y To wit, for thy common uſe and food. z (7. e. ) Thy cities or dwellings. - What you ſhall deſire either for quantity or quality, provided always you obſerve the laws given you clſewhere about a-
oiding exceſs and uncleannefs in the things you eat. b According to thy quality and eſtate : whereby he manifeſtly condemns thote who prufuſely and riotouſly ſpend other mens money, and live at a rate which their conſciences know to be much above their ability : which certainly is an ungodly and unrighteous, though too com- mon, pra&tice. 'c Who is forbidden to eat of holy meats,Lev.7.20. a To wit, of any ſort of creatures, even of thoſe ſorts which are offered to God in ſacrifices, which are as free to your uſe, as the roe-buck, and the hart, which were not accepted in ſacrifice, Lev.22. 19. yet were clean beaſts, Deur. 14. 5. and therefore here is a tacit exception of unclean beaſts. - 16 * Only ye {hal not eat the blood, ye ſbal pour it out upon the earth as water, "Eorragghaghd
.17 Thouef mayeft not eat within thy gates f the ch. 5.:3. tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine,or of thy oil g, or the + Heb. firſtlings of thy herds, or of thy flock h, nor any ofthy wy oh vows which thou voweſt, nor thy free-will offerings, or ?" ng ' heave-offerings of thine hand. |
eEither 1. thou,O0 Levite : or rather 2. thou,O Iſrazlite,wvhom he di- ſtinguiſherth from the Levire, wer. 18. accordingly as the following particulars agree to the one and tothe other of you. f (3. e.) In your private habitations, here oppoſed to the place' of God's Worſhip, ver. 18, g Here ſcems to be a great difficulty, not yer ſufficiently obſerved nor cleared by Interpreters. There were divers kinds of tithes, 1:The tithes given to the Levites out of all, of which Numb: 18:21,24:Deut:14:22:Neh:10:37: 2, The tithe of thoſe tithes, which were to be given by the Levites to the Prieſts,of which Numb. 18.26,
28. Neh.10.38. 3. The third years tithe,of which Deut: 14: 28. To'
which ſome add another tithe, which they call the ſecond tithe which
they ſay was taken after the Levites tithe was laid by. Now each
of theſe hath its difficulty. Ir ſeems this place cannot be under.
ſtood 7. of the Levites tithe, partly becauſe it might ſeem a great | and wholly ſuperfluous trouble to carry all their tithes up toJeruſa-
lem, and to carry them back to their ſeveral habitations for their
your Vows,
f ch.10.9,
*h.14.: t Heb. the days
upon thy land,
*Gen. 2
14. <>, 19,
$ yer. 22,
* Gen.9.4.
* ver. r5
*ver: 16 THrb. þ
5+
uſe ; partly becauſethoſe were holy to the Lord, Levi27:30; and not to þ THebsſo
E