03 Leviticus

Leviticus, in The Douay Old Testament (1609–1610)

The third book of Moses: the laws of sacrifice, priesthood, purity and the feasts. This is Leviticus as it stands in the first tome of the Douay Old Testament (Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609), the English College of Douai’s Catholic translation from the Latin Vulgate, in its original spelling. The page gives the edition’s Argument of the book, every chapter with its printed summary, the verse text and the marginal notes and the Annotations.

THE ARGVMENT OF LEVITICVS.

VVHEN the Tabernacle was erected, nere to Mount Sinai, [Margin: Exod. vlt.] [Margin: So ſoone as the Tabernacle was erected God declared the offices of the Leuites, written in this booke: wherof it is called Leuiticus.] the firſt day of the ſecond yeare, after the children of Iſrael parted from Aegypt, and was ſo repleniſhed with Gods Maieſtie, that none, no not Moyſes him ſelf could enter in, our Lord ſpeaking from thence, called Moyſes, and declared to him the offices of the Leuites; whom only, and no others, he deputed for the administration, and charge [Margin: Nu. 1.] of ſacred things: wherof this booke (wherin they are written) is called Leuiticus. In which ſaith S. Hierom, al and euerie Sacrifice, yea almoſt [Margin: Epiſt. ad Paulinum. Leuit. 1. 8.] euerie ſillable, and Aarons veſtments, and the whole Leuical order breath forth heauenlie ſacraments, or myſteries. For firſt God here preſcribeth what ſacrifices he wil haue, in what manner, and to [Margin: The contents of this booke.] what purpoſes. Then what partes and qualities he requireth in Prieſts; how they shal be veſted and conſecrated, ſeuerly punishing ſome that tranſgreſſed: with commandment neither to offer in ſacrifice, nor to eate things reputed [Margin: 11. 12. 18.] vncleane, and the maner of purifying ſuch things, and perſons, as by diuers occaſions were polluted: Interpoſing alſo ſome moral, and iudicial precepts; appointeth certaine ſolemne feastes, times of reſt, and Iubilie yeare. Finally promiſeth rewardes, and threatneth pu⟨illegible⟩ishments to thoſe that kepe or breake [Margin: 23. 26. 27.] his commandments: with particular admonition touching vowes and tithes. So this booke may be diuided into fiue ſpecial partes. The firſt, of diuers [Margin: Diuided into fiue parts.] ſortes of Sacrifices: in the ſeuen firſt chapters. The ſecond, of conſecrating Prieſts, and their v⟨illegible⟩ſtments, with punishment for offering ſtrange fire. in the three next chapters. The third, of diſtinction betwen cleane and vncleane, with the maner of purifying certaine legal vncleanes, and other precepts moral and iudicial. from the 11. chap. to the 23. The fourth, of feaſts, times of rest, and Iubilie with priuiledges, rewardes, and punishments, from the 23. chap. to the 27. The fifth, of vowes, and tithes. in the last chapter.

THE BOOKE LEVITICVS, IN HEBREW VAICRA.

Chapter 1

CHAP. I. Diuers rites in offering holocauſtes, as wel of cattle, 14. as of birdes.

1 AND OVR LORD called Moyſes, and ſpake to him out of the tabernacle of teſtimony, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael; & thou shalt ſay to them: “The man of you, that shal offer an hoſte to our Lord, of beaſtes, that is of oxen & sheepe, offering victimes

3 if his oblation be“ an holocauſte, and of the heard; he shal offer [::] a male, without ſpotte, at the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie, to propitiate our Lord vnto him:

4 and he shal put his handes vpon the heade of the hoſte, and it shal be acceptable, and profitable to his expiation.

5 And he shal immolate the calfe before our Lord, and the children of Aaron the prieſtes shal offer the bloud therof, powring it in the circuite of the altar, which is before the dore of the tabernacle.

6 And the skinne of the hoſte being plucked of, the ioyntes they shal cut into peeces,

7 and shal put fire vnderneth in the altar, hauing before laid a pyle of wood in order:

8 and the ioyntes that are cut out, laying in order thereupon, to wit, the head, & al thinges that cleane to the liuer,

9 the entralles and feete being washed with water, and the prieſt shal burne them vpon the altar for an holocauſte, and “ſweete ſauoure to our Lord.

10 And if the oblation be of flockes, an holocauſte of sheepe or of goates, a lambe of a yeare old without ſpot shal he offer:

11 and he shal immolate it at the ſide of the altar that looketh to the North, before our Lord: but the bloud therof the ſonnes of Aaron shal poure vpon the altar round about:

12 and they shal diuide the ioyntes, the head, and al that cleane to the lyuer: and shal lay them vpon the wood, vnder which the fire is to be put:

13 but the entrales and the ⟨illegible⟩e⟨illegible⟩te they shal wash with water. And the whole the prieſt shal offer, and burne vpon the altar for an holocauſt, and moſt ſweete ſauoure to our Lord.

