CHAPTER XV _Directions concerning the different offerings they should bring_ _unto the Lord when they should come to the land of Canaan_, 1-3. _Directions relative to the_ meat-offering, 4; _to the_ drink-offering, 5. _Of the_ burnt-offering, vow-offering, peace-offering, drink-offering, _ c._... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:2. _WHEN YE BE COME INTO THE LAND_] Some learned men are of opinion that several offerings prescribed by the law were not intended to be made in the _wilderness_, but in the promised land; the former not affording those conveniences which were necessary to the complete observance of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:3. _AND WILL MAKE AN OFFERING_] For the different kinds of offerings, sacrifices, c., see Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:5. _THE FOURTH_ PART _OF A HIN_] The quantity of meal and flour was augmented in proportion to the _size_ of the sacrifice with which it was offered. With a LAMB or a KID were offered _one_ tenth deal of flour, (the tenth part of an ephah, Exodus 29:40,) the _fourth_ part of a hin o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:14. _IF A STRANGER SOJOURN_] See the notes on Le 19:33; Le 22:9. When the case of the Jewish people is fairly considered, and their situation with respect to the surrounding idolatrous nations, we shall see the absolute necessity of having but one _form_ of _worship_ in the land. T... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:20. _YE SHALL OFFER - THE FIRST OF YOUR DOUGH_] Concerning the offerings of _first-fruits_, Exodus 22:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:24. _IF_ AUGHT _BE COMMITTED BY IGNORANCE_] Leviticus 4:2, and _"_Leviticus 5:17_"_. The case here probably refers to the whole congregation; the cases above, to the sin of an individual.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:25. _THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT_] Even sins committed through ignorance required an atonement; and God in his mercy has provided one for them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:30. _BUT THE SOUL THAT DOETH_ AUGHT _PRESUMPTUOUSLY_] Bold daring acts of transgression against the fullest evidence, and in _despite_ of the Divine authority, admitted of no atonement; the person was to be _cut off _- to be excluded from God's people, and from all their privileges... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:32. _THEY FOUND A MAN THAT GATHERED STICKS UPON THE_ _SABBATH_] This was in all likelihood a case of that kind supposed above: the man despised the word of the Lord, and therefore broke his commandment; see Numbers 15:31. On this ground he was punished with the utmost rigour of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 15:36. _STONED HIM_] Leviticus 24:23, Leviticus 24:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 38. _BID THEM - MAKE THEM FRINGES_] We learn from Numbers 15:39 that these _fringes_ were emblematical of the various _commands_ of God. That there was any analogy between a _fringe_ and a _precept_, it would be bold to assert; but when a thing is appointed to _represent_ another, no matter h... [ Continue Reading ]