And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake._] _Est Venus in vinis:_ therefore after the law for the privy harlot, here is a law given for abstinence from wine and strong drink, which some have called _lac veneris._ The whore cometh forth with a cup, Rev 17:4 as with a fit in... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate [themselves] unto the LORD: Ver. 2. _To vow a vow._] A voluntary vow, a religious promise made in prayer; hence ευχη, a vow, προσευχη, a prayer. _ To s... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall separate [himself] from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. Ver. 3. _He shall separate himself from wine._] Lest he should drink and forget the law, Pro 31:5 whic... [ Continue Reading ]
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. Ver. 4. _From the kernels even to the tusk._] Nothing that might occasion, or tempt him to break his vow. All shadows and shows of evil must be shunned: _Quicquid fuerit male colora... [ Continue Reading ]
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth [himself] unto the LORD, he shall be holy, [and] shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. Ver. 5. _There shall no razor._] In opposition to heathens, v... [ Continue Reading ]
All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. Ver. 6. _At no dead body._] Christ was never defiled by any person dead in sin, nor by any dead work; no more must we.... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon his head. Ver. 7. _He shall not make himself uncIean._] In all changes he must be unchangeable; so was Christ, so must we.... [ Continue Reading ]
All the days of his separation he [is] holy unto the LORD. Ver. 8. _He is holy unto the Lord._] With an inward holiness, else all his outward observations were to no purpose.... [ Continue Reading ]
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. Ver. 9. _And If any man die._] A figure of the involuntary and unavoidable infirmity of the saints, which must b... [ Continue Reading ]
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: Ver. 10. _Two turtles._] See Leviticus 15:14, & c. It is the same expiation with those that had unclean issues.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. Ver. 11. _For that he sinned by the dead._] Heb., By a soul. See on Numbers 5:2 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. Ver. 12. _And he shall consecrate._] He shall begin the world anew: so must we, after... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: Ver. 13. _And this is the law of the Nazarite._] The third part of it, to teach him thankfulness, that most needful, but much neglected duty... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, Ver. 14. _And he shall offer his offering._] Though he had fulfi... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall bring [them] before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: Ver. 16. _And shall offer his sin offering._] Acknowledging thereby, that he had sinned in the most sanctified time and actions of his life; and needed therefore a Saviour.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. Ver. 18. _And put it in the fire._] To teach us, that t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put [them] upon the hands of the Nazarite, after [the hair of] his separation is shaven: Ver. 19. _The sodden shoulder,_] _i.e., _ The left shoulder; for the righ... [ Continue Reading ]
And the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD: this [is] holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. Ver. 20. _The Nazarite may drink wine._] The Popish votaries will needs fetch colour and approbation for their su... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is] the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, [and of] his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside [that] that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. Ver. 21. _Besides that that his hand,_] _i.e., _ Beside his voluntary... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, Ver. 23. _Ye shall bless the children of Israel._] Praying for them with hands first stretched out to heaven, Lev 9:22 and then laid upon the people; so putting the blessing of God upon... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: Ver. 24. _The Lord bless thee._] Here some observe the mystery of the holy Trinity. See it explained in 2 Corinthians 13:14 .... [ Continue Reading ]