And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. Ver. 1. _And Nadab and Abihu._] These jolly young priests, overjoyed haply of their new employment and overwa... [ Continue Reading ]
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Ver. 2. _And there went out fire._] By fire they sinned, and by fire they perished. “ _Per quod quis peccat, per idem punitur et ipse:_ Nestorii lingua vermibus exesa est. ” - Evag., lib. i. So Archbishop Ar... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. Ver. 3. _This is it that the Lord spake._] Where? and when? Lev 8:35 Exodus 19:22. Or perhaps nowhere writte... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. Ver. 4. _And Moses called Mishael, &c._] Aaron's first cousins were called, to carry these two unhappy brethren out for burial:... [ Continue Reading ]
So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. Ver. 5. _In their coats._] These were not burnt, as neither were their bodies: the fire, being of a celestial and subtile nature, might pierce their inward parts, not touching their outward; as lightning kills by... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. Ver. 6. _And Moses said... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD [is] upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. Ver. 7. _For the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you._] This is every true Christian's case, who should therefore... [ Continue Reading ]
Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations: Ver. 9. _Do not drink wine, nor strong drink._] As some are of opinion Nadab and Abihu had done; which mis... [ Continue Reading ]
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; Ver. 10. _And that ye may put difference._] Drunkenness takes away the heart, Hos 4:11 besots and infatuates; robs a man of himself, and lays a beast in his place.... [ Continue Reading ]
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. Ver. 11. _And that ye may teach._] The priest's lips should both preserve knowledge and present it to the people; even all the counsel of God. Mal 2:7 Act 20:27 "To give the know... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it [is] most holy: Ver. 12. _Take the meat offerlng,_] _q.d., _ Think not that God... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it [is] thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. Ver. 13. See Leviticus 6:26 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for [they be] thy due, and thy sons' due, [which] are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. Ver. 14. _And the wave breast, and heave shoulder._]... [ Continue Reading ]
The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave [it for] a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. Ver. 15. _The heave shoulder._] See on Exodus 29:2... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron [which were] left [alive], saying, Ver. 16. _And, behold, it was burnt._] Passion for their dead friends had so transported the priests, that they knew n... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it [is] most holy, and [God] hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? Ver. 17. _To bear the iniquity._] This the sinner doth subjectively, the priest typically, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy [place]: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy [place], as I commanded. Ver. 18. _Ye should indeed have eaten it._] Thus, by misreckoning a point, ye have missed the haven, and hazarded yourselves to the rocks of the divine displeasure... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and [if] I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? Ver. 19. _Should it have been accepted._]... [ Continue Reading ]
And when Moses heard [that], he was content. Ver. 20. _He was content._] For that time at least. It is not good sowing in a high wind. To choose a fit time to admonish an offender, is a singular skill, and a very great advantage. The mildest medicine is troublesome to an eye that is inflamed.... [ Continue Reading ]