%S DE1.11EitOI;OMIE XXIII. ters of I(rael,neither flail there be a whorc- r 8 monger ofthe fonnes of Ifrael. Thou (halt not bring the hire of an whore, orthe price of a dog, into the houle of Jehovah thy God , for any vow ; for even both of them are abomination to Jehovah thy God. t9 Thou fhalr not lend upon biting-ufurie unto thy brother, ufurie of moray , ufurie of meat, ufury of any thing that is lent upon u- 2 o furie. Vnto a ftranger thou maift lend upon biting ufurie;butunto thy brother thou fhalt not lend upon biting ufurie , that Jehovah thy God may bleffe thee in alithat thou fet_ teft thine hand unto, in the land whither thoa art going in to polfeffe it. 2 I When thou (halt vowa vow unto Jeho- vah thy God , thou (halt not delay to pay ir; for Jehovah thy God requiring will re- quire it of thee, and it would be finne in thee. 22 And if thou (halt forbeare to vow, it (hall z3 not be finne in thee. That which is gone out of thy lips thou (halt keepe and doe, accor- ding as thou haft vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a voluntary offering which thou haft fpoken with thy mouth. 4 I When thou commeftinto thy neighbours , vineyard, then thou mails eat grapes'as thy foule (defireth) thy, fill , but into the veffell thou (halt not put any. 25 When thou comrneft into the ftanding corne of thy neighbour, then thou maift plucke the cares with thine hand ; but thou (halt not move a fickle unto thy neighbours ftanding corne. Annotations. I \,VOunded in the flores] or, woundcdin anyofhis flores; for the word is fingular, and pro- perly fignifieth a bruiting or crirping, applied here to the wounding of a man in his fecrct parts, which might be done either wich beating and bruitïng,or with cutting of the fincwes,or whole mcmber,or part thereof. The Greeke tranlateth itTiladias, which fignificth one that bath his hones broken, or is gelded. This law the He- brewes underhand of fuch onely as are wounded or gelded by the hand of man, not fach as are fo made of Cod. If thefoues he cut off, or one of them, or if one of them be wounded, &c. the man is no: allow- able [to enter into the Church of the Lord.] Or if thefineresof be fours, or any of them, becutorr>oun- ded, EN. be it not allowable. Aiwaies prozicéd that it be rot by the band of God, but le cut or Intended by man, or by dog, or by thane, or Peck lug things. For, jI.ele locge n-itl>Lnr prig- memlercutrr f, or men- deinn tie f ores , or le lone rei,bout puts, orthror fervent fr(inejJe tiefe members decay , or the like: loe he x °lovable to enter into the Church, for all tiefe are by the hand of God. It is unlatxfsll to corrupt (or marre) the members ofgeneratien, either in man , or its heafl, or in wilds beaf or in fore/c, either un- eleane or Beane. And whtftver gelde:b (or snalietb an Eunuch) it to beaten by the Law, yea though he geldeth after another bath gelded; as if one cutteth off the privie member , and another commeth and cutteth off the (ones , or pullet/9 them off, and another corn- meth and etntetb the fnews of the times, d`c. they are all beaten. Maimony tom. a. in Iffare biab, chapter n6. feftion 6, -;o. prike- member] either the yard, or hones, or any one, or part of them : for the Hebrew Shopheab (which hath the name of (hedd'ing the feed) implieth both : though by the Hcbfews it is applied to the yard, or a part therof. And fo among theTurks at this day they make their Eunuchs by cutting off the privities : and the Greeke tranllateth, him that it cut, or, that bath (his privic member) cut if not enter] or, not come in into the Church (or in the congregation) of the Lord. That is, he (hall not be admitted into the Common-wealth of Ifrael, ei- thér to minilter or beare office, or to take a wife of them, or the like. As it is thud of the Priels, to come in (or enter) inio the houfe of the Lord, that is, to minifler, I Ghro11.14. 29. and to got out and come in before the people, 2 Chron. I. se. it ex- pounded to judge the people, I Kin;.3.9. It is al- fo faid of Solomon , he loved many hrange wo- men of the nations concerning which the L 0 RD bad faid unto thefans of Ifrael, ye (hall not goe in (or enter) to them, neither fhall they come in (or enter) unto you, I Kings 1 t. 1,, 2. that is, as the Chaldee there expoundeth, not be mixed. So Jehts charged Ifrael, that they fhould not goe in (or enter ; in Chaldee, mix tltensfelves) among the nations , Jof. a ;. 7. and upon the reading of this Law to Ifraelretur- ned from.captivity,theyfiparatedfront them all the mixed multiíucb, Nehem. 13. r, 2,3. And of this here theHebrews fay,I1i that is wounded in the f ones, or bath the privie- member cut off, if he marrie with a daughter of Ifrael , and lie with her , he it to be beaten, Deut.23.1.andit is un(awftell for them to marie women Profelytes, and bond-men that are made fee: and though he be a Frill that is wounded in the flow , he may take fuch a woman , becoufe he is not in his belinefi [that is, ntay not doe the Prieles office, Lev.21.17,2I.] but he that is f wounded, may not marrie her that u a bollard. Maim. in *ere I iah, e.; 6. f..1,2. This is to be unclerltood of filch , as though they were wounded in fouie part, yet were able enough for gcneration.Neither can this be meant of joyning to the faith and religion of Ifrael, or entring into the Church in that refpeft : for that was lawfuII for all, Exo.t2.48,49.Num.t5.t4,t5 Howbeit Come lath ftrangers as were joyned to the Lord, yet remained after a fort feparated from his people as the complaint of huh, and the Lords comforta- ble anfwer unto them, in EC,.56, 3, 6,7. fheweth. And Co for tite Etmtxbs in the fame place, v.3.4,5 71íe Hebrews lay, Serzaerto whirl are baptif d ly tkr
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