7<\/strong>. Enough!<\/strong> ye sons of Levi<\/em> ] These words cannot be addressed to Korah’s company, since they are laymen who are objecting to the claims of the Levites. They must be addressed by Korah’s company to Moses and Aaron, and have fallen out of their right place, which was probably at the end of Num 16:3<\/em><\/span>. Their defiance thus begins and ends with the same words, as in the case of Dathan and Abiram ( Num 16:12<\/em><\/span> ; Num 16:14<\/em><\/span><\/em>).<\/p>\n Doth choose, <\/B>i.e. declare his choice and appointment of them for that work. <\/P> <\/p>\n And put fire therein<\/strong>,…. Into the censers:<\/p>\n and put incense in them<\/strong>; on the coals of fire in the censers:<\/p>\n before the Lord<\/strong>; not at the altar of incense in the holy place, into which none but Aaron and his sons might come, but at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, where the glory of the Lord appeared,<\/p>\n Nu 16:18<\/span>; and this they were to do<\/p>\n tomorrow<\/strong>; the day following that on which the insurrection was made, and in the morning of that day, which was the usual time of judgment; this was delayed until the morrow, that they might have opportunity to reflect upon what they had done, and repent of their sin, and consider what they were to do, and the danger which might attend it; as in the case of Nadab and Abihu, who, though sons of the high priest, yet offering strange fire, were consumed by fire, Nu 10:1<\/span>; and so might they for assuming the priesthood, and officiating in any part of it, which did not belong to them:<\/p>\n and it shall be, [that] the man whom the Lord doth choose, he [shall be] holy<\/strong>: meaning Aaron, with his sons; for though the Lord had already chosen him, and ordered him and his family to be separated from the rest of the Israelites, to exercise the priestly office, and he was actually invested with it, and had entered upon it; yet he would at this time, in a visible way and manner, make it manifest that he had done it, and therefore should be as it were afresh set apart for holy service, and be continued in it:<\/p>\n [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi<\/strong>: of which tribe Korah was; and it looks as if those with him were chiefly of that tribe; however, these here addressed certainly were, and Moses retorts their own language upon them; they had said, that he and Aaron had taken too much upon them, though no more than what God had called them to; and now he says that they had taken too much upon them, to resist the ordinance of God, and to endeavour to remove from their office whom God had put into it, in order to substitute themselves: or “it is enough for you”, or “let it suffice you”; be content with the honour put upon you, the dignity you are raised to, to be next to the priests, and assistants to them; be not ambitious of more; let what you have satisfy you.<\/p>\n (7) Ye take too much upon you . . . <\/strong>Moses here adopts the language of Korah in Num. 16:3<\/span>. The meaning appears to be, as more fully explained in Num. 16:9-10<\/span>, that it ought to have sufficed Korah and the other Levites that they had been chosen from amongst their brethren to discharge the inferior offices of the sanctuary.<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> To-morrow <\/strong> This allows time for completing their priestly outfit. <\/p>\n Ye sons of Levi <\/strong> Korah probably had had a large following in his own tribe.<\/p>\n Num 16:7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.<\/p>\n Ver. 7. Ye take too much upon you.<\/strong> ] He retorts that upon them, that they had falsely charged upon him and Aaron. So doth Elias upon Ahab. 1Ki 18:17-18 So do we worthily upon Popery, the charge of novelty. When a Papist tauntingly demanded of a Protestant, Where was your religion before Luther? he was answered, In the Bible, where yours never was. Scaliger truly and trimly told the Jesuits, Nos non sumus novatores, sed vos estis veteratores,<\/em> We are not novellers, but you old cheaters.<\/p>\n man. Hebrew. ‘ish. App-14. <\/p>\n that the man: Num 16:3, Num 16:5, Eph 1:4, 2Th 2:13, 1Pe 2:9 <\/p>\n too much: Num 16:3, 1Ki 18:17, 1Ki 18:18, Mat 21:23-27 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 10:1 – censer Lev 16:13 – And he Num 16:15 – Respect Num 16:16 – Be thou Num 16:37 – the censers 2Ch 26:16 – to burn Psa 106:16 – the saint Heb 5:4 – General<\/p>\n 16:7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: {d} [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.<\/p>\n (d) He lays the same to their charge justly, with which they wrongfully charged him.<\/p>\n And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD tomorrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 7. 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