1Iá DE1iTERON'OhIIE XXV1, the yeere of tithe, and haft given it unto the Levite,to the ftranger,to the fatherleffe,and to the widow, that they may eat within thy 13 gates, and befilledr Then thou (halt fay be- foreJehovah thy God, I have put away the holy thing out of mine houle, and alto have given it unto the Levite,and to the {ranger, to the fitherleffe, and to the widow, accor- ding to all thy commandement, which thou haft commanded me:I have not tranfgreffed thy commandements,neither have I forgot- 14 ten. I have not eaten thereof in my Mour- ning, neither have I put away ought thereof for theuncleane, neither have I given ought thereof for the dead : I have hearkned to the voice of Jehovah my God ; I have done ac- cording to all that thou haft commanded 15 me. Lòoke downe from the habitation of thine holinelfe from the heavens, and blefre thy people Ifrael ,and the land which thou haft givé unto us,asthou fwareft unto our fa- thers,a land that floweth with milk & bony. 16 This day Jehovah thy God bath comman- ded thee to doe there Statutes and Judge- ments, and thou (halt keepe and doe them, with all thine heart , and with all thy foule. 17 Thou haft avouched Jehovah this day to be unto thee for a God, & to walk in his waies, and to keepe his Statutes, and his Comman- dements, and his Judgements, and tó hear- d 'ken unto his voice. And Jehovah hath a- vouched thee this day, to be unto him for a people of peculiar treafure, as he bath fpo- ken unto thee,-and to keep all his Comman_ 19 demerits. And to give thee to be high above all nations which bee bath made in praile, and in name, and in beautifull glorie ; and that thou maift be an holy people unto Je- hovah thy God, as he bath fpoken. 2 ti'nnotatiens. 0 D Here beginneth the fiftieth Lefture of the Law : fee Gen. 6.9. V C % Hen thou art erme] or , When thou (halt be v come. po f li it ] He fhereeth that they were not bound to (bring) the fìrïi fruits, till the land were fubdued, andparted among them, faith &Llar- chi on this place. Verfe 2. of the fril] or, of the beginning ; which the Greeke tranflateth, of the firll fruit of the fruits of thy land; meaning , of thofe which were find ripe, them they were to honour God within the firftplace, and to thew their thankfnlneffe for his blefGngs,that fo theymight be fanftified,and in- creafed unto them, Pro.3.9,1e. Thefefirlt-fruits were to be feparated btfore all other, as is no- ted on Numbers i8. 13. And Sol. Iarcbi fcan- neth the words thus ; Of the lira, and not all the fail: fir a (lfruits were not bound togizethe fir{hfruiti, but the feien farts onely, for whirls the land of Ifriel is commended (in Deuteronomie 8. 8.) the like is faid by others of them ; They bringnofìrli- feuitf fave of the f ver kinder fpgken of in commendation of the land, (Deuteronomie 8.) and they are wheat , and barley, and grapey, and figs, and pomgranats, and olives, and dates : and if one bring any befedes thefe feien . forts ,they are not fanúifed. T hey bring not oftbe Dates that grow on Mountains , nor of the fruits that grow in Vailles, nor of Olives which arena of the chiefeft; but of the Dates that grow in valuer, and of the fruits that g row on Mountsines, becanfe thy are of the chai- fell (or heft.) They bring no ftrllfruits of liquors, five of olives and ofgrapes only ; for it u fail, OF THE FRUIT OF THE LAND, and no oftbe liquor : and if om bring of the liquors, they receive them not of him. They that dwell neere to Jertlfalem, bring figs and grapes that are moß, and they that died/ farce off bring them dried. Mmmony tom. 3. in Biccurim, chapter z. feftion 2, 3, q.. The firft fruits bave no meafure fit by the Law, but bytbe words of our wife- men e be muff fiparate one offixtie. And be that will make all bis field fire fruits, may fo doe. If he haze fepa- ratedhis fir fl-fruits , andretmneth, and addetbmore unto them , that which he addetb is at the jail-fruits. Ibidem feftion 17, i 8. giveth] or, isgiving un- to thee; the Greeke addeth , by lot , Or for inheri- tance: this was the land of Canaan, the fett of Gods Church, and figure of a better inheritance by- Chri(t : the firlt- fruits whereof ( which are the graces, or the fief fruits of the Spirit, Romans 8. 23.) are to be brought unto the Lord, that they may be accepted in Chrift. Yea, wee our felves whom he hath begotten with the word off Truth, that we fhould be a kinde of ftrlifruitsef bin creatures, (Jam. ,. 18.) are to present our bodies unto him, and our reafonable fervice, Romans 12. t. The Hebrews fay, If one bring fistl- fruits from without the land, they are no firiïfruits. Mal- mo), in Bi_curim, chapter 2. feition 1. in a barker] fo the Greeke and Chaldee tranllate the word Tene, ufed onely here, and in Deuterono- mie 28. 5, 17. The Hebrews underhand it gene- rally of any veffell, and hold it nece(farie (from this place) that the firff-fruits bi brought in at effél; alto they teach, that Every fort of fruit fhouldbe brought in a zeffell by it folle: but if be brought them in one veffill, it would ferre. And thy might not bring them mixed all together , but the Barley unie "n eat b, and the Wheat above it, and the 0lize: above that, and the Dates above them, and the Pomgranats above them, and the Figges uppermoft in the veffill. And there fhould be fame thing put between every feverall kinde, of clothes, or rufher, or leaves, or the like ; and thy laid about the figs, duffers of grapes outward. If he brought them in a veffill of mental!, the Prig! Cooke the fit-II-fruits, and re- /toed the vef ell to the ouner : but ifhe brought them in a vef ll ofOfers, or of Rufhes, or the like, then both the firs- fruits and baehyts were the .Priefts. Alaimo), tom. 3. in Biccurim, (or Treatife of Firfl fruito, chapter 3. feftion 7, 8. and(halt gae] namely, at the feall of Harved, or Penteco(t, which was fevers weekes after the Paffeover, as may bel
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