47/"../affrhVRl I. !111nyr..air guided.lirael by a pillar._ Ex O D Ll 5 XII I. ofthat tmhicb Jehovah did unto mee wherfl 9 came out frown Egypt. And it (hall bee to thee for a figneupon thy hand, & for ame- moriall between thine eyes, that Jehovahs Law may be in thy mouth; for with a firong hand bath Jéhovalï brought thee out from I o Egypt. And.thou fhalt keepe this flatute in I I his feafon, from yeere toyeere. And it (hall be, whenJehovah (hall bring thee into the land ofthe Canaanite,ashe fware unto thee, and unto thy fathers, and (hall give it thee: 12 That thou (halt caufe all that openeth the wombe, to paffe unto Jehovah : and allthat openeth (the wombe) of the yong of a beaft, which thou (halt have, the malesJhall be Je- 13 hovahs.And allthat openeth (ehe wombe) of an affe,thou fhaltredeeme with a lambe;and if thou wilt not redeemé it, then thou (halt breake the necke of it : and all the firftborne ofman,amongft thy fons,fhalt thou redeem. 14 And it fhall be,when thy fon (hall aske thee to morrow, Paying, What is this:' that thou fhalt fay unto him;By ftrength ofhand Jeho- vah brought us out from Egypt from the houle offervants.And it was,whenPharaoh was hard,to fend us away,thatJehovah flew every firft -borne in the land of Egypt,from the firft borne of man,even to the firftborne of beaft; therefore I facrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the wombe,the males;andeve - t4 ry Erfiborne of my Cons I redeeme. And it (hall be for a figne upon thy hand , and for phylaéteries between thine eyes; for by ftrength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt. 59 And it was,whenPharaoh had fent away the people, that God led them not the way of the land of the Philiftines, though that wau neere;for God Paid,' left the people repent, when they fee warre,and they returne to E- 18 gyps. But God led the people about, by the way of the wilderneffe of the red fea ; and the Cons of Ifrael went up harneffed , out of 19 the land of Egypt. And Moles tooke the bonesofJofeph with him ; for he had fovea_ ring fworne the Cons of Ifrael, raying ; God will vifiting vifit you,and ye (hall cary up my 2 o bones from hencewith you. And they jour- flied fromSuccoth, & encamped in Etham, zI in the" edge of the wilderneffe.AndJchovah went before them by day, in a pillar of a cloud,to lead them the way;and by night,in a pillar of fire, to give them light,forto goe az by day and night.Hetooke not away the pil- lar of the cloud by day,and the pillarof fire by nighr,before the people. IS 4-n otattèns. SAntíife] or,HaI!ow,Confecramithat is, put apart unto holy ufe for me and my fervice.The nien and uneleane beafts were to be redeemed with nioney,which was given to theLords Prieás: the clean beaás were to be killed in facrifice to the Lord, Num.18.15,16,17. Mofes iscommanded here , to teach this unto Ifrael. Afterwards the Leviteswere taken for all the firá-born Ifraelites, and imployed in the fervice of the Lord, Numb. 3.6.12. that which openetb] fo the holy Ghoft tranflateth it in Greek,Luk.2.23.butthe Hebrew phrafe is, the opening (orentijfion) of every wanbe ( or matrice) meaning the first birth of man or beaft ; and fo the haldee,in v. r 3.exporindeth it, the frj! -bore ; ant inExod.34.19,2o. the Greeke tranfiateth it, fir( -borne, (or firf6ng.) This law fignified, that Gods people (which are a wilgregr- tion of fsrff -borne, Heb. 1 a. 23. Exod. 4. 22. being redeemed from death by the blood of Chriá ) fhould both themfelves and theirs be confecrated to the fervice of the Lord, Roni.6.13.19.22.and 12.I .eve,¡ni as he is their God,andfanaifieth them tohimfilfe from the wonibe,Pfal.22.i i.Efa 46. 3.1er.1.5.Ga1.1.1 5. V.3.Remember]The Heb.Zacor,bere and in Exo. ao.8,and Iof.l.r 3.are properly indefinites,figni- fying 7o remember; but ufed for Imparatives as Halok,2ogo,2Sam.24.12.is explained,Lok,Go thou, in r Ghro.21., o.To eat and to drink Efay 2 2.t3.is expounded, Let us eat and drink, r Gor.15.3 a.and in Gr. Cbairein, fo rejai.e, for Rejgce thou, 2 1 o.But there be of, the Hebrews that fay, the word Zacor is indefinite , becaufe we are bound fir ever to re- member this matter: R Elias in Sepher rejhith checmah, treat. of HolineJ, oh. 6. This remembrance here commanded,was not only to keepe in miede for themfelves, but to mention and fppeake of it to o- thers : as after Moles faith in v.8. 7' boufhaltJbew tby forte, &c. The Hebrew canons fay ; It is com- manded by the Law , to tell of the teentations andmar- vellous works which were done to our fathers in Egypt ; upon oho fifteenth dayefNifan (that is, March) as it is written (in Exod.13.3.) Remember this day &c. and (in verlS.) ibaulk* _thew thy fame, ere. And abtbougb loe have eso finne, though they bee great wife men, they are bound to tell of thegoing out of Egypt: and who fo maketb a long fpeecb of the things that fell out and came to pap, it is commendable in him. Mai_ may in Mifneh, treat. of Leven,cb.7 .S. s. fervants] the Greeke and Chaldee expound it fer- vitude, or bondage. fbringth of band] the Greek expoundeth it, firong band: and foMofes him- ' felfe fpeaketh in verf..y. This manner of delive- rance,figured alto our redemption byChrili;who being fironger than (Satan) the firong man ar- mcd,overcame hint , and tooke from him all his armour wherein he truáed, and divided his fpoiles,Luk.i 1.21,22. !evened] ofthis,fee Exod. 12.8.15. It figured our fanaification, in abftai- ning from áll corruption in goarine and con - verfation,Mat.16.1z.t Cor.5.8. Verf. z 3 ZAIMP97.40/../..pmgroe!NM ulll
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