16 17 18 19 20 at 22 NUMBERS XI X, clean. And whofoever touchette in the face of the field ,one that is flaine with the fword, or a dead body,ora boné ofa man,or a grave, he (hall be uncleane fevendaies. And they Ihall take for the uncleane perfon, ofthe duff of the burnt hei fer of purification for (inne; and he 1hä1 put thereto living water in a ver- fell. And a cleane man (hall take by(fope, and dip it in the water, and (hall fprinkle it upon the Tent, and upon all the velfels, and upon the foules which were there, and up - on him that touched a bone, or ern flaine,or one dead, or a grave. And a clean perfon (hall fprinkleupon the uncleane, in the third day, and in the feventh day; and he (hall pu- rifie hin; felfe in the feventh day, and fhall wafh his cloathes, and bathe (his Alb) in water, and (hall be cleane at evening. And the man that (hall be uncleane, and (hail not purifie himfelfe, that foule (hall even be cut off from among the Church, becaufe hee hath defiled the SanEìuarie of Jehovah ; the water of feparation bath not beene fprink- led upon him, he is uncleane. And it (hall be unto them for a flatute for ever ; and he that fprinkleth the water of reparation, (hail wafh his cloathes; and he that toucheth the water of reparation , fhalf be uncleane until! the evening. And whatfoever the uncleane perfon toucheth, (hall be uncleane ; and the foule that toucheth, (hall be uncleane un- till the evening. AnnVotions. D Here is the 39. Senion of the Law, af- ter the Hebrews account : fee Gen.6.9. 2 THe ordinance] or, the flenure , eonffitution, the prefcript ordinance; in Greeke, the diilin£ lion of the Law. As in the former Chapter God gave order for his IVJinifters, the Tribe of Levi, by whom the fervice in his Tabernacle fhould be performed,and his people (hould conic neere un- to him, to offer all their facrifices : fo here hee giveth a Law for all men generally , how they Ihould be purified from their uncleannes, when - foever they were to come into his Sannuarie with their facrifices, and for the fervice of his holy Majeftie; that their hearts might be confir- med in his grace, againft their owne infirmities. take into thee] that is, take and bring unto thee :Yee the like phrafe in Gen.; 5.9.& Ex.25.a. & Levic. 24.2. This heifer was taken of the peo- ple, to (hew the intereft that they all had in it; and by faith,in that which it figured,Chrift. a red heiffer] fhargum Jonathan addeth, a threeyeer- ling : fo in the Hebrew Canons they fay, It is com- manded that the red hour beof the thirdyeere, or of the 117 fourthjeere, and it my be older. Maimony in Pharab a- dtsmmah (or treat. of the lied heifer) ch. r. fen. 1. Pert¿{] in Greeke, without bkm. As all fa- crifices were to be unblemifhed, Lev. az. CO this; but the perfe&ion here fpoken.of, the Hebrews referre to the colour alto, that it be perfiti in red: nefe, beeaufi if it have but two haires blacke,it a tnlaw- full, faith Sot larchi. The fame is affirmed al fo by Maimony, If it have two haires white, or black, &c. it is to be refried. Mailman, in Pharah, ch. . feft.2. no bkmífh] If it bath bad a wenn (or wart). and it be cut off, though red haire bee growne in the place, yet is it difaliowable. All blemifbes that difable the holy things, difable this heiffer. If it have beene cut out ofthe mothers body, or ',eerie the price of a dog, or hire of an whore, (Deuteronomie 23. iS.) or beetle torne, or been abufed by mankind, (Leviticus 20. 15.) it it unlaw- full. For whatfoever maketh holy things unlawfst/l for the A tar, maketh the heir eenlawfttll. Maim. in Plea - rab, clt;r. fe&.6,7. yoke] that is,which hath not beene ufed of men for any worke : and tó(s is pe- culiar to this heifer for other facrifices were not difabled by the yoke, or any worke, fave the heiffer for expiation of murther, Deuter. a e. 3. nit heir excelleth other holy things, fir worke done by it, difableth it. As the yoke pie of, concerning the brit fer, (Deuter.2 r.)' maktb all other worke like theyeke : fi in this bear , &c. But theyoke difabletb ber, whether it be in the time of working , or not : whereat other works difable her net , fave in the time of working. As, if one binde a yoke upon her , although fbe bath not plough- ed with it , (he it unlawfu8: but if one took ber in to tread out corn, (as Deuteron. 25. 4.) (he if not made difallowable , untili he tread out Borne with her and fo in all like cafe' s. Maim. in Pharab, ch. y. fed. 7. As other facrifices of beafts prefiguredChrift,fo this in fpeciall figured him ; red, in his humane nature and participation of our afi &ions, Efa. 63. 1,2. Heb.a. s 4i17,18. perfeti and without ',/erne(', offin, both in his nature and anions, Luke 1.35.1 Pet. 1.19. & 2.22. withoutyoke, as being free from the bondage of fin and corruption, and from fervi- ttide to the ordinanceof men in religion, and as doing voluntarily the things that pertained to our redemption, Lam.1.14.Joh.8.33,34,35,36. 1 Tim. 6.1. r Cor.7.23 joh.Io.17,18. Verfe 3. unto Eleazar hee was Aarons forme, and by doing this worke, he was uncleane; v. 7. wherefore Aaron himfelfe , who was the high Prieft, did it not. Hence the Hebrews fay, that An ordinary Prieft was ft for to berm the heifer: for it a faid, Give ber ants leazar the Priefi andyet Aa- ron himfelfe was living. And by word ofmouth we have been taught , that this woe done by Eleazar; and all other heifers (were done) either by the high Price , or by a common Prieft. And be that did le, war arayed with the fore ornaments of a common Priefi, whether be were the high Friefi, or an ordinarie Priefi that did it. Maimony in Pharab, chapter r. fenion 1 r, la, It figured, that the worke of our redemption and purification from finne,thouldbe the worke of Chrifts Prieftly office, Hebrews 9. 9,13, 54. He in performing the truth of this type, was both Prieft and facrifice. be/lsoll bring] The Greeke 3 m.+
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