22 P ch. 4. 23, 28; Num. 28. 30. 9 Num. 18. 12; Deu. 18. 4. ch. 19. 9, 10. 19 made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD. Then ye shall sacrifice one kid : Deu. 24. 19. # Num. 29. 1. ch. 25. 9. ch. 16 29, 30; Num. 29.7. Ge. 17. 14. 26, 27 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement:2 it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto 28 the LORD. And ye shall do no work in that same day for it is a day of atone- see refa, ch. 16. 34. 29 ment, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from 30 among his people. And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same 31 day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your 32 dwellings. It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath [rest]. a e ach. 20. 3, 5, 6. b Ex. 23. 16; Num. 29. 12; Deu. 16. 1315; Ezra 3 4; Neh. 8 14; Zech. 14. 16; John 7. 2. Num. 29. 35; Ne. 8. 18; John 7. 37. 7.9; Ne. 8. 18; Joel 33,34 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles 3 35 for seven days unto the LORD. On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye 36 shall do no servile work therein. 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 solemn assembly d Deu. 16 8: 2 Chr. 37 [day of restraint]; and ye shall do no servile work therein. These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a 38 sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: beside the sabbaths of Num. 29. 39. the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your 39 freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. Also in the fifteenth day of ver. 34. the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and 40 on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. And ye shall take you on the first day Ne. 8. 15 the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God 41 seven days. And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the 42 seventh month. "Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites Num. 21. 2, 5; Ne. 43 born shall dwell in booths: " that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. 44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. 3 This feast was so named from the booths (tents or arbours, see vers. 40-43) which the Hebrews made to dwell in during its continuance. It was also called the 'feast of in-gathering' (Exod. xxiii. 16; xxxiv. 22; Deut. xvi. 13); for it was held after the labours, not only of the harvest, but also of the vintage and the fruit season generally, were concluded. It naturally became a most Joyous festival, both as it came almost immediately after the day of expiation, when the great atonement, with its attendant blessings, had been exhibited; and as it commemorated the Israelites' life in the wilderness, followed by their happy settlement in a fruitful land, the ingathering of whose rich produce it also celebrated. More victims were offered at this feast than at any other. See Numb. xxix. 12-38. In later ages it became the custom to pour profusely upon the temple courts water drawn from the pool of Siloam, amidst great rejoicings, and the singing of Psalms exiii.-exviii.; and, in the evening, to illuminate the court of the women, whilst Psalms cxx.cxxxiv. were sung. Many suppose that these ceremonies are alluded to in Isa. xii. 3; John vii. 37-39; viii. 12; and that this festival, rather than the Pentecost, typified the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Others regard it as having reference to the happy times when the fulness of the Gentiles shall be brought into the church. The oil for the lamps; the shew-bread. 24 AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, P Command the children of Israel, Ex. 27. 20, 21. 2 that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps 3 to burn continually. Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the 4 LORD continually it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. : 9 5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth 6 deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, 7 upon the pure table before the LORD. And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made 8 by fire unto the LORD. Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. 9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place : for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. Punishment of blasphemy; various laws. b с a 7 Ex. 25. 31-39; 31. Ex. 25 23, 24: 1 Ki 7. 48; 2 Chr. 4. 19; 13. 11; Heb. 9. 2 # Num. 4. 7; 1 Chr. 9. 32; 2 Chr. 2.4. "eh. 8 31; 1 Sam. 2. 29. 32. Job 1. 5. 11, 29; 25, 9, 10; 1. 8. 21. a Ex. 18. 22, 26. Num. 15 34. Ex. 18. 15, 16; Num. 27. 5; 36 5, 6 10 AND the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian,1 went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a 11 man of Israel strove together in the camp; and the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD,2 and cursed. And they brought him ver. 16 unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of 12 the tribe of Dan :) and they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might 13 be showed them. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Bring forth him 14 that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands 15 upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear hisch. 5. 1; 20 17; Ex. 16 sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the LORD, shall be put to death. e d d Deu. 13 9; 17.7. see refs. ch. 20. 