/ ////' JI Yar,'h N*'/°/` i11 DEUTERON. XVII. 65 brethren ; and that hee turne not afide from the commandement, to the right hand or to the left, to the end that hee may prolong his dayes, in hiskingdome, hee and his fonnes in the midi of Ifracl. Annotations. I Ot faorifice] inGreeke, not of fer,which is more N generali : and fo the Law alfo faith in Levit. az.2o. fee the annotations there. Oxeor Lambe] thefe are the greateft and the leali facrifices,under which two, all other are comprehended.The Oxe is not to be underftood-ef -a gelded beau, (which wee ufually call an Oxe) for fo it became blemi- fhed, and unfit for facrifice ; but of a Bug, as the originali properly fignifieth. And the Lambe (in Hebrew Seh) implyeth the Kidalfo, as Exod. 12. 3.5. blemifb] in Hebrew Mum; of which the Chaldea Muma,& GreekeMomos,arc derived. Whereupon Chriu is called the Lambe amemos, (that is, withoutblemilh) ' Pet. 2.19. It meaneth any fuperfluity,want,or deformity in anypart,as is more largely fhewedonLevit.z2.2z - -24. And it is applyed to the worke of mens hands, Iob 31.7. evil! thing] Hehm evil' word; which the Chaldee explaineth, any evil' wbatfoevèr. For though there were no vifible blemifh, yet other corruption might difable it, as if it were fiche, Mal. r.8. or the hire of an whore, or price ofa deg,Deut. 23. 18. or any filch like. See the notes on Levit. 22.25. an abomination] and fo farre off from being accepted at mans hand , that (Sod pro - nounceth a curfe on thole that facrificed unto him fuch corrupt things, Mal. 1.13.14. Hereby God rejeð all facrifices fave of his fon Chrilt, (who is the Lambe without blemifh and without lot, 1. Pet.'.' 9. who through the eternal' Spirit, tired Lim - filfe without fpot unto God, Heb. 9.14.) and the facri- fices which by him, & faith in his name, are offe- red to God continually, Hebr. 13. 15. and 1 L. 4. 2 r Pet,a.5.6. Verf..z. If tbm bee found] or, when there (ball be found any of thy gates] or, one of thy gates, that is, thy cities , as the Greeke and Chaldee tranflate it. in tranfgref ng or, to tranfgrefiè his covenant. Tranfgrelfion is a pairing over , or palling by the way which men Mouldwalke in : wherefore that which one Evangelio expreffeth thus, they tranf- greffe the tradition of the Elders, Matt.' 5.2. another i expoundeth, they walke not according to the tradition, Marke 7.5. The like phrafe is of tranfgreffing the commandements,& the Law,Deu.2 9.13.Deu.9.n. 3 Verf. 3. other gods] which the Chaldee calleth Idols of the peoples. either ] Hebr. and to the Sume. Betides other fiEtions of their owne, the nations worlhipped thefe creatures alfo : and the Ifraelites fell into the fame fin,Ezek,8,16.2 King. 17.16. and 21.3. any of the boft] or, all the bolt, that is, the flames, fphzres, constellations, &c. as Efty 34.4. Reu.6.13. Ier. 8.3. and 33. 22. But under this name,the Angels alto may be implied, Pfal.' 48. z. for they are heavenb foeldierr, Luke z, 23,1 5. and forbidden to be worfhipped, ColoJf z. 18. God onely is to be ferved, Match. 4.. to. and the boft of heaven worfhippeth him, Neh.9.6, not commanded] religious worfhip and fernier may not be performed at the pleatitre or precept of men,Efay 29.13. Matth,15.9. but as is comman- ded of God : and though all idolatries in the world are not exprelly and by name forbidden, yet by the generali Law they are condemned, Exod. zo. 4. 5. and it is enoughthatGod !lath not commanded them : fee Deut.4. z. and 12.32. Verf,4. and haft inquired] or ,then thou fhalt inquire diligently : Hebr. inquire well ; both to find out the finne, if it be committed; and not to punith any man upon uncertaine re orts. VerC5. unto gates] In Greeke, unto the gates: but the Chaldee faith, to thy citie. Of this the He- brewes write : they (tone not an Idolater, but as the gate (of the chie) wherein bee ferzed (the Idols :) and if it be a citie, where the muff are heathens, th y ftone him at the doare of the lodgement Hag. That( in Dent,' 7. 5.) VNTO T HT GAT ES, if meant the gate wherein be ferved (theIdoli) and not that wherein lenience (of death)waf decreed againf- Isirn. Malmo -, ny in Sanhedrin, chap.' 5. feEt.2. Jinn them] This judgement of the particular perfon was greater than that of a whole chie which were killed with the fword , Dent. 13.15. Cave that their goods were confumed allo ; this mans goods (as the Hebrewes fay) went to his heires. Of the manner of (toning, fee the annotations on Levit. x4.23. Verf 6. At the month] which the Chaldee tran- flateth, the word, meaning the tettimonie of two or three. But from hence the Hebrewes gather, they mull receive no teffimonie but from the month of the witneffes; it may not be from a writing of their hand. Maim. in treat. of Wit - neffes, chap.g. feit.4. See the notes on Dent. 9. t 5. he that is to die] or, het hatdieth: the Chaldee expoundeth it, be that is guilty (or deferveth) to be killed. of one] See this explained in Deu.19.15. Verf. 7. and thou fhalt put away the evil' ] of this phrafe fee Dent,' 3.5. the Greeke tranflateth, and put ye away (or Bake away) from amongyour fèlves that wicked (pertim :) which very words Paul ufeth in r Cor.5.i 3.when he commandeth a wicked man to he call out of the Church. VerLB.amatter] Hebr. aword. too bard] or, marvellous , as being bidden from thy knowledge, that thou(Oxudge)canft not know or determine it. The Greeke tranflateth,beimp bk:theChal- dee, feparatedfromthee. It is fpoken of things that are bidden , and fo too hard and unpofble for one either to know, or to doe. See Gen. 18,14 Ier. 33.17.27, Zach,8,6. Deut.3o.11, blood and blend] Hebr. b/,od to blood : which phrafe noteth a refpe& of one thing to andther, when they are compared. By blood may bee nnderffood murder, of which the Iudges may be doubtfull and una- ble to find out whether it were wilful!, which deferved death; or unwilling, for which exile hito thecities of refuge was appointed, Nnm- Fffff 3 bers 4 5 6 7 s d//ilürmmaar tvnewris-ss+9.i
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