29 9 Theſe alfo ſhall be unclean unto you, among the creeping things that creep upon the earth ; the Weaſel, and the * Mouſe, and the Tortois after his kind,
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zZard, and the Snail, and the Mole. |
31 Thele are unclean to you among all that creep.
whoſoever doth touch them when they be dead, ſhall e unclean until the even.
32 Andupon whatſoever any of them, when they are dead doth fall, it ſhall be unclean, whether ir be any veſſel of wood, or rayment, or skin, orſack, whatſoever veilel it be, wherein «»y work is done, ic muſt be put into water, and it ſhall be unclean until the even : G it {hall be cleanſed,
33 And every earthen veſſel, whereinto a»y of chem falleth, whatſoever 5s in it ſhall break it,
34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which ach water cometh e, ſhal be unclean: And all drink thatmay
be drunk in every /«cb veſſel, (hal be unclean.
e The meaning is, that fleſh or herbs or other food which is dreſſed in water, to wit, in a vellel ſo polluted, ſhall be unclean ; nor'ſo, if it be Food which is eaten dry, as Bread, Fruits, &c. the reaſon of which difference ſeems to be this, that the water did ſooner receive the pollution in it ſelf, and convey it to the Food fo dreſſed.
35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcaſs falleth, ſhal be unclean, herher it be oven, or ranges for pots, they ſhal be broken down : for they are unclean, and ſhal be unclean unto you.
36 Nevertheleſs, a fountain, or pit Þ wherein there is
(hall be unclean, and * ye * Chapi
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f The truth of this Tranſlation may feem evident both from the f Heb. following clauſe, zo [zap withal, and eſpecially from the next Vegſe, where one of this kind 1s the Locy#s, which, as it is manifeſt, have two Legs wherewith they leap, beſides the four Feet upon which they walk. The Adverb 4 is here put for the Pronoun Ho, as it is alſo 1 Chron: 11: 20: compared with 2 Sam: 23: 18. Others take the words as they lye, and readthem negatively, which have not legs upon
plenty of water f, ſhal be clean : * that which touchech gathering their carcaſs (hal be uFlean, together | f Of which no ſolid reaſon can be given, whilſt ſuch unclean of watersi/ things remain in them, bur only the will of the Lawgiver and his * Or, merciful Condeſcention ro Mens neceflities, Water being ſcarce in #e that thoſe Countries ; and for the ſame reaſon God would have the toucherÞ;
their Feat, and fo the ſenſe may be this, That they might eat the Locuſts, Graſhoppers, &c. when they were very young, and therefore more wholeſome for Food ; for they are born withour legs, Plin. nat. Hiſt. 11, 29. or, their legs at ficſt are very ſmall and ſcarce to be diſcerned, and in eff:& none. And the Canon of the Fews in this matter is this, Thoſe which yet have not wings and legs may be eaten, though they be ſuch as afterward would have them.
22 Even theſe of them ye may eat ; * The Locuſt « after his kind, and the Bald-locuft after his kind, and the Beetle after his kind, and the Grashopper after his kind :
u Locuſts, though unuſual in our Food, were.commonly eaten by the Ahiopians, Lybians, Parthians, and other Eaſtern people bordering upon the Jews, which 1s expreſly affirmed by Diodorws, Siculus, Ariftotle, Pliny, St. Hierom and others, as well as Maith: 3. 4. And it is Certainthat the Eaſtern Locuſts were much larger than ours,
do jt is probable they were of different qualities, and yielded beteer.- . i
ceremonial Law of Sacrifices to be offered to God; give place to the moral Law of Mercy towards Men,
37 And if any part of their carcaſs fall upon any ſow- ing ſeed which is to be ſown g, it ſhall be clean.
g Partly becauſe this was neceſſary Proviſion for Man; and partly becauſe ſuch Secd would not be Ufed for Man's Food till it had received many Alterations in the Earth, whereby ſuch Pollution was taken away. See John 12: 24; 1 Cor: 196.36.
38 But if ay water be put = the feed 5; and any part of their carcals fall thereon, it ſpall be uncteanunto you. | BAK | |
þ The teaſon of the difference is, partly becauſe wet Seed doth
ſooner receive, and longer retain any Pollution; and partly becauſe ſuch Seed wasnet fit to be ſown preſently, and therefore that neceflity
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fown, could nor be pretended in this raſes
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caſes the Blood was nor poured forth, as it was when they were killed by Men either for Food or Sacrifice.
[+ Chap: 40 And * he that eateth of the carcaſs of it &, ſhall x7: 15:- waſh his clothes, and be unclean until the even : he
_ 22:8: 1ſo thar beareth the carcaſs of it, ſhall waſh his clothes, : "4 5 and be unclean until theeven.
k To wit, vnwittingly, for if he did it knowingly, it was a
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yy preſyumoruous Sin againſt an expreſs Law, Deut: 14: 21: and therefore puniſhed with cutting off, Nums. 15. 30. 41 Andevery creeping thing / that creepeth upon the earth, ſhall be an abomination : it ſhall not be eaten. 1 Except thoſe before expreſly excepted above, verſe 29, 30. 42 Whatſoever goeth upon the belly 2, and whatſo- | Heb. doch ©VET goeth upon all four », or whatſoever Þ hath more multiply feet 0, among all creeping things that creep upon the | feet. earth, them ye ſhall not car, forthey arean abomunation. 2 m As Worms and Snakes. » As Toads and divers Serpents, 0 To wit, more than four, as Caterpillars, ©. Þ Chap: 43 * Ye (hall not make your + ſelves abominable 20:25: With any creeping thing that creepeth, neither ſha]] | + Heb. ye make your ſelves unclean with them, that ye ſhould | ſouls. be defiled thereby. 44 For I -mthe LORD your God : yeſhall therefore Chap: ſanify your ſelves, and * ye ball be holy p, for I x9: 2 holy: neither ſhall ye defile yourſelves with any manners
and 20: 7: Of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. x Pet: + p By which he gives them to underſtand, that all theſe Cautions 25,16, and Prohibirions about the ezting or touching of theſe Creatures was
bur only that by the diligent Obſervation of theſe Rules they might learn with greater care to avoid all moral Pollurions, and to kee themſelves from all fil:hineſs of Fleſh and Spirit, and particularly from all familiar and intimate converſe with notorious Sinners.