2. 20. 7: Num. 9. 13 61 K 21. 10. 13; P 74. 10, 18 Mi. 12 31; Mk. 3 28; John 10. 33-36; Jam 27. 12-14; Num. 35. 3: Deu. 13. 11. 12 i ver. 21: Ex. 21. 33. 31. Ex. 21. 23-25; Dea. 19. 21; M. 38; 7.2. 17 And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. And he that Ge. 5, 6: Ex. 21. 18 killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. And if a man cause a blemish 19 in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; breach for 20 breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so 21 shall it be done to him again. And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: 22 and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. 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. And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should 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. The sabbatic year; and year of jubilee. 25 AND the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the 2 children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give I ver. 18; Ex. 21. 33. ver. 14; Heb. 10 28, 29. 10, Chr. 36. 21. 3 you, then shall the land keep [rest] "a sabbath unto the LORD. Six years thouch 24, 34, 35; shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in 4 the fruit thereof; 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. 5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither 2 KL. 19. 23. gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. 6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, 1 There were many such persons among the Hebrews; and they occasioned no little mischief. The notice of this man's parentage shows the bad consequences which commonly follow such mixed marriages. Children are apt, in such cases, to take after the worse side. 2 He spoke disrespectfully of Jehovah. This heinous sin was treason under the theocracy, and was punished by death. 3 The sabbatic year and the jubilee seem to have had two objects: (1) To keep before the people God's claim as sole proprietor of the fand, which they held only as his gift, upon certain conditions; two of which were, that it should be permanently inalienable from the family of the owner (see 1 Kings xxi. 3), and that it should not be exhausted by over-cropping. (2.) To remind them of their own equality, as sons of Israel and subjects of Jehovah for which reason no servitude or personal liability could be prolonged beyond the specified period, except by a voluntary public act on the part of the servant. It is doubtful whether the sabbatic year began with the civil or the sacred year; whether the three years mentioned in ver. 21 were three full years, or parts of three consecutive years; and whether the jubilee was the forty-ninth or the fiftieth year-or, rather, whether it was part of each of those years, as beginning with Tisri, which was the first month of the civil and seventh of year; while the sabbatic year began with Abib, the first month of the sacred year. and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth 7 with thee, and for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. r Is. 27. 13; 63. 4. ch. 16. 30; 23. 24, 27. Is. 61. 1-3: 63. 4; 8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven 17 20 In vers. 6. 7. a ver. 17; ch. 19. 13; 1 Sam. 12. 3, 4: Mic 2. 2; 1 Cor. & & beh. 27. 18-23 e ver. 14. d ver. 43: see refs, ch. 12. 10: 33 12. 27.28; Ps. 4. 8: Pro. 1. 33: Jer. 21, 6. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: 18 for I am the LORD your God. Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my 19 judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. And the ch. 26. 5, 6; Deu. land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. And if ye shall say, ' What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not 21 sow, nor gather in our increase: then I will command my blessing1 upon you 22 in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of "old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. 29 T 23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are 24 strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the land of your possession ye shall 25 grant a redemption for the land. If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall 26 he redeem that which his brother sold. And if the man have none to redeem it, 27 and himself be able to redeem it; then 'let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus2 unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may 28 return unto his possession. But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: "and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it 30 within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his 31 generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the 32 country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their posses33 sion, may the Levites redeem at any time. 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 jubilee for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession 34 among the children of Israel. 