NUMB ERS XIX. in Greeke and Chaldee, the water of fj rirrkling.T his fignified, that when any have finned he cannot be cleanfed from it before God,by any of his owne workes, norfatisfie by his owne lùffhrings, but only by having his conscience fprinkled with the blood of Chrift by his fjiiritfor that is it which eleanfetb ste from allfume, r .Ioh. i .7. Heb.9. t 3.14. Verf. s4. bra tent] and fo by proportion ina houfe, as the Greeke here tranllateth it ; for a tent is named, bccaufe the people then dwelt in tents in the wilclernelfc. But for undeanneffe the Fie - brewes fay ,that onely a tent was uncleane,and to be fprinkled,as is after noted On verf. n 8. and all that it itì the tent]the pollution by the dead is in this refpeec àbove all other pollutions, as the He- brewes fay, he uncleamxr of the tent it nos like other unlearn u(by the dead only. And whether there come mto she t t (of Ike dead) man or veffell , or the dead be brought into the tent where rumor veflèá are, or thai thie dead bee with men,or reps under the fame tent they are unclean. Whether' bee come wholly into the tent of the dead, or come but fame part of him bee H unclean¢ by the tent. T hough hee doe but put in bit band , or the tops of hie fingers, &c. bee if all undeane, be. Whether the dead perfin bee an Ifraelite or an heathen, bee defiletb by being touched er carried , but an heathen defiletb not by tent. Thie it by tradition, fir hoe bee faith of the warn ofMidian, who- footer bath touched any Haire, Numb.31. t 9. andhee mentionetb not there the tent. Likewife an heathen is not made unclean by the dead but an heathen that touchetb the dead, or bearetb him , or commesb into the tent where ( the dead) is, lee bee is not as if hee had not touched him. And why ? becaufe bee it at a beaff that teeteheth the dead, be. And this le not for the dead only , but fir all otheruncleartne /s everyone, heathens and hafts are not made unclean¢ by them. Maim. in Tumath meth ,-chip. 1. fe£f.eo.r 1.12.13. unel¢anefeven ¿ayesj This is the ordinary time for the uncleannefle of men or of velfels that are defiled by the dead; but thofe which touch fisch a defiled man , are utt- Beane but until! evening, verfe 22. Verti 5. every open vela] The Chaldee tranfla- teth it , every open earthen velll ( or ve /ll of potters clay :) and fo the Hebrew Dobtors expound this Law, as Iarchi faith , The Scripture fpeakethof an earthen ve /ll which receiver, no unleanneffe in ¡heout- fideof it, but in the infide, be. SoMaimonyin Tumath meth, chap.a I. Of veffels and their un- cleannes, fee the annotations on Levit. i1.32.33. no covering brmnd upon it] in Gr. not bound with a bond upon it: by covering,fome underhand a cloth up- on it.The veffel was fo to be ftopped,that theaire of the tent might not goe into it:thenboth it and all things in it were cleane, otherwife they were unclean.From hence the Hebrewes gather alCo by proportion, that if another tent were within the tent of the dead,the things in it were clean, he- carafe they were hid or covered ;& likewife, if the unclean thing were fwallowed up by a living creature. But nothing putt up in veffels was free from uncleanneffe, except the veffell had a cove= ring bound upon it. Neither was any thing clean by being buried in the ground under the tent or L I I I hoof¢; be in the uppermift vefell , the man n umleane by bea- ring the earka f fe, and the zef llr upon hie band are all ' clean, faze the uppermoß veffeli which the unclean thing tourhetl ; and fe in alllike cafes, &c. There it no kind et liziig thing , which is defiled whites it ic alive, or that dab defile whiles it is alive, fave man only , and bee that i of Iliad, 6.c. A dead man defiled, not till bio feuke be departed f om him, at it is written, The foule of a man that la dead, Mamba 9.13. Adead untimely birth, &c. defiletti by touching, by bear$rg , and by tent, at. a great man which is dead; at it is written , Foe that toucbeth the &ad of any fade of man, Numb. 19.4 I. Likewife f Much at an alite of a deadmansflefh, either meift or dry as a poefherd, defileth at loth a whole dead man. A limbe cut offfrom a living man , ij at an whole dead man , anddefileth by touching , &.bearing, and by tent, thoughi:.bfi but a little limbe ofa child of a day old, &c. A !milefeparated from a dead mend.' let,elfoby touching , by bearing, and by tent, at dot, the dead man, &c.Maim.tom.3.in Tumath meth,ch. i.& a.Thefe and other the like legali pollutions , teach Gods people how careful they fhould be, that they de- file not themfelves with fin, or communion with dead & finfull works ; as the Apoftlelaith,Teach not the unclean thing , 2. Cor.6..17. Se not partaker of other mens flu ,keepethy felfepure, r Tim 5.22. Ia Verl: 12. Hee fhalpurifïehimfelfe] bfprinkling the forefaid water; as the Chaldeeexpoundeth ir, He(ball fprin (fe, the Greek, Hee floall be purified The originali word fignifieth to puriftefrom fin ; which fheweth that this outward uncleanness figured the pollution of the foule by fin,and the purification here commanded, fignified repentance from dead workes, and faith towards God, which purifietb the heart,Heb.6. r; Aà t. i 5.9. with it] with the wa- ter fore-fpoken of v.g. and the antes, as Targu m Ionathan here expreffeth : the mannerwhereof followeth. be pail be dçane] that is, as the Greeke tranflatcth, and he,fáalhbee?eane. and babe feventh ] Chazkuni here obferveth , Left any fbould tbenle, if he forget and le not fprinkl d in the third day, he ns y lc Jprink.'td twife on the fventhday, andit will free the :cane coif he were pinked on the third day and on thefeventh ; therefore the Scripture faith, If bee purifie not himfelfe in the third day, and in the feventb.ére. for it X neeeky that there be three dayes bet ween¢ fßrinking and fprmkling. 13 Verf t 3. the fn/e] that i;, the corps,as before is (hewed. that is dead ]in Gr. if bee be dead. From theft words the Hebrewes gather, that the dead defile not, till hit fettle be departed. Maim. in Tumath meth, chaps. fell. 15. For death is the departing of the Conle from the body,Gen.35.1 8. Pfa1.146. 4. be defileth the Tabernacle] if hee come in that c/sate into the court of the taberssacie:yea though lie have wafhed himfelfe, yet if he have not bin f rin- ktedthe third day and the fevemh day, he defileth it, as Iarchi here noteth, and Mofes after fheweth. that foulefhall be cutoff] in Chaldee that man f hall be deftTed. This is meant if he come in prefùmpm- oufly;bnt if he do it ignorantly,he is to bring a fa- crifice, Levit.5.3. - -6. So the Hebrewes explaine this Law.M tint. in Biath hamikdafh,eh.3. f¢í1. z 2. She the notes out NttmS.6. the water offeparation] 12I iq. 1,5
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