.raarrar LEVITICUS XI V. 77 8 1eprofre, faith, walk me throe hÿfrommiaeiniqui- Pfa1.sr. ms!tebimcleaneg] that is, ',rename him clean;or bythete rites ekanfe him : the-Greek tranflateth, andhe fhallbe cle.ate. letgoe]or, kt ka f, and find away. The like was done with the two goats on atonement day; the one was killed, the other let goe into the wilderneífe ; Levit. 16. 7.-10. Their figured the deliverance. of Chrift from death, and of all fuch as are cleanfed from their firmes by his blood: for he bare our griefes,aed eariedo.tr forroe es (or fzekieffr!r: ) Efa.53.4. Match. 8.17. And Solomon likeneth the escaping of the cure, to the flying away of a bird, Prov.26.2. Ghazkuni maketh this conaparifon, that the Le- per had finen at a bird flitarie on the boute top , and ma bound and refirained from eonverfang with other men; but now was permitted to come among hisfollower ; even oithebirdhad been bound in the hands ofmen; but now war let goe, and fit Pee to goe among her fell owes. the faceof the field] that Is , tbe open field: like that phrafe in Genef.. 1.20. on the fare of the rma- mant. The Greeke tranflateth it, into the field. Hence the Hebrew doors fay, he that leitet, the bird look. , may not turne his face towards the fia , nor to the title, nor to the wildermf : for it is faid (in Levit. 14.53 )ont ofthe title, into the fth of the field. If when he lets it goe , it cames again : be /hall kt it gee again, though it be an hundred times. Moreover they fay; the Cedar mood, andhyfope, and fcsrkt, with which one leper was cleanfed; he may with them cleanfe other le- pers : and fi the bird that is let got , hem y clean fi other lepers with it, after it bath been fins away; and it is lawf*U to be eaten. Butt's! bird that was k led, it un- lawfull to be ufad for any doing; _and whi fi eateth ought tbereoftranfreffeth.Maimony, treat. of Lepr. chap. x 1.fe&.I.7. Thefe legali ordinances,led the peo- ple unto Chrift;for,if the blood of birds and wa- ter,with cedar,hyfope and Icarlet,fprinktling the uncleane, fandifeth totbe purìfingofthefie fh: how much more shall the blood of Chaff, who through the eternall Spiris fed himfrlfe withoutfpot unto Ged,purge the o,nfeieneefrom dead works , to ferve the livingGod Heb.9.t3.14. VerfS. all bit haire] on every part of his bodie : fo the Hebrewes fay, he muff carafe the rafler to paf over all his flesh that isfeene , even hit feeeree parts , and tbc haire all over his body : Maimony ibid. The haire naturally fpringeth of hot and groffe matter or fume,and arguech ftrength of nature: fo in the Le prous and unclean,the haire signified the ftrength of uncleanneffe ; which was to be cut off : for it is needful to beat d,wne the power of ttneeonnef which a- boundeth in him faith R. Menaehem, on Levit. 14. So at the confecration of the Levits, they were to caul a rafour to paf over all their fief,, Ntimb.8.7. and Sampson when he loft his haire, loft his ftrength, Iudg 16.17. And Godthreatning to weaken the leste of his people, ufeth this Gmili- tudeoffbaving them with a rapier ; Efa.y.zo.Con- trariwife, the Nazarite, whiles he was to be holy unto the Lord, by his vow, n,rafourniightcome upon his head:N16.5. that he may be ckane]or, and he( hall be elearte, to weet, in part, or in the end, after the performing of theft and the rites fol. lowing; for he was notcleane all at once,but by degrees ; and was to be (haven againe (even daies after, verse 9. Therefore the Iewes explaine it thtis,befhall be clean frompolluting bycommirg in, and from polluting his bed andfeat. Maim. treat. of Lepr. chap. t i. left. t .This figured the endevourwhich Gods people should have to cleanfe them reins, that they may be againe received 'of the Lord, When they have perfe&ed holineffe in his feare ; 2 Cor.7.I. And every man that bath this hope inhim, pnrifteth himfel, even se he is pure e I Ioh.3.3 out où tent] and fo as the Greeke tranflateth, out of bid houfe; for Tents are often rated for houses, or dwelling places, I01.22.4. Deut.33.18, i Sam. 13.2. I King.8,66. and from there words the Hebrewes gather , that it was unla:dl for him to company with his wife ire bed, theft y. dales, Maim. ibid. and 7hobnud in Negagnim.chap. s 4. fe &. z. VerC9. all his Wire] In the seventh day , thePriefi (hallfbave him the feeond time or at the firfl. Both times whmhe fhaveth him , it mull not be but with a rafour; if he (have him not with a rafour, and if he leave itio two haires , he hash not done anything And none may fhave him , bu: a Prieff. And if there be left but two haires, at the firfi (having, andhe(have them of the fi- eond time ; it ferveth him but fir one paving oneÿ, and that is, for the firff. 7',e killing of the bird, and the f,a- ving, and the fprinkling; are to be done by day : and all his other worker , either by day or by night 7hefe are to be done by men and all the other worker; giber by men or by women: 7"be fe, by Priefis, and all other works, either by Priefis or (other) *wellies. Maim. treat. of Lepr. chap Ii.fe&.2.3.5. wafb his clothes] as being yet uncleane : whereupon theHec-rews gather, All thefeliven dales (to weet, from his firlt (having, ) he is yet one of the cbiefe tmdeane perfons, defiling men, and vef le by touching, not by bearing; for it isfaid, in the feventh day be flora walk his clothes; á'c. to teach that he bad made his clothes unclean, (e. and whatfoever defi /eth clothes , defiler, men. Maim. ibid. The waffling of the Lepers garments was to lignifie that the fpirit of uneleannef Amid be put away from h'im: faith R. Menachem, on Levit. 14. shall be clean] fromdefiling other men : and lee h: is as other unclean in the day they are wafhed, and may eat of the tithes ; and when hisfun is fit ,be may eat of the heave.,sring; and when be brings his atone= ment, be may eat ofthe holy things. Maim. ibidem. And 7habnud in Negagnim. chap.14.fe&.3. where this is added , there are found three cleanfings of the Leper, andt/ree of the women in childled. Verei 0. two be-lambs] one for a Trefpaffe -ofj- fring,ver. 13. i 4.& the other fora Burnt- offring : v.1 9.20. For both thefe facrifices muff be males : fee the notes on Lev. i.3.and 5.18. perfifl]that is, as the Greeke tranflateth unblemifbed. See the notes onExod.t"2.5. and Lev. 1.3, of the firfl yeere] Hebr.dáughter ofheryeere : which the Greeke tranflateth 9 yeerelirtg : but it muff not be more then a yeere old : fee the notes on Etto., 2.5.and Geniis 5 32. This cwe -lambe was fora Sin -of- fring,verfe r9.Levit.432. three tenthdeaks] to Weet , of an Epbah or Bnfhell ; (as is expreffed in Numb. 28.5.) ehitis, three Omer! or Pottle,: Ggg3 an 9 Io I
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