26 And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord.
And the voice of the Lord came to Moses out of the Tent of meeting, saying, Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock. If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord. And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin. And the ox is to be put to death before the Lord: then Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and put some of it on and round the altar which is at the door of the Tent of meeting. And the burned offering is to be skinned and cut up into its parts. And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put fire on the altar and put the wood in order on the fire:
The farthest towns of the tribe of Judah in the direction of the limits of Edom to the south, were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur; And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah; And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan; Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth; And Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (which is Hazor); Amam, and Shema, and Moladah; And Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet; And Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah; Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem; And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah; And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah; And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon; all the towns are twenty-nine, with their unwalled places. In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah; And Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam; Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah; And Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen towns with their unwalled places. Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdal-gad; And Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel; Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon; And Cabbon, and Lahmas, and Chithlish; And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen towns with their unwalled places. Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan; And Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib; And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine towns with their unwalled places. Ekron, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; From Ekron to the sea, all the towns by the side of Ashdod, with their unwalled places. Ashdod, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places; Gaza, with her daughter-towns and her unwalled places, to the stream of Egypt, with the Great Sea as a limit. And in the hill-country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh; And Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (which is Debir); And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim; And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven towns with their unwalled places. Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan; And Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah; And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine towns with their unwalled places. Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah; And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah; Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten towns with their unwalled places. Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor; And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six towns with their unwalled places. Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two towns with their unwalled places. In the waste land, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah; And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places. And as for the Jebusites living in Jerusalem, the children of Judah were unable to make them go out; but the Jebusites are living with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, to this day.
They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening. And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed. And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord. From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.
But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven. In the past you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; then there was no mercy for you, but now mercy has been given to you.
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Commentary on Jeremiah 17 Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
Judah's sin is ineffaceably stamped upon the hearts of the people and on their altars. These four verses are closely connected with the preceding, and show why it is necessary that Judah be cast forth amidst the heathen, by reason of its being perfectly stepped in idolatry. Jeremiah 17:1. "The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen, with the point of a diamond graven on the table of their hearts and on the horns of your altars. Jeremiah 17:2 . As they remember their children, so do they their altars and their Astartes by the green tree upon the high hills. Jeremiah 17:3 . My mountain in the field, thy substance, all thy treasures give I for a prey, thy high places for sin in all thy borders. Jeremiah 17:4 . And thou shalt discontinue, and that of thine own self, from thine inheritance that I gave thee, and I cause thee to serve thine enemies in a land which thou knowest not; for a fire have ye kindled in mine anger, for ever it burneth."