Divers laws BEFORE CHRIST 1490. blemish; he shall not come nigh to and die therefore, if they profane it: 22 He shall eat the bread of his ch. 2.3.10. God, both of the most holy, and of 7.1. & 24.9. the holy. &6. 17, 29. & Num. 18. 9. 7 ch. 22. 10, 11, 12. Num. 18. 19. aver. 12. Num. 6.3. b ch. 18. 21. Ex. 28. 38. Num. 18.32. d ch. 7. 20. ⚫ ch. 15. 2. ning of the reins. 23 Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. 24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. CHAPTER XXII. 1 The priests in their uncleanness must ab stain from the holy things. 6 How they shall be cleansed. 10 Who of the priest's house AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. с 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, "having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. 4. What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a 2 running Heb. run issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And 5 whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; fch. 14. 2. & 15. 13. g Num. 19. 11, 22. h ch. 15. 16. I ch. 11. 24, 43, 44. k ch. 15. 7, 19. 1 ch. 15. 5. Heb. 10. 22. BEFORE CHRIST 1490. P See 1 Sam. 10 P There shall no stranger eat of 11 But if the priest buy any soul 2 with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: a they shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 14 And if a man eat of the holy ch. 5. 15, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, y What-ch. 1. 2, 3, soever he be of the house of Israel, Num. 15.14. or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; 19 Ye shall offer at your own will ch. 1. 3. 5 Or whosoever toucheth any 6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward ch. 21. 22. eat of the holy things; because mit Num. 18.11, is his food. 13. a Ex. 22.31. ch. 17. 15. Ezek. 44.31. • Ex. 28. 43. 8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. 9 They shall therefore keep mine Num. 18.22, ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, $2. The feasts of the Lord. BEFORE CHRIST 1490. g Num. 15. 15, 16. h ch.21.6,17. LEVITICUS, XXIII. BEFORE CHRIST The feast of Pentecost. 24 Ye shall not offer unto the same month is the feast of unleavenLORD that which is bruised, or crush-ed bread unto the LORD: seven days ed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye must eat unleavened bread. ye make any offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because Mal. 1. 14. their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. k Ex. 22.30. 2 Or, 1 Deut. 22. m ch. 7. 12. Ps. 107. 22. & 116. 17. Amos 4. 5. n ch. 7. 15. i 26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And whether it be cow or 2 ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. 29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. 30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my Deut. 4. 40. commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. o ch. 19. 37. Num. 15.40. p ch. 18. 21. Matt. 6. 9. 32 P Neither shall ye profane my a ch. 10. 3. holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. r ch. 20. 8. • Ex. 6. 7. a ver. 4, 37. b Ex. 32. 5. 2 Kings 10. 20. Ps. 81.3. c Ex. 20. 9. & 23. 12. & 31. 15. Deut. 5. 18. d ver. 2, 37. Ex. 23. 14. 8 CHAPTER XXIII. 1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sabbath. 4 left for the poor. 23 The feast of trumpets. 26 1490. Num. 28.18, 25. 7 In the first day ye shall have Ex. 12. 16. an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a 23 sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. 12 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 13 And the meat offering thereof ch. 2. 14, shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 14 And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 1 Ex. 31. 22. ch. 25. 8. 15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sab-Deut. 18. 9. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, bath, from the day that ye brought 4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which 14, 18. & 13. ye shall proclaim in their seasons. . Ex. 12. 6, 3, 10. & 23. 15. & 34. 18. Num. 9. 2, 3.& 23.16,17. Deut. 16. 1-8. Josh. 5. 10. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the 20 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be Dent. 18. 4. holy to the LORD for the priest. r Num. 18. 12. ch. 19. 9. t Deut. 24. 19. ■ Num. 29. 1. I ch. 25. 9. 7 ch. 16. 30. Num. 29.7. r 21 And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. 22 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the "seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convo cation. 25 Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 26 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 28 And ye shall do no work in that same day for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same Gen.17.14. day, he shall be cut off from among his people. ach. 20.8, 5, 6. 30 And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. 