_AND THIS IS THE THING THAT THOU SHALT DO UNTO THEM TO HALLOW THEM, TO MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE: TAKE ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, AND TWO RAMS WITHOUT BLEMISH,_ This is the thing that thou shalt do. Steps are taken at the beginning of a society which need not be repeated when the social machi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNLEAVENED BREAD, AND CAKES UNLEAVENED TEMPERED WITH OIL, AND WAFERS UNLEAVENED ANOINTED WITH OIL: OF WHEATEN FLOUR SHALT THOU MAKE THEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AARON AND HIS SONS THOU SHALT BRING UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND SHALT WASH THEM WITH WATER._ Door of the tabernacle - as occupying the intermediate space between the court where the people stood and the dwelling-place of Israel's king, and therefore the fittest spo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT TAKE THE GARMENTS, AND PUT UPON AARON THE COAT, AND THE ROBE OF THE EPHOD, AND THE EPHOD, AND THE BREASTPLATE, AND GIRD HIM WITH THE CURIOUS GIRDLE OF THE EPHOD:_ Wash them with water, and ... take the garments. The manner in which these parts of the ceremonial was performed is minu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT PUT THE MITRE UPON HIS HEAD, AND PUT THE HOLY CROWN UPON THE MITRE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT CAUSE A BULLOCK TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: AND AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE BULLOCK._ Thou shalt cause a bullock. This part of the ceremonial consisted of three sacrifices- (1) The sacrifice of a bullock as a sin offeri... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT KILL THE BULLOCK BEFORE THE LORD, BY THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THUS SHALT THOU DO UNTO AARON, AND TO HIS SONS, ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE COMMANDED THEE: SEVEN DAYS SHALT THOU CONSECRATE THEM._ Seven days. The renewal of these ceremonies on the return of every day in the seven, with the intervention of a Sabbath, was a wise preparatory arrangeme... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT OFFER EVERY DAY A BULLOCK FOR A SIN OFFERING FOR ATONEMENT: AND THOU SHALT CLEANSE THE ALTAR, WHEN THOU HAST MADE AN ATONEMENT FOR IT, AND THOU SHALT ANOINT IT, TO SANCTIFY IT._ Thou shalt cleanse the altar. The phrase "when thou hast made an atonement for it," literally should be,... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEVEN DAYS THOU SHALT MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR THE ALTAR, AND SANCTIFY IT; AND IT SHALL BE AN ALTAR MOST HOLY: WHATSOEVER TOUCHETH THE ALTAR SHALL BE HOLY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THIS IS THAT WHICH THOU SHALT OFFER UPON THE ALTAR; TWO LAMBS OF THE FIRST YEAR DAY BY DAY CONTINUALLY._ Two lambs. The sacred preliminaries being completed, Moses was instructed in the end or design to which these preparations were subservient-namely the worship of God; and hence, the institu... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ONE LAMB THOU SHALT OFFER IN THE MORNING; AND THE OTHER LAMB THOU SHALT OFFER AT EVEN:_ Thou shalt offer at even, х_ BEEYN_ (H996) _ HAA`ARBAAYIM_ (H6153)] - between the evenings (cf. Exodus 29:41) [Septuagint, to deilinon (see the note at Exodus 12:6)].... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WITH THE ONE LAMB A TENTH DEAL OF FLOUR MINGLED WITH THE FOURTH PART OF AN HIN OF BEATEN OIL; AND THE FOURTH PART OF AN HIN OF WINE FOR A DRINK OFFERING._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE OTHER LAMB THOU SHALT OFFER AT EVEN, AND SHALT DO THERETO ACCORDING TO THE MEAT OFFERING OF THE MORNING, AND ACCORDING TO THE DRINK OFFERING THEREOF, FOR A SWEET SAVOUR, AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD._ For a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord, х_ LªREEYACH_ (H738... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS SHALL BE A CONTINUAL BURNT OFFERING THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION BEFORE THE LORD: WHERE I WILL MEET YOU, TO SPEAK THERE UNTO THEE._ This shall be a continual burnt offering, х_ `OWLAT_ (H5769) _ TAAMIYD_ (H8548)] - an offering continued daily.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE I WILL MEET WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND THE TABERNACLE SHALL BE SANCTIFIED BY MY GLORY._ And the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. The word "tabernacle" is a supplement by our translators; so that, as the verb has no proper nominative, we are at liberty to take the stateme... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL SANCTIFY THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND THE ALTAR: I WILL SANCTIFY ALSO BOTH AARON AND HIS SONS, TO MINISTER TO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND I WILL DWELL AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND WILL BE THEIR GOD._ I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. This was the high and special privilege of Israel, that God had chosen their land, their tabernacle (afterward their temple), as the place of His residence; and... [ Continue Reading ]