DÉLI7 ERO NOM IE XXIII'. 1Law of all theft is given at large,inLevit.13,and 14 Chapters. all that the Prießs] the Greeke tranilateth , all the Law that the Prießs the Levites (ball Item nmoytn. This is a warning to Hint, that if any man had the Leprofie, or a fore like the iLeprofie, he (hould not diff mbld or hide it, or ¡pluck off,or cut away the lignes thereof, or labor l by medicines to cure it,or doe ally thing thereto, but as the Pried direbled him according to the Law;becaufe this plague was uCuallyy by the hand of God for mens hnnes,and did p`tiltute both the perfon himlèlfe,and all that touched him; fo that for the difcerning and curing of this plague,they (hould hake unto God , by the means which he a ppointed.Therefore from thisLaw,the Hebrews teach; He that plucketh off the fr,nesof unclearmeffe, either all or fame oftbem, or Jeareth the living (raw) filth, all orforte of it , or cutteth all the fore out of hit fiefs, or out ofagarment or imufe, either before he come to the Prieff or whiles beisfhutup, or after, &c. betren! grefietb againfl this prohibition , TAKE TH OV !HEED IN THE PLAGVE OF LE- I' RO S I E, &c. (Deuteronontie 25. 8.) Mai - mony tom.3.treat of Leprofie, chap.ro fells. See 1 the Annotations onLevit.13. Of Icommanded them] If then the Prieft fpake or did otherwife than God prefcribed, it was not to (land. A ' Friel( that prononneeth bim nuclease that is dean , or himcleane that is ancleone, hedoth nothing at all, for it is written (in Lev. t 3.5.14,5 5.) be is uneleane, and the Prießfhall pronounce him unclean, &c. Maimony in Leprohie,ch.9.feii.3. 9 Vert: 9.untoMarie ]in Hebrew Mirjam,inGreek i Mariam; the was the filler of Mofes and Aaron, a Prophete(fe inland , who for fpeaking againft Mofes,was (mitten of God with Leprofie, Numb. 12, whole example is for a warning to all , that they fhould not finne as (he did , left God plague them alto : and that the juftice of the Law (hould be executed upon all Lepers , without refpeét of perlons. So all other examples in Scripture are examples unto us, a Cor.i c.6, - -r a. and fo Ch rift faith, Remember Lots wife, Lnk;t 7.3 a. to Verf, to. when thou lendefi] or, when thou (halt exall of thy neighbour the exallion of any thing , that is, any debt : which if it were with rigour, or of a poore man that had not to pay, was unlawftill. I See the notes on Exod 22.25. The Greeke tranf- lateth , If there he a debt in tby neighbour, (that is, if he be indebted to thee) what debt foever. See the notes onDeut.r5.2. thou 'halt not goe in] This is fpoken to the creditor , and (as the Hebrews fay) to the meflènger of the Magiftrate fent to tali e a pawne. He that kndetheo his neighbour poore or rich, may not take aawwne of him but by the Synedrion, [that is, by authority of the Magiftrate : ] and though it be the mefnger of the Synedrion that cammetb fora pawne , be may not come into bit houfe and take his pawne, but muß Band without , and the borrower is to bring out nnawne unto him, Deut.24.1o. If it be f , cab : (diffirencs ) is there letwene the creditor, and the Mefenger of the Synedrion 1 The mefn- ger of the court, he may take the pawne ont of the hand of the borrower by force, and give it tbe lender: lut the creditor may not cal` the pawne, till the borrower give it him with confent. If the creditor tranfïreßi, and goe into the burrowers houfi fir hit panne, or fnatehnb e panne out of hit hand by force , be it not to be l eaten, becaufi the all is broken to', for be mnff ret ore the panne, Dcuterono11lie.24:1 3. If he keepe not this comman- demart to reßre it , Of if the pawn le loft or burnt, he it to be beaten , and to reffore the Price of the pawne. Maimony tom. 4. treat. of the Lender anoBor- rower,rb.3f1L,4, Verf. 12. not lie donne] to hleepe; not goe to bed. For breach of this Law,the Lord reproveth Ifrael ; They lay themfelves downeupon clothes laidto pledge, by every altar, Amos 2.8. But hereby not onely the life of the poore mans pawn, but the keeping of it is forbidden ; with bís panne,that is, and his pawn by thee (or in thy cultod y) Maimony in Lender and Borrower,c.3 f 5. VerCI3. when tie Sun] or, as the Greeke tranf- 13 lateth , about the going donne of the Suture : in Exod. 22.26. it is faid , byre the Saone goals donne; lie the Annotations there , where is (hewed, that e- very pawne is to be reltored when the poore man hath need of it, by night or by day. If the pawne mud thus be reltored when he hath need what booteth it to take the pawne ? The Hebrewes an- fwer, that by this meansthe debt is not relea fir! in the fevenshyeare, ( whirls the Law biddeth, Deut. I5.1,2,3.)andrif the borrower die, his moveables are not made his cbil JJ rens , but palment it made by the passe after his death. Maimony ibid.obap.3 /1/5. jot - ficr]inGrceke, almes , aworkeof mercy, which God will reward : as on the contrary in v.15. he faith, it be in thee a finne, that is, an iniquity which God will launi(h. Verf: a 4. not fraudulently oppref f i] or, not defraud : the Grceke tranflateth, TbouJbslt soso fraudulently kepe backe the hire of the poore, t&Tc. which word theApoftle ufethin like cafe, living, Beholdtbe hire of the labourers, &c. which is by you fraudulently kept backe, crieth, &c. lam.5.4. and among the o- ther weighty lawcs, our Saviour nameth this for one, in Markin.' 9. See alfo Levis.' 9. r 3. thy gates] that is,as the Greeke and Chaldee tranf- late, thy cities. Verf 15. In his day] in Greeke, The fame dap. 15 Day, is d/ed for all rime. bit hire] or, his wages, whether for his owne labour, or for his bealis,or other things. So the Hebrewes explain it, Wbe- titer it be the hire of man, or the hire of beaß.. , or the. hire of inflruments, be is bound to give it In his time: and if be keepe it after the time , be tranf, ref= ferb againfl a prohibitim Maimony tom. 4. treat. of Hiring, chap. II. ftl I. not gee donne upon it] inLavit.i9.13. it it laid, itfball not abide all , night with thee; which two the Hebrewes untold thus; What isrbitime Or clay) of km that is hired? Herbst is bir.dfar a d. y, (his hire) is due all that night ; and of him it is faid (in Lev.' 9.1 3.) it fball not abide allnight with thee until the morning : and be that is hi- red for a night , it is due all the day ; and of him it it faid, In his day ohm ßsaltgi:e his hire, (Deut.24.. 1 5.) And be that is hired for homes of the day, it is due all the day; if for homes of the night it is due all the I2 14.
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