90 30 31 EXODUS XXIII fudging ofcaufes oftloywine- prefre.Of themanner of bringing there fird fruits , fee more in the annotations on Deut. 2 6. not delay], or, not faik, to bringand offer the fame : fee Deucer.26,1.2. &C. Delaying,is often ufed for deferring a thing to the Taff, and lò conk- quently, for failing , and not doing it, Deuterono- naie 7. to. and z 3. 21. `Habakkuk .2.3. though it alfo may imply a deferring longer than the due ilme. By this oblation of the firftfruits they ac- knowledged their thankefulnelfe to God, whole tenants they were in the land, Deuteronomy 26. 9.1o. Levit.25.23. and the whole increafe was hereby fantlified unto them , Rom 11.14. Nib the firfì fruits figured Gods Church feparated & fandtified unto him , from the red of the world, Ier.2.3. Lames I.18. ftev.i4.4. give unto me] by redeeming it for five fhekels offilver,& giving them to the Lords prielt,Num.18.15.1 6.Ex.13 .13 VerC3o.and with thy fhee ] under which name, thegoat alto is comprehended,for the Hebrewim- plyeth both,Levit.t. t o. The Greeke here addeth the word And, underffood in the Hebrew, which fometime the holy Text fupplieth; as,by each man, by all thy people, I. King. 8.38. that is, and by all thy people , 2 Chron. 6.2 9. So fight not with Pall with great, 2. Chron. 18. 30. that is , withfmall e. with great,t King.22.3 t. the eighth day] and from that day forward,it was acceptable,both for firfi fruits,and for other facrificesLev.22.27.!And be- fore the eighth day,the Hebr. Do& ors fay,it was not lawful! to kill and eat any yong bead, no not for common food., Maimony, treat. of Forbidden Meats, chap. 4. Ceti 4. The reafon hereof was, that in this time, the Sabbath day pafd over it, for there it no fever without a Sabbath, faith K. Menachem upon this place. See the notes on Gen. 17.t2. Verf. 31 .'men of bolinefe ] or as the Greekeand Chaldee tran late,bob men: that is, feparated from ocher men, as by inward vertue , fo by outward abffinence from unclean meats ; (of which Come here follow) So Deuter. 14.21. Leeit.1 1.44.45 not eat] This was a legali rite and figure of fan&ification : and if any had unawares eaten of flefh torne,hee was to waft bieclothes,and bathe him- felfe inwater, and be sondease untsl the evening,other- wife hee fhould beare bit iniquity, Levit. t 7.t 5.16. taste in the field] that is , tonne by wild beaj in the field, as the Greeke and Chaldee verIons doe explaine. The like is for beads that dye alone, Levit.17. t 5. Of this the Hebrewes fay; The torne thing .lfokenofitt the Law, it that which ii tonte bj the wild beafl s of the wood, as Lyon, Leopard , and the like. And fi the fowle . which it torne by ravenotu fowler , at Eagle or the like.Tbough it bee a torne thing which it not dead, it ú f rbidden : as if a Woo take a Kid by the leg, and fame man followed, him,andtaltes it out of his mouth it it forbidden (to be eaten) becaufe it it torne. Although be fir ff flay it before it dieth, yet it it forbidden, at a torne thing , becaufe it cannot live aftert t wound upon it. The Law fa; biddeth that which so enlisting to die by reafn of any hurt, though it be not yet dead; and it isa torno thing. Neither puttetbit any dfference, whether it be tonne by beafi or it fall from the top of an bottle and the ribs bee broken ; or it bee fbot through the heart with an arrow, or atvj she like, when it io inclining to die, itieata tome thing; nbetber the occafionbe by the hand of iefb and blood, or by the band of (Godof) beaten. Like rife he that cutoeth fief/ from any living clean beafl : that is tonne jlefh, and who fi eatethof it it beaten, ar for eating terre fiefb. Mainiony, in Forbidden meats, chap.4.Se&.6. &c. CH A P. XXÍII. I, Of vaine report and falfe witnefP. 2 , Of follom- ing a multitude. 3. 6, Of juflice. 4. Of charitable nefjè to our enemies, 8 Of bribes. 9, Of opprefflon. 10, Of thefeventhyeere , theyeere of refi. 12, Of the Sabbath day. 13, Of not mentioning the name of sober gods. 14, Of the three fealty in the yeare. 18, Of fa- eriiicing with !even. 20, An Angell it premi d to goe be- fore them, with a blefng if obey obey him. 1270f calling out the heathens and their Idolany. 25, Godsbleflings to them that feerve him., 28. Of hornets that fhoulddrive out their enemies. 31 , The bounds of Ifrocio land. 32, No covenant might be made with the heathens or their Gods. THou limit not take up a vaine report : put not thy hand with the wicked, to be an unrighteous witneffe. Thou (halt not be after many, to evill things : nei- ther (halt thou anfwer in a controverfie, to decline after many, to wreft (judgement.) And a poore man !halt thou not counte- nance in his controverfie. When thou fhalt meetthine enemies oxe or his affe going a- ffray , thou fhalt returning returne it unto him. When thou fhalt fee thine haters alle lying under his burnden, and wouldeft for - beare to helpe him up , thoufialt helping helpe up with him. Thou fhalt not melt the judgement of thy ppore in his controverfie. From a'word of falfhood thou (halt bee farre : and the innocent and juft flay thou not; for I will not juftifie the wicked. And gift thou licit take none; for the gift will blind the open-eyed, and will pervert the words of the jufl. And thou (halt not op- prefle a ftranger : for yee know the foule of a ftranger , becaufe yee were firangers in the land of Egypt. And fixe yeeres thou fhalt fow thy land,and !halt gather in the re- venue thereof. But the feventh thou (halt let it refs, and let it lye (till, that the poore of thy people may Bate; and what they leave , the beat of the field (hall Bate. So thou gait doe to thy vineyard , and to thy olive -yard. Sixe dayes thou limait doe thy workes , and in the feventh day thou fhalt ceafe, that thine oxe and thine afle may set, and the fonne of thy bond -woman , and the flranget may bee refrefhed. And iaall that 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 I3 13 .:,_"
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