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| shine forth, Psal. lxxx. 1. The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved, xcix. 1. To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, Eph. ii. 10. Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the Gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into, 1 Pet. i. 12.

bSee on chap. iv. ver. 16. clause 2.

VER. 6.

Τούτων δὲ οὕτω κατεσκευασμένων, εἰς μὲν τὴν πρώτην σκηνὴν διαπαντὸς εἰσίασιν οἱ ἱερεῖς, τὰς λατρείας ἐπιτελοῦντες.

Now when these things were thus ardained, a the Priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.

ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel, Exod. xxv. 17-22. And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat; One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy-seatward were the faces of the cherubims, xxxvii. 6-9. And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak a In the tabernacle of the congregawith him, then he heard the voice of tion without the vail, which is before one speaking unto him from off the the testimony, Aaron and his sons mercy-seat that was upon the ark of shall order it from evening to morntestimony, from between the two che- ing before the LORD: it shall be a rubims: and he spake unto him, statute for ever unto their generations Numb. vii. 89. So the people sent on the behalf of the children of Israel, to Shiloh, that they might bring from Exod. xxvii. 21. And Aaron shall thence the ark of the covenant of the burn thereon sweet incense every LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between morning when he dresseth the lamps the cherubims: and the two sons of he shall burn incense upon it. And Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there when Aaron lighteth the lamps at with the ark of the covenant of even, he shall burn incense upon it, God, 1 Sam. iv. 4. And the priests a perpetual incense before the LORD brought in the ark of the covenant of throughout your generations, xxx. 7, 8. the LORD unto his place, into the But when he was strong, his heart oracle of the house, to the most holy was lifted up to his destruction: for place, even under the wings of the che- he transgressed against the LORD his rubims, 1 Kings viii. 6. For the che- God, and went into the temple of the rubims spread forth their two wings LORD to burn incense upon the altar over the place of the ark and the of incense. And Azariah the priest cherubims covered the ark, and the went in after him, and with fourscore staves thereof above, 7. And Hezekiah priests of the LORD, that were valiant prayed before the LORD, and said, O men: And they withstood Uzziah LORD God of Israel, which dwelleth the king, and said unto him, It apperbetween the cherubims, thou art the taineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn God even thou above, of all the king- incense unto the Lord, but to the doms of the earth; thou hast made priests the sons of Aaron, that are heaven and earth, 2 Kings xix. 15. consecrated to burn incense: go out Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou of the sanctuary; for thou hast tresthat leadest Joseph like a flock; thou passed; neither shall it be for thine that dwellest between the cherubimshonour from the LORD God. Then

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Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer shall put on the holy linen coat, and in his hand to burn incense: and he shall have the linen breeches upon while he was wroth with the priests, his flesh, and shall be girded with a the leprosy even rose up in his fore- linen girdle, and with the linen mitre head before the priests in the house shall he be attired : these are holy of the Lord, from beside the incense garments; therefore shall be wash altar, 2 Chron. xxvi. 16--19. Yea, his flesh in water, and so put them on. he magnified himself even to the prince And he shall take of the congregation of the host, and by him the daily of the children of Israel two kids of sacrifice was taken away, and the the goats for a sin-offering, and one place of his sanctuary was cast down, ram for a burnt-offering. And Aaron Dan. viii. 11. And it came to pass,

shall offer his bullock of the sin-offerthat while he executed the priest's | ing, which is for himself, and make office before God in the order of bis an atonement for himself, and for his course, According to the custom of house. And he shall take the two the priest's office, his lot was to burn goats, and present them before the incense when he went into the temple LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the Lord. And the whole multi- of the congregation. And Aaron shall tude of the people were praying with- cast lots upon the two goats; one lot out at the time of incense. And there for the Lord, and the other lot for appeared unto him an angel of the the scape-goat. And Aaron shall Lord standing on the right side of the bring the goat upon which the Lord's altar of incense, Luke i. 8—11. lot fell, and offer him for a sin-offer

ing. But the goat, on which the lot VER. 7.

fell to be the scape-goat, shall be preΕις δε την δευτέραν άπαξ του ενιαυτού | sented alive before the LORD, to make μόνος, ο αρχιερεύς, ου χωρίς αίματος, και

an atonement with him, and to let him προσφέρει υπέρ εαυτού και των του λαού | go for a scape-goat into the wilderαγνοημάτων:

ness. And Aaron shall bring the bulBut a into the second went the High himself, and shall make an atonement

lock of the sin-offering, which is for Priest alone once every year, not with for himself, and for his house, and out blood, which he offered for himself, shall kill the bullock of the sin-offerand for the Cerrors of the people :

ing which is for himself: And he sball a For Christ is not entered into the take a censer full of burning coals of holy places made with hands, which fire from off the altar before the LORD, are the figures of the true; but into and his hands full of sweet incense heaven itself, now to appear in the beaten small, and bring it within the presence of God for us : Nor yet that vail : And he shall put the incense he should offer himself often, as the upon the fire before the LORD, that High Priest entereth into the holy the cloud of the incense may cover place every year with blood of others, the mercy-seat that is upon the testiver. 24, 25. And Aaron shall make mony, that he die not : And he shall an atonement upon the horns of it take of the blood of the bullock, and once in a year with the blood of the sprinkle it with his finger upon the sin-offering of atonements : once in mercy-seat eastward; and before the the year shall he make atonement mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the upon it throughout your generations: blood with his finger seven times. it is most holy unto the LORD, Exod. Then shall he kill the goat of the sinxxx. 10. And the Lord said unto offering, that is for the people, and Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, bring his blood within the vail, and that he come not at all times into the do with that blood as he did with the holy place within the vail before the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it mercy-seat, which is upon the ark; upon the mercy-seat, and before the that he die not: for I will appear in mercy-seat : And he shall make an the cloud upon the mercy-seat. Thus atonement for the holy place, because shall Aaron come into the holy pluce: of the uncleanness of the children of with a young bullock for a sin-offering, Israel, and because of their transand a ram for a burnt-offering. He gressions in all their sins : and 60

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shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when be goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his houshold, and for all the congregation of Israel. And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat, Lev. xvi. 2—20.

b And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins, Heb. v. 3. Who needeth not daily, as those High Priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's for this he did once, when he offered up himself, vii. 27. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, x. 19, 20. e See on chap. v. ver. 3.

VER. 8.

Τοῦτο δηλοῦντος τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, μήπω πεφανερῶσθαι τὴν τῶν ἁγίων ὁδὸν, ἔτι τῆς πρώτης σκηνῆς ἐχούσης στάσιν

The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

A. D. 64. and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers, Acts vii. 51, 52. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, xxviii. 25. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the Gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed, Gal. iii. 8. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 21.

b And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all, ver. 3. For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need, iv. 15, 16. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; And having an High Priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water, x. 19-22. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep, John x. 7. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture, 9. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me, xiv. 6. For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father, Eph. ii. 18.

a Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day if ye will hear his voice, Heb. iii. 7. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, x. 15. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within Ητις παραβολὴ εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τὸν ἐνεσ him? Isa. lxiii. 11. We stiffnecked | τηκότα, καθ ̓ ἣν δῶρά τε καὶ θυσίαι προστ

VER. 9.

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HEB. IX. 9, 10.

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φέρονται, μὴ δυνάμεναι κατὰ συνείδησιν | through the eternal Spirit offered him τελείωσαι τὸν λατρεύοντα,

self without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? ver. 13, 14. For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God, vii. 18, 19. For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins, x. 1-4. And every Priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, 11. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law, Gal. iii. 21.