burn it, as I did other ſacred relicks, than to profane it by eating it unworthily.
20 And when Moſes heard that, he was content 2.
m He reſted ſatished with his anſwer, either becauſe he thought it reaſon-ble, ſeing the letter ot rhe law eft-times yields to neccſ< ſities or great accidents, 2 Chron: 40: 18. Mat: 12: 3, 4. or at leaſt becauſe the things alledged were mitigations of his fault, and he would not add affliction to the afflicted, bur rather defer the ucs bate of it to a fitter opportunity.
CHAP. XL
caſts clean and unclean, 1---=-8, Of fiſhes, 9—---12, Of fowls ond creeping things, 13-===23, In touching of a dead Carcaſs, 24---- gee Other Creatures unclean, 29-====43. Thiy are exhorted 'o viY et holineſs from the nature, ana his goodneſs to them in takius hots p 4 Fs people, 44, 45. The whole repeated, 46, 47. 2 pap
” Jp D tne LORD ſpake unto Moſes, and to Aaron 2 s, Jaying unto them, rom the laws concerning the Prieſt _— a7 to all the ——_ Tg nn 6s the a To both of them, becauſe the cognizance of th ing matters belonged to borh, the prieſtwas bo diveld the wa br ne = things forbidden or allowed, where any doubr or difficulty aroſe ; and the Magiſtrate was to ſee the diie&ion here given, followed. F
2 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, ſaying. * Theſe * : 1 Deut: are the bealts which ye ſhall eat b am Ex «- Pug» that are on the earth : ET Try As: ay
b Though every creature of God be good and pure in ir feig 21+ as appea s from Gen: 1: 3:i, Mat: 15: 11: Rom: x4. 14 yet 3t-p1] 7g (rod ro make a difference between clean and unclean,and to . ftra the'uſe of them, which he did in geneial and in part befor pn flood, Gen: 7: 2. but more fully and particularly here for og oi fons, as 1. To atlert his own ſoveraigaty over man, and « 4 ge the creatures, wilich men may nt uie but with God's lea wg ne” ro 12ure that ſNtid-necked people to obedience. ». To k hen wall of partiti. n between the Jews and other Nations yo 3 _ very uſctu] and neceilury for many great and wiſe pu: poſes | Thar by bridling their apperite in thing- in themſelves lawful ind {{ - of them very delucable and delightful for food, the 'n I "rag better prepared and enabled to deny themſelves in thin «7 ; ly ad grofly finfu!. 4. Fo the pretervation of their health. — -he creatures forbidden being, though uſed by the nei mar - Nations, of unwholeſome nouriſhment, eſpecially to the 5 Dr. were very obnox'ous to lep olies, which ſome of theſe Fas apt to produce and foment. 5: For moral {ignification *o - ih taem to abhor that filthineſs, and all thoſe i1] qualities for which
-ſoine of theſe cieatures are noted.
3 by apt man the hoof, and is cloyen-footed c, and chewcth the cud 4 among the be a - ak g ſts, that ball c To wit, is divided into two pa : arts oo 5: he Horſe, Camel Oc ow and undivided. This clauſe is added onlv I 'y to expla !M1 for er, 8-APPEALY from wer: 26: for rhe tive s. hooks of D = i.ats Oc. are parted or cloven into many 'parts . Heb: and bri ink up _ cud, i.e. the meat once chewed out of the fomach I rag 1 again,that 1. may be cheweda ſecond time for better . 10n And this branch is to be joyned with the form wy on properties being neceſſary for the allowed Beaſts. Burt e) - fo hereof muſt be reſolved into the will of the lawgiver ; thor oh 0 Terpreters guels that God would hereby fignifie their duties = the nrſt, that of dividing the word of God aright, and diſcergi , between go00d and evil, between God's inſtitutions and ATT ventions z and by the latter, rhar duty of recallin God' 20m pul our minds and ſerious meditation upon it. " Ca 4 Nevertheleſs, theſe thall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof : a; the camel e, becauſe he cheweth the cud, but divigeth not he oor f, he zs unclean unto you e An uſual food in Arzbia, but vi is G4 | n b yielding bad nouri Galen notes. f To wit, ſo as to have his yp cloven in wy wi h being expreſled wer: 3: 1s here to be underſtood. Otherwiſe ks c: me!s hoof is divided, bur it 1s but a ſmall and imperfe& divif gg Ariſtotle and Pliny obſerve, and obiervation ſhews. pat 5 And the cony g, becauſe he cheweth the cud, bur 25 Unclean unto you, :
divideth not the hoof, he
g Some underſt:ind by this Hebrew w
g ord Shaphan 7 which were of a much greater ſize than ky Mice Ms Mouſe by the Arabians for 06d, Bur for the names «of the fo] Fo R #9 wen tu;es, ſeing the Jews rhemſcl-es are uncertain and divide? = wag
; u
ader with
them, I thiak 1t 1mproper to trouble the unlearned Re diſputes about them, and for the learned they may hav recourſe
ay h: rſe ake them according to
Fl as in the Coney, ave their hooks entire
to my Latin Synopſis. I ſhall therefore t our "Tranſlation.
6 And the hare, becauſe he cheweth tht divideth not the hoof, he is unclean =p <p but
bþ The reaſon whereof was, becauſe 4rron was not yet admitted '
till he had prepared the way by the ſacrifices which were to be |
and be cloven footed, ye Ms. : | , yet he cheweth no » Macs. ; he zs ® unciean unto you. t the cud : 5
a: 5:4»
7 And * the ſwine 6, though he divide the hoof. « 3
h Which the Jews would not ſo much as na; R ner. _= a — —_ _ the naming of by re Mi Py he = ns at this meat whic . ed by others. was 10 commonly uſed,and ſo much eſteem-
$s Of their fleſh ſhall ye not eat, and their carcaſs
offering before the 1 ORD ; and ſuch things have be- p fallen me k : and if I had eaten the ſin-offering to day, mall ye not touch z : * they are unclean unto YOU, *0 [ 5 —_ ſhould it have been accepred in the ſight of the LORD /? hi o wit, in order 4 cating, as may be gathered by comparin = Ads Mark; - -# They have done the ſubſtance of the thi this with Ger: 3: 3. Cok 2: 21, For ſince the F d - ring. dara a ns; rm | ny wt an t PU, though they have | ſome of the forbidden Creatures were uſeful * pa he Ns gf and 2 5:29 | © " ſed with icf, 4 Salads breels f on} having been cppreſ- | other good Uſes, and were uſed by good M , 'S Mudicinal and Rom: Is |
ith grief, and almoſt berefr of my reaſon, ir is not brange | ir is not probable that God woul S en. voce Matth: 3: 4. 14, 17. nor unpardonable if I have miſtaken. / Becauſe ir was not to be would have them caſt away. "Thus x Cor:$:8
God forbad the making of Images, Exodus 20: univerſally, but in order to the eioning ao oioueel | ſlian Interpreters agree, Or, » AS
y and they were here forbidden to wu
them,