31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict souls: your in the ninth day of the month at The feast of tabernacles. even, from even unto even, shall 2 celebrate your sabbath. ye And the LORD spake unto 33 Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. 35 On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a 3d solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. 37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be Neh. 8. 18. holy convocations, to offer an offer-Joel 1. 14. ing made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: e 8. The shewbread. BEFORE CHRIST 1490. 21. LEVITICUS, XXIV. The sabbath of the seventh year. 2 Command the children of IsEx. 27. 20, rael, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. 2 Heb. to cause to ascend. b Ex. 31. 8. & 39.37. 3 Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. 4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD Continually. 5 ¶ And thou shalt take fine flour, • Ex. 25. 30. and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 22. & 2. 5, 9, 10. Is. 8. 21. k Ex. 18. 22, 26. 1 Num. 15. 34. 3 Heb. to expound unto them according to the mouth of the LORD. m Ex. 18. 15, 16. Num. 27.5. Deut. 13. & 36.5, 0. 9. & 17.7. o ch. 6. 1. & 20. 17. Num. 9. 13. p 1 Kings 21. 10, 13. Pa. 74.10,18. 12 And they put him in ward, 3m that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them. well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. 17 And he that "killeth any man shall surely be put to death. 18 And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he that killeth a beast, het ver. 18. shall restore it: "and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. Ex. 12. 49. Num.15.16. ch. 19. 34. 23 ¶ And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should ver. 14. bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. CHAPTER XXV. 1 The sabbath of the seventh year. 8 The jubile in the fiftieth year. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of obedience. 23 The redemption of land. 29 Of houses. 35 Compassion of the poor. 39 The usage of bondmen. 47 The redemption of servants. ND the LORD spake unto Moses A in mount Sinal, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. 3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; 4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. 13 And the LORD spake unto Mo- 5 That which groweth of its own ses, saying, accord of thy harvest thou shalt not 14 Bring forth him that hath curs-reap, neither gather the grapes of ed without the camp; and let all that thy vine undressed; for it is a year heard him "lay their hands upon his of rest unto the land. head, and let all the congregation stone him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 And he that "blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely Matt. 12.31. be put to death, and all the congreJames 2.7. gation shall certainly stone him: as Mark 3. 28. The year of jubile. BEFORE CHRIST 1491. of sound. c ch. 23. 24, 27. LEVITICUS, XXV. sabbaths of years unto thee, seven The redemption of land. the ninth year; until her fruits come 23 The land shall not be sold 2 Heb. loud pet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, cin the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. d Is. 61. 2. f ver. 8. 10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; e and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth year be unto you: fye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. 12 For it is the jubile; it shall be 8 ver. 6,7. holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this jubile Num. 36. 4. ye shall return every man unto his possession. b ver. 10. ch. 27. 24. I ver. 17. ch. 19. 13. 1 Sam. 12. 3, 4. Mic. 2. 2. 1 Cor. 6. 8. k ch. 27. 18, 23. 1 ver. 14. m ver. 43. ch. 19. 14, $2. ch. 19. 37. 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: 15 According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: 16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. m 17 'Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. 18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the Deut. 12.10. land in safety. och. 26. 5. Pa. 4. 8. rver. 4, 5. Deut. 28.8. See Exod. 16. 29. 12 Kings 19. 29. Josh. 5. 11, 12. 19 And the land shall yield her fruit, and Pye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. 20 And if ye shall say, "What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: 21 Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three 33 And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. 34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and 'fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt 8s relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Heb. redemption belongeth d See unto it. Num. 35. 2. Josh. 21. 2, &C. Or, one of redeem them. the Levites e ver. 28. f See Acts 4. 36, 37. 7 Heb. his hand fail eth. strengthen. 11.1 Prov. 14.81. Acts 11. 29. & 112. 5, 9. Luke 6.35. Rom. 12. 10. 1 John 3. 17. |