_These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai._ Ver. 1. _Of Aaron and Moses._] Of Aaron by nature, of Moses by education and instruction. See 1Co 4:15 Galatians 4:12, _See Trapp on "_ 1Co 4:15 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Gal 4:12 _"_ So the... [ Continue Reading ]
These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. Ver. 3. _Which were anointed._] And so should have walked, as became God's anointed; leaving a sweet smell behind them everywhere; but they went out in a stench; they... [ Continue Reading ]
And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. Ver. 4. _And Nadab and Abihu._] Such a cross had David in his... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. Ver. 9. _They are wholly given unto him._] Heb. They are given, they are given. So the ministers of the gospel are called "gifts"; Ephesians 4:8 _; _ Eph 4:11 honoraries; such... [ Continue Reading ]
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Ver. 10. _And the stranger._] Though a Levite, yet if not of Aaron's seed. Num 18:3 Heb 5:4 Let this be thought upon by our too bold intruders into the w... [ Continue Reading ]
Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 13. _Because all the firstborn._] So they were from the beginning: but here is not... [ Continue Reading ]