Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length [shall be] the length of five and twenty thousand [reeds], and the breadth [shall be] ten thousand. This [shall be] holy in all the borders thereof round... [ Continue Reading ]
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred [in length], with five hundred [in breadth], square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. Ver. 2. _For the suburbs._] Which hath its name in Hebrew from its being severed from the city, and, as it were, cast out of i... [ Continue Reading ]
And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary [and] the most holy [place]. Ver. 3. _The length of five and twenty thousand._] Here the same again is repeated, _as _ Eze 45:1 and further is shown how t... [ Continue Reading ]
The holy [portion] of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. Ver. 4. _And it shall be a place for their houses._] Ministers should he resident u... [ Continue Reading ]
And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. Ver. 5. _For twenty chambers,_] _i.e., _ For twenty rows of chambers.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy [portion]: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. Ver. 6. _And ye shall appoint the possession of the city._] After the church service settled, and the m... [ Continue Reading ]
And a [portion shall be] for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy [portion], and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy [portion], and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and... [ Continue Reading ]
In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and [the rest of] the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. Ver. 8. _And my princes shall no more oppress my people._] As Samuel foretold they would do, 1Sa 8:11-18 and ac... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 9. _Let it suffice you._] Be content with your double portion, your so large a lot; and that ye may be so,... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. Ver. 10. _Ye shall have just balances._] Lev 19:35-36 Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 16:11; Proverbs 20:10; Pro 20:23 Micah 6:10,11; _See Trapp on "_ Lev 19:35 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Lev 19:36 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Pro 11:1 _"_ _See Trapp on "_... [ Continue Reading ]
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. Ver. 11. _The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure._] Of the same capacity, only the ephah is the measu... [ Continue Reading ]
And the shekel [shall be] twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. Ver. 12. _And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs_] Exo 30:13 Lev 27:25 Numbers 3:47 . _ Fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh._] Or, μνα, mina, pound weight.... [ Continue Reading ]
This [is] the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: Ver. 13. _This is the oblation._] After order taken that both prince and people might have whereof to make oblations. Eze 45:9-12 Here fol... [ Continue Reading ]
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, [ye shall offer] the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, [which is] an homer of ten baths; for ten baths [are] an homer: Ver. 14. _Out of the cor, which is an homer._] Only "cor" is the Chaldee word, "homer" the Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 15. _Out of the fat pastures._] Those that are well watered and most fruitful. God... [ Continue Reading ]
All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. Ver. 16. _For the prince,_] _i.e., _ Upon a levy made by the prince for that purpose. Of these oblations, prefiguring evangelical sacrifices, the use followeth, Eze 46:4 it being first premised what the prince should do o... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be the prince's part [to give] burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace o... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first [month], in the first [day] of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: Ver. 18. _Thou shalt take._] Thou, O prince, shalt. _ A young bullock._] One, and no more. _Ut unitas singularis sacvificii Christi intimaretu... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put [it] upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court._ Ver. 19. _And put it upon the posts._] This and other ceremonies were not enjoined by the... [ Continue Reading ]
And so thou shalt do the seventh [day] of the month for every one that erreth, and for [him that is] simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. Ver. 20. _And so thou shalt._] This also is a new injunction, _see _ Eze 45:19 and very comfortable to those that sin of passion or precipitancy. See 1 John... [ Continue Reading ]
In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Ver. 21. _In the fourteenth day._] Upon that very day, not duly observed then by the Jews, was "Christ our passover sacrificed for us." 1Co 5:7... [ Continue Reading ]
And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock [for] a sin offering. Ver. 22. _Shall the prince prepare._] See Ezekiel 45:17 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily [for] a sin offering. Ver. 23. _A burnt offering._] In token of self-denial.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. Ver. 24. _A meat offering._] Made of meal, in token of mortification, and submission to God in all things.... [ Continue Reading ]
In the seventh [month], in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. Ver. 25. _In the feast of the seven days,_] _i.e., _ Of taber... [ Continue Reading ]