NUMBERS XIX. 126 rah, ch. t r. fea t. dip it in the water] He that fprinkktb, needeth not to dip for every pinking, but dippetb the hype, And fprinkleth one time after ano- ther till the water be ended. And bee may fprinke with one sprinkling on many men, or on many vef is at once , though they be an hundred: what never the mater touchetb , it is clean every whit, if fo be he that fprinketh doe intend to fprink/e upon it. Maimony in Plearah, ch.' o. feet.S. upon the Tent] in Greek, upon the house. The tent was uncleane by the dead, though it touched it not, as this Law fheweth. The Tent it felfe, wbereintotheuncleanneffe same, though the ttne%anneIe touched it not , yet is it uncleane with fever dales uncleannef e by the Law , and it as clothes that touch the deadtripes ; for it is faid , And he (ball ffirin4'eupo the Tent. /Maim. in Tiemaib meth, ch,5 . tea, t z. all the raps] nothing but thiswater could purifie the veffels; though they were mel- ted in the fire, yet they were in part uncleane, as it is raid, Every thing that may abide the fire,ye fbaU make it goe thorow the fire , and it fro!" be cleare : never - thelef it Pall be purified with the water offparatzon, Num. 31.32. the foules] the living perlons, or men, as Thargum Jonathan explaineth it. And this is fpnken largely without limitation, though they had other uucleanneffe upon them, than by the dead. And fo the Hebrews expLLine it large- ly, laying; All that are uncleane doe receive the fprinking; al men or women that have running iffìces, women feparatedfor their difeafe, and women in child - bed, which are defiled by the dead, they fprinkle upon them in the third day, and in the seventh, and loe they are cleanfedfrom the uncleanneffe by the dead, al- though they are unclean frill with other uncleanneffe. For it io fold (in Numbers 19. 19.) And a clean perfon flea! fprinke upon the uncleane,&c. whereby thou mail learnt, that the fprinking it available fir him, though he be unclean. And fo an uncircumczfed per son receiveth the sprinkling; at an umircumcifedperfon that it uncleane by the dead, and one fprieek/e upon him in the third day and in the sventh, be he is thane from un- cleanneffè by the dead; and when he is circumcifed, he wafheth (or baptifeth) and eatethof the holy thing: at evening. Maimony in Pbarah, chap. 11. fea.3. And for the effea of this fprinkling, they fay, A man defiled by the dead, and one bath film l,ed on him, when any of the water of feparation bath touched any place of the skin ofbit fiefh who war uncleane, the fprinking it available for him , though it fall but upon the top of bit finzer, or of his lip, &c. And ló for an undone raga fprinked when any whit of the water toucheth the body of the veld, thesprinkling is available for it. Mai- mony ibickm, chap. 12. feEt. 1. a bone] that is, a mans bone, as the Greeke tranflateth, and as was expressed in verfe r 6. 19 j Verse i 9. in the third day] to wit, after his un- i cleanneffe being certainly knowne. Who f it ten - c %are by the dead , and tarrieth many dales without fprinking, when he tommetb to be f rinked, he counteth before him three daies, and they sprinkle on him in the third day, andin the ['tenth , &c. Maim. in Pharab, ch. i,i. lea. 2. and in the feventb] which is the day of the accomplishment of his purification : the third day was myfticall, having reference to the refurreai6 ofChrift, which was on the third day after his death, 1 Cor. r 5.4. whereof fee the Annot.on Gen.z2.4. The fraud) day was allo my- ¡Heal], as being the number of perfeaion of the Sabbath,and ofaccomplilhing a work,as is noted on Gen. z.z.Exo.1 2.15. & Lev.4.6.and fo it figu- red our full cleanfing,and ceafing from our Gnful and dead works,after that we are sprinkled with the blond of Jefus,andwater of his Spirit,Heb.4. 9,10.&9.13,14. wail; his clothes] which was a common rite,for all that were defiled with other uncleanneffes; wherof fee Lev. i t. 25.& 14.S, 9. & 15.5. bathe hisflefhjin Gr. waf,his body:theword fiefb is expreffed before in v. 7. and it is meant of his whole body, or all his fiefh, as Lev.i 5.16. ¢learn at evening] after the Sun is fet,at what time a newday beginneth ; and fo in mystery, a new life to begin. This cleanfing of the defiled by the dead, figured Chrifts worke of grace upon dead and fìnhdl Wren; of hint it is prophelìed He fhall fprinke many nations, Efa. 5z. 15. and of him doth the Apoftle open this figure, laying, If the bloud of Buls and Goats , and the a flerv+f an Heiffer, fprinhJjng the unlearn, fanit!ifietb to the purifying of theflefh how much more (hall the blood of Chrifi, who througlshe eter- nal' Spirit tired himfelfe without blemifh unto a O D, purgeyour consienee from dead worker to free the living God ? Heb.9. a 3,14. The fprinklina ofthe ashes of the Heìffer, figured the applying unto us of Chrifts death, whereunto he was delivered for our fences, and war railed again for our juflification,Rom. 4. 25; The livingwaterwherewith the afheswere mixed , figured the Spirit of God , which they that beleeve in Chrill doe receive, Joh.7.38,39,of which he gave this promise, Then will I sprinkle cleanewater etpanyou, andyee fhallbecleatte, Eze. 36. 25. Theft being applied ttnto our confciencesby faith(as with hyffope)which purifieth the heart, Aa.r 5.9. and by the preaching thereof, Gal. 3.2. doe baptife us into Chriits death,that like as het was railed up from the dead , unto the glory of the Father;even fowe allo shouldwalke iv newness of lif,Rom.6.3.4. And fo we draw neer unto God, with a true heart, in fall aft ¢ranee of faith, having hearts fprinkledfrom an evil! confeience ,. and bodies wafbedwith pure water, & our robes wafted, and made white in the blood of the Lambe, Hebeo.z z. Reve1.7.14. & clean- fing our felves from alll/thineffe of the flog" and fpirit, we perfeaholinef in the feareof God, 2 Cor.7.i. Of there mylteries the Hebrew DoEtors, though e- ttranged from the true life and light ofGhrift,re tamed Come knowledge; for they fay, When the li- ving water is mixed with the ashes , it purifieth the un- chain whereas before that,while the ashes were alone,they defiled all that were impl yed about them. And behold, the living water fegnifed the water that it on hizb,whicb ta- keth away uneleanneffrom the ashes,& c. And loe when it it fprinkedon theunclean, the nncleannefl fieetb from him, &e. and a ekane fpirit refleth upon him,and purifed,' him. R. Menachem onNun,. r 9. Verf.2ce unticane] by any of the things afore - faid, about the dead. not purifie him felfe] or nut be purified to wit, by having the water (prink - led upon him, as the Chaldee explaineth it; L111 2 and 20
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