» Which was not mentioned before, becauſe it was ſufficiently underſtood from the Law which required it, Numb. 15. 3, 4, 5-but for greater aſſurance is here expreiled. _ |
88 Andall the oxen for the ſacrifice of the peace- of- ferings were twenty and four bullocks,the rams ſixty, the he-goars ſixty,the lambs of the fiiſt year fixty. "1 his was the dedication of the altar after that it was anointed s.
s Which words are very conveniently added to explain in what ſenſe he had ſo oft ſaid that this was done in the day when it was a- nomted, to wit, not exa&tly, but in alatirude, ro wat, a little afrer that it was anointed, as is here ſaid.
89 And when Moſes was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation 7 to ſpeak with || him «, then he heard
' the voice of one ſpeaking unto him fromoft che mercy- ſeat x that was upon the ark of teſtimony, trom be- tween the two cherubims: and he ſpake unto him.
# Into which Avſes, though no Prieſt, was permitted to enter by Gods ſpecial licence. # (7. e. ) To conſult Gud upon occahon. x Which Moſes ſtanding without the vail could eaſily hear. And this ſeems to be added in this place, to ſhew that when men had done their part inthe dedication of the Tabernacle, Alrars, ©c. , God was not wanting in the performance of hispart,and promiſe made,
Exod, 25. 22. | CH A FP: -vM. How the Lamps are to be lighted, 1---4. God commands the Levites to be cleanſed, 5--=15. That they may ſerve with Aaron and his Sons in flead of the firſt-born, 16---22. Their Age and Service, 23---26. AND the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and fay unto him, When *Txod.zs. £012 *lighteſt the lamps, the ſeven lamps ſhal give light
37. & 40. OVer againft the candleitick 7. 25, a ( 5.6.) Either r. On every ſide of the candleſtick.So the candle- fick is here put for the bulk or ſhaft of the candleſtick, as Exod: 25: 34, 35: andthe lamps when they were lighted were put into the branches of the candleſtick,and raken our upon occaſion. Thus the meaning is that all the lamps were to be lighted on that part which was towards the middle, looking that way whence they had their light : for the middle Jamp was lighted with the fie of the altar, and from that the other lamps received light. Bur againſt this ſenſe it is obje&ed, that the lamps could not be otherwiſe ordered, bur that they muſt give light round about the candleſtick,and therefore that ſenſe ſeems to make this direttion idle and frivolous. Or, 2. On that part which is before the candleitick, Heb. over againſt the face of the candleſtick, 1. e, in that place towards which the candleſtick looked, or where the candleſtick ſtood in full view, 7. e. upon the Northſide, where the Table of Shew-bread ſtood, as appears from hence, becauſe the candleſtick ſtood cloſe to the boards of the San- Qtuary on the South-ſide,Exod. 26.35. And thus the lights were on both ſides of the SanQtuary, which was fit and neceſlary,becauſe it was wholly dark in itſelf, and had no window 1n it. 3 And Aarondid \o : he}tghred the lamps thereof over againſt the candleſtick,as the LORD commanded Moſes. 4 * And this work of the candleſtick was of beaten gold b,unto the ſhaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof was
* beaten work : according unto the * pattern which the LORD had ſhewed Moſes, ſo he made the candleſtick. | 6 Not hollow, but ſolid and maſſie gold, beaten out of one piece,and not of ſeveral pieces joined or fodered rogether.See Exod: 25: 18, 31: and 37: 17. 5 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Iſrael, and ecleanſe them. c Or, waſh or purifie them, which was alſo done with the Prieſts
and others when they were toapproach to God and his ſervice. See Exod; 19: 10, 15: Levit: 14: 9.
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7 And thus ſhalt thou do unts them,to cleanſe them: __ | ſprinkle water | of purifying 4 upon them, and Þ let f Heb. of chem ſhave all their fleſh e, and let them waſh their /#- ch. 19. } clothes, and ſo make themſelves clean. Heb. ts |
4 Heb. Of ſm, (1. e. ) for the expiation of ſin. This water was 296 tonl q mixed with the aſhes of a red heifer, Numb. 19. 9. which therefore vel may ſeem to have been preſcribed before, thouzh it be mentioned aſs _ | after ; ſuch kind of tranſplacings of paſlages being frequent in Scri- ;* Sr, L pture- d Which external rite ſignified the cutting off their inor- © © | dinate concupiſcences of earthly things, and that ſingular purity of heart and life which is required in the miniſters of God. See 1/a: 52. 11. 2 Tim, 2: 21. : -|l
8 Then let them take a yourg bullock with his * meat- * offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock e ſhalt thou takefor a fin-efferizg.
e The ſame ſacrifice which was offered for a ſin-offering for the whole congregation, Lewir. 4. becauſe the Levites came in the ſtead of all the tirſt-born, which did in a manners repreſent the whole Congregation. :
9 And thou ſhalt bring the Levites before the taber- nacle of the congregation, and thou ſhalt gather the whole aflembly of che children of Iſrael together.
10 Andthou ſhalt bring the Levites before the LORD, and the children of Ifrael f ſhal put their hands upon the Levites g.
f Not all of them, which was impoſlible, but ſome in the name and ſtead, and by the appointment of all, to wit, either the firſt- born, or rather the Princes or Chiefs of each Tribe, who uſed to :ranſatt things in the name of their Tribe. g Whereby they fig- nified their transferring of that right of Miniftring to God from the firſt-born in whoſe hands it formerly was, unto the Levites,and their renouncing of their intereſt in the Levites, from whom they might otherwite have expetted help by their perſons or purſes, as they from othgr Tribes, in their common concernments, and their enfire reſignation and dedication of them ro God's ſervice ; as the perſon ottering by laying his hand upon the head of his ſa- crifice, ( Lvit. 1. 4- ) fignified his tranſlation of his guilt upon the beaſt, and his dedication of it unto God.
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