Chapter 15
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It is very probable, that the transactions recorded in this and the four following chapters took place during the time the Israelites abode in Kadesh (Deut 1:46).
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Num 15:18; Lev 14:34, Lev 23:10, Lev 25:2; Deut 7:1-2, Deut 12:1, Deut 12:9
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will make Exod 29:18, Exod 29:25, Exod 29:41; Lev 1:2-3, Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17, Lev 10:13
a burnt Lev 1:1-17
a sacrifice Lev 7:16, Lev 22:18-23; Deut 12:11
performing Heb. separating, Lev 27:2
or in a freewill Lev 22:21, Lev 22:23; Deut 12:6, Deut 12:17, Deut 16:10
in your Num 28:16-19, Num 28:27, Num 29:1-2, Num 29:8, Num 29:13-40; Lev 23:8, Lev 23:12, Lev 23:36; Deut 16:1-17
a sweet Gen 8:21; Exod 29:18; Matt 3:17; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18
the herd Under the term bakar, are comprehended the ox, heifer, etc; and under tzon, are included sheep and goats. The animals enjoined in the Levitical law are the very same which commanded Abraham to offer (Gen 15:9). Hence it is evident, that God delivered to the patriarchs an epitome of that law which was afterwards given in detail to Moses, the essence of which consisted in its sacrifices; and these sacrifices were of clean animals, the most perfect, useful, and healthy of all that are brought under the immediate government of man. Gross feeding and ferocious animals were all excluded, as well as all birds of prey.
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a meat Exod 29:40; Lev 2:1, Lev 6:14, Lev 7:9-10, Lev 23:13; Isa 66:20; Mal 1:11; Rom 15:16; Heb 13:16
the fourth Num 28:5-8; Exod 29:40; Lev 2:15, Lev 14:10, Lev 23:13; Judg 9:9; Ezek 46:14
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Num 28:7, Num 28:14; Judg 9:13; Ps 116:13; Song 1:4; Zech 9:17; Matt 26:28-29; Phil 2:17; 2Tim 4:6
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Num 15:4, Num 28:12-14
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peace Lev 3:1, Lev 7:11-18
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with a Num 28:12, Num 28:14
a meat Num 29:6; Lev 6:14, Lev 7:37, Lev 14:10; 1Chr 21:23; Neh 10:33; Ezek 42:13; Ezek 46:5, Ezek 46:7, Ezek 46:11, Ezek 46:15; Joel 1:9, Joel 2:14
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Num 15:5, Num 6:15
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Num 15:28
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One Num 15:29, Num 9:14; Exod 12:49; Lev 24:22; Gal 3:28; Eph 2:11-22; Col 3:11
an ordinance Num 10:8, Num 18:8; Exod 12:14, Exod 12:24, Exod 12:43; 1Sam 30:25
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Num 15:2; Deut 26:1-15
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The oblation before prescribed seems to have been a general acknowledgment from the people at large; but this was an oblation from every one that reaped a harvest. Who was required, previously to tasting it himself, to offer a portion of dough as a heave-offering to the Lord. This is supposed to have been given to the priests in their several cities, and not carried to the tabernacle.
Josh 5:11-12
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a cake Num 18:12; Exod 23:19; Deut 26:2-10; Neh 10:37; Prov 3:9-10; Ezek 44:30; Matt 6:33; Rom 11:16; 1Cor 15:20; Jas 1:18; Rev 14:4
the heave offering Lev 2:14, Lev 23:20, Lev 23:16-17
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Num 18:26; Exod 29:28
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This law concerning sins of ignorance, being entirely diverse from one before considered, occasions considerable difficulty (Lev 4:1-35). Some explain that law as relating to sins of commission, this to sins of omission. Others explain the one of inadvertent violations of the moral law, and the other of the transgressions of the ceremonial law, and some think that related to the whole nation, this to any one tribe; or that to the bulk of the nation, this to the rulers and elders. The Jews say, that the former law referred to such national transgressions through heedlessness, as consisted with the maintenance of the prescribed worship in the main; but that this especially respected the case of the nation, when through inattention, and the example and authority of wicked rulers, they had turned aside and committed idolatry, or conducted their worship directly contrary to law; yet through a culpable ignorance, and not in presumption. This was evidently the case under several of their kings; and the explanation seems well grounded.
