c Heb.: A calf, the ſon of 8 Bull or Cow ;: Which may ſeem to be added purpoſely to intimare that it was not a young Calf properly ſo called, but a young Bullock, for that wt the Sacrifice enjoyned for the High- prieſt's Sin-off:ring, Levit: 4. 3. Though it be nor material if this be a young Calf, and that a young Bull, becaule the grounds and ends of the ſeveral Sacrifices differ, that Levit: 4: being for his particular Sin ; and this for his own and Family's Sins in general, and therefore no wonder if the Sacrifices alſo differ. d For himſelf and his own Sins, which was an evidence of the imperfeQtion of that Prieſthood, and of the neceſlicy of another anda better.
3 And unto the children of Iſrael thou ſhalt ſpeak, ſaying, K Take ye a kid of the goats for a fin-ofering e, and a calf, and a lamb, bob of the firſt year, without
blemiſh for a burnt-offering.
e For the People, as it is expreſſed here werſe 15- for whoſe Sin a young Bullock was required, Levit: 4: 15: but that was for ſome particular Sin, but this was more general and indefinite for all their Sins. B:ſides, there being an eye here had to the Prieſt's Conſecration and entrance into his Office, it is no wonder if therebe ſome difference in thele Sacrifices from theſe before preſcribed.
4 Alſo a bullock, and a ram, for peace-efferings to ſacrifice before the LORD, and a meat-offering mingled with oyl : for * to day the LORD will appear f unto
= - - 4 |f See the fulfilling of this Promiſe, verſe 24. Heb. Hath appeared. He ſpeaks of the thing to come as if it were paſt, which is frequent in Scripture, to give them the more aſſurance of the thing, C And they brought :hat which Moſes commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation : and all the
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- congregation drew near and ſtood before the LORD 8.
£ Before the Tabernacle where God dwelt.
6 And Moſes faid, This is the thing which the TL.ORD commanded that ye ſhould do : and the glory
of the LORD 4 ſhall appear unto you. þ The glorious manifeſtation of God's powerful and gracious preſence, verſe 24. Compare Ex0d: 24: 16, 17: and 40: 34, 35. Exek:
—_ And Moſes ſaid unto Aaron, Go unto the altar and
* offer ; thy ſin-offering and thy burnt-offering, and make an atonement for thy ſelf, and for the people & : and ofter the offering of the people, and make ag atonement for them, as tke LORD commanded,
door of the con- |
LEVITICUS.
| the horns of the altar 1, and poured out the blood at
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7 Moſes had hitherto Sacrificed, but tow he reſigneth his Work to Aaron, and aQtually gives him that Commiſſion which from God he had received for him. k The Order is very abſervable, firſt for thy ſelf, otherwiſe theu art unfit to do it for the People. Hereby God would teach us, both the deficiency of this Prieſthood, and the abſo- Jute neceſlity ofan higher and better Prieſt, Heb: 7: 26, 27: and how important and needful it is that God's Miniſters ſhould be in the Grace and Faveur of God themſelves, that their Miniſtrations may be acceptable to God, and profitable to the People.
8 Qq Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and ſlew the calf of the ſin-effering which was for himſelf.
9 And the ſons of Aaron brought the blood unta
him, and hedipt his finger in the blood, and put i# upon
the bottom of the altar.
! To wit, of Burnt-offerings, of which alone he ſpeaks both in the foregoing and following words ; and the Blood was poured out at the bottom ofthis Altar only, not of the Altar of Incenſe, as appears from Levit: 4. 7. where indeed there is mention of putting ſome-0 the Blood upon the Horns of the Altar of Incenſe, in this caſe ofthe Prieſt's Sacrificing for his own Sins. Bur there ſeems to be a double difference, 1. That Sacrifice was offered for ſome particular Sin, this for his Sins indefinitely. 2. There he is ſuppoſed to be compleat in his Office, and here he is but entring into his Office, and therefore muſt prepare and. ſan&ify himſelf by this Offering upon the Brazen Altar in the Court, before he can be admitted into the Holy Place where the altar of Incenſe was. And the like is to be ſaid for the —_— between the Sin-offering for the People here, and Levir. 4. 17, 18.
10 But the fat and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the ſin-efſr5»g he burnt 2 upon the altar, * *Chap: 43 as the LORD commanded Moſes. 8.
m Either - 1, Diſpoſed it for the burning, ( z.e. ) laid it upon the Altar where it was to be burnt by the heavenly Fire, verſe 24. Thus Interpreters generally underſtand the word here, as alſo verſe 13:17,20. by an anticipation ; or the conſequent is put for the antecedent, of which there are Examples in Scripture. Or 2. Properly burnt by ordinary Fire, which was uſed and allowed until the Fire came down from Heaven, verſe 24. though afterwards it was forbidden. And if it had not been aJlowed otherwiſe, yet this being done by Aaron at the cominand of Moſes, and conſequently with God's approbation, 1t was unqueſtionably Lawful. And therefore there ſeems to beno neceſſity of departing from the proper ſenſe of the word. Add to. this, that there is nothing ſaid to be conſumed by that heavenly Fire, bur the burnt-ofering with thefat belonging to it, namely, that Burnt- offering mentioned werſe 16. which therefore is not there ſaid to be burar, as it is faid of the other burnt-offering, verſe 13. and of the reſt of the Sacrifices in their places.
11 And * the fleſh, and the hide he burnt with fire, *-Chap;