Z 0 . 19 20 21 22 23 25, NUMBERS X X X thing were enough to dill him upon fncb a member (of hit b,dy)ornot,asititwritten, WITH A STONE OF THE HAND, &c. fo that itbe enough toki1/ Tbey meafitre alfo the might of him that (mote, &c. For iron infrument; the Law gives no meafitre, Numb. 35. 16. He is to die that killedhim, though it mere with a needle ; and whatfoever it fharpe lilt, a needle , ar bodkin, knif , or the :like. Hee that fmiteth hit/Wow without any infiramem, and kklletb him, as with bit hand, or hisJoot, &c. they meafitre the firength of him ¡batfmote, and of him that was killed, and the place of the blow, &c. Mains. treat. cf Murder,ch.3. fe &.t. &c. Verf i 9. beferalI put to death] or, be merit him to death, to wit, after he is adjudged to death by the Magiltrate, verfe 12. If the avenger f blood will not, or if bee be not able to killhim, or if bee have no avenger of blood , then the Iudges (ball kill themurderer with the fword. Mahn. Treat. of Murder, chap.'. feEt.i. when bee meeteth him] though it be within the cities of reftge, faith Iarchi. But this is to bee un- derftood , after lawful! judgement by the Magi- ftrate; for the Elders ofbit citie were to fendand fetchhim from the citie of refuge, and deliver him into the band of the avenger of blood , Deuter. 19. 12. Wherefore the Chaldee in (read of meeting him, faith,When he (hall be condemned unto him by judgement, Soinverfe 21. Vert. 20. of hatred,] which is inveterate anger, and inward grudge differing from enmity or open hoftility, fpoken of in v.22. Her that batetb,difnn- bletb with his lips, and layeth rep deceit within him, Prov. 26.24. The Hebrewes fay, Hee that bateth, if be kill by error (or unadvifedly) bee is not kept in (the citie of) refuge, ae it it faitd, And he was not bis enemy, (Nnm.3 5. z3.) &c.And who it be that bateth ? be that for enmities fake fpeaketb not unto biro for three dayes (fpace.) Maim. Treat, of Murder, chap.6. feet. t o. cal upon him] to wit, any itsruinent, as is expreffed in verfe 22. and fo the Greeke explai- neth it here. by laying of wait] with intent and purpofe of evil!, when occafion is offered: fo Saul laid wait (or hunted) for Davids foule, ' Sám.24. s t. the Iewes for Ghrift, Luke z 1.54 and for Pàuls life A &.23.21. Verf.2 r. enmity] orhoffiúty,ill will open and pro - fefred. Verf. 22. fuddenly] or, unawares , and as it were by chance. Verf. 23. with any fione] that is, barn fmitten him with any fore, as in verfe 17. wherewith bee may die] inChaldee , which is fufficiem that ¡tee may die therewith: Sec the notes on verfe -i 8. Verf 25. of the great Priefl] a figure of Chrift, called the great Prief over the bottle of God, Hebr. t o. z t. and the great High -Prief that it paid into the heavens, Hebr. 4.14. who is the Mediator of the new Tef amens , that by meaner of death , for theredemption of the tranfgrefionrunder the frfTefament,tbeywhich are called might receive the promif of the eternal! inhe- ritance v Hebr. 9.15. As the high Priefts , whiles they lived, by their fervice and facrificing made atonement for the finnes of the people,efpecially one day in the yeare, Levit. 16. wherein they fi- gured the worke of Chrift for us : fo at the high Priefts death,by releafing Inch aswere exiled for unwitting murder, there was a Ihadow of re- demption in Ifrae!. VerC26.going fhall goeforth] that is , lha!l at any time,upon any vocationgoe forth. So he was not only exiled front his ownecitie but confined as a prifoner within the limits of the citie of re- fuge. The Hebrewes fay, Hee might never goe out of the citie of bit refuge, no not though it were for a thing coe*manded [as to worship at the folemne fealts, or the like] or for to beare witnef, whether it were in mo- ney matters , or to teflife in cafe of life and death , &c. Mains. Treat. of Murder, chap.7. feEt.8. Verl27.without the border]fo not the citie only, 27 but the borders and limits of the territories thereof were his refuge. Every eitieofrefstge, the borders thereof are a refuge b reeltas it, &c. and if (the avenger of blood) kill him there, be Is to be Wed* bim. Notwitbffanding though the border bee a r fuge, yet the man -layer may not dwell in it ; for it it Paid (inver.25.) AND HE SHALL ABIDE INIT ;in it (the citie) and not in the border of it. Maimony ibid. chap.8. fe &.1t. no blood (hall be unto him] that is, the avenger fhal l have no blood imputed to him; or, as the Greeke tranflateth it , heelball not be guilty,to wit, of blood -fhed. Verf. 28. into the land of bit poiiffon] into his 28 owne citie or village,that part of the land which he poffeffed. It is holden by the Hebrewes, that although by the high Priefts death atonement mar made fir him , yet bee never returned to the princely fate ( or dignity ) that bee bad ( in the citie ) but was debafedfrom his greatnef all his daps, becaufe that great fcandall came by his hand. Maimony ibidem, chap. 7. fe &.14. Moreóvef they fay, A man f ayer upon whom fentence is pal that bee (hall bee exiled, if bee die before bee goe into exile, the carry his bones thither. And a man flays' that dietb in the citie of his rfuge, they bury him there ; and when the high Prieff death , they carry the mans-(layers bones from thence unto the fepukbres of bit fathers. Ibidem, fe &.3. Verf3o. Every one ibat fmiteobafoule] that is, who 30 killeth a perfm, to wit, hint that is a murderer. by the mouth] that is, by the teflimony of three witnefs, which after is explained of two witnef fees, er three witnefs,Deut.17.6. and 19.i 5. See the Annota- tions there. not anfwer] that is, not teflife, as the Greeke andChaldee tranflate it, meaning, to have the fentence of death confirmed against hint: See Deut.'9.15. todie]thatis, to caufe hint to die; or, that he fhould die: See the notes on Gen.6.19. Verf. 31. the foule of the man !layer] that is, the life of the murderer,to redeeme him from death. The Ledges are warned that they take no ranfome of the murderer , and though bee could give all the wealth that is in the world, and though the avenger of blood fhould bee willing to free him; fir thefouleof him that is killed, it not thepoffon of the avenger of blood, but the pillion of the holy bkjd(God.)Maimony Treat. of Murder, chap.'. té&.4. guilyofdeath] Hebr. which it wicked, to die, that is, as the Greeke and. 26 31
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