3fie ring tirange fire,&c. LEV I T I C U S X. 4-9 due and thy Tonnes dues out of the facrifices of the Peace - offrings, of the roans of Ifra= 15' el. The heave (boulder, and the wave breft, with the Fire offrings of the fat, (hall they bring;to wave fora wave- offriug,before le- : hovah ; and it hail be for thee, and for thy fonneswith thee, by a ftatute for ever ; as, Iehovah bath commanded. r 6 AndMofes,feeking fought the goat-buck of the Sin - opting; and behold it wasburnt : and he was wroth with Eleaaar and with I- thamar, the fonnes of Aaron, that were left, :7 laying. Wherefore, have ye not eaten the Sin- offring, in the holy place ? for it is holy. of holies and it, hee kathgiven to you ; to beate, the iniquitie of the Congregation;to make artonement for them, before Iehovah. t 8 Behold, the blood of it was not brought -in, to the Holy-place, within : ye (hould eating have eaten it, in the Holyplace, as I com- iç manded. And Aaron fpake unto Mofes ; Be- hold this day, they have offred their Sin. of- fring and their Burnt-offring, before Ieho- vah ; and fuch thinos,have befallen me : and if I had eaten.the Sin- ofring,to day ; Should it haue beene good, in the eyes cif Iehovah? s o And Mofes heard it; and it was good, in hiseyes.. tífnnotations. Ent r] or, fire-pan, a veffell wherein coales of fire were put; fee Exod.27.3. thereonlup- on the fire. How the incenfewas burned, fee the noteson Exod.3o.8. firange fireithat is,other fire the God had fanaificd on his altar. As(frange incenfi was exprelly forbidder, Exod.30.9. fo ffran efrewasnotcómanded,butimplicitlyfor- biddenby Lev. 1.7. & 6.1 z. as afterward God plainly lheweth,in Levi 6.1 z.Hereupon it is laid in Rév.8.5.;be Angeli:ooke the center, and fi /ledit with fire ofthe Altar.This tranfgreilion of the Priefts ; in the beginning of their adminiftration; fheweth the weakenelfe and imperteaion of that Pried- hood ; and fir the weakeenef and unprafitablcncf Cher- tf it was afterwards difanmelled;and-a better Pried- hood of Chrift, (who was holey, harmelef, undefiled, andfeparatedfrontfinners,fis come in place thereof: for the Law made nothing turf a: Heb.7.18. 19.26. So in the praaife of the Moral law, the people e- ven at the firlt,fell into open impiety,Exod.3z. Vcr.2. from before] or, from the face oftbe Lord. As a fire of niercie canse front thence toconlùme the facrifices for finne,offered according to the Law, Levit.9.z 4.fo now a fire of judgement commeth, co continue the (inners. Chazkuni here ohferveth, ilIcafìtre fir meafure ; by fire they finned , and by fire they wereplagued.This is an example of Gods jeoloufie, for the ordinances of theLaw,teaching the fame; much more for the Got : Heb. 1.2.3. and 1 o. 2 8.29.So he (hewed an example of) udgetnent up- on two finners,at the beginning of the Chriftian Church, whereby great feare came upon all; Aas 5. 1.1 1. drvoxred] or ate them ; that is, klled them; for neither their bodies, nor their cloathes were burnt to a(hes,as appeareth by v.5. And inTarg. Ionathan it is thus explained,/: burnedtheir flutes, but their bodies were not burnt. Hereupon our God is laid to be a devouring fire; Heb.12.29. Dan.' .24. See a like judgement, in Num.16.3 5. bet re let bovah] that is, with fitdden death, before the Ta- bernacle,wherein the Lords glory dwelt. So Vn- no for his error, in putting his hand to the Arke, died Afore God, I Chron.13.10. which isexpoun- ded, by the ArkeofGod, z Sant. 6.7. And it is obfer- ved, that thefe two Priefts, died childieffe,Nunt. 3.4. Chron.24.2. Vert. 3.fpaWJ but where fpake he this ? It may. 3 have reference to Lev.8.3 5.Or it might be fpoken but not writen before : as Ioh.zo.3o. Chazkuni referreth it to Exo.29.43. others unto Ex.i 9.2o. fantTified]God is Paid to befandified,bot hwhen he gracioufly accepteth, & doth goodunto them that ferve hips aright, Ezek. 20.41. and when hee punifheth them that tranfgreffe; as,I will beglorifi- ed in the ntidfa oftbee(Sidon) and theyShallknow shot I am lehovab ;when I fhall haze executedjudgements in ber, and fballbefanflifiedin her ; Ezek. 28. zz. So in this place, and inEzek.38.i6.23. Likewife God is fanaified of men, when theycarry themfelves holily and uprightly in his fight; as, Santïtfièthe Lord God inywerbearts, &c.1 Pet.3.s5. that come nigh] or,my neighbours; that is, the Priefts and Levites;as in Ezek.42.13.the Pries which are nigh unto lebovah. See alto Levit.9.7. Nnmb.16.9. So judgement beginneth at the boufe ofGod,1 Pkt.4. r 7. at his Sanlluary,Ezek.9.6. beore]that is,openly; theGr: tran flateth,inalthe congregation. as if the like danger were unto them alto for tratifgrefrion: fee Iof 22.18.20. glorified] or, honoured; which is alto not in (hewingmercies onely,as 2 Thef. t.10 but in executing judgements;as Exod.14.4.Ezek 28.22. And hee is glorified ofmen ; when their thouglsts,wordsand aaions,are according to his will, and to his praife ; Aa.4. 21. Rom. 1.21. t Pet.4.1t .16. held hirpeace]or,watftlent;that is, relied patiently without murmuring againft the worke ofGod,who had killed his Sonnes. So David faith,Iamdnmbe,Iwill not open num:utb be- cauf thou haft done it; Pfat.3 9.10. And God raid to Ezekiel thePried, Be filent, that in, Forbeare to cry, mahnomourning for the dead, Ezek.24.,7. Or, hee mourned in filence for his tons death; for fo the fcripture expreffeth great forrow & unutterable, by peeping frlenee;as Lam.2. r o.Efa. 47.5. Thus the Greeke tranflateth,he was prickd : and Aaron; an- iwer in ver.,9.implieth fo much.So the heathens haue Paid, Curs leves, loquutu m ; ingenics, finpent. Se= neca in Hipplito. Verf'4. mile] in Greek, thefonnes of the brother of q, Aaron Father: for Vzzidwas brother to AnsÑ Aarons father; fee Exod.6.iS.zo.2z. Cary] or, t.kup: this duty of burial' was laid upon their confiins the Levites, not upon their next E e e bre.
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