And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. Ver. 1. _Shall bear the iniquity,_] i.e., The punishment of whatsoever iniquity is done in the sanct... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die._ Ver. 3. _And you also die._] For your ‘other men's sins' which you have not prevented or prohibited. _Qui non, cum p... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death._ Ver. 7. _As a service of gift._]... [ Continue Reading ]
This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons. Ver. 9. _Which th... [ Continue Reading ]
In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. Ver. 10. _In the most holy place,_] _i.e., _ In the priest s' court.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. Ver. 12. _All the best of the oil._] Heb., The fat. God can afford the ministers the best of the best, though the most now-a-days think the... [ Continue Reading ]
__ Numbers 18:13 _[And] whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat [of] it._ Ver. 13. _And whatsoever is first ripe._] See what an honourable maintenance, and liberal entertainment God himself assigne... [ Continue Reading ]
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. Ver. 14. _Every thing devoted._] Unless devoted to some particular use. Lev 27:28-29... [ Continue Reading ]
And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. Ver. 18. _And the flesh of them shall be thine._] And besides these here touched, they had other revenues of no small value, as their cities, suburbs, lands, Num 35:1-34 that they might be encouraged in th... [ Continue Reading ]
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. Ver. 19. _It is a covenant of sa... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, [even] the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 21. _For their service which they serve._] No man did so much as shut the doors of God's sanctuary, or kindle... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. Ver. 22. _Neither must the children._] But only God's kinsmen, the priests and Levites, as they are called, Lev 10:3 according to some translations, or his nigh ones. So in the... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. Ver. 31. _For it is your reward._] Or, wages, which you dearly earn, and may justly call for. So Luke 10:7 .... [ Continue Reading ]