Sacrifices to be offered only in the temple, 1--6, and not to devils, 7. on pain of death, 8, 9. blood not tobe eat : on the ſame pain : the life be. ng inthe blood, and it given for an atonement, 10-14. nor any beaft that died of it ſelf, or was torn by beaſts, 15. ?
N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his ſons, and unto
all the children of Iſrael, and ſay unto them, This ;s
the thing which the LORD hath commanded, ſaying,
3 Whatman ſoever 7here be of the houſe of Iſrael that killeth 2 an oxe, orlamb, or goat inthe camp 6b, or that killeth ir, our of the camp,
a Not for common uſe or eating, for ſuch beaſts mj ght be killed by any perſonor in any place,burt for ſacritice,as manteſtly appears both from v. 4. where that is expreſſed, and from the reaſon of this law, which is peculiar to ſacrifices v. 5. and from Deut. bHL2,09,27. b In Canaan, the city anſwered to the camp, andſo it forbids any mans doing this either in the city or in the country,
4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the taberna-
cle c of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the
LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, blood ſhal
be imputed unto that man 4 he hath ſhed blood, and
that man ſhal be cur off from among his people e:
c This was appointed, partly in oppoſition to the heathens, who ſacrificed in all places ; partly tocut off occaſions of Idolatry;part- Iy to prevent the peoples uſurpation of the Prieſts office; and part- ly to fignifie, that God would accept of no ſacrifices but-through Chritt
commanded Moſes. 2g | * CHAP. XVIL H..
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25 4nd the * fat of the ſin-effering (hal he burn upon * chap, 4:
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See Heb: g: 11: ) andaccordingto his own preſcript. But though men were tyed to this Law, God was free to diſpenſe with hisown Law,which he did ſometimes to the Prophets,as 1 $am:7:9: und 11: 15, ©c.and afterwards more fully and generally in the days of rhe M:/iab,Mal:1:1 1: Joh:4:21,24. 4 He ſhall be eſteemed and pu- aiſhed asa murderer both by God and by men. See J/a: 66:3. The reaſon is,becauſe he ſhed rhat blood, which,though nor mans blood, yet was as precious,being ſacred and appropriated to God, and ty- pically the price by which mens lives were ranſomed. _e By death, either bv the hand of God, in caſe men do not know it or neglect to puniſh it, or by men, if the fact was publick and evident.
5 To che end that the children of 1irael may bring their ſacrifices, which they f ofter in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto tae door of the tabernacle of the congregation unto the prielt, and ofler them for peace-ofterings g unto the LORD. Ds
F Either 1 the Egyptians and other 1dolatrous nations,which com- monly ſacrificed to Idols or Devilsin fields orany places : who are { nothere named bur may be deſigned by the Particle they, in way of contemprt,as if they were not worthy to be named,as that Particle 15 uſed, Luk:14:24:and 19: 27:70þ:7:11:and 8:10. Or rather, 2. the Iſfrac- lites now mentioned, and plainly underſtood in the following they, who, before the building of the Tabernacle, took the ſame liberty herein which the Gentiles did, from which they are now reſtrained. s He nameth theſe not excluſively to others, as appears from the reaſon of the law,and from v:8,9:but eſpecially,becaulſe in theſe the temptation was more common in regard of their frequency, and more powerful,becauſe part of theſe belonged to the of.erer,and the pretence was more plautible, becauſe their ſanctity was ſomething ofa lower degree than-others,theſe being only called holy,andallow- ed'in part to the people, when the other are called mo? holy, and were wholly approp-1atcd cither to God, or to the Prieſts.
© And the prielts thal ſprinkle the blood b upon the
altar of the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and burn the fatfor a * ſweet ſavour un.
type,
*Ex09.29. | l 18. ch. 4+ 0,0 tie LORD. ; 31. h This verſe contains a reaſ.n of the foregoing Jaw, becauſe of
Gods propricty in the blood and far, wherewith alſo God was well pleaſed, and the people reconciled. And theſe ewo parts only are mentioned, as the moſt eminent, and peculiar, though other parts alſo were reſerved for God. ; ;
- And they thal no more offer their ſacrifices unro
deviis z, after whom they have gonea whoring &: This
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Nerations. :
i So they did, not direftly or intentionally, but by conftruftion and conſequence, becauſe the Devil is the author of Idolatry,and is eminently ſerved, plealed and honoured by it And as the Ezyptians were notorious for thei: Idolatry, as appears by the teſtimony of Scripture, and of a'] antient Writers, ſo the Iſraelites were infe&ed with their leaven 70:24:14: Ezek 20:7: and :3. 2,3. And the name of Devils is commonly given in Scripture to Idols, yea even to thoſe which ſeemed mo!t innoc-nt, as to feroboams Ca'ves, 2 Chron:11:15. by which he and the people defigned and profeſſed to worſhip the true God,as is manifeit from the nature of the thing, and from ma- ny places of Scripture, and the worſhippers of Idols are eſteemed and called worſhippers of Devils. See Dent:32:17: Pſal:106:37: 1 Cor: 19: 20: Rev: 9: 20. The Hebrew word rendred Devils ſignihes goats, either becauſe goats were eminently worſhipped by the Egyptians, as Heroaotus, Strabo, and others note, and divers of the Idols of the Heathens were of that or a like form ; or becauſe the Devil did ofr appear to the Heathens in that ſhape, as their own authors note. k For Idolatry, eſpecially in Gods people, is commonly called whore- dom, as Ezek: 16: 16, 26: and 23: 8, 19, 21, Oc. and that juſtly, be- cauſe it is a violation ofthat Covenant by which they were pecu- liarly betrothed or married to God. See Hol. 2. 17, 18, 19.
s And thou ibair {:y unto them, Whatſoever man there be of the houſe of Iirael,or of the ſtrangers which ſojourn among you, that oftereth a burnt-offering, or ſacrifice,