loti The portions for NUMBERS X VI 11. the Prielîs. the firffling ofa (heepe , or the firftling ofa goat thou (halt not redeeme, they are holy: their blood thou fbalt fprinkle upon the Al- tar ,and their fat thou (halt burne , far a Fire - offering , for a favour of ref! unto Jehovah. 18 And the flefh of them fhall be thine : as the wave breaft, and as the right (houlder, (hall 19 it be thine. All the heave-offrings of the ho- lythings , which the fonnes ofIfrael !hall offer untoJehovah,! havegiven to thee,and to thy fons, and to thy daughters with thee, by a ftatute for ever it is a covenant of fait for ever before Jehovah , to thee and to thy zo feed with thee. And Jehovah faid unto Aaron; Thou (halt have no inheritance in their land , neither (halt thou have a part a- mongthem; I am thy part, and thineinheri- z t tance,among the fons of Ifrael. Andto the fonnes of Levi , behold I have given all the tenth in Ifrael, for an inheritance , for their fervice which they ferve , the fervice ofthe zz Tent of the congregation. And the fonnes of Ifrael (hall not come nigh henceforth,un- to the Tent of the congregation , to beare z3 finne, to die. But the Levite,he (hall ferve the ferviceofthe Tent of the Congregation; & they (hall beare their iniquitie: it !ball be a ftatnte for ever throughout your generati6s, that among the fonnes of Ifrael they (hall 24 not inherit any inheritance. But the tithe of the fonnes of Ifrael,which they fhall offer up unto Jehovah , for an heave- offering,I have given to the Levitesfor an inheritance: ther fore I have faid unto them ; among the fons of Ifrael they (hall not inherit any inheritâce. 25 And Jehovah fpake unto Mofes , faying; 26 And unto the Levites thou (halt fpeake, and fay unto them; When ye rake of the fons of Ifrael the tithe,whichI have given unto you from them,for yourinheritance,then ye Thal offer up thereof, the heave-offring of Jeho- vah,thetithe of the tithe. And your heave- 7 offering (hall be counted unto you as the corne of the threfhing floore, and as the'ful- x8 neffe of the wine-preffe. Thus you alfo (ball offer the heave.offering of lehovah, of all your tithe which ye receive of the fonnes of lfrael,and ye fhall givethereofthe heave - offering of Jehovah, to Aaron the P rieft. 29 Out of all your gifts ye !hall offer every heave_offring oflehovah,of all the fat ther- 3o of,the hallowed part thereofout ofir. And thou (halt fay unto them; When ye have heaved the fat thereof from it then it (hall be counted unto the Levites ,as the revenue ofthe threfhing floore, and as the revenue of the wine-preffe. And ye (hall eat it in every place; you, and your houfe:for it is a reward unto you for your fervice in the Tent of the congregation. And ye fhall not beare fin for it , when ye have heaved the fat therof from it : and ye (hall not profane the holy things ofthe fops of Ifrael, that ye die not. Annotations. 31 3z SAid unto Aaron] Becaufe of the peoples feare and complaint,in the end ofthe former chap- ter, God here taketh order for the watch ofthe San &nary,that the cafe thereoflhould lie upon the Priefts, that the people might not tram reffe and perifh. So the remedie for terrours of con - fcience, wrought by the Law , is faith in Chrift, whofe Prieflhood was fore- íhadowed in Aarons, and which íhould deliver them who through fears of death , were all their lit -time fubie£f to bondage, Heb.x.I 5. thy fathers bottle] the houfc or po- fterity of Levi , who was father to all the Priefts and Levites. the iniquitieof theSanúuary]that is, fhall beare the puuifhment for all iniquitie that is dons in the Sanauarie ; at your hands will I require it. Thus Iarchi eitpoundeth it ; Vjion you I will bring the punifbment of the ftrangers that Thall finne concerning the fano'ified things that are delivered unto you. And as the Sanl'duarie comprehended both the Tabernacle and the Court-yard, with all things in then : fo this is generally fpoken concerning the Priefts and Levites ( which were ofAaronsfatleershostfe,) who were all toward the Sanauari4,though in diftinet places as fhall after bee ( hewed. iniquitie ofyourPriefthood ] that is, the punifhnsent for all iniquitie done about your Priefts office. And this is fpeciall concerning the Priefts, whole care and chargewas over the Le- vites alto, Which might ngt come neere Ionic things belonging to the Priefthood. R. Mena- chetn here faith, that By this admonition was fgnifi- ed,haw the Prieftsfhould not intermeddle with the ferviee of the Levites, nor the Levites with the fervtce of the Priefts. Whereof fee more on verf! 3. Vert 2. the tribe] The Hebrew here bath two z words, lidatteb (the tribe) of Levi , and Sheba (the tribe)oftlyfather: of which, the formerlignifieth a Pfaff; the latter, a rod: both of theta applied to a tribe or ]Zinced, which did fpring and grow out of Levi,as rods,ftaves or branches from the ftocke of a tree. Of this name tribe , fee what is noted on Gen. 49. 16. that they may be joined] or, and let them be joined ; As the Greeke tranflateth , and let them be added unto thee. Here is an allufion to Le. vies name, which fignifieth jayned The Father Levi had the ttame,becaufe at his birth his mother Paid, Now my hufbandwill be joined unto me, Gen. 29. 34. his children (called of him Levites) are ac- cording to the notation of their name, matte Ad- halts to the Priefts. And this word is after tiled and applied to fuch as adjoyned`themfeves to the Lord,aitd to his people , Efai 5 6.3.6. Ier, yo. 5 . El/b.
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