juſt Indignation; as in Sorrow for the Tokens of Divine Di. pleaſure
+ And ye ſhall not go out from the door of the taber« nacle of the congregation -, leſt you die : for the anoin- ting oil of the LORD is upon your : according to the word of Moſes. Wn :
s Where at this tinie they were; either becauſe this happened within ſeven days of their Conſecration. See Lew: 8: 35: or bez cauſe they were longer detained there about ſome other Holy Mi- niſtrations. Though the former may ſeem more probable, be. cauſe the meat-offering here mentioned, werſe 12. and the ſim-offering, verſe 16 were pait of the Conſecration-offerings. #t You are per- ſons conſecrated peculiarly to God's Service, which therefore it is juſt and reaſonable you thould prefer before all Funeral Solemnites:
8 And che LORD ſpake unto Aaron, ſaying, 9 * Do not drink wine nor ſtrong drink u# ; thou,
{ nor thy ſons with thee, when ye go into the taberna-
cle of the congregation, leſt ye die : I: ſhall be a ſtatute Fin. 4.4
for ever throughout your generations: = » This is here added, either becauſe Nadab ind Ahihu had been led to their Errour by drinking roo much, which might eaſily fall our when they were Feaſting and full of Joy for their entrance into io Honourable, and Prohtable an;Employment ; or ax leaſt,becauſe others might thereby be drawn to commit the fame - 3 Fol Miſearfiagess
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Levit: 13: 4+: Exek: 24. 17, 23. Or 2. by ſhaving off the hair of
and they did
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Chap. X.
Miſcarriages, Drunkennefſs is ſo
which they might now commit from other Cauſes. odious a fin in it ſelf, eſpecially in a Miniſter,and moſt of all in the time of his Adminiſtration of Sacred Things,that God ſaw fit to prevent all occaſions of it. And kence the Devil, who is God's Ape in his preſcriptions for his: Worſhip, required this Abſtinence from his Prieſts 1n their Idolatrous Service. Jer: 75: 10 And that ye may * put difference berween >: Ezek: and unholy x, and between unclean and clean. :26:and ,. Perſons and Things, which Nadab and Abilu did not, miſta- * 23+ ing Unholy or Common Fire for that which was Sacred and Ap- pointed by God for their uſe.
11 And that ye may te all the ftatures which the LO by the hand of Moſes.
7 Be apt to teach aright, which drunken Perſons are very unfit
to do. i2 © And
holy
ach y the children of Iſrael RD had ſpoken unto them
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Moſes ſpake unto Aarcn, and unto Ele- azar, and unto Ithamar his ſons, that were left * i ake the mear-offering that remaineth of the off-rings of the LORD made by hre, and eat it z without leayen, Þe-
ſides the altar : for ir is * moit hoiy.
z Moſes repeateth and reinforcerh the former Command, part!y leſt their great Loſs and Gricf ſhould cauic them to forgc-t or negle& their Meat preſcribed the:m by God, which Acſtinence would have been borh a ſignification of their So-row v hich God had forbidden them, and a new tranſgrefſion of a Divine Precepr ; and partly to encourage them to go on in their Holy Services, and not to be dejeged for the late Severity, as it God would no more accept them or thzir Sacrifices. |
13 And ye ſball cat it in the holy place «, becauſe it is thy due 6, and thy ſons due of the ſacrifices of the
LORD made by fire: for fo I am commanded.
a In the Court, near the Altar of Burnt-offe: ings. See Lev. 26: b See Lev: 2: 3: and 6: 16, 17.
14 And * the wave-breaſt, and heave-(boulder (ball ye eat in a clcan place c, thou, and thy ſons, and thy daughters d with thee, for rey be chy due, and thy ſons due, which are given out of the facritice of peace-ofte- rings of the children of Ifrac]
c In any of your Dwellings, or any he ſuppoſ. th to be kepr clean from all ceremonial Deflement, as they ought :o be; whence re Lepers were pur out of the Camp. See Numb $5: 1,2, 3. In any place where che Women as well as the Men might come, for the daughters of the Pricit> might cat theie at well as their Sons, as it here follows. d To wit, if tiey were Maids, or Widows, or di ozcud, Lev? 22; I, It, 13.
I5 houGer and the wave breaſt ſhall
6:
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place in the Camp, which
* The heave-i they bring, with the offerings made by tire of the fat, to wave it for a wave-offeiir.g before the LORD ; and it (ball be thine, and thy ſons with thee by a ſtature for ever, as the LORD hath c >mmanded
16 4 And Moſes diiigently fought * the goat of the ſin-effering d, and behold, it was burnt : and he was angty with Eleazar and Ithamar e the ſons of Aaron which were left alive f, laying,
d To wit, for the People, mentioned, Lev: g: 15: to know what was done with that part of it which was the Prieſts. Which he enquired into, more than into the other Sacrifices, becauſe a miſtake + there was eaſie and probable, becau'e that matter might ſeem {ome-
thing doubtful, by reaſon of two laws concerning it, ſeemingly
contrary, the one Lev: 4: 21: where it 1s tobe buxned, the orher
Lev: 6: 26: where it was to be eaten. But rhey- are thus reconciled :
Tt was to be burnt, when the blood of this ſacrifice was brought
into the holy place, Lev: 4: 16, 17: and when that was cor done,
which Aaron this firſt time could nor do, for the reaſon expreſſed in ver: 18: it was to be eaten, and here lay their miſtake. e He
_ Aaron at this time, as overwhelmed with ſorrow,and becauſe
the rebuking of him before his ſons might have expoſed him to ſome contempt; but he knew that the reproof though diretted to them, would concern him too, as he alſo apprehended it. f Pre ſerved from death when their brethren were deſtroyed, which is here mentioned as an aggravation of their ſin.
17 Wherefore have ye not eaten 'the fin-efering in the holy place, ſeing it is moſt holy, and G:d hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation
to make atonement for them before the LORD ? g ( i.e.) Asa reward of your ſervice and fun&ion, whereby you do expizte, bear and take away their fins, by offering thoſe ſac: ifi- ces and performing thoſe rites, by which God through Chriſt is reconciled to the penitent and believing offerers.
18 Behold.the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place þ ; ye ſhould indeed have. eaten it in the holy place, * as I commanded.
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* Chap: G. 26.
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into the holy place, whither that blood !.0u)d have been brought
offered in the Court,
19 And Aaron faid unto Moſes, Behoid, this day have they offered # their fin-effering and their burnc-
LEVITICUS.
Chap. XI.