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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>L E V I T C U S</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. VI.</FONT>
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The first seven verses of this chapter might fitly have been added to
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the foregoing chapter, being a continuation of the law of the
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trespass-offering, and the putting of other cases in which it was to be
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offered; and with this end the instructions God gave concerning the
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several kinds of sacrifices that should be offered: and then at
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:8"><I>v.</I> 8</A>
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(which in the original begins a new section of the law) he comes to
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appoint the several rites and ceremonies concerning these sacrifices
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which had not been mentioned before.
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I. The burnt-offering,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:8-13">ver. 8-13</A>.
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II. The meat-offering
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:11-18">ver. 11-18</A>),
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particularly that at the consecration of the priest,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:19-23">ver. 19-23</A>.
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III. The sin-offering,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:24-30">ver. 24</A>, &c.</P>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>Law of the Trespass-Offering.</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1490.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 And the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> spake unto Moses, saying,
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2 If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, and
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lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep,
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or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath
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deceived his neighbour;
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3 Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it,
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and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth,
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sinning therein:
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4 Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that
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he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing
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which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him
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to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
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5 Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even
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restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more
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thereto, <I>and</I> give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the
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day of his trespass offering.
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6 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, a ram
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without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a
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trespass offering, unto the priest:
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7 And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the
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L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he
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hath done in trespassing therein.
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This is the latter part of the law of the trespass-offering: the former
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part, which concerned trespasses about holy things, we had in the close
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of the foregoing chapter; this concerns trespasses in common things.
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Observe here,</P>
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I. The trespass supposed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:2,3"><I>v.</I> 2, 3</A>.
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Though all the instances relate to our neighbour, yet it is called a
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<I>trespass against the Lord,</I> because, though the injury be done
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immediately to our neighbour, yet an affront is thereby given to his
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Maker and our Master. He that speaks evil of his brother is said to
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speak evil of the law, and consequently of the Law-maker,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Jam+4:11">Jam. iv. 11</A>.
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Though the person injured be ever so mean and despicable, and every way
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our inferior, yet the injury reflects upon that God who has made the
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command of loving our neighbour second to that of loving himself. The
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trespasses specified are,
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1. Denying a trust: <I>If a man lie unto his neighbour in that which
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was delivered him to keep,</I> or, which is worse, which was lent him
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for his use. If we claim that as our own which is only borrowed, left
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in our custody, or committed to our care, this is a trespass <I>against
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the Lord,</I> who, for the benefit of human society, will have property
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and truth maintained.
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2. Defrauding a partner: <I>If a man lie in fellowship,</I> claiming a
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sole interest in that wherein he has but a joint-interest.
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3. Disowning a manifest wrong: <I>If a man</I> has the front to <I>lie
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in a thing taken away by violence,</I> which ordinarily cannot be hid.
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4. Deceiving in commerce, or, as some think, by false accusation; if a
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man have <I>deceitfully oppressed</I> his neighbour, as some read it,
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either withholding what is due or extorting what is not.
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5. Detaining what is found, and denying it
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:3"><I>v.</I> 3</A>);
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if a man have <I>found that which was lost,</I> he must not call it his
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own presently, but endeavour to find out the owner, to whom it must be
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returned; this is doing as we would be done by: but he that <I>lies
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concerning it,</I> that falsely says he knows nothing of it, especially
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if he back this lie with a false oath, <I>trespasseth against the
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Lord,</I> who to every thing that is said is a witness, but in an oath
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he is the party appealed to, and highly affronted when he is called to
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II. The trespass-offering appointed.
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1. <I>In the day of his trespass-offering</I> he must make satisfaction
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to his brother. This must be first done <I>if thy brother hath aught
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against thee: Because he hath sinned and is guilty,</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:4,5"><I>v.</I> 4, 5</A>),
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that is, is convicted of his guilt by his own conscience, and is
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touched with remorse for it; seeing himself guilty before God, let him
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faithfully restore all that he has got by fraud or oppression, with a
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fifth part added, to make amends to the owner for the loss and trouble
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he had sustained in the mean time; let him account both for debt and
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damages. Note, Where wrong has been done restitution must be made; and
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till it is made to the utmost of our power, or an equivalent accepted
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by the person wronged, we cannot have the comfort of the forgiveness of
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the sin; for the keeping of what is unjustly got avows the taking, and
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both together make but one continued act of unrighteousness. To repent
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is to undo what we have done amiss, which (whatever we pretend) we
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cannot be said to do till we restore what has been got by it, as
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Zaccheus
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Lu+19:8">Luke xix. 8</A>),
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and make satisfaction for the wrong done.
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2. He must <I>then come and offer his gift,</I> must <I>bring his
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trespass-offering to the Lord</I> whom he had offended; and the priest
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must make an atonement for him,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:6,7"><I>v.</I> 6, 7</A>.
