_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO AARON, THOU AND THY SONS AND THY FATHER'S HOUSE WITH THEE SHALL BEAR THE INIQUITY OF THE SANCTUARY: AND THOU AND THY SONS WITH THEE SHALL BEAR THE INIQUITY OF YOUR PRIESTHOOD._ The Lord said unto Aaron. Security is here given to the people from the fears expressed, Numbers 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THY BRETHREN ALSO OF THE TRIBE OF LEVI, THE TRIBE OF THY FATHER, BRING THOU WITH THEE, THAT THEY MAY BE JOINED UNTO THEE, AND MINISTER UNTO THEE: BUT THOU AND THY SONS WITH THEE SHALL MINISTER BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF WITNESS._ Thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi. The departments of the sac... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL KEEP THY CHARGE, AND THE CHARGE OF ALL THE TABERNACLE: ONLY THEY SHALL NOT COME NIGH THE_ _ VESSELS OF THE SANCTUARY AND THE ALTAR, THAT NEITHER THEY, NOR YE ALSO, DIE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY SHALL BE JOINED UNTO THEE, AND KEEP THE CHARGE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, FOR ALL THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE: AND A STRANGER SHALL NOT COME NIGH UNTO YOU._ A stranger - i:e., one neither a priest nor a Levite, who should intrude into any department of the sacred office, sho... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL KEEP THE CHARGE OF THE SANCTUARY, AND THE CHARGE OF THE ALTAR: THAT THERE BE NO WRATH ANY MORE UPON THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO AARON, BEHOLD, I ALSO HAVE GIVEN THEE THE CHARGE OF MINE HEAVE OFFERINGS OF ALL THE HALLOWED THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; UNTO THEE HAVE I GIVEN THEM BY REASON OF THE ANOINTING, AND TO THY SONS, BY AN ORDINANCE FOR EVER._ I also have given thee the charge of mine heave... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS SHALL BE THINE OF THE MOST HOLY THINGS, RESERVED FROM THE FIRE: EVERY OBLATION OF THEIRS, EVERY MEAT OFFERING OF THEIRS, AND EVERY SIN OFFERING OF THEIRS, AND EVERY TRESPASS OFFERING OF THEIRS, WHICH THEY SHALL RENDER UNTO ME, SHALL BE MOST HOLY FOR THEE AND FOR THY SONS._ No JFB commentary o... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE MOST HOLY PLACE SHALT THOU EAT IT; EVERY MALE SHALL EAT IT: IT SHALL BE HOLY UNTO THEE._ In the most holy place shalt thou eat it. This name is here applied to the whole sanctuary. Afterward it was extended to the city of Jerusalem (cf. Numbers 9:10; Leviticus 10:14; Deuteronomy 16:11; John... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THIS IS THINE; THE HEAVE OFFERING OF THEIR GIFT, WITH ALL THE WAVE OFFERINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: I HAVE GIVEN THEM UNTO THEE, AND TO THY SONS AND TO THY DAUGHTERS WITH THEE, BY A STATUTE FOR EVER: EVERY ONE THAT IS CLEAN IN THY HOUSE SHALL EAT OF IT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVERY THING DEVOTED IN ISRAEL SHALL BE THINE._ Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine - provided it was adapted for food or consumable by use; because the gold and silver vessels that were dedicated as the spoils of victory were not given to the priests, but for the use and adornment of the... [ Continue Reading ]
_EVERY THING THAT OPENETH THE MATRIX IN ALL FLESH, WHICH THEY BRING UNTO THE LORD, WHETHER IT BE OF MEN OR BEASTS, SHALL BE THINE: NEVERTHELESS THE FIRSTBORN OF MAN SHALT THOU SURELY REDEEM, AND THE FIRSTLING OF UNCLEAN BEASTS SHALT THOU REDEEM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOSE THAT ARE TO BE REDEEMED FROM A MONTH OLD SHALT THOU REDEEM, ACCORDING TO THINE ESTIMATION, FOR THE MONEY OF FIVE SHEKELS, AFTER THE SHEKEL OF THE SANCTUARY, WHICH IS TWENTY GERAHS._ Those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem. With a view of perpetuating the remembra... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE FIRSTLING OF A COW, OR THE FIRSTLING OF A SHEEP, OR THE FIRSTLING OF A GOAT, THOU SHALT NOT REDEEM; THEY ARE HOLY: THOU SHALT SPRINKLE THEIR BLOOD UPON THE ALTAR, AND SHALT BURN THEIR FAT FOR AN OFFERING MADE BY FIRE, FOR A SWEET SAVOUR UNTO THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE HEAVE OFFERINGS OF THE HOLY THINGS, WHICH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OFFER UNTO THE LORD, HAVE I GIVEN THEE, AND THY SONS AND THY DAUGHTERS WITH THEE, BY A STATUTE FOR EVER: IT IS A COVENANT OF SALT FOR EVER BEFORE THE LORD UNTO THEE AND TO THY SEED WITH THEE._ It is a covenant of salt - i:e.,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO AARON, THOU SHALT HAVE NO INHERITANCE IN THEIR LAND, NEITHER SHALT THOU HAVE ANY PART AMONG THEM: I AM THY PART AND THINE INHERITANCE AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ The Lord spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land ... In the institutions of the Leviti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND, BEHOLD, I HAVE GIVEN THE CHILDREN OF LEVI ALL THE TENTH IN ISRAEL FOR AN INHERITANCE, FOR THEIR SERVICE WHICH THEY SERVE, EVEN THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ I have given the children of Levi. Neither the priests nor the Levites were to possess any allotments of land, but... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE LEVITES SHALL DO THE SERVICE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND THEY SHALL BEAR THEIR INIQUITY: IT SHALL BE A STATUTE FOR EVER THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS, THAT AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THEY HAVE NO INHERITANCE._ They shall bear their iniquity. They were to be responsible for t... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THE TITHES OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHICH THEY OFFER AS AN HEAVE OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, I HAVE GIVEN TO THE LEVITES TO INHERIT: THEREFORE I HAVE SAID UNTO THEM, AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THEY SHALL HAVE NO INHERITANCE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS SPEAK UNTO THE LEVITES, AND SAY UNTO THEM, WHEN YE TAKE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THE TITHES WHICH I HAVE GIVEN YOU FROM THEM FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, THEN YE SHALL OFFER UP AN HEAVE OFFERING OF IT FOR THE LORD, EVEN A TENTH PART OF THE TITHE._ The Levites ... offer ... a tenth part of the tithe... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THIS YOUR HEAVE OFFERING SHALL BE RECKONED UNTO YOU, AS THOUGH IT WERE THE CORN OF THE THRESHINGFLOOR,_ _ AND AS THE FULNESS OF THE WINEPRESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL BEAR NO SIN BY REASON OF IT, WHEN YE HAVE HEAVED FROM IT THE BEST OF IT: NEITHER SHALL YE POLLUTE THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, LEST YE DIE._ Ye shall bear no sin ... - neglect in having the best, entailed sin in the use of such unhallowed food, and the holy things would... [ Continue Reading ]