John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 1. The Lord spake unto Moses , etc.] After the murmurings of the Israelites by reason of the spies, ( Numbers 14:2); and their being threatened with a consumption of them in the wilderness on that account, ( Numbers 14:12); and their defeat at Hormah, ( Numbers 14:45): and lest their posterity should be discouraged, and despair of ever enjoying the good land: saying ; as follows.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-21 - Full instructions are given about the meat-offerings an drink-offerings. The beginning of this law is very encouraging, When y come into the land of your habitation which I give unto you. This was plain intimation that God would secure the promised land to their seed It was requisite, since the sacrifices of acknowledgment were intende as the food of God's table, that there should be a constant supply of bread, oil, and wine, whatever the flesh-meat was. And the intent of this law is to direct the proportions of the meat-offering an drink-offering. Natives and strangers are placed on a level in this a in other like matters. It was a happy forewarning of the calling of the Gentiles, and of their admission into the church. If the law made s little difference between Jew and Gentile, much less would the gospel which broke down the partition-wall, and reconciled both to God.
Original Hebrew וידבר1696 יהוה3068 אל413 משׁה4872 לאמר׃559
