TE.

Let us now look into the law of the Nazarite when the days of his
separation were fulfilled. The first thing that strikes our notice is,
"He shall be brought," not, he shall come. Why is this? and why is it
that the law is so explicit as to every detail of ritual and service,
scarcely leaving any room for voluntary action?--we say _scarcely_,
because in the twenty-first verse there is one little clause, "Beside
that that his hand shall get," which does leave room for additional
tokens of gratitude and love.

The answer seems to be, that the voluntary part of Nazarite service lay
first and chiefly in the surrender to become a Nazarite. In that
position he was not his own, as we have pointed out, and the MASTER whom
he served naturally and consistently directed the service.

Again, does not, "He shall be brought" imply that, Nazarite as he was,
he still needed priestly ministration to present himself, and his
finished service, before the LORD? And our HIGH PRIEST, who is now able
to keep us from falling to the end of our surrendered service, waits to
present us with exceeding joy, "faultless before the presence of His
glory"--"holy and unblameable and unreproveable in His sight."

THE LAW OF THE OFFERINGS.

When we come to the offerings enumerated in v. 14, we notice that they
are mentioned in the almost invariable _order of enumeration_--first the
burnt-offering, then the sin-offering, and lastly the peace offering;
but when in v. 16 we come to the offering up of the sacrifices, we
notice that _as always_ the sin-offering is the _first to be offered_.

It is somewhat remarkable that the actual order of offering, and the
order of enumeration should not correspond; and it is likewise
noteworthy that the sacrifice which was always offered first, when
offered at all, was _comparatively_ insignificant in point of value, and
much less frequently called for in the services of the Levitical ritual.
For instance, in Numbers xxviii, xxix, the daily offering was a
burnt-offering of a he-lamb morning and evening, with the corresponding
accompaniments of fine flour mingled with oil, and a drink-offering of
wine. On the Sabbath Day an additional burnt-offering of two lambs with
their meat-offering and drink-offering was required. At the time of the
new moon, the additional offering was of two bullocks, one ram, and
seven lambs, with their meat and drink-offerings, for a burnt-offering,
while one he-goat sufficed for a sin