And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it. Ver. 1. _An altar to burn incense upon._] Shadowing Christ, as perfuming and presenting the prayers of saints, Revelation 8:3 _; _ Rev 5:8 and obtaining answer thereto "from the four horns of the golden altar w... [ Continue Reading ]
A cubit [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits [shall be] the height thereof: the horns thereof [shall be] of the same. Ver. 2. _A cubit shall be the length._] That in Ezekiel Eze 41:22 is much larger, as setting forth the service of G... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. Ver. 3. _Overlay it with pure gold._] Shadowing Christ's deity, yielding glory to his humanity. _ A crown of gold round abou... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put it before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. Ver. 6. _Where I will meet with thee._] To give oracles and answers of mercy. God still "meeteth him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. Ver. 7. _Shall burn thereon sweet incense._] _Faciunt et vespae favos._ The heathens had the like custom - “Verbenasque adole pingues, et mascula thura.” - Virgil.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. Ver. 8. _And when Aaron lighteth the lamps._] To show that our prayers must be made according to the light and direction of God's Word, lest we ask we know not... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. Ver. 9. _No strange incense._] So may we not pray, but according to God's revealed will. 1Jn 5:14... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it [is] most holy unto the LORD. Ver. 10. _An atonement upon the horns of it._] Pardon must be sought... [ Continue Reading ]
When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when [thou] numberest them. Ver. 12. _That there be no plague._] David, in numbering the people, n... [ Continue Reading ]
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel [is] twenty gerahs:) an half shekel [shall be] the offering of the LORD. Ver. 13. _Half a shekel._] Towards the making of the tabernacle; and as an amercing himself... [ Continue Reading ]
Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. Ver. 14. _From twenty years old._] Such were able to get it, before they gave it.... [ Continue Reading ]
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when [they] give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. Ver. 15. _The rich shall not give more._] They are both of a price, because in spirituals they are equal. 2Pe 1:1... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. Ver. 16. _That it may be a memorial._] A perpetu... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou shalt also make a laver [of] brass, and his foot [also of] brass, to wash [withal]: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. Ver. 18. _Between the tabernacle and the altar._] The laver and altar situated in the same court... [ Continue Reading ]
For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: Ver. 19. _For Aaron and his sons._] Here they were to wash before they prayed for the people. Heb 10:22 We must first make our own peace with God before we take upon us to intercede for others. So did David. Psalms 25:22 _; _ Psa... [ Continue Reading ]
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: Ver. 20. _Wash with water._] "Wash their hands in innocency," before they "compass God's altar." Psalms... [ Continue Reading ]
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations. Ver. 21. _That they die not._] Come not to an untimely end, as Nadab and Abihu did. Lev 10:1-2... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, Ver. 26. _And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle._] So to consecrate the same to God's service, and to set forth how joyfully and gladly men should serve the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. Ver. 29. _Whatsoever toucheth them._] So are all those anointed holy, that by a lively faith touch the Lord Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister unto me in the priest's office. Ver. 30. _Aaron and his sons._] Those only that succeeded him in the office of high priest. Leviticus 4:3 _; Leviticus 4:5_ _; Leviticus 4:16_ _; _ Lev 16:32... [ Continue Reading ]
Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make [any other] like it, after the composition of it: it [is] holy, [and] it shall be holy unto you. Ver. 32. Upon man's flesh.] A Latine Postiller hence infers, in a hyperbolical sense, that priests are angels, not having human flesh.... [ Continue Reading ]
Whosoever compoundeth [any] like it, or whosoever putteth [any] of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. Ver. 33. _Whosoever compoundeth any like it._] Holy things must not be profaned, on pain of death. No people so abuse Scripture to common and ordinary use as the Jews do.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt beat [some] of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. Ver. 36. _And thou shalt beat some of it very small._] This holy perfume, as in the matter costly, so in the manner it... [ Continue Reading ]