Wesley Corpus

Chapter XV Laws, concerning meal - offerings and drink offerings, ver. 1 - 16. Concerning dough for heave - offerings, ver. 17 - 21. Sacrifices for sins of ignorance, ver. 22 - 29. Concerning presumptuous sinners, ver. 30,31. An instance in the sabbath - breaker, ver. 32 - 36. Concerning fringes on the borders of their garments, ver. 37 - 41. I give you - Will certainly give you, not withstanding this great provocation. And for their better assurance hereof he repeats and amplifies the laws of sacrifices, whereby through Christ he would be reconciled to them and theirs upon their repentance. A sacrifice - A peace - offering. A tenth deal - The tenth part of an Ephah, that is, about five pints. An hin contained about five quarts. Two tenth - deals - Because this belonged to a better sacrifice than the former; and therefore in the next sacrifice of a bullock, there are three tenth deals. So the accessory sacrifice grows proportionably with the principal. Peace - offerings - Such as were offered either freely or by command, which may be called peace - offerings or thank - offerings, by way of eminency, because such are offered purely by way of gratitude to God, and with single respect to his honour, whereas the peace - offerings made in performance of a vow were made and offered, with design of getting some advantage by them. Their number - As many cattle as ye sacrifice, so many meal and drink - offerings ye shall offer. Before the Lord - As to the worship of God: his sacrifices shall be offered in the same manner and accepted by God upon the same terms, as yours: which was a presage of the future calling of the Gentiles. And this is added by way of caution, to shew that strangers were not upon this pretence to partake of their civil privileges. When ye eat - When you are about to eat it: for before they eat it, they were to offer this offering to God. The bread - That is, the bread - corn. The threshing floor - That is, of the corn in the threshing floor, when you have gathered in your corn. All these commandments - Those now spoken of, which concern the outward service of God, or the rites or ceremonies belonging to it.