Lit., separate themselves from; Heb. nazar, the root from which the word Nazarite comes.
Lit., separate themselves from; Heb. nazar, the root from which the word Nazarite comes.
The holy things, the things offered to God by His people, signify Christ, whom God gives to His serving ones for their enjoyment.
The regulations in vv. 3-9 concerning the priests’ not eating the holy things in their uncleanness, unless they bathe their flesh in water, that they might not sin and die, signify that we should not enjoy Christ while we are defiled with unclean things until we deal thoroughly with the defilement, mainly by washing ourselves in the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 6:11), that we may not be condemned and suffer spiritual death.
Lev. 15:5-11; cf. Heb. 10:22
Lit., flesh.
A stranger, a sojourner, or a hired servant being forbidden to eat any holy thing signifies that an unsaved person or one who has no share in God’s service may not enjoy Christ. A purchased slave or one born in a priest’s house being permitted to eat (v. 11) signifies that the ones purchased by Christ with His precious blood and born of God in His house may enjoy Christ.
cf. Lev. 24:9; 1 Sam. 21:6; Matt. 12:4; Mark 2:26; Luke 6:4
The word in vv. 12-13 signifies that a believer (a priest’s daughter) who is attracted away by an outsider may not enjoy the ascended Christ (the heave offering). But if he cuts off his relationship with the outsider without leaving any connection and returns to the church, he may recover his enjoyment of Christ.
cf. Gen. 38:11; Ruth 1:8
cf. Lev. 1:2-3
A vow is an oath made with God that cannot be retracted, whereas a freewill offering is a consecration that is not stable or sure. Hence, the offerings for a vow are stronger than those for a freewill offering (cf. v. 23).
Deut. 15:21; 17:1; Mal. 1:14; cf. Heb. 9:14; 1 Pet. 1:19
Lit., be wonderful to make a vow. So also in Lev. 27:2.
Lev. 27:2; Num. 6:2; 15:3, 8; cf. Lev. 22:18
Superfluous means exceeding the limit, and lacking means being under the proper measure. The word in this verse signifies that we may, in a general way (as a freewill offering), offer to God as food the Christ whom we experience too much or too little, but if we offer in a stronger way (as a vow), our offering will not be accepted.
The offering from the hand of a foreigner not being accepted by God signifies that the offering of Christ to God in a way that is according to the unbelievers will be rejected by God.
This signifies that our experience of Christ must grow to the level of resurrection (the eighth day, the beginning of a new week — John 20:1) before it will be accepted as an offering to God for His food. This requires us to learn how to reject our natural life and live by the divine life in resurrection (Gal. 2:20).
Eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving (v. 29) on the same day and leaving none of it until the morning signify that our offering of Christ as a thanksgiving to God must be fresh and new, with nothing left to become stale (Heb. 13:15).