7<\/strong>. shall keep your priesthood<\/em> ] i.e. perform its distinctive duties.<\/p>\n within the veil<\/em> ] viz. the first hanging, at the entrance to the Holy Place. The Levites were debarred from entering any part of the tent, and from contact with the altar of burnt-offering in the court.<\/p>\n as a service of gift<\/em> ] The expression (if the text be correct) emphasizes the fact that the priests had done nothing to deserve<\/em> these privileges; they were a free gift. The LXX. suggest a different reading ‘Ye shall perform the acts of service (as a) gift of your priesthood’; but the meaning is substantially the same. S. Paul gives similar teaching with regard to Christian privileges, 1Co 4:7<\/span>.<\/p>\n The altar, <\/B>to wit, of burnt-offering, as appears from the following words. <\/P> Within the veil.<\/B> This phrase elsewhere signifies the inward or second veil, but here it signifies either the outward veil only, or rather both the veils, the singular number being put for the plural, as when the altar is put for both the altars, as hath been noted; and so this phrase comprehends both the holy and the most holy place. <\/P> As a service of gift; <\/B>as a gift which I have freely conferred upon you, and upon you alone; and therefore let no man henceforth dare either to charge you with arrogance and usurpation in appropriating this to yourselves, or to invade your office. <\/P> <\/p>\n Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office<\/strong>,…. Observe all the duties of it, and keep out others from intruding into it:<\/p>\n for everything of the altar<\/strong>: both of incense and of burnt offering with respect to burning incense on the one, and offering sacrifices on the other; both were to be done by priests, and by no other:<\/p>\n and within the vail<\/strong>; in the most holy place, where the high priest entered but once a year, and he only with incense, and the blood of sacrifices, see Heb 9:7<\/span>;<\/p>\n and ye shall serve<\/strong>; do all the business that is to be done at either altar, whether in the court, or in the holy place, and whatsoever is to be done in the most holy place within the vail:<\/p>\n I have given your priest’s office [unto you] as a service of gift<\/strong>; it was not what they had taken to themselves of their own will, or had thrust themselves into, but what the Lord had called them to, and had freely invested them with, see Heb 5:4<\/span>;<\/p>\n and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death<\/strong>; any common person, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; any Israelite, one that is a stranger from the priests, though a Levite, as Aben Ezra; such an one might not come either to the altar of burnt offering to offer any sacrifice upon it, or the altar of incense, to burn incense on that, or trim the lamps, or put the shewbread in order, or to do anything peculiar to the priest’s office.<\/p>\n (7) And within the vail.<\/strong>i.e., the vail which separated the holy place from the most holy. The word which is employed in this place (parocheth<\/em>) <\/em>is used only of the second vail. (See Lev. 16:12<\/span>.<\/em>) <\/em>When the outer vail or hanging <\/em>is designed to be understood, the word used is masak. <\/em>The reference appears to be to the whole of the priestly duties which were discharged by Aaron and his sons, from those connected with the altar of burnt offering to those which were performed in the most holy place.<\/p>\n 7<\/strong>. <\/strong> Every thing of the altar <\/strong> That is, in the first or priests’ court.<\/p>\n Within the vail <\/strong> The holy of holies, accessible only to the high priest on the day of atonement. Lev 16:12<\/span>, note. <\/p>\n As a service of gift <\/strong> The office of the priest was not to be discharged from constraint as a duty, but freely and gladly as an avenue through which the loving soul might pour its gratitude to the Giver. Thus Paul deemed himself the recipient of undeserved “grace,” that he might preach, not among his kinsmen, whom he loved better than his own life, but among the despised Gentiles, “the unsearchable riches of Christ.” The highest Christian experience has not been reached when the opportunity of the humblest service to Christ is not joyfully received as a gracious privilege. When the wife begins to care for the household from mere duty, and not from love to her husband, her home becomes a prison. <\/p>\n The stranger <\/strong> All persons except the sons of Aaron. See Num 1:51<\/span>, note. <\/p>\n Shall be put to death <\/strong> Not by the verdict of a human tribunal, but by the judgment of God. See Num 4:18<\/span>, note. In the days of Ezekiel God complains of the flagrant violation of this law, when strangers and people uncircumcised in heart and in flesh polluted the sanctuary. Eze 44:7<\/span>.