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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. XXIX.</FONT>
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This chapter appoints the offerings that were to be made by fire unto
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the Lord in the three great solemnities of the seventh month.
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I. In the feast of trumpets on the first day of that month,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:1-6">ver. 1-6</A>.
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II. In the day of atonement on the tenth day,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:7-11">ver. 7-11</A>.
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III. In the feast of tabernacles on the fifteenth day and the seven
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days following,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:12-38">ver. 12-38</A>.
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And then the conclusion of these ordinances,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:39,40">ver. 39, 40</A>.</P>
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<TD ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT SIZE=-1>B. C.</FONT> 1452.</TD></TR>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 And in the seventh month, on the first <I>day</I> of the month, ye
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shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it
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is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
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2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto
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the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>; one young bullock, one ram, <I>and</I> seven lambs of the
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first year without blemish:
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3 And their meat offering <I>shall be of</I> flour mingled with oil,
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three tenth deals for a bullock, <I>and</I> two tenth deals for a ram,
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4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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5 And one kid of the goats <I>for</I> a sin offering, to make an
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atonement for you:
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6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat
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offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering,
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and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a
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sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>.
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7 And ye shall have on the tenth <I>day</I> of this seventh month an
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holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not
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do any work <I>therein:</I>
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8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> <I>for</I> a
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sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, <I>and</I> seven lambs of
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the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
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9 And their meat offering <I>shall be of</I> flour mingled with oil,
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three tenth deals to a bullock, <I>and</I> two tenth deals to one ram,
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10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven
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lambs:
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11 One kid of the goats <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the sin
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offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the
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meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
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There were more sacred solemnities in the seventh month than in any
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other month of the year, not only because it had been the first month
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till the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt (which, falling in the
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month Abib, occasioned that to be thenceforth made the <I>beginning of
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the months</I> in all ecclesiastical computations), but because still
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it continued the first month in the civil reckonings of the jubilees
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and years of release, and also because it was the time of vacation
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between harvest and seedtime, when they had most leisure to attend the
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sanctuary, which intimates that, though God will dispense with
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sacrifices in consideration of works of necessity and mercy, yet the
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more leisure we have from the pressing occasions of this life the more
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time we should spend in the immediate service of God.
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1. We have here the appointment of the sacrifices that were to be
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offered on the first day of the month, the day of <I>blowing the
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trumpets,</I> which was a preparative for the two great solemnities of
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holy mourning on the day of atonement and of holy joy in the feast of
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tabernacles. The intention of divine institutions is well answered when
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one religious service helps to fit us for another and all for heaven.
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The <I>blowing of the trumpets</I> was appointed,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+23:24">Lev. xxiii. 24</A>.
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Here the people are directed what sacrifices to offer on that day, of
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which there was not then any mention made. Note, Those who would know
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the mind of God in the scripture must compare one part of the scripture
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with another, and put those parts together that have reference to the
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same thing, for the latter discoveries of divine light explain what was
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dark and supply what was defective in the former, <I>that the man of
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God may be perfect.</I> The sacrifices then to be offered are
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particularly ordered here
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:2-6"><I>v.</I> 2-6</A>),
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and care taken that these should not supersede the daily oblation and
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that of the new moon. It is hereby intimated that we must not seek
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occasions to abate our zeal in God's service, nor be glad of an excuse
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to omit a good duty, but rather rejoice in an opportunity of
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accumulating and doing more than ordinary in religion. If we perform
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family-worship, we must not think that this will excuse us from our
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secret devotions; nor that on the days we go to church we need not
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worship God alone and with our families; but we should <I>always abound
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in the work of the Lord.</I>
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2. On the <I>day of atonement.</I> Besides all the services of that
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day, which we had the institution of,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+16:1-34">Lev. xvi.</A>,
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and which, one would think, required trouble and charge enough, here
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are burnt-offerings ordered to be offered,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:8-10"><I>v.</I> 8-10</A>.
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For in our faith and repentance, those two great gospel graces which
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were signified by that day's performances, we must have an eye to the
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glory and honour of God, which was purely intended in the
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burnt-offerings; there was likewise to be a <I>kid of the goats for a
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sin-offering, besides the great sin-offering of atonement</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:11"><I>v.</I> 11</A>),
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which intimates that there are so many defects and faults, even in the
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exercises and expressions of our repentance, that we have need of an
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interest in a sacrifice to expiate the guilt even of that part of our
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holy things. Though we must not repent that we have repented, yet we
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must repent that we have not repented better. It likewise intimated the
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imperfection of the legal sacrifices, and their insufficiency to take
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away sin, that on the very day the <I>sin-offering of atonement</I> was
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offered, yet there must be another sin-offering. But <I>what the law
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could not do, in that it was weak,</I> that Christ has done.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have
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an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall
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keep a feast unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> seven days:
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13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by
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fire, of a sweet savour unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>; thirteen young bullocks,
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two rams, <I>and</I> fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be
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without blemish:
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14 And their meat offering <I>shall be of</I> flour mingled with
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oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen
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bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
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15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
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16 And one kid of the goats <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the
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continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink
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offering.
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17 And on the second day <I>ye shall offer</I> twelve young
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bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without
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spot:
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18 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according
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to their number, after the manner:
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19 And one kid of the goats <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the
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continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and
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their drink offerings.
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20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen
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lambs of the first year without blemish;
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21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according
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to their number, after the manner:
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22 And one goat <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the continual
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burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
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23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, <I>and</I> fourteen
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lambs of the first year without blemish:
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24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according
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to their number, after the manner:
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25 And one kid of the goats <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the
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continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink
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offering.
