Numbers 15

Of adding meat-offerings and drink-offerings to other oblations, verse 1, etc. Oblation of the first-lings of the dough. 19. Sin-offering for all the congregation having transgressed through straying or unadvisedness, 22, for a single soul. 27. The punishment of a willful sinner, 30, of him, which gathered wood on the Sabbath-day, 32. Of laces with sky-colour thred upon the garments.

1. After that, the LORD spake to Moseh, saying: speak unto the children of Israel and saying to them: when ye shall be come into the land of your habitations, [i.e. into the land of Canaan, wherein ye are to take up your habitation hereafter] which I shall give unto you.

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3. And you will do (or make) a fire-offering to the Lord, a burnt-offering, or slay-offering, for to set a vow apart, [i.e. having set something apart, which ye vowed to the LORD by way of thankfulness, or, etc.] or a free will-offering, or in your set festivals, [i.e. in the sacrifices which were to be offered by the Law of God at the solemn Feast] to make a pleasing smell to the LORD, of Bullocks, or of small cattle:

4. Then he that offereth his sacrifice unto the LORD, shall offer a meat-offering of a tenth, [see Leviticus, 14. On verse 10.] of meal-flower mix with a fourth (part) of a Hin [see Lev.19.36.] of Oil.

5. And of wine for a drink-offering salt thou prepare a fourth part of a Hin, for a burnt-offering, or for a slay-offering for one Lamb;

6. Or for a Ram, salt thou prepare a meat-offering of two tenths meal-flower, mixed with oil, a third part of a Hin.

7. And for a drink-offering shalt thou offer a third part of a Hin of wine, for a pleasing smell unto the LORD.

8. And when thou wilt prepare a young bullock, [Hebrew a son of a Bullock: and so in the sequel] for a burnt-offering, or a slay-offering, for to set a vow apart, or for a thank-offering to the LORD:

9. Then shall he [viz. that intendeth to offer the sacrifice, the person is changed here, thou into hee] offer for (or, to) a young Bullock, a meat-offering of three tenths of meal-flower, mixed with Oil, the moyetie of an Hin.

10. And of wine, for a drink-offering, shalt thou offer the moiety of an Hin for a fire-offering of a pleasing smell to the LORD.

11. Thus it shall be done with the one Bullock, or with the one Ram: or with the small cartel of the Lambs, or of the Goats:

12. According to the number which thou shalt prepare, shalt thou do thus with every one according to their number.

13. Every In-borne (or, Native) shall do these thing thus; offering a fire-offering for a pleasing smell to the LORD.

14. Likewise, when a stranger so journeth with you, [viz. having his firm habitation without your Country, and onely for a time taken up his abode among you, and embraced the true Religious, as the matter it self doth evidence] or is in the midst of you in your Generations; [being indeed a stranger born but come to dwell and inhabit amongst you] and he will prepare a fire-offering for pleasing smell to the LORD; even as ye shall do, so shall he do.

15. Ye (the) Congregation, be it for you, and for the stranger that so journeth (with you) one kind of institution: for an everlasting institution, [Hebrew an institution of Eternity Compare Genesis 17.v.7.] with your Generations: even as your (selves) so shall the stranger be more the face of the LORD: [the meaning is, that the Israelites and the converted strangers shall be held in like esteem, and enjoy one manner of right in matters of Religion before God.]

16. One manner of Law, and one manner of right shall be for you, and the stranger that so journeth with you.

17. Moreover, the LORD spake unto Moseh, saying:

18. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say to them; being come into the land, where into I shall bring you;

19. It shall come to pass, when ye shall eat the bread of the Land; then shall ye offer a heave-offering unto the LORD;

20. The first-lings of your dough; ye shall offer a cake for your heave-offering: ye shall offer the same according to the heave-offering of the threshing floor. [i.e. according as your dough shall be great or small, in like manner as ye are commanded to do with the first-fruits, which afterwards is threshed out in the threshing-floor; such as are Wheat, Rye, Barley, etc. See Leviticus, 2. 14, 15, 16.]

21. Of the firstlings of your dough, ye shall give an heave-offering to the LORD, by your Generations.

22. Furthermore, when ye shall have erred, and not done all these Commandments, which the Lord spake to Moseh.

23. Of all that the LORD commanded you, by the hand of Moseh; from that day that the LORD commanded it: [i.e. ever since, he gave you this Law] and forward by your Generations.

