9 And bringeth it nor unto the door of the taberna- cle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD, even that man (hal becut off from among his people.
ana 6 * 4nd whatſoever man there be of the houſe of 1{-
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yi . I (i:e: ) T will be anenemyto him, and execute vengeanceupon 33. Ezek, him immediately; becauſe ſuch perſons probably would 1o this in 44. 7. private, fo as the Magiſtrat could not know nor puniſh it. See Fer. 44. this or the like Ph:aſe, Lev: 20:3: and 26: 17. Jer: 3: 12. Ezek.14.8
11 For the þ life of the fleſh 2 is in the blood », and ave given it to you upon the altarto make an atone- ment for your ſouls : for ic it the blood that maketh an atonement for the ſoul 0.
m (i: e: Of living creatures, » (7: e: ) It depends upon the blood, is preſerved and nourithed by it, an4 is extinguiſhed when the blood is gone. And this law was given to the jews, and hard- hearted people, as they are oft ſaid ro be, thar by this reſtrainr from the blood of brute crearures they might be « rought to the greater abhorrency of taking away the life of a man. o Typically, and 1n reſpe&t of the blood of Chriſt which it repreſented, by which the atonement is really made, Heb: 9: 12. So the reaſon is double ;' 1 becauſe rhis was the caring up of the price or ranſom of their own lives, which in con” ruction was the deſtroying of themſelves. 2 becauſe this was ingiatitude and irreverence to- wards that ſacred blood of Chriſt which they ought to have in con- tinual veneration.
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Chap. XVIIE
12 Therefore I ſaid unto the children of Iſrael, No ſoul of you ſhal eat blood, neither ſhal any ſtranger that ſojourneth among you eat blood.
13 And whatſoever man there be of the children of Ifrael, or of the ſtrangers that ſojourn _— you, F +17ch. 144 which * hunteth and catcheth any beaſt p or fowl that hurerh any may be eaten, he ſhal even pour out the blood thereof, hunring. and cover it with duſt 9. *, Chap.7.
2 He inſtancerh in this kind, cither becauſe perſons much given 0. to that exerciſe are commonly too licentious, and being in haſte might eaſily tranſgreſs, or becauſe ſome might think the former prohibition did only reach to the blood of ſuch creatures as were offered to God in ſacrifice- q Partly to beget an honourable reſpe& unto the blood even of beaſts, and much more of men; partly leſt the beaſts ſhould lick it up, and by taſting the ſweerneſs of it be made more fierce and cruel to devour and deſtroy others; and partly asa licence from God upon this condition giving them a right to kill and eat ſuch creatures, without any fear of the blood being imputed to them ; for as the not-covering of the blood por- tends the puniſhment which the ſin of blood-ſhedding calls for, Job 16: 18: Exck: 24: 7, 8. ſo covering it notes impunity.
14 * Fort js the | life of all fleſh ; the blood of it is ; | for the Þ life thereof : therefore I ſaid unto the chii- om dren of Ifrael, Ye ſhal eat the blood of no manner of + Heb./ſoul | fleſh : for the Þ life of all fleſh is the blood thereof: + Heb.ſoul. whoſoever eateth it, ſhal be cut off.
15 * Andevery ſoul that eateth r # * that which di- *Exod.22- ed of it ſelf, or that which was torn with beafts, ( whe- 31. Ezck- ther it beone of your own country, or a ſtranger 5) he 42. 3% thal both waſh his clothes,” and bathe himſelf in water, re ?
and be unclean until the even ; then ſhal he be clean. * chap.24.
r To wit, through ignorance or inadvertency, as appears by the 8. fleighrneſs of the punithmenr; for if it was done knowingly,it was a preſumptuous fin againſt an expreſs law here, and Deut: 14: 21: and therefore more ſeverely punithed. 5s Underſtand of the Proſe- lyres, either of the Proſelytes of the gate, who were obliged ro obſerve the precepts of Noah, whereof this was one, or of the Proſelytes ofrighteouſneſs, or converts to the Jewith Religion: for other itrangers wereallowed roeat ſuch things, Deut. 14. 21.
16 ÞBut if he wath <exs not, nor bache his fieib,then
he ſhal bear bis iniquicy r.
t (7:e: ) The puniſhment of it, and therefore muſt offer a ſacri- fice for'it. See Levit: 5; 1, 2, Oc. and 7, 18.
CHAP. XVIIL
Iſraelites not to live after the Cufloms of the Egyptians or Canaanites, but
according to Goas Inſtitutions, 1-=5, To abſtain from Incefluous Marria-
ges, 6--18., And Copulation with a menitrous Woman, 19. And Adul-
tery, 20. And offering Children to Moloch, 21. And all uniatural Co-
pulation with Man or Beaft, 22, 23. Theſe things the Nations do : and
the Land is defiled, and God is provoked : and they who do thoſe things
fhall die: but God was their Lord, 24-30.
A N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 2 Speak unto the children of Iſrael, and ſay un- to them, I am the LORD your God s.
a Your Soveraign, and Law-giver, * This is oft repeated here, becauſe the things here forbidden were praiſed and allowed by the Gentiles, to whoſe cuſtom he here oppoſgh Divine authority; and their obligation roobey his commands.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt b wherein ye dwelt, thal ye not do ; and after the doings of the land of Canaan b whither I bring you, ſhal ye not do: nei-
therſhal ye walk in their ordinances c.
b Theſe t'vo nations he mentions, becauſe their habitation and converſation among them made their evil example in the following matters more dangerous. But under them he includes all other na- tions, as h- elſewhere expreſleth ir. c Or ffatures, either becauſe their laws did indeed allow ſuch things, or becauſe prevailing cu- ſtoms have the force of laws.
4 Ye jhal do my judgments, d and keep mine ordi- nances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. d@ Mine univerſally, Deut.27.26.Gal.3.10. for though the vvords be indefinite, the matter is neceſſary, and mine ſolely, Dent. 6. 13. compared with Mat. 4. 10. and therefore thoſe thar here follovv, though you do nor ſee the particular reaſon of ſome of them, and though they be contrary tothe lavvs and uſages of the nations.
5 Ye thal therefore keep my ſtatutes, and miy judg= ments ; * which if a man do, he ſhal live in them e z *
* Ezck.200 11, 3h. Luk. 10. - 28. Rom,
IO. 5s. Gal.3.124