fended Majeſty. fIt ſhall be an eternal monument of God's juſtice, and terrour to after ages, who may be tempted to like prattices.
17 * And there ſhal cleave nought of the || curſed .,, thing g to thine hand, that the LORD may turn from |; ©; SY the fierceneſs of his anger, and ſhew thee mercy, and red. have compaſhon upon thee, and multiply thee +, as he hath ſworn unto thy fathers.
g (7.e. ) Of the goods of that accurſed city. þ So thou ſhalt have no loſs of thy numbers by cutting off ſo many people.
18 When thou ſhalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which 7s right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.
CHAP. XIV.
Heatheniſh Rites of Mourning prohibited, 1, 2. And the eating of any abo= minable thing, 3. All unclean Beaſts, q===8. Fiſh, 9, 10» and Biras, prohibited, 11, 12. True tything commanded, 22. And where it was to be eaten, 23---27, A command about the third years tything, 28. And who (hould eat it, 29: Y E are the children of the LORD your God a: * ye , | (hal not cut your ſelves, nor make any baldneſs Ss 19, between your eyes 6 for the dead c. aWhom therefore you muſt not diſparage by unworthy or unbe- coming prattices, ſuch as here follow, and whom you muſt not diſobey. b Which were the praftices of Idolaters, both in the worſhip of their Idols, as 1 King: 18: 28: or, in their funerals, as here, and Jer: 16; 6: or upon occaſion of publick calamities, as Jer: 41: 5: and 47: 5. See more on Levit: 19: 27, 28. and 21: 5. c Through exceſſive ſorrow for your dead friends, as if you had no hope of their happineſs after death, 1 The 4: 13.
2 * For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy .,,., . God, and the LORD hath choſen thee to be a peculiar 8 we people unto himſelf, above all the nations that are up- on the earth. ;
3 Thou ſhalt not eat any abominable 4 thing.
a ( 7. e. ) Unclean and forbidden by me, which therefore ſhould be abominable to you.
4 * Theſe re the beaſts e, which ye ſhal eat, the ox, the ſheep, and the goat, |
e Of which ſee on Levi. 11. Theſmall differences between ſome * of their names here and there are not proper for this work. The learned Reader may find them cleared in my Latine Synopſis. For others, they may well enough want the knowledge of them, both becauſe theſe are the ſmaller matters of the Law, and becauſe this diſtinCtion of clean and unclean beaſts is now out of date.
5 The hart, and the ro-buck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, andthe || + pygarg, and the wild ox, ||Or,b;ſ. and the chamois : + Heb. di. 6 And every beaſt that parteth the hoof,and cleaveth ©" the cleft into two claws, end cheweth the cud amongſt the beaſts : that ye ſhal ear. 7 Nevertheleſs, theſe ye ſhal not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof, as the camel,and the hare,and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof, therefore they are un- clean unto you, 8 And the ſwine, becauſe it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you 3 ye ſhal not eat of their *fleſh, nor touch their dead carcaſe. *Lev. rv 9 * Theſe ye hal eat, of all that «re in the' waters: 27- all that hath fins and ſcales ſal ye ezr. 'Lev.119 10 And whatſoever hath not fins and ſcales, ye may not eat : 1t zs unclean unto you. 11 Of all clean birds ye ſhal ear. 12 But theſe are they of which ye (hal not eat : the eagle, and the offifrage, and the ofprey, 12 And theglede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, 14 And every raven after his kind, I5 And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuc- kow, and the hawk after his kind, 16 The little owl, and the great owl, andthe ſwan, 17 And the pelican, and the gier-eagle, and the cor- morant, 18 And the ſtork, and the heron afterher kind, and the lapwing, and the * bar. 19 Andevery creeping thing that flyeth unto you: they ſhal notbe eaten. 20 But of all clean fowls yemay eat. 21 Ye ſhal not eat of my thing that dieth of it ſelf; - thou ſhalt give it unto the ſtranger that 3s in thy gates, that he may eat: or thou mayeſt ſell it unto an alien: tor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God * Thou ſhalt norſeeth a kid in his mothers milk, ' *Bx.23-19 f Not to the proſelyte,for ſuch were obliged by this Law, Lev. 19? & 34+ 26.
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