9. "Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon."]-Ye shall offer no incense of any other composition, &c. 10. "And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements."] -And the high priest shall once a year put the blood of the sin offering upon the horns of the altar, to make an expiation of the defects which had passed that year in God's service. 12. "When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them," &c.]-When thou takest an account of the number of the children of Israel, then shall they give every man half a shekel, to testify that he holds his life of that God whose service that shall be used to maintain; which shall be paid of every man, upon pain of the displeasure of God, who shall plague the contempt of whosoever refuses thus to contribute to his service. 13. "Half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary."]—Half a sicle (that is, according to our current money, the value of fifteen pence sterling) according to the standard, which shall be kept in the sanctuary. 33. "Shall even be cut off from his people."]-He shall die the death; whether by the immediate hand of God or by the sword of the magistrate. XXXI. 2. "I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri:"] -I have singled out, as if I had by his name called him from others, Bezaleel, the son of Uri, and &c. 3. "And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship."]-Whom I have endued with this gift of the spirit of God, to be able both perfectly to conceive and curiously to work all these things which belong to the tabernacle. 6. "And in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee."] -And in the hearts of all those that are apt for these businesses have I put a greater apprehension and dexterity of working all these things that I have commanded. 13. "Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you," &c.]-Although I could be willing that these works of the sanctuary should be finished, yet I would not have them so followed, as that ye should work them upon the sabbath day; for that day is a common sign betwixt us of your holding me for your Creator, and of my special interest in you above all other people. 18. "Two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."]-He gave him two tables of the law, which testified unto the people the will of God, which spake and wrote it. XXXII. 1. "Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him."]-Stir up thyself, and make some visible image, that may bring to our minds the presence of God; and may give us a sensible representation of his going before us and assisting us: sithence both Moses is gone, and the cloud which was wont to direct us hath stood still thus long. 4. "And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt."]-Who received them at their hands, and, according to the people's desire, cast it in a mould framed for that purpose, and polished it afterwards with tools; and the people said to each other, This is a representation, O Israel, of that God of thine which brought thee out of the land of Egypt. 5. "And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD."]-When Aaron saw the importunity of the people he yielded to have an altar built before the calf; and proclaimed publicly, To morrow shall be the day wherein ye shall solemnly worship God in this calf which is made. 10. "Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them," &c.]-Now therefore do not thou, after thy wonted manner, pray so instantly for their remission; which if thou do, so great is my respect unto thee, that my mercy will not suffer a revenge to light upon them; only be thou silent, for whose sake I forbare them, and then shall my wrath show itself, &c. 14. "And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people."]-Then the Lord, at Moses's request, did not go on to bring that evil upon the Israelites which he had conditionally threatened against them. 32. "Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin-; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written."]Therefore now, if thou wilt pardon this their sin, thy mercy will be so much more magnified by how much their sin is more heinous; but, rather than thou shouldest not, since I know thy glory with men doth so much depend upon it, I could be for thy sake contented even to be cast away myself from thee, at least to be wiped out of the catalogue of living men here upon earth. 34. "Behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them."]—I will give them the same protection by my Angel which they have had, but I will notwithstanding find a time to correct them for this their offence. XXXIII. 2. "And I will send an angel before thee."]—I will send a created angel to safeguard and direct thee, &c. 3. "For I will not go up in the midst of thee."]-For I will not, in that familiar manner that I was wont, converse with thee, and work wonderfully for thee, &c. 5. "Therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee."]-Therefore now put off thy costly raiment, and humble thyself before me, that according to the measure of thine humiliation or obstinacy I may proportion out my dealings with thee. 7. "And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation."]-Then Moses took a special tent, wherein public service should be done to God, and pitched it without the host, afar off; and called it the Tent of the congregation, &c. II. "And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend."]—And the Lord gave unto Moses most familiar tokens and representations of his presence; speaking by audible voices unto him, as one friend imparts his counsels to another. 17. "And I know thee by name."]-I have taken special notice of thee above all others. XXXIV. 6. "And the LORD passed by before him."]-So the Lord, in some sensible signs of his presence, passed before him. 10. "Before all thy people I will do marvels," &c.—And I will do strange miracles for thy sake, both in the wilderness and in Canaan, &c. 17. "Thou shalt make thee no molten gods."]-Thou shalt make thee no images to represent God; whether molten, or carved, or painted, or howsoever framed for this purpose. 19. See Exod. xiii. 12. 29. "That Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him," &c.]-Now Moses knew not that his face had a certain bright shining and majesty imprinted in it by God, in his conference with him. XXXV. 3. "Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day."]-Unless it be for a necessary use, ye shall not so much as take pains to kindle a fire for the dressing of any provision on the sabbath day. 5. See chap. xxv. in the whole sequel. 10. "And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded."]-And all to whom the Lord hath given dexterity of working in these kinds, shall set themselves to make all that the Lord hath commanded concerning the tabernacle. 30. See chap. xxxi. 2, 3, &c. XXXVI. See chap. xxvi. in the whole. 8. "And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women," &c.]-Also he made a great laver, to wash the priests, and to cleanse the sacrifices; and both the foot and frame of it was made of that brass and shining metal whereof the women's lookingglasses were made, which now devoutly gave these instruments of their vanity to holy uses. 21. "This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites," &c.]-These are the parts of the tabernacle, that is, the tabernacle that witnesseth the presence of God to his people; all the parts whereof, by the commandment of Moses, were, at the taking down and erecting, committed to the charge of the Levites, by Ithamar, the son of Aaron, which was set over the Levites. XXXIX. See chap. xxviii. in the whole. XL. 35. "And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle."]-So Moses, at that time, could not, for reverence of the place, enter into the tabernacle of the congregation; because God, now, at the first consecration of it, did so gloriously manifest himself; not only in the sign of the cloud upon the tabernacle, but also of exceeding glory and brightness within the tabernacle. LEVITICUS. I. 2. "If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock."]—If any of you offer an ordinary sacrifice unto the Lord, shall offer ye sacrifice of those cattle which are most common your for their use, namely, beeves, and sheep, or goats. 3. "If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd.”]—If it be a sacrifice to be consumed by fire, of beeves from the herd. 5. "And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD."]-And the priest shall kill the bullock before the Lord for him. II. 1. "And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD."] -When any man will voluntarily, besides the set occasions, offer a meat offering unto the Lord. 12. "As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD," &c.]-In this oblation of the firstfruits only, ye shall offer leaven unto the Lord, in the two loaves which shall be for the shake offering. Whereof see Levit. xxiii. 17, &c. III. I. "And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd."]-And if his oblation be a peace offering, that is, such as whereby the offerer doth thankfully present himself to God, acknowledging to have received all blessings from him, &c. 3. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards."-So the priest shall offer of the peace offering, the fat that covereth the inwards, &c. as a sacrifice to be consumed by fire unto the Lord. IV. 3. "If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish."]—If the priest, which is anointed, and thereby consecrated to God, shall sin, so as occasion may be given therefore unto the people to offend, then shall he, according to the greater eminence of his place, offer for his sin a young bullock, &c. 4. "And shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD."]-He shall put his hand upon the bullock's head, in token that that sin of his is transferred to him that is the true propitiatory sacrifice for sin, &c. 12. "Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn |