o Either with his own hand, as the Jews ſay, or, at leaſt by his command and procurement. þ (, e.) Out of the Original] x which was carefully kept by the Prieſts in the SanQuary; Deut: 31 26 2 Kings 22. 8. partly that it might be a true and perfe& copy, and partly that it might have the greater authority and influence upon him, coming to him, as from the hand and preſence of God.
19. And "it ball be with him,agd he ſhall read there- *Tof, ib" : in
12 And * the man that will do preſumptuouſly #, *Hoſ. 4.4, Tand will not hearken unto the Prieſt ( that ſtandeth THeb. to Miniſter there before the LORD thy GOD) or uno *? "*#"*
whom the LORD thy God ſhall chuſe e. One * from a- 'Jcr- 36. mong thy brethren f ſhale thou ſet king over thee: thou *
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"Numb 1% 20, Chap. 10. 9. *; Cor q. 13+
*Num. 18.12,24
*Exod: 28. r. Nums3. I9,
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* 10. 9,
in all the days of his life q, that he- may learn to fear che LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law,
and theſe ſtatutes, to do them :
(i.e. ) Diligently and conſtantly, pes 2 —_ Fatake and multitude of his buſineſs
or hinder him. | 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren
and that he turn not aſide from the commandment, to
neither the greatneſs of his ſhall excuſe
| the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may
*Numb. 1% 20, *
Chap.
9 *; Cor. q. 13+
*Num. 18.12,24.
*Exod: 28. r. Numsz. 10,
prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children in the midſt of Itrael.
+ He intimates, that the Scriptures diligently read and ſtudied, are a powerful and probable means to keep him humble, becauſe they thew him that, though a king, he is ſubje& to an higher Mo- narch, to whom he muſt give an account of all his adminiſtrations and a&ions, and receive from him his ſentence and doom agreeable to their quality, which is ſufficient to abate the pride of the haugh- ticft perſon in the world, if he duly conſider it.
C A A P, XVIIL The Lord is the Prieſts and Levites Inheritance, 1, 2, Their due from the
people, 3===5. 4 Levites portion that came to ſerve voluntarily, 6--8.
All unlawful arts prohibited, g-=-=14. Chriſt is promiſed, whom they
muſt hearken to, 15-==19. Falſe prophets threatned, 20. The mark of
# falſe prophet, 21, 22. : :
HE prieſts, the Levites, «-d all the tribe of Levi, * ſhall have no part nor inheritance with Iſrael :
they * ſhall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fre a,
_ and his inheritance b.
a By which phraſe we here manifeſtly ſee that he means not burnt-offerings, which were wholly conſumed by fire, and no part of them eaten by the Prieſts ; but other Sacrifices, whereof part was offered to the Lord by fire, and part was alloted to the Prieſts for their food. 6 (5. e.) The Lords portion or inheritance, which God had reſerved to himſelf, as Tithes and firſt Fruits, and other oblacions diitin& from thoſe which were made by fire, and ſo theſe two branches make up the whole of that which belonged to God, and was by him given to the Levites. ; :
2 Therefore ſhall they have no inheritance among
their brethren: the LORD « zs their inheritance, as he
hath ſaid unto them. c (5. e.) The Lords part and right, .as was now ſaid.
3 And this ſhall be the prieſts due from the people, from them that cffer a ſacrifice 4, whether iz be ox or ſheep, and they ſhall give unto the prieſt the ſhoulder,
and the two cheeks, and the maw e.
4 To wit, a Sacrifice of Thankſgiving, or a Peace-Offering, as appears from Levit? 7: 31, 33- which is ofc times called ſimply a Sacrifice, as Exod: 18; 12. Levit. 17; 5, 8. Numb. 15: 3. Deut, 12.27. e 2s. How doth this agree with other Texts, in which the ſhoul- der and the breaſt, and thoſe parts only are the Prieſts due, not the cheeks and maw ? Anſw. i. Who ſhall tie Gods hands: what if h2 now makes an addition, and enlargeth the Prieſts commons ? Nothing more uſual than for one Scripture to ſupply what is lack- ing in another,and for a latter Law of God to add a former. 2. The Breiſt may be ere omitted, becauſe it is comprehended under the Shoulder, to which it is commonly joyned,and with which it was waved before the Loid. 3. The Hebrew word here rendered Maw or Stomach,which was reckoned among dainties by the Ancients, 1s not to my remembrance uſcd elſewhere, and therefore it may have another ſignification, and ſome render it the breaſ?, others taks it for the uppermoſt part of the ſtomach, which lies under the breaſt.
The * firit fruit alſo of thy corn, of thy wine, and
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he ſaw occaſion for it. Heb. beſet his falzs by the fathers, i.e. Of that which came to him by his Fathers, or, according to his Fathers, or, his Fathers houſe ; and thele words may be joyned not with the word immediatly foregoing, but with the former part of the verſe, the next word coming in by a kind of parentheſis, in this manner, and order, Beſidzs that which cometh by the ſale of their goods, they Jhall have like portions to eat to what their Brethren have, each of them eating according to his Fathers houſe, 7. e. A Gerſbonite ſhall eat with his Brethren the Gerſhouites who are then miniſtring, and a Merarite with the M:rarites, &c. and ſo there ſhall be no diſturbance nor change in the appointed courſes bytheir acceſſion to the number.
9 When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou ſhalt not leara to do after the abominations of theſe nations.
Io There ſhall not be found among you any exe that maketh his fon, or his daughter * to paſs through the fire &, or that * uſeth divination 1, er any obſerver of times -, Or an inchanter z, Or a witch 8.
& Either by a ſuperſtitious luſtratien or purgation, or by a cruel ſacrificing, of them. See Leviz: 18, 21. 2 Kings 17: 31. and 23: 10. 2 Chron: 28; 3. Pſal: 106: 37. Jer. 7: 31. and 19: 5. Exzek: 16; 29, 21. and 23: 37, 38, 39. 1 (7. e.) Foretelleth things ſecret or to come Mr. 3: 11. by unlawful arts and pratices. » Superſtitiouſly pro- nouncing ſome days good and lucky, and others unlucky for ſuch or ſuch ations. Or, an 0bſerwer w the clouds or heavens, 7. e. one thar divineth by the motions of the clouds, by the ſtars, or by the flying or chattering of Birds, all which heathens uſed to obſerve: n Or, a Conjefurer, that diſcovers hidden things by a ſuperſtitious
uſe of words or coremonies,by obſervation of water or ſmoak or any }.