_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ Speak unto the children of Israel. Some infer from Numbers 15:23 that the date of this communication must be fixed toward the close of the wanderings in the wilderness, and also that all the sacrifices prescribed in the law were to be offered only after the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WILL MAKE AN OFFERING BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD, A BURNT OFFERING, OR A SACRIFICE IN PERFORMING A VOW, OR IN A FREEWILL OFFERING, OR IN YOUR SOLEMN FEASTS, TO MAKE A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD, OF THE HERD, OR OF THE FLOCK:_ A burnt offering. It is evident that a peace offering is referred to, bec... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SHALL HE THAT OFFERETH HIS OFFERING UNTO THE LORD BRING A MEAT OFFERING OF A TENTH DEAL OF FLOUR MINGLED WITH THE FOURTH PART OF AN HIN OF OIL._ Tenth deal - i:e., an omer, the tenth part of an ephah (Exodus 16:36). fourth part of an hin of oil. This element shows it to have been different fr... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FOURTH PART OF AN HIN OF WINE FOR A DRINK OFFERING SHALT THOU PREPARE WITH THE BURNT OFFERING OR SACRIFICE, FOR ONE LAMB._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_OR FOR A RAM, THOU SHALT PREPARE FOR A MEAT OFFERING TWO TENTH DEALS OF FLOUR MINGLED WITH THE THIRD PART OF AN HIN OF OIL._ Two tenth deals. The quantity of flour was increased, because the sacrifice was of superior value to the former. The accessory sacrifices were always increased in proportion... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THAT ARE BORN OF THE COUNTRY SHALL DO THESE THINGS AFTER THIS MANNER, IN OFFERING AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, OF A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A STRANGER SOJOURN WITH YOU, OR WHOSOEVER BE AMONG YOU IN YOUR GENERATIONS, AND WILL OFFER AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, OF A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD; AS YE DO, SO HE SHALL DO._ A stranger - one who had become a proselyte. There was not any of the national privileges of the Israelites, with... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN IT SHALL BE, THAT, WHEN YE EAT OF THE BREAD OF THE LAND, YE SHALL OFFER UP AN HEAVE OFFERING UNTO THE LORD._ When ye eat of the bread of the land. The offering prescribed was to precede the act of eating. UNTO THE LORD - i:e., the priests of the Lord (Ezekiel 44:30).... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL OFFER UP A CAKE OF THE FIRST OF YOUR DOUGH FOR AN HEAVE OFFERING: AS YE DO THE HEAVE OFFERING OF THE THRESHINGFLOOR, SO SHALL YE HEAVE IT._ A cake of the first of your dough, х_ CHALAAH_ (H2471)] - a cake (2 Samuel 6:19) especially as offered in sacrifices (Leviticus 8:26; Leviticus 24:5)... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF THE FIRST OF YOUR DOUGH YE SHALL GIVE UNTO THE LORD AN HEAVE OFFERING IN YOUR GENERATIONS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF YE HAVE ERRED, AND NOT OBSERVED ALL THESE COMMANDMENTS, WHICH THE LORD HATH SPOKEN UNTO MOSES,_ If ye have erred ... - respecting the performance of divine worship, and the rites and ceremonies that constitute the holy service. This law relates only to any omission, and consequently is quit... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVEN ALL THAT THE LORD HATH COMMANDED YOU BY THE HAND OF MOSES, FROM THE DAY THAT THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES, AND HENCEFORWARD AMONG YOUR GENERATIONS;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN IT SHALL BE, IF OUGHT BE COMMITTED BY IGNORANCE WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONGREGATION, THAT ALL THE CONGREGATION SHALL OFFER ONE YOUNG BULLOCK FOR A BURNT OFFERING, FOR A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD, WITH HIS MEAT OFFERING, AND HIS DRINK OFFERING, ACCORDING TO THE MANNER, AND ONE KID OF THE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF ANY SOUL SIN THROUGH IGNORANCE, THEN HE SHALL BRING A SHE GOAT OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR A SIN OFFERING._ If any soul sin through ignorance - not only in common with the general body of the people, but this personal sins were to be expiated in the same manner.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIEST SHALL MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR THE SOUL THAT SINNETH IGNORANTLY, WHEN HE SINNETH BY IGNORANCE BEFORE THE LORD, TO MAKE AN ATONEMENT FOR HIM; AND IT SHALL BE FORGIVEN HIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE SOUL THAT DOETH OUGHT PRESUMPTUOUSLY, WHETHER HE BE BORN IN THE LAND, OR A STRANGER, THE SAME REPROACHETH THE LORD; AND THAT SOUL SHALL BE CUT OFF FROM AMONG HIS PEOPLE._ Doeth ought presumptuously, х_ BªYAAD_ (H3027) _ RAAMAAH_ (H7411), with a high or uplifted hand] - i:e., knowingly, wil... [ Continue Reading ]
_BECAUSE HE HATH DESPISED THE WORD OF THE LORD, AND HATH BROKEN HIS COMMANDMENT, THAT SOUL SHALL UTTERLY BE CUT OFF; HIS INIQUITY SHALL BE UPON HIM._ His iniquity shall be upon him - i:e., the punishment of his sins shall fall on himself individually; no guilt shall be incurred by the nation, unles... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHILE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE IN THE WILDERNESS, THEY FOUND A MAN THAT GATHERED STICKS UPON THE SABBATH DAY._ A man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. This incident is evidently, narrated as an instance of presumptuous sin. The mere gathering of sticks was not a sinful act, and mig... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, THE MAN SHALL BE SURELY PUT TO DEATH: ALL THE CONGREGATION SHALL STONE HIM WITH STONES WITHOUT THE CAMP._ The Lord said ... The man ... to death. The Lord was King, as well as God of Israel, and the offence being a violation of the law of the realm, the Sovereign Judg... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND BID THEM THAT THEY MAKE THEM FRINGES IN THE BORDERS OF THEIR GARMENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR GENERATIONS, AND THAT THEY PUT UPON THE FRINGE OF THE BORDERS A RIBBAND OF BLUE:_ BID THEM THAT THEY MAKE THEM FRINGES. These were narrow strips, in a wing-like form, wrappe... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE UNTO YOU FOR A FRINGE, THAT YE MAY LOOK UPON IT, AND REMEMBER ALL THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD, AND DO THEM; AND THAT YE SEEK NOT AFTER YOUR OWN HEART AND YOUR OWN EYES, AFTER WHICH YE USE TO GO A WHORING:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHICH BROUGHT YOU OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, TO BE YOUR GOD: I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD._ I am the Lord your God. The import of this solemn conclusion is, that though He was displeased with them for their frequent rebellions, for which they would be doomed to 40 years' wandering... [ Continue Reading ]