CHAPTER S. 409 the land; God was pleased to accept of the-suffering -or death of the beast, instead of the death or sufferingof the man Or if a person fell into some ceremonial defilements, he was to be pu- rified by the blood of a beast : And this was an emblem, or type and token that the sin of man deserved death, and that God con- sidered as the Lordof'conseience, would-forgivesin; and would accept ofthe sufferings and death of his Son in due time as a real sacrifice of atonement in the room. of the sinner ; See Heb. ix. and x. 1 Pet. i. 19. and ii. 24. See questions 6, 7, 8, of this. chapter. 72. Q. With what fire were the sacrifices burned ? A. With fire which came down at first from heaven on the altar, and it was kept always burning on.the altar, for sacred uses, that is, to light the lamps, to burn incense, and to kindle other fires in their worship; Lev. ix. 24. and vi. 13. 73. Q.,:Who were those persons that dared to use other fire in worship than what God appointed ? A. Nadab and Abdul, the sons of Aaron, burned incense with strange fire ; Lev. x. 1, 2. 74. Q. What was their .punishment? A. There went out a fire from the Lord, and devoured them ; Lev. x. 1, 2. 75. Q. When were these various sacrifices to be offered ? A. Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly, and on many special oc. casions, as God revealed to Moses. 76. Q. What was the daily sacrifice ? A. A young lamb every morning and every evening for a burnt-offering, toge- ther with a meat -offering and drink-offering ; Nuin. xxviii. 3, 8. 77. Q. What was the design of it? A. To keep the people in remembrance that for their daily sins they needed continual atonement and pardon,' and that God required continual thanks- giving-for his daily mercies. 78. Q. What were the weekly, monthly, and yearly sacri- fices ? A. Such as were required onthe several holy times, or the festivals and fasts which God appointed. 79. Q. What was that special sacrifice which was offered to make the purifying water, called the water of separation ? A. A red heifer was to heslain and burned without the camp, with her skin, flesh and blood, with cedar-wood, hyssop and scarlet; and all theashes were to be gathered and laid up in a clean place without the camp ;,Num. xix. 2-10. 80. Q. Howwas the water of separation to be made? A. Some of the ashes of the burned heifer were to be put in a vessel, and to be mingled with running water ; Num. xix. 17. 81. Q. What was the use of it? A. to purify persons, or things, or places, which were defiled by touching a human dead body, or the bone of a man, or a'grave ; verse 11-16. 82. Q. flow_must it be applied to thedefiled thing or per- VOL. V. D n
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