100 DEUTERONOMIE XXIII. are commixed with, all nations of the world which are lawful, all 'l are lawful!. So that whofoeaer Jeparatsib from them , and becammetb a Profelyfe at this time in any place, be be an Edomite, or au Egyptian , or Am- monite, or Moabite, or Ethiopian or of any other poopk, whether tby be men or women, io is lawfull far them to enter into the Church out of band. Maimony in hire blab, chapter 12. fecction 22,-25. Thus the parti- tion wall betweene Jewes and Gentiles is by the Flebrews owne grant in part broken dowse, but indeed wholly unto us which know Chrilt; who were in times pail Aliens from the politie (or commonwealth) of IGael, andflrangers from the cove- nants of pramifi, &c. but we are now made nigh by theblood of Cbrifi, for he ie our peace , who bath made both one, and dijlàlved the middle wall of partition between tu, Ephef. 2. 12,14. Verre 9. the campe] or the by, an armie of foul- diers ; touching whom God givetli lawes for their puritie: that as the whole campe of Ifrael was to be purged of all leprous and nncleane perlons, Numb. 5.2, 3. fo every campe or armie tent forth to warreat any time , fhould alto have care of holinefle. Ieepe thee] or, beware, ta/sp heed. evil thing]Hebr.evil word, that is, all un- cleanneffe , either morall, (as Islas warned the fonld iers, Luke 3. t 4.) or figurative,as Tome fpe- cials here follow. Verle 1 o. an accident] to wit, of uncleanneffe, by the iffne of his feed, and fo the Greeke tranfla- tech it, an ¡Pe; of which, and the pollution by the fame, fee Leviticus 15. with the Annotati- ons. out of theoampe] or,unto (a place) without the campe , where all undeane perlons were to re- maine, Numbers 5. 3. Verle t t. at the Groping firth ufdbe evening] which the Greeke tranflateth, towando evening; the Chal- dee, at the time of the evening : See this phrafe in Gen.24,63. and Exod. t4.27. , bailas] in Greek, wafh hit body, as all fuch unclean perfons were to doe, Lev.' 5. figuring our fan&ificatiou from un- cleanneffe, by the death and (pint of Chrifi, Heb. 10.22. gone dawn] Hebr. gone in, that is, when the day of his uncleanneffe is at an end: for the day ended at Sun- letting. Verfe 12. thou fhalt have] or, there fhal be to :bee, to wit, by publike de(ignation. aplace] Hebr. a hand, that is, as the Greeke hath it, a place; in Chaldee, a place appointed (or prepared.) Sc, the Hebrews lay , It is unlawful to tterne afide within the campe, or in the open field in any place; but it is comman- ded to appoint there a way peculiar far (men) to turm afide therein. Maimony treat. of Kings, chapter 6. fcftion 14. Verbe r 3.a paddle] an infrunient of iron,to dig an hole within the earth, wherein to bttry their excrements. We derive the name fromthe Greek Pattalos or Paf alas, whereby the Hebrew lathed is tranflated here. upen thy weapon] or among thine armour : in Greeke, upon tby girdle. that which commeth from thee] thine excrements; in Gr. thy lame (or unfeemlinef.) There by the Law are counted unclean, (as almost all the other that come out of man;) and defiled other things which Admire, as allo n Pfal. 52. 2. it meaneth the po- ftcritie ofElm, or Erin, Ifraels brother, Gen.2 5. 25, -3o. thy brother] the neereft kinne to Ifrael of all peoples on the earth, and therefore often called his brother, Numb. 20. 4. Obad. io. t 2. Amos 1.1 t. for whichalliance in nature,thoygh they were encmIes, (Nani. 2o. 18, 21.) yet God would have his people to retaineloving and na- torall affection towards them. a flranger]or fOjotrner: although the Egyptians turned to hate Gods people, and to oppreffè them, Exod. 1, &c. yet for the former good which Ipaef had recei- ved in their land, the Lord would have his peo- ple to thew themielves thankful!; that Edens and Egypt fhould fooner be admitted into the Church of the Lord,than Moab or Ammon; though not fo foone as other peoples , which had not wrong- ed Ifrael. 8 Verle 8. the thirdgeneratien]to wit, after they are become Profelytes, and have received the faith and religion of Ifrael, as is before (hew- ed. Of thefe the Hebrews fay ; An Egyptian and Edomite, whether males or females, the firth generation, and the fecund, are renlarofull to enter into Iihad, but the third generation may. An Egyptian woman that is with childe when flee beeommetb a Prefeyte, ber fan is the fecund (generation.) Maimony in lffure blab, chapter 12. feftlon 19, 20. As for other nati- .ons, it is before (hewed, that they receivinthe religion of Ifrael,might enter into the congrega- tion, and bee commixed with them; fo May when all peoples are confounded, and it is not knowne who are truly Moabites,or Ammonites, or Egyptians, &c. the Hebrewes profeffe that they cannot obferve this Law ; and thus they write : Who fo becommetll a Profelyte of the feven peo- ples (oldie Cansapnes) he is notf rbidden by the Law to enter into the Congregation, And it it a /Towne thing, that none of them become Profelytes, faze the Gibeonites, (Joftta 9.) and Joftta decreed concerning them, that it fliould be unlawful for them to enter into, the Con- gregation, either men or women. Bus he forbade them not, fave fo long as there was a Sanúuarie, Gofua 9. 23.) And the}' were called Nethinims, becanfe he gaze them fir the fervice of the Sanlïuarie. Then came David and decreed againfi them that they fhould not come into the Congregation for ever, no not in the time when there it no Saníivarie. And fo it is ex- pref ed in Ezra , Andof the Net hinims, whom David and the Princes had given for the fervice of the Levites, ( Ezra 8. 20.) Loe, thou maiff fie they depended not on the Sana7uarie. And why deal he and his Conn- ed decree this againfl them ? Besauf be faro the bard- nef and cruely that war in them, at the time when they required that fezen of the flames of Saul, the chafis of the L 0 RD , fhould be banged and frilled, and they bad no comp Jfian on them, (z Sam.2 1.6,9.) When Senacherib King ofAffyria came up,(2 King. as. 13, 34, 35) he confounded all the peoples, and mixed them one with another, and carried them cap- tizes out f their places. So theft Egyptians, which are now in the land of Egypt, are sober men: and fO the Edrmites that dwell ;n the field of Edom. And fsrafmuch ar ebefe fore Nations which be forbidden, 9 IO II Iz 13
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