Numbers 4

Agar feared if he were full, he should deny God, and say, Who is the Lord; (Proverbs 30:9). Prosperity breeds, 1. Pride: The children of Kohath were in a higher estate than the rest of the Levites, they were employed in the Tabernacle about the most holy things of all, (Numbers…

And Isocrates has an expression directly answering that of the Apostle in this place, ad Nicoc. [in non-Latin alphabet], the sum of what has been spoken; so [in non-Latin alphabet] Caput, the head, is used in the Hebrew, [in non-Latin alphabet] (Exodus 30:12). When you take the…

For a long time, that is, from the preparing of the Tabernacle to the building of the Temple, they administered in this Sanctuary promiscuously, under the care of God, and directions of the High Priest. For the inspection of the whole was committed in an especial manner to the H…

The making of this Table with its measures and use, its form, and fashion, are recorded (Exodus 25:23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29; chapter 37:10, &c.); [in non-Latin alphabet] Table. The manner of its covering when it was to be carried while the Tabernacle was movable, is described…

The care that God has of Christ and the Church in the types of them, seems to be equal. The Ark which was a type of Christ and the Table of showbread a figure of the Church, had three coverings, whereas all the rest of the vessels, etc. belonging to the ceremonial part had but t…

Use: Be careful in keeping the golden mean between two enormous extremes: one of tempting God in neglect of the means which he has appointed for our safety: the other, of presuming against God, in trusting so much to the means, as we seek not to him for help and succor. Into bot…