Verse 7
7. Every thing of the altar That is, in the first or priests’ court.
Within the vail The holy of holies, accessible only to the high priest on the day of atonement. Leviticus 16:12, note.
As a service of gift The office of the priest was not to be discharged from constraint as a duty, but freely and gladly as an avenue through which the loving soul might pour its gratitude to the Giver. Thus Paul deemed himself the recipient of undeserved “grace,” that he might preach, not among his kinsmen, whom he loved better than his own life, but among the despised Gentiles, “the unsearchable riches of Christ.” The highest Christian experience has not been reached when the opportunity of the humblest service to Christ is not joyfully received as a gracious privilege. When the wife begins to care for the household from mere duty, and not from love to her husband, her home becomes a prison.
The stranger All persons except the sons of Aaron. See Numbers 1:51, note.
Shall be put to death Not by the verdict of a human tribunal, but by the judgment of God. See Numbers 4:18, note. In the days of Ezekiel God complains of the flagrant violation of this law, when strangers and people uncircumcised in heart and in flesh polluted the sanctuary. Ezekiel 44:7.
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