CHAPTER VI. 419 priests ? A. The priests were to be maintained by the first-born of all cattle and the first - fruits of oil and wine, and corn, and they had a share in various sacrifices, viz. the heave offering, the wave- breast, and the right -shoulder, &c. Num. xviii. 8 -19. Note, Heave -offerings were to be moved upwards' and downwards towards heaven and earth. Wave-offerings were to be shaken to and fro, or moved towards the four quarters of the heaven : all this is supposed to signify an offering of them to God, as universal Lord of all parts of the creation, and who dwells every where. 16. Q. What were the laws about the Levites' maintenance ? A. They were maintained by the tenth or tithe 'of fruits and corn which God appointed for them ; Num. xviii. 21, 24. And they hadsome cities and their suburbs given them out of every tribe; Josh. xxi. 17. Q. What were some of their special laws about the bodies and the lives of men ? A. He that killed or stole and sold a man, must die for it ; Exod. xxi. 12, 16. And in all cases of real injury or mischief, life was to pay for life, an eye for an eye, à hand for a hand, or a foot for a foot ; Lev. xxiv. 17-20. And this was the penalty of a false witness, who in- tended to bring any mischief whatsoever on another; Deut. xix. 18, &c. for the same was to be executed on the false witness. 18. Q. Was there no pardon for him that killed another? A. If he did it wilfully, there was no pardon : but if it were done by chance, there were six cities of refuge in the land of Canaan appointed, to which the manslayer might fly and be safe. But he was bound to dwell there until the death of the bigh-priest ; Nurn. xxxv. 11 -33. 19. Q. Was the law the same for the servant or slave, and for the freenïau; in case of maiming and of murder ? A. Not entirely the same ; for in some cases of maiming or killing a slave, the offenderwas not punished to the same degree as if the injured person had been a freeman ; Exod. xxi. 20, 26. 20. Q. What were some of the usual punishments of cri- minals appointed in the .Jewish law ^ A. A fine of money or cattle to be paid, a cutting off from the people or congregation, scourging or heating at most with forty stripes, the loss of a limb, or the loss of life; Exod. xxi. 19, 22, 36. Lev. xix. 20. Lev. xxiv. 17-20. 21. Q. What is the meaningof being cut off from the people or the congregation? A. In some great crimes, such as presumptuous rebellion against the laws of God, wilful sabbath- breaking, &c. it may signify capital punishment or death, by the bands of the magistrate; Nam. xv: 30, 31. Exod. xx xi. 14. In some cases it may intend a being devoted to some judgment by the immediate hand of God ; Lev. xvii. 10. and xx. 5, 6. $ut iu some lesser crimes perhaps it may signify no more than
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