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18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth {m} come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
(m) To serve in it: for the Levites are put in their place.
18:22 Nigh - So nigh as to do any proper act to the priests or Levites.
18:20-32 As Israel was a people not to be numbered among the nations, so Levi was a tribe to be distinguished from the rest. Those who have God for their Inheritance and their Portion for ever, ought to look with holy contempt and indifference upon the possessions of this world. The Levites were to give God his dues out of their tithes, as well as the Israelites out of their increase. See, in ver. 31, the way to have comfort in all our worldly possessions, so as to bear no sin by reason of them. 1. We must be sure that what we have is got honestly and in the service of God. That meat is best eaten which is first earned; but if any will not work, neither shall he eat, 2Th 3:10. 2. We must be sure that God has his dues out of it. We have the comfort of our substance, when we have honoured the Lord with it. Ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved the best from it. We should give alms of such things as we have, that all may be holy and comfortable to us.
Bear Children Congregation Consequences Death Die Henceforth Israel Israelites Meeting Nigh Sin Tabernacle Tent
Bear Children Congregation Consequences Death Die Henceforth Israel Israelites Meeting Nigh Sin Tabernacle Tent
