| + Heb. them, and they ſbal flee, as fleeing from a ſword: and CHAP. XXVIEL | driven. they ſhal fall, when none purſueth. Laws touching the redeeming of Men, devoted to God, 1---8. Orof Beaſts, | q The word notes.a tenderneſs and ſoftneſs of mind whereby they g---13. Of houſes, 14, 15. Of Fields or Grounds, 16---25, What are diſenahled from bearing the preſent miſeries, and are 1a conti- things might not be vowed, and being ſo, what redeemable, avid what F nual dread of further and ſorer miſeries. - not, 26---29, Of redeeming the Tenths buth of Fruit and Cattel, Ih.19.4 2+ And * they (bal fail one upon anotherr, as it [| $0---33. | were before a ſword, when none purſueths: and ye A N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, | ſhal have no power to ſtand before your enemies. 2 Speak unto the children of lfrael,and fay unto r As Soldiers uſe to do when their ranks are broken, and they | them 5 When a man ſhal make a ſingular vow a, the per- forced to flee away hattily from their purſuers. 5 Your guilt and | ſong ſhall be for the LORD b, by thy eſtimation c. fear cauſing you to imagine that they do purſue you when indeed 2 Or, an eminent or hardox wonderful vow, not concerning things, they do nor. 4 which was not ſtrange, but cuſtomary, bur concerning perſons,as 38 Andye hal periſh among the heathen, and the | ;. here follows, which he vowed,or by vow devoted unto the-Lord, land of your enemies ſhal eat you up. which indeed was unuſual and ditficult ; yet there want not in- *Frek: 4: 39 And they that are left of you * ſhal pine away t poop page vo and "w =. 19-9500 noun "_ them- "thr Eras. "SO Ay . . elves or theirchildren to the ſervice of God, and that either more 4 args in their ag _ or wg ey _— and alſo in = ſtritly and particularly, as the Nazarites, and the Levites, 1 Sam. T. Pe eve. : como a ern mes ney pine away WI | ir. andfor theſe there was no redemption amitred, but they were & 33: 10: them. = ; in perſon to perform the ſervice ro which they were devoted : or & 36: 31: © Beconſumed and melt away by degrees through diſeaſes, op- | more largely and generally, as ſome who were not Levites, nor ins Hoſ. 5-15. Preſſions, griefs and manifold mileries. DW 9; tended themſelves or their children ſhould be Nazarites, might yet 40 If they ſhal confeſs « their iniquitie, and the ini- poten: axon - dog = + 15-6 won ” — oo = oa ? = ” . | . . 7 . ZIV1 ITea, ” quitie of their fathers, with their treſpals which they ing ron from ſome evil felt or feared, devoted themſelves or their treſpaſled againſt me, and that alſo they have walked | c1j1qren to the ſervice of God and of the ſanftuary, tho' not in contrary unto Me, | ſu-h a way as the Levites, which they were forbidden to do, yet in u Heb. And they ſhall confeſs, where our Tranſlation and many o- | ſome kind of ſubſerviency to them. And becauſe there might be too thers underſtand the Particle ifi which is alſo wanting and under- | great a number of p-rſons thus dedicated, which might be burden- ſtood, Exod. 4. 23. Mal. x. 2. and 3. 8. So here, And if they ſhall con- | ſome and chargeable ro the SanEtuary, therefore an exchange is al- feſs, &rc. But there ſeems no neceſlity of any ſuch ſupplement, but | lowed, and the Prieſts are dire&ed toimpoſe and require a tax for theſe and the following words may be taken as they ly in their | their redemption. 6 (3.e.) Dedicated to the Lord,and conſequent- plain and proper ſignification, to thispurpoſe, ver. 40. And through | ly to thePrieſt. c By whoſe eſtimation ? Anſ. Either 1. Thine, O the heavineſs and extraordinarinels ot their affliction, their conſci- | Prieſt, ro whom the valuation of things belonged,and here is aſcri- ences will force them to confeſs their iniquity, and the iniquity of their | bed,ver.12. Or rather 2.Thine, O man that voweſt, as appears from fathers, with their treſpaſs which they have treſpaſſed againſt me, i e with | ver. $. where his eſtimation is oppoſed to the Prieſts valuation. Nor their prevarication with me and defe&ion from me to Idolatry, | was there any fear of his partiality in his own cauſe, for the price ig which by way of eminency he calls their treſpaſs : and that alſo they | particularly limited. But where the price is undetermined, there, hate walked contrary to ma, ver. 41. and that I alſo have walked contrary | to avoid that inconvenience, the Prieſt is to value it, as ver. 8,12. rnto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies : 7. e. that 3 And thy eſtimation ſhal be, of the male from twen- they are or comeinro theſe Calamiries by chance, nor by the ml: | ry years old even unto ſixty years old 4, even thy efti confeſſion is no a Pharaoh made in o diſtreſſes, and than mation ſhal be fifty ſhekels of ſilver, after the ſhekel of Hypocrites in their affli&tion uſe to make. And therefore he adds, | the ſanctuary. if then their uncircumciſed, i. e. impure, carnal, profane. and impent- d Which is the beſt time for ſtrength and ſervice, and therefore tent hearts be humbled, i. e. ſubdued, purged, reformed : if to this | is prized at the higheſt rate. confeſſion they add ſincere humiliation and reformation, I will do 4 And if it be a female, then thy eſtimation ſhal be what follows. | thirty ſhekels e. | 41 And that I alſohave walked contrary unto them, e Leſs than the mans price, becauſe ſhe is inferior to him both in | and have brought them ivto the land of their enemies : | *1-ngth eh ny Jer.6.10, if then their * uncircumciſed hearts be humbled, and | m he = —_—_ may wr we pare abwcn. 9. 6g, Fey then accept of the puniſhment of their iniquitie x. . | 2 ed 7 g 1 ” 6 —_ al 7 yo 1C Male twen- RE ns x The Hebrew word avon commonly ſignifies iniquity, but it is ty IDEKels, ana Tor TNE TEmale TEN INEKEIS.
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oft uſed for the puniſbment of iniquity, as here and x Sam. 28. 10. Pſal. 31. 10. 1a. fo 6,11. The meaning is, if they ſincerely acknow- ledge the righteouſneſs of God and their ov» n wickedneſs, and pa- tieggly ſubmit to his corre&ing hand, and would rather be in their preſent ſuffering condition, than in their former ſinful, though proſperous eſtate ; if with David they arz ready to ſay, 7t is good for
- them that they are afflied,that they may learn Gods ſtatutes,and obedience
to them for the future,which is a good evidence of true repentance. 42 Then will I remember my covenant y with Jacob,
and alſo my covenant with Iſaac, and alſo my covenant |