wer. 15. but the difference they make ſecms arbitrary, and without zvidence from reaſon, or the uſe of the words, And therefore this may be a repetition of the ſame ſin in other words, which is common, and as this law is laid down in more general terms, ver. 153 fo both the fin and the puniſment a:e more particularly expreſſed, wer: 16: Or the firſt part of ver: 16. may be an ap- plication of the former rule to the preſent caſe. And as for him that blaſphemeth, &c: or, is blaſpheming, &c: in the preſent tenſe, which 1s fitly uſed concerning woids juſt now utte: ed, and ſcarce yet out of their ears, he ſball. &c. And fo the f:llowing words, as well the ſtranger, &c. may be a repeticion an! amplificat:on of the former law, þ To ſhew their zeal for God, and to beget in them the greater dread and abhorrency of blaſphemy. |
17 * And he that t kilieth avy man z, ſhall ſurelie *x,,q 5;
be put to death. 12. Nums ; This law is repeated here, either to juſtifie this ſentence of 35: 31: purting blaſphemers to death, from the ſame ſeverity executed for Deut: 1992 alels c:1me; or, to prevent the miſchievous efle&s of mens ſtri- 21:
ving or contending togethe:, which as here it cauſed blaſphemy, tHeb:ſmi=
ſo ir might in others lead to murder. teth the ſou 18 And he that Þ killeth a beaſt, ſhall make it good, 9 -7n:
+ beaft for beaſt. WY TH 19 And if a man cauſe a blemiſh in his neighbour ; Fiodars
as * he hath done, ſo (bail it be done unto him. 24: Deutz
* 19: 21: Mat: 5:382
* Exod: 21: 33. * Exods 12. 493
20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth as he hath cauſed a blemiſhin aman, fo ſball it be done to him again, :
21 * Ard he that killeth a beaſt, he ſhall reftore it: and he that killeth amin, he ſhall be put to death.
'22 Ye ſhall have * one manner of Law &, as well for che ſtranger, as for one of your own country : for I am che LORD your God.
k To wit, in matters of common right, but not as to Church Priviledees. ;
23 And Moſes fpake unto the children of Iſrael, that :hey ſhould bring forth him that had curſed, out of the camp, and ſtone him with ſtones: and the children of Ifrael did as the LORD commanded Moſes.
ER AP. XXY:; |
The Land not to be Tilled, but reſt the ſeventh: year: And that which grew of is ſelf in Field or Vineyard, to be meat for th:m and their Cattle, 7. The ubile on the day of Atonement : A year of Liberty and Reſtoration; A year of reſ# to the Land: Of the peculiar Bleſſing of God on it, 8 22. Sold Inheritances to.be redeemed at any time ; buf now #0 be reftored: 4 Dwelling-Houſe in a walled City only excepted, 23 — 34 MKinaneſs to the Poor. Uſury forbidaen: an Irael:ite muſs 210; be a Bonaman or Maid, but an Hired Servaut till the year of Jubile 2 Bond-men or Maids tobe taken from the Heathen: An Inheritance for ever,
35 46: Of an Iſraelite that ſhould ſell himſelf to a ſtranger, 47 53s | AD the LORD ſpake unto Moſes in mount Sinat a, faying, + | .@ (i. e.) Near mount Sinai. So the Hibrew particle Beth is ſome- times uſed, as Gen: 37. 13. Joſ: 5 13. Jurg: 8-5. 2 Chron: 33. 20 compared with 2 King :1. 38. Sothere is no need ro diſturb
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the power of God, a+ it is Luk. 22. 69. and the bl:ſſcd for the Pl:fſed God, Mas. 26.63. Mark 14. 61. y Not the {ſaelites only, but his God alſo, as appears from wv. 15. -6. z Either the people who hea:d him, or the inferiour Magiſtrate, ro whom he was firſt brought. @ Ac- *Numb: cording to the order ſettlea by Jethro's advice Exod. 18. 26. ag 12 And they * put him in ward ÞF tiat the mind of tHeb: « the LORD might be ſhewed them b.
expound b For God had only ſaid in general, that he world not hold ſuch wnto them giiltleſs, i, e. he «ould puniſh them, but had nor declared how he according would have them puniſhed by men,
to the 1; And the LORD ſpake urto Moſes, ſaying, : —_— 14 Bring forth him that hath curſed, wichout the
*Deur:13, amp, and let all thar heard him, * lay their hands upon 9. & 17.7. his head c, and lerallche congregation ſtone him 4.
c Whereby they gave publick teſtimony that they heard this per- ſan ſpeake ſuch ords, and did in their own and inall the peoples names, deſire and demand Ju''ice to be executed u-on him, that by this ſacrifice God might ve appeaſed, and hi Judgements turn- ed away from the people, upon whom they would certainly fall if he »ere unpuniſhed. 4. The ſame puniſhme::t « hich was be- fore appointed for thoſe v» ho cu:ſed their Pa-ents, whereas it de- ſerved a far more grievous death, Thus God in this !ife mixerh mercy «ith Judgement, and puniſheth men leſs than their iniqui- tics deſerve.
15 And thou ſhalt ſpeak unto the children of Iſrael, ſaying, whoſoever curſeth e his God. ſhall bear his fin f.
e (41.e:) Speaketh of him reproachfully and with contempr. They therefore a e greatly miſtaken that underſtand this of the heathen gods, whom their worſhippers are forbidden to reproach or curſe But Moſes is not here giving las to Heathens, bur to the J/raelites, nos wou!d he concern himſelf ſo much ro vindicate the honour of Idols, nor doth this agree either with rhe deſign of | the holy Scriptures, which is to beget a contempt and deteſtation ' of all Idols and Idolatry ; or with the praftice of the holy Pro- phets, who uſed oft to vilify them. See 1 King. :8. 27 Fer. 10. ; 11. f (7.e.) The puniſhment of it; ſha'l not go unpuniſhed. j Some fay he was to be beaten with ſtripes : Others ſay with death, which is deſcribed wer. ' 6.
16. And 7 he that blaſphemeth the Name of the LORD g, he ſhall ſurelie be put to death, end all the congregation bþ ſhall certain!lie ftone him: as well the ſtranger, as he thar is born in the land, when he F blaſ- | Toy »an-phemerh the name of the LORD, ſha!l be pur to death.
th, $ This ſome make a diſtin& ſin from c:rſig his God mentioned
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expreſs the name of God, as Mark 14: 62. the right hana f power, for of