lations. See before on wer: 8. 18 For whatſoever man he be that hath a blemiſh,he ſhall not approach p : a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat noſe q, or any thing * ſurerfluous. 2 Unto God, or to ſerve him in his fanduary. © 9 Moſt reſtrain this word to the noſe, and to ſome great deformity relating to it either the want of it wholly or in part, or the thortnels, tlatneſs,
ut ignifies more
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Chap. XXII. generally, a perſon that wants ſome member or members, becauſe
the next word, to which it is oppoſed, ſignifies one that hath more members than he ſhould. Does:
19 Or a man that is broken footed,or broken handed,
20 Or crook-backt, or a dwarf; orgthat hath 4 + Or, #4 blemiſh in his eye, or be ſcurvy, or {cabbed, or hath /ender. his ftones broken.
21 No man that hath a blemiſh 7, of the ſeed of Aaron the prieſt, ſhall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemiſh, he ſhall nor come nigh to offer the bread of his God, |
r Any notorious blemiſh whereby he is di:hgured, though not here mentioned.
22 He ſhall eat the bread of his God, both of the molt holy, and of the holy 5. s Which a prieſt having any uncleanneſs upon him might not do. Whereby Gcd would ſhew the great, diflerence between na- tural infirmities ſent upon a man by God, and moral defilemenrs which a man brought upon himſelf. What was holy, and what moft holy was declared betore, See Levir. 2..3. and 6. 17. and 7.1. and 14. 13. and 22. 10.
23 Only he ſhall notgo in unto the vail z, nor come nigh unto the altar «, b2cauſe he hath a blemiſh, chat he profane not my ſanctuary x : for I the LORD do fan- ctitie them y.
7 (7+ e.) To the ſecond vail which was.between the Holy and the moſt Holy place, Exod: 26: 13: 36. to burn incenſe, to order the ſhew-bread, and to dreſs the lamps, which were nigh unto that vail though without. ) « (7.e.) The altar of burnt-offering, which was without the ſantuary. The ſenſe is, He ſhall not execute the prieſts office, which was to be done in thoſe two places. x Heb: y ſanfuaries, in the plural number, as it is alſo, Levit, 26: 31. Jer: 51: 51. Ezet: 28: 18. For though the fanQtuary was bur one, yet there were divers parts, to wit, the Courr, the Holy place, and the moſt holy, each of which was in a large ſenſe a San#uary, or an holy place ſer apart for Gods worſhip. y (i e.) Do ſer theth apart for high and holy uſes, ro manifeit my preſence and grace, and to receive my Worſhip and ſervice in them. And therefore 1 will not have them polluted or diſparaged by the admiſſion of de. filed or deformed prieſts to Miniſter therein.
24 And Moles told it unto Aaron, and to his
and to all the children of Iſrael. CH A P. XXII.
! 4 Prieſt, with any Uncleanneſs, muſt not eat of holy things, on pain
| —_ rill Sew fos ani he be torr Fad" Rs. Meche en ps pA a dead Carcaſs, nor that which was torn, $8. No ſtrangers nor hired Ser- vant to eat of holy things, 10. Not the Prieſts Daughter, if married t0 a Stranger, 12. Concerning ſuch as eat thereof unwillingly, 14.16. Concerning Free-will-offerings and their conditions, 17. 24. Not #9 be received from a Strangers hand, 25. Of what Age, 26. No Beaſt ta be offered with the Dam, 28. Offerings to be eat the ſame Day, 29. 30
Au Exhortation to obedience, 31. 33. ;
A N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, _
2 Speak unto Aaron, and to his ſons, that they ſeparate themſelves « from the holy things & of the children of. Ifrael, and that they profane noc my holy name in #hoſe things which they c hallow unto me :- I am the qr |
a To wit, when any uncleanneſs is upon them.as i | v, 3, 4+ b (ie.) _ eating of thoſe ns of the bes tug or belong to them. Only of thetirhes they might eat in thar caſe c Eirher the children of Jael, or the Prieſts : for both of them did in their kinds hallow, conſecrate or offer them to» God. Bur ; the former ſeems more probable, both becauſe they are mentioned ; here, and v: 3: where they are ſaid zo ha/low, &c. and becauſe rhis
makes the argument ſtronger, it ill became the Prieſts to-profang _ or pollute what the people did hallow.
j 3 Say unto them, whoſoever he be of all your ſeed i among your generations that goeth untg holy things . d,which the children of Ifrael hallow/linto the LORD,
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| having his uncleanneſs upon him, that ſoul ſhall be cur
' off from my preſence e : I am the LORD.
' &d To catthem, or to touch them ; for if the touch of one of th» people having his uncleanneſs upcn him defiled the thing ks touched, much more was ir ſo in the Prieſt. e Either, from the
| place "f my preſence and from my ordinances by excommunicati-
; on : He ſhall be excluded both from the adminiſtration, and fron
| the participation of them. Or, from the people among whom I
expreſſed by cuttin par: Or, fiom the land of the living. s off from his peo
4 What man f ſoever of the ſeed of Aaron 5s a le- per, or hath * a + running iſiue, he ſhall nor cat of the holy things until he be * clean. And * whoſo _ roucheth any thing #hat is unclean by the dead; or * a * Clizp: man whoſe feed goeth from him, : Heb f (7. e.) Or woman, of Aarons ſeed : for they were under the Bao:
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5 Or * whoſoever toucheth an creeping thing,” * Ch:14:23 whereby he may be made unclean,or*a man of whom he and 15:13 may take uncleanneſs, whatſoever uncleanneſs he hach ; Numbz
6 The ſoul which hath touched any fuch,ſhall be un- EN clean until the even,and (ball nor eat of the holy things, 15: n. unleſs he waſh his fleſh with water. * Chap:
7 Ang when the fun is down he ſhall be clean, and 172+ bal afterward cat Of the holyrhings, becauſe it 5s his toodg.
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ut upon the prieſts than upon the people in the ſame caſe,
Hm ad I53 cath his neceſſity craved ſome mitigation : Tho
otherwiſe the prieſts being inore ſacred perſons, and obliged to greater care and exemplarineſs deſerved a greater puniſhment.
> $8 * That which dieth of it ſelf,or is torn ith beafts,
23 they bear fin ; for it &, and die therefore, if they pro- fane it |; I the LORD do ſanRifie them.