OXEN 9q. | 0 7, e. Thoſe Catrel which wereto be offered for, Burnt-offerings to wit, ſcme of the lefſer Cattel;: for theſe alſo might be offered as Burnt-offerings, Levit. 1. 16. And hence it may ſeem that all theſe ſmall Cartel were not given to the People to be eaten by them for their Paſchal Lambs, bur that ſome of them were to be offered as burnt-offerings for the People. And theſe chey put apart by themſclves partly leſt they ſhould be confounded with them which were for another uſe; and partiy,. that they might not be hind- red from that which was their preſent and more immediate work, as it follows, that they might give, to wit, the Paſchalslambs or Kids. p Theſe words may belong either 1. to the more remote, words, the burnt-offerings, the other words being to be put within a Parentheſis, or there being a traje&Qion in the words, which is fre* quent in Scriptuxe, and which is here obſerved by ſome learned Interpreters Or, 2. to the laſt words, and ro the Paſchal lambs, which they were firſt to offer to the Lord, by killing them and ſprinkling the Blood, as was noted before, and then to be given to rhe Peoplez though the giving be here mentioned before the offering, ſoch Tran'poſitions being uſual in Scripture, and other Authors. 9 To wir, as they did with the lefſer Catte), of which ſee the firſt Note on this Verſe, gy removed rkoſe Oxen which were to be offered as burnt-offerings, from thoſe which were to be offered as Pexce-offerings. y 13 And they. * roſted the paſſover with fire, a=cor- 2 ding to the ordinance : but the orber Holy offerings 7 ſod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and þ * Exod: divided them ſpeedily among all the people. by 4 r Thoſe from which the Burnt- offerings were removed, wv. 1 2: to wit,the Peace-offerings.part of which tell ro the ſhare of theOfferer, + Heb, who was Yoſiah, and by his Gift to the People: nad then 14 And afterward they made ready s for themſelves, ,,,, and for theprieſts: becauſe the prieſts the ſons of Aaron ere buſied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat un- till night therefore the Levites prepared for themſelves, and forthe prieſts the ſons of Aaron. s To wit, the Paſchal»-lambs, and their part of the Peacz-offer- ings. OT : I5 And the ſingers the ſons of Aſaph, were in their , 14, + place according to the # commandment of David, þ,;;m. and Aſaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, the Kings * » chr ſeer : and the porters * waited at every gate ; they 25" ** might not depart from their ſervice ; for their brethren - _M s, the Levites prepared for them».
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& 26. 14 16 So all theſervice of the LORD was prepared the &c. ſame day, to keep the paſſover, and to offer burnt- offerings upon the Altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Joſiah. + Hobs 17 And the children of Ifſcael, that were + preſent, fon: kept the paſſover at that time, and the feaſt of unlea- vened bread, ſeven days. *, Kings 18 And * there was no paſſover like to that, kept 23, 22 in Iſrael, from the days of Samuel the p:ophet ; nei-
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: 9 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Joſiah was this paſſover kept. LR” 1 Kings, oy * After all this, when Joſiah had prepared the 42: + temples, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight 7 i% ” againſt Carchemiiſh « by Euphrates, and Joſiah went out
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" - Bur be ſent Embaſſadors to him, ſaying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not iHeb.che againſt thee this day, but againſt the | houſe where- werfn) with I have war x for God y commanded me to make w haſte; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with
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22 Nevertheleſs, Joſiah would not tiirn his face from him z,but * diſguiſed himſeif a, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Ne- cho, from the mouth of God#, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
z Being peradventure incouraged to do ſo by 4 Miſinterpretation of that Promiſe made ro him, ch. 34 28. Thos ſhalt be gathered 10 thy grave in p:aree Thus God over-rules the Errors and Miſcatriages of Men to the Accompliſhmenr of bis own Counſels, # Changed his Havit, that be mig't not give Þis Enemies the Advanrage ot aiming at bis Perſon, which ke-wiſely :hought they would dd, that bring a likely courſe to end their trovble, as indecd it proved, 6 Ei-
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