Deuteronomy 18:1-8
THE DUES OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DUES OF PRIESTS AND LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
The priests, the Levites, the sons of the tribe of Levi, and all the tribe of Levi, the ministers known as the Levites proper, SHALL HAVE NO PART NOR INHERITANCE WITH ISRAEL, Numbers 18:20; THEY SHALL EAT THE OFFERINGS OF THE LORD MADE BY FIRE, Numbers 18:8, AND HIS INHERITANCE.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He hath said unto them. The inheritance of Jehovah, which was to be the reward of the priests and Levites, consisted not only in the wave-breast and heaveshoulder of the sacrifices, as specified in the p... [ Continue Reading ]
And this shall be the priest's due from the people, that which he had a right to expect and demand, FROM THEM THAT OFFER A SACRIFICE, WHETHER IT BE OX OR SHEEP; AND THEY SHALL GIVE UNTO THE PRIEST THE SHOULDER, Numbers 6:19, AND THE TWO CHEEKS, AND THE MAW, the abomasum, the fourth, or true digestiv... [ Continue Reading ]
The first-fruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, Exodus 22:29; Numbers 18:12, AND THE FIRST OF THE FLEECE OF THY SHEEP SHALT THOU GIVE HIM; that was the priest's portion.... [ Continue Reading ]
For the Lord, thy God, hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, Deuteronomy 10:8; Exodus 28:1, HIM AND HIS SONS FOREVER.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, from any of the cities which were set aside for the Levites, WHERE HE SOJOURNED, Numbers 35:2, AND COME WITH ALL THE DESIRE OF HIS MIND, with all eagerness to share in the ministry of worship, UNTO THE PLACE WHICH THE LORD SHALL CHOOSE, t... [ Continue Reading ]
then he shall minister in the name of the Lord, his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the Lord. It seems that only a part of the Levites was actively engaged in the ministry of the Sanctuary, probably because their ministry was regulated by courses. The men here spoke... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall have like portions to eat, as much as those who were on duty by selection, BESIDE THAT WHICH COMETH OF THE SALE OF HIS PATRIMONY, that is, regardless of the income he may have from the sale of goods inherited from his father. The meadow-land belonging to the Levites could not be sold, but... [ Continue Reading ]
When thou art come into the land which the Lord, thy God, giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations, those customs which the Lord particularly abhorred and loathed.... [ Continue Reading ]
WARNING AGAINST HEATHEN ABOMINATIONS... [ Continue Reading ]
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, as the worshipers of Moloch, or Molech, did, OR THAT USETH DIVINATION, to uncover the future, Numbers 23:23, OR AN OBSERVER OF TIMES, a whispering magician, Leviticus 19:26, or an augur who foste... [ Continue Reading ]
or a charmer, a magician, OR A CONSULTER WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS, one who has power over spirits and inquires of them, OR A WIZARD, a man with all the wisdom of the occult arts, OR A NECROMANCER, one who cites the spirits of the dead. All these practices, as they grow out of idolatry, are found to the... [ Continue Reading ]
For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord, abhorred and cursed of Him, to this day; AND BECAUSE OF THESE ABOMINATIONS THE LORD, THY GOD, DOTH DRIVE THEM OUT FROM BEFORE THEE. Cf Leviticus 18:24; Leviticus 20:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord, thy God. The Hebrew text at this point is very emphatic: Sincere, upright, irreproachable shalt thou be before Jehovah, thy God, namely, as a people consecrated to Him and His service.... [ Continue Reading ]
For these nations which thou shalt possess, by taking possession of their country, HEARKENED UNTO OBSERVERS OF TIMES, to conjurers and magicians, AND UNTO DIVINERS, and so they will receive their punishment; BUT AS FOR THEE, THE LORD, THY GOD, HATH NOT SUFFERED THEE SO TO DO. Israel should remain ab... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord, thy God, will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto Him ye shall hearken. With great abruptness, as it is characteristic of prophecy, Noses here foretells the coming of a great, a singular Prophet. This great Prophet would arise by the spe... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE COMING GREAT PROPHET... [ Continue Reading ]
According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord, thy God, in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord, my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not, Exodus 20:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. Moses had even at that time received the Revelation concerning this wonderful Prophet who was to bring them a message of glory and beauty instead of that which struck terror to their hearts.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put My words in His mouth, impart to Rim the message which He desired to have delivered to His people; AND HE SHALL SPEAK UNTO THEM ALL THAT I SHALL COMMAND HIM. His word would be invested with unconditional certainty... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass that whosoever will not hearken unto My words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. With the greatest emphasis the necessity of yielding unquestioning obedience to this great Prophet and His message is urged. The punishment of the disobedient is contain... [ Continue Reading ]
But the prophet which shall presume to speak a word in My name, with insolent haughtiness, WHICH I HAVE NOT COMMANDED HIM TO SPEAK, whose message therefore is altogether false, OR THAT SHALL SPEAK IN THE NAME OF OTHER GODS, EVEN THAT PROPHET SHALL DIE, be put to death for promulgating falsehoods whi... [ Continue Reading ]
OF FALSE PROPHETS... [ Continue Reading ]
And if thou say in thine heart, how shall we know the word which the Lord hath spoken? How may any one be sure of the truth, since all the false teachers claim a divine call, a divine mission? The Lord gives the answer.... [ Continue Reading ]
When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, the fact that the prophecy is not fulfilled proves it to have been a falsehood, as so many predictions of modern sects regarding the date of the Day of Judgme... [ Continue Reading ]