brethren the children of Iſrael, ye ſhal not rule one 0- gour ſelves| ver another with rigor. | of them: 47 Andif a fojourner or ſtranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother har dwelleth by him wax poor, and fell [:imſelf unto the ſtranger or ſojourner by thee, or tothe ſtock f ofthe ſtrangers.
f Heb. roor, # e. one of the root or ſtock. So the word root is elſe. where uſed for the branch or progeny growing fron: it,as Numb: 13. 28. 2 Chron. 22-10. He ſeems to note one of a foreign race and coun- trey, tranſplanted into the Jand of 1ael, and there having taken root amongſt the people of God, yer even ſuch an one, though he hath ſome priviledge by it, yet he ſhall not have power to keep an Hebrew ſervantfrom the benefir of Redemprion.
43 After thathe is ſold, he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him.
49 Either his uncle,or his uncles ſon may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his fimily may rC- deem him : or, if he beable,he may redeem himſelf,
5o And he ſhal reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was ſold tohim, unto the year of jubile, and the price of his ſale ſhal be according unto rhe number of years, according tothe time of an hired ſervantg ſhall itbe with him.
g Allowance ſhall be made for the time wherein he hath ſerved, p! oportionable to that which is given to an hired ſervant for ſo long ſervice, becauſe his condition is in this like theirs; that it is not properly his perſon, bur his work and labour that was fold.
51 If rhere ve yer many years behind, according unto them he ſhall give again the price of his redemption out
of the money that he was bought for-
52 An! if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he ſhal count with him, and according unto his years ſhall he give him again the price of his redemption.
53 Andasayearly hired fervantſhall he be wich him: &the orher ſhal not rule with rigor over him in thy fighth
L Thou ſhalr nor ſuffer this to be done, but whether thou art 2
Magiſt:ate, or a private perſ-n, thou ſhalt take care according ro | thy capacity to get it remedied.
a. And if he be not redeemed || in theſe years, then 0:,5;1h he ſhal go our in the year of jubile, £955 he and his chile meonc;
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».f Exod. Cho: 4.
Deur. 5:8: */\and 16.12 and 27:15 8 Pſal.77:7: j Or pillar. 14 Or, figu- 5 Iyed fone. b. 2 ge of pifture:
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© Deurt, 28: 15. Mal: 2:2.
ap. XXVI.
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55 For untome the children of Iſrael are ſervants, they are my ſervants; whom I brought out of the land I aw the LORD your God.
CHAP, XXVLI.
God commands them to ſhun Idolatry, 1. Keep bis Sabbaths, andreverence his Senfuary, 2. And walk in his Statutes, 3. Promiſmsg plenty, peace, wifory, Fruitfulneſs, his Tabernacle and Preſence, 4—13. Dreadfu Threatnings againſt the Deſpiſers, Haters and Breakers of þis commanas : He will-givethem over.to Diſeaſes, their Enemies, Drought, Peſtilence, Sword, Famine ; they who remain ſhall fall one upon another, and pine a- way in their ſms, 14 — 39. But if they confeſs their ſms, and are hum” bled under Gods Judgments, God will remember his Covenant, and ſhew them favour in their Enemies Land, 49 — 45. Theſe Statutes the Lord gave to Iſrael in Mount Sinai by Moſes, 46.
YE hall make you * no idols,nor graven image,net-
ther rear you up a || ſtanding image «, neither ſha) ye ſet up any || + image of ſtone in your land, to bow down untoit : for I -» the LORD your God.
a Or, pillar, to wit, to worſhip it, or bow down to it, as it fol- lows. Otherwiſe this was not ſimply prohibited being praftiſed by holy men, both before and after this Law. Compare Exod: 23: 24. Deut. 16. 22+ SO Exod: 20: 4. They are forbidden to make ima- ges, not ſimply or for any uſe, but for worſhip.
2 * Ye thall keep my ſabbaths, and reverence my
ſahcuary, b: I «m the LORD.
b By purging and preſerving it from all uncleanneſs, by ap- proaching to it and managing all the ſervices of it with reverence, and inſuch manner only as God hath appointed.
2 * If ye walk in my ſtatures, and keep my com- mandments, and do them ;
Then I will give you rain c in due ſeaſon, and the land ſhall yield her increaſe, and the trees of the field ſhall yield their fruit.
© Therefore God placed them not in a Land where there were ſuch rivers as Nilus, to water it and make it fruitful, but in a Land which depended wholly upon the rain of Heaven, the Key whereof God kept in his own hind, that ſo he might the more cf- > gd oblige them to obedience, in which their happineſs con- UItTEd. : 5 And* your threſbing ſhall reach unto the vintage 4, and the vintage ſhal reach unto the ſowing time : and ye ſhal eat your bread to the full, and * dwell in your
land ſafely.
d (i:e:) You ſhall have ſo plentiful an harveſt, that you ſhall not be able ts threſh out your corn in a little time, but that work
will laſt till the vintage.
6 AndI will give peace inthe land, and * ye lballlie down and none ſhall make you afraid : and I will F rid evil beaſts out of the land; neither ſhall the ſword e
* gothroughyour land f\
e (i,e:) War, as the ſword is oft taken, as numb. 14. 3. 2 Sam: ' 12. 10. Otherwiſe there is the ſword of juſtice. f (7: & ) Ir ſhall not enter into it, nor have paſſage through it, much leſs ſhall your land be made the ſeat of War. |
7, And ye ſhall chaſe your enemies, and they ſhall fall before you by the ſword.
$ And * five g of you ſhall chaſe an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thouſand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you bythe ſword.
g (5. e:) A ſmall number ; a certain number for an uncertain.
For I wil) have reſpec unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and eftabliſh my covenant withyou 6b. .
h ( i:e. ) AdQually perform all that I have promiſed you in my
covenant made with you. : io Andyelhalleat old ſtore, and bring forth ; the old, becauſe of the new.
s Or, caft our, throw them away as having no occaſion to ſpend them, or give them to the poor, or even to your cattel, that you may make way for the new corn, which alſo is ſo plentiful, that of it ſeIf it will fill up pamberns:
1x * AndI willſet \k my takernacle amongſt you: and my ſoul ſhall not abhor you.
k As IT haveplaced it, ſo T will continue it among you, and not remove it from you, as once I did upon your miſcarriage, Exod: