IZK 15 i6 13 t L:XODUS XXX. Verf. 15. give /ere] or diminh. God hereby taught an equality of all men, before him, in re- fpe& of their fonnes,& of their redemption from finne, by Chrill; through whom we have all ob- tained a like precious faith unto falvat ion,2 Pet. I.1. So there was an equality in the diffribution of Manna,Exod. 16.18. The Hebrewes fay , Becaufe with theft half fhel 1J they bought the daily facrificer everyyeare bee would haze that the hands of all of them fbould bee equal!, in the of ringo of the congregation. R. Menachem, on-Exod.3o. fol.' I6. Verf.i6.férviee] which is after mentioned in Exod. 38.25. The Hebrew Do&ors have taught this to be a perpetuall ordinance, that every man of Ifrael it commanded to givehalfe a fhekell eveyyeare: yea though hee be a poore man that !Meth on almes, bee it hannd to begge it of others , or to fell bit clothes from off his backe, andgive halfe a fbekell of flyer as it it writ-, ten ( Exodus 3o. 1 5.) The rich (hall not give more, and the peore pall not give let : and bee muß not give it fame to day and fame to morrow , but all of it at once. All are bound to give this halfefbekeft , Prießs, Levites, Ifraelites, Profytes, and fervants that arefree ;but not women, bond men or children: yet if they will give, they receive it of them, but not of Infidels. 7bir payment ii not ufed but beforethe Temple, and in the time when the Templeßandetb, they give tbefbelgls both within the land of Ifrael , and without the fame : but while the Temple is defolate , they pay them not , though they dwell within the land. On the firß of Adar ( that is which wee call February) they make,proclamation,tbat every man may be ready to pay hit balfe fhebell and on the 25. of the fame month , they fit in the Temple to receive the fame. That which it gathered in other provinces , M feat unto the Temple : there in one of the Chamber, it it laid up in Cof rs. With thisdnoney,and other of like nature, they provided the daily faerifees, and of- flings f thecongregation jab fir thefacrifices,wood,iseenfe, flew breed, the redCow,&c. Maimony in treat. of the fbeteels, Chapter r. Seblioni. 7.8.9. and Chapter 2. Sebl.4. and Chapter 4. Sell. r. Howbeit, force doe thinke this commandement was but for the pre Cent building of the San&uary; and not to be a yearely tribute. Compare 2 Chron. 24.5.6. and Neh.10.32. where the people charged themfelves yearely with the thirdpart of a fhell , for the fer- vice of the houfe of God. Of that,the Hebrewes fay, it war over audbefide thehaf Peke/ (here fpoken of) for the necefty of the things there mentioned. Aben Ezra on Neh. i o. Vert. r 8. Lacer] in Hebrew Gijon which word fometime is ufed for a Cauldron, r Sam. 2. 16. but commonly awafhing veflell , in Greeke Looter, that is, a Lazer.When the priells and people were multiplied, Solomon in his Temple made ten La- vers,to wafh the façrifices,and one other great veC- fell, called a Sea,for the miens to wafh in,r King. 7,38.23:26.2 Chron.4.2.6.This in the Taberna- cle, was made of the brazen looking laf s of the wanes which affembled to the doore of he T eut , Exod. 38.8. From theft, the holyGhnft mentioneth in the Church of Chrill, tnyftically, a feaafglaf like Chryßall before the throne, Revel. 4.6. and againe, a glaffie tea mingled with fire, Rev.I 5.2. foot] or bafe, (as the Greeke tranflateth it;) which was to 'uphold and fiablift the Laver. This foot is expre f- led nfitally , fo oft as the Lazer it felfe is mentio- ned, Exod. 31.9. and 35.12. and 39.39. & 40.111. Levit.8. r I. put water] This (as the Hebrewes doe record)was to be done every day,in the mor- ning , for that the water of the Laver, by conti- nuing all the night,became unlawfull for to walk with. And any water might ferve to fan&ifie with , whether it were living (that is , fpring or running) water, or lake water : only fo as it had not changed the colour, but were like water meet for to walla in. Maimony treat. of entrance into the Sanatory, Chap.5. Sebl.12,14. Verf. 19. there from] or, thereat, or, thereof: to wit , in the water that is taken out of the Laver, into force veffell of the San&uary. For wafh the Chaldee tranllateth fantlifie. Touching this the Hebrew Do &ors fay , It is commanded,to fantfffie in the" water of the Laver', waif one fanílife(that is, warns) inanyoftheveilsofminìßery ,itislawful!; but net in any profane ref/bell. If bee fanblifie in a zefRr of minißery without (the Court) or in a profane ve ell with - in,and fperforme his fervice,it is unlawfu(l.And they fan- blifie not within the Laz er, or with the minißring aef 11, but from the fame , as it idwritten, (Exodus 30.1 9.) Tbey fhallwafhTHuRn FROM: howbeit, if one fanblifie within it, and ferve, bee it not polluted. He that wafbethbis hands and bit feet, in a place of watert,thouggb it be in aWell ; that it no fantlification at all , until/ bee meth in a vef ll. And they may fanblifie in any of the vef Is of the Sanlluary, Maimony , treat. of En- trance into the Sanluary, Chap.5. Setl.I 0.11. feet] becaufe they ferved alwayes with bare hands, and bare feet in the San &uary. Of this alío they write; The Prießneedeth not fanblifiebimfef between every feverall fervice that hee sloth ; hot bee fantíìfeth once in the morning , andfo frveth andgoetb all that day, and all that night. Provided ,'that hee goenot out of the Sat;bluary, nor ßeepe, nor make water, nor remove his mindfrom one bufnef to another. For if bee doe any one of theft (sure, bee muß fanblife again. This was agenerall rule inthe Sanbivary, no man came into the Court to ferve,although he were chine ,untill bee war wa- fted. And who f covered his feet (that is,did his cafe - ment,as Ind.3.24.)wat bound to waft;and who fo made water, was bound to fanllifie bands and feet : If be fat:- Edified them to day, bee muff againe fantifie them to morrow , yea though bee fiept not all the night; for, by continuing all night, IoM tondo became difallowable (fir fervice.) If bee fanblifiedthem in the night, and burned the fat all night long , yet íntaß hee again fanflife them in the day, fir the fervice of the day. When bee fanblifieth, bee layeth,bis right hand on hie right foot, and hit left hand on lob left foot, and boweth himfelfe and fantlifietl. And hee loth not fantlife fitting, besaufe it it ar a fervice ; and tto fervice is done, but flo&ding ; as itiwritten,(inDeut.i8.5,) To STAND To Mi- N 1 S T E R ; and who foferveth fitting, M profane, and his fervice not allowable ,&e.Maimonyibidem,Srú.3.4.5.8 I6.17. and Thalmnd Bab, in treat. Zebachim, Chap- ter 2. Verf.zo. dye not] by the hand of God , as did 20 Aaron sfonnes,in Lev it.10.1.2. So Maimony (in the 19
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