INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 15 In this chapter the children of Israel are instructed about the meat offerings and drink offerings, and the quantities of them, which were always to go along with their burnt offerings and peace offerings they should offer when they came into the land of Canaan, Numbers 1... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES,.... After the murmurings of the Israelites by reason of the spies, Numbers 14:2; and their being threatened with a consumption of them in the wilderness on that account, Numbers 14:12; and their defeat at Hormah, Numbers 14:45: and lest their posterity should be discourag... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... The younger sort of them, such as were under twenty years of age; for those of that age and upwards, who had murmured against the Lord, had been assured by him with an oath that they should die in the wilderness, and not see the land of Canaa... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WILL MAKE AN OFFERING BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD, A BURNT OFFERING,.... The first of these respects such offerings by fire, which were not wholly burnt, but part of them were eaten by the priests, Deuteronomy 18:1; and the latter such as were wholly burnt, unless the latter can be thought to be only... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL HE THAT OFFERETH HIS OFFERING UNTO THE LORD,.... Be it of either kind before mentioned: BRING A MEAT OFFERING OF A TENTH DEAL OF FLOUR, MINGLED WITH THE FOURTH [PART] OF AN HIN OF OIL; this was made of the tenth part of an ephah, or of an omer of fine wheaten flour, which was the quantit... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE FOURTH [PART] OF AN HIN OF WINE,.... The same measure with the oil, and this was wine of the grapes, as the Targum of Jonathan; other sorts of wine might not be used for the purpose mentioned: FOR A DRINK OFFERING SHALT THOU PREPARE; with the meat offering, to go along with every burnt offe... [ Continue Reading ]
OR FOR A RAM,.... Whether for a burnt offering or a peace offering; or rather and for a ram g, as many versions: THOU SHALT PREPARE [FOR] A MEAT OFFERING TWO TENTH DEALS OF FLOUR MINGLED WITH THE THIRD [PART] OF AN HIN OF OIL: which was the quantity of six quarts of fine flour, and about three pint... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FOR A DRINK OFFERING THOU SHALT OFFER A THIRD [PART] OF AN HIN OF WINE,.... The same quantity of wine was to be used in the drink offering as of oil in the meat offering, Numbers 15:4: [FOR] A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD, that it might be acceptable to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THOU PREPAREST A BULLOCK [FOR] A BURNT OFFERING,.... Which was a larger offering, and required a larger meat offering and drink offering, as Numbers 15:9 show: OR [FOR] A SACRIFICE IN PERFORMING A VOW OR PEACE OFFERINGS UNTO THE LORD; by which latter are meant freewill offerings; for thoug... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL HE BRING WITH A BULLOCK A MEAT OFFERING,.... Much larger than either for a lamb or ram, even one consisting OF THREE TENTH DEALS OF FLOUR; or nine quarts of it: MINGLED WITH HALF AN HIN OF OIL; two quarts and a pint, and somewhat more.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT BRING FOR A DRINK OFFERING HALF AN HIN OF WINE,.... The same quantity as of oil, and a little more: [FOR] AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE OF A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD: this, according to Jarchi, refers only to the meat offering and the oil: for the wine was not a fire offering, not being... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SHALL IT BE DONE FOR ONE BULLOCK,.... Such a quantity of flour and oil for the meat offering, and such a quantity of wine for the drink offering as before expressed; making no difference between one young or old: OR FOR A RAM: which, Jarchi says, was thirteen months and one day old: OR FOR A... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER THAT YE SHALL PREPARE, SO SHALL YE DO TO EVERYONE, ACCORDING TO THEIR NUMBER. That is, in proportion to the number of the cattle, be they of which sort they would, should be the quantity of the meat and drink offerings.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THAT ARE BORN OF THE COUNTRY SHALL DO THESE THINGS AFTER THIS MANNER,.... Meaning that all Israelites should with their sacrifices bring their meat and drink offerings of the quantity directed to as above: IN OFFERING AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE OF A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD; when they offered a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH YOU,.... A stranger, or proselyte, not of the gate, but of righteousness, as Ben Gersom and the Jewish, writers in general interpret it; OR WHATSOEVER [BE] AMONG YOU IN YOUR GENERATIONS; whether such a proselyte settled and continued among them, or only stayed with th... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE ORDINANCE [SHALL BE BOTH] FOR YOU OF THE CONGREGATION,.... Or "O congregation" i, as Ben Melech, and so the Targum of Jonathan, "O whole congregation"; though Aben Ezra denies it to be vocative: AND ALSO FOR THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH [WITH YOU]; the same ordinance, statute, or appointment, r... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE LAW, AND ONE MANNER,.... One law respecting these sacrifices, and one manner of offering them; one and the same precept to be observed, and one and the same judgment or punishment inflicted in case of non-observance: SHALL BE FOR YOU, AND THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH WITH YOU; for Israelites an... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES,.... Or continued to speak to him; for the following law was given at the same time as those before: SAYING; as follows.... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SAY UNTO THEM,.... Who only were bound to observe the following law concerning the cake of the first dough, Numbers 15:20, and not Gentiles; so the Jews say k, the dough of a Gentile is free from the cake, though an Israelite kneads it: WHEN YE COME INTO THE L... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN IT SHALL BE, THAT WHEN YE EAT OF THE BREAD OF THE LAND,.... Of the land of Canaan; when they were about to eat of it, before they actually did; when they were preparing for it, had ground their corn into flour, and had mixed it with water and kneaded it into dough, in order to bake it and make... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL OFFER UP A CAKE OF THE FIRST OF YOUR DOUGH [FOR] AN HEAVE OFFERING,.... Of the first dough made of the first corn that was threshed, winnowed and ground, they were to make a cake, and offer it an heave offering unto the Lord; the quantity of it is not expressed, but was left to the people's... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE FIRST OF YOUR DOUGH SHALL YE GIVE UNTO THE LORD,.... As an acknowledgment of his being the sovereign Lord and possessor of heaven and earth, and of his being the owner and proprietor of the land of Canaan; and by way of thankfulness to him for the plenty of bread corn he had given them; and w... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF YE HAVE ERRED,.... Gone astray from the law of God, and any of its precepts; every sin is an error, a missing of the mark, a wandering from the way of God's commandments. Jarchi, and the Jews in general, interpret this of idolatry, but it rather respects any deviation from the law, moral or c... [ Continue Reading ]
