Smiting, and pu[hing. EXODUS X X 1. 79 cainnata, Iuff jttdgèments : and fo the holy Ghoft ufeth the word, in ReveL 15.4. Fhë fiatuter and judgements, are often diftinEtly mentioned, Dent. 4) 1,5,45. and 5. 1. and 12. I. and fometime the Law or Commandements annexed with then, Dent. 6.-1. and 26. r7. Mal. 4. 4. And thefe judicials were propounded by Mofes, not by expreffc voice of God unto the people, as were thofe ten Wards, in Exod.zo, before them] that is,the Ifraelite;5 and in fpeciall , the Magiltrates of Ifrael. From hence the Hebrews gather, (as R. Solomon on this place) that it was not lawfull for them to have their caufes judged by infidels. And Paul bath a much like do&rine, in s Gem 6.e. Vert 2. Hebrew fervant] that is, as theChaldee explaineth it , a fame oflfrael: fee Exod. 3. 18. A man might not buy an Hebrew, but either when he willingly fold himfelfe, for extreme povertie, Dent. 15.12. Lev. 25.39. or when hewas fold a- galnft his will,by the Magiftrate, for theft,which he was not able to rettore, Exod. 22.3. _hall fret] the Greek explaineth it,_hal five thee. This might not be with thefervice ofa bond- fervant , but as an hired frvant; and withottt i our, Lev. 25.39, 4o, 43. For the time; the Hebrew Canons fay, He whom the Synedrion (the Magiltrates) f U,fervetb f xe yeeres from the d9 of his Pale : and in the beginning of his feeventh yeere, he goeth out free. Vibe yeere of re- leaf (Deut. 1 5,1.) fall out within any of the fxyeeres, yet he frveth in it : but iftheyeere aflubikt fall, though be be fld but one yeere before,yet hegoeth out free, as in Leviticus 25. 40,41,54. He that flkthhimfelfe,may doe it fir mee than frxeJeerer. If st be for ten or twentie yeerer , and the Imbibe fall out within ayeere after h: is fold, begoeth out free. Mainany in tklifneh, treat. of Servants chap. 4. felt. z, 3. free] or, a flee man, as both Greeke and Chaldee doe interpret it. This Rate of fervitude,figured their firbje &ion unto fin, under the Law, Rom. 6.6,16, 17. Gal: 4.25. the feaenthyeere; figured the time of grace by Chrift, who proclaimed by his Gofpel , the aecep, tableyeereof the Lord, Eta. 6i.z. Luke 4.18,19. he by his truth nlaketh men pain deed, joh. 8. f2, 36. that fine bath no more dominion over them, Rom. 6, 14,18. for nothing] or, for nought, freely; without money, as is explained , verfc 1 r. or monies worth, Genef.a9. 15. It fignified the free gift of mans redemption , and jultification by the grace ofChrifi,Rom.3.24. where the ApoRle t(fcth the fame Greeke word Doreán, by which the Hebrew is in Greeke tranflated here. Vert 3. with hie bdy] onely, and bath nowife as the words following mani felt : therefore the Greeke and Chaldee tranflateth it, himfeelfealone, fa wife]which is eotred into lèrvitude with him ; therefore the Greeke tranflateth it thus, If a wife came in together with him , then the wife fhallgai out together with him. Ver.4. given him`a ndfe]to wit,an heathen bond- woman: for Inch only,with their children,might be left In fervitude, Levit. 25. 4+. neither might any man thus deale with an Hebrew wonian,äs is afterlhetved in verf,7. &c. And tisis thing, (which God here commandeth not, but tolerateth) the Hebrew band will lay upon him; and he (hall give by 23 thejudges. And if-mil-chide be, then (halt 24 thou give foule for foule. Eie for eie; tooth 25 for tooth;hand for hand; foot for toot, Bur- ning for burning; wound for wound ; (tripe 26 for ¡tripe. And when a man (hall finite the eie of his man - fervant, or the eie of his wo- man- fervant, and corrupt it ; her (hall fend 27 him away free for his eie. And if hee (hall fmite out the tooth of his man - fervant, or the tooth of his woman - fervant ; lice (hail 28 fend him away free for his tooth-. And when an oxe (hall pull) a man or a woman, that hee die ; the oxe (hall be ¡toned with ¡tones, and his i1e(h (hall not be eaten; and z9 the owner of the oxe jhall be innocent. And if the oxe were a puffier in times pail, and it hath beene teftified to his owner, and hee bath not kept him in, but that he bath killed a man or a woman; the oxe (hall be (toned, and his owner alfo (hall be killed. If a ran- form be laid upon him , then hee (hall give the redemption of his foule, according to all 31 which ¡hall be laid uponhim. Whether he have pu(hed a fonne, or pufhed a daughter, accordingto this judgement (hall it be done 32 unto him. If the oxe have pufhed aman-fer- vanr, or a woman-fervant, he (hall give unto his matter thirtie fl:ekels of filver, and the 33 oxe (hall be (toned. And when a man (hall open a pit, or when a man (hall digge a pit, and not cover ir, and an oxe or an affe fall 34 there: The owner of the pit (hall pay, hee (hall render money to the owner of it, and 35 the dead bea/I fhallbe his. And when a mans oxe !hall ftrike his neighbours oxe, that hee die, then they (hall fell the living oxe, and divide the money of it, and the dead allo 36 they (hall divide. Or fit be known that the oxe was a puffier in time paff, and his owner bath not kept him in,payingg he (hall pay oxe for oxe, and the dead Mall be his owne. 30 I Annotations. ODD Here beginnette the 18. Se &ion of the Law called Mijbpatim, that is, be/gementr. See Geniis 6. R THe Iudgemeuss] the judicial! laves, annexed to the Law or ten Commandements foregi- ven, Exo.2q. for puni(hment of tranfgrelfors : as the ordinances about Gods worfhip , and facrifi- ces, are commonly calledflatuter, or decrees, Exo. 12.24,43. 8(27. 21.& 29:9. Lev.3.17. & 6.18.22. The Greeke here and often tranflateth them DA. 3 4
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