e x.z NUMBERS XIX. houle : but if an houlewere uncleane, andveffels were hidden in the floore thereof,though an bun- , dred cubits underneath, they were uncleane. Maim. in Tumathmeth, chap 2o. 16 Verf 16. in theface of the field] that is, in the open field where no tent is, there pollution is by touch- ;i..gonely. fame with the fword] or with any other inikrnlnent; the fword is named for an in- fiance. Therefore in Numb.; 1.1 9. the law faith more generally , mhofoever bath killed any pe9fm, and whofxver hash touchedany flaine, &c. Targum Iona- than here addeth , one tbat ie flaino with the fword, or the fword wherewith ;bee mar fain. So in the He- brew Canons it is faiíl,r the fword it as the deadper - fen, to wit , for defiling him that touched it. Maim. in Tumath meth, ihapy.5. fí13. The word fometime is ufed for wotmded,though not dead, as inPfalm.69.27. and 109.22. Hereupon the He- brewes £ y, Alimbe cut offfrom a living man, it it as an whok,dead max, and makth ueocleane by touching, by bearing, and by tent, though it be but a fmall limbe If a child of a day old. For there is no filmed meafure>f limber; . as it is written, whefeever toucbeth in theface of the. field , one that if Haire with the fword, and it is a known thing that it is all one, whether bee be (lain whit the fword, or with a ffone, or with sohr things. This teacher's that be is amcleane, which teucheth a limbe that the fiord bath cut off; provided that it be a whole limbe Aril is created of fiefs , finewes and bona. Maimony in Tumath meth, chap. 2. feil.3. or adead body] though not Elaine by violence, but dying alone. a bone of a man] Byreafon of this un- cleanneffe by dead mens bones,the Prophet faith, When any feetb a mans bone , be fla/i fet up a fgne by it, till the Metiersbave buried it, &e. Eze.39.15.The He- brewes write that the blood alto of a dead man defileth as doth the deadman: but the blood of a living man (they lay) is clean Co long as hee is alive. Maim. in Tumath meth,c.z. agrave]or a fepsolehre, to wit, wherein any dead have been bu- ried. Agrave, all the while that undeannes is within it, defileth by touching and by tent, as dodo the deadper fn, by the fewenceof the law,Num.19.16. And whether one touch the top of agraze,or touch the fides ofit (he is un- cleane.) Afield wherein agrave is plowed up , and the bones of the dead are =filmed into dufl,the drift deftktbby touching and by bearing. Maim. in Tumath meth,e.2. (.15.16. Thus the pollution by mankind being dead, is above al other legali pollutions whatfoe- `ver:which lively liteweth the fruit and effeft of ' Gn,whlch caufed death, Rom.6.23. & the horror of death,holding men in fub)'e&tion,nntill by the voice of Chrifl they be railed and brought out of their graves,Ioh.5.28.29. The Hebrewes fay, The cattle of the unlearns of sloe dead, it by meant; of the Angell of death [ the devill ] that brought poifin into mae.R. Menachem on Numb.19. Hereby afro was figured the elkate of filch as are dead in finne,even dead whiles they are alive,Co1.a.13. s.Tim.5.6. whore throat is an open gras e, Pfalm.5.so.fothat their corrupt words and finfull workes doe in- fat others, 2 Tim.2.17.t8. I.Cor.5 6. Vcrf.17. And they fball take] that is, Come !hall take,forite clean man, as v.18. for the undone] 17 to cleanfe him. of the duff] that is,Wf the afber, as theGreeke explaineth it. f the burnt heifer of purification for fin] Hebr. of theburningof firme, that is, of the Sin -offering ( the heifer ) that is burned, v.9. hefted/put] that is,fomedeane man (hall put. living tracer] that is, as theChal- dee expoundeth it, fpring (or well g) waser,which for the continuall motion is called living water,as is noted on Levit. 14.5. and Gen. 26.19. it a veld] Touching the manner of performing this rite, the Hebrewes have many obfervations. The water on which the heifers afhesare pan, is not filled but M a veff ll,and out of itmtainer that fpring , or of rivers derivedfront them : and theputting of the afhes upon the waterthat is filled is called fantli(ying. Andehewater on which the afhes are put is called the water of purifi cation from finite, and fantlifed water , and the Scripture taleth it water if feparation (Numb.19.9,)Ititlaw- fullfer any to fill the water, Pave for the deafe,and thefiole, and thechild;d lawfu lfor any tofanFhfe,fave fir the deaf, the fook& the child: and tbey fantlipe not but in a veil!, neither doe they f ristl«e, but out of a veffll;and the piling & fanilifying may be done by night,but they do not fprirdile, nor wafb,hut by day ; andall the day long they may fprinkle or walk. In.myveflltbeymay fill , and fpQrinkk, and i fantlifi, though veje/t offlow, of earth, &e. Hee tbat turneth a king into bis wine -preff, or into a éiflern, and then plleth avefll out of that preff or ciferne, it is unlamfull: fer it is neeef fart' to take the water out of the Spring into a veff ll at the firfi. The moine fia as the gathering together of water is not as afpring : there- fore they fill not out of it to fantlife, &c. When they fan- tíifie the water with the afbe.r, bee putteth thewater which is filled by the rame fin-water, into a veffell,and puttetb the afhes uponthe face of the mater, andmixeth alltogether; and if bee put in the afbesfirf, andafter- ward the water , it it atnlawfidl. And whereas it is fad in the Law, And bee (hall put tbnatu living water, (Numb. 19.17.) it is meant to mixe the afhes with the water. Hee that fantlifietb, muß doeit purpofe f, , and put the afhet wish his band on the water; at it is fail, And they fhall take for the uncleane perfn: fo that bee mut haze an intent to fantlipe, andto fill, and to fprinkl , &e. Flee that deliveretb fanliified mater , or water f lledfor faniiipeation, to an uncleane perfon to keepe it, it is become unlanfdl. Hee that is hired it unlatrfull to fantïifie or to fprinkle , but not unlawfull to fill the wa- ter, &c. bee may receive wages for filling, or for carrying I the water ; but bee muff fant l f e for nothing, and be that fprinkleth rouf fprinkle for nothing. Maimony inPha- rah adnmmah,ehap.6. fet1.1. en. and chap.9. &c. and chap.7. frtl.2. Vert 18. Ackaneman] either bee that took the allies and put them on the water,or anyother:fee the notes on v.9. He that filletb the water anlli- fication, it is not nett f/ary that it be bee bimfe!'h faa- tlífeth, and that fprinkletb ; but one may fantlifie , and another may fprinl e. Maimony in Pharah, chtp.19. hj f fòpi] that herbe which was ufed in cleanfing of the Leper, whereof fee Levit.t4.4. A cleans man taktb three falkes f hyffp, and bindetb them in a bunch, &e. and dippetb the tops jibe branches in the matey of feparmion which is in a veffll, and ptnpofel, fprink letb on the man , or on the vefftb,.e4'c. Maim. in Pba- rah, 18
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