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This trespass-offering could not, of itself, make satisfaction for sin,
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nor reconciliation between God and the sinner, but as it signified the
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atonement that was to be made by our Lord Jesus, when he should make
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his soul <I>an offering or sin,</I> a <I>trespass-offering;</I> it is
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the same word that is here used,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+53:10">Isa. liii. 10</A>.
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The trespasses here mentioned are trespasses still against the law of
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Christ, which insists as much upon justice and truth as ever the law of
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nature or the law of Moses did; and though now we may have them
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pardoned without a trespass-offering, yet not without true repentance,
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restitution, reformation, and a humble faith in the righteousness of
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Christ: and, if any make the more bold with these sins because they are
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not now put to the expense of a trespass-offering for them, they turn
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the grace of God into wantonness, and so bring upon themselves a swift
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destruction. The Lord is the avenger of all such,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Th+4:6">1 Thess. iv. 6</A>.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>8 And the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> spake unto Moses, saying,
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9 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This <I>is</I> the law of the
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burnt offering: It <I>is</I> the burnt offering, because of the
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burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire
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of the altar shall be burning in it.
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10 And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen
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breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which
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the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and
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he shall put them beside the altar.
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11 And he shall put off his garments, and put on other
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garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean
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place.
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12 And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall
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not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every
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morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he
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shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
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13 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall
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Hitherto we have had the instructions which Moses was directed to give
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to the people concerning the sacrifices; but here begin the
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instructions he was to give to the priests; he must <I>command Aaron
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and his sons,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>.
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The priests were rulers in the house of God, but these rulers must be
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ruled; and those that had the command of others must themselves be
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commanded. Let ministers remember that not only commissions, but
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commands, were given to Aaron and his sons, who must be in subjection
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In these verses we have the law of the burnt-offering, as far as it was
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the peculiar care of the priests. The daily sacrifice of a lamb, which
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was offered morning and evening for the whole congregation, is here
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I. The priest must take care of the ashes of the burnt-offering, that
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they be decently disposed of,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:10,11"><I>v.</I> 10, 11</A>.
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He must clear the altar of them every morning, and put them on the east
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side of the altar, which was furthest from the sanctuary; this he must
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do in his linen garment, which he always wore when he did any service
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at the altar; and then he must shift himself, and put on other
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garments, either such as were his common wear, or (as some think) other
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priestly garments less honourable, and must <I>carry the ashes into a
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clean place without the camp.</I> Now,
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1. God would have this done, for the honour of his altar and the
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sacrifices that were burnt upon it. Even the ashes of the sacrifices
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must be preserved, to testify the regard God had to it; by the
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burnt-offering <I>he</I> was honoured, and therefore thus <I>it</I> was
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honoured, and therefore thus <I>it</I> was honoured. And some think
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that this care which was taken of the ashes of the sacrifice typified
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the burial of our Saviour; his dead body (the ashes of his sacrifice)
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was carefully laid up in a garden, in a new sepulchre, which was a
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<I>clean place.</I> It was also requisite that the altar should be kept
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as clean as might be; the fire upon it would burn the better, and it is
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decent in a house to have a clean fire-side.
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2. God would have the priests themselves to keep it so, to teach them
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and us to stoop to the meanest services for the honour of God and of
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his altar. The priest himself must not only kindle the fire, but clean
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the hearth, and carry out the ashes. God's servants must think nothing
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below them but sin.</P>
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II. The priest must take care of the fire upon the altar, that it be
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kept <I>always burning.</I> This is much insisted on here
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:9,12"><I>v.</I> 9, 12</A>),
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and this express law is given: <I>The fire shall ever be burning upon
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the altar, it shall never go out,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:13"><I>v.</I> 13</A>.
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We may suppose that no day passed without some extraordinary
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sacrifices, which were always offered between the morning and evening
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lamb; so that from morning to night the fire on the altar was kept up
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of course. But to preserve it <I>all night unto the morning</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:9"><I>v.</I> 9</A>)
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required some care. Those that keep good houses never let their kitchen
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fire go out; therefore God would thus give an instance of his good
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house-keeping. The first fire upon the altar came <I>from heaven</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+9:24"><I>ch.</I> ix. 24</A>),
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so that by keeping that up continually with a constant supply of fuel
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all their sacrifices throughout all their generations might be said to
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be consumed with that fire from heaven, in token of God's acceptance.
