The oil for the lamps of the tabernacle and the meal for the showbread were to be offerings from the Congregation, like the meal for the Pentecostal loaves, Leviticus 23:17. It appears that the responsibility of keeping up the lights rested on the high priest, but the actual service might be perform... [ Continue Reading ]
The offender may already have been pronounced guilty by the rulers (see Exodus 18:21), and the case was referred to Moses in order that the punishment might be awarded by the divine decree. No law had as yet been enacted against blasphemy except by implication. See Exodus 21:17; Exodus 22:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
LAY THEIR HANDS UPON HIS HEAD - As a protest against the impiety of the criminal, symbolically laying the guilt upon his head. Compare the washing of hands, Deuteronomy 21:6; Matthew 27:24. LET ALL THE CONGREGATION STONE HIM - See Leviticus 20:2 note.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGER - i. e. foreigner. See Leviticus 16:29 note.... [ Continue Reading ]