Lord, 2. e. before the Temple, fo the Altar ſtood where the Burnt- Offering was to be offered. #t So the Law, Lev. 2. 13. expreſfly re- | quired,and the Prieſts ſalted every Sacrifice made by Fire three times, thev ſay in the Salt-Chamber, at the bottom of che Altar,and when the Sacrifice was on the Altar. It may allude to the Perpetuity ofthe Co. venant thus made by Sacrifice, and ſalted ; as Numb. 18. 19. and 2 Chron. 13 5. u The Prieſts.
25 Seven days ſhalt thou prepare every day x a goat for a ſin-oftering: they ſhall alſo prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock without blemiſh.
x By this it appears, that there were ſeven Days appointed for con- ſeerating Altar and Prieſts, and that either theſe three Sacrifices were every Day of the ſeven offer:d up, and their Biood ſprinkled on che Aitar, or at leaftthe young Bullock every Day, and one Goat, or one Ram with it ; theword here is copulative, bur poſſibly the Senſe dif junRive; for ſo this Particle is often uſed.
26 Sevendays ſhall they y purge » the altar and purily
3 The Prieſts in courſe. ziThe ſame with whar isfaid ofthe Prieſts, they and the Altar were thus conſecrated and dedicated unto God , to be his 1n peculiar manner. ; ;
27 And when theſe days are expired a, it ſhall be that 1 pon the eighth b day and fo forward, the prieſts ſhall n:;ake your burnt offerings c upon the altar 4, and your || peace offerings ez and I will accept f you, faith the Lord
as appointed, and for the Ends mentioned. b Which begins anew Week, and 'tis probable the firſt of theſe ſeven Days for Sacrifice might be the Sabbath, and end on our Friday ; however, the firſt Week isſpent in ſolemn Conſecrationof Altar and Prieſts ; all Weeks after are to have, day by day, the uſual appointed Sacrifices. c Which were Sacrifices expiarory, and for Aronement of Sin, 4 Of Burnt- Offring, the grear Brazen Altar deſcribed in this Chapter, v-r.13,14, 15, 16, 17. e Sacrificesof Praiſe and Thankſgiving unto God for kis Goodneſs. f Be well pleaſed with your Perſons, pardon your Sins, ſmell a {avour of Reſt in your Thankſgiving, 3nd own you with ſignal Tokens of my Favour and Kindneſs : I will ſhew my good Will, and delight in you.
CHAP. XLIV.
The uſe of thee eaſt-gate for the prince, 1 3. God commandeth the pre- phes to reprove the people for chuſing ido!atrous prieſts to miniſter before bm, 4 14. The children of Zadock ſettled and infirufted in the mmiſlry; and thiir maintenance aſſured, 15 —— 31.
I Hen &@ he-brought m2 back 5 the way of the gate of the outward fanfuary which looketh toward
the eaſt, and it was ſhutc.
a When the Altar was meaſured, and Dire&ions given for conſe- ccating ir ar firſt, and for the perpetual Uſe of ir for tuture. 5 From the inner Court, where he had been viewing the Alcar to the outer part of the ſame Court, and to the Eaſt-Gate thereof: Others ſay, 'twas to the Temple Gate Eaftward, and that the Temple is called outward Sau7usry, in reſpett of the Holy of Holies. c When, or by Whom the Propher ſays fior, but he found it ſhur. ;
2 Then 4 ſaid the LORD eunto me, This gate ſhall be ſhut, it ſhall not be opened f, and no man g ſhall en- ter in by it; becauſe the LORD the God of Ltrael hath en-
tered in by it, therefore it ſhall be ſhut z.
d Likely the Prophet was ſurpriſed ſomewhat, and wonder'd that the Door ſhould be fhut; and while he muſeth on it, e The Lord ſpeaks ro him outofthe Temple, and informs him, and ſarisfieth him. # 7.e. Shall not ordinarly ſtand open, bur be ſhur till occaſion requires it ſhould fomerimes be opened. g None of the common ordinary ſort of Peopie; or none bur the Prince, God's Vicegerent, and the mini- ftring Prieſts. þ What wasthe Glory of the God of Iſrael, chap. 43.
7. 6. gaveEvidence of a more than ordinary Preſence chere. #; Either kept ſhut with Bars, or by a Prohibition, be as if 'twere ſhut, char none ſhould enter thereby.
3 & # for the prince &: the prince, he ſhall fic 7 in i tocat bread w before the LORD ; he ſhall » enter by
{rom your Pra&tices, or complying with your Superſtitious and Idols trous Inventions.
things : but ye have ſet keepers o of my || charge in ny ſanctuary for your ſelves. L
exa&t keeping of my Holy Things, Houſe Sacrifices and Worſhip.*
rogates, and Curats, to look to the Gates, and theſe have let m tit profane and unclean. Your Pride, or Covetouſneſs, or Lazineſs, hit raken you off from your Duty and your Charge: or you have, as jy! ſaw good, conſecrated Perſons, whether fit or unfit, whether approve or not approved by me ; ſo you have profaned my Name, and vioiztt my Law, Numb. 18. 4.
cumciſed 7 heart, nor uncircumeiſed in fleſh, ihall _ wr. 2. ts here the Lord God of Iſracl, thatGlory was the viſible Sign of | into my fancuar of any ſtranger that # among © his Preſence. His Glory is himſelf, and where thar entred, he entred, of Iſrael. Ys Y S :
wicked and Heathens to enter his SanQuary. None, of what Quali- ty ſvever, what Intereſt ſoever they make, though Princes, No Learned, Travellers, that come to view Nations, and the Rarities?
Door to it on that Side. r Through the Windows of the TÞ
oor 1 7 R emple Uid difcern that Brightneſs and Luſtre which filled the Temple. my - 4 v. 28, lt. i,k, {,m, and ch. 43-V. 2. let.c, 7 Yid. ch. i. y F er. /. 2
5 And the LORD faid unto me, Son of man, + markit well, and bchold with thine eyes, and hear with thine m__ | all that I ſay unto thee concerninng all the ordinance, , ; of the houſe of the LORD, and all the laws thereof and h mark well x the entring in ofthe houſe, with every goin | torth of the ſanctuary z. : .
The whole of the firſt part of this Verſe is ch. 40. v. 4. where 's 4 explained. « The preſcribed Rules for Perſons and Things in a | b about the Temple, Theſe Ordinances are called Laws in this Verſe, BY
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x Set thy Mind that thou mayſt comprehend them all. } Not <6 much the Gares and Porches, through which the Entrance is to the _ Houſe, as the Perſons who may, and who may not enter. z Take _ here largely for the Holy Courts, ratherthan for the Houſe it ſelf, =
6s And thou ſhalt fay to the rebellious 2, ever to the Þ _ + houſe of Iſrael, Thus faith the Lord GOD, O ye houſs oh of lrael, let it ſufhce b you of all your abominations,
4 Vid. chap.2. wer. 3. let f. and wer. 6, 7, 8. afthat third Chapter 6 Let the Time you have ſpent on your Sins, your many great Sin and Abominations, let them be thought enough, nay too much, az I Pet. 4. 3. do ſono more. |