better agreeth with the followgng Verſes, b Procure, either bring
our of hiz own Flock, or buy with his Money ; this the Prince muſt do. c Such rhe Law required both for Kind and Quality, in what
Sacrilice , or on what Occaſion ſoever the Sacrifice was offered.
That by this, offered according to the Law, the Temple might
be cleanſed.
19 And the prieſt e ſhall take f of the blood of
the ſin-offering g, and pur #i* upon the poſts of the houſe, and upon the four corners + of the ſettle of the altar, and upon the poſts # of the gate of the inner court.
e Had the 15: and 18:h Verſes intended by Pr.nce the High Prieſt there would have been no need of changing the Phraſe, or of ment10- ning the Pric/? : it would have been enongi to have ſaid and he ſad ; bur ia thoſe Verles, the bringing and preparing is not Prieſtly,but al- Cribed to the Prince as it would be to any other, who offers a Sacr1- fice ro the Lord by the Land of the Prieſt. f Carry with him in ſome Veſlel or other,from the place where the Bullock was ſlain. g Lev.1.5. chap. 43. 20. let. þ Chap. 43. 20. let.z. a. i The blood of the Sin-cffering was to be pur upon the Poſts of the Temple Door, and on the Poſts of the Gate of the Inner Court, or that next to the Tem- p:e.
29 And fo thou fhalt do &+ the ſeventh 7 day of the month for every one m2 that erreth, and fer him that 15
fimple » : ſo ſhall ye reconcile o the houſe.
& The Pri:ſt muſt offer the like Sacrifice for cleanſing the Errors of the People, and reconciling them. / About a Weczk before the Paſl- over. #2 For allthe Errors of all the Houſe of Iſ-ae!, in all that had erred through Ignorance. nu Thar isof weak IntelleEtuals, half-witred, or a Foo], as the word ſignifies, or for one that was ſeduced. o {.e Cleanſe, as ver. 18. which legally or ceremonially was defiled by thoſe Errors dgne in the City, or Courts of the Houſe, whither rheſe Perſons might come ; for *tisnot the Temple ir ſelf, I ſuppoſe, that is here meant.
21-” In cthefrſt prcrth, in the fourteenth 4 day of the month,ye ſhall have r the paflover s, a feaſt of ſeven days 7, unleavened bread ſhall be eaten #.
> Nijan,which is part of March and part of April with us. q As was appointed of old by Meſes, Exod. 12. at large. 2 Have and /lay, for ſo E::e.12. 6. s TheLamb, which was ro be eaten with Thankſgiving tor God's ſparing the Jewiſh Children, their Firſt-born, when he flew the Chief of the Strength of Egypr, and for bringing the whole Houſe of Iſrael out of Egyp:, # See the Inſtitution, Exod.12. « Though here is an Evipſis, yet che thing clearly ſpeaks it ſelf, though the whole Feaſt of unleavened Bread was to beeaten under great penalty,Exod.1 2. 18,19. Theſethings no doubt concerned the returned Captives; thro thy have a Myſtical Meaning allo.
22 And upon that day x ſhall the prince prepare for himſelf 2, and for all the people « of the land, a bullock for a lin oftering.
x Uponthe fourteznth Day, on which the Paſſover was {liin. » As beiore, ©. 17. ler. x. and wr. 18. ler. b. z To expiate his ows Sins. # S=e vr. 17. where th: ſams is found.
23 And feven days of the feaſt he ſhall prepare a Þ.rnr-oftering ro the LORD, ſeven bullocks, and ſeven
rams without blemith, daily the feven days, and a kid of!
the goats dayly for a {in-offering.
At.er the firſt Day's Offering,wver.22. or elſe after thz 15:h Day was over, though firſt more likely, the Prince at his own Charge, is to ger ready day by day feven Bullocks, ſeven Rams perfe& without ble- miſh, as the Law required, and one Kid each day of the ſeven, in all 49 Buliocks, as many Rarns, and ſeven Kids of the Goats. Theſe the Prieſts were to off:r ro make Atonement for the Prince and his Pcople.
24 And he - ſhall prepare a meat 6b offering of an e- phah « for a bullock, and an. ephah for a ram, and a hin d ot oil for an ephah e.
a The Prince. 6 For the Sacriſice was not entire without this,and the Text proportions this alſo. « For each Bullock one Ephah of fine Flower, three Buſhels and one half with rh ſeven Bullocks of the firſt Day, and to for th: Rams : Thar is, ſeven Buſhels every day for ſeven days together, according to the number of Ramsand Bullocks. 4 This was abovur one Ga!Jon and threequarters of a Pint. - g To cach Eppah of Meal, fo every of the {even there were
7 Buliocks, 7 Ephah-, and 7 Hins of Oll. 7 Rams, 7 Efh1bs and 7 Hins of Ol). 49 of each kind of rhe Beaſts in the ſpace of the ſeven days, and g8
a Ephaks, and as many Hins with them ; a great and coſtly. Service. this Numb. 6. 14. Lev. 1.3. y When 'twas more thn a Year old, the rexy ; Jews accounted it a Ram.
25 * In the ſeventh f moth g, in the fiſtcenth þ day 5 And the meat-offering ſhall be an ephah # for ? FA.
| þ : 5 P of Oj!
of the month, ſhall he z do the like & in the feaſt of theſram, and the meat- offering for the Jambs + a5 1+ conc! ſzven days, according / to the ſin-offet ing, according to| ſhall be able to give 2, and an hin 6 of oil to 2%; Worn, the burnt-offering , and according to the meat-offering, ephah c. bs I5 and according to the oil. | z Three Buſhels of Meal foreach Ram, a Rather as he ſhall © MF offer; f According to their Eccleſiaſtical Account. g 7iſ-;,which anſwers! good,as much as he thinks fit in Decency or in Bounty. 6 One Gallon burne fo part of our Auguſt and September. þ On that Day the Feaſt of Ta- | and a Pint, for a Hin did contain 12 Logs, and each Log contain Thi
bernacles began, and it continued ſeven days. # The Prince as before, ver. 24- k In every reſpe& for Sacrifices,and all that belonged to them. / As was required at the Paſlover, ſo ar this Feaſt alſo ; and therefore you are referred 10 the Particulars of that Feaſt.
d the fan.
blemiſh.
s This is different from that chap. 42. 13. as appears both from the # Se Kind of Sacrifice, and the Occaſion of it, or the Time of each. : Of I4 weekly, Sabbath by Sabbath; this was three times as much as was [t- every quired, Nub. 28.9. u Ofthe firſt Year and Males, wer. 13. and as the ) third ;
Hebrew implies. x Umblemiſh'd Sacrifices were ever required, and {0
three quarters of a Pint, or thereabouts. c Which was three tim 8 Gallons; for each Ephah contained three Buſhels; ſee chav. 45- = ler. g. So then one Gallon,and one Pint of Oil, was required as prop® tion to three Buſhels of Meal in the Mear- offering.
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CHAP. XLVI