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sanctuary by turns, but that all be present at the great anniversary feasts, Deut. xvi. 16. 18. That the priests mourn and be defiled for their near relations, Lev. xxi. 2. 19. That the high priest marry a virgin, Lev. xxi. 13.
This is the second family, liable to the same mistakes in many things with the former, but yet containing a collection of things suit- able to each other, and belonging, for the most part, to the same general head.
8. The third family relates to SACRIFICES, containing fifty-seven precepts; as,—1. That the 727, “tamid,’ or continual sacrifice, be offered every day, Exod. xxix. 38; Num. xxviii. 2, 3. 2. That the high priest offer his mincha or corban every day, Lev. vi. 20. 3. That every Sabbath-day two lambs of a year old be offered as a sacrifice, morning and evening, Num. xxvii. 9. 4. That the sac- rifice of the new moon be observed, Num. xxviii. 1]. 5. That during the feast of the passover the especial sacrifices appointed be added to the continual sacrifice, Lev. xxiii. 6-8; Num. xxviii. 31. 6. That at the feast of Pentecost the offering of new corn be observed, Lev. xxiil. 10. 7. That it be accompanied with alms. 8. Likewise that on the day of expiation, Num. xxix. 7; 9, And that on the feast of tabernacles for seven days, Lev. xxiii. 34. 10. That on the eighth, or - last day of the feast, Num. xxix. 35, 36. 11. That on the second day of the feast of the passover an omer of meal [a sheaf of barley ?] be offered with a lamb, Lev. xxiii. 12. That on the feast of Pen- tecost two new loaves be offered, with its especial sacrifice, Lev. xxiii. 17. 13. That all things be done aright on the feast of expia- tion, Lev. xvi. (These general things are evidently put in to fill up the number of precepts’ that they had fixed on, there being no special precept in them.) 14. That three times in the year an holy feast be kept unto the Lord, Exod. xxiii. 14. 15. That on these feasts all the males appear before the Lord, Deut. xvi. 16. 16. That they should rejoice in all their feasts, Deut. xvi. 14. 17, That the pas- chal lamb be slain, Exod. xii. 6. 18. That his flesh be eaten roasted, Exod. xii. 8. 19. That on the second month, on the fourteenth day, another passover be kept; 20. That the lamb be then eaten with unleavened bread and sour herbs, Num. ix. 10,11. 21. That the sounding of trumpets be used with the sacrifice on the day of the afflicting of their souls, Num. x. 10. 22. That the creatures to be sacrificed should be eight days old and upwards, Lev. xxii. 27. 23. That every creature to be sacrificed be perfect, Lev xxii. 19. 24. That salt be used in all sacrifices, Lev.ii. 13. 25. That whole burnt offerings be ordered according to the law, Lev. i.3. 26. That so also be the sin offering, Lev. vi. 25; 27. And likewise the trespass offer- ing, Lev. vii. 1; 28. And the peace offering, Lev. vii. 11; 29. And the meat offering, Lev. ii. 1. 30. That if the whole congregation
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offend, a sacrifice be offered for it, Lev.iv.18. 81. If a private man sin by ignorance, he must offer his sin offering, Lev. iv. 27. 32. That a sacrifice be offered for an uncertain crime, Levy. v. 17,18. 33. That a sacrifice be offered for sin certain and known, Ley. vy. 15, 16. vi. 2-7. 34. That every one’s sacrifice be according to his substance or wealth, Lev. v. 7. 35. That whosoever sinneth, together with his sacrifice he make confession of his sin, Num. v. 6, 7. 36. That - voluntary pollution be cleansed by sacrifice, Lev. xv. 18, 14, 37. That women do so likewise in the case mentioned, Lev. xv. 28,29. 38. That the leper, being cleansed, do ofter sacrifice, Lev. xiv. 10. 39. That a woman after child-birth offer sacrifice, Lev. xii. 6-8. 40, That the tenth of every clean beast be separated unto the Lord, Lev. xxvii. 82. 4]. That every first-born male be sanctified and offered
unto the Lord, Exod. xiii. 2; Deut. xv. 19. 42. That every jirst- —
born of man be redeemed with a certain price, Num. xviii. 15. 43. That the first-born of an ass be redeemed with a lamb, Exod. xili. 138. 44. That if it be not redeemed, its neck be broken, Exod. xiii.18. 45. That any sacred beast, that is, firstling or tenth, wherein is a blemish, be redeemed, Deut. xv. 19-2]. 46. That which is changed, and that which it is changed for, are to be both the Lord’s, Lev: xxvii. 10. 47. That all offerings, both necessary on legal prescrip- tion and free-will offerings, be brought unto Jerusalem on the next feast, Deut. xii. 5, 6. 48. That all sacrifices be offered at the sanc- tuary, Deut.xii.14, 49. That sacrifices vowed out of the Holy Land be offered at Jerusalem, Deut. xii. 20, 26,27. 50. That Aaron and his sons eat the remainder of the meat offerings, Lev. vi. 16. 51. That the males of the house of the priests eat the flesh of the sin and trespass offering, Exod. xxix. 32, 33. 52. That holy flesh which hath touched any unclean thing be burned in the fire, Lev. vii. 19. 58, That the flesh of the sacrifices that remain until the third day be consumed with fire, Lev. vii. 17. 54. That a Nazarite suffer his hair to grow, Num. vi. 5. 55. That he shave his hair after his vow is accomplished, Num. vi. 18.. 56. That every man perform his vows to God, Deut. xxii, 23; Num. xxx. 2. 57. That judgment be made of the obligation of vows according to the law, Num. REX,