NUMBERS Xv III. of force in'every place, and at every time : and the com- mandementof redeeming it , war befre the commande- mmt ofbreakmg the neck of it. The Lambe wherewith it war redeemed, was given to the Prier , Numbers 18. 15. The fir it -borne Ay was unlawfull to be ufed (or made profit of) till it were redeemed. And if he fold it before it were redeemed, the price ofit was unlawful!, &e. Priers and Levites are freed from redeeming the firr`i- borne Af ; for it is Paid (in Numbers i 8.15.) The fir fl-borne of man, and the frill- borne of the tmdeane bear, thon fhalt redeemer Whofòever war charged to re- deeme the firfl -borne ofman, was likowifefor the unclean beat : and he that mar free from the one, wefreefrom the other. Maim. in Bicneeim, cha.12. See other things noted hereabout, on Exod.34.2o. 16 Verf.06. Redeemed of him] orofthem, meaning the men fore- fpoken of: the Greek tranflateth,the redemption of him : and Thargum lonathan addeth for explanation, of the fn of man. from a month old] Hebr. from the fn of a moneto. See the Annota- tions on Levis. 27. 6. the fiver of five hockels] 'that is, five fbeliele offilver. This f sm was before gi- ven for every rft -horn, N001.3.4546. twenty Gerahs] T hegerab weighed 16. barley-comes, the fhekel of the San&uary (or holy thekel) weighed 320. barley-eornes, as is before noted on Levit. 27.25. The Hebrews hold, that this redemption of the loran, might be either with money, or moneyes worth, fo as it wereofmoveablegoode, but not with lands, nor with fervants , nor with bills (or writings;) and if he redeemed his forme with them, he war not redeemed. Maimony in Biccurim, chap. is. fe&. 6. Now be- caufe the tribe of Leviwas taken inleadof all the firft -borne of Ifrael,Numb. 3. therefore they and their feed were free from this redemption: and fo the Hebrew Canons fay, Priefsand Levites are freed from the redemption of their formes. And further, Ian Ifrachte that commeth ofa woman ofLevi, ic free ;fir the cafe depended.: not on the father, but on the mother ; at u it Paid, That which openetb the wombe, &c. Maim. ibidem, chap. 0 1. felt. 9. 171 Vert 17. the firfiling] or, the firú- borne: in Greeke, the firlïlingsofcomes, &c. underftand,being a male firftling,as Ex.34.19. otherwife it was not fanâified, pr given to the Prief!. Alrrflling which is both male andfemale, bath no holinef e in it at all; but io ar a female, whereto the Prief bath no right. Mai- moray in Becororb, eh. 2. fe&. 5. fhalt not reeleeme] thou milt not give the worth of it, or any other for it; but the beart it felfe is to be given: neither may the owner Life, or make profit ofit, orof the wooll,or any thing thereon,Dent./ 5.09, they are holy] and therefore mull be hallowed (or fan - ftified) to theLord, Exod. 13. 2. The Hebrews fay , A man is eomtnanded to finis fee the pit -borne of his cleave bear ; and to fay, Behold this ie holy. Al are bound (to faáiiifie) the killing of a clean, beat; boti Prieft, Levites, and !fraelites: although the fir filing is the Priers. If he hcea frilling borne, he it to offer the blood and fat (on the Altar) and to eat the ter of the fief!.+, ar,ording to the Lawof the Fir filings. Mains. in Becho;oth, ch. 1. fe&. 4, 7. a favour of ter] that is, as the Greek tranflateth, offweet finell; which the Ch ldee explaineth, that it maybe ac- 1.13 refired with favour befre the LO K D. But if it h were blemifhed, is might not be offered by the Layyiiveviticns 22. 20, 21, &c. What did they thedaWith their blemifhed firllliugs? The Law theweth in Deuteronomie 15. and the Hebrews explain it, The frilling ofthe cleatee bear is flaine in the Court yard (of the Sanfuarie) ere other light holy things : they ffrinklle the blood, and burn the fat and the refidue oftbe fefh is eaten ly she Priers. If the finis- ling have a blems fh, whether it be borne with bis blem Jh, or a b/emifb fall on it after it is perfefí, yet it is the Prief s. If he will, he may eat it in any place , or he may fill it,pr fedot(eers with it,wbom be will, though it be an Heal hen : far tt is acommon thing; at it it bitten (in De ateronomde 15.21,2 z.) And ifsbere be any ble- mfo therin,&e. thou (halt eat it within thy gates; the un- clean and the clean fhall eat it alike, as the Roe-buck, and ar the Hart : and lee that is the P riefis goods. Mahrrvrry in Bechorotb, chap. I. felt. 2, 3. _. Ver.:8. Of the wave broil] the parts of the Peace- offerings given to the Priefis, Leviticus 3.34. See alto before, on verfe I1, Vert 19. All the heave-offerings] the Greeke and Chaldee expound it, Every fiparated thing. This conclufion implieth all other holy gifts, expref fed in other places of the Law,though not parti- enlaced here. And this'fheweth Gods bounty to his Priefts , in allowing them fo large níeanes of livelyhoodt for their fervice of him ; that they might be ìneow:agedin the Law f the Lord; as is laid in z Citron. 3 I.4. There was none of them that did foot the dooms of Gods San&uarie, or !kindle fire on his Altarfor nought, Malachie 1. ro. And when the people negleßed their dude, in not gi- ving filch things as were appointed, then was the houfeofGod forfakee: and thegodly Governours looked to the redreffe hereof, Nehem, t . I o,1 r, 12, &c. The Hebrew 1}o &ors write of 24. feve- rall gifts, which God bellowed on the Priefts, with the order and ufeof them all. Foure and twenty gifts were given to the Prief s , and they are all ex- pref d in the Law : and concerning them ail, was the cove- nant made with Aaron. Andwhofever eateth of airy gift wherein holinef is , bleffth (God) who faneiified bim with the holine& of Aaron, and commanded him to eat fa and fo. Eight of theft gifts, the Prief s did eat no where but sra the Sanftuarie, within the wall of the Court- yard. And fivegifts they did not eat but in Jerufalem, within the walls ofthe citie. Andfive gifts were not due unto them by the Law, best in the land of Ifrael only. And five gifts were due unto them, both within the kmd, and without the land. And one gift was due unto them from the Sanftuarie. The eight gifts which they did root eat but-within the Sanfuarie, were theft : I The ref, of the Sin-offering whether foivb or bear, (Levit.6.2s,26.) 2 The fefhóf the Trefaffe-offering,(Lev.7.1,6.) 3 The Peace-offerings of the Congregation, (Levit. 23 09,20.) 4 The remainder of the Omer (or Sheaf! , Levis. 23. 10, &c.) 5 The remnants of the Meat - offerings of the Ifrae- lites, (Levit.6.16,) 6 The two Loaves, (Levit. 23. 17.) Kkkk 3 7 The i8 r9
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