56 Andif the prieft look, and behold, the plague be #hereef. ſomewhat dark after the waſhing of it, then he ſhall rend it out of the grament, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof;
57 Andifit appear ſtill in the garment, either in the warp, or inthe woof, or in any thing of skin, it 5s a ſpreading plague,thou ſhaltburn that wherein the plague is, with fire. |
58 Andthe garment, either warp, or woof, or what- ſoever thing of skin it be, which thou (halt walh, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall bes washed the ſecond time, and ſhah be clean.
59 This is the law of the plague of leproſy, in a gar- ment oz woollen, or linen, either i» the warp,or woof or any thing of skins, to pronounce itclean, orto pro- nounce it unclean.
CHA ÞP. XIV.
Rites and Sacrifices for the cleanſiug of a Leper ; the Leproſte beings beal, and judged ſo by the Prieſts, who going 4 the : 6-7 muſt Sts = living clean birds, &c. The manner of it : One to be /lain, the other to be let looſe, x — 9g. On the eight day two male Iambs and one ewe-lamb and mear-offering, 10 —— 20: If poor, ' 21 = 32, Of the Leproſie of houſes how to be known, 33z— 48. The manner of cleanſmng them,qg==5 3 A repetition of this and the former Chapter, 54 57. ;
| © apa LORD ſpake unto Moles, ſaying,
4 2 This hall be the law of the leperin the day of
1s cleanſing © he * shall be brought unto the prieſt a, A Not into the Prieſts Houſe, but tro ſome place without the 24, M
Camp or City, Levzt. 13. 46. which the Prieſt ſhall appoint, -y wi
3 And the prieſt shall go forth out of rhe camp, and "wu F
the pricſt shall look, and behold, ;f the plague Of lepro- 12,14:
{y be heaied b in theleper, and 17.14, b To wit, by God. Fer God alone did heal or cleanſe him re-
ally, the Prieſt only miniſterially and d:claratively, as Miniſters
are ſaid to remit fins, though it be granted that none can truly and
properly forgive ſins but God, Mark 2.7. |
- 4 Then 5$hall che prielt command to take for him
that 1s to be cleanſed, two F birds c alive, and clean 4
and * Cedar-wood e, and ſcarlet f, and hy flop g ? TOr, ſpar- c The one to repreſent Chriſt as dying for his ſins, the other to * N.
rereſent him as riſing again for his Purification or Juſtification w_
a Allowed for food and for Sacrifice. e A ftick of Cedar,to which STO
the Hyſop and one of the Birds was tied by the ſcarlet threed ma
Cedar ſeems tro be choſen, to note that the Leper was now freed
from that Putrifa&tion,or Corruption which his Leprofie had
brought upon him. that kind of wood being in a manner jncorruy- tible. fA threed of wool of a ſcarlet colour, Heb: 9: 19. to re - ſent both the Lepers ſinfulneſc, Iſa: x. 18. and the Blood of Chiift and the happy change of the Lepers Colour and Complexion, which before was wan and Joathſome, now ſp:ightly and beautify].
Ancona _ for - fragrant ſmell, which fignified the Cure of e Lepers11l ſce a "WE
mn pe anyone? geen partly tor conveniency in the uſe of ſprink-
5 And the prieſt ſhall command that one of the birds
be killed þ in an earthen veſſ1,over + running water z. + Feb. 7; h To wit, by ſome other man. The Prieſt did not kill ir hem ey * =
ſelf, becauſe it was not properly a Sacrifice, as being killed with- G =
out the Camp, and not in. that place to which all ſacrifices were 7
confined; and if it had been a Sacrifice, that mishrbe killed b _ another, ſo long as the ſprinkling of the blood of it, which ys
the moſt proper and effential'a& in the Sacrifice, was done by the
Prieſt. ; It ſeems to be a Metatheſis or tranſplacing of words, for
over-ruming water put in an earthra veſſel, Thus the blood of the
bird and the water were mixed together, partly for the convenj-
ency of ſprinkling, and partly to ſignifie Chriſt, who came by wa-
ter and blood. T John 6. 6. The running water, 2. e, ſprins ras onal
word A = SG NY did fitly ſignifie the reſtoring of
ine e Leper, w I i . nag _ © was 1N a manner dead with his lepro-
6 As for theliving bird he $hall take it. and th dar-wood, and theſcarlet, and the A" bay wi 9
* Matf, 8.
'dipthem, andthe living bird in the blood of the bird
that was killed over the running water, 7 And he 5$hall ſprinkle upon him that is to be cleanſed from the leproſy, ſeven times &, and 5hatl
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pronounce him _—
\ 4. + into the open field -. 8: |
F ny ; k To enifie his pe:fe& cleanſing and reſtoration to all his for- on 7727 | + us
of the field. mer priviledges.
and ſhal let the living bird looſe
reſtraint which was laid vpon the Leper, and the libe:ry which the Leper now had to rerutn £0 his former habjtation and converſa- tion with corher MEN. | ;
3 41d he that is to be cleanſed,fhal waſh his clothes, and ſbave off all his hair », and wath himſelf in water, thathe may be clean: And afcer that he ſhall come in-
* Numb. to the camp, and ſhal * tarry abroad out of his tent » 12.159 fcvendays. ;
» Paitly to diſcover his perfe& ſoundneſs; partly to preſerve him from Tclapſe through any ſeeds or relits ofit which might re- main in his hair or in his clothes; and partly toteach him to put off his old luſts, and become a new man. 7 Our of his former habi- ration, in ſome ſeparate place, leſt ſome of his leproſy yet lurking in him ſhould break forth tothe infe&tion of his family.
9 Bur it ſhal be on the ſeventh day,chat he (hal ſhave all his hair e off his head, and his beard, and his eye- brows, even all his hairhe (bal ſhave off: And he hal waſh his clethes, alſo he ſhal waſh his fleſh in water, and he ſhal be clean.
0 Which began to grow again fince it was firſt ſhaved, and now for more caution is ſhaved again.
ro And on the cight day he ſhal take two he-lambs without blemiſh,&one ewe-lamb of + the firlt year with- out blemilh, and three tenth deals of fine flower for * a meat- offering mangled with oylp, and one log q of oy].
p Oylis added here asa fit ſign of Gods graceand mercy, and of the lepers healing. q A meaſure for liquid things containing ſix eggſhells full. _ .
11 And the prieſt that maketh him clean r, ſhal pre- ſent the man that is to be made clean, and thoſe things before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation *
r The healing is aſcribed to God, wer. 13. but the ceremonial cleanting or making of him clean and ht for ſociety was an at of the Pricit uſing the Rites which God had preſcribed, whereby the ſinner was cleanſed. ;