<\/p>\n Num 18:7<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>I have given your priest’s officeas a service of gift<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Houbigant renders this, For I have given you the priesthood for a gift: <\/em>I have absolutely appropriated unto you, and given to you and your posterity, a grant of the priest’s office. The priest’s office might well be called a gift, and was a great privilege. The employment itself was an honour; and such a provision was made, that the priests might attend upon the duties of their holy function without distraction, as is mentioned in a subsequent part of this chapter. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>Aaron is now confirmed in his ministry; a distinguished honour is put upon him; but he is reminded of the danger and difficulty of his arduous employment, that proportionable watchfulness, diligence, and zeal, may appear. 1. The charge of the sanctuary is entrusted to him, with the priests and Levites; and they are to be answerable to God for every neglect, or transgression, or mistake, in their ministrations. Note; <\/em>The ministry is an awful charge, if one immortal soul perish through our ignorance or carelessness, his blood will God require at our hands. How many undertake the care of souls, who, have never weighed the solemn account they must one day make to God? 2. Their several employments are appointed. Aaron alone within the vail; his sons within the tabernacle; the Levites without, as their assistants in the service of the court and altar; each has his province, and all their work. God’s house admits no idlers. An indolent priest is like Satan appearing among the sons of God. 3. Peculiar care must be taken, that no stranger enter there. The people were trembling at the thoughts of their danger in approaching the tabernacle, and the priests and Levites are charged to keep them at a distance from sin, that there may be no more wrath against them. Note; <\/em>(1.) It is good to have the watchfulness of others to restrain us from evil, as men as our own precautions against it. (2.) The way to escape wrath, is to avoid sin. (3.) Ministers must not only put away iniquity from themselves, but be watchful and zealous to keep others from offending. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Num 18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 7. As a service of gift.<\/strong> ] So our Saviour counts and calls his work a gift; “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” Joh 17:4 Any employment for, and about God, is a special favour, a high honour.<\/p>\n Numbers<\/p>\n SERVICE A GIFT<\/p>\n Num 18:7 <\/strong> .<\/p>\n All Christians are priests-to offer sacrifices, alms, especially prayers; to make God known to men.<\/p>\n I. Our priesthood is a gift of God’s love.<\/p>\n <\/strong> We are apt to think of our duties as burdensome. They are an honour and a mark of God’s grace.<\/p>\n \n 1. They are His gift-<\/p>\n a<\/em> The power to do. All capacities and possessions from Him.<\/p>\n \n b<\/em> The wish to do. ‘Worketh in you to will.’<\/p>\n \n c<\/em> The right to do, through Christ.<\/p>\n \n 2. They are a blessing.<\/p>\n a<\/em> Note the good effects on ourselves-the increase of fellowship with Him, the strengthening of all holy desires.<\/p>\n \n b<\/em> The future benefits. Apply this to prayer and to effort on behalf of our fellow-men.<\/p>\n \n II. Our priesthood is to be done as a service <\/strong> -under a sense of obligation to a master, with diligence an [Greek: ergon], not a [Greek: parergon].<\/p>\n III. Our priesthood is to be done as a gift to God <\/strong> -to be done joyfully, giving ourselves back to Him: ‘Yield yourselves unto God’-’your reasonable service.’<\/p>\n Then only do we really possess ourselves, and ‘all things are ours, for we are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.’<\/p>\n Therefore thou: Num 18:5, Num 3:10 <\/p>\n within: Lev 16:2, Lev 16:12-14, Heb 9:3-6 <\/p>\n as a service: Num 16:5-7, 1Sa 2:28, Joh 3:27, Rom 15:15, Rom 15:16, Eph 3:8, Heb 5:4 <\/p>\n the stranger: Num 18:4, Num 3:38, Num 16:40 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Exo 28:1 – among Exo 29:9 – the priest’s Exo 29:33 – a stranger Lev 7:35 – he presented Num 3:9 – General Num 17:3 – General Num 18:22 – come nigh 1Ch 24:2 – Eleazar 2Ch 26:18 – not unto thee 2Ch 29:11 – burn incense 2Ch 29:34 – their brethren 2Ch 35:11 – the priests Ezr 2:62 – therefore Psa 115:10 – General Isa 56:3 – the son Eze 42:13 – approach Eze 44:16 – keep Luk 1:8 – he Heb 7:5 – who<\/p>\n Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the veil; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office [unto you] as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. 7. shall keep your priesthood … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 18:7”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4273\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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