18-Or if he ſmite him with an hand-weapon of w ( wherewith he may die ) and he die, he 44 omg | the murderer ſhal ſurely be put to death. :
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19 The cevenger of blood himſelf ſhall flay the mur- derer 7: when he meeteth him, he ſbail ſlay him.
ry Either 1. By bi'mſc!f, as the following words ſhew : So it 1s only a permiſſion, that he may do it withour offence to God or danger to himſelf. Or 2. By the Magiſtrate, from whom he ſhall demand Juſtice : So it 1s a c: mmand, as may appear by comparing this with verſe 31. and Deut. 19. 12, 13.
20 But * if he chruſt him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die: |
21 Or in enmity {mite him with his handhat he dic: he that ſmote him (ball ſurely be put to death,'for he is a murderer : the revenger of blood ſhall ſlay the nmreerer
when he meeteth him. :
22 But ifhe chruſt him ſuddenly s,'* without enmity,
or have caſt upon him any thing without laying of wait : s Th:ough ſudden paſſion, or provocation. Or, by chance, or YNAawares. ; :
23 Or with any ſtone wherewith a man may die, ſceing him nor, and caſt iz upon him that he die,and 245 nor his enemy, neither ſought his harta.
24 Then « the congregation ſhall judge between the flayer, and the revenger of blood, according to theſe judgemez:ts.
u If the Man-ſlayer flee to the citie of Refuge.
25 And the congregation ſhall deliver the ſlayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood,and the congregation ſhall reftore him to the ciry of his refuge, whither he was fled: ard he ſhall abide in itx, unto the death of the high Piieſty, * which was anointed with holy oyl. Le" 4: 3- + Be confined to it, partly to ſhew th> hatefulneſs of wilful mur- 1nd21.10. , * Be confined to it, partly to ſhew the hatefulnels of wil
der in God's account by ſo !evere a puniſhment, as this in many caſes mighr prove, inflifted upon the very appearance of it, And . partly for the ſecurity of the Man-flayer, leitthe preſence of fuch a perſon, and his converſation among the kind: ed of the deceaſed, might occaſion repioach and blood-ſhed. »y Partly becauſe the publick grief for the loſs of ſo publick a perſon was likely to af- {wage the private griefs and paſſions of men, the rather, becauſe by this example, they were minded of their own mortality, and thereby wirhheld from taking vengeance; And principally to ſhew that the death of Chriſt (the true High-prieft, whom rhe others did evidently and eminently repreſent and typific) isthe only mean whereby ſins are pardoned, and ſinners are ſet at liberty. - 26 But if the ſlayer ſhall ar any time come without the border of his city of refuge, whither he was fled : 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the t Heb. Nv borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of bbod ſhall blood kill the ſlayer, he + ſhall not be guilty of blood z. be 70/1”. »_ (1.e.) Not lyable to puniſhment from men, though not free of y P guilt before GoJ, becauic h2 kills an in1ocent perſoa, as appears from Dent, i9. 10. This God ordained to oblige the Man-{layer to abide in his City of Refuge. See verſe 32. |
28; Becauſe he {bouid have remained in the city of his :efuge, until the death of che high Prieſt: bur after the deach of the high Prieſt, the {layer (hall return into the land of his polleſſion. | |
290 theſe things ſhall befora ſtatute of judgernentun- to you, throughout your generations,inall your dwellings.
30 Whoſo killech any perſon, the murderer ſhall be
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” : yk 4 Put to death by the * mouth of witneſſes: but one wit- 19. 25. neſs ſhal not teſtifie againſt any perſon 70 cauſe hizs to die 8. Matt. 38, # NoJudge ſhall condemn any man to death upon a ſingle teſti- 16. mony. |
2 Cor. 3, 31 Moreover, ye {ball take no ſatisfaction for the 5 life of a murderer b which 5s | guilty of death, but he 8 ſhall be ſurely put to death.
4 Heb b No Inrerceſſion nor Ranſom ſhall be accepted to fave his Life, faukie t& Or procure him a pardon.
ae. 22 And ye ſhall take no ſatisfa&ion for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he ſhould come again to
dwell in the land, until the death of the Prieſt c. - cWhereby God would ſignifie the abſolute and indiſpenſable ne-
ceſlity of Ch:iſt's death to expiate ſin, and to red-em the ſinner. 22 So ye ſhall nor poliute the land whereinye are ;
EY For biood, it * defileth the land: andthe land cannot rincipal reaſon why God was ſoli
} Heb: be clearſed of the biood that is ſhed therein, but by the F:milies unmixed was, that the T There can blood of him tha: ſheddeth it d. which the Meſſiah was to come, and by w be no expi= @ Theſe words are added as a reaſon not of the laſt Law, werſe [ynighr be evident and unqueſtionable, ation for the 32. for in that caſe the Jand was cleanſed without the blood of the F
land. Man-ſlayer, but of the Liw next forgoing that verſe 31. in which
caſe it holds, and the ſenſe is, if you |} all ſpare the murderer or take any ſarisfattion for him, you do together with your ſelves in- volve your Lind and People in guilt, and will certainly bring down God', vengeance upon your ſelves and them.
24 Lefile not therefore the land which ye ſhall in- herit e, wherein I dwell: For I the LORD dwell a-
mong the children of Iſrael. e Be not cruel to your own land by making ita den of murderers CHA P. XXXVL |
The mconvenience of Daughters Inheriting is remedied by a general Command, Thar all ſuch marry in the Tribe of their Fathers ; To which of them they ſhall think beſt, 1 - 9. They obey, io =—— 12. Theſe Commands
God gave by Moſes to Iſrael in the Plains of Moab, 13. ND the chief Fathers of the Famihes a of the chil- dren of Gilead, the ſon of Machir, the ſon of
Manaiich, of te Families of the ſons of Joſeph catne / unto the children of Iſracl in the plains of Moab, by near, and ſpake betore Moſes, and before the Princes, ! Jo:dan zear Jericho.
B B KK the chief Fathers of the children of Iſrael.
a Who had the care and management of the publick affairs of | that Tribe committed to them. |