19 * Alſo thou S$halt not approach unto a woman f to uncover her nakedneſs, as long as she is put apart for , her uncleanneſs.
fNonottothy own Wife. See chap.12.2. and 15.24,25. This was not only a ceremonial pollution,bur an immorality alſo,whence it is putamongſt groſs ſins,Ezek. 18.6. There isalſoanatural turpitude in this ation. And therefore it is now unlawful under the Goſpel.
20 Moreover, * thou ſhalt nor lie carnally with thy + neighbours wife, to defile thy ſelf with her. . Exod:
« I4:
| 21 And thou ihaie not let any of thy ſeed * paſs chap: 20: through rhe fire gto * Moloch bh, neither ſhalt thou PrO- 10. phane thename of thy Godz ; I am the LORD. *chap: 20:
g This wasdone two ways.either 1.By burning them in the fire, * 2108:
of which ſee 2 King: 3: 27: 2 Chron: 28:3: Plal: 106: 37, 38: Iſa: 57: ly 23: 10, Or 2. By making them paſs between two great fires, which was a \Called. kind of luſtration or conlecration ofthem to that god. Which lat- ter ſeems to be here meant. See on Deut:18:10: where the word fre Moloch, here underſtood, is expreſſed. þ Or, Moloch ; called alſo Milcom. an Idol chiefly of the Ammonites, as appears from 1 King: 11: 7: 2 King: 23: 13: Jer: 49: 1, 3. This ſeems to be the Saturn of the heathens. to whom eſpecially children and men were ſatrificed. This'is men. tioned, becauſe the neighbours of 1rae! were moſt infe&ed with this Idolatry, and therefore they are particularly cautioned againſt ir though under this one inſtance all other Idols and a&s, or kinds of Idolatry, are manifeſtly comprehended and forbidden. 7 Either by joining him with,or by forſaking him for,ſuch a baſe and bloo- dy Ido], whereby the name, honour, and ſervice of God would be horribly defiled, and expoſed to the ſcorn of the Heathen, as if he
were but one ofthe fame kind with their mungrel-deities.
22 * Thoy
l Or, 07o wife t0 a. nother.
Chap: 20: 18: Ezek: 22; Ii;
Chap. XVII. « * |
*Thap: | TI: 44.
and 20: 7. IPet: 1:16
* Exod:
20: 12. *Exod: 8: and31:13:
T7 chip. XIX. LEVI *;Cor:6: 2 # Thou ſhale not lie with mankind & as with wo- gi Tim: man kind t it #5 abomination.
F 1. 19. þ See Levit:- 20: 13. I Kings 147 24. | *Chap:20 ,, * Neither ſhalt thou lie with any beaſt to defile . 7 L -- . 54 AP c a - _ thy ſelf therewith : neither ſhall any woman ſtand be
fore beaſt to lie down thereto, it is confuſion},
1 Amr horrible confuſion of rhe natures which God hath diſtin- guiſhed, and of the order which God hath appointed, and an Overe throw of all bounds of Religion, Honeſty, Sobriety and Modcitys
; 24 Defile nor ye your felves in any of theſe things : for in ail theſe m the nations are defiled, which I caſt
our before. you. : EH m To wit, above-mentioned fins. Whence it is apparent, that
the ſeveral inceſts here prohibited are not only againſt che potitive and particular Law given by God to the Jews, but alſo againſt the gencral Lat and Light of nature. And therefore the Law about theſe things was one of the ſeven Precepts of Noah. And the ſover Heathens condemned ſuch inceſtuous Marriages. The Roman Hilto- rians obſerve, that when Claudius the Emperor had married his Neice, (which is one of the loweſt kinds of incelt here mentioned ) and the Senate in complaiſance with him had made it Jawful for any to do ſo, ef there x but one, and he too an abſcure perſon, that follo»ed his example. |
25 And the land is defiled : therefore I do viſit the
iniquity thereof upon it,and the land it ſelf vomiteth out
her inhabitants m. | 12 I ana now viſiting, or about to viſit, 7, e. to puniſh. See Eſa:
' , n 131 q I d WY} As no leſs burdens to the Earth than corrupted food is | 0 26: 21. n Asn | the obtaining of ſome mercy deſired ; for the other ſort, which was
to the tomach. See Fer: 9g: 16. Mich: 2: 19. 26 * Ye ſhall therefore keep my ſtatutes and my
judgments, and ſhall not commit any of theſe abomina- tions, neither any of your own nation, NOr ary ſtranger
o that ſojourneth among you :
o In Nation or Religion, of what kind ſoever. For though they might not force them to ſubmit ro their Religion, yet th:y might reſtrain them from the publick contempt of the Jewiſh Laws, and from the violation of natural Laws, which, beſides the offence aoainſt God and nature, were matters of evil example and conſe- quence to the I;raelites themſelves. -
27 ( For all theſe abominations have the men of the land done,which were before you;and the land is defied.) 28 That * the land ſpue nor you out alſo when ye defile it,as it ſpued out the nations that were before you.
29 For whoſoever ſhall commic any of theſe abomi-
nations, even the ſouls that commit hem (hall be cut
off p, from among their people. _ | _ p To wit, by death to be inflicted by the Magiſtrates, as at is
er:9:19: Ezek: 36: 13, 17+
puniſhmenr, according to the differing natures of the offences for which it is inflicted.
conmit not any ove of theſe abominable cuſtoms, whici
were committed before you, and that ye defile not your
{elves therein : I am the LORD your God. CHAP XIA.
Iſraelites muſt be holy, 1, 2. mu$# honour their Parents, and keep Sabbaths, 3. Shun Idolatry, 4. Duly to ſlay and eat their Peace-offerings, 5-----8. In harveft time, leave Gleanings for the poor and ſtranger, 9. 10. Not ſeal, deceive or lie, 11. Nor ſwear falſly, 12. Nor defraud,rob,or detain 13. Nor curſe the deaf, nor put a Stumbling-block before the blind, 14. Nor judge unjuſtly, 15. Nor be Tale-bearers ; nor bear falſe witneſs againſt their Neighbour, 16. But rebuke their Brother for Sin, 17. Not revenge themſelves, but love their Neighbours, 18, Not to mix different things, 19. The puniſhment of a man lying with a bond-maid, 20-----22, They muſt not eat of the fruits of Canaan till after four years, 23. To eat no blood : And uſe no Soothſaying, 26. Nor any heatheniſb method of Mour- ning, 28. Nor proſtitute their Daughtcrs, 29. But muſt reverence God and his Ordinances, 30. Not regard Gonjurers and Wizards, 31. Honour the Ancient, 32. Love and right Strangers, 33. 34. Do no Unrighteouſneſs, either in Judgment or Commerce, 35, 36. ND the LORD fpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the chil- *Thap: , dren of Iſrael, and fay unto them, * ye ſhall be hoiy 1: 44+ ator I the LORD your God am holy 6.