24. It shall come to pass then, if ought be done through error, [viz. by the whole Congregation] (and is hid) [This Parenthesis is put in here out of Levit 4.13.] before the eyes of the Congregation, [This some do understand of the particular Congregations or assemblies in the Land of Canaan afterwards, in the several Cities, Towns and Villages thereof, and that Lev. Chapter 4. Verse 13, etc. by the whole congregation, there is understood, as the same was yet together, without the land of Canaan, being charged then to offer onely a young Bullock for a sin-offering, and to bring forth the same, and burn it without the Camp, Lev.4. 21. When as here beside the young Bullock, there is likewise a he-goat prescribed for the sin-offering] that the whole Congregation shall prepare a bull, a young Bullock for a burnt-offering, for a pleasing smell unto the LORD, together with his meat-offering, and a drink-offering, according to the manner: and an He-goat for a sin-offering.

25. And the Priest shall make the propriation for the whole congregation [See the note upon these two words in the former verse] of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven to them: for it was an error, (or straying) and they brought their sacrifice, a fire-offering to the LORD, and their sin-offering before the face of the LORD over (or because of) their straying.

26. It shall be forgiven then to then to the whole Congregation of the children of Israel, (as) also to the stranger, that so journeth in the midst of them; for it (happened) to all the people through error.

27. And if a soul [i.e. any man, or person apart: and so in the sequel] shall have sinned through error, the same shall offer a Goat of a year [Hebrew a Goat a daughter of her year] for a sin-offering.

28. And the priest shall do the propitiation over the erring soul, having sinned through error, before the face of the LORD; making the propitiation over her, and it shall be forgiven to her.

29. The In-born (or native) of the children of Israel, and the stranger that so journeth in the midst of them, there shall be one Law for you, to him that committeth it through error.

30. But the soul that shall have done ought with a lifted up hand, [i.e. daringly, presumptuously, willfully, and in defiance as it were, without any fear and reverence of the most High and his Laws. This phrase is elsewhere otherwise used. See Exodus.14.8. Numbers 33:3.] whether it be by in-born (or natives) or strangers; the same reproacheth the LORD, and that same soul shall be cut off [see Genesis.17. on v.14.] out of the midst of her people.

31. For she hath despised the word of the LORD, and annihilated his Commandment; that same soul shall be utterly cut off; her iniquity is upon her. [Or, be upon her, i.e. her bear the punishment of her iniquity, which she hath brought upon herself by her own guilt. Compare lev.20. on v.9.]

32. Now the children of Israel being in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood upon the Sabbath-day.

33. And those which found him gathering wood, brought him to Moseh, and to Aaron, and to all the Congregation. [i.e. to the chiefly Rulers or Judges.]

34. And they [viz. those that had apprehended him, or some others, by order from Moseh] put him into custody: for it was not declared, what should be done to him. [viz. what kind of death he should die; though Exodus 35:2. command was given, that such as did any servile work on the Sabbath-day should be put to death.]

35. Then the LORD said unto Moseh: That man shall surely be put to death: [see the last note in the former verse] all the Congregation shall stone him with stone without the camp.

36. Then the whole Congregation brought him forth without the Camp, and they stoned him with stones, that he died: according as the LORD had commanded Moseh.

37. And the LORD spake unto Moseh saying,

38. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say to them, that they make themselves small laces on the corner of their garments, [Compare Deut.22.12. and Matth.23.5. item Exodus 13:16. Due. 6.8. and chap 11.18.] by their Generations: and upon the laces of the corner they shall set a sky colour thread.

39. And it [viz. the said thread] shall be unto you, on the laces, that ye (may) look upon it and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them: and ye shall not trace according to your heart and according to your eyes, which ye are whoring after. [i.e. ye shall not seek to follow the thoughts of your hearts and the desirableness of your eyes, for to go a whoring after the idols of the Heathen, as through your carnal sensuality ye are much enclined to do, which proved too apparent in them.]

40. That ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.

41. I am the LORD your God, which led you forth out of the Land of Egypt, for be a God unto you; [See Genesis 17.on v.7.] I am the LORD your God.