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 relieve [strengthen] him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he 36 may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy 37 God; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money 38 upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. I am the LORD your God, 1 Had the Israelites duly observed this institution, this constantly recurring miracle would have been to them a perpetual witness of the Divine authority of their laws. 2 That is, he shall pay the value of the income for the years still remaining until the jubilee; but if he be unable to pay this, still his portion of land shall return to him at the jubilee (ver. 28). Ps. 67. 6; 85. 12; Ts. 30 23; Eze. 34. 26, 27. 25. 27, 28. ch. 26. 5; Eze. 34. M. 625.31; 8. 26; I.k. 12. 29; Phil. 4. 6; Heb. 13. 5, 6. k vers. 4, 5. I see Ex. 16. 29; Den. 28.8. my Ki. 19. 29. "Jos. 5. 11, 12. 1 Ki. 21. 3; Eze. F Den, 32, 43; 2 Chr. see Num. 35. 2; Jos. 21. 2, etc. y ver. 28. I see Ac. 4. 36, 37. 3 This exception gave opportunity for Gentile proselytes and others to settle under the beneficent sway of the King of Israel. 4 This provision, especially when viewed in contrast with the practices of other ancient nations, illustrates the kindly spirit of the Hebrew laws. which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 12; 1 KL. 9. 22: 2 Ki. 4. 1: Ne. 5. 5; Jer. 34. 14 8 EL. 21. 3 vers. 10, 28. 1 Cor. 7. 23. 39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto Ex. 11. 2: Deu. 15. 40 thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: but as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year 41 of jubilee and then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers 42 shall he return. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the 43 land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. Thou shalt not rule over 44 him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God. Both thy bondmen and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; 45 of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of "the children of 256 3,6 the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be 46 your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another P ver. 43. with rigour. 47 P • Is. 14. 2 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth | 1 vers. 25, 35. by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to 48 the stock of the stranger's family: after that he is sold he may be redeemed #ver. 26. Job 7.1; I. 16. 14; 21. 16. 49 again; one of his brethren may 'redeem him: either his uncle, or his uncle's son, Ne. 5. 5. may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem 50 him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee : and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, 'according 51 to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out 52 of the money that he was bought for. And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years 53 shall he give him again the price of his redemption. And as a yearly hired ch 1945. Ex 2013 servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him 54 in thy sight. And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in 55 the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Law against idolatry; prophetic promises and threatenings. ver. 41; Ex. 21. 2, 3 ver. 42. 16 22; 27. 15; Ps. 7 7. ! *see refs, ch. 19. 30. Deu. 11. 13-15; 1-14 Is. 30. 23; Jer. 14. 22; Eze. 34. 26, 27; Joel 2. 23, 24 ech. 25. 21: Ps. 67. 6; 85. 12: Eze, 34. : 36. 30; Zech. & 12 d Am. 9. 13. ch. 25, 19; Den. II 15; Joet 2. 19, 26. 26 YE shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing cle 25 13; Job 11. image, [or, pillar, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LonD your God. 2 3 d 18: Eze. 31, 25, 5,8 #1 Chr. 22. 9; P 29 1 11; 147. 14 Is 7; Bag. 2. 9. A Job 11. 19; Pr. 3 5: 4.8; Pro, 3. 24; ls. 35 9: Jer. 30. 10: Eze. 31. 25: Hos, 2 18: Zeph. 3 13 i 2 Ki. 17. 25: Eze. 5 17: 14. 15 * Eze. 14. 17. Deu. 8. 7: 22 30: Jos. 23. 10: June 7. 19-21; 18anı. 14. 6. "Ex. 2 25; 2 Ki 13. 23 Ge. 17. 6. 7: Dea 24, 11: Ne. §. 3; Ps. 107. 38. • Ex. fi 4. Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. • If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; then 4 I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and 5 the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall 6 eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid and I will rid [cause to cease] evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go 7 through your land. And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before 8 you by the sword. And 'five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of ch. 252 you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by 9 the sword. For I will " have respect unto you, and "make you fruitful, and 10 multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. And ye shall eat old 11 store, and bring forth the old because of the new. And I will set my tabernacle 12 among you: and my soul shall not 'abhor you. And I will walk among you, 13 and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 and if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that 14 = Slavery already existed in a modified form; and, although not at once absolutely forbidden, it was put under great restraints preparatory to its ultimate suppression. 2 These being national laws, the sanctions are of a Ex. 25 & 9:45: Jos. 22 19; P. 75. 2: 132 13, 14; Ene 37. 26-28; 83; Rev. 21. 3 eh. 20. 23; Deu. 22 19; Ps. 106 49; Jer. 14 21. Deu. 23 14; 2 Cor. 6 16 Ex. 6. 7: Jer. 7.9; 11. 4: 30 ; Em 11. 