CHAPTER VIII _Directions how the lamps are to be lighted_, 1-3. _How the candlestick was formed_, 4. _The Levites to be consecrated to their service by being cleansed_, _sprinkled, shaved, purified, and their clothes washed_, 5-7. _To offer a meat-offering and a sin-offering_, 8. _The people t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:2. _THE SEVEN LAMPS SHALL GIVE LIGHT_] The whole seven shall be lighted at one time, that seven may be ever burning.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:4. _THIS WORK OF THE CANDLESTICK, C._] See many curious particulars relative to this candlestick, See Clarke on Ex 25:31 and _"_Exodus 25:39_"_. The _candlestick_ itself was an emblem of the _Church_ of Christ the _oil_, of the graces and gifts of the Spirit of God; and the _light_,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:7. _SPRINKLE WATER OF PURIFYING_] מי חטאת _mey_ _chattath, water of sin_, or _water_ of the _sin-offering_. As this purifying water was made by the _ashes of the red heifer_, _cedar-wood, hyssop_, and _scarlet_; and the heifer herself was sacrificed, and her blood sprinkled seven ti... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:10. _SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS UPON THE LEVITES_] It has been argued from this that the congregation had a part in the appointment of their own ministers, and that this was done by the _imposition of hands_. However that may be, it appears that what was done on _this occasion_ meant no m... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:17. _FOR ALL THE FIRST-BORN _- ARE _MINE_] See the manner of redeeming the first-born, Numbers 18:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:21. _AND AARON MADE AN ATONEMENT FOR THEM_] Though the Levites had been most solemnly consecrated to the Lord's service, and though all legal washings and purifications were duly performed on the occasion, yet they could not approach God till an _atonement_ had been made for them. Ho... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:24. _FROM TWENTY AND FIVE YEARS OLD_] Numbers 4:3, where the two terms of twenty-five and thirty years are reconciled.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Numbers 8:26. _TO KEEP THE CHARGE, AND SHALL DO NO SERVICE._] They shall no longer be obliged to perform any laborious service, but act as general directors and counsellors; therefore they were to be near the camp, sing praises to God, and see that no stranger or unclean person was permitted t... [ Continue Reading ]