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Poole, Matthew, 1624-1679 • SECTION 273

Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 273

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: $ E? e the uſe of the marriage-bed, as Exod: 19. 15. and x Sam: tion. 29, 30. An Exhortation to cleanneſs, leſt they die, and that they 2 "—_ M: 2I. 4. yet pollute = the robarm acle, 31. A repetitionof the whale. 32, 33. toalfirm that the uſe of it in other caſes did generally defile the

, 1 erſons, and make them-unclean till even, is AMP the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, BING: of Scripture, which affirms the = ning ors A bs OS 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and ſay un- | Heb. 13. 4+ to the praQtice of the Fews, which is a good comment *Ch *Num. Tothem, * When any man hatha T running iſſue out of | upon their orkgs ark andto the light of nature and reaſon, 2, PE his fleſh ., becauſe of his iſſue he is unclean. 19 And* if a woman have an iſſue, and her iflue in * Chap Or, rm. »@ His ſecret parts, called fb. Levit: 6: 10. and 12. 3. Ezek. 16. her flesh be blood mm, she shal be 7 puta part » ſeven 12. 2. * ming of the 26, and 23." 20. 2 = 2N days 0 : and whoſoever p toucheth her, shall beunclean t Heb: * Ex reins, 3: And this ſhal be his uncleanneſs in his iſſue : whe- | untill the even. tn berſe. 4h ther his fleſh run with his ilue, or his fleſh be {topped m Heb. And a woman when ſhe ſhall have an iſſue of blood, ( and be« paration, - 4 from his iſſue b, it 5s his uncleanneſs. cauſe thar might bear her noſe or other parts, he adds ) and her we b Orif it have run, and been ſtopped in great meaſure, either | [#2 ſhall be in her fleſh, 7. e. in her ſecret parts, as the word feſp is 1Ki by the groſineſsof the humour,or by ſome obitruQton in parts that Faken, ver: 2. So 1t notes her monthly diſeaſe. » Not out of the I2 it cannot run freely, as it did, but only droppeth. camp, as the Lepers and ſome others, but from converſe with her

4 Every bed whereon he liech, that hath the iſiue is Husband and others, andfrom acceſs to the houſe of God. o For

h | ſomerimes it continues ſo long, and it was but decent to allow + Heb, unclean: andevery f thing c whereon he ſitteth, ſhall {£5 purification after the ceaſin s of bur ue” + To On weſſel. be unclean. grown perſons. For the infant, to whom in that caſe ſhe might c Heb.veſe, by which the Hebrews underſtand all forts of houſ- give ſuck, was exempted from this pollution by the greater law of

hold-tuf. necefſity,and by that antecedent law which required ; 5 And whoſoever toucheth his bed (hal waſh his fuck to their own children, - ono ow clothes, and bathe hiwſe/f in water, and be unclean un- | 20 And every thing that ſhe lieth upon in her ſepa till the even, ration {hall be unclean: every thine alſo t : 6 And he that ſitteth on any thing whereon he ſate upon {hall be unclean. 7 : bat ſhe ſitteth that hath the iſſue; ſhal wafh his clothes,and bathe him- 21 And whoſoever toucheth hee bed. ſhall waſh his ſelf in water, and be unclean until the even. clothes, and bathe bimſelf in water, and be unclean un- ® ch

7 And he that toucheth the fleſh 4 of him that hath | il the even. the iſſue, (bal waſh his clothes, and bathe hbimſe/fin wa- : ter, and be unclean until the even. 22 And whoſoever toucheth any thing that ſhe ſate

4 Thar is, any part of his body : the word fſþ being taken.o- | *P >n,(hall waſh his clothes, and bathe bimſelf in water therwiſe her than v. 2. As the {ame word is frequently uſed in | and be unclean until the even. Scripture in differing ſignifications in the ſame chapter, and ſome-

times in the ſame verſe, as Marth.8. 22. 23And if it be On. her bed, or ON any thing whereon ſhe *Exo 8 And if hethat haththe iſſue ſpit upon him that is | fire<th, when he toucheth ir, he ſhall be unclean un- 39, 4

clean, then he thal waſh hisclothes,and bathe bimſelfin | 41 the even.

water, and be unclean until the even. 24 And if any man lie with her at all, and her flow- Ka

9 And what {addle ſoever he rideth upon that hath | ers be upon him, he ſhall be unclean ſeven days qz and the iſſue, ſhall be unclean. : all the bed whereon he lieth ſhall be unclean.

io And whoſoever toucheth any thing that was under q If he did this unwittingly ; but if the Man and Woman did | him, ſhal be unclean untilthe even: and he that bear- | his knowingly, this was a groſs ſin, Ezek. 18. 6, and they being | eth any of thoſe things, ſhal waſh his clothes, and baths accuſed and convicted were puniſhed with death, Lovit: 20. 18.

o id . fo th 1 1 1 4 . . himſelf in water, and be unclean until the even. cial anon oo OG "ans. Ro . 5 : bl niy C - 11 4nd whomſoever he toucheth that hath the iſſue, | prous, or otherwiſe diſordered ; which was alſo an iy —_

( and hath not rinſed his hands in water) e, he ſhall | Common-wealth of 1/rae, and redounded to the diſhonour of Go | waſh his clothes, and bathe bimſelf in water, and be and of the true Religion, that the profeſſors thereof gave ſuch pub- | unclean untill the even. lick evidence of their intemperance. : 5

e This may be underſtoed, cither 2, Of the perſon touching, if 25 And 8a woman have agillue of her blood many

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Chap. XVI: | days out of the time of her ſeparation, or if it run be-' ond the time of her ſeparationr,all the days of the iſlue of her uncleanneſs ſhall be as the days of her ſeparation: ſhe ſball be unclean» | | » To wit, the ſeven days mentioned, Zevit. 12: 2. as ſuppoſe ſhe

had the Emerods, &c. : ; 26 Every bed whereon ſhe lieth all the days of her

ifſue, ſbal be unto heras the bed of her ſeparation : and whatſoever ſhe fitteth upon ſhal be unclean, as the un- 1 neſs of her ſeparation.

= And whelbercy tcoucheth thoſe things ſbal be un- clean, and ſhal waſh his clothes, and bathe himſelf in water, and be unclean until the even.

28 But if ſhe becleanſed of her iſſue, then ſhe ſhal number to her ſelf ſeven days 5, and after that ſhe ſhal be cleans

s From the topping of her iſſue, as it is apparent. And this was for trial, whether it was only a temporary obſtrution, or a real

ceſſation.

29 Andon the eighth day ſhe ſbal take unto her two turtles, or twO young pigeons, and bring themunto the prieft, to thedoor of the tabernacle of the congregation.

20 And the prieſt ſhal offer the one for a 1in-offering, andthe other for a burnt-offering, and the prielt ſhal make an atonement for her before the LORD, for the iſſue of her uncleannels.

31 Thus ſhal ye ſeparate the children of Ifrael from their uncleanneſs,that they die not in their uncleanneſs, when they. defile my tabernacle z, that is among them.

# Which they did both ceremonially, by coming into it in their

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