Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. Ver. 2. _Beaten for the light._] Ministers must beat their brains, and bend their utmost endeavours to "give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow o... [ Continue Reading ]
Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: [it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations. Ver. 3. _From the evening unto the morning._] In the morning it went out. 1Sa 3:3... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. Ver. 4. _Upon the pure candlestick._] Pure, because daily purified by the priests: so must our consciences be from dead works by daily repentance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. Ver. 5. _Twelve cakes._] _See Trapp on "_ Mat 12:4 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. Ver. 6. _Six on a row._] One by another, not one upon another, as they are commonly painted.... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Ver. 7. _On the bread._] Or, Instead of the bread.... [ Continue Reading ]
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. Ver. 8. _Every Sabbath._] So must the bread of life be every Sabbath at least set before the saints.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it [is] most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. Ver. 9. _Made by fire._] The frankincense laid upon them, was.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; Ver. 10. _Whose father was an Egyptian._] His mother taught him to speak, his father to blaspheme. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)_ Ver. 11. _Blasphemed the name, &c._] Heb., Bored it through; gored it; pierced it; as did those Syri... [ Continue Reading ]
And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. Ver. 12. _That the mind._] God had not yet made a particular law against blasphemy. Solon made no law against parricide, Lycurgus none against ingratitude; because they thought no such offence would be committed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard [him] lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Ver. 14. _And let all that heard him._] The Jews at this day abhor the blasphemies of Christians, so openly and ordinarily darted up with hellish mo... [ Continue Reading ]
_And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin._ Ver. 15. _Curseth his God._] This is worse than blaspheming, as implying a deep and desperate malignity. There is a negative cursing of God, concerning which see Job 1:5. _See Trap on "_ Job 1:... [ Continue Reading ]
And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, [and] all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name [of the LORD], shall be put to death. Ver. 16. _And he that blasphemeth._] Swearers... [ Continue Reading ]
_And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death._ Ver. 17. _And he that killeth any man._] Though in hot blood; Scripture makes no difference between murder and man slaughter. _See Trapp on "_ Gen 9:6 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Ver. 19. _As he hath done._] God loves to retaliate; it is his usual manner of proceeding in punishing.... [ Continue Reading ]