14 Thou ſhalt furnilh him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-preſs, . of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath bleſſed thee, thou
ſhalt give unto him. 15 And thouſhalt remember that thou waſt a bond-man
in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeem-
ed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. £ And brought thee our with triumph and with riches, which becauſe they would not, God did, give to thee as a juſt recompence for thy ſervice ; and therefore thou ſhalt follow his example, and fend out thy ſervant furniſhed with all convenient proviſions. 16 And it (ball be if he ſay unto thee, 1 will not go
away from thee (becauſe he loveth thee, and thine
houſe, becauſe he is well with thee «.) * Becauſe he is ſenſible that he fares well with thee. Or,becayſe it is good, i. e. acceptable in his eyes, or pleaſing to him, to be with thee.
17 * Then thou ſhalttake an awl,and thruſt zz through his ear Hnto the door, & he (ball bethy ſervant forever x:
| and alſo untothy maid-ſervant thou ſhalt dolikewiſe y.
* (3.e.) All the time of bis life, or, atleaſt, till the year of Ju- bile. See on Exod. 21. 6. y (i? e.) Either diſmiſs her honourably, and with plenty of proviſions; Or engage her to perpetual ſervirude in the ſame manner and by the ſame Rites. Whence it appears, that this caſe differs from that, Exod. 21. 7. and that the maid-ſervant there was taken in upon other and better terms than this here.
| 18 It hall not ſeem hard unto thee,when thou ſendeſt * See T6, him away free from thee: For he hath been wortha dou- bop & , 16. 14. ble Fhiredſervanc torbeez, in ſerving thee ſix years, and the LORD thy God (ball bleſschee in all that thou doeſt. z Or, he deſerves double wages to an hired ſervant, becauſe he ſcr- ved thee upon better terms, both without wages, which hired ſer- vants require, and for a longer time, even for 6 years, as it here fol- lows, whereas ſervants were ordinarily hired but from year to year, Levit, 25. 53. or at moſt but for three years, as they gather from this place, and 7s. 16. 14: 19 * All the firſtling males that come of thy herd, and
_— of thy flock, thou ſhalt ſan&ifie unto the LORD thy God:
26. Num. thou halt do no work with the firſtling 4 of thy bullock, 3-13. nor ſhear the firſtling of thy ſheep.
a This is meant, either, 1.Of the male firſtlings; which, they ſay, is forbidden here, becauſe ſome did plow with the firſtlings of their oxen, and ſhear the firſtlings of their ſheep, before rhey were offer- ed. But this ſcems abſurd and incredible, becauſe they were to be , Exod. 22. 30. when they were very er, 2. The ſecond firftlings, of which
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Exod. b1. 6.
cffered upon the eighth da unfit for ſuch uſes. Or, rat ſee on Deut. 12. 17.
209 Thou b (halt eat it c before the LORD thy God year by year 4, in the place which the LORD ſhall
chuſe, thou and thy houſhold.
. b Either, 1. Thou, O Prieſt. Or rather, 2.7hov, O Iſraelite. For it is evidear that the ſame perſon who was forbidden to work with theſe, ©. 19, is here commanded to cat them, &c. c Together with the Levites, as it is to be underſtood from Deut. 12. 18. and 14. 27, 29. where that is expreſſed in like caſes. 4 To wit, in the ſolema feaſts which returned upon them every year. See Dew. 16. 11, 14.
"Lev. 22. 21 * And if there be any blemiſh therein, «: if ir be 20.ch. 17.]Jame, or blind, or have any ill blemiſh, thou ſhalt not ſa-
_ crifice it unto the LORD thy God. 22 Thou ſhalt eat it within thy gates: the * unclean and the clean perſon ſhall cat ir alike, as the ro-buck,
and as the hart. *ch.12.16. 23 *Only thou ſhalt not eat the blood thereof: thou
23- ſhalt pour it upon the ground as water. | C H A P. XVI.
Their Feaſt of the Paſſover to be kept, 1 —— 7. And to eat unleavened bread, 8. Theſeven Weeks and their Feaſts, 9—— 12. The Feaſt of the Tabernacle to be obſerved by them, and their Family ſeven days, 13=—15. Allthe Males to appear before the Lord three times a year, and at theſe three
' Feaſts, 16, 17. Judges and Officers are appointed 18 — 20. And are prohibited to ſet up Idolatry, 21, 22. Bſerre the * month of Abib, and keep the paſſover
*Px0d.12- unto the LORD thy God: For * in the month of
2. &c. Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of E-
*Ex. 13-4- pypt by * night «.
"Exod. 12. ow 0h. Tiey came out of Egypt by day, and in the morning, as
29. 42: appears fcom Exod.12.22. and 13. 3. Numb. 33.3. Anſw. They are ſaid
to be brought out by night, becauſe in the night Pharaoh was forced to give them leave to depart, and accordingly they made preparati- on for their departure, and in the morning they perfeQed the work. 2 Thou ſhalt therefore ſacrifice the paiſover b unto the
: LORD thy God, ofthe flock,and the herd in the * place ch. 12+5+ which the LORD ſhall chuſe to place.his Name there. | b (i. e.) Either 7. GED and ftrialy ſo called, which was the
Paſchal Lamb, and . fo Sheep and Oxen, which here follow, are mentioned only as additional ſacrifices, which were to be offered
*ch.12.15.
EE DIZERONO M TY.
uſed, 2 Chron, 35:8, 9. And this fi RY _—_ it _ here ſaid to cone Sheep and Oxen, and partly becauſe it follows, verſe 3. Thou ſhal leavened bread with it, ſeven days ſhalt thou eat oy "009 1 enimteg 7. e. With the Paſſover, which could not be done with the Paſſover ſtri&ly ſo called, whica was to be wholly ſpent in one day. Or 3- The Feaſt of the Paſſover, and ſo the place may be rendred, 7hou ſhalt therefore obſerve or keep the Feaſt of the Paſſover (as thoſe ſame Hebrew words are taken, Numb. 9.5. Jef. 5. 10. 2 Chron. 45. x, 17; 18, 1 9.) unto the Lord thy God, with Sheep vi ſcribed, Numb. 28. 18, &c.
days ſhalt thou eat unleavened breed therewith, ev Ou « ; tl bread of affliction 4 (for thou cameſt forth our of >
offered after the Lamb in the ſeven days, and ſo this very word is nification ſeems neceſſary here, ſt of the flock and of the herd, or, of
ana with Oxen, as is pre-
3 * Thouſhalc cat no leavened bread with it c::ſeven ,
land of Egypr in haſte) that thou mayeſt remember the
day when thou cameſt forth out of the land of Egypt,all
the days of thy life. :
_ c To wit, with the Paſſover, in the ſenſe delivered : Or, in i:
z.e. during the time of the Feaſt of the Paſſover. 4 (5. e.) Bread
which is not uſual nor pleaſant, but unſavory and unwholeſome
” Linh -_ in mind _— of rs Pager wage endured in Egypt, and of ality coming out of it,which all I