eaten with ſorrow, but with rejoycing and thankſgiving, as appears from Deut: 12: 7; and 26; 14: Ho: 9: 4. and I thought it —_ to
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them, ro wit, unneceſſarily ; andif he that touched them for ſome neceſſary uſe were pollured by it, it was but a ſlight and tranſient pollution, ending at evening, as appears from verſe 24, 25, Oc.
9 © Theſe shall ye eat, of all that are in the waters,
whatſoever hath fins and ſcales & in the water, in the
ſeas, and in the rivers, them hall ye cat.
& To wit, both of them ; ſuch Fiſhes being both more cleanly, and more wholeſome Food than others. The names of them are not particularly mentioned, partly becauſe moſt of them wanted narnes z the Fiſhes not being brought to Adam and named by him as other Creatures were; and partly becauſe the Land of Canaar had not many Rivers, nor great ſtore of Fiſhes. :
to And all that have not fins nor ſcales in the ſeas,
and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which 7s in the waters /, they ſhall be an abomination unto you :
L (5. e. ) Either of the imaller ſort of Fiſhes, or of the greater, which are called here living creatures or beaſts, as ſome of them are called the beaſts of the ſea by other Authors. _
11 They $hall be evenan abomination unto you m:
ye 5hall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have cher
carcaſles in abomination. |
- To wit, for Food. This clauſe is added to ſhew that they were neither abominable in their own Nature, nor for the Food of other Nations, and conſequently when the Partition-wall between Jews and Gentiles was taken away, theſe diſtin&tions of Meats were to ceale. See Atts 10. HH
12 Whatſocver hath no fins nor ſcales in the waters, that ſhall be an abomination unto you. :
12 < And theſe are they which ye shall have in abo- mination among the fowls n, they shall not be eaten they are an abomination, the eagle, and the oflifrage,
and the olpray o.
» The true ſignification of the following H:brew words is now loſt, as the Jews at this day confeſs, which not falling our without God's ſingular Providence may "intimate the Ceſſation or Abolition of this Law, the exact obſervation whereof (ince Chriſt came 15 become impoſible. In general, this may be obſerved, That the Fuwls forbidden in Dtier, are all eicher Ravenous 2n1 Cruel, or ſuch as delight in the Night and Darkneſs, or ſuch as feed upon impure Things; and ſo the fignification and reaſon of theſe Prohibtrions 1s manifeſt, to teach Men to abominare all Cruelty or Opprefſſion, and all Works of Darkneſs and Filthineſs. o Which are two peculiar kinds of Eagles, diſtin& from that which being the chief of its kind, is called by the name of the whole kind, as it uſually happens. | =
T4 And the vulture, and the kite after his kind:
15 Every raven after his kind p : |
p (#.e.) According to the ſeveral kinds of Birds, known by this general Name, which includes, belides Ravens properly ſo called, Crows, Rooks, Pyes, &c. |
16 And the Owl q, and the Night-hawk, and the Cuckow, and the Hawk after his kind,
9 Heb. the daughter of the Owl, which he mentions as the beſt of the kind both for Sex and Age, and therefore more deſired for Food than the Elder er Males. And it is hereby implied, that the very youngeſt and beſt of all the other kinds are forbidden, and much more che reſt.
17 And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the
great owl, ;
18 And the ſwan, and the pelican, and the gier- eagle, | ;
19 And the ſtork, the heron after her kind, andthe lapwing, and the bar, ,
20 All fowls that creep r, going upen «ll four s, fhall be an abomination unto you.
r That crawl or creep upon the Earth, and fſo' degenerate from their proper Nature, which is to flie, and are of a mungre! Kind, which may intimate that Apoſtates and Mungrels in Religion are abominable in the ſight of God, and in converſation with Men. 5 Upon four Legs, or upon more than four, as Bees, Flies, &c. which is all one to the preſent purpoſe, theſe pluraliſts for Legs being here oppoſed ©o thoſe that have bur two. : :
2x Yet theſe may ye eat, of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet z, to leap withal upen the earth :
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nouriſhment ; and the familiar uſe of them made them more agreeable to their bodies ; For even poiſons themſelves have by frequent uſe been made not only harmleſs, but nouriſhing alſo to ſome perſons. 23 But all other flying creeping things which have four feet x, ſhall be an abomination unto you. _ 5 x (5.e. ) All ſuch except thoſe now mentioned ; the word other being here underſtood our of the former Verſe, without which there might ſeem tobe a contradiction between this and that Verſe. Bar the words may be, and by the vulgar Latin, are thus rendred, But all flying creeping things which have only four feet ; which word only, is to be gathered out of Yerſe 20, 21. 7. e. which have nor thoſe legs above and beſides their feet mentioned, Yerſe 21. And fo all the Verles agree well together.
24 And for theſe ye $shal be unclean : whoſoever toucheth the carcaſs of them, shall be unclean & until che even #. Ez
z And ſuch were excluded borh from the courts of God's houſe, and from free converſation with other men. a Which pcflivly might ſ{ignifie, that even the ſmalleſt defilements could not be cleanſed bur by the Death of Chriſt, who was to come and offer up himſelf 1n the evening or end or declining age of the world, as the Prophers ſ1gnifie, and the Apoſtle expreſſcth, Heb. g. 26.
25 And whoſoever beareth 6b cght of the carcaſs of them, hall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.
b Or, taketh away, our of the place where haply it may lie, by which others may be either offended, or polluted.
26 The carcaſſes c of every beait which divideth the hoof, and is net cloven footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you ; every one that toucheth them, {ball be unclean.
c Which word is eaſily to be underſtood out of Yerſe 24: and 25. Where it is expreſſed.
27 And whatſoever goeth upon his paws d, among all manner of beaſts that go on al! four, thoſe are un- clean unto you z whoſo toucheth their carcaſs, ſhall be unclean until the even,
d Heb. upon his hands ; i. e. which hath Feet divided into ſeveral parts like figures, as Dogs, Cats, Apes, Bears, &c.
28 Andhe that beareth the carcaſs of them ſhal wafh his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are unclean unto you. _