Notes on the book of Leviticus

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1880 Excerpt: ... any measure of care, the very extensive and important section of our book at which we have now arrived. There were two things which claimed the priest's vigilant care, namelj-, the purity of the assembly, and the grace which could not admit of the exclusion of any member save on the most clearly established grounds. Holiness could not permit any one to remain in who ought to be out; and on the other o hand, grace would not have any one out who ought to be in. Hence, therefore, there was the most urgent need, on the part of the priest, of watchfulness, calmness, wisdom, patience, tenderness, and enlarged experience. Things might seem trifling which in reality were serious, and things might look like leprosy which were not it at all. The greatest care and coolness were needed. A judgment rashly formed, a conclusion hastily arrived at, might involve the most serious consequences, either as regards the assembly or some individual member thereof.-This will account for the frequent occurrence of such expressions as the following; namely, "The priest shall look"--"The priest shall shut lip him that hath the plague seven days"--"And the priest shall look on him the seventh day"--"Then the priest shall shut him up seven days more"--"And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day"--"And the priest shall see him"--"Then the priest shall consider." No case was to be hastily judged or rashly decided. No opinion was to be formed from mere hearsay. Personal observation, priestly discernment, calm reflection, strict adherence to the written Word--the holy, infallible guide-book--all these things were imperatively demanded of the priest if he would form a sound judgment of each case. He was not to be guided by his own thoughts, his own feelings, his own wisdom, in a...