Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Numbers 15:31
i.e. The punishment shall be confined to himself, and not fall upon the congregation, as it will do, if they neglect to cut him off.
i.e. The punishment shall be confined to himself, and not fall upon the congregation, as it will do, if they neglect to cut him off.
The heavy punishments which had already overtaken the people might naturally give rise to apprehensions for the future, especially in view of the fact that on the approaching entrance into Canaan the...
5. VARIOUS LAWS, THE SABBATH-BREAKER, AND THE TASSELS ON THE GARMENTS CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Concerning offerings in the land (Numbers 15:1)_ 2. The second communication concerning offerings (Numbers 15:1...
NUMBERS 15. A NUMBER OF DETACHED REGULATIONS (from P). NUMBERS 15:1. THE QUANTITIES OF FLOUR, OIL, AND WINE APPROPRIATE TO VARIOUS SACRIFICES. The practice of adding such accompaniments to flesh-offe...
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44. Put here by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment produced by it....
_his iniquity shall be upon him_ WITH HIS INIQUITY UPON HIM. The sinner shall be -cut off" (see on Numbers 9:13) with the burden of his sin still attaching to him, and unatoned for. In the Christian d...
_Propitiation for inadvertent transgressions_(_a_) Numbers 15:22 committed by the congregation as a whole; (_b_) Numbers 15:27 by individuals. To these is added the provision that deliberate transgres...
DISCOURSE: 159 THE DANGER OF PRESUMPTUOUS SIN Numbers 15:30. _The soul that doeth aught presumptuously (whether he be born in the land or a stranger), the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shal...
DOETH OUGHT PRESUMPTUOUSLY, &C.— In the Hebrew, _with an high hand;_ that is, in a presumptuous and premeditated manner. It signifies the action of a man who knowingly and wilfully breaks the law, and...
Part Three: The Years of Wandering (Numbers 15; Numbers 16; Numbers 17; Numbers 18; Numbers 19;...
_BECAUSE HE HATH DESPISED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND HATH BROKEN HIS COMMANDMENT, THAT SOUL SHALL UTTERLY BE CUT OFF; HIS INIQUITY SHALL BE UPON HIM._ His iniquity shall be upon him - i:e., the punish...
LAWS REGARDING VARIOUS OFFERINGS 1-16. Meal and Drink Offerings. The offerings here referred to are those presented along with other sacrifices (see on the Meal Offering, Leviticus 2), and an enactmen...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 15 LAWS ABOUT *SACRIFICES – NUMBERS 15:1-29 V1 The *LORD spoke to Moses. V2 He told Moses to give th
כִּ֤י דְבַר ־יְהוָה֙ בָּזָ֔ה וְ אֶת ־מִצְוָתֹ
OFFERINGS: SABBATH-KEEPING: DRESS Numbers 15:1 THE enactments of this chapter regarding meal offerings and drink offerings, the heave offerings of the first dough, and the atonement for unwitting err...
EXEMPLARY PUNISHMENT FOR SABBATH-BREAKING Numbers 15:27 This chapter resembles a sweet flute-like melody inserted between two fierce strains. It reminds us that in the middle of wrath God remembers m...
Once more we have the repetition and enforcement of certain laws already given. Occurring here, this appears somewhat strange. The explanation, I think, is to be found in the opening declaration, "Whe...
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his (h) iniquity [shall be] upon him. (h) He shall sustain the punishment of his si...
There must have been somewhat particularly heinous in this sin. It is called reproaching the LORD. The HOLY GHOST hath given the best comment upon it by the mouth of his servant David, when he prayed...
The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
After all this unbelief of the people, when God had declared that the earth should be filled with His glory, by the cutting off of the rebellious congregation, and when one might have supposed they ha...
BECAUSE HE HATH DESPISED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND HATH BROKEN HIS COMMANDMENT,.... That is, has broken it through contempt of it, despising it as a command of God, paying no regard to it as a law of...
_Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity [shall be] upon him._ Ver. 31. _That gathered sticks upon the Sabbath...
1 The law of the meat offering and the drinke offring. 13.29 The stranger is vnder the same law. 17 The law of the first of the dough for a heaue offering. 22 The sacrifice for sinne of ignorance....
ORDINANCES CONCERNING VARIOUS OFFERINGS...
Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken His commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. Translated into terms of the New Testament, this rul...
OFFERINGS WHEN IN THE LAND (vs.1-21) In this chapter the abrupt change from the subject of Chapter 14 may seem strange to us. However, God is infinitely wise and infinitely good. Chapter 14 has shown...
30-36 Those are to be reckoned presumptuous sinners, who sin designedly against God's will and glory. Sins thus committed are exceedingly sinful. He that thus breaks the commandment reproaches the Lo...
The words with which our chapter opens are peculiarly striking, when taken in connection with the contents of chapter 14. There all seemed dark and hopeless. Moses had to say to the people, "_Go not u...
Numbers 15:31 despised H959 (H8804) word H1697 LORD H3068 broken H6565 (H8689) commandment H4687 person H5315 compl
III) PROVISION IN RESPECT OF SIN WITH A HIGH HAND (NUMBERS 15:30). Numbers 15:30 “ But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he be homeborn or a resident alien, the same blasphemes...
CONTENTS: Burnt and free will offerings. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, man who broke Sabbath. CONCLUSION: Sins committed ignorantly must have atonement made for them, for although God is very merciful wit...
Numbers 15:30. _The soul that doeth ought presumptuously,_ literally, with a high hand, _reproacheth the Lord shall be cut off;_ or die, as Deuteronomy 17:12. But in Leviticus 6., atonement was prescr...
_The soul that doeth aught presumptuously._ THE DEFINITION AND DANGER OF PRESUMPTUOUS SINS I. The definition. We take, first, the case of an individual who sins against the positive remonstrances of...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 15:1__ At each place where Israel encamped for a long time, laws were given: at Sinai (Exodus 20:1–
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 15:22 Sins that are unintentional or that are done in ignorance may be atoned for by a sin offering (compare Leviticus 4:1)....
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 15:30 Sins committed WITH A HIGH HAND probably are deliberate, defiant sins, since these are contrasted with unintentional sins (vv. Numbers
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this and the next four Chapter s we have a narrative of certain occurrences and enactments during the penal wandering in the desert, which lasted for nearly thirty-ei...
EXPOSITION VARIOUS LAWS OF SACRIFICE (Numbers 15:1). NUMBERS 15:1 THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES. IT must have been during the years of wandering, but within those limits it is impossible even to
Now, in chapter fifteen, The LORD spoke unto Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and When you come into the land (Numbers 15:1-2), Now this is interesting, right after their failure to ent...
1 Peter 2:24; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Peter 2:21; 2 Samuel 12:9;...