[EVEN] ALL THAT THE LORD HATH COMMANDED YOU BY THE HAND OF MOSES,.... Recorded in this book and the two preceding, whether of a moral, ceremonial, or judicial kind; the whole body of laws given to the people of Israel from the Lord by Moses: FROM THE DAY THAT THE LORD COMMANDED [MOSES], AND HENCEFO... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN IT SHALL BE, IF [OUGHT] BE COMMITTED BY IGNORANCE,.... Of the law of God, not clearly understanding the meaning of it, or not knowing of the several precepts of it, and the circumstances of each, and the manner of performing obedience thereunto: WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONGREGATION; or th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL;.... By offering a sin offering for them, a type of Christ, the propitiation not only for the sins of the people among the Jews, but throughout the whole world, 1 John 2:2; AND IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN THEM; as th... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and for the sake of what follows: AND THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG THEM; the proselyte of righteousness; so the blessing of pardon, through the propitiatory sacrifice of Chr... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF ANY SOUL SIN THROUGH IGNORANCE,.... Any private or particular person, by breaking any of the above commands, or any other, not rightly understanding them, or not adverting: to the circumstances required in the manner of performing them: THEN HE SHALL BRING A SHE GOAT OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL THAT SINNETH IGNORANTLY,.... By offering his sin offering for him: WHEN HE SINNETH BY IGNORANCE BEFORE THE LORD; to whom it is known to be such, before whom all things are naked, open, and well known: TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM, AND IT SHALL BE FO... [ Continue Reading ]
YOU SHALL HAVE ONE LAW FOR HIM THAT SINNETH THROUGH IGNORANCE,.... Which enjoins a she goat for a sin offering for such: [BOTH] FOR HIM THAT IS BORN AMONGST THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND FOR THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG THEM; both sinning through ignorance, the same sacrifice was offered for th... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE SOUL THAT DOETH [OUGHT] PRESUMPTUOUSLY,.... Or with "an high hand" t, or through pride, as the Targum of Jonathan; in an haughty, insolent, bold and daring manner; in an obstinate, stubborn, self-willed way, with purpose and design, openly and publicly, neither fearing God nor regarding man:... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE HE HATH DESPISED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND HATH BROKEN HIS COMMANDMENT,.... That is, has broken it through contempt of it, despising it as a command of God, paying no regard to it as a law of his; otherwise such who sin ignorantly break the commandment of God: THAT SOUL SHALL BE UTTERLY CUT... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHILE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE IN THE WILDERNESS,.... According to Aben Ezra, in the wilderness of Sinai; for it is a common notion of the Jews, that though this fact is recorded here, yet was committed the first year the Israelites came out of Egypt, quickly after the giving the law of the s... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT FOUND HIM GATHERING STICKS,.... Admonished him, as say the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, but he would not desist; wherefore they BROUGHT HIM UNTO MOSES AND AARON, AND UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION; to Moses and Aaron, and to the seventy elders, who might be at this time met together, to... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY PUT HIM IN WARD,.... In a certain prison in the camp; perhaps the same in which the blasphemer was put, Leviticus 24:12; and for much the same reason: BECAUSE IT WAS NOT DECLARED WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO HIM: that is, what kind of death he should die, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; it had been bef... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES,.... Who consulted the Lord upon this affair, in the tabernacle, even at the most holy place, from above the mercy seat, where he promised to meet him, and commune with him about whatsoever he should consult him, Exodus 25:22; THE MAN SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH; for a... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ALL THE CONGREGATION BROUGHT HIM WITHOUT THE CAMP,.... What was done by the order of Moses and the seventy elders is said to be done by the whole congregation, though it was by a few persons only the man was actually brought out, who were the proper officers to do such business: AND STONED HIM... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES,.... After the giving of the above laws, and the order for stoning the sabbath breaker; and the rather what follows is connected with them, because it was to put them in mind of these and all other commands; and of so much importance is the precept directed to, that the... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Whom it only concerned, and all of them, except women and children; for priests, Levites, Israelites, proselytes, and freed servants, were bound to wear the fringes, but not Gentiles; nor might the Gentiles make them, what were made by them were not to be used... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL BE UNTO YOU FOR A FRINGE,.... The blue ribbon or lace shall be in or upon the fringe to fasten it: THAT YE MAY LOOK UPON IT; the blue lace making the whole the more conspicuous: from hence the Jews gather, that the night is not the time for wearing fringe, which lessens the sight, and... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT YE MAY REMEMBER AND DO ALL MY COMMANDMENTS,.... Which is repeated, that the end and use of these fringes might be particularly taken notice of, and attended to; that so they might not satisfy themselves with and rest in this ceremony of wearing the fringes, but be found in the observance of eve... [ Continue Reading ]
I [AM] THE LORD YOUR GOD,.... Their Creator, Preserver, and Benefactor, their Lord and Sovereign, their covenant God and Father: WHICH BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, TO BE YOUR GOD; to make it appear that he was their God in a special relation, and that he took the special care and governmen... [ Continue Reading ]