NUMBERS XV. a I' Vert 21.yee Thal give ] The repeating of the commandement,dtewcth it to be of importance; and though the Prielt had it , yet was it given to the LO R D, whole bleffing therefore was promi- fèd to the obCervers of this Law, Ezck.44. 30. And as all things giuen unto (.;od, were to bee holy , pure and cluine ; fo of this the Hebrewes Write , A man may not make his dough inunclea»neffe at all; but is to be admonifhed, and muff be careful! :bat hee he clean, both bee and his vegls , that bee may fepa- rate a pure cake. Maiming in Biccurim. chap.9. far I. Mister] or , through,ua firer , in 3I1 ages : wherefore this ordinance was kept by If- rael , after they were returned out of. Babylon, Nebem. io. 37. And betides that all their bread was fanftified unto them by thefe firft- fruits, and God was honoured , by whole word man lived'', and not by bread only , Petit. 8.3. it feemeth to have a fürt,rer- fignificatìon of the chofen people of God, as Paulapplyeth this phrafe of the firh- fruits,andof the lump of dough,uuto the Bate of Ifrael Rom. r r. 16. as the Prophet (peaking of the firti- fruits allo faith, If/ael washolineffi to the LO RD the ftrff fruits of bra increafe ; all thst ea :e him,Jhal -be guilty, arc. Tcr.2.3. And thus the Iewes of old underftood this commandement of the Cake, that it fagnif ed in my/Brie the congregation of Ifrael, cal- led the ftrff- f. nit! of the world; which when it is put into the oven that burneth with the fire of the hod bleffid God, it ie neceff-ary to feparate therefrom a cake, that it be not partaker of fetere judgement; and therefrom is a blefing refrved in the world, (Ezek.44.30) R. Me- nachem on Numb., 5. 22 Vert 22. when gee fbáll have finned ignorantly] or, if gee have erred, that i ; done t /nadvifedly of igno- rance, errour , or over-fight ; whereto is oppo- fed finning wish 077 high band, verle 36. See the an- notations on Levit.4.2. As in thexvvoformer Lawes, the Lord repeated and inlarged the do- Etrines of faith, and of good workes : fo here he doth the like concerning the forgiveneffé of fins, which his people through infirmity do fall into; that all the chiefe points of Chrillian religion, are here renewed unto them. haven( done all] The words of this Law differ from the former in Levit. 4.2. 13. which fpakc of doing that which Jhotdd not be done ;whereas this fpeáketh of not d. ing all which fhould be done. There allo, the fa- crifice,wh ic h the congregation fhould bring,was a Bullocke for a Sin - offering , Lev.4. 41.. here (in verfe 24:) they are willed to bring a Bulock fir a Burntroffring andagoat- bucke, fir a Sin- offering. Whether is this differeoce,in refpeff of the cont- mandements, forbidding evi II workes, and re. gniring good , as the words feeme to import ? Or, as the Hebrewes expound it, doth this here refpe &the fin of idolatry only? Or, as others Underhand it,is that for all the tribesgenerally, and this for the feverall tribes, cities and towns as they were fevered in the land of Caanan? Or is this (in myfterie) an increafe of the facrifice in Canaan ; as in prophefie of the dayes of the Go- fpell, the Meat and 17ririke-offerings (which Chriltlans fhould fpiritually offer with their fa- 93 crifices)are of greater quantity,than thole which were offered under Molès, Ezek46.5.11. comps- red with Numb. 5.4,5,6,7, and al zo. &c. Verf. 23. Even all] This fheweth the large ex- tent of this Law, and the weight thereof, by re- peating things fo exprefly. The Hebrewes,which underhand this of idolatry only , fay, that that one commandement, it at all the commandcments, &c. and that this fhewetb, that wbofievet projeffitb idolatry, x at if hce denied all the Law wholly, and all that the Pros. poets have prophefied ; as it is written A N D HENCE FORWARD: Sol. Iarchi on Numb. 15. and Mainlony tom.,. treat. of Idola- try, cbap.2. feíE4, , Vcrl. 24, by ignorance] inGreeke, unwillingly. : fee Levit.4.z. from the eyes] underlfand,bidden from the rryes, as is expreffed in Lev.4 13, This the Hebrew Do&ors underhand of things errone- oufly taught by the governours, and pra&ifed by the people, concerning idolatry ; as is (hewed in the annotations on Lcvit.4. 1 3. and Co Sol. Iarcbi expoundeth here this place. (hall make ready] that is, fbail Or for a facrifice, Levit.4.14. And this the Hebrewes underhand not of one facrifice for the twelve tribes,but for every tribe fo much. If the erraur bee in Idolatry, that they (the gover- nouns) have erred , and taught it ; they bring a Boil - leeke for a Burnt -ori, , and a goat-bucke fir aSin- offering, fir every tribe and this oblation it that which it f¢oken of in. Numb. , 5. faith Maimeny in Shega- gotb,chap.rm. eeii.i. and T sinned inHorajoth,ehap.z. See the notes on Lçvit.4.14. This expofition for the number , easy feeme probable , bccaule the people returned from captivity, offered for all If- raeL, in Burnt -offerings twelvebullock!: , and twelve goat - bucker for a Sin -offering, according to the num- ber of the tribes, Ezr.8.35. youngling] Hebr. finne fehe herd: a bullocke was alwayesof the fecond yeare or upward : fo, the goat -bucke following. Burnt - ofring] which fignified atonement and fan&tification by the death of Chrift, as is lhewed on Lev, . of r j] that is,of fweet finel,as the Greek tranflateth: the Chat- dee faith,to be accepted withfavour be fire the L 0 R D. to the manner j or , right, ordinaoi e: Hebr. to the . judgement: meaning, the mealhre prefcribed of God, inv.9. to. fir a Sin- offering] in t;reeke, fir fin.This word in Hebrew is written with want of a letter, which el fewhere ufually is exprelfed : whereupon Sol. Parchi noteth, that it it not at other Sin-offering' ; for all Sin- oerings that are by the Law brought with the Brunt-offering, the Sin- offring io before the Burnt-offing, at it It fair, (in Levit.5. t o.) And the /Wend bee fhall make a Burnt- offering, but Ibis Burnt - offering it before the Sin - offering. The manner offering this Sin-offering was like the bullocke, inLevit 4. it was killed in the courtyard, the blood was carried into the San&túary, & fprink- led (even tintes before Lord ; the fat was burned on the Altar in the court -yard; and the body of the beanwas carried forth, and burnt without the campe: fo figuring Chrift, who fhould bee flail for the finites of his people,and by his own blood enter into heaven;his body being crucified With- 2 24 imuRAwnlll II®1
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