Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 1 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
480 It is called "a statute from the 481 children of Israel," (a filiis Israel,) since God requires its observance from them; unless it be preferred to translate it with Jerome, "Before (coram) the children of Israel." The exposition of others, "among (apud) the children of Israel," or from the fathers to the children, is harsher, and altogether forced.
Numbers 8
Numbers 8:1-4
1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
1. Et loquutus est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo:
2. Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
2. Loquere ad Aharon, et dicas illi, Quando accendes lucernam, contra faciem candelabri lucebunt septem lucernae.
3. And Aaron did so: he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
3. Fecitque ita Aharon: contra faciem candelabri accendit lucernas ejus, quemadmodum praeceperat Jehova ipsi Mosi.
4. And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft
4. Et hoc est opus candelabri, ductile aureum usque ad hastile suum, usque ad flores suos ductile erat, juxta exemplar quod ostenderat Jehova ipsi Mosi, sic fecit candelabrum. thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.
2 When thou lightest the lamps. This precept, like many others, is not inserted in its proper place. Moses again declares what was the use of the "Au dix-septieme chapitre de Genese " — Fr.
the. A. V., on the behalf of. C. adheres to S.M., and in so doing he has kept close to the Hebrew. — W.