|| The mount of curſing. Here the law is written, to ſignifie that a curſe was due to the violatours of it, and that no man could ex- pet juſtification or bleſſing from the works of the law, by the ſen- rence whereofall men are juſtly-accurſed,as being all guilty of the tranſgreſſion of it in one kind and degree or other. Here the ſa- crifices are to be offered,toſhew that there is no way to be delivered from this curſe, but by the blood of Chriſt, which all theſe facrifi- ces did rypifie, and by Chriſt's being made a curſe for us, Gal.3.13:
5 And there thou ſhalt build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of ſtones: *thou ſhalt not lift up a»y
iron zoo] upon them.
6 Thou ſhalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole ſtones 4: and thou (halt offer burnt-efferings thereon unto the LORD thy God,
d( 7.e. ) Rough, not hewed nor poliſhed.
7 And thou fhalt offer peace-offerings, and ſhalt eat there, and rejoyce before the LORD thy God.
. 8 And thou thalt write upon the ſtanes all the words of this law very plainly e. | e So as to be eaſily read by all.
9 And Moſes,and the Prieſts the Levites, ſpake to all Ifrael,ſaying, Take heed,and hearken.O Ifrael; this day thou art become the people of the LORD f thy God.
f By thy ſolemn renewing of thy Covenant with him.
10 Thou ihalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments, and his ſtatutes which I command thee this day.
11 And Moſes charged the people the ſame day,faying,
12 Theſe ſhal ſtand upon mount Gerizzim g,to bleſs the people b,when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon,and Le- vi, and Judah,and Ifſachar, and Joſeph,and Benjamin 3.
.£ Obj. In Jo. 8. 33. they ſtood over againſt Mount Gerizzim. Anſw. x. Both aretrue: they who ſtood upon the one mount, ſtood over againſt the other. 2. Theſe words may be rendred beſide or near to (as the Hebrew al oft ſignifies) mount Gerizzim, which might be ever: againſt it. . þ Whence it appears that the Bleſlings alſo were pro-
nounced as well as the Curſes, though they be not here mentioned. See Joſ. 8. 33. 1 All theſe were the children of the free-women,
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- Leah and Rachel, to ſhew both the Dignity of the Bleſſings above the * Curſes, and that the Bleſſings belong oply ro thoſe as are Evange-
lically ſuch, as this is expounded and applied, Gal. 4. 22, &«c. even
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to thoſe that receive the Spirit of Adoj tion 2hd Liberty. Joſeph is here put for both his Sons and Tribes lanoſſ and Epbravin, which are here reckoned as one Tribe, becauſe Levi is here numbred ; bur when Levi is'omitted, as it is where the diviſion of the Land is made, there Manaſſeh and Ephraim paſs for two Tribes. 13 And * theſe ſhal {tand upon mount Ebal+ to curſe *ch ao & : Reuben, Gad and Aſher, and Zebulun, Dan, and + Eeb. j Naphcaali /: . # curſmg. k He faith, to bleſs the people, wer. 12, bnt here only to curſe; not | expreſſing whom, either Lecauſe he was loath to mention the p£0- ple as Objetts of the Curſe;or tecauſe he preſumed and hoped that rhough ſome particular perſons might de:erve the Curle, yer the generality of the people would keep out of the reach of it: or to intimate, that though the Bleſſing was peculiar to the people of 1/- rael, yet the Curſe was indefinite and common to all Nations, as may appear from the particular fins here num bred, which are ſuch as made the Gent:les guilty and abominable ro Ged, as is elſewhere afhrmed. See Lev. 18. 28. 1 Four of theſe are the children of the Bondwomen, to ſhew that the Curſe belongs to thoſe of ſervile and diſingenuous ſpirits and carriages to God, With theſe are joyned Reuben, who by his ſhameful fin fell from his Dignity, Gen. 49. 4, and Zabulon, as the youngeſt of Leahs Child:en, who wis neceſlary to be joyned with thoſe, that the numbers might be equal. = 14 And* the Levites mz ſhal ſpeak, and ſay unto all *Dan.g.r the men of Iſrael with a loud voice »: J m (i. e.) Some of the Levites, to wit, the Priefls, which bare the Ark, as 1t is exprefled of. 8. 33. for the body of the Levites ſtood upon mount Gerizz/m, v. 12. But theſe ſtood in the Valley bet» cen Gerizzim and Ebal, looking towards the one or the other Mountain as they pronounced cither the Bleſſings or the Curſes, as m. y be gay thered from Joſ. 8. 33. » So as they might be heard by a g-eat num- ber of the people, by whom the reſt were informed and dire&ed by \| ſome Signal when they ſhould anſwer. | = 15 * Curſed be the man that maketh any graven or *Exod.2qf molten image o, an abemination unto the LORD, the + 2" work of the hands of the craftſmen, and p putteth irin Lon 19:4] a ſecret place q; andall the people ſhal anſwer and fay, | * Amen. | WER o Under this particular he underſtands all the groſs Violati of the firſt Table, as underthe following Branches be comdatnts all other Sins againſt the ſecond Table, as is manifeſt from hence, that there ate other Sins, not here mentioned; which are as Yfinful as theſe, and will as certainly expoſe a man to the Curſe as any of ' 'thereſt. p Or, although, as that Particle ſometimes ſignifies. q He takes ſpecial notice of ſuch, partly to ſhew the folly of thoſe men - 'W who think to hide their Sins by this means ; and partly to deter , . men from ſuch Prattices, which men could not ſee nor puniſh,by {| makirig them their own Condemners and Executioners. r ( 5. 6. ) So let it be : I wiſh this Curſe may befal me ifT be guilty of this Crime. See Numb. gs. 22. Jer. 11. 5. Fa 16 * Curſed be he that ſerreth light gby his father or £5.10; his mother ? and all the people ſhal ſay, Anien. & 21:47; s Or, deſpiſeth in his heart : or reproacheth or curſeth, to wit, ſ6- \. cretly, as before : for if the fa& was notorious, it was puniſhed p with death, Levit, 20. 9. 17 *Curſedbe hethat removeth his neighbours land- mark #: and all the people (hal ſay, Amen. ; t To wit, deſignedly, to defraud his Neighbour, or enlarge kis own portion. tf » 18 * Curſed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way «: andall the people ſhal ſay, Amen: » That miſleadeth ſimple ſouls, giving them pernicious Counſel, either for this life, or for the next. 19 * Curſed be he that perverteth the judgment of *Ex;22:24 the ſtranger, fatherleſs, and widow : and all the peo- a ple ſhal ſay, Amen.. _ ; P Let ys 20 * Curſed be'-he that lieth with his fathers wife, A
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