20: 36. ch. 25 38, 42, 55; see refs. Ex. 20 2 Jer. 20. Eze. 34. 27. * Deu. 28. 15: Lam 2. 17; Mal 2 2 * ver. 43; 2 KL. 17. 15 corresponding nature. Hence the promise relates to national prosperity; and the threatening to national calamities. 3 The increase of population and extension of cultivation tend to produce the extermination of noxious animals. 16 ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart and "ye 17 shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ƒye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you 19 iseven times more for your sins. And I will break the pride of your power; 20 and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:2 and your strength shall be spent in vain: for "your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring 22 seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. 23 T And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary 24 unto me; then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet 25 seven times for your sins. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, "I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand 26 of the enemy. And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 : 3 Den. 28. 65-67; 32. 25; Job 18. 11: Ps. 73. 19; Jer. 15. 8. b Deu. 28. 21, 22. 1 Sam. 2. 33. d Deu. 28.33,51; Judg. 6 3-6; Job 31. 8 Jer. 5. 17; 12. 13; Mic. 6. 15. see ref. ch. 17. 10. / Den. 2. 5: Judg. 2. 14; 1 Sam. 31. 1; Jer. 19. 7. P. 106. 41, 42 A ver. 26: P. 53. 5; í vers. 21, 24, 28: 1 * Is. 2. 12; 25. 11; 26. 7. 24; 30. 6. "Deu. 11. 17: 28. 18, 2 Ki. 17. 25; Jer. 15. 3; Eze. 5. 17: 14. 15, 21. PIK. 13. 24; 2 Ki. 2. 24: 17. 26. 9 Jude. 5. 6; 2 Chr. 15. 5; 1s. 33.8; Lam. 1. 4; Eze. 33. 8; I. 1. 20; Jer. 2. 30; Fze. 4. 16; 5. 16; 14. 13. And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; 28 then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise 29 you seven times for your sins. And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the 30 flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, 31 and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring P. 105, 16; 13 1; your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet 32 odours. And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which 33 dwell therein shall be astonished at it. And 'I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you and your land shall be desolate, 34 and your cities waste. "Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and 35 enjoy her sabbaths. As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your " sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 1. 9. 20 Mic. 6. 14; vr. 21. 24. b Deu. 28 53-57: 2 2 Ki. 23. 8; 2 Chr. 34. 3, 4, 7; Is. 27.9; Eze. 6. 3-6, 13. 42 Ki. 23. 20; 2 Chr. 34. 5. * vers. 11, 15: Le. 20. 23; P. 78. 59; 89. 38: Jer. 11. 19. 24-10; N. 2. 3, 17; Is. 1. 7; 61. 10; Jer. 4. 7; 9. 11: Eze. 6. 6. P. 74. 3-8; Ts. 61. 11; Jer. 2.5; Lam. 1. 10: Eze.9. 6; 21.2. A Ge. 8. 21: Is. 1. 1114; Am. 5. 21–23. And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken [driven] leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall. 37 when none pursueth. And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and 'ye shall have no power to stand before your 38 enemies. And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies 39 shall eat you up. And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine 40 away with them. If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they 41 have walked contrary unto me; and that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumeised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their 42 iniquity: then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will fremember the land. 43 The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their i Deu. 9. 33; Is. 6. "ch. 25. 2. Den. 28. 65-67; Eze. 21. 7, 12, 15. P ver. 17; Job 15. 21, 22; Pro. 25. 1. ? Is. 10. 4; see Judg. 7. 22; 1 Sam. 14. 15, 16. Jan. 7. 12, 13; Judg. 2 14. * Deu. 4. 27; Jer. 42. 17, 18, 22. Den. 4. 27: 28. 65; Ne. 1. 8; Jer. 3. 25; 29. 12, 13; Fze. 4. 17; 6. 9; 20. 13; 24. 23: 33. 10; 31; Hos. & 15; Zeeh. 10. 9. see refs. Ex. 20. 5. Deu. 4. 29-31; 30. 1-3; Num. 5. 7: 1 K. 8. 31-36, 47; Ne. 9. 2; Job 31. 27, 28; Ps, 32, 5; Pro. 13 Jer 3 13; 31. 18-20; Dan. 9. 3-20; Hos. 5. 15: Lk. 15. 18: 1 John 1. 9. 6; Col 2 11.1 KL. 21. 29; 2 Chr. 12. 6. 7, 12; 32. 26; 33. 12, 13; Eze. 20. 43; Jam. Dea. 4. 31; Ps. 106. 45; Eze. 16. 60. Ge. 28. 13, 14. d Ge. 26. 3, 4. Ge. 12. 2, 3. 1 The judgments here threatened rise one above the ether in intensity, if the people would not yield to the irst chastisements, but persevered in their iniquity. 2 A forcible representation of the intense heat of a long drought. 3 The supply of food would be so scanty, that, instead of every family-having an oven for itself (as is usual in see Jer. 6. 10; 9.5, 26: Eze. 44. 7; Ac. 7. 51; Ro. 2. 28, 29; Gal. 5. 4. 6-9, a Ezra 9. 13-15; Ne. 9. 33; Dan. 9. 7-14. Ex. 2. 24; 6.5; Ps. 85. 1; 136. 23; Eze. 36. 1-15, 33, 34. 8 vers. 34, 35. A ver. 15. the cast), the bread of several families would be baked in one oven; when each would take care not to lose the smallest portion of their share. 4 This dreadful judgment was repeatedly inflicted. See 2 Kings vi. 28, 29; Lam. iv. 10; and the account of the siege and capture of Jerusalem by the Romans, as related by Josephus. |