s For an acceptable ſervice to God.
19 And the flesh s that toucheth any unclean thing z, Shall not not be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire : and as for the flesh x, all that be clean y shal eat thereof.
t To wit, of the holy Offering, of which he is here treating ; and therefore the general word is to be ſo limited ; for other fleſh one might eat in this caſe. Deut: 12: 15, 22. # Affeer its oblation ; which might eaſily happen, as it was ccnveyed from the Altar to the place where it was eaten : For it was not eaten in the ho] Place, as appears, becauſe it was eaten by the Prieſts,together ah the Offerers, who might not come thither. x 7. e. The other fleſh; that which ſhall not be polluted by any unclean touch, x Wherher
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Prieſts or Offerers, or Gueſts invited to the Feaſt. See 1 Sam:9. 12. and 20. 26. Both the fleſh and the Eaters of it muſt be clean.
20 But the ſoul that cateth & of the flesh of the ſa- crifice of peace-offerings that pertain unto the LORD, * having his uncleanneſs upon him 4, even that ſoul * Chap: : $hall be cut off from his people. AF j * Knowingly ; for ifit were done ignorantly,a Sacrifice was ac- | cepred for it, Levit: 5.2. a (7: e:) Not being cleanſed from his { uncleanneſs according to the appointment, Levit: 11: 24, &c. This ! Verſe ſpeaks of uncleanneſs from an internal cauſe, as by an Iſſue, -<07 ogy what was from an external cauſe 1s ſpoken of in the next : Verſe. 21 Moreover, the ſoul that shal touch any unclean
: thing, as * the uncleanneſs of man 6, or any * unclean *Chap: 1:
beaſt, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the and 23: tlesh of the ſacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain _ oO unto the LORD, even that ſoul hal be cut off
his people. b
b Or, Of women, for the word ſignifies both ; and that there were ſuch things coming from Men or Women, the touch whereof did pollute men and things, may be ſeen Levit: 15: and elſewhere.
Otchers make it an Hypallage, wncleaz;zeſs of man, for a man of un« cleanneſs, or, an unclean man. But that ſeems not neceſſary here.
22 Andthe LORD ſpike unto Moſes, ſaying,
23 Speak unto the chidren of Iſrael, ſaying, Ye shal eat no manner fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat c,
c The general prohibition of eating Fat, Levit: 3: 17: 1s here ex- plained of, and reſtrained to, thoſe kind of Creatures which were lacrificed to God.
24 And the fat of the + beaſt that dieth of it ſelf,and + Heb. the fat of that which is torn with beafts 4, may be uſed £97c9/s. in any other uſe : but ye ſhall in no wiſe eat of it.
d He ſpeaketh ſtill of the ſame kinds of Beaſts, and ſheweth that this prohibition reacheth not only to the Fat of thoſe Beaſts which were offered to God, but alſo of thoſe that died, or were kill'd at home. And if this ſeems a ſuperfluous prohibition concerning the Fat, fince the Lean as well as the Fat of ſuch Beaſts was forbidden Levit: 22: 8. it muſt be noted that that prohibition reached only to the Prieſts, werſe 4+
25 For whoſoever eateth the fat of the beaſt, of which men ofter an oftering made by fire unto the LORD, even the ſoul that eateth ic, ſhall be cut off from his people.
26 * Moreover, ye ſhall eat no manner of blood, *Gen:g.4. whether it be of fow|, or of beaſt, in any of your dwel- Chap. 3. 1NgS, . py
27 Whatſoever ſoul zt be that eateth any manner of MY blood, even that ſoul ſhall be cur off from his people.
28 T And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying,
29 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, ſaying,He that offereth the ſacrifice of his peace-offerings unto the LORD, ſhal bring e his oblation f unto the LOR D 2, Of the ſacrifice of his peace-offerings.
e Not by another, but by himſe!f, as it 1s explained werſe 3o. f (7. e.) Thoſe parts of the Peace-offering, which are in a ſpecial
manner offered ro God, to wit, the Fat and Breaſt, and ſhoulder as it follows. g (7.e.) To the Tabernable, where the Lord was
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preſent in a ſpecial manner. He ſhews, that though part of ſuch Offerings might be eaten in any clean place, Levit: 10: 14. yet not till they had been killed, and part of them offered to the Lord in the place appointed by him for that purpoſe. 20 X His own hands ſhal bring h the offerings of the * Chap:3 LORD made by fire z, the fat with the breaſt, it ſhall 3,4,19, 14. he bring, that the breaſt may be waved & for a wave- offering before the L OR D. h After the Beaſt was killed,and the parts of it divided, the prieſt was to put the parts mentioned into the hands of the Offerer. See Exoa: 29+ 22, 23, 24. i So called not ftriftly, as Burnt-offerings are becauſe ſome parts of theſe were left for the prieſt, wer: 31. but more largely,becauſe even theſe Peace-offerings were in part,though not wholly, burnt. &k To and fro, by his hands, which were ſup= ported and direQtcd by the hands of the Prieft. 31 And the prieſt ſhall burn the fat upon the altar : tra _— ſhall be Aarons and his ſons J. I ( i. e. ) The portion of every ſucceeding High-pri 1 Family ; compare Exod: 29; 26. £ EE nn Als
32 And the right ſhoulder ſhal be given unto the prieſt for an heave-offering of the ſacrifices of your peace-offerings.
33 He among the ſons of Aaron that offereth the blood of the peace-offerings, and the fat, ſhal have the right ſhoulder for bis part. |
34 For * the wave-breaft and heave-ſhoulder w have * Exod. I taken of the children of Iſrael, from off the ſacrifices 29. 28+ of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto A- Chap- aron the prieſt, and unto his ſons, by a ſtatute for ever, 17; "# from among the children of Iſrae]: _
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