leviticus

Given how much I have been quoting and recommending Bonar's commentary on Leviticus as of late, I'd be remiss to not write a review of it. As a whole, the commentary is structured, very helpfully in my opinion, with one chapter for each chapter of the book, with comments on the contents of...

In Bonar's comments on Leviticus 27, he makes statements on what the self-dedication of a person to God there entailed, in his view, connecting the ordinance to the examples of Jephthah's daughter and Samuel. And while there are some obvious diffrences, I could not help but think of two...

Matthew Henry writes on Leviticus 25: Bonar seems to be coming from a much stronger disposition toward slavery, but ends up saying much the same: Is Henry right that the theoretical allowance for slavery was for all ages? Is he right that the law against holding him as a bonservant...

This is by far the most perplexing part of Andrew Bonar's commentary for me, at least in the first 25 chapters (out of a total of 27). He made scattered referances to the view quoted above all throughout this commentary, but especially now, when disvussing the Sabbatical and Jubilee years in...

I am nearing the end of Andrew Bonar's very helpfull commentary on the book of Leviticus. For those who do not know, Andrew Bonar is quite devotional at times, but is also helpful in explaining the text etc. His comments on the first few chapters where the sacrifices are described really shed a...

”The priest setting the lamps in order daily represents Christ causing his people daily to receive and give forth light and life. In the midst of a dark world, believers are set up as lights. See Phil. 2:15; Matt. 5:16. They should be as the Baptist, "burning and shining lights." They should be...

”The Lord tells them of the inheritance he has provided for his Israel. They are to walk on the banks of streams whose verdant banks are fed upon by flocks and herds; and in climbing their rocks they are to find honey flowing forth for their use. "Milk and honey" are representatives of all...

Hello, Greetings brethren, My reading from Bonar's commentary on Leviticus this Lord's Day has lead me to ask myself, what I can do to remember the Lord even in the midst of my work. Since the majority of Christians work a secular vocation, I am sure I am not the only one that needs to consider...

Vers. 13, 14. [of Leviticus 17] "And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth, and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. For it is the life of all flesh...

"The goat stands here in the same relation to the peace-offering from the herd, as did the turtle-dove and pigeon to the bullock of the whole burnt-sacrifice. The poorer sort might bring the goat; when he could not bring the blood of bulls, he brought the blood of goats. And thus, still, they...

Under the Mosaic Covenant it was forbidden to drink any blood. A sacrificer could not drink the offering's blood, nor a Levite, nor a Priest, nor the High Priest himself. The blood was sprinkled on the altar, and on people, and applied to their ears, thumbs and toes, but never did anyone drink...

This phrase has been used recently in a discussion offline on whether or not the biblical feasts need to be observed, from the side of the man who tried to argue passover should be kept today. This post will not contain any conclusions on the meaning of the term and it's proper interpretation -...

The Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter XXIV, section IV: Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden in the Word;a nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful by any law of man, or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as...

This classic work by Burroughs deals with the Regulative Principle: God alone determines the manner in which sinners approach him. This is a life-transforming and Christ-glorifying biblical work. Gospel Worship, or, The Right Manner of Sanctifying the name of God in General, in Hearing the...