14 But if the oblation of holocauſt to our Lord be of birdes, of turtles and young pigions,

15 the prieſt shal offer it at the altar: and writhing the head to the necke, and breaking the place of the wound, he shal make the bloud to runne downe vpon the brimme of the altar:

16 but the croppe of the throate, and the fethers he shal caſt nigh to the altar at the eaſt ſide, in the place where the ashes are wount to be powred out,

17 and he shal breake the pinnions therof, and shal not cut, nor diuide it with a knife, and shal burne it vpon the altar, putting fire vnder the wood. It is an holocauſt and oblation of moſt ſweete ſauoure to our Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 1

1 The firſt part of this booke. Of diuers ſortes of Sacrifices.
3 [::] The beſt and perfecteſt of euerie kind is to be offered to God, not the blind, lame, or weake. Gen. 4. Malach. 1.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. I.

2. The man that shal offer] Sacrifice being the moſt ſpecial external ſeruice, [Margin: Sacrifice preſuppoſed to be neceſſary, God preſcribeth the rites to be obſerued therin.] wherby man acknowledgeth the ſupreme dominion of God, and his owne ſubiection and homage to his diuine Maieſtie, was ſo wel knowen to be neceſſarie (as being in moſt frequent vſe in the law of nature, and in al nations) that here neded not anie new precept in general, that the people of God should offer ſacrifice, though for ſpecial purpoſes, certaine particular ſacrifices were ſome times appointed, but this dutie & obligation preſuppoſed, our Lord firſt admoniſhing to offer the beſt, and perfecteſt things in euerie kind, preſcribeth with what rites, and ceremonies it shal be done. As in offering an holocauſt of the heard, it muſt be a male vvithout ſpotte; and be offered at the dore of the tabernacle, the offerer putting his handes vpon the head of the hoſte; the prieſts muſt offer the bloud, povvring it in the circuite of the altar; plucke of the skinne; cut the ioyntes in peeces; lay them in order; the entrales and feete being vvashed, burne al vpon the Altar; And the like in other ſacrifices, al for iuſt and reaſonable cauſes, without which the wiſdome of God doth nothing. Sap. 7. & Pſal. 103. v 24.

3. An holocauſt] In reſpect of diuers things offered, the diuers maner, and [Margin: Three kindes of Sacrifice.] cauſes of offering, there were manie ſortes of Sacrifices: but al are reduced to three kindes. The firſt was Holocauſt, in which al was burned in the honour of God, and reſolued into vapour, which aſcendeth vpwards in ſigne that al [Margin: Holocauſte.] we haue is of God. The ſecond was Sacrifice for ſinne, & that of diuers ſortes, [Margin: Sacrifice for ſinne. Pacifique Sacrifice.] for the varietie of ſinnes and perſons; and part of this ſacrifice was burned, the other part belonged to the Prieſts. The third was Pacifique ſacrifice, wherof one part was burnt, an other pertayned to the Prieſts, and an other to them, that gaue the oblation. And of this kinde there were two ſortes, one of thankſgeuing for benefites receiued: the other to procure fauoure in anie good [Margin: For benefites receiued: or deſired.] enterpriſe, or deſire. Al the which did prefigure and forshew one only Sacrifice of Chtiſts bodie and bloud, offered by him in two maners; bloudie on the Croſſe once for euer, wherof S. Paul expreſſy ſpeaketh (Heb. 9.) vnbloudie in formes of bread and wine, wherof the ſame S. Paul ſpeaketh (Heb. 13. v. 10.) shewing that Chriſtians haue an Altar, and conſequently a Sacrifice farre excelling [Margin: Al ſacrifices of the old Teſtament prefigured Chriſts Sacrifice on the Croſſe, and in the Euchariſt.] thoſe of the Tabernacle; and our Sauiour him ſelfe (Math. 26. v. 25.) ſpeaking of the contents in the chalice, ſaid: it was his bloud of the nevv Teſtament, which he then inſtituted and dedicated, as is there noted. And the ancient Fathers (by Caluins confeſſion in Heb. 9.) generally vſe this diſtinction of the ſame Sacrifice offered in bloudie, & in vnbloudie maner. They likewiſe teach that al lawful Sacrifices of the Law of nature, and of Moyſes did end, and were complete in this one, which is our daylie Sacrifice, our immaculate l⟨illegible⟩m⟨illegible⟩e, our manna, our libament, our holocauſt, our Sacrifice for ſinne, our Pacifique Sacrifice for al purpoſes, and in ſteede of al old Sacrifices. So S. Auguſtin lib 8. c. 27. lib. 17. c. 20. de ciuit. lib. 3 de Bapiſ. c. 19. lib. 1. cont. a⟨illegible⟩u⟨illegible⟩rſ l⟨illegible⟩g & ptophet. c. 18. & 20. S. Chryſost. in Pſal. 95. S. Leo. ſer. 8. de Paſſ. and other fathers teach.

