie{t that offereth ic for fin g, ſhall eat jt : **: in the holy place ſhall it be eaten, in the court of the cabernacle of the congregation.
g For the ſins of the Rulers, or of the people, or any of them, bur nor for the ſins of the prieſts ; for then it's blood was broughr into the Tabernacle, and therefore it might not be eaten. _
27 | Whatfſoever ſhall couch the fleſ thereof, ſhall T Or, whe be holy F : and when there is ſprinkled of the blood FR thereof upon any garment h,thou (halt waſh that where- ** * ON it was ſprinkled in the holy place 5.
* Of which ſee the Note on verſe 18. h Upon the Prieſt's Gar- ment ; for it was he only that ſprinkled it, and in ſo doing he might eaſily ſprinkle his Garments. #7 Partly out of reverence to the blood of Sacrifices, which hereby was kept from a profane or - common touch ; and partly that ſuch garments might be decent, and fir for ſacred Adminiſtrations. e
28 But the earthen veilel wherein it is ſodden,* ſhall be. broken &: and if it be fodden in a brazen pot, it ſhall be both fcoured, and rinſed in water /.
k Becauſe being full of pores, the Liquor in which it was ſodden
* Chaps II: JZs»
therefore was broken, leſt afterwards it ſhoul4 :e abuſed to prophane or common uſes. 1 And not broken, as veing of conſiderable va- lue,which there fore God would not have unneceſlarily waſted. And this being of a more lolid ſubſtance than an earthen Veſlſe}, was not ſo apt to drink in the humour.
| 29 All the males amonglit the prieſts ſhall eat thereof: it zs molt holy.
30 * And no ſin-offering wz whereof any of the blood * Heb:13
is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to **' reconcile withal in the holy place ſhall be eaten, it ſhall be burnt in the fire. |
» Such were the Sacrifices offered for the High-prieſt, or for the whole Afſembly,either ſeverally,Levit: 4: 7, 18: or jointly for both, 1a the yearly atonement, Levt: 16: 27, 33.
CHAP. VII
The law of the treſpaſs-off-ring, "and what fell to the prieſts, both of this, -
and ſome other ſacrifices, 1----===-=10. The law of the jacrifires of peace=
offerings, of thankſgivings, 11-----15, Of vows and free-will-offerings ;
the unclean perſon eating thereof, to die, 16-----21. Fat not to be eaten;
what fat might be uſed for other. things : he that eats of the fat of the
offering,t0 die, and no blood to be eat, 22--===279, Another caution con-
cerning thank-offerings, 28--===-34. The concluſion of the former laws,
which are repeated, 35, 38.
Fo * chis 4s the law of the treſpaſs-offering *: * Chap:52 it 15 molt holy. and 6.
2 In * the place where they kill the burnt-offering, * Chap: | hall they kill the creſpaſs-offeriag, and the blood there- 722... of ſhall he ſprinkle round about upon the altar, 3,5, —
3 And he ſhall ofter of it * all the fat thereof, the and 4: 247 rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, 297 33:
4 And the two kidneys, and the far thae 7s on them , = which 3s 4 by the flanks, and the caul that js above the Chapel liver, with the kidneys, irc ſhall he take away. | 10:and 4s
a Or, and that which is, S&c. . So this is another Fat, as may ſeem
8,9. probable from the mention of the ſeveral parts, the Kianeys, and the . | ©