Io II NUMBERS tyVjI! reftored to the Pricf,was of the common things, as after (hall be (hewed. Verf. 1 o. In the holy of holies] Observe how the Court of the SanEtuarie is here called the holy of holies , or molt holy place in refpeft of the Campe of Ifael, and citie lerufalem,, which were holy places , for the light holy things, as the Paffe- over, Peace- offerings,and the like, to be eaten in; as alto in coniparilon with the great court for the people which was without the Priefts eourt,z Chr. 4.9. Ezek. 42. 14. For that which is commonly called the holy of holies or moll holy place, (which was in the Tabernacle after the fecund voile) was not a place to eat in, or for any to cone into,fave for the high Prick once in the yeere to make at- onement,Lev.16. Heb.9.3,7. Neither might they eat in the Tabernacle, but in the Court; and that is here meant, as the Law fheweth, In the holy place, in the court of the Tent of the Congregation they (hall eat it, Levit. 6. 16. And in the Court of the Temple there were chambers for filch uses, Nehem.13.5, 9. whereupon in Ezek. 42.13. hee fpeaketh of holy chambers, where the Priefr that approach unto the L O RD , fball eat the mofi hob, things ; there fl all they lay the mall holy things , and the Meat -of ring , and the in-firing, and the Trejpafe -of ring, far the place is holy. And whereas. Eat(tel there prophefieth of the third Temple, the Temple of the Gofpel, which Chrill fhould build, at which time the le- gall Prielthood of Aaron (hould have an end, Heb. 7. these ordinances did fignifie (befides the Mi- nifters maintenance forelpoken of, I Cor. 9. 13, 14.) that they which (hould by Chrill be made Pricils unto God his Father,Rev.1.6. (as all true Chrillians area Pet.2.5,9.) ( hould be made par- takers of Chrif (who is both our Meat - offering, our Sin and Trefpaffe- offering;) and feeding on his fle(h by faith, should be nouri(hed unto life e- ternall, Joh.6.3 5,50,31. compared with Heb.13. 10, -15. every male] and not the female : for the Prieffs wives and daughters might not eat of the molt holy things, as they did eat of the holy and common things,v.r1,13,19. Lev. 6.18,29.8c 7.6. But now for our partaking of Chrift , there it nei- ther male nor female, for we are all one in Clarifi leftu, Gal.3. 28. holy] Hebr. holinef ; in Grecke, holy things fball theybe unto thee: meaning that only the Prieffs, and they in their holineffe and cleanneffe should eat thereof. The blemished Prieffs might eat, but the uncleane might not, Lev. 21. 21, 22. & 22.3,-6. Theflelh it felfe alfo muff be holy,for if any uncleane thing touched it,it was burnt and might not be eaten, Lev.7.19. Verf. t I. And this] Here hee paffeth onto the light holy things, which might be eaten by the Pricks, male and female, without the San &uarie. the beau-offering of their gift] that is , which the Ifraelites give to the Prick out of their heave -of- ferings: ftichwere(as larch; alto here explaineth) the heave-firing of the facrifice of eonfeffron , and of the Peace - offering, andof the Nae arites ram : whereof fee Lev. 7. 11,12, 14,32, 34.& Num. 6. 57,-2o. In Deut.12.6,1.7. there ismentioned the heave - fering of your hand, which is meant of thefirlï- .fruits fpo- It ken Olin Deut.z 6. See the Annotations on thole "-- places. the wave -offerings] as the breft of the Peace- offerings, Lev. 7. 3o, 3 1, 34. for that was waved, as the fnoulder was heaved. thy daugh- ters] underfand, whiles they remained in their fathers houle : but being married to strangers, they might not eat of the holy things; fee Lev.22 12,13. every cleave perfon] though the Pricks fanc, bought into, or borne in his houfc; but no ftranger, nor hired fervant,Leviticus 22. 10,11, neither might any uncleane person eat of it , Le- viticus 7. 20, 21. Verf..1 z. All the fat] that is, as the Chaldee ex- poundeth it, All the be ; which the Greeke Iran- flateth, All the firtlfruits. Thep: is often ufed for that which is good, and befit of things; not of beats onely, but of wheat,as Deut.3 z.14. Pra1.8 s. 57. & 147.14. and here, ofoik and wine; and fo of the land in generall;.as Gen.27.28. & 45.18, And as after God faith to the Levites, in ver. 30. when yee bap/. heaved the fat thereof: fo this concerned all the people, that they fhould doe the like. They heave not up arty, tut the fàiref; faith Maimony in Trumoth, eh.5. f.1. See the Annotations on Gen. 4, 4. the new tile] inGreeke,the tile: fo after,of the wine.The Law concerning thefh,is repeated in Deut. 18.4. thus ; The firll-fruits of thy corn, of thy new wine , and f tby new.oile, &c. fhalt thou give unto him, that is, tinto the Prick. Under thele three, all other of like fort are comprehended; which the Hebrews 'explaine thus : All mans meat that is kept, whichgrowetb out of the earth, is bound (to pay) the Heave-offering (or firft- fruits.) And ititacom- mandement to feparate out of it the firli- fruit: for the Priefi , Dent. 18.4. As corn , wine, pile are mans meat , and grow out of the ea: th , and have owners , as it is written , THY C O R N E :. fe rohatfoever is of like fart , is bo,md ( to pay ) the heave-firing, and like.wife the tithes. Maimony in Trumoth, eh. 2. f s. See after oh v.2 r . for the tithes. As for the fink,. fruits which the owners brought into the San- btuarie,Dent26.the Hebrewes fay, they were but of fevvn things only, as is noted on Ex.22.29. Ob- ferve therfore a difference between the firft fruits left for the Priells,and the firft- fruits brought be . fore the Lord and there given to the Prink : for thefe were two gifts,as after (hall be (hewed. the fall-fruits] called inHebrew, Refieb, that is, the fir( or the beginning: after in v. 3. he fpeaketh of fir(- /suits, called in Hebrew Biceurim; of them he faith, which shy f allbring woo Jehovah, to wit, into theSanftuarie according to the Law in Deut.26. 2,3,&c.ofthefc he faith,whicb they fh allgiveunto le- bovale;forthey were not bound to bring them out of their place , but the Pricks came where they were,and took them.Thefe(for di[tinftions fake) the Hebrewes call tbe great heave -offing; the other they call the fir ft -fi uits.So in this place, So1.Iarchi faith,thefir(l- fruits ofthem,this is the great heave -of r- ing.And ofthefe, the Hebrew Canons fay, The If raelites are not bound to take paler, about the heave-offer- ing, and to bring it front the corne -Hoore to the Ciit, or from the wildernef to the inhabited land; but the Priest Sae out to the Corne (stores, and the Ifraelites give K 2 them -
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