9. Svveteſauour.] Not that the ſauour of corporal things (though it were [Margin: Not the external worke for it ſelfe but ſincere deuotion pleaſeth God. External ſacrifices were ordained: 1. to keepe the people from Idolatrie. 2. To induce them to internal vertues.] ſweter then of burnt fleſh and bones) delighteth Gods moſt pure ſubſtance: but for that mans frailtie in ſome good ſorte performing his dutie, is very acceptable to his diuine goodnes. For otherwiſe he required not theſe Sacrifices, nor other external Rites for him felf, but he would haue his people for their owne good to be exerciſed therein: eſpecially for three cauſes. Firſt to kepe them from Idolatrie, wherto they were very prone, as appeareth by their often falling, notwithſtanding continual admonitions to the contrarie. For being as it were burdened with manie ceremonies, pertaining to Gods true ſeruice, they might haue leſſe mind, leyſure, and occaſion to ſerue Idols Secondly, for ſo much as man conſiſteth of ſoule and [Margin: Io. 4. v 24. Rom. 6. v. 19.] bodie, as the ſoule muſt interiorly vvorship God in ſpirite and veritie; ſo the bodie muſt alſo honour him exteriorly, ſeruing iuſtice vnto ſanctification: that is by external good workes to increaſe iuſtice, and ſanctitie, when by them the mind is inſtructed and inuited to know and honoure God. For otherwiſe ſaieth S Dionyſe (c. 1. ⟨illegible⟩aleſt▪ Hi⟨illegible⟩rer.) vnles mans vnderſtanding vſe the helpe of corporal things, diuine veritie can not be attained. And S. Auguſtin (lib. 10. c. 5 ciuit.) teacheth that God commanded external Sacrifices, thereby [Margin: Pſal. 5⟨illegible⟩.] to lead his ſeruants vnto mortified ſpirites, contrite and humbled harts, to mercie and compaſſion towards others. In briefe (c. 3. Enchir) to the true and perfect ſeruing of his Diuine powre by faith, hope, and charitie. Thirdly, that [Margin: 3. To ſignifie greater Myſteries of the new Teſtament.] theſe external Sacrifices and Rites might prefigure and ſignifie greater, more excellent, and more effectual Myſteries of the new Teſtament. For as S. Paul ſpeaketh (Heb. 10.) the lavv (of Moyſes) hauing a shadovv of good things to come, not the verie image of the things, brought not to perfection; nor tooke avvay ſinnes by the bloud of oxen or goa⟨illegible⟩es, but being (asis⟨illegible⟩id) a shadovv, rather ſhaded then perfectly ſhewed the great benefites, which the new law as a perfect image liuely repreſenteth: eſpecially Chriſts paſſion, which is the verie fountaine of grace and mercie. And wheras the old law could not iuſtifie (Gal. 3.) the law of Chriſt doth in dede iuſtifie, as the Goſpel witneſſeth, ſaying: (Ioan 1 v. 17.) The lavv vvas geuen by Moyſes, grace and veritie vva⟨illegible⟩ made by Ieſus Chriſt.

Chapter 2

CHAP. II. How to offer flovvre, 4. loaues, wafers, with oile and incenſe, without leauen or honie, 12. alſo firſt fruictes. 13. And ſalt in euerie oblation.

1 VVHEN a ſoule ſhal offer an oblation of ſacrifice to our Lord, [::] fine flowre ſhal be his oblation. and he ſhal poure oyle vpon it, and put franckincenſe,

2 and ſhal carie it to the ſonnes of Aaron the prieſts: of whom one ſhal take a handful of the flowre, and the oile, and al the franckincenſe, and shal put it a memorial vpon the Altar for a moſt ſweete ſauour to our Lord.

3 And that which shal be left of the ſacrifice, ſhal be Aarons, and his ſonnes, Holie of holies among the oblations of our Lord.

4 But when thou offereſt a ſacrifice baked in the ouen: of flowre, to wit, loaues without leauen, tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened layd ouer with oyle.

5 If thine oblation be of the frying panne, of flowre tempered with oyle, and without leuen,

6 thou shalt diuide it in litle peeces, and ſhalt poure oyle vpon it.

7 And if the ſacrifice be from the gridiron, in like maner the flowre ſhal be tempered with oyle,

8 which offering to our Lord, thou ſhalt deