12. The seventh family of affirmative precepts respects the PASS- OVER and other feasts, as to the time of their observation, haying twenty commands appertaining unto it:—1. That the course of the sun and moon be exactly observed, for the right constitution of the anniversary feasts, Deut. xvi. 6. 2. That the beginning of the months be appointed by the house of judgment, Exod. xii. 2. 3. That we rest on the Sabbath, Exod. xxiii. 12. 4. That the Sabbath be sanc- tified, Exod. xx. 8. 5. That all Jeaven be thrust out of doors on the feast of the passover, Exod. xii. 15. 6. That on the night of the passover, the first discourse be about the deliverance out of Egypt, Exod. xiii. 8. 7. That unleavened bread be eaten on that night, Exod. xii. 18. 8. That the first day of the feast of the passover be a day of rest; 9. Likewise the seventh day also, Exod. xii. 16 ; Lev. xxiii, 7, 8. 10. That forty-nine days be reckoned to the feast of weeks, Lev. xxiii. 15. 11. That on the fiftieth day rest be declared, Lev. xxiii. 21. 12. That on the first day of the seventh month there be rest from all works, Lev. xxiii. 24, 18. That the trumpet sownd on that day, Num. xxix. 1. 14, That every one afflict his own soul on the tenth day of September, Lev. xxiii. 27-29. 15. That there be a rest and ceasing from all works on the day of expiation, Lev. xxili. 32, 16, That there be a rest from labour on the first day of the Jeast of tabernacles, Lev. xxiii. 35; 17. Likewise on the eighth day, Lev. xxiii. 36. 18. That the people dwell in booths seven days, Lev. xxiii. 42, 19, That on the first day of the feast of tabernacles branches of palms be carried, Lev. xxiii. 40. 20. That every Israelite that is a male offer every year half a shekel to the Lord, Exod. xxx. 13.
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18. The eighth family concerns RULE AND JUDGMENT, made up of thirteen precepts: —1. That obedience be yielded to every prophet speaking in the name of God, Deut. xviii. 15. 2. That the people choose a king, Deut. xvii. 15. 8. That judges and rulers be ap- pointed in every city of the people, Deut. xvi. 18. 4, That the laws and decrees of the great cowncil be observed and obeyed, Deut. xvii. 10. 5. That in doubtful cases the major part of suffrages is to determine, Exod. xxiii 1. 6. That all men be judged equally, without respect, Lev. xix. 15. 7. That every one who can testify the truth in any cause, is of his own accord to repair to the judges so to do, Lev.v.1. 8. That witnesses be examined strictly, and their testi- mony duly weighed, Deut. xiii. 14. 9. That false witnesses have that done to them which they would have done unto others, or brought upon them, Deut. xix.18,19. 10. That a calf be slain where a dead body is found, the murderer not being known, Deut. xxi. 1-9. 11. That siw cities of refuge for the man-slayer be appointed, and the ways to them be prepared, Deut. xix. 2, 3; Num, xxxv. 6. 12. That the Levites have cities and suburbs granted them, Num. xxxv.2. 13. That the tops of the houses have a battlement about them, Deut. xxi. 8.
14, The ninth family of affirmative precepts respects TRUTH AND DOCTRINES, comprehending twenty-five commands:—l. That the idolatry of the Gentiles be extirpated out of the land, Deut. xii. 2. 2. That the city and citizens which fall into idolatry be utterly de- stroyed, Deut. xiii, 12-16. 3. That the seven nations of Canaan be blotted out, Deut. vii. 1, 2. 4. That the Israelites remember what Amalek did unto them, Deut. xxv. 17. 5. That the memory of Amalek be blotted out from under heaven, Exod. xvii. 14. 6. That war be undertaken and managed according to the law, Deut. xx. 7. That a priest be anointed to go forth to the war, Deut. xx. 2, 8. That every one carry a paddle with his arms, Deut. xxii. 13. 9. That a place be assigned for covering of ejections of nature, Deut. xxiii. 12, 10. That what is stolen be restored, Ley. vi. 4. 11. That an Hebrew servant be well rewarded at the end of his service, Deut. xv. 14, 12. That we lend freely to the poor and needy, Exod. xxii. 25. 13. That the pledge be restored unto the owner, Deut, xxiv. 13. 14 That the labourer be paid his hire or wages the same day, Deut, xxiv. 15. 15. That the hireling working in the field or vine- yard may eat of the fruits to his satisfaction, Deut. xxiii. 24, 25. 16. That we help the beast of owr neighbour fallen under his bur- den, Exod. xxiii 5. 17. That we help our neighbour in leading his beast by the way, Deut. xxii. 4. 18, That what is lost by one and found by another be restored to the owner, Deut. xxii, 1-3, 19. That we rebuke our neighbour when he sinneth or offendeth, Lev. xix. 17. 20. That we love our neighbour, Lev. xix. 18, 21. That we lovea stranger, Deut.x.19. 22. That weights, and measures, and