Chapter 15:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
Numbers 15
Concise Complete
The law of the meat-offering and the drink-offering The
stranger under the same law. (1-21) The sacrifice for the sin of ignorance.
(22-29) The punishment of presumption The sabbath-breaker stoned. (30-36) The
law for fringes on garment. (37-41)
Verses 1-21 Full
instructions are given about the meat-offerings and drink-offerings. The
beginning of this law is very encouraging, When ye come into the land of your
habitation which I give unto you. This was a plain intimation that God would
secure the promised land to their seed. It was requisite, since the sacrifices
of acknowledgment were intended as the food of God's table, that there should be
a constant supply of bread, oil, and wine, whatever the flesh-meat was. And the
intent of this law is to direct the proportions of the meat-offering and
drink-offering. Natives and strangers are placed on a level in this as in other
like matters. It was a happy forewarning of the calling of the Gentiles, and of
their admission into the church. If the law made so little difference between
Jew and Gentile, much less would the gospel, which broke down the
partition-wall, and reconciled both to God.
Verses 22-29
Though ignorance will in a degree excuse, it will not justify those who might
have known their Lord's will, yet did it not. David prayed to be cleansed from
his secret faults, those sins which he himself was not aware of. Sins committed
ignorantly, shall be forgiven through Christ the great Sacrifice, who, when he
offered up himself once for all upon the cross, seemed to explain one part of
the intention of his offering, in that prayer, Father, forgive them, for they
know not what they do. It looked favourably upon the Gentiles, that this law of
atoning for sins of ignorance, is expressly made to extend to those who were
strangers to Israel.
Verses 30-36
Those are to be reckoned presumptuous sinners, who sin designedly against God's
will and glory. Sins thus committed are exceedingly sinful. He that thus breaks
the commandment reproaches the Lord. He also despises the word of the Lord.
Presumptuous sinners despise it, thinking themselves too great, too good, and
too wise, to be ruled by it. A particular instance of presumption in the sin of
sabbath-breaking is related. The offence was gathering sticks on the sabbath
day, to make a fire, whereas the people were to bake and seethe what they had
occasion for, the day before,
exodus 16:23. This was
done as an affront both to the law and to the Lawgiver. God is jealous for the
honour of his sabbaths, and will not hold him guiltless who profanes them,
whatever men may do. God intended this punishment for a warning to all, to make
conscience of keeping holy the sabbath. And we may be assured that no command
was ever given for the punishment of sin, which, at the judgment day, shall not
prove to have come from perfect love and justice. The right of God to a day of
devotion to himself, will be disputed and denied only by such as listen to the
pride and unbelief of their hearts, rather than to the teaching of the Spirit of
truth and life. Wherein consists the difference between him who was detected
gathering sticks in the wilderness on the day of God, and the man who turns his
back upon the blessings of sabbath appointments, and the promises of sabbath
mercies, to use his time, his cares, and his soul, in heaping up riches; and
waste his hours, his property, and his strength in sinful pleasure? Wealth may
come by the unhallowed effort, but it will not come alone; it will have its
awful reward. Sinful pursuits lead to ruin.
Verses 37-41
The people are ordered by the Lord to make fringes on the borders of their
garments. The Jews were distinguished from their neighbours in their dress, as
well as in their diet, and thus taught not to be conformed to the way of the
heathen in other things. They proclaimed themselves Jews wherever they were, as
not ashamed of God and his law. The fringes were not appointed for trimming and
adorning their clothes, but to stir
2 petertempted to sin, the
fringe would warn them not to break God's commandments. We should use every
means of refreshing our memories with the truths and precepts of God's word, to
strengthen and quicken our obedience, and arm our minds against temptation. Be
holy unto your God; cleansed from sin, and sincerely devoted to his service; and
that great reason for all the commandments is again and again repeated, "I am
the Lord your God."
Chapter 15:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
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1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
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Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
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Song of Solomon
Isaiah
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Lamentations
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Daniel
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Amos
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Malachi
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John
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Romans
1 Corinthians
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Philippians
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1 Thessalonians
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1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
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