Sanctified, and separated from the common sort of people, and obliged to observe abstinence like the Nazarites, as the Hebrew intimates in one word, nazir. All this was done to acquire greater sanctity and perfection. Septuagint, "whoever has made a great vow to be very pure to the Lord," and intend... [ Continue Reading ]
Drunk. Hebrew shecar, may signify old or palm wine, Leviticus x. 9. --- Drink. Hebrew, "of shecar," which was a clear wine, with perhaps a mixture of sugar. --- Vinegar was a common beverage among the ancients. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xiv. 16; Ruth ii. 14.) The soldiers gave our Saviour some of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Kernel, or stone. Neither the inside nor the outside must be eaten._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Grow. At the commencement, and at the end of the Nazariteship, the hair was cut; though perhaps a sort of crown was left at the top of the head, as the 7th verse may be rendered, "the crown of his God," &c. (Calmet) --- The Nazarite is under the same regulations with the high priest, with respect t... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dead. To teach us that those who are consecrated to God, ought to abstain from the works of death. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Day. That none might escape; (Theodoret, q. 11) though the Hebrew may imply that the hair was only shaved on the ninth day, when he was to be purified, chap. xix. 12. Then the Nazarite had to begin again, as if he had done nothing, (Calmet) if his vow were only for a time. Those who had taken a vow... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sinned. Contracting a legal uncleanness. --- That day, and commence his vow. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_He. The priest._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Fire, on the altar, where the ram has been sacrificed. (Abulensis.) Lyranus thinks it was burnt on the fire, with which the meat was boiled. (Menochius) (Chaldean) (Tirinus) --- The Septuagint, Philo, &c., understand it in the former sense; and Theodoret says the consecrated hair was placed upon th... [ Continue Reading ]
_Priest, contrary to what was required in other sacrifices. (Jospehus, [Antiquities?] iv. 4. Both the priest and the Nazarite waved the sacrifice towards the four quarters of the world._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Mind. If he have vowed any thing more, he must perform it. (Haydock)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sons. The three forms of benediction for the high priests, have all the same meaning, and they might choose which they pleased. Grotius observes, that they pronounced them aloud standing, with their hands lifted up. The books of Moses are the ritual of the priests._... [ Continue Reading ]
Show. Hebrew, "make his face shine," joyful and serene, (Calmet) like a light to direct thy steps, Psalm lxvi. 2.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Turn. With loving mercy, may he comfort and protect thee. (Menochius)_... [ Continue Reading ]
_Invoke. Hebrew, "they shall name my name (Yehovah, in pronouncing blessings) upon the sons of Israel," which I will ratify. (Haydock) --- "They shall place the blessing of my name," &c., Chaldean. They shall praise my name. (Calmet) --- God authorizes us to use a determinate from of blessing, and g... [ Continue Reading ]
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