Ex OD US XX[. for filch hurts,as any other of /pad; according to the Law, in veri. 24. Maimony, treat. of Servants, chap. 4. felt. 6. 8 VerC 8. evil!], that is, dtff+leafmg, as theGreek al- fo tranflateth it. tbatüe doe not betroth her] unto hind-cite, or to his bonne, verfe 9. Or, who bath be- trothed her to himfblfe: for the Hebrew bath both readings,thefirlt in the line the latter in the usan- ' give. And the writing differeth in the eye, (* lo, ' 15 riot; and *lo, to Usage) but hach no difference in the care : fo Mofes hearing it of God, did by his (pint write both; and-the margine is that which in the Hebrew is noted to be read. The Hebrew Do&ors (inThalmad Bab. in Nedarim, chap.4. fol. 37. b.) fay, The word' read and notf written, andwrit- ten and not read, were the tradition of Mofes ¢oat (mount) Sinai ; that is, as the Hebrew Scholion on that place noteth, fe Mofes receivedin Sinai, and delivered to Israel. The Chaldee verfion in this and other the like places,tranflateth according to the margine; an evident proofe;that there divers rea- dings were not added by the Maforites, as force thinke; feeing the Maforitcs were not fo ancient. The Greeke copies here varie, Come having, bath betrothed ber to him ,otherfome, bath not betrothed; and fo Theodotie and Symmachua allo tranflated, bask not betrothed. The meaning feemeth to be, if he take diflike of her, either before or after the is betrothed. By the Jewes Canons, An Hebrewmaid might not be fold , but unto one who either bimfe f or bis fosse, might betroth herwhen fie was manageable, Ar, a man might not fill his dau¿hter to his fine , besaufe floe was not meet for her mater, who mom her brother ; nor for her m rf ens fone, besauf floe was his fathers finer. Mai - mony treat. of Servants, chapter 4. fe &ion I I. /hall be let her] or eaufe her to be redeemed; the Greeke tranflateth , be full redeems her. The He- brewes fay , If her mater bath betrothed her to him - f f , or to his fm , the is so other betrothed women , and goetb not out but by the death of her husband , or by bill : and the camm.md wens to betroth , is before the commas- dement to redeeme If her mater die, oil forme cannot be troth her to himfelf , besaufe fhegoerh out free byber ma- fer' death. Maimony , treat. of Servants, chap. 4. fe &.7,8. sa (range people] that is, to any Iran - ger; the Chaldee interprets ic,to another mat. And. Maimony (in the forelaid place, fe &.t o.) faith, he may not fell her, norgive her to another man, whether he be one forre off; or mere; and ifloe either fell, or give her, it nothing that he dotb. unfaithfully tranfgred] or, dealt deceitfully, and treacherosify, failing of that which was expo&ed at his hands. The Chaldee tranflateth, he bath ruled over her. 9 Verf 9. ofdaughters ,] which the Chaldee explai- net h, of thedaughter' of Iliac]: as is right and cu- Iome to bedone with all other maids,which are not lervants. This may be underltood of giving a dowrie : as Exod. 22. 16,17. and all other pri- vileges of a free woman. t o Vent o. ide/rim] this the Greeke interpreteth taketa him felt though it may imply troth the fa- ther and the fonne, forefpoken of her mariage dulie] the due benevolence betweene man and wife, fuch as theApoíle fpeaketh of, I Cor. 7.3. and fo the Gr. tranflateth it converfation, (or ram-- parrying togetber;)the Hebrew Do&ors alto explain it(trom the phratè in Gen. i 93 i .) togoe in unto her after the way of all the earth. Unto theft three the Hebrewes adde (even woe: their words are, When a man marieth a wife, whether fie be a virgin or otber- wife, be fhe great or fmall, a daughter eflfrael, or a Profelyte; he oweth unto ber tat things , and fhe meth feure. Of the ten , three are in the Law her food, ber raymem, and her mariage dude, t bat is, togoe in unto her after the m.mmer of all the earth. And fiver: are by she dolirine ofthe Scribes.' Thefirt7 is, the princdpall of the dorerie, [which for a maid was fiftie fhekcls as is noted on Exod. 23. 57.] and the other are called conditions of the dawrie, and they are theft : to Beale ber if floe be fiche , to redeem her if floe be takencaptive , to bury ber if floe die ; and to let her be nourifbed of his goods, and to dwell in his knife after be die all the time of ber widowhood; that her children which fhe hash by him , he nourified of hisgoods after his death usetill they be Insole d; and that her male children which the hash by him , be heires of her dowrie , abate their portion ofinbe- ritanee which they have with their brethren. And the fount things which floe owetb are ; that the works of her bands be his ; that ber (prefenee, or) attendance be upon bim;tbat he eat ofall the fruits ofbergoods during ben lift; andsffbe die while he live, that he be ben heire, be is bet re any nuns, in inheriting that fhe bath. Maimony, treat. of Wives, chap. 12. feEt. i, 253. withdraw] or keepe bathe, as the word lignifieth is Num. 9.7, the Greeke tranflateth it defraud; which word Paul ufeth in fpeech of the like thing , Defraud not am the other, I Cor. 7.5. - Verb. i t . theft three] mentioned lafi,in verf. to. or,one of thofe three fore- mentiotted,touching her betrothing to himfelfe,or to his fonne,or her re- deeming. In this latter fenfe Maimony expoun- deth it,in his treat. of Servants,cha. 4. lea. . 9. fieely,orfor nothing, as verle 2. Vert I a. that fmiterh]towit,wilfuly,as the next verle nianifelteth. See the notes on Gen.9.6. put to die] or, made to die, that is,killed by the Ma- giltrate : and the doubling of the word rnaketh the charge more Irait ; for no ranfome might be taken for the life of a wilfull nmrderer,Nunt. 35.31. The Hebrew Do&ors fay ; Fonre deaths were in Ifrael by the Judges; Stoning, and Burning, and Slaying with the (word, and Strangling (or Han- ging.) Stoningwas heavier than burning; and burning heavier than killing with the (word; and the fword hea- vier than f rangling. All that were to be fond to death by the Law , were eighteen, namely, the!' : I Hee that Beth with hit owne mother : 2 or with his fathers wif 3 or with his daughter in law : 4 or with a betroathed maid: 5 or initio the male : 6 or with any beat. 7 7. be woman that lietb dowse to a beat. 8 The blafphevner. 9 He that worfhipypeth an Idoli. 10 Or that givetb of hia feed to Moledo. t I He that bath a familiarlpirit, I2 andtbe Wizzard,(Leviticus 20.27.) 13 7hin- tieer to idolatry, (tenter. s3. 6.) i4 and the with - drawer (or sbruf er away) to idolatrie, (Deuteron mie 13. 13.) 15 The witch. 16 The prophaner of the Sabbath. 17 Hee that turfed; his. father or his 'me- then: s t,and the rebellious fonne, (Deuter.2 t.) All that I2
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