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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 40:34-38
The house filled with glory. The close of the book of Exodus is worthy of the greatness of its subject. It ends where the history of the world will end, with the descent of Jehovah's glory to dwell with men (Revelation…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 40:35
Moses was not able to enter. It is implied that he wished—nay, tried—to enter—but the "glory" prevented him. (Compare 1 Kings 8:11; 2 Chronicles 5:14; 2 Chronicles 7:2.) Because the cloud abode thereon. It was not the e…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 40:36-38
And when—i.e. "whensoever." The last three verses describe the manner in which the cloud henceforth served the Israelites as guide—not only directing their course, but determining when they were to move, and how long th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 40:38
The cloud … was upon the tabernacle by day and fire was on. it by night. Compare Exodus 13:21, Exodus 13:22; and Exodus 14:20, Exodus 14:24; Numbers 9:15, Numbers 9:16. The cloud had two aspects—one obscure, the other r…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 1:1-2
The offering of sacrifices was an ordinance of true religion, from the fall of man unto the coming of Christ. But till the Israelites were in the wilderness, no very particular regulations seem to have been appointed. T…
The Law Concerning Offerings. (b. c. 1490.)
THE LAW CONCERNING OFFERINGS. (B. C. 1490.) Observe here, 1. It is taken for granted that people would be inclined to bring offerings to the Lord. The very light of nature directs man, some way or other, to do honour to…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1-14
The weakness of man and the grace of God. Measureless is the distance between man and his Maker. And it is sometimes emphasized in such a way as to repress thought and stifle the aspirations of the human breast. In Scri…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1-17
Entire consecration, as illustrated in the burnt offering. cf. Romans 12:1.—We start with the assumption that the Book of Exodus presents "the history of redemption." It is an account of how the Lord delivered the peopl…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1-17
PART I THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS RESPECTING SACRIFICES EXPOSITION THE SACRIFICES (chapters 1-7). There are five classes of sacrifices instituted or regulated in the first seven chapters of Leviticus, each of which has it…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1-17
Law of the burnt offerings. The object of worship, place, worshipper, offering, are all clearly set forth. The way of obedience made plain.
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1
"And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation." This is the foundation on which the whole of positive religion is built up, the Divine voice speaking through a mediator, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1-9
The greatness of God. Too wide a field lessens the thoroughness of observation. Hence it is allowable and advantageous to distinguish in thought what is in reality inseparable, in order, by fixing the attention upon cer…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:1
And the LORD called unto Moses. The first word of the verse, in the original Vayikra, meaning "and called," has been taken as the designation of the book in the Hebrew Bible. The title Leviticon, or Leviticus, was first…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:2-17
The true end of sacrifice,-entire consecration to God. We shall reach the end for which God introduced all that apparatus of Divine worship so elaborately described in this book if we take the following steps:— I. THE S…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:2
Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock." Here is the great fundamental prin…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:2
If any man of you bring. Sacrifices are not now being instituted for the first time. Burnt offerings at least, if not peace offerings, had existed since the time of the Fall. The Levitical law lays down regulations adap…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:2-17
Principles of spiritual sacrifice. All who know God are engaged, frequently, if not continually, in sacrificing unto him. Here are principles of sacrifice by which we may be guided. I. THAT GOD DESIRES AND DEMANDS THE B…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 1:3-9
In the due performance of the Levitical ordinances, the mysteries of the spiritual world are represented by corresponding natural objects; and future events are exhibited in these rites. Without this, the whole will see…
Law of the Burnt-Offering. (b. c. 1490.)
LAW OF THE BURNT-OFFERING. (B. C. 1490.) If a man were rich and could afford it, it is supposed that he would bring his burnt-sacrifice, with which he designed to honour God, out of his herd of larger cattle. He that co…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:3
The burnt sacrifice. The most ancient, that which represents all others. Notice— I. THE MAIN PRINCIPLE REPRESENTED—SELF-SURRENDER IN ORDER TO SELF-PRESERVATION THROUGH THE COVENANTED MERCY OF JEHOVAH. In this principle…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:3
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice. The Hebrew term for "burnt sacrifice" is olah, meaning "that which ascends;" sometimes kaleel "whole offering," is found (Deuteronomy 33:10); the LXX. use the word ὁλοκαύτωμα, "wh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:3-17
The burnt offering. It was wholly consumed by the fire of God's altar; nothing was left for the after consumption either of the offerer or even of God's ministers, as in the other sacrifices. I. IT TYPIFIES THE ENTIRE S…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:3-9
The burnt sacrifice of the herd. Having given general instructions concerning the great business of sacrifice, the Most High descends to particulars, and here describes the burnt sacrifice of the herd. These particulars…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 1:4
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering. This putting, or forcibly leaning, the hand on the victim's head, which is the most essential part of the oblation of the victim, was a symbolical act imply…