N LgVITICUS Xdl. the former Sin- offring, and in other garments, ver. 24.. and fignified (betides reconciliation) a new and holy life, through the grace of Chrilt; after the purging us from our fins, Rom. 12. 1. See the notes on Leek. 1. 6 Verf. 6. for him elfe] or , which lhall be hic owne: and fo Sol.Iarchi hence teacheth, that it war to be of b a owne, and not of the congregations : and Targum Io- nathm expoundeth it,ofbie ownegoodc.T his was the fini facrifice which was peculiar for this day,and for the worke of Reconciliation : which begin- ning with the Prief} himfelfe,fheweth the imper- fe &ion ofthat legall Priefthood; and the impof- fihility therofto bringmemo God.SOthe Apo- , file teacheth, that every highPrieft, was himfelfe alto compaffed with infirmitie; by reafon wherof he ought as for the people, fo for hirnf to offer for finnes. Thus the Law made men high Priefts, which had infirmitie ; but the,word of the oath, which was fince the Law,maketh the Son(of God) who H perfeíled f r ever, Heb. 5.1, 2, 3. and y. 28. and for hoe houle] in Chaldee, fir the men ofhie boufr. And hereby the Hebrewes underftand, all the Prielts : fee after on vert is. As in all finne- offrings,they laid their hand?on the head of the facrifice, confeffed their fins, and then killed it, , Lev. 4. fo was the order of this : which the He- brewes have declared thus. After that the Prief¡ had wafted his body, put on his white garments, and fanili fed bio bands andbit feet ; he carne to hit bul- laek, which (afterward in Solomon, Temple) flood betwcene the porch mid the Altar, with the head thereof to the South , and the face to the Weft and the Prief food. Earward,wih his fare to the Weft; &laid both his hands wi the head ofthe bullocke,, and eonfefëd, faying ; 0 God I have ftmted,done iniqquitie,and trefpaf sal before thee, I and my houfe : I befeeeh thee, 0 Lord, make atonement now, far my fits, iniquities and trefpaf s which I have committed before thee, I and my houfe ; at it it written in the Law f Mofes thy fervant. Foe in this day be fhail make atone- ment f ryas, &e. (Lev.' 6:30.) Maim. in Iom.bakipp. c.4. C. t , and Talmud in Ioma, c.3. 7 Ver. 7. prefetto them] Hebrew, mette,them te fan!: After the flaying of his own fin -offris ,thePrieft came to the North -fide of the altar,and two with him , the one called Sagan [who was the fecond chiefe Prieft, next in order to the high Prief}] on bir right hand; and the other called Rath beth ab, [that is, she chiefe fthe houfe of the father, or princi- pall hou(hold, as I Chron.a4.6.] on his left band, and there the two goats were prefented, with their fa- ces to the Wef,and their backe parts to the Eaf Talmud in Fana, C. 3. Maim, in Iom. hakipp, c. 3. f, 2. at the doors] that is,within thecourt -yard: fee the noteson Levit. 8.3. f, 8. give lots] that is, caf lots; the Greeke tranllateth, impofe (or put lots;) The manner is laid to be thus. The two lots, the one had written upon it , FOR JE H O V A H; and on the other was written, FOR A ScArb -GOAT: and thy might be of any matter , either of wood , orof none , or o metall : but the one might not be great , and the other ; the one of film., and the other oof gold ; but both alike. And they were of wood : But in the f - twor Vcr f little .. ----- ; tond Temple they made thym of gold. And they put the two lots in me zef ell which was a common zeffell, and of wood; and it was called Kalphi. On the Saft pare of the curt , on the North -fide of the Altar, there they fit the Kalphi. 7 he goats were ft with their fares towards the Weft and their dinde parts to the Safi. The high Prief came , with the Sagan (or f- ond Prief) at bis right band , and Roth beth ab at his left : and the two goats flood before bum , the me on hit right hand, and the other on his left. Hee ¡baked the Kalphi, and took out f it the two lots , with his two hands, in thename f the two goats : and opened his band If the Lords lot were in the right hand , the Sagan faid io the high Prief holdup thy right hand on high : iÎ it were in bis left, then Roth beth ab fail unto him, holdup thy left hand ; and he laid the two lots on the too goats; the right, m that which was at his right band; and the left, on that whichwas at his left, Maim. in Ern. ba- kippurim, chap.3. feft.1,2,3. This caffing of lots, was, that the Lord(of whom the ',shah difpofttion of the lot is, Prov.s 6.33.) might Phew which of thé two goats he would have to dye, and which to live : and it figured, how the fuffrings of Citrift, (who was to be put to death in the ffh, but quieked by the Spirit, I Pet.3. s 3.) fhould be no other,then whatfoever Gods hand, and bitcounfell determined befarr to be done , Ac`s. 4. z8. for Iebovab] in Chal- dee, for the name of the LORD: fo after. the Scope goat] called in Hebrew, Azazel, that is, the Goat-gone-away ; which the Greeke tram flateth, Apspempaion, Sent-away : the Chaldee, and many Interpreters keepe the Hebrew name tintranflated ; and it is thought to be the name both of the Goat, and of the place whereinto hewas lent in the wilderneffe, as vert. s o. fo by Sol. Iambi it is expounded, afircrg and hard moun- taine, tine. Vcrf. 9. did afcend] that is , didlight, or fall : which is ¡.aid here, to afcend or come up , becaufe it was first taken up out of the veffell, and after was laid upon the beast. So in verf..t q. and elfwhere, lots are laid to afend or come up, as in Jofh.s8.1 Jr. fometimes to come forth (as out of the veffell,) Numb. 33. 54. Jam. 19.1. and fometimes to fall, as Jon.5.7. 1 Chro.a6.14. Aft.i.a6. mati hrm] that is,as the Gr.explaineth it,ef er trim, for fin: the manner is after (hewed in ver. t 5. by killing him; to figure out the death of Chrift, according to theflefh. Sol. Iarchiexpoundeth it thus, When bee layeth the Lot upon him,be fiall call him by this name, pry- ing, ASit- ffring fir the Lard Ver. i o. preferred alive]afterjthat the Prieft hath I o killed his owne bullocke, and the other Goat, whole lot was to die : v.11. 15,2o. In the means time, after the calling of thefe lots; the Hebrews fay , that the Pria} bound a long piece (theycall it a tongue) ffearlet, of twojhek,els weight uposs thebead of the Scope -goat, and fit him before the place f his fen- ding away ; and the other which'wat to be k lied, before the place of his tilling, and then be killed the Sin - oaring bullock, which war forhitnfelf, Maimony in Iom. ba- kip. ch.3. fe &.4. and Taint. in lama, c.4. te make atonement] as the Goat which was flaire , was for atonement or expiation, v.16,07. fowas the live -goat 9 il...i1114,.
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