NUMBERS them their portion there. And if (the Priefls) come not, then he fepardeth it , and leaved, it in the corne- free. And if there be wilde beafis or mattl tbabmiU ddevoure it there, and there bee none to keepe it from them , our wife-men have ordained, that they fhanld thn bring it to the citie and be payed of the Priest for thebringing of it. For f he feparat a it , and leave it for doe beefs, he profamtb the name (of God.) Maimony in 7rumotb, chap. t 2. feet. 17. For the pm/fife of thefe ordinances, fee Nehem. 10.35,-39. how the people brought their fir!- fruits and Tithes to the houle of God. which thg fha!! give] The Law faith not how much they should give, but leaveth it to the peoples liberalitie. Howbeit, in Ezek.45.13. it is written, Volt is the Heave-of ering whi obyeJloail heave t; the fixtb artofantpbabofau Homer of Wheat, &c. that was the fixtieth part; for an Homer contained ten Ephahs, Ezek. 45. II. whereupon the wife-men of *reel ordained that none should give for his fir! - fruits, Idle than the fixtieth part. The great Heave - offering bath no fet meafure by the Law; for it it fold (in Dent. 18.4.) The,firif (fruits) of thy corn, &c, But a man may not feparate , fave according to the meafure which our wife- I men have feet, &c. And what meafure is that ? A goad eye [that is,a liberali perfon] Out offorty, and a mean (eye) one of fifty ; an evill [eye, that is, a niggard] I one offixty. And be may votive lef fe than one offxty. Maimony in Trumoih, ch.l. fe&.t,2. The like ntea- füre they fet for the other Firft- fruits brought into the Sin &uary. IIaimon' in Bimini (or Firf- i fruits) ch.s. fe &.1 7. See the notes on Exo.22.2 9. According hereunto is that faying often. Syrach, give the Lord his honour with a good eye , and diminifh not the fir{i- fruits of thine bands , Eccluf.35. 8. unto I Jehovah] They were given unto the Lord; in that ¡they were given by his appointment to his Priefts, for their anointing (ver. 8.) and fervice in his Sanauary: therefore they were holy. For this caufe the Priefts were not to receive then' after any bafe or fervile manner, bsit as gifts due to the Lord, and to them from him ; and as the Hebrew Canons (hew, the Ifraelites were to give them their portion with honour. And it was unlawful! (for the Priefts or Levites) to fnatch away the heave - offerings, or the Tithes : yea if they did a1¿e their portion With their mouth , it was unlawful!, but they were to re- ceive them with honour. For at the Lords T able they did eat , and at hit Table they did drink; thefegifs were the Lords, and he did sauehfafe them unto them; as it it written, I have given unto thee the charge of mine heave. offwings, (Numbers 18.8.) Maimony iiiTrutitoth, chap. 12. fea.18, &c. given unto thee] mutely, for the Prie! to cat, drinke, and anoint himfelfe with them , according to the ordinary ufe of the creatures. The (great) Heave - offering is given for meat, and f r drinke, and f r anointing : for, anointing is at drinking, as it is faid, And let it enter at water habit inward part, and at pile into his bones, (Pfa1.109.18.) And drinking is comprehended under eating; that be is to eat that which is wont to be eaten, and drinke that which it-went to be drunk, and anoint with that which they nie to anoint with, not with wine or vinegar. But they anoint with vile that it eleaa, and borne (in XVIII. lamps) that which it undeane. Maim. in Trumotb, ch. a I. left. 1. Who they were that might eat, and who might not eat of theft Heave-offerings , is (hewed in Levin. 22. 3, &c. Verf 13. The Firlt- fruits] Thefe were another 13 gift, which the people brought into the Santtua- rie, made confeftion over thetn to the Lord, and then gave them to his Prie! : whereof fee Deut. 26. z, &c. Thefe were paid before all other du- ties, beforethe great Heave -offering forementio- ned, or the Tithes after fpoken of in ver.2 t. The Hebrews fay, When men feparate the Heave-offering, and the Tithe, they are to fe arate them in order : as,be feparateib the Finn-finite [fpoken of in Deut. 26.] firsi ofall; and after them, the great Heave tiring; and after that, the fir fiTWin [which was given to the Levites, verf. 21.] and afer that the fecendTithe , or Tithe of the poore, [whereof fee Deut.14. 22,23,28, 29.]Mains. inTrumotb, ch. 3.fe&.23. fbaieat it] in breeke, fbai eat them. Of the cleane perfon in the Priefts houle, fee v.sr. The eating of thefe firfi-fruits,was to be onely in lerufalem, the holy Cide : and wbafever eateth of thatgifi wherein boli- nef fe is, blef ith (God) who fanfhifiedthem with the fan - Iliftcation ofAaron, and commanded them to eat fo or fo. Maim. in Bieeurim, eh, I. fea.2. Verf..14. devoted thing] in Hebr. Cherem: of this the Hebrews fay , force things were devoted ab- folutely ; and fuch are fpoken of here, and given to the Priets : force things were devoted in fpe- all unto God, or to his San&uarie; and they, or the price of them, went to the San&uarie. Lee the Annotations on Levit. ch.zy. ver.28, &c. fball be thine] The ufe of theft is not refrained to the San &uary; or holy Citie, or to the Prieftsa- lone; but (by the Hebrews) thefe were the Priests due in every place, and were common things. Mailman' in Biccurim, ch. a. fe&.7. Verle 15. that opener, the womb¢] Hebr. every opening ofohowombe; which the Greeke tranflateth, every thing that opener, every wombe (or matrie. ) Hereby the first -borne onely is meant, as the Law fheweth in Exod. t 3. z, and fuch as were males, Deut,15.19. Exod.34.19. redeeming thou(halt redeem] that is, thou ltalt furely, or in any cafe redeeme: the father was to give,the Prteft to take the redemption money. It figured the redempti- on of Gods people,called the Church oftbefirfl'born, whichare written in heaven, Heb. t 2.23. who are not redeemed with corruptible things , sr filver and gold , &c. butwith theprecito t blood ofChrif , s Pet.1.18,19. So being bought from among men,they are the Fiefs fruits unto Goland to the Ldmbe,Rev.14.4. oftbe =clean beef] this is tranflated in Greeke,cfanekane beafis, as implying all forts, elfewhere the Law inentio- neth the AA , it may be för an in(tance.Exo.13.13. & 34.2o." But the Hebrews fay, The nndcane beaff token of here , is the Affe only. Maim. in Big-swim, chap. l 2. fe&.3. t to fhalt reekeme] the Affe was to be redeemed with a Lambe, or elfe the owner was to brtake the necke of the Affe : fee the notes on Exodus 53. 13. and 54. no. The Hebrews fay, Theft two Commandements (of redeeming it with a Lambe, or of breaking the necke of it) were 14 i5
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