= gate whereby he came in , but ſhall go forth over againſt ;Ples inher Icance by oppr eltion otro chruſt them p out of cheir
7 * | 'poſſeflion ; bur he hall give q his fons inhcricance out oi
- WU » Allexcept the Prince when they come to worſhip, muſt obſerve his own poſleſſion ; that my people be nor ſcattered r every man from his poſſeffion r.
cludad : They were :odotn the Evening-Oblaticn zs they did in rhe Morning. h NG |
16 « Thus faith the Lord GOD , If the prince give 1 gift 4 unto any of his ſors; -the inheritance e there ſhall E2 his ſons, it ſball be their pollefion fF by inhe- rm +5, :
4 Of Houſes or Lads e The Right to thoſe Homſesor Lands ſhalf deſcend to Childrens Children ; the Fee-fimple ſhall be toche Poſte- rity of that Son'ro whom Dor, war given. f They ſhall enjoy ir, poileſs it, as Heirs poſſeſs an Inheritance. F
17 Bur ithe give a gift of his inheritance g to one of his ſervants h, then it ſhall be his to the year of liberty 7; after ic ſhall rettirn to the prince &: but his / inheritance ſal bo his ſons for them 72.
g Of any part, or parcelof the Crown-Land, orthePrince his Inhe- ritance. þ Whether ſuch Servant be ſtriftly taken, a Servant or Bond. man, or in more large Senſe, any of his Servants in the Court, and in Office about it. 5 The Year of Jubilee, as Lev. 25. 10, 13, 28, k& Qr. his H-irs, if the Prince be dead. 7 This may be underſtood eirher of - the Prince or the Servanrc: Either thus ; though the Land by Gifr JO back ro the Prince, or his Heirs; . from the Servant; yet what Lands this Servant had of his own Inheritance,ſhall deſcend ro the Heirs of that Servant, and be theirs: Or elſe thus; whatever Lands of thr Prince by Gift, are given to Servants, ſhall ar the Year of Jabilec re. vert to-the Sons of the Prince, who {hall re-poſleſs them ; foraſmuch as they are Lands of [nhericance, and of Right belong tothe Heir. zz And for theirs after them.
13 Moreover, * the prince ſhall not take » of the peo-, LOPEY: 4c 8.
n Seize and eſcheat as forfeited, ( like as 4bab dealt with Naberh, or David with Mephiboſhech) to give to others , or keep for himſelf
# —_ they might not enter At, as already IS obſeryed z and what- o Whether fraudulent Oppreſlion, or violent, whether under colour * (ever Reaſon might be given beſides, this Paſſage in this Verſe gives| of Juſtice, or againſt all Rules of Law. p Thar he may pur ia his own
Crearures or Children. q Provide for his own, our of that is his own.
* Temple, and the Entrance into it, ſtood in a ſtteighr Line from every], Thar chey may keep together in theic own Land.
19 © Afffer, he brought s me through the entry,
which was at the ſide of the gate, into the holy chain- bers t of the prieſts, which looked toward the north. and behold, there as a place on- the two # ſides welt-
ward. s Weleft the Prophet, chap, 44. 4. at the North-gate, and on rhe
inſide ofit ; now we find him going through a private Way by the
tide of that Gate to the holy Chambers appointed for the Prieſts. t Chap 40. ver. 45, and 46. let. r, 5,t, u. and chap. 42. wer. 13, 14. # Rather, on their ſides Weſtward ; that is, on the. Weſtſide of theſe Chambers. which look'd toward the North ; the 72 read it thus, Behold, there was # Place encloſed. | a
20 Then ſaid he unto me, This « the place where the prieſts ſhall boil x the treſpaſs-offering and the fſin-
{offering , where they ſhall bake the meat-offering : that
they y bear th2mz not out into the utter court 2, to ſanRifie athe people.
x Thoſe that were brought Sacrifices for Sin, vrere in part for tho Sacrificing Prieſt, and he was to eat thereof ; bur 'ewas to be dreſsd in the Verge of holy Ground, and fo Kitchins, Boilers, Ovens, &c. Urenſils were prepar'd to do it, and theſe Kitchins are here deſcribed.
12 Now when the prince ſhall prepare a voluntary jy The Prieſts, or the attending Levires. z Where the People were ,
and many times in great numbers, that this holy Fleſh muſt needs be very near many of them, if it were carried out. » See chap. 44. ver. 19. let. g.
21: Then he brought me forth into the utter 5 court,
and cauſed me to paſs c by the four corners of the f He -
court; and behold, + in every corner d of the court there 3%. 75 was A Court e. court,ond a b Either the Court of the People, or more likely the Court of the cre in a Prieſts or Levites, called here urtcr Cour: becauſe it was more outward corner of 4 than the Court of the Temple. c To go about the whole Square of conv,
the Court. d Where the {ide-Walls did meer in right Angles. e A
i{maller Court made up an che ourer-fides with the Walls of the grea-
ter Square, and on the inner-ſide made with two Walls; the one forty
Cubits loag, the other thirty Cubits broad.
22 In the four corners of the court there were courts PO” _ - . , Ur, maae || joined of forty cuvirs long, and thirty broad : theſe four y;:þ chime -- corners were of one meaſure f. 5, ron They were then an Oblong Quadrangle. - f All of equal capacity + Heb.cors for Length and Bredth. | SEO
23 And there was a row of building g round about in them 5, round about them 7 four, and # was made with boiling & places under the rows / round about. <H | gz A Range of Building ori the in-fide of the Walls of the leſſer Courts, or four Ranges anſwerable to the four ſides. þ Added leit any ſhould chink the Buildings were on the our-ſide of th: Walls of theſe Courts. # Four Courts in the four Corners. & Places of Srone raiſed on purpoſe, and framed for the more convenient beiling ofthar Part of the Sacrifice which was allowed to the P:ieſt, or to the People, to eat before rhe Lord, and feaſt with. / Theſe Rows of Building were ſo framed, that the Caldrons and Pots were placed under them ; 'tis likely they might be like Cloiſters, over which was a Roof to cove: both the Prieſt, or Levite Cooks , and the Meats they dreſs; and they were either open as a Cloiſter, or had Windows, out of which tha Smoke of the Fire, or Steam of the Mear pafled. 24 Then ſaid he unto me , 'Fhele are the places of