10 II 12 13 14 15 i6 LEVIT_IC7.IS Xl. 1 maketh drunken, whether drink made of Mault, or of the juyce of fruits, as Pearrie,Sider and the like. When ye go into the Tent] meaning the courtyard of theTent o to serve therein ; as it is opened by the Prophet,When theyenter into the inner court, Ezek.44.2I. The Hebrewes underftand it of the court , between the Tent and the Altar that flood in the court. Every Priell that r fit for fervice, ifhe drinllwine, it s unlawfull f r him to go into (the Santluarie) from the Altar forward : and if be elo go in and f rve, hit fervice is disallowed , and he is guilty of death by the hand of God, as it is written ,T hat ye die riot, Leviticus I o.9. And as it is unlawful! fur a Priefi to go into the Sant 'frtarie, for drunknnefl: f isitunlaw- full fir any rnen, whether Priefl or Ifreelite , to teach when he is drunk. Though he have but eaten Dater, &c. if hit flags be troubled a little, let him not teach ; as ii is writ: en, And that ye may teach the Sons of Ifrael ; Levi- ticus I o. I I. Maimoey in Biath bamiktdafb, chap. e. SePt. s, 3. VerC so. that ye may feparaoe] or, tomakdsffe- rene; and this is meant not only for themfelves, but as in Ezek. 44.23. They fha4 teach my people (the ifference) between holy and prophane , and waft them to difcern , between unclean and dean. And for not doing this, the Prieffs are blamed, Ezek. 22.26. See alfo Levit. 20.25. holy] Hebr. ho- ¡ ief : meaning ofperfons,and things.' In Gr. be- tween the holy ones, and theprofane. Ver. i t. all the Statutes] a part of the Prief's óf- five was to teach the people, as here,and in Dent. 33.1 o. therefore it is Paid , The Priefi s lips fhonld prefer-1,e kpowledge, and thy fhould fekthe Law at his mouth , for he is the Angell (or Mellinger) of' the Lord of haft s , Mal. 2.7. And as they were to teach, fó the things to be taught , fhould be all Gods Sta- toter; as the Apoftle faith, Ihave kept nothing back, bat haze fhewedyou, all the counfell of Ged,Afz.2o.27. Ver.1 2. the Meat-ofring] that before mentioned in Leek. 9. 17. unleveled] or, eat it, made into wz'evenedcaloei. SeeLev.6.16.and 2.1o.wherethis law was before giveh ; which Moses here repea- tech, leli through trouble of mind, for the judg- ment now befallen them the Priefls Ihould for- get, or negleet any ofGods ordinances. V.13. the holy place] the court of the San &nary: as Levit.i. 16. due] or, 11 mute, ordinance. The Chaldee expounds it, dry portion. So in v. 14. V.14.wave- breff] of the peoples Peace-offrings before mentioned, Levit. 9. 18 -21. in a cleat place] in Greek, an holy place, meaning the camp of Tfrael, and in ages following, the citie Ierrtfalem, where the light holy things were eaten': fee the notes on Levit. 6. 17. Sol. Iarchi here faith , The firmer things (in verf. 13.) were not eaten in an unclean place but they being mofo holy, were to be eaten in the holy place : and theft needed not he eaten within the curtains (of the court yard) but muff be eaten within the camp of Ifrael, for that war clean, that Lepers might not come in- to ft, (Numb. 5. 6.) fa the light holy things might be eaten in all the citie. Veris 5. by affa;ute }or, for an everlaffittg due. Of this statute, fee before, Levis. 7.34 Verf: 16. feekng fought] that is , diligently fought the Goat ; that fpoken of in Lev. 9.15. with E- leazar]atsd why not with Aarog feeing he fhould have eaten of it, veri, 19. Sol. Iarchi faith, For ho- nour of Aaron, he turned hit face towards his Sons, and was angry. Ver.17. He] that is, God bathgiven it you; by the law fore-given in Levit. 6.26 -30. to bear] or, to talle away as the Greek tranflateth, that ye fhonld takeaway. To bear iniquitie,often fignifieth punifh- ment, without forgivenefs ; Ezod. 28.43. Levit. 20.19. & 5.I. t 7, &c. The fame word is alfo ufed for bearing -away ; whereupon God forgiveth the (inner; Exod. 28.38. 'So the Prief's bare, that is, tool away the peoples fins, by eating their Sin - offrings : wherein they figured Chrifl,Joh,1.29. Sol. Iarchi faith, The Priefir were they that did eat,and the owners, they that had the atonement. Ver.. s 8. within] into the Tabernacle, for if it had, then it Ihould not be eaten, but burnt, Lev. 6.3o. feeing it was not , ye Ihould have eaten it in the holy place without ; that is, in the court - yard,Levit, B, z6. VerC 19. they] the Targ. called Ionathans , ex- plaineth,it, the Sono of Ifrael have feed. flub things]that is,as the Chaldee expoundeth it, fresh tribuletimr : which the Jernfalemie Thargum ex- plaineth thus, And great farrowsbath befallen me this day, fir that my two Sons, Nadab and Abihn are dead and I mourn for them. good in the eier] that is, plea- fing, and acceptable : fee Gen.' 6.6. Thargum Jeru- falemie expoundeth it, Loe, if I had eaten the Sin - ffring to day, were it poßtble that it could be pleafing, and right before the Lard? meaning, it could not be. So Aaron excufeth himfelf, by reafon ofhis forrow, which made him unfit , and unworthy to eat of thofe holy things The law requireth them that eat before the Lord, to rejoyee, Deut. 12.7. And, when they brought their fas &ified things, they were to fay,I have not eaten ofit in my mortrning,Deu. a6.14. When God would refute the.Sacrifices of fillers, he faith, they fhall be unto them ar the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof (hall be polluted, Hof.9. 4. In the Hebrew canons it is alto Paid, Aninfrior Priefi, which is in theSanEfuary, at bit ferviue; if hear that be hash a friend dead, whom he ought to bewail; although he go not out ofthe Santfuarie, be may not ferve, becaufe he is a mourner : and if he ferve when be moor- noch, according to the law , he polluteth bit fervice , whe- ther it be the ofirrm>g of one man alone , or the of of the Congregation. But the High Prieff firveth when he is a mourner, a it it written, (Leviticus 21. 12.) HE SHALL NOT Go Our OF THE SANCTUA R Y, AND HE SHALL NOT PROFANE, &C. as if be fhould fay, be (hall abide, andferve the férvice that be bath in hand, and it is not profaned: But though the High Pries serve mourning, it is unlawfull for him to eat ,e the holy things, as it it written, (Leviticus I o. i 9.) AND IF I HAD EATEN THE SIN-OFFRINO To DAY, SHOULD IT HAVE BEEN GooD IN E THE YES OF THE LORD > And f6 he bath no portion to eat (with the re ff) at evening. Maim, treat. of Entring into the Santivary, c.2. f.6.8.- See for the Priells mourning, more on Levit. 21. Verf. 20. it was good] the Greek tranflateth, it Eee 2 pleafrd 17 18 Ig 20
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