9. The fourth family of affirmative commands respects CLEAN- NESS AND UNCLEANNESS, whereof they reckon up eighteen precepts: —1. He that touches that which dies of itself is unclean, Lev. xi. 39. 2. Hight kinds of creeping things are unclean, Lev. xi. 29, 30. 8.Sun- dry things that may be eaten are yet capable of uncleanness, Lev. xi. 34. 4. A woman in her natural disease is unclean, Lev. xv. 19; 5. And she that is delivered of a child, Lev. xii. 2. 6. The leper is unclean, and defileth other things, Lev. xiii. 2, 3. 7. A cloth infected with leprosy is unclean, Lev. xiii. 47-51; 8, And an house likewise,
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Ley. xiv. 35-44. 9. He that hath an isswe is unclean, Lev. xv. 2; 10. And to the same purpose, Lev. xv. 16; 11. And in a woman, verse 25. 12. A dead body is unclean, and defileth, Num. xix. 14, 13. All cleansing must be accompanied with bathing or washing, Ley. xv. 16. 14. The cleansing of the leper must be with cedar, hys- sop, scarlet wool, and the other ceremonies, Lev. xiv. 2-32. 15. The leper must shave all the hair off his head on the seventh day, Lev. xiv. 9. 16. The leper must not go abroad but with the signs of his leprosy, Lev. xiii. 45. 17. That the red heifer be burned accord- ing to order, Num. xix. 2-10. 18. That the water of the ashes of a red heifer be sprinkled in purification, Num. xix. 17-19.
10. The fifth family of this sort of commands concerns ALMS AND TITHES, consisting of thirty-two precepts:—1. That alms be given to the poor, Deut. xv. 8. 2. That he who promiseth the price of re- demption for the first-born pay it assuredly, Lev. xxvii. 2. 3. That he who is to pay the redemption price of an unclean firstling pay it accordingly, Lev. xxvil.11,12. 4, That the price of a devoted house be so paid, according to the judgment of the priest, Lev. xxvii. 14. 5. The same of a field, Lev. xxvii. 16. 6. That he who decewveth by ignorance add a fifth part unto the price of the thing itself, Lev. v. 15,16. 7. That the frutts of the fourth year be dedicated to God, Ley. xix. 24. 8. That the corners of the fields be left unto the poor to cut and gather, Lev. xix. 9. 9. That ears of corn be left for the poor in harvest, Lev. xix. 9. 10. That a sheaf of corn forgotten be left for the poor, not sought for again, Deut. xxiv. 19. 11. That the gleanings of the vine branches be left to the poor, Lev. xix. 10; 12. And the grapes that fall to the ground, Lev. xix. 10, 13, That all first fruits of the earth be brought to the sanctuary or temple, Exod. xxii. 19. 14 That the words appointed, Deut. xxvi. 5-10, be repeated over the first fruits. 15. That the heave offering, or terumah for the priest, be observed, Deut. xviii. 3. 16. That the t2thes be separated for the use of the Levites, Num. xviii.14. 17. Thata second tithe be taken by the owners, to spend at the tabernacle or at Jerusalem, Deut. xiv. 22,23. 18. That out of the tenth of the Levites, a tenth be taken for the priests, Num. xviii. 26-28. 19. That on the third and sixth year, in the room of this second tenth, a tenth be given to the poor, Deut. xiv. 28, 29. 20. That confession be made over the tithes, Deut. xxvi. 12-15. 21. That a cake of the dough be separated unto the priests, Num. xv. 20. 22. That the whole increase of the land every seventh year be common to all, Exod. xxiii. 10, 1]. 23. That the seventh year be a year of rest unto the whole.Jand, Exod. xxiii. 10,11; Lev. xxv. 3,4. 24, That the year of the jubilee be reckoned by the years of rest, or weeks of years, Lev. xxv. 8-10. 25. That the year of jubilee be separated or sanctified, Lev. xxv. 10, 26. That on the tenth day of the month Tisri the trumpet sound for the beginning
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of the jubilee, Lev. xxv. 9. 27. That a redemption or restitution of the land be granted in the year of jubilee, Lev. xxv. 24. 28. He that sells an house in a walled town may redeem it within a year, Lev, xxv. 29. 29. That debts be remitted on the seventh year, Deut. xv. 1, 2. 30. That in all offerings and sacrifices for sin, the priest have the right shoulder, the breast, and the cheeks, for his por- tion, Deut. xviii. 3. 31. That the first fleece of sheep being shorn be given to the priest, Deut. xviii. 4. 32. That right judgment be made of things devoted, as to the part of God and that of the priests.
11. The sixth family contains seven precepts about THINGS TO BE EATEN :—1l. That all creatures to be eaten, beasts and birds, have their heads taken off, Deut. xii. 23, 24. 2. That the blood of beasts and birds killed to be eaten be covered with earth or dust, Lev. xvii. 13. 3. That the mother be left free from the nest when the young ones are taken, Deut. xxii. 6. 4. That the signs of clean and unclean beasts be diligently observed, Lev. xi. 1-8. 5. That signs to the same purpose be observed in some birds, Deut. xiv. 11-20; 6. And the same concerning locusts that may be eaten, Ley. xi. 21, 22. 7. That the signs in fishes be observed, Lev. xi. 9-12.