NUMBER Eafl fide] or , Eaff quarter; in Chaldee , Eafl winde : See the notes on Numb. 34.3 Sea fide] that is, the IVeff fide, as theChaldee faith, the Weft wind. Mofes ulèth to call the Weft , the Sea, as is noted on Gen. t 2.8. So in Numb.34.6. 6 Verfb. of refuge] that ride is called inHebrew Miltlat, of gathering, became the man - (layer was theregathered and detained; in Greeke, Phngaeu terion, a place of flight, and exile ; in Chaldee S he- tabutb, of deliverance and prefervatian. The fix ci- ties appointed for refuge , were theft ; Beer f the Reubenites countrey,Ramoth in Gilead of the Gadites, and Golan inBaCan of the Manaffites; thefe three Mofès feparated, Dent4+4l.43. the o- ther three appointed by ÌVVlona, were Kedefh in Galilee in mount Naphtaliy Sheehent in mount E- phraim, and Kirjah -arba (Which is Hebron) in the mount of Iudah,ioCzo.7, the ufe of thefe is after (hewed. 42. cities] Thefe with the like cities of refuge,are declared inIof 21. how they were given out of every tribe.Of the Kohathites, the Priefls the Cons of Aaron had tbirteene citier,I0f2 1. r 9. the refidue of the Kohathites had tencities,lof 21.26. The Gerfhonites had thirteen cities, 101.2/. 33. The Merarites had twelve cities, Iof. 21.40. So all the cities of the Leviten, within the peffèfonofthe fauns of Ifrael, werefartie and eight cities with their freburbs,lof.21,41. Thus Iakobs prophefie of Levi was fulfilled,that he fhould be fcattered in Ifrael, Gen. 49 5.7. But becattfe of the Levites zeale for tIse Lord, the curfewas turned into a blef ling (as is noted on Exod.32.29.)and they were teachers of the law unto the tribes of Ifrael , Deut. 33 8. r o. W herefore God gave them cities out of every t ribe.Howbeit, whatföever remained of thefe ci- ties, betides the habitations of the Levites, & the fu herbs forewent ioned , as thefields of the cities, and their villages, continued under thedominion, and in the po(felfion of the tribes,to whom they had beene diltributed before, as the example of Hebron given unto Caleb lheweth, Ioi:14.1 3.14. and 21,I1.12. 8 Verf.8. y. efha ll give many] or,yeefhall multiply to give: fò the tribes that had many cities , and more large inheritances,gave the'more cities.For out of the tribes of the fonnesof Judah and of Simeon, were given nine cities, out of Benjamin foure, out of Ephraimfoure, out of Danfoure, out of the halfe tribe of Manaffes two, out of the o- ther halfe tribe of- Mana(fes rm., out of I(fachar foure, out of Afer fotere, out of Naphtali three, out of Zahulon foure,out of Reuben foure, out of-Gad foure, lof 21,9.16, Etc. VerC s T. (ball appoint] or prepare ,as theChaldee explaineth it, inGreeke , yeefhalldiflinguifh, (or áiflinû[y feparate :) elfewhere it is called fepara- ting,Deut.4.4t.and fang ing,IoCzo.7. by errour] or, ignorantly, xnadvifedly, unawares: the Greeke tranflateth, unwillingly; this is opened in verfe 22.23. and Deut.19.5. in ío1.20.3. it is de- clared by twowords, by errour, (or unawares) and without knowledge, (or unwittingly.) I I VerC 12. the avenger] towit, of the blood, as is expreflkd in ver.19. and the Chaldee and Greeke II XXXV. 203 here adde the fame. Goel here Englifhed an Aven- ger, elfewberefignifieth a Redeemer, but properly one of the fame blood and kindreduas Ruth,2.2o. and 3.9. 1 z,who if things were fold, was to re- deeme them, as Levit.25.25. if blood were fhed, was to avenge it,as in this cafe, And fo the Greek here & ufually calleth him Agchifleuon, that is ' one neere of ltm.Of this kinfman the avenger,it is Paid in v.19.that he fhould put themurderer to death;. fee the notes there. before tbe congregation] When a man had done a murder, he fled to foure chit of refuge, the way being alwayes prepared, that he might flee thither without hfuderance, as is noted on Deut. 19.3. Comming thither, at the entring of the gate,he (hewed his calk to the El- ders of the chie of refuge, who tooke hint in till he was lent after and fetched hone to the chit where he had done the murder, & there he flood before the congregation,Iof.2o.4.6. who if they found him worthy of death, they delivered him to the avenger, to kill bins ; if not,they returned him to his citieofrefuge,where he lived ir, a kind of exile and imprifonment , untill the death of the high Prieft,as after followeth. See Deut. i 9, u 2. Before the cities of refuge were appointed, the Altar was a place of refuge. as is probable by Exod.2f. 13.14. And from that place the He- brewes gather that the Altar was a place of refuge. Mains. Treat. of Murder, chap.5. feet a z. Vert: 14. Three cities] which were Bcter, Ra- motñ, and Galan, Dent. 4.41.43. and three cities] Kedefb, Shechem, and Hebran,IoC.zo.7. And if the Lord enlarged their coaft, and gave them al the land,they were to adde three citiesmae,Dcut. 19.8.9. Veri. r5. the flranger3 in Greeke , the profelyte, If meaning him that was not an Iliaelite by nature, but by religion. the fjourner] that dwelt a ftranger in the land of Ifrael,and yet not of their Church and religion,Deut.i 4.21. Tifereall had benefit by the cities cif refuge; but if an heathen by errour killed an heathen, the cities of refuge received hint nor,fiith Malin. Treat, of Murder, chap.5. feft.4. fmitetha foule] that is, billeuh arty person g fo verfe ii. VerC 16. if hee finite him] to wit, pnrpofely, and prefumptatonfly, as the punifhment after fñeweth. five b, put to death] or put to diethe death ; Hcb. dying bee (hall be put to death; fo in verle 17 18.21. Verf,17. a fl one of the hand, that is, throwne with the band ; the Greeke tranflateth it, a one out of the band; the Chaldee, alone that it to en in the band. be may die]the Chaldee more ully explai- nethit, whlth bu enough Er him to die therewith fo in verb: t 8, Verf. I8. wood of the hand] Greeke, out of the band; Chaldee, wood tapes in the hand, which is fufftcient for him to die thereby ; as in verte 17. Thefe cautions are here added to difcerue of murders; the Hebrewes explaine them thus: He that fmitetb bte fellow prefumptuouf/y with Jim, or with wcvd, that bee die, they meafure the thing wheretritb bee feriae him , and the place whereon h. a fmote him, to fe if that ._ __ thing 14 16 17 18 1
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