rendred in the French they are plainer; we read them as if theverſe ſpake of the ſame 2500e long, and 10000 broad, which the Prieſts have, but the French thus; 'There ſhallbe other 25000 in length, and 10000 in breadth, which ſhall appertain to the Levices, who do the Service of the Houſe with — Chambers ; ſo they have abroad in the Country equal ſhare with t
Courts about the Houſe twenty Chambers or Rows of them in which to abide for their conveniencies, when in their Courſes they attend the Services they were to perform, as Porters, Singers, and Atten- dants on the Prieſts.
e Prieſts, and in the outer Court or
6 T And ye ſhall appoint « the poflefiion x of th?
city five thouſand broad y, and five and twenty thouſand long over againſt z the oblation of the holy portio” : v ſhall be for the whole a houſe of 11rael.
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MS. m ? 4 _ The Prieſts Portion © | 7 £ © G @ 25000 long. o* a; = ; = [») | os m_ £53 uU Z I. i — bd mY is | =_ - S #- The Levites Portion © s | * < © 2 © ! o S we 25000 ONg. = Q Lan nd _ % Oo © Q _ , O = ——} S. | | | = = The Ciry Portion 2 | £ fs - O H So| 25000 long. R-g The Tribe of Benjamin's Portion from Weſt to Eaſt.
h What called now over-againſt,or paralle), or by the ſide all along, is called before three times together: So now you have an exaC& Square of 25000 Cubits laid our for God,the Levites and City, which appears
| thus in the Breadth ;
10000 For the Prieſts. 10000 For the Levites. 5000 For the City. : And the Length of each 25000, that is ſome 12 Miles and half {quare.
And the Princes Portion embracing or bounding all at each end as a Guard and Defence both of Church and State, of Religion and the Civil Righes; which may fairly be intimated by this aſſigning him his
$ In the land # ſhall be his poſſeflion in Iſrael ; and
the ref m of the land ſhall they » give to the houſe of 1f- rael oaccording ? to their tribes.
i Either in that portion of Land ſet out for him ; or as 'tis added, in Iſra-1, 7, e. in the Land of 1/-ae/. & Who own my Favour in their Advancement, and my Law in their Government : All Princes are in ſome ſort God's Princes ; bur all do not regard God, as Sovereign Lord of them, and their People ; but God did raiſe up ſuch at the re- turn out of Baby/oz, who where and did recognize themſelves God's Princes. 1 Both Exzekie! and other Prophets, did reprove the Inju- ſtices, Cruelſties, and opprefſive Merhods of the Kings of 1/rael; and yet they rook not off the Yoke; bur it ſhall be betrer afcer the days of Babyloniſh Caprivity ended. »: Afeer God had his Portion, which was that the Prieſts and Levires had, afrer the Ciry and the Prince have theirs, the Remainder is to be given to the People. » The Perſons that are Officers appointed to divide the Land. o Two Tribes and Ten Tribes. p To the number of the Tribes, and their Right, it muſt be reſtored ro them, or they compenſated with an equal value.
9 T Thus ſaith the Lord q GOD, Let it ſuffice r you, O princes of Iſrael : remove violence 5 and ſpoil 7, and execute judgment , « and juſtice x, take away pe + exdd&tions y from my & people, ſaith the Lord
OD.
9 Princes are here in God's Name, and by Advice from him, who
preſſive Crafts wreſt from others. 5 Pur it far from your ſelves; do not you uſe ir, and ſo diſcountenance in others,that neither commion
? Either the ſame as Violence, or effe& of ir. violent Courſes, rob the Oppreſſed and ſpoil them. « Judge righteouſly,and then look the Sen- tence be executed for terror tothe Unjuſt, and Relief of the Oppreſs'd. « This isadded for Emphaſis, though the ſame thing. » Heavy Tax- e and Impoſitions on Eſtates or Trade. z Whom I muſt, if you will not, right,
10 Ye a ſhall have 5 juſt balances c , and a juſt e-
phah 4, and a juſt bath e.
# Princes of 1ſ-acl. b Though they were not Traders to uſe, yet they muſt have, 7. e. appoint, for to then as a Privilege, it appertains to appoint Standards for meaſure among their Subje&s. c Or Weights and Scales, by which to meaſure what is to be ſold by weight, one and the ſame to all, that none buy by a greater, and ſell by a lefſer : So Lew. 19.35, 36. Prov. I. 1. and 16.11. Mich. 6, 10, 11. ſo muſt the
T* <0 S | from the eaſt-ſids eaſtward ; and the length] of quid things, as Oil, Wine or Water ; an what each conrainzd tl againſt one of the portions, from the
ſaid how much, 'tis like *twas near fourfold to that San&uary, or the Prieſts and Levices, c The King,or Su- 4 One half of the Prince's Pottion lay on the Weſt-ſide
c Theother half lay -on the Eaſt-ſide \ePortion of City, Levites, and Prieſts, lay in the middle fir. f OfPrieſts, and Levites, and SanQtuary. g Ir lay parallel, as es ſe three were broad, and ſorunon both ſides 1a its Breadth and had its Lengrth as the other from Eaſt to
next Verſe will acquaint us.