LEVITICUS XI. which hath.tite name, (as Cb.zkmi faith) of So- kin the Ro:kr, on which they keep : the Greek calleth it Ateakes : the Ghaldee Rafbone, and Ro- usn;it is not mentioned in Ccripture,but in this lace. Locust- Chargol ] this word alfo is not tound any other where : the Gr.tranfltteth it0- phiomaches, that is,the Serpent fighter: & that there are Iocnfis which kill Serpents,Pliny mentioneth, iu b. i i.c.a 9.Chazkuai interpreteth the name Chan- gol,.as flriving with the feet to skip with them. Lou .Chsgpb] or Grafhopper ; which the Greek nameth Akrdt, that is, a Ieiaaft, Co in Nunt. 13.33 E(ày 4o.2z. Eerier /2.5. 2. after his kind] this beingkpoken fonrc tirnts , the Hebrews think it implieth four other forts ofLoculls,which they call Zipporetb cramim, and Iothsni Ieris1balemith -, and Gna'ofitbja, and Rasbanith; all which are alfa clean for to eat; Thahnud Bab. iosCholin. ch. 3. So Maimtny in Forb.meats, 0.5. f.2 z . where he calleth the two latter by other names, Gnotfaranja, and Ducanith: and Co maketh eight Jòmtr of Lout. the Low permitteb tobe eaten. 23 V. 23. every creepinr, thing] co weet, every other, Cave chafe Locults aforesaid. 2 VerC24. for thefe] or,bv ski; meaning as Sehne. 4 Iarcbiexplaineth it,thefewhich follow,that not only by eating,but by touching of them dead,they Ihould be defiled. See before on v. S. The unclean- net! by torschin3 fp4z of in any place, whether it be of a dead man, or of other unclean things; is , when a man with hisflejh toncheth the untlean thing it felf; whether it be with his band, or with his fos:, or with any other part of his fleJb though it be with his tonoee,loe he is un- dean. And it feems to me , he is defiled if he touch with bit Haas, or with bis teeth , whiles they are jyn ed to the body, they are as the body; faith Maimany in treat. of Poli. by the dead, vi . f. 3. till the evening] that is, till the end of that day, and beginning of a new: for the Jews day began at evening, as is noted on Gen. z. 5. And Co it figuredmans pollution by fins , till he come to the new day of falvation by Chrill, and become a new creature, 2 Cor.5.17. & 6.2. It fignifìed alto, thole legali pollutions to continue but during the day (or time) of the law: which in the day of Chrili should be abo- Iithed,GolofL2. z6,17,20,2í. Ver.25.beareth] the Hebr.canon's fay, Albough 25 . be touch it ass , though share be a stone between him and it, frafmseeh as be bath born it, be is unclean, whether he bear it on his bead ,or on his band , or on any other part of bis body. Whether be bath taken it up himself, or another bath laid it on him; yea, tltntgb the unclean thing bang ly a thread, or hair and th.t thread hangars his hand ; he beareth it , and is wtc can ; Maim. treat. of Pollan. by thedead, c. 2. f. 6. wash bis clothes] that is, all the clothes that are upon him. So!om. Larchi noteth, that atndeau}eßby bearing, is mare then the unelesnneßby touching ; for a man is charged f r this, to walls his clothes. This walhing was a figne of fanáificat ion ,asinExodus [9. so.for,.findelì- leth men, and all that is about them : but by re- pentance and faith, our clothes are wafbed, and made white in the blood of the lamb (thrift) Revel. 7. 24. The HebrewDo&ors fay, Every place where 57 it úfaid in the Law , of the une.han , that hefha!! wafh his clothes : it is not to teach us, thatonly the clothes which are upon him , are rm:lean : but to teach, that every clo :b or veld, which that unclean perfn toucheth, in the time whiles be is joyned to the thing that makes him un- clean , it unclean alf. Maim. treat. of the Redbe ffer, ch. 5. feâ.2. Ver. 26. them] that is2 their de.odearkaj,Tha, as the 26 Gr. here exprellitch, and rightly from ver.24. Ver.27. paws, or pabns; which the Gr. tranfla- tech,bands. And to explain this Sol.Ia,ohi initan- ceth, the Drg, and the Bear, and the Cat. Ver1:2 9.upon the earth] this is spoken, as Chaz- kieni faith, to except thole that are in the fea. Weasel!] named in Hebrew Cboled; in Chaldee,Cbulioi; of ruining h;;!}ily from place to place. d'archi ex- plaineth it by the Latin name Mufle!a: in Gr. it is called Gabe. Mxtfe] in Hebrew, (meteor; of troublingf , gnawing, and rooting things in the house & fields. Withfuch,God marred thePhi- lifians land, s Sam.6.5.and the eating offuch,is expre(ly condemned, in May 66. t 7. Torays] or, as the Greek tranflateth, the lanelCrocodik; in Hebrew T fab, Co called of the (hell that covereth it; forT lab is also ufed for a coach,orcoveredwagon, Numb. 7.3. Of this creature, Sol. Parchi faith, It is like a Fog. afer b.à kind] the Greek tranfla- tech, and things like memo it. VerC3o. Ferret] or weafell-moufe, as the Greek tranflateth it Mugalee;which the Latins call,Mu, araneus, (the Shrew, as Gaza faith in hill. anion. 18. c.24. It is e the col :ur rf a Weafell, and bigneffe ofa Moufe , faith IEtiur, in L 13. c. 24. The Hebrew name is Anakah, which fignifiethgroaning; and the Chaldee,Ie/a,ofyelling.TheScripture mentioneth it not elfwhere. Cbarn e eord fo the Gr. tran- flateth it; others, the Lifard. In Hebr. it is named Coach, of Strength. Lizard] or, 11 edio, which is like a Lyzard, Cpotted on the back, as with liars: and to this later, the Greek Askalabotes agreeth. In Hebrew, Letaab, which Sot lorebi expoundeth LifareL Snail] or Lifard, in Hebrew Chomet ; in Greek Sam a, that is the Lifard: others think this to be the Chameleon. Thefe creatures names are not elfwhere found in Scripture. The Rabbins fay, There are eight creeping things fpaken of in the Law ,the Weafell &e. who fö eateth of their ftefb, the qquantitie ofa Lentell, (or little Peat) is to be beaten; Maim. in Forb. meats, c. a. f. 7. Mod] in Hebr. Tinfhemeth, in ChaldeeAfb Peke ; which lacchi explaineth by the Latin name T4va5 but 'Shoe- gum Ionatban calleth it Sallamandra. Ver.3 z. tou:heth] Creeping things (as the Hebrew Doors obferve) do defile men and veffils , when they are touched, and earthen zefls by the aire , but defile not when they arecarried,(as other creatures do,ver. 2 5.)z- the meafure of their rmleatmeß,is by(touching) ft much at a LentellMaim.in Aboth hattmtatb,e.4. f 2. are dead] There is no kind of living creature that is defiled whiles it it alive , or that defileth whiles it is alive, five man only, faith Neiman), in treat.of Pau. tion by the dead, c. 1. f. i 4. The creeping thing defiletb not wuill it be dead All other abbatninablecreeping things, as Frogs, Serpents, Scorpions,and the like, tho h t 27 29 30 I
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