Io4. DEUTfiRONOMIE XXIIII. OfDivorce. or the like. But if be have agreed with the houfbo!- der, fir th quantity that be /halt eat , lx may eat witbbread, or withfait, or with any thing that he plea- fhb. Maimony ibid. fell: t o. 12. at thy pule] to wit, defsreth; or , according tothyrule, that is, thine appetite.The Greek joyneth it wich the word following, thus , fo much a, chj feule (that is, thine appetite) may be filled with. So in rpm* TS. 64 asked meatfor their fink , that is, for their Puff or appetite. From this the Hebrewes gather, that onely he himtilfe, not any other of his family may eat.The labourer that _bag fay, Give my wife and children that which Ifleould eat ;or, leeIrail! give alit- tle ofihis which I have taken tong wifè or my child for meat , thy hearken not unto bim : for the Law cloth not vouclrfafe it to any, but to the workman hanf fi. Though be be a Nazarite which worlieth in the grapes, [ who may not by the law eat any of them, Num. 6.3.] if be fay, Give it my wife and children , they hearken not unto bim. A workman that labouretb ¡ btmfe , and bit wife , and his children , andbit fer- vants, and eonditioneth with the houfbolder, that he will not eat of any thing that be warlsetb upon, nei- titer he nor hit; then they may not eat, to wit, the greater fort of them; for they have wittingly remitted (f their right,) But the little ones be cannot snake agreement that they _ball not eat: for they fat not of that which is their fathers , or of tba which it their wafters, but of that which it Maimony ibid. pipe. 13. 14. not ut ] Hebr. net give any, either to carry home for himfelfe , or for any of his. sf VcrCz. with ebine hassd]to wit, for to eat,verf. 24. as di leChriffs Difciples, Matt. 12.1. upon the warrant of this law,as is probable: howbeit, the Hebrewes underhand it of the labourers , as before. And the Chaldee verfion here alto faith, When thou are hired into thy nei, ^hbours ffandrng corne, then thou maiff pluck, &e. Which though the meaning bee good, (for even the beatìswere by Gods Law to eat of that whereon they labou- red;Deut.s5.4 ) yet the extent hereof feemeth to reach further , even to all fuch as came in occafi- onally, and had a delire or need to tafteof the fruits. not move a fickle] namely, for to cut down for thine owne eating, or for to carry away with thee, as v.24. God, whore the earth is, and the plenty thereof, Pfal.z4. 1. and whore the land of Canaan was in fpeciall, Lev.25.23. who refereed the firft- fruits, tithes, corners, gleanings, &c. for himfelfe, his prielts,and tLe Poore of his people, Ntem.'S. Deut.z4.19,- 2I . would have the fruits in Come fort common for the necethties of all men , efpecially to thole that laboured in them, whether men or bealis; fo ;hewing his bountie to all, yet reserving the right and propriety of the owners, which no man might infringe: that mercie and juftice might meet together, and not one man to put his fickle into another mans corne, to rcape that which another hath fowen. The equity of this Law reacheth allo unto fpi- rituall things, and to Gods labourers in his bar - veft, 2 Cor. 10.14,.16. t Cor. 9. 7, 9, lO, -14. Rem. / y.so. *************** CHAP. XXIIII. 1 Of. divorce. 5 d new married man goods not to warre. 6 so Of pledges. 7 Of man-ffealers. 8 0f leprofse 14 The hire to be given sn due time. 16 Of juflice. 19 The forgotten fheafe it for the peore. so, And the gleanings of the fruits to bee left for them. V ( ] Hen been+ a man her h bath usband taken a wifand it e, and I , íhall be that the finde not grace in his eles, becaufe he bath found in her matter of nakedneffe : and he _hall write her a bill of divorcement , and give it in her hand, and fend her away out of his houfe : And fhe de- part out of his houfe,and goe and be another mans:And the latter man hate her,and.write her a bill of divorcement , and give it in her hand, and fend her away out of his houfe ;or if the latter man die,which Cooke her to him to wife: Her firft husband which Pent her away, may not returne to take her to be un- to him td wife, after that the is caufed to be defiled, for that is abomination before Jeho- vah ; and thou (halt not caufe the land to fin, which Jehovah thy God gireth unto thee far an inheritance. When a man hath taken a new wife, hee (hall not goe out in the Armie, neither fltall any thing paffe upon him : hee (hail be free in his houfe one yeare, and rejoyce with his wife which he hath taken. (A man) fhall not take to pledge the nea- 6 ther mill - !tone, or theupper mill - (tone; for he taketh to pledge,the foule. If a man bee taken healing a foule of his breth ren,of the formes of Ifrael,and maketh gaine to himfelfe by him, and felleth him then that theefe (hall die, and thou ¡halt put away evil! from the middeft of thee. Take thou heed in the plague ofleprofie, s to obferve diligently and to doe according to all that the Priefls the Levites (hall reach you ; as I commanded them ye _hall obferve to doe. Remember what Jehovah thy God did unto Marie, in the way, after ye were come forth out of Egypt. When thou lendeft thy neighbour the loane of any thing, thou (halt not goe in into his houfe, to fetch his pawne. Thou (halt It hand without , and the man to whomthou doeft lend , fhall bring forth unto thee the pawn without-And if he be a poor man,thou i a (halt not lie downe with his pawne. Refto- 13 ring 2 3 7 9 IO
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