Lev 4:2, Lev 4:13-14, Lev 4:22, Lev 4:27, Lev 5:13, Lev 5:15-17; Ps 19:12; Luke 12:48
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if ought Lev 4:13
without Heb. from the eyes
one young bullock Lev 4:14-21
with his Num 15:8-10
manner or, ordinance
one kid Num 28:15; Lev 4:23; 2Chr 29:21-24; Ezra 6:17, Ezra 8:35
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the priest Lev 4:20, Lev 4:26; Rom 3:25; 1John 2:2
forgiven them Luke 23:34; Acts 13:39
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Lev 4:27-28; Acts 3:17, Acts 17:30; 1Tim 1:13
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Lev 4:35
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one law Num 15:15, Num 9:14; Lev 16:29, Lev 17:15; Rom 3:29-30
sinneth Heb. doeth
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doeth ought Num 9:13, Num 14:44; Gen 17:14; Exod 21:14; Lev 20:3, Lev 20:6, Lev 20:10; Deut 1:43, Deut 17:12; Deut 29:19-20; Ps 19:13; Matt 12:32; Heb 10:26, Heb 10:29; 2Pet 2:10
presumptuously Heb. with an high hand, That is, bold, daring, deliberate acts of transgression against the fullest evidence, and in despite of the Divine authority. Such conduct "reproacheth the Lord," as if his commands were needless, unreasonable, and inimical to the happiness of man; his favour were not desirable, or his wrath not to be feared. In short, as if it were more advantageous to rebel against him than to serve him. Such acts admitted of no atonement. The person was condemned to bear his own iniquity, and to be cut off.
reproacheth Ps 69:9, Ps 74:18, Ps 74:22, Ps 79:12, Ps 89:51; Prov 14:31; Isa 37:23-24
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despised Lev 26:15, Lev 26:43; 2Sam 12:9; Ps 119:126; Prov 13:13; Isa 30:12; 1Thess 4:8; Heb 10:28-29
his iniquity Lev 5:1; Ps 38:4; Isa 53:6; Ezek 18:20; 1Pet 2:24; 2Pet 2:21
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they found a man This example seems to have been evidently introduced to illustrate the foregoing law. The man despised the word of the Lord, presumptuously broke his commandment, and on this ground was punished with death. Exod 16:23, Exod 16:27-28, Exod 20:8-10, Exod 35:2-3
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John 8:3-20
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Lev 24:12
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The man Exod 31:14-15
stone him Lev 24:14, Lev 24:23; 1Kgs 21:13; Acts 7:58; Heb 13:11-12
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Josh 7:25
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fringes in the borders The word tzitzith properly denotes an ornament resembling a flower. From Num 15:39, we learn that these were emblematical of the commands of God. That there is any analogy between a fringe and a precept, it would be bold to assert; but when a thing is appointed to represent another, no matter how different, that first object becomes the legitimate representative or sign of the other. Deut 22:12; Matt 9:20, Matt 23:5; Luke 8:44
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remember Exod 13:9; Deut 6:6-9, Deut 11:18-21, Deut 11:28-32; Prov 3:1
ye seek not Deut 29:19; Job 31:7; Prov 28:26; Eccl 11:9; Jer 9:14; Ezek 6:9
go a whoring Exod 34:15-16; Ps 73:27, Ps 106:39; Hos 2:2; Jas 4:4
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be holy Lev 11:44-45, Lev 19:2; Rom 12:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:2; 1Thess 4:7; 1Pet 1:15-16
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Lev 22:33, Lev 25:38; Ps 105:45; Jer 31:31-33, Jer 32:37-41; Ezek 36:25-27; Heb 11:16; 1Pet 2:9-10
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It is very probable, that the transactions recorded in this and the four following chapters took place during the time the Israelites abode in Kadesh (Deut 1:46).