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If, through carelessness, they should ever let it go out, they could
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not expect to have it so kindled again. Accordingly the Jews tell us
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that the fire never did go out upon the altar, till the captivity in
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Babylon. This is referred to
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+31:9">Isa. xxxi. 9</A>,
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where God is said <I>to have his fire in Zion, and his furnace in
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Jerusalem.</I> By this law we are taught to keep up in our minds a
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constant disposition to all acts of piety and devotion, an habitual
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affection to divine things, so as to be always ready to every good word
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and work. We must not only not <I>quench the Spirit,</I> but we must
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<I>stir up the gift</I> that is in us. Though we be not always
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sacrificing, yet we must keep the fire of holy love always burning; and
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thus we must pray always.</P>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1490.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>14 And this <I>is</I> the law of the meat offering: the sons of
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Aaron shall offer it before the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>, before the altar.
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15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the
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meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense
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which <I>is</I> upon the meat offering, and shall burn <I>it</I> upon the
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altar <I>for</I> a sweet savour, <I>even</I> the memorial of it, unto the
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L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with
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unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the
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court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
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17 It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it <I>unto
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them for</I> their portion of my offerings made by fire; it <I>is</I>
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most holy, as <I>is</I> the sin offering, and as the trespass
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offering.
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18 All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it.
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<I>It shall be</I> a statute for ever in your generations concerning
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the offerings of the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> made by fire: every one that toucheth
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them shall be holy.
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19 And the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> spake unto Moses, saying,
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20 This <I>is</I> the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they
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shall offer unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> in the day when he is anointed; the
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tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering
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perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
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21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; <I>and when it is</I> baken,
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thou shalt bring it in: <I>and</I> the baken pieces of the meat
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offering shalt thou offer <I>for</I> a sweet savour unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead
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shall offer it: <I>it is</I> a statute for ever unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>; it
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shall be wholly burnt.
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23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly
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burnt: it shall not be eaten.
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<P>
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The meat-offering was either that which was offered by the people or
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that by the priests at their consecration. Now,</P>
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<P>
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I. As to the common meat-offering,</P>
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<P>
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1. Only a handful of it was to be burnt upon the altar; all the rest
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was allowed to the priests for their food. The law of the
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burnt-offerings was such as imposed upon the priests a great deal of
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care and work, but allowed them little profit; for the flesh was wholly
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burnt, and the priests had nothing but the skin. But to make them
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amends the greatest part of the meat-offering was their own. The
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burning of a handful of it upon the altar
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:15"><I>v.</I> 15</A>)
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was ordered before,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+2:2,9"><I>ch.</I> ii. 2, 9</A>.
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Here the remainder of it is consigned to the priests, the servants of
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God's house: <I>I have given it unto them for their portion of my
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offerings,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:17"><I>v.</I> 17</A>.
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Note,
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(1.) It is the will of God that his ministers should be well provided
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for with food convenient; and what is given to them he accepts as
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offered to himself, if it be done with a single eye.
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(2.) All Christians, being spiritual priests, do themselves share in
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the spiritual sacrifices they offer. It is not God that is the gainer
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by them; the handful burnt upon the altar was not worth speaking of, in
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comparison with the priests' share; we ourselves are the gainers by our
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religious services. Let God have all the frankincense, and the priests
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shall have the flour and the oil; what we give to God the praise and
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glory of we may take to ourselves the comfort and benefit of.</P>
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<P>
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2. The laws concerning the eating of it were,
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(1.) That it must be <I>eaten unleavened,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:16"><I>v.</I> 16</A>.
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What was offered to God must have no leaven in it, and the priests must
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have it as the altar had it, and no otherwise. Thus must we keep the
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feasts of the Lord with the <I>unleavened bread of sincerity and
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truth.</I>
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(2.) It must be eaten in <I>the court of the tabernacle</I> (here
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called the <I>holy place</I>), in some room prepared by the side of the
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court for this purpose. It was a great crime to carry any of it out of
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the court. The very eating of it was a sacred rite, by which they were
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to honour God, and therefore it must be done in a religious manner, and
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with a holy reverence, which was preserved by confining it to the holy
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place.
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(3.) The males only must eat of it,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:18"><I>v.</I> 18</A>.
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Of the less holy things, as the first-fruits and tithes, and the
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shoulder and breasts of the peace-offerings, the <I>daughters</I> of
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the priests might eat, for they might be carried out of the court; but
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this was of the most holy things, which being to be eaten only in the
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tabernacle, the <I>sons</I> of Aaron only might eat of it.
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(4.) The priests only that were clean might eat of it: <I>Every one
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that toucheth them shall be holy,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:18"><I>v.</I> 18</A>.
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Holy things for holy persons. Some read it, <I>Every thing that
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toucheth it shall be holy:</I> Al the furniture of the table on which
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these holy things were eaten must be appropriated to that use only, and
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never after used as common things.</P>
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<P>
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II. As to the consecration meat-offering, which was offered for the
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priests themselves, it was to be <I>wholly burnt, and none of it
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eaten,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:23"><I>v.</I> 23</A>.
