NOTES
on the book of
LEVITICUS
by
C. H. MACKINTOSH
"All Scripture is given by inspiration of God."
LOIZEAUX BROTHERS
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FIRST EDITION 1880
TWENTY-SEVENTH PRINTING 1965
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PREFATORY NOTE
TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
As several persons in America have, without any authoritywhatever from me, undertaken to publish my four[1] volumesof "Notes," I deem it my duty to inform the readerthat I have given full permission to Messrs. LoizeauxBrothers to publish an edition of those books in suchform as they shall consider most suitable.
C. H. MACKINTOSH.
6 West Park Terrace, Scarborough,
May 1st, 1879.
PREFACE
In the Person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ thereis an infinite fullness, which meets every necessity ofman, both as a sinner and as a worshiper. The infinitedignity of His Person gives eternal value to His work. Inthe book of Genesis we have seen "God's remedy forman's ruin" in the promised seed—the Ark of Salvation,and in the rich unfoldings of divine grace to fallen andsinful man. There we have the Bud, the full-blown gloriesand fragrance of which shall yet fill the heavens and theearth with joy and gladness.
In the book of Exodus we have seen "God's answer toman's question." There, man is not only outside of Eden,but he has fallen into the hands of a cruel and powerfulenemy,—he is the bond-slave of the world. How is he tobe delivered from Pharaoh's thraldom—from Egypt's furnace?How can he be redeemed, justified, and broughtinto the promised land? God only could answer suchquestions, and this He did in the blood of the slain Lamb.In the redemption-power of that blood, every question issettled. It meets Heaven's highest claims, and man'sdeepest necessities. Through its amazing efficacy, Godis glorified, man is redeemed, saved, justified, and broughtto God's holy habitation; while the enemy is completelyoverthrown, and his power destroyed.
And now, in our meditations on the book of Leviticus,we find most fully unfolded what we may call, "God'sprovision for man's need;" or, a Sacrifice, a Priest, anda Place of Worship. These are essentially necessary indrawing near unto God, as this book most abundantlyproves. [vi]But every thing therewith connected was appointedby God, and established by His law. Nothing wasleft to be supplied by man's fertile imagination, or hisprudential arrangement.—"So Aaron and his sons did allthings which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses."(Chap. viii. 36; ix. 6, 7.) Without the word of the Lord,neither priest nor people could take a single step in theright direction. It is so still. There is not a single ray oflight in this dark world but that which is shed from holyScripture.—"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and alight unto my path." (Ps. cxix. 105.) It is truly happywhen the children of God so honor His Word as to be guidedby it in all things. We need now, as much as the Jew didthen, divine direction and divine guidance for acceptableworship. "But the hour cometh, and now is, when thetrue worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and intru