Tokonaki Me 29, 2021
which they dedicate to me…I am the Lord
‘oku nau fakatāpui ma‘aku: ko Sihova au
* G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible*
Instructions already given are now repeated with greater detail and wider application. Not only must the priest himself be free from blemish and defilement, he must see to it that all that which he offered was to be of the same character. Yet again, he was not to exercise hospitality toward those who were unclean or strangers to the covenant of the things which pertained to the House of his God.
These stringent instructions closed with a reaffirmation of the reason, which had been given in other connections, "I am Jehovah . . . I will be hallowed among the children of Israel." Thus these people were never allowed to lose sight of the fact that the deepest purpose of their existence was the manifestation of the truth concerning God. All the degradation existing among the nations was due to the false ideas of God which characterized their life and worship. Jehovah is the God of holiness because He is essentially the God of love. These are the profoundest things that nations can learn. A people created for their manifestation must share in that holiness and in that love. Hence the absolute necessity for entire loyalty in personal life and relative conduct of the men who are to interpret to the surrounding nations the truth concerning God.
(v. 1-3) 1 PEA folofola ‘a Sihova kia Mōsese, ‘o pehē, 2 Lea kia ‘Ēlone mo hono ngaahi foha ke nau fakatāpui kinautolu mei he ngaahi me‘a tapu ‘a ha‘a ‘Isileli, ‘o ‘oua te nau maumau ‘a e tapu ‘a hoku hingoa ‘i he ngaahi me‘a ‘oku nau fakatāpui ma‘aku: ko Sihova au. 3 Tala kiate kinautolu, ‘Ilonga ha taha ‘i homou hako ‘i homou ngaahi to‘utangata ‘a ia te ne ‘unu‘unu ki he ngaahi me‘a tapu, ‘a ia ‘oku fakatāpui ‘e ha‘a ‘Isileli kia Sihova, ka ‘oku ‘iate ia hano ta‘ema‘a‘anga, ‘e tu‘usi ‘a e laumālie ko ia mei hoku ‘ao: ko Sihova au.
(v. 1-3) 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak
to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people
of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name:
I am the Lord. 3 Say to them, ‘If any one of all your offspring throughout your
generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to
the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my
presence: I am the Lord.
*Commentary: David Guzik – Study Guide to Leviticus*
Who goes near the holy things which the
children of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has uncleanness upon him,
that person shall be cut off: Because the Old Covenant was a covenant of
shadows and types, pointing to the glory of the New Covenant (Colossians
2:16-17; Hebrews 8:4-5; 10:1), the idea that a priest could not minister in a
ceremonially defiled (unclean) state was important. Israel needed to know that
drawing close to God was to be pure.
Great reminder that if it wasn’t for Christ on the cross we wouldn’t be able to come to God as we are. Clean or unclean GOD allows us the mercy of coming to Him whenever we want to.
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