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It comes in here as an exception to the foregoing law. It should seem
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that this law concerning the meat-offering of initiation did not only
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oblige the high priest to offer it, and on that day only that he was
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anointed, and so for his successors in the day they were anointed; but
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the Jewish writers say that by this law every priest, on the day he
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first entered upon his ministry, was bound to offer this
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meat-offering,--that the high priest was bound to offer it every day of
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his life, from the day in which he was anointed,--and that it was to be
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offered besides the meat-offering that attended the morning and evening
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sacrifice, because it is said here to be a <I>meat-offering
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perpetual,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:20"><I>v.</I> 20</A>.
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Josephus says, "The high priest sacrificed twice every day at his own
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charges, and this was his sacrifice." Note, Those whom God has advanced
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above others in dignity and power ought to consider that he expects
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more from them than from others, and should attend to every intimation
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of service to be done for him. The meat-offering of the priest was to
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be baked as if it were to be eaten, and yet it must be wholly burnt.
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Though the priest that ministered was to be paid for serving the
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people, yet there was no reason that he should be paid for serving the
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high priest, who was the father of the family of the priests, and whom
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therefore any priest should take a pleasure in serving gratis. Nor was
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it fit that the priests should eat of the offerings of a priest; for as
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the sins of the people were typically transferred to the priests, which
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was signified by their eating of their offerings
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ho+4:8">Hos. iv. 8</A>),
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so the sins of the priests must be typically transferred to the altar,
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which therefore must eat up all their offerings. We are all undone,
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both ministers and people, if we must <I>bear our own iniquity;</I> nor
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could we have had any comfort or hope if God had not laid on his dear
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Son the iniquity of us all, and he is both the priest and the
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altar.</P>
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<A NAME="Le6_24"> </A>
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<A NAME="Le6_27"> </A>
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<A NAME="Le6_28"> </A>
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<A NAME="Le6_29"> </A>
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<TR><TD><FONT SIZE=+1><I>Law of the Sin-Offering.</I></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1490.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>
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24 And the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> spake unto Moses, saying,
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25 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This <I>is</I> the law
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of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is
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killed shall the sin offering be killed before the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>: it <I>is</I>
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most holy.
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26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the
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holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of
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the congregation.
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27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and
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when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment,
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thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
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28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken:
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and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured,
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and rinsed in water.
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29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it <I>is</I>
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most holy.
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30 And no sin offering, whereof <I>any</I> of the blood is brought
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into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile <I>withal</I> in
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the holy <I>place,</I> shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
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</FONT></P>
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<P>
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We have here so much of the law of the sin-offering as did peculiarly
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concern the priests that offered it. As,
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1. That it must be killed <I>in the place where the burnt-offering was
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killed</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:25"><I>v.</I> 25</A>),
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that is, on the north side of the altar
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+1:11"><I>ch.</I> i. 11</A>),
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which, some think typified the crucifying of Christ on mount Calvary,
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which was on the north side of Jerusalem.
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2. That the priest who offered it for the sinner was (with his sons,
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or other priests,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:29"><I>v.</I> 29</A>)
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to eat the flesh of it, after the blood and fat had been offered to
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God, in the <I>court of the tabernacle,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:26"><I>v.</I> 26</A>.
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Hereby they were to <I>bear the iniquity of the congregation,</I> as it
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is explained,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+10:17"><I>ch.</I> x. 17</A>.
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3. The blood of the sin-offering was with great reverence to be washed
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out of the clothes on which it happened to light
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:27"><I>v.</I> 27</A>),
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which signified the awful regard we ought to have to the blood of
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Christ, not counting it a common thing; that blood must be sprinkled on
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the conscience, not on the raiment.
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4. The vessel in which the flesh of the sin-offering was boiled must
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be broken if it were an earthen one, and, if a brazen one, well washed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:28"><I>v.</I> 28</A>.
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This intimated that the defilement was not wholly taken away by the
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offering, but did rather cleave to it, such was the weakness and
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deficiency of those sacrifices; but the blood of Christ thoroughly
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cleanses from all sin, and after it there needs no cleansing.
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5. That all this must be understood of the common sin-offerings, not of
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those for the priest, or the body of the congregation, either
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occasional, or stated upon the day of atonement; for it had been before
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ordained, and was now ratified, that if the blood of the offering was
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brought into the holy place, as it was in those extraordinary cases,
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the flesh was not to be eaten, but burnt without the camp,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+6:30"><I>v.</I> 30</A>.
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Hence the apostle infers the advantage we have under the gospel above
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what they had under the law; for though the blood of Christ was
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<I>brought into the tabernacle, to reconcile within the holy place,</I>
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yet we have a right by faith to <I>eat of the altar</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Heb+13:10-12">Heb. xiii. 10-12</A>),
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and so to take the comfort of the great propitiation.</P>
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