' Tings were to have the firſt place. See on Caap. 3. 5.
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If a man heard or knew of blaſphemy, and concealed i:, he muft atone it, 1. Or if he tomch any unclean thing, and is mane ſenſible of it ; or hav: ſworn roſbly, he is guilty, mult confeſs it, and offer a lamb or goat, fe
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ſufficient, becauſe the fin of one of thoſe vvas for whom a male was required, werſe : -
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male ; incale of poverty, :wo turtÞ doves, ar rwo young pig: 01s, one tor. But if this were tos much,
# fn, ang one tor s burnt-offering, 2-=-I0, the temh part of an ephah of fine flour, without oil '7 frankincen). 11- --1I3, He that purloineth holy things muſt off'r a ram, ana the worth in ſilver,a ſh:kel according to the weight of th- ſanffuary, 14 ---= 16, Sins of ignorance again m-ntion'd, and a perfet} ram, with the eſtrmation, for 'a fm-offering, 17- -=-19. ND if a ſoul fin, and s hear the voice of + ſwear- ing b and i: a witneſ', whether he hath ſeen * or known c of it ; if he do not utter zz,then be ſhal bear his iniquity d. a And, for that is, as that Particle is often uſed, as Gen; 13. 15: 1 Chron. 21, 12. compared with 2Sam: 24: 13. For this declares In particular what the ſin was, b Either 1, of adjuration upon oath, when the Judge adjures a Witneſs toſpeak the whole truth;of which ſee Marth, 26, 63, Bur his ſeems roo much to narrow the ſenſe ; an.. thi> and the other Laws, both before and after ir, ſpeak of privare ſis committed chrough 1g.-07rance. Or 2. of falſe ſwearing before a J. dge, But rrac is expicfly forbidden, Lev. 6: 3. | Or rather 3. o; curting, or blaiphemy, or execration, as the word commonly ſig- nihes, and tat -itiher 1, againſt ones ne1ghboi:r, as 2 Sam, 16. 7.07 2 againſt Go.!, as Levit: 24; 10 11. which may ſeem ro be princi- pa:ly intended here, becau'e th: Crime hore ſpok-n cf is +f fo bigh a nature, th:t hz who heard it, was obliged tore-e l ir, an proje- cute the guiiry. And though God be nor here mentioned, yer the genera] word is here to be underſtood of the moſt famous particular, as 1t 1s frequently in all Authors, of which there are many isſtan * Ces. * Being preſent when it was ſaid, c By ſuffic.ent information from others. a (i e. ) The puniſhment of it ; as that word is oft uſed, as Gen; 19: 15 Numb: 18; 1. See of this Phraſe Lev: 17; i6;and 20: 20: Iſa: $9: 2x. | | 2 Oi* ifa ſou) touch any unclean thing e, whether we it bea Carcaſsof an unciean beaſt, or a carcaſs of un» . Clean cattel, ortte carcaſsof unclean creeping tw'ings, and if it be hidden trom him f, be alſo (hal be wiclean, and guilty g : e To wit, c-remonially. Of which ſee more fully, Chay. x1: 24, &c. and O-ut, 14. fIf.edoit wittingly,yet that would not excuic him,b=cauſe he ſhould have been more dil:g-nt and circum» ſpe& ro avoid all unclean rhings. Hereby God uchgned to awaken men to watchfulnefs againſt, and repentance for, their unk'ovvn, or unobſerved fins. Sce Pjal: 19; 12. 1 John 3: 20. £ Nor morally,
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3 Or if he touch the'* uncleanneſs of man, whatſoe- mg ver uncleanneſs it be that aman ſhal be defiled withal, -— F Ts. and-i: be hid from him, when he knoweth of ##b6, then he (hal be guilty z.
þ As ſoon as he knoweth it,he muſt not delay to make his peace with God. And though it was fin before, though nor known, yet the knowledge ef it made it worſe, and therefore required the more ſpeedy repentance. # Not only ceremonially by that touch, but morally for his violation and contempt of God's Authcrity and Command,
4 Or if a foul {wear k, pronouncing with hs lips to do evil/, or* ro do good mm, whatſoever #: be that a man ſhal pronounce with an oath, and ir be hid from tim» ; when be knoweth of it o, then he ha} be guilty in one of
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k To wit, raſhly, without conſideration either of God's Law, or his own power or right, as David did, 1 Saw; 25; 22. 1 Either 1, to himſe'f, ro wir, to puniſh higaſelf, either in his Body, or E- ſtare, or ſomething elſe which is dear to him. Or rather 2. to his Neighbour, as 1 Sam: 25: 225 As 23; 12, mn To wit, to his Netgh- bour, as Mayk 6. 23, when a man either. may nor, or cannot do it, which may frequently happen. »(7.e. ) He did not know, or not conſider, that what heſwore to do, was or would be impoſlible, or, unlawful, o When he diſcovers ir to be fo, either by his own con- ſideration, Or by information from others. p Either in the good or evil which he ſwore to do.
5 And it (bal be when he ſbal be guilty in one of .
theſe :hings q, that be ſhal confeſsr that he hath ſinned in that 145ng.
q In on of the three forementioned caſes, either by ſinful ſilence and compliance with others in their fin, werſe 1. or by an unclean touch, as wv:rſe 2, 3, or by raſh ſwearing, wer/e4. x Before the Lord in the place of pub'ick worſhip. And this confeſſion is not ro be re= ſtrained to che preſent caſe, but by a p>rity of reaſon,and comparing
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; of other Scriptures,to be exrended to other Sacrifices for fin,to which
this was a conſtant compamion;and as it were ſignified by the guilry p:r{on's laying his hand upon his Offering, ſo it is probable it was expreſſed in words, See Numb. 5.6, 7,
6 Andhe ſhal bring his tieſpaſs-offering + unto the LORD tor his fin which he bath ſinned, a temale s frym che tock, alamb or kid of the goats, fora ſin-offering:
and the prieſt ſhal make an atonement for him concer- ning his lin.