The Gofpel ofthe Peace-Offering. 229 Anfte. They were either Occafsonal, or more (fated. The Occafional Times, were either, t. In 7hankfgiving; or z. As Yaws ; or 3. As Free will-offerings, which were formerly fpoken to. The moreElated Times are filch as thefe. t. At the Confecration of the Priefls. One of the Rams is called a Peace- Offering, Exod. 29. 28. And at the fiat Confecration of Aaron and his Family, Levit. 9. 4. Alfo a Bullock and a Ram for Peace-Offerings, to Sacrifice before the Lord. 2. "It the Expiration of a Nazaretical Vow, Numb. 6. t I.. One Lamb without BlemiTh for a Peace- Offering. 3. At the Dedication of the Tabernacle. Each of the twelve Princes of t the relve Tribes of ifrael, brought for a Sacrifice of Peace-Offerings, two Oxen, five Rams, five HeeGoats of the firfi Tear, Numb. 7. 17. So at the Dedication of the Temple by Solomon, t Kings 8.62, 63. Solomon offered a Sacrifice of Peace- Offerings which he offered unto the Lcrd, two and twenty thocfand Oxen, and ahundred and twenty thoufand Sheep. 4. In the Feafl ofFirft-Fruits. Two Lambs of thfrft rear for a Sacri- fice of Peace-Offerings, Lev. 23. 19. As for the Offerings at the Purification of a Leper; the two Birds, Levit. r4.. It differs fo much from the ordinary Rule of thePeace-Of- ferings, that if cannot well be annumerated to them : But it was a peculiar Sacrifice of Purification, of which we (hall fpeak hereafter. So likewife the Paffover Lamb, Exod. 12. though Euchariffical ; yet cannot well be reduced to the Peace Offerings, or to any of the fix ordinary Kinds: But was indeed a peculiar Sacrifice, having other Rights than what belonged to the Peace- Offering. 3: The Matterof the Peace- Offering , It was either of the Herd, or of the Flock ; either of the bigger, or of the leffor fort of Cattel ; either Lambs or Goats. There was no Peace-Offering of Fowls, as therewas of Turtle Doves" and young Pigeons in the Burnt-Offering. The reafon whereof is thought to be, becaufe this was to bedivi- ded among fo many; to God, and the Prieft, and the Offerers : But in Birds being fo fmall, this Divifion could not fo conveniently be 'made. Moreover, it mush be without Blemifli. And this was required before in the Burnt- Offering, and indeed in all their Sacrifices. And finally the Peace- Offering, it might be either Male. or Female ;. which was otherwife in the Law of the Burnt-Offering, that was to be Males only, cap. s. 3. This Interpreters do. apply Spiritually to the 3tatg5
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