part of the priest to offer on the altar, and afterwards occurs the expression, sfAvpoffdiv rou tjuffiasryp tou, before the altar. — xa,i SKI? [Lvria- dric, and there rememberest) The word of God portrays the most hidden secrets of the human heart. In the performance of a sacred rite, the remembrance of offences arises more naturally, than in the noise of human affairs. — t^si, hath) as having been offended [by thee].
24. "r-ra/e, vpurov, go thy way, first) placed antithetically to TOTS iXduv, then having come, — diaXXci-yr^i r& ad&pti aui, be recon ciled to thy brother,) that thou mayest be reconciled to God. — &duv, coming) not returning ; for the first going being in vain is not reckoned.
25. "la&i tvvoSiv, be friendly) Seek kindly feeling by showing it yourself. — rGi avndixy, with the adversary) to whom you owe money. — Cf. ver. 26. The language is parabolical, it applies principally to an adversary who entertains grave animosity even beyond death. — ru^u, quickly) The pride of the human heart is slow in deprecation and satisfaction. — Iv r$ odz, in the way) sc. to the tribunal. — per auroD, with him) The plaintiff used himself to apprehend the defendant. — <K vapadz, deliver thee) Great is tho power of the adversary. God, as Judge, prosecutes the demand of him who pleads for justice. — tpvhazqvj ward) where thou thy whole self wilt be the pledge of payment for the debt.
26. "EWJ civ, until) The debtor is left to himself ; see ch. xviii. 34. It is strange that the expression, su$ civ, should have been urged by those, who hence infer the possibility of payment, rather than TOV 'ic-^arov xodpdvTYjv, the last farthing. — rlv 'ie-^arov, the last) Thus does Divine justice exact everything, not a single farthing more or less than you owe.1 — xodpdvrriv, quadranteni) Substantives which express foreign articles are very frequently transferred from one language to another, instead of being translated.2
27. 'Eppidri, it has been said) Murder and adultery are equally
1 O the vain and most deceitful persuasion of the old man, whereby lie supposes that God will only lightly exact the debts due to Him. Nay, unless remission interpose so as to remove utterly one's countless faults, the utter- most avarice of man does not exercise as great rigour, as the divine justice justly and deservedly maintains. — Vcrs. Germ.
2 The quadrans, the fourth part of an asse, about a farthing and a half of our money. — (T. B.)