18 ,* Thou ſhait not offer the blood of my ſacrifice * Lev; vj} with jeavened bread h ; neither ſhall the fat of my Þ ſa- De crifice remain until the morning z. : ng þ This and the following clauſe moſt underſtand of the Paſſeover, + Or ſeas, by comparing this place with its paralJe), Exod: 34: 25: where the : Paſſeover is mentioned. Bur the words being here univerſal, by the | Laws of interpretation they ought to beuniverſally underftood, if * Ge they can bear that ſenſe; which here they may ; for both theſe J; Clauſes agree to other Sacrifices. For as every Sacrifice had a Minchah, Deu or 2 Mear-cfF-ring of Flour atrending upon it, 2nd offered with it;ſo 7 ir was expreſly cautioned,that no Jeaven ſhould bein that Minchah, Jer:3 Lev: 2: 11, And the fat of every Sacrifice was conſecrated to Ged, 7 Or Lev: 3: 16: 2 Chron: 35: 14, Oc. and was preſent!y to be burnt up- aff 4 2N che Altar, Lev: 7:2,3. And for Exod: 34: 25. what hinders but that * ;2aT 1s here more generally preſcribed, may be there particularly thee. appiieo to the Paſicover ? and that ſeems more reaſonable, than ro ) "Ver ike that an idlereperition of the ſame thing. And my ſacrifice may * Chi ve here pur. for my ſacrifices, by the common Enallege. Moreover Jz 2 t12 rwo principal things which were offered to God in every Sacri- ' | Joſt: hce, were bl2od and fat, Lev: 17:6, 11, &c, i This if underſtood of IT. 2 Pafſeover may ſeem ſuperfluous, becauſe nothing of it, neither fat "Lex n=r lean, was to remainuntil the morning, Exod: 12; 10; but all of it J: was to be eaten, even the purtenance thereof, verſe 9: and that,for ought Deur I ſee, without ny exception ofthe fat,as there was in other Sacrifices i; L:v: 3; 16. And therefore in that parallel place, Exea;3 4:2 5:where Cha the Paficover is mentioned, there isnot a word of thefar,but only itis 361: faid in the genera), neither ſhall the ſacrifice of the feaſt of the Paſſeover bs Num loft until the morummg. And in that 2 Chron; 35: 14: where there is 52s mention of the far, it 1s manifeſtly reſtrained tothe Burnt-offerings Deut which are there diſtinguiſhed from the Paſſcover, werſe 11, 12. a 19 The firſt of the firſt-fruirs & of thy land thou ſhalt [v2 bring into the houſe of the- LORD thy God. * Thou "0
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red Aa wn the following Nords, becauſe pardon of ſin, which 15
God's Prerogative, Mark 2: 7: is here aſcribed to him, and God's
name is in him, and by comparing other Scriptures, as Exod. 32. 34: dts 7: 38, 39: 1 Cor: 10: 9: See Exod. 13: 21: and 14: 19. :
2: Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him
not : for he will notpardon your tranſgreſſions » : for
my name #s in him 9. : |
n (i.e.) He will ſeverely 7 mg you for them, by a common Meioſis, as Exod. 20:7: Underſtand, if you continue obſtinate 1n your fins. oe Heb. 1s in his inward parts, 3. e. is intimately united to him, according to Jeh. 10: 38: Tam i# the father, and the father n me. Tt net enly ſignifies that he aQts in his Name,and by his Power and Authority, which even the Apoſtles did, and other Miniſters of the Goſpel do, and therefore it is unreaſonable to think no more 1s aſcribed to this Angel, but that his divine Nature or Eſſence 1s 1n him, whence he is called the Lord our righteouſneſs, Jer. 23: 6: and God, who will not give his glory to another, Iſa. 42: 8: hath given it to Chriſt, that amen ſhould hononr the ſon even as they honour, the father,
oh. 5: 23: which never was nor can be ſaid of any Angel withour
blaſphemy. Add to this, that the word nemeis oft pur for the thing, or being, whether it be humane or divine,as 1s manifeſt from Devt. 28: 58; Pſal. 20: 1: and 115: 1: Iſai. 3o: 27: AF I; 15: Rev. 3: 4: and 11: 13. Andſo it muſt be here, becauſe this name is nor ſaid to be given to him, as it would be, if it were properly taken ; bur ro be in him, or in hit inwards, which agrees well to the Divine Nature or Eſſence, burnce to the meer Name. | 22 Bur if thou ſhalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I ſpeak p, * then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies and # an adverſary unto thine adverſaries
p All that I bavealready commanded, and ſhall further preſcribe by him unto Moſer. ;
23 * For mine Angel ſhall go before thee,and * bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, end the Hivites, and the Jebuſites : and 1 will cut them off,
24 Thou ſhalt not bow down to their gods, nor ſerve them 9q,*nor do after their works 7:* but thou ſhalt utter- ly overthrow them s, and quite break down their im-
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ages *Lev:18 ; (5. e. ) Give them neither outward worſhip with thy body, nor
inward with thy mind. r (7. e.) Nor follow their example in the worſhip of idols. s (#. e. ) The People, leſt thou be entnared by their counſel or example. * Or, ftarues, or pillars, or any thing elſe ere&ed in honour to their falſe gods. See Gen; 28; 18. and
, 20, a 25 And ye ſhall ſerve the LORD your God ; and * he ſhall bleſs thy bread, and thy water « © and *I will take ſickneſs away from the midft of thee. u (45,e.) Thy meat and thy drink, that they ſhall be able to
nouriſh thee, and give thee comfort,which withour my bleſſing they will n-ver be ablerodo.
26 1 * There (ball nothing caſt there young, nor be barren x inthy land : the number of thy days I will ful- fil |
» Deut:75 > avs was a double mercy. God gave them ftrength both to
conceive, and to retain the conception till the natural and proper time of bringing forth came. » I will preſerve thee ſo as thou ſhalt live as long as the courſe of nature and temper of thy body will Per= mit, when evil men ſball noz live out ha'f their days, Pſal. 55: 23,
27 Iwill ſend my fear z before thee, and will de- ſtroy all the people to whom chou ſhalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their f backs unto thee.
z ( ce.) A great terrour, or a texrour wrought by me. See Exod, 53; 2: Joſb: 24: 12,
28 And Iwill ſend hornets -« before thee, which ſhall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hit- tite b from before thee,