NUMBERS XIX. Grceke tranflateth,they fhallbring; and fo after,they i (ball flay; as If,not Eleazar himfelf,but fome other at his appointment did it.And thewords follow- ing, be fbal flay her before bitface , fee= to imply fo (much,that tome other man did gay her before E- 1 leazers face. And it is frequent in Scriptures to make one the doer of a thing,which he coalman- ' deth to be done;as Pilate gave the body of Chrift to Iofeph,Mark,1 5'45that is commanded it be given, Matth. 27. 58. See the Annotations o Exod. 7.1 7. Gen. i 9. 22. and 48í2z. without the campe] which figured Chrißs fteffering with- out the gatesofJerufalem, Hebr.13:II,12. So in ages following, they butned this heiffer without Ierufalem ,, as in the Hebrew records it is faid, Thy burne not the Heir , but without the mountain of the bamfe (ofGod,) at it is written , And he [ball bring her firth without the campe, (2iumtb. 19.3.) and they tali to burne it on mount Olivet. Maimony in Pharah, ch.3.fetï.t.Without the Campe, malefa&orswere to be pato death, Levit.24.1 o. Num.15. 36. onefba l flay ber] affranger (or other man) did flay her, and Eleazar beheld it, faith Sol. larcbionthis place. So in verfe 5. he (ball burne the heir, inhis yes; that is, another man lhall burne her in Elea - zars fight : which is confirmed by ver.7,8. where firft the Priefl(Eleazar) is commanded to wafh his cloathes, and after, hee that burned her was to wafh his cloathest fo that thefewere divers men. Hence alfo the Hebrews ley, They may not flay two red heirs at once, for it it written, And he Pall flay her. Maim. in Pbarab, chap.4. fe &.I . 4 Verle 4. with his finger] figuring the finger, that is,the Spirit of our PrießChrift Jefils,whereby he hath fprinkled the way for us into heaven, and our hearts from an evill confcience, that we may have accelfe thither by his bloud,Ileb.9.22,23,24 & 10.19, ao,a2. For as the finger of God, -Luke I I. 20. is interpreted the Spirit of God, Mat. x2.28. fo the finger of the Prieß here,fignified the Spirit of our high Priefi Chrift,by the powerwhereof,onr way is prepared into the kingdome of G O D, through the applying and fprinkling of his owne blond, Heb.sa.24.& 10.19. I Pet.1.2. I Cord. a i. The Hebrews gather from this precept, that it was unlawful! to receive the blood in a zef bill, beeaufe it it fait, the Priefl(hall takeofher blond with bitfinger. Maim. in Pharah, chap.4. fe&. 4, diretily before the Tent] that is, towards the fore- part,9rdoore of the Tabernacle. The Prièß ßood without the campe, where the heiffer was flame and, there fprinkled towards the San &uarie feven times, (which is a full and complete number,as is noted on Levit.4.6.) and that place being a figure of Heaven,Heb. 9.24. this fprinkling thitherward, typed out how liberty Ihould be procured for Gods people, to enter into the holieff by the blond of le-, feo, by the new and living way, which he hash eonfeeerated for ou, Heb.10.19,29. By theHebrew Canons, If be fprinkled (the blond) and not towards the SanLlua- rie, it was unlanfrtll. Likewife, if he did flay or borne ber, and not over againff the Santluarie , it war unlaw- full. Maim. in Pharah, chap.4. fe&.5. 5 I Verf.5. one(ball burnt] that isifome (ball burne in Eleazars fight; or, Eleazar (hall caufe it to be burnt before his eyes. For another man burned it, as appearetll by v. 8. whereforeTbargum Iona - than explaineth it, another Priefi Jhall burne. The burning of the heiffer without the campe, figured how lefus , that he might fanflii ie the people with hit owne blond, lhould Mir without the gate (of lerufa- km) Heb. 13. I i, I2. VerI6. Cedar wood] this, with the hyffope and fcarlet following, were tiled in the cleanfing of Lepers that were healed, Levit. a 4.4. See the An- notations on that place. The Cedar is one of the greateft and talleß trees (oppofed to the hyffope as the loweft, t King. 4.33.) it is durable wood and rotteth not, being choife (or excellent) Song 5. 15. figuring the perpetual) efhcacie of the death of Chrift, who by one offering bath }erfelled for ever them that are fanilified, Hebr. Io. 14. yzop] or bjfpe, whereof fee Exod. 12.22. As here it was burned with the heiffer,fo after in v.18,a fprinkle wasmade with it, figuring the vertue and odour of Chrift death, to purge our fins , and to fprin- kit our hearts from an evil! confeience, Heb.1.3. and I o. 22. fearlet] or , twice died fcarkt , called in Hebrew Sheni thelagnath; whereof fee Exod. 2 5.4, This bloody colour foneetime fignifieth Sirmes, Efa.a.t8. and it is thedeath and blond ofChrift, that cleanfeth us from all fin, Rom. 6. to. t Joh. 1. 7. the preaching hereof maketh the lips like a shored of farlet, Song 4.3. into the midfl ofhee burning] The manner of burning this heifer in the ages following, is delcribed by the Hebrews thus : They made a banke (or caufey) from the mountaine of the houfe of God (in Ierufalem) unto mount Olivet ; [the mountaine which our Lord Jefus ufed to frequent,Luke 21.37. Joh.s8. 2. whither he went the night that he was betray- ed to death, Luke a 2.3 9,4o, &c. and it was over a- gainff the Temple, Mar.13.3. and from thence,after his refurre&ion, he afcended tip into heaven,A&. 1.9,-12.] and the heitfer,and he that burned her, and all that ail-tiled him in the burning of her, went out of the mount of the Temple, unto mount Olivet, upon that banke. The Elders of If- rael :rent before them on their feet to mount Olivet, and there ware place to baptife (or wafh) in: and the Priefi and they that a /lied him to harm the beiffir, went on the banke, and came to mount Olivet, &c. and the Elders impofid their bands upon the Priefi, and faid unto him, wafb once. He went down and waft- ed, and came up and wiped himfelfi. And there was wood laid in a row, wood of Cedar, and O&e, and Fiore- tree, and Fig -tree, which they took and made a pik of; like a tower, &c. and the fore part was towards the Weft; [that was towards the Temple.] Them they blond the he ffer, and laid ber upon the pile of wood, with her head to the South, and her face to the Weft ; and the Friefl flood on the Eaf1 -fide, with hie face to the Weft. He killed ber with hit right hand, and took the blond in bis left land, and fprinkled with the finger of his right hand, of the blond that woo in the palms of hit left band, fven times towards the moll holy place (of the Temple.) At every fprinkling, he dipped bit finger in the blond, and the refirhte of the blond 6
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