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Num 15:18; Lev 14:34, Lev 23:10, Lev 25:2; Deut 7:1-2, Deut 12:1, Deut 12:9
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will make Exod 29:18, Exod 29:25, Exod 29:41; Lev 1:2-3, Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17, Lev 10:13
a burnt Lev 1:1-17
a sacrifice Lev 7:16, Lev 22:18-23; Deut 12:11
performing Heb. separating, Lev 27:2
or in a freewill Lev 22:21, Lev 22:23; Deut 12:6, Deut 12:17, Deut 16:10
in your Num 28:16-19, Num 28:27, Num 29:1-2, Num 29:8, Num 29:13-40; Lev 23:8, Lev 23:12, Lev 23:36; Deut 16:1-17
a sweet Gen 8:21; Exod 29:18; Matt 3:17; Eph 5:2; Phil 4:18
the herd Under the term bakar, are comprehended the ox, heifer, etc; and under tzon, are included sheep and goats. The animals enjoined in the Levitical law are the very same which commanded Abraham to offer (Gen 15:9). Hence it is evident, that God delivered to the patriarchs an epitome of that law which was afterwards given in detail to Moses, the essence of which consisted in its sacrifices; and these sacrifices were of clean animals, the most perfect, useful, and healthy of all that are brought under the immediate government of man. Gross feeding and ferocious animals were all excluded, as well as all birds of prey.
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a meat Exod 29:40; Lev 2:1, Lev 6:14, Lev 7:9-10, Lev 23:13; Isa 66:20; Mal 1:11; Rom 15:16; Heb 13:16
the fourth Num 28:5-8; Exod 29:40; Lev 2:15, Lev 14:10, Lev 23:13; Judg 9:9; Ezek 46:14
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Num 28:7, Num 28:14; Judg 9:13; Ps 116:13; Song 1:4; Zech 9:17; Matt 26:28-29; Phil 2:17; 2Tim 4:6
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Num 15:4, Num 28:12-14
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peace Lev 3:1, Lev 7:11-18
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with a Num 28:12, Num 28:14
a meat Num 29:6; Lev 6:14, Lev 7:37, Lev 14:10; 1Chr 21:23; Neh 10:33; Ezek 42:13; Ezek 46:5, Ezek 46:7, Ezek 46:11, Ezek 46:15; Joel 1:9, Joel 2:14
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Num 15:5, Num 6:15
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Num 15:28
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One Num 15:29, Num 9:14; Exod 12:49; Lev 24:22; Gal 3:28; Eph 2:11-22; Col 3:11
an ordinance Num 10:8, Num 18:8; Exod 12:14, Exod 12:24, Exod 12:43; 1Sam 30:25
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Num 15:2; Deut 26:1-15
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The oblation before prescribed seems to have been a general acknowledgment from the people at large; but this was an oblation from every one that reaped a harvest. Who was required, previously to tasting it himself, to offer a portion of dough as a heave-offering to the Lord. This is supposed to have been given to the priests in their several cities, and not carried to the tabernacle.
Josh 5:11-12
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a cake Num 18:12; Exod 23:19; Deut 26:2-10; Neh 10:37; Prov 3:9-10; Ezek 44:30; Matt 6:33; Rom 11:16; 1Cor 15:20; Jas 1:18; Rev 14:4
the heave offering Lev 2:14, Lev 23:20, Lev 23:16-17
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Num 18:26; Exod 29:28
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This law concerning sins of ignorance, being entirely diverse from one before considered, occasions considerable difficulty (Lev 4:1-35). Some explain that law as relating to sins of commission, this to sins of omission. Others explain the one of inadvertent violations of the moral law, and the other of the transgressions of the ceremonial law, and some think that related to the whole nation, this to any one tribe; or that to the bulk of the nation, this to the rulers and elders. The Jews say, that the former law referred to such national transgressions through heedlessness, as consisted with the maintenance of the prescribed worship in the main; but that this especially respected the case of the nation, when through inattention, and the example and authority of wicked rulers, they had turned aside and committed idolatry, or conducted their worship directly contrary to law; yet through a culpable ignorance, and not in presumption. This was evidently the case under several of their kings; and the explanation seems well grounded.
