1 zog Cities of Refuge. NUMBERS X X X V. is a man- flayer;the man flayer (hal be furely i9 I put to death. The avenger of the blond, he I thali put to death the man - flayer; when hee 20 'meeteth him,he fhall put him to death. And if he thrutt him of hatred, or have caf! upon 21 himby laying of wait,and he die. Orin en- mity faute him with his hand,and he die,the (miter ihalbe furely put to death,he is a man- flayer the avenger of blood (hall put to death the man -flyer when hemeeteth him. 22. But if he thruft him fuddenly, without en- mitie,or have cali upon him any in(trument 23 without laying of wait. Or with any Hone, wherewith he may die, without feeing him; and he bath caufed it to fall upon him , and he die,& he was not his enemie,nor a feeker 24 of his evil[. Then the Congregation (hall judge between the fmiter and the avenger of the bloud, according to thefe judgments. 25 And the Congregation (hai deliver the man- flayer out of the hand of the avenger of the bloud , and the Congregation (hall reftore him unto the citie of his refuge , whither he was fled ; and he (hall abide in it until! the death of the great Priest, which was anoin- 26 ted with the oyle of holineffe. And if the man -flayer going (hall goe forth, out ofithe border of the citie of his refuge, whither he 27 was fled. And the avenger of the blond finde himwithout the border of the citie of his refuge, and the avenger of the bloud fhal flay the man - flayer, no bloud (hall be unto 28 him. Because he fhould have abidden in the citie of his refuge, until! the death of the great Priefl; and after the death of the great Priefi, the man -flayer (hall returne into the 29 land of hispoffeffion. And these things (hall be unto you for a flatute of judgement, ¡throughout your generations, in all your 3o ' dwellings. Every one that fmiteth a foule by the mouth of witneffes, the man-flayer !hall be Nine ; but one witneffe Oral l not an- 3 r fiver again(t a foule,todie. And ye (hall take no ranfome for the foule of the man- flayer, which is guilty of death,but he ( halbe furely 32 put to death. Neither (hall ye take ranfome for him that is fled unto the citie of his re- fitge, to return to dwell in the land,until! the 33 death of the Prieft. And ye (hall not pollute the land,wherein ye are; for bloud, it pollu- teth the land; and for the land,there (hall be no expiation for the blood that is shed there - 34 in,but by the bloud of him that flied it. And thou (halt not de5le the land which ye inha- bit in,within which I doe dwell, for I Jeho- vah dwell among the forts of Ifrael. vinnotations. THat they give] or, and let them gize unto the Le- 2 zit es. The Lord having given order in cha. 34. for dividing the land unto Ifrael, comman- deth here' a portion to be given out of all their poffeillons unto him, which he beftoweth on his Minders the Levites, for a part of their lively - hood. The equine of which law,both for hono- ring the Lord with our fubftance,Pro.3.9.and for maintaining his Minifters,Ga1.4.6. is perpetual!. Therefore fpeaking of the Church under the Go- fpell, according to these legali figures, hee faith, When ye (hall dizideby lot the land for inheritance, ye fhall offer an oblation unto the L O RD , an holy portion of the land, &e. The holy portion of the land fhall be for the Friefis, the Ministers f the Santluarie, whichThal! come mere to mini/ter unto the L 0 R D, tee. Ezek.45, 1, 4, 5. and 4 9, 10,13. fisburbes to the ei- ties] or, as the Greeke tranflateth, the fuburbes of she cities : which fuburbes are called in Hebrew, Migrafb , that is, a place calf out, as lying with- out the walls of the cine; in Chaldee, Retácb, that is, a Space; in Greeke, Prea f eia, as lying before the title; and in verfe 3. Aphorifmata, as being f- parated from the title; and in verfe 5. lamera, confines or limits. Verte 3. their goods] or, their fubflance, their ga- theredgoods : fee the notes on Gen.' 2.5. it is a ge- nerall word, and fomente implieth cattell alto, as z Chron.31.3. and 32.29. and 35.7. heap] in Hebrew Chajah, which is a general! name for living things ; but here tranflated in Greeke, foure- footed bectes. And from hence the Hebrews gather, that they gave the Levites a place of burial/ to every title, without thole bounds (or fuburbes:) for they buried not their dead in thefubttrbes of their cities, be- caufe it is Paid, AND FOR ALL THEIR LIVING THINGS; they gave it for the living and not for burial[. Maimony treat. of Release and lubike, chap. 23. felt. 3. That they used in Ifrad to bury their dead without the cities, appeareth by Lukè 7. r r,' 2. Verte 4. a thoufand cubits] The Greeke faith, two thoufand cubits, as it is in the verfe following, where the Lord fpeaketh of two thoufand Cubits : fo the thoufand cubits here mentioned fome thinke to be meant of holy meafure, double fo much as the common meafure, and that the lat- ter doe expound the former. The Hebrews ex- plaine it thus; The fuburbes ofthe cities are expreffid in the Law to be three thoufand cubits on every fide, from the wall of the title, and outward, Numbers 35.4, 5. The fer/i thoufand are the fuburbs, and the two t{nufand which they meafiered without the fuburbes, werefor fields and vineyards. Maimony treat. of the Rekafe and lu- bike, chap. t 3. feet. 2. Verte 5. without the citie] by the ortie, the He- brewes underftand here the title with the ftt- burbs, that is, the thoufand cubits fore -men- tioned, which were for their cattell , and there two thoufands moi for fields and vineyards, as is before noted. Soft 3 4 T
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