This chapter, which is mostly concerning sacrifice and offering, comes in between the story of two rebellions (one Num. 14:1–45 the other Num. 16:1–50), to signify that these legal institutions were typical of the gifts which Christ was to receive even for the rebellious, Ps. 68:18.

Here we have, I. Full instructions given concerning the meat-offerings and drink-offerings, which were appendages to all the sacrifices of animals. The beginning of this law is very encouraging: When you come into the land of your habitation which I give unto you, they you shall do so and so, Num.

We have here the laws concerning sacrifices for sins of ignorance; the Jews understand it of idolatry, or false worship, through the error of their teachers. The case here supposed is that they had not observed all these commandments, Num. 15:22–23.

Here is, I. The general doom passed upon presumptuous sinners. 1. Those are to be reckoned presumptuous sinners that sin with a high hand, as the original phrase is , that is, that avowedly confront God’s authority, and set up their own lust in competition with it, that sin for sinning-sake, in…

Provision had been just now made by the law for the pardon of sins of ignorance and infirmity; now here is an expedient provided for the preventing of such sins.