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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 271

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 271

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12 And the prieſt ſhall take one he-lamb,and offerhim for a treſpaſs-offering s, and the log of oyl, and * wave them fora wave-ofering, before the LORD.

s To teach them, that fin was the cauſe of leprofſy,and ofall diſ- eaſes, and that theſe ceremonial Obſervations had a further mean- ing, even to make them ſenſible of their ſpiritual diſeaſes, their ſins, and to fly to God in Chriſt for the cure of them.

12 And he ſhalflayche lamb in * the place where he ſhal kill the fin-offering, and the burnt-offering, ir the holy places; for * as the ſin-ofering & the prieſts, fo is the treſpaſs-offering : it is * molt holy «»

24. : To wit, in the Court of the Tabernacle. See Levit: 1:11: and

7:7: u Both of them arc equally holy, and therefore to be offered in the ſame place.

14 And the prieſt ſhal take ſome of the blood of the treſpaſs- offering, and the pricſt hall pur iz upon * the rip > © of the right ear of him that is to be cieanſed, and :9. upon the thumb of his right hand x, and upon che great

+ Heb. daughter of her year:

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:23 wx To ſignifie, that he was now free to hear God's word in the appointed places, y from which he was before excluded, and to touch any perſon or thing without defiling it, and to go whither he pleaſcd,

:5 And the prieſt ſhall take ſore of the log of oyl z. and pour zt into the palm of his own left hand. z As the %/ad fignified Chriſt's Blood by which men obtain re-

miſſion of ſins, ſo the Oyl notcd the graces of the ſpirit by which they are regenerated and renewed.

16 And the prieſt ſhal dip his right-hnger in the oyl that is in his left hand, ard (hal ſprinkle of the oyl with his finger ſeven times before the LORD «©.

a( 7.e. ) Before the ſecond vail which covered the Holy of Ho- lies, where God is oft ſaid to dwell, and to be preſent in a peculi- ar manners

17 And of the reſt of the oyl that 3s in his hand, ſhall the prieſt put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleanſed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot,uponthe blood of the treſpaſs-offering b.

b (7.e.) Upon the place of that blood, as ir is expreſſed, werſe 28. or where that blood was put, verſe 14 Or, over and beiides rhe

m_ &c, 1i:e: Asthe Blood was put in thoſe places, ſo ſhall the oy1 be.

18 And the remnant of the oyl that zs in the prieſts hand, he ſba}l pour upon the head of himthat is to be cleanſed: and the prieſt ſhal make an atonement for him before rhe LORD.

19 AnGthe prieſt ſhal offer * the ſin-ff.ving. and make an attonement for him that is to he cleanſed fromhis uncleanneſls, & afterward he ſhal kill the burnt-offering DS 00 Andcthe prieſt (hal offer the burnt-offering, and mw; - the meat-0otkring, upon the altar : and the priett ſhal! + Heb: for Make an atonement for him, and he ſhal be clean. Waving. 21 And * ithe be poor, and + cannot getſo much |

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Compare Levit: 4.17 and 7: I5, 16. and 10 18. | 19. | The place of its former abode, ſignifying the taking off that |

- . Chap. & then he ſhal take one lamb for a treſpaſs-effering F to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth= deal of fine flour mingled with oyl, for a meat-offering, and a log of oyl, # I |

22 And two turtle doves.or two young pigeons, fuch as he is able toget: andthe one ſhall be'a ſin-offering, and the other a burnt-offtering, gs

23 And he ſhall-bring chem on the eighth day for his cleanſing unto the prieſt, unto the door of the taberna- cle of thecongregation before the LORD, |

24 And the prieft thal take the lamb of the treſpaſs- offering, and the log of oyl, and the prieſt {bal wave . _ them for a wave-offering before the LORD. . |

25 Andheſhal kill the lambof che treſpaſs-offering, and the prieſt ſhal take ſome of the blood of the treſpaſs- offering,and put it upon the tip ofthe right ear of him that 15 to be peph ar = 4 and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

26 And the prieſt (hal pour of the oyl into the palm of his own left hand.

27 Andthe prieſt ſhall ſprinkle with his right finger ſome of the oyl that is inhis left hand,ſeven times before the LORD: |

28 And the prieſt (bal put of the-oyl that 5s in his hand, upon the tip of the right ear of him that is tobe cleanſed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and u- pon the great toe of his righe foot, upon the place of the blood of the treſpaſs-ffering. JOYS

29 Andthe reſt of the oyl that 7s in the prieſts hand, he ſhal put upon the head of him that is to be cleanſed, | to make an atonement for him before the LORD. _

30 Andhe ſhall offer the one of the turtle doves, or | of the young pigeons, ſuch as he can get:

31 Even ſuch ashe is able to get,the one for a ſin-offe- ring, and the other for a burnt-offering,with the meat-of- ferins. And the prieſt ſhal make an atonement for him that 1s to be cleanſed, before the LORD. |

32 Thiss thelaw of him in whom is theplague of leproſie, whoſe hand is. not able to get that which per- eaineth to his cleanſing, -

; 23 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes,and unto Aaron aying, |

24 When ye be come into the land of Canaan which I give to you. for a poſſeflion; andT put the plague of leproly in a houſe of the land of your poſſeflion :

35 And he that oweth the houſe ſhall come and tell the prieſt, ſaying, It ſeemeth to me, rhere 5s as it were _ «. .. a plague inthe houſe ; | [ Or,on#

36 Then the prieſt ſhal command that they c||empty ROE: the houſe before the prieſt go into it, to ſee the plague that all that is in the houſe be notmade unclean 4: and afterward the prieſt ſhal go into ſee the houſe,

c (4. e. ) The Poſſefſours of th: houſe. 2 it is obſervable here; that neither rhe people nor the houſhold ſtuffe were polluted till the leprofie was diſcovered and declared by the Prieſt,ro ſhew what

great difference God makes bet een ſins of ignorance, and fins a- gainſt Knowledge and Conſcience. |

37 And he jhal look on the plague : and behold if the plague be in the walls of the houſe e, with hollow {trakes f, greeniſh or reddiſh, which in ſight are lower than the wall :

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