EXPOSITION THE UNCLEAN TO BE REMOVED (Numbers 5:1). NUMBERS 5:2 EVERY LEPER. The law of the leper had been given in great detail in Leviticus 13:1 and Leviticus 14:1, and it had been already ordered that he should be put out of the camp (Le Leviticus 13:46, and cf. Leviticus 14:3). Every one that... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION RESTITUTION TO BE MADE FOR TRESPASSES (Numbers 5:5-4). NUMBERS 5:6 SHALL COMMIT ANY SIN THAT MEN COMMIT. Literally, "[one] of all the transgressions of men," i.e; the wrongs current amongst men. To do a TRESPASS AGAINST THE Lord. This qualifies the former expression, and restricts its r... [ Continue Reading ]
EXPOSITION THE TRIAL OF JEALOUSY (Numbers 5:11-4). NUMBERS 5:12 IF ANY MAN'S WIFE … COMMIT A TRESPASS AGAINST HIM. The adultery of the wife is here regarded only from a social point of view; the injury to the husband, the destruction of his peace of mind, even by the bare suspicion, and the conse... [ Continue Reading ]