Lev 4:2, Lev 4:13-14, Lev 4:22, Lev 4:27, Lev 5:13, Lev 5:15-17; Ps 19:12; Luke 12:48
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if ought Lev 4:13
without Heb. from the eyes
one young bullock Lev 4:14-21
with his Num 15:8-10
manner or, ordinance
one kid Num 28:15; Lev 4:23; 2Chr 29:21-24; Ezra 6:17, Ezra 8:35
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the priest Lev 4:20, Lev 4:26; Rom 3:25; 1John 2:2
forgiven them Luke 23:34; Acts 13:39
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Lev 4:27-28; Acts 3:17, Acts 17:30; 1Tim 1:13
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Lev 4:35
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one law Num 15:15, Num 9:14; Lev 16:29, Lev 17:15; Rom 3:29-30
sinneth Heb. doeth
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doeth ought Num 9:13, Num 14:44; Gen 17:14; Exod 21:14; Lev 20:3, Lev 20:6, Lev 20:10; Deut 1:43, Deut 17:12; Deut 29:19-20; Ps 19:13; Matt 12:32; Heb 10:26, Heb 10:29; 2Pet 2:10
presumptuously Heb. with an high hand, That is, bold, daring, deliberate acts of transgression against the fullest evidence, and in despite of the Divine authority. Such conduct "reproacheth the Lord," as if his commands were needless, unreasonable, and inimical to the happiness of man; his favour were not desirable, or his wrath not to be feared. In short, as if it were more advantageous to rebel against him than to serve him. Such acts admitted of no atonement. The person was condemned to bear his own iniquity, and to be cut off.
reproacheth Ps 69:9, Ps 74:18, Ps 74:22, Ps 79:12, Ps 89:51; Prov 14:31; Isa 37:23-24
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despised Lev 26:15, Lev 26:43; 2Sam 12:9; Ps 119:126; Prov 13:13; Isa 30:12; 1Thess 4:8; Heb 10:28-29
his iniquity Lev 5:1; Ps 38:4; Isa 53:6; Ezek 18:20; 1Pet 2:24; 2Pet 2:21
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they found a man This example seems to have been evidently introduced to illustrate the foregoing law. The man despised the word of the Lord, presumptuously broke his commandment, and on this ground was punished with death. Exod 16:23, Exod 16:27-28, Exod 20:8-10, Exod 35:2-3
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John 8:3-20
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Lev 24:12
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The man Exod 31:14-15
stone him Lev 24:14, Lev 24:23; 1Kgs 21:13; Acts 7:58; Heb 13:11-12
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Josh 7:25
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fringes in the borders The word tzitzith properly denotes an ornament resembling a flower. From Num 15:39, we learn that these were emblematical of the commands of God. That there is any analogy between a fringe and a precept, it would be bold to assert; but when a thing is appointed to represent another, no matter how different, that first object becomes the legitimate representative or sign of the other. Deut 22:12; Matt 9:20, Matt 23:5; Luke 8:44
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remember Exod 13:9; Deut 6:6-9, Deut 11:18-21, Deut 11:28-32; Prov 3:1
ye seek not Deut 29:19; Job 31:7; Prov 28:26; Eccl 11:9; Jer 9:14; Ezek 6:9
go a whoring Exod 34:15-16; Ps 73:27, Ps 106:39; Hos 2:2; Jas 4:4
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be holy Lev 11:44-45, Lev 19:2; Rom 12:1; Eph 1:4; Col 1:2; 1Thess 4:7; 1Pet 1:15-16
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Lev 22:33, Lev 25:38; Ps 105:45; Jer 31:31-33, Jer 32:37-41; Ezek 36:25-27; Heb 11:16; 1Pet 2:9-10