to God, and ro holy uſes ; of which ſee Lev; 22: 2: ſuchas Tythes and Firſt-fruirs, or any things due, or devoted, or offered to God, which poſſibly a man might either with-:old, or employ to ſore common uſe. See Exod. 34; 26. Deut, 12: 17, 18. and 15: 19;Jer. 2: 3- b'A morechargeable Sacrifice rhan the former, as the tin of Sacriledge was greater. '# As thou ſhalr eſteem or rate it, thou O Prieſt, as appears from werſe 16, 18, and Levit. 6: 6, See alſo Lev; 22: 14. and 27; 2, 3. and at preſent, thou O Myſes, Lov. 27. 3. for he as yet performed the Prizft's part. And this enter 1. way be referredto the ram, which wasrto be of ſuch a price and vvorth as the Prieſt ſhould appoint, Or rather 2. is an additional charge and puniſhment to him, which beſides the ram. he was to pay for the holy thing which ne had with-h-id or abu <d, ſo many ſheke's of ſilver as the Prieſt ſhou'd eſteem proportionablie to it ; which wasas it were another part or branch of his T:eſpals-offering.'* Of which ſee on Gen. 23, 15. 16 And be ſhal make amends for the barm t? at ke hath * Chap:22 done in the hoiy thing, and ſhal "add the fifth part I 14: and thereto, and give it unto the prieſt ; and the prieſt ſha] 27:13,15, make an atonement for tim with the ram of the wreſpals- 7 offering, andit ſhatbe forgiven him. Num'5:7: þ $9 much they were to add to holy things redeemed, Levit: 27: 13, 15, 19. : ;
17 7 Andifa * ſoul fin and commit any of. theſe things I which are forbidden to be done by the commandments Numb: 5:- of the LORD, though he wilt zz not, yer is he guiity, 6. and (hal bear his iniquity.
3 To wit, concerniag holy things, of which he is yet ſpeaking, though wirh ſome difference and addition as it may ſeem. The for- mer Law concerns the alienation of holy things from the ſacred to 2 common ule ; and this may concern other miſcariages about holy things, and holy duties,as may be gathered from ver; 19.where this is ſaid ro be a zreſpaſs agaiuſt the Lord, not in a general ſenfe, for ſo every ſin was; but in a proper and peculiarſenſe. m2 For if hedid it knowingly, be muſt die, Numb; 15: 3e-
18 And he ſhal bring a ram without blemiſh out of the flock,with thy eſtimartion,for a treſpaſs- offering unto the prieſt; and theprieſt ſhal make an atonement for bim,
concerning tis ignorance wherein be erred, and wiſt ;: not; andit ſhai be forgiven bim,
19 It isatreſpaſs- offering 3 be bath certainly treſpaſled againſt the LORD.
CHAP. VI Treſpaſs-offerings for fins of deceit, or violence, and perjury ; reftoration muff be made, and a ram offered, x -—— 7. The lawful manner of this burnt-gffering further declared ; the fire to be ever burning upen the altar, 8 ---- 13. Of mea:-offerings for a memorial unto th? Lord, and every one that rowcheth them is ſuly, 14, ————18, Meat offerings far the conſecratioof Aaron and his ſons, 19 == 23. Of the ſm-offerng,
—— 30. A ND the LORD fpake unto Moſes fay-
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ing, 2 If - ſin and commit a treſpaſs againſt the LORD#, andlic unto bis neighbour in caat which
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was delivered him to keep 5, orin * 7 felrowship c, Me
ina thing taken away by violence 4, or bath deceived
þ1s neighbour e. : |
s This ſin, though direQly committed againſt Mzn only, is here emphatically faid to be done again#? the Lord, not only in general, for ſo every fin againſt Man is alſo againſt the Lord, whoſe Image 'n Man is thereby injvred, and whoſe Law, which obJigerh vs to Love and Fidelity, and Juſtice to other Men, is thereby violate; Dur in a more ſpecial ſenſe, becauſe this was 2 violation of humane Scciety, whereof God is the Author, and Preſident, and Defender. See Numb; &: 6: and becauſe it was a ſecret fin, of Which God alone was the Wirneſs and Judge, See As 5: 4* and becauſe God « Name was abuſed in it by Perjury, werſe zz 6 To wir, in truſt. c eb. Or in putting ef the hand, Winch may be either, 1. Another expreflicn of the iame thing immedciatly going before, which 1s very trequent in Scpturz;8 ſo the ſerſe is, When oneMan puts any thing into ano- therMan's Hand to keep for him;& when he zequires it, t6 r-ſtore it to him. Or, 2. Adiſtin& branch, which ſeems more probable,and io it belongs to commerce or feilov ſhipin Trading, which is very uſual when one Man puts ary thing into another's Hard, not to keepit, as in the foregoing Word or Member, butto uſe and 117. prove it for the cemmon benefit of them both, in which cafes of Parte nerſhip, it is eaſte for one to d2ceive the other,and therefore provitis on is here made againſt ir. And rhis 1s called a purring of the hand, bee c:uſe ſuch Agreements and Afociations v'ed to be confirmed by giz ving or joining their Har.ds rogetber, Jer 50: 15: Gal. 2:9: Compare Exod, 23: i: d Towit, ſecrer'y ; for heſ.ems to ſpeik here of twch {ins as cou!d not be preved by Witneſs. e Got any thiag from him by Calumny, or Fraud, or Circumvention ; for 1o the word ſignifies.
3 Or have found that which was loſt, and lieth con- cerning it, and * ſweareth faſlyf; inany of all theſe that a man doth, finning therein.
f His Oath being required, ſeing there was no other way of dife cove: y letr.
4 Then ir ſhall be, becauſe he hath ſinned, and is guilty g, that he ſhal reſtore that which he took violent- 'y away, or the thing which be hath deceitfully got-
11'S, Of the hand,
* Numb; 5: 6.
| cen, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the
!o!t thing which he found:
g This Guilt of his. being manifeſted, either by his refuſing to {» ear when calied ro it, as in ſom? of the caſes alledged; or by his voinrary confeſſion upon remorſe, whereby he reaperh this benefit, that heonly reſtores the principal with the addition ofa fifth part ; whereas if he were convitted of his fault, he was to pay double Exod. 22: 9
5 Oral that about which he hath ſworn falſly, he , ſhal even.* reftore it in the principal, and ſhal add , the fifth part more thereto, whom it appertaineth, offering h.
h It muſt nct be delayed, but retirution to Man muſt 2 repentance towarcs God, Compare Matth. 5. 23.
6 And he (hai bring his treſpaſs-ottering unto the LORD,a ram without blemiſh out of the * flock. with thy eſtimation, for a treſpaſs-offering unto the prieſt,
7 And the prielt ſhal make an atonement for him be- fore the LORD:& it ſhal be forgiven him, for any thing of all chat he hath done, in treſpafling therein.
8 4 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying,