Thumming were (which are fuppofed to be made ready to be put in the Breaft-plate) is not to be known.

-3lodnd thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.

the Greek,

31. Robe Or long Garment down to the ground. See and Revel 1. 13,

32. And there fhall be an hole in the top of it, in the midft thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work, round about the bole of it, as it were the hole of an babergeon, that it be not rent,

33. And beneath upon the hem 33. Hem: Or, of it thou shalt make pomegranates Skirts.

of blue, and of purple, and of fearlet round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about.

34. A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about.

35. And it fhall be upon Aaron, to minifter and bis found fhall be

35. And it, &c. Ecclus. 45. 9.

beard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the

LORD, and when he cometh out;

36. And thou shalt make a plate of like the engravings of a fignet, pure gold, and grave upon it, HOLINESS TO THE

LORD

that he die nat.

36. A Plate, &c, ad from one Ear to Which was two fingers broad,and reachthe other, going over the Forehead of the

Prieft, fays Maimon. HOLINESS TO THE LORD: By which the High Prieft was taught to look upon himself as fepatated to the Service of God, as well as from thence to efteem himself obliged to ferve God with great care and

reverence.

37. And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre upon the forefront of the mitre it Shall be Dia baisbes

उ

38. And

38. And it shall be upon Aa38 Bean, &c. i. e. ron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Ifrael fhall hallow in all their holy gifts and it fhall be always upon his forehead, that they may be acceptable before the LORD.

That he may pro cure God's pardon for the People's ErGod: In this the rors in the Service of High Prieft was a fit type of Chrift, Pet,

2. 24.

139. And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needle-work.

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40. And for Aaron's fons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets fhalt thou make for them, for glory, and for beauty.

41. And thou shalt put them 41.Confecrate them: upon Aaron by brother, and bis Heb. Filltheir hand. fons with him and fhalt anoint them, and confecrate them, and fantifie them, that they may minifter unto me in the priest's office.

30:42, And thou shalt make them Tinen breeches to cover their nakednefs from the loins even unto the thighs they fhall reach.

43. And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his fons, when they some in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place that they bear not iquity, and die. It fhall be a fta tute for ever unto him, and bis feed after him. him,

42. Their naked wefs: Heb. Flesh of their nakedness.Reach:

Heb. Be.

43. That they bear not iniquity: i.e. That they bear not the punishment due for their Sin. Hence the Prieft, who minifters Jews teach, that the and wants fome of the Garments here prescribed, is to be reputed as no Priest,

deferves death, and that the Sacrifice which he offers up is rendered profane. Mai, H. Kele Hammikd. c. to.

CHAP.

CHAP. XXIX.

The ARGUMENT.

The Sacrifice and Ceremonies of Confecrating the Priests. Of the Bullock for a Sin offering. Of the Ram for a Burnt-offering Of the Ram of Confecration, and the Wave-offering: The wave-breaft, and Heave-fhoulder referved to Aaron and his Sons for the future. Aaron's Sons, who Jhall fucceed him, are to be anointed, and confecrated in his Veftments. Aaron and bis Sons are to eat of the Ram of Confecration, &c. This Confecration to continue feven days, The Atonement for the Altar. The continual Burnt-offering.

1. A thou shalt do unto them to ND this is the thing that ballow them, to minifter unto me in the priest's office Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

1. To hallow them:

i. e. To fet

them apart to their feparate and holy Of fice. Take: Levit. 9. Z. Without blemihi. e. Without

defect; or perfect, as the Hebrew word fignifies,

2. And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempe red with oyl, and wafers unleavened anointed with oyl of wheaten flour fhalt thou make them.

33. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

Which Aaron and

914. And Aaron and bis fons thou 4. With water fhalt bring unto the door of the ta bernacle of the congregation, and thalt wash them with water.

his Sons were to repeat when ever they went into the Taber

nacle, 30: 18, 20... 5. The garments Viz, Whichare mentoned in the forego

and the ephod, and the breaft-plate, and gird him with the curions girdle of the ephod.

6. And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

ing Chapter. The robe of the ephod:

Ch. 28. 31.

6. The holy crown:

The Plate of Gold with the blue Lace mentioned ch 28.

74. Oyl: Ch, 30°

36, 37. Levit, 8.9. See the Greek and Vulgar. N 7. Then halt thou take the anointing oyl, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

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8. And thou shalt bring his fons, and put coats upon

them.

and

9. And thou shalt gird them with girdles (Aaron and his fons) and put the bonnets on them the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual ftatute: and thou shalt Confecrate Aaron and his fons.

10. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his fons fhall put their hands upon the head of the bullock,

9. Put: Heb. Bind. Confecrate: Heb. Fill the hand of, Ch. 28. 41. The meaning of which expreffion may be learnt from

ข. 23, 24.

10. Aaron: Levit.

1.4. Put their hands, &c. This putting the of the Beaft which

Hands on the Head

was to be facrificed appropriated to God,

was very ufual: By it the Beaft was and the Offerer thereby transferred his guilt upon it. This was joined with Confeffion of Sin, Lev. 5. 5, 6. with ch. 16.21.,

FI. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12. And thou shalt take of the

12.

12. Of the altar:

blood of the bullock, and put it upon i. e. Of the Altar of the barns of the altar with thy the Sin offerings, LeBurnt offering, as in finger, and pour all the blood befidet. 5. 24, 25, 29,

the bottom of the altar.

30.

13. And

13. And thoufhalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is up on them, and burn them upon the

13.

"And thou

Levit. 3. 3. The caul that is above the liver: It feemeth by Anatomy Hebrew Doctors, to be the Midriff So

and the

altar. our English Interpreters in their Marginal Note, The Greek render it by the Lobe of the Liver, meaning poffibly the Lobe to which the Gaul is fixed, Burn: What we render Burn in this place, is not the fame word which we fo render, v. 14. but a word that is applied to the burning of Incenfe, which confumes into Smoke, thefe parts being fat and light, confuming after that manner which Incense does, without any confiderable Afhes remaining.

14. Bat the flesh of the bullock, and bis skin, and his dung fhalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a fin-offering.

15. Thou shalt also take one ram, and Aaron and his fons fhall put their hands upon the head of

the ram.

10.

15: Head: See v

16. And thou shalt flay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

17. And thou fhalt cut the ram in pieces, and wall the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD, it is a fweet favour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

18. Burnt-offering: See the Notes on L.)

vit. 1. 3.

19. And thou shalt take the other ram, and Aaron, and his fons shall put their hands upon the head of the

ram.