Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, [for] a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
Ver. 2. My offering.] He is owner of all; and of his own we give him. Tα σα εκ των σων, said that great emperor.
And my bread.] Called their bread for their souls; that is, the bread for their natural sustenance, common bread, when not rightly offered. So Jeremiah 7:21. God in scorn calls their sacrifice flesh, ordinary flesh, such as is sold in the shambles. So at the Lord's Supper impenitent communicants receive no more than the bare elements; panem Domini, but not panem Dominum. a
In their due season.] Which for eight and thirty years they had intermitted. Get a settlement, or Sabbath of spirit, or else God shall be but ill, if at all, served.
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