Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 351 — Matthew Poole — Annotations upon the Holy Bible

þ To wit, which I have done, and for which 1 am traduced b cheſe and ſuch like wicked men, as the bringing of the people as of Egypt ; the conduting of them through, and the keeping of them ſo long in the wilderneſs ; the exerciſing of power and authority

400g and over them ; giving of Laws to them, as about other

things,

thy own workmanſhip, 77a: 64: 8. O rhou who art the preferver of

from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and 4b1 ram Ze nA Ol-

chink be deſiſted and repented, and therefore is not now mentioned.

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LORD hath ſent me to do all theſe works b, for I have +Gr.of m ſelf. Chap: |

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NUMBERS. Chap. XVIIL.

| \4 Chap. XVIII,

t 10 In the moſt holy place y ſhalt thou eat it; every

malc z hall eat it : ir {hall be holy unto thee. 4 To wit, in the court of the Prieſts, where there were places See Lev. 6. 16, 17, 26. and 7.6.and 8. 31, and 14. 13:

18 And the fleſh p of them ſhall be thine : as the * *Exod:29: |

wave-breaſt, and as the right ſhoulder are thine. ? All the fleſh of them, and not only ſome parts, as in other ſacrifices. |

26, 28:

his uſe. ; / : 5 : era 5, 9. Exch. 42. 13. Whichis called :he mt holy place, not 19 All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which | ſimply and abſolutely, as the place within goat ve peg the children of Iſrael ofter unto the LORD, have I | of the thing he ſpeaks of, beccuſe m"_ ag Ween co on day given thee, and thy ſons, and thy daughters with thee, laces appointed for eating of holy things, whereof ſome migh pl f —_— Tr alas þ Ee in 2n clean place in the camp, Lev. I©, I4. Or 1n their OWNn by a atute Or EVECT: 1tzs a CoOVEnant O alt q foi EV cr, T hoes: Sod as the moſt holy place is ſometimes called ſimply Holy, | before the LORD, unto thee, and to thy ſeed with thee. ſo it is ner ſtrange if an holy place be called mof? holy, eipecially q (i.e. ) A durable and perperual covenant ; ſo called here and | this place which was near to the altar of burnt-offerings, which iS | 2 Chron. x 3. 5. either, becauſe Salt isa ſign of incorruption, as being 5 called moſt holy, and made all thar toucheth it holy, Exod. 29. 37- of ſingular uſe to preſerve things from corruption : or, becauſe itis Fe I And God w.ull have rheſe things eaten by them in an holy place, | confirmed and rarified on their part by Salt, which 1s therefore called | as in Gods preſence, that they might be obliged t5 the grearer caution, | #he Salt of the Cavenant, for which the Prieſts were obliged ro take and not to abule God's good creatures, and eſpecially holy things, care, that it ſhould never be lacking om any meat-offertng, Lev. 2.13. ro intemperance,and that they might learn to eat this and their other | And this promiſe or priviſedge conterr:d upon the Prieits is called 2 ' Food with thankfulneſs ro God the javer of it, and with reſpect *O | covenant becaule it 1s given them conditionally, upon condition of his ſervice and glory, which was afcerward preſcribed to Chriſtians, their ſervice, and care about the worſhip of God, and ſacrifices, 1 Cor. 10. 31. 1 Tim. 4.3. % Andthey only ; whereas of pzace-ofte- | which were commonly accompanied with meat-offerings, and there- rings the females might cat their ſhare, Dezxr. 2. 18. Rs fore with Salt. | \p* 11 And this is thine : the heave-offering # of their gife 20 And the LORD fpake unto Aaron, Thou ſhalt b, with all the wave-offerings c efchechildren of Iſrael: | have no inheritance in their land 7, neither [balc thou | «Tov: 10; 1 have given them unto * thee, and to thy ſons, and tO | have any part among them : * { a» thy parts, and thine *Deut: 10: |, 14: Deut: thy daughters with thee &, by a ſtatute for evec :*every | inheritance among the children of Iſrael. g and 12

one that is clean in thy houſe e ſhall eat of it. | a (i. e.) The right ſhouider, which was the Prieſts. L To wit, of th-ir p?ace-off-rinzs, as may appear becauſe here is an enumera- tion of al: that belonged to the Prieſt in the ſeveral oblations, and th:refore it is not likely that he would omit the peace-offerings, wherein the Prieſt had a ſhare, and the very ſhare here ſpoken of and called an heave-offering, which was the right ſhoulder, Lev. 7. 32. which alſo might be eaten by the daughters, Lev. 7. 34. and 10. 14. aSis here ſaid. See Numb. 6. 17. &c. c To wit, the breaſts of the peac--offerings, which were waved, Lev. 7. 30, 31, 34. d(i.c. Who are with thee in thy houſe ; for if they were married to ftrangers, they might not ear of them, Lev. 22. 12, 13. e To wir, as fixz2d members of thy houte, though they be bond-ſlaves : for ſtrangers and hired ſervants were excepted, Lev. 22. 19, IT. 12 * Allthe + beſt f of the oyl, and all the beſt of the wine, and of the wheat, the firſt fruits of 6$em g which

. they ſhall ofter unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

f Heb. the fat for the beſt : the fat of wheat is the beft of it, Deut. 32. 14. Pſal. $1. 16. and 147. 14 g As well thoſe which were

- offered in the name and behalf of rhe body of the people ar the

ſolemn Feaſts, Levit. 23. 10, 17. as thoſe which were required of particular perſons, Exod. 22. 29. and 23. 19. whereof the preciſe

r (7. e. ) In the land of the children of 17ae!, mentioned werſe r3. 12: & 18::