1._And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them. _Since I shall again repeat and more fully explain these things as they are written in Leviticus 9:0, in the history of the consecration of the tabernacle, it will be sufficient to give nothing more than a brief summary of them here; nor is it m... [ Continue Reading ]
16._And thou shalt slay the ram. _Moses had previously been commanded to take the parts of the victim from the hands of Aaron, to propitiate God with them, in order that he and his posterity might be able hereafter to perform the same office; but here a peculiar ceremony is described, that he should... [ Continue Reading ]
28._And it shall be Aaron’s. _Lest the dignity of the sacred offerings, which are called the holiness of the Lord, should be impaired, strangers are prohibited from partaking of them; for, if it had been permitted that every one should touch them and eat of them, there would have been no distinction... [ Continue Reading ]
36._And thou shalt offer every day a bullock. _Since the ancient altar was no less a type of Christ than the priest was, it may naturally be asked, what its _expiation _could mean, as if there were anything impure or polluted in Christ. But we must remember, what I before adverted to, that no simili... [ Continue Reading ]
38._Now this is that which thou shalt offer. _I have thought it well to give the first place among the sacrifices to that daily one which is called the continual sacrifice; for God would have two lambs offered to Him every morning and evening, that the people might perpetually exercise themselves in... [ Continue Reading ]
42._At the door of the tabernacle _(235) _of the congregation. _This passage shews us in what sense the word מועד _mogned, _is used, when it is employed in connection with the tabernacle. Some translate it “testimony:” others, “church:” others, “assembly,” (_conventum;_) others, “appointment,” (_con... [ Continue Reading ]
46._And they shall know that I am the Lord. _In these words God signifies that He has not only been the deliverer of His people on one occasion, but with the object of presiding over their welfare, and of demonstrating practically that He dwells among them. He, moreover, appointed the sanctuary to b... [ Continue Reading ]