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26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, <I>and</I> fourteen
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lambs of the first year without spot:
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27 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according
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to their number, after the manner:
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28 And one goat <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the continual
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burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
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29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, <I>and</I>
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fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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30 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according
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to their number, after the manner:
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31 And one goat <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the continual
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burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
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32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, <I>and</I>
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fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
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33 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according
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to their number, after the manner:
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34 And one goat <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the continual
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burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
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35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall
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do no servile work <I>therein:</I>
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36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by
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fire, of a sweet savour unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT>: one bullock, one ram,
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seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
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37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the
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bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, <I>shall be</I> according to
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their number, after the manner:
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38 And one goat <I>for</I> a sin offering; beside the continual
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burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
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39 These <I>things</I> ye shall do unto the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> in your set feasts,
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beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt
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offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink
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offerings, and for your peace offerings.
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40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that
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the L<FONT SIZE=-1><B>ORD</B></FONT> commanded Moses.
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Soon after the day of atonement, that day in which men were to afflict
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their souls, followed the feast of tabernacles, in which they were to
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rejoice before the Lord; for those that <I>sow in tears</I> shall soon
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<I>reap in joy.</I> To the former laws about this feast, which we had,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Le+23:34-44">Lev. xxiii. 34</A>,
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&c., here are added directions about the <I>offerings by
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fire,</I> which they were to offer unto the Lord during the <I>seven
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days of that feast,</I>
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Observe here,
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1. Their days of rejoicing were to be days of sacrifices. A disposition
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to be cheerful does us no harm, nor is any bad symptom, when it is so
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far from unfitting us for the duties of God's immediate service that it
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encourages and enlarges our hearts in them.
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2. All the days of their dwelling in booths they must offer sacrifices.
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While we are here in a tabernacle-state, it is our interest as well as
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duty constantly to keep up communion with God; nor will the
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unsettledness of our outward condition excuse us in our neglect of the
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duties of God's worship.
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3. The sacrifices for each of the seven days, though differing in
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nothing but the number of the bullocks, are severally and particularly
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appointed, which yet is no vain repetition; for God would thus teach
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them to be very exact in those observances, and to keep an eye of faith
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fixed upon the institution in every day's work. It likewise intimates
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that the repetition of the same services, if performed with an upright
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heart, and with a continued fire of pious and devout affection, is no
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weariness to God, and therefore we ought not to snuff at it, or to say,
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<I>Behold, what a weariness it is to us!</I>
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4. The number of bullocks (which were the most costly part of the
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sacrifice) decreased every day. On the first day of the feast they
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were to offer thirteen, on the second day but twelve, on the third day
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eleven, &c. So that on the seventh they offered seven; and the last
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day, though it was the great day of the feast, and celebrated with a
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holy convocation, yet they were to offer but one bullock; and, whereas
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on all the other days they offered two rams and fourteen lambs, on this
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they offered but one ram and seven lambs. Such was the will of the
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Law-maker, and that is reason enough for the law. Some suggest that God
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herein considered the infirmity of the flesh, which is apt to grudge
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the charge and expense of religion; it is therefore ordered to grow
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less and less, that they might not complain as if God had <I>made them
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to serve with an offering,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Isa+43:23">Isa. xliii. 23</A>.
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Or it is hereby intimated to them that the legal dispensation should
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wax old, and vanish away at last; and the multitude of their sacrifices
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should end in one great sacrifice, infinitely more worthy than all of
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them. It was on the last day of the feast, after all these sacrifices
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had been ordered, that our Lord Jesus stood and cried to those who
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still thirsted after righteousness (being sensible of the insufficiency
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of these sacrifices to justify them) <I>to come unto him and drink,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Joh+7:37">John vii. 37</A>.
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5. The meat-offerings and drink-offerings attended all the sacrifices,
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<I>according to their number, after the manner.</I> Be there ever so
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much flesh, it is no feast without bread and drink, therefore these
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must never be omitted at God's altar, which was his table. We must not
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think that doing much in religion will be accepted if we do not do it
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well, and after the manner that God has appointed.
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6. Every day there must be a sin-offering presented, as we observed in
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the other feasts. Our burnt-offerings of praise cannot be accepted of
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God unless we have an interest in the great sacrifice of propitiation
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which Christ offered when for us he made himself a sin-offering.
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7. Even when all these sacrifices were offered, yet the continual
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burnt-offering must not be omitted either morning or evening, but each
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day this must be offered first in the morning and last in the evening.
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No extraordinary services should jostle out our stated devotions.
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8. Though all these sacrifices were required to be presented by the
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body of the congregation, at the common charge, yet, besides these,
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particular persons were to glorify God with their vows and their
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free-will offerings,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Nu+29:39"><I>v.</I> 39</A>.
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When God commanded that this <I>they must do,</I> he left room for the
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generosity of their devotion, a great deal more they <I>might do,</I>
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not inventing other worships, but abounding in these, as
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Ch+30:23,24">2 Chron. xxx. 23, 24</A>.
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Large directions had been given in Leviticus concerning the offerings
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of all sorts that should be brought by particular persons according to
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the providences of God concerning them and the graces of God in them.
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Though every Israelite had an interest in these common sacrifices, yet
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he must not think that these will serve instead of his vows and his
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free-will offerings. Thus our ministers' praying with us and for us
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