1-4 The oil for the lamps 5-9 The shew-bread 10-12 Shelometh's son blasphemeth 13-16 The law of blasphemy 17 Of murder 18-22 Of damage 23 The blasphemer is stoned

2 Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.

that they Ex 27:20,21 39:37 40:24 Nu 8:2-4 1Sa 3:3,4

the lamps 2Ch 13:11 Ps 119:105,130 Pr 6:23 Isa 8:20 11:2 Mt 4:16 5:16 25:1-8 Lu 1:79 12:35 Joh 1:4,9 5:35 8:12 Ac 26:18 2Co 4:6 Eph 1:17 Eph 1:18 5:8-14 Php 2:15,16

burn continually [heb] ascend

3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually.

the pure Ex 25:31-39 31:8 37:17-24 39:37 Nu 3:31 4:9 1Ki 7:49 1Ch 28:15 Jer 52:19 Zec 4:2,3,11-14 Heb 9:2 Re 1:20 2:1,5 11:4

5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake.

The loaves of bread which the officiating priest placed every sabbath day upon the golden table in the Sanctum, before the Lord, were twelve in number, representing the twelve tribes of Israel. The loaves must have been large, since two tenth deals (about six pints) of flour were used for each, Le 24:3,6,7

They were served up hot on the sabbath day in the Sanctum, when the stale ones, which had been exposed the whole week, were taken away, and none but the priests were allowed to eat them. In an extraordinary extremity, David and his men partook of the shew-bread 1Sa 21:6 the urgent necessity alone justifying the act. The Hebrew signifies bread of faces, or, of the face. Ex 25:30 40:23 1Ki 18:31 1Sa 21:4,5 Mt 12:4 Ac 26:7 Jas 1:1

6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

in two rows 1Co 14:40

pure Ex 25:23,24 37:10-16 39:36 40:22,23 1Ki 7:48 2Ch 4:19 13:11 Heb 9:2

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

pure Le 2:2 Eph 1:6 Heb 7:25 Re 8:3,4

the bread Joh 6:35,51

a memorial Ge 9:16 Ex 12:14 13:9 17:14 Ac 10:4,31 1Co 11:23-25

8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.

Nu 4:7 1Ch 9:32 23:29 2Ch 2:4 Ne 10:33 Mt 12:3-5

9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.

Aaron's Le 8:31 1Sa 21:6 Mal 1:12 Mt 12:4 Mr 2:26 Lu 6:4

they shall Le 6:16 8:3,31 10:17 21:22 Ex 29:32,33

10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

Ex 12:38 Nu 11:4

11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)

blasphemed Le 24:15,16 Ex 20:7 2Sa 12:14 1Ki 21:10,13 2Ki 18:30,35,37 19:1-3,6,10,22 2Ch 32:14-17 Ps 74:18,22 Mt 26:65 Ac 6:11-13 Ro 2:24 1Ti 1:13 Re 16:11,21

the name Houbigant and others think that {the name} which this man blas- phemed was the name of the god of his native land. But that {hashshem} THE NAME, denotes Jehovah, appears from its being used in the latter part of verse 16, as equivalent to `the name of Jehovah,' in the former part. The Jews also frequently use {hashshem} for Jehovah.

cursed Job 1:5,11,22 2:5,9,10 Isa 8:21

brought him Ex 18:22,26 Nu 15:33-25

12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them.

that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. [heb] to expound unto them according to the mouth of the Lord Ex 18:15,16,23 Nu 27:5 36:5,6

13 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

without Le 13:46 Nu 5:2-4 15:35

all that De 13:9 17:7

let all the Le 20:2,27 Nu 15:35,36 De 13:10 21:21 22:21 Jos 7:25 Joh 8:59 10:31-33 Ac 7:58,59

15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.

bear his sin Le 5:1 20:16,17 Nu 9:13

16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

blasphemeth As the word {nakav} not only signifies to curse, or blaspheme, but also to express, or distinguish by name, Nu 1:17 1Ch 12:31 Isa 62:2

hence the Jews, at a very early period, understood this law as prohibiting them from uttering the name jehovah, on any other than sacred occasions. The Septuagint, which was made at least 250 years before Christ, renders it [], `Whosoever nameth the name of the Lord, let him die;' from which we see that the Jews at this time were accustomed to pronounce {adonay}, or Lord, instead of Jehovah; for in place of it the Septuagint always put []. Ex 20:7 1Ki 21:10-13 Ps 74:10,18 139:20 Mt 12:31 Mr 3:28,29 Joh 8:58,59 10:33-36 Ac 26:11 1Ti 1:13 Jas 2:7

17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

And he Ge 9:5,6 Ex 21:12-14 Nu 35:31 De 19:11,12

killeth any man [heb] smiteth the life of a man

18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

that killeth Le 24:21 Ex 21:34-36

beast for beast [heb] life for life

19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

De 19:21 Mt 5:38 7:2

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

Ex 21:23-25 De 19:21 Mt 5:38

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

a beast Le 24:18 Ex 21:33

a man Le 24:17

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

Le 17:10 19:34 Ex 12:49 Nu 9:14 15:15,16,29

23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.

Le 24:14-16 Nu 15:35,36 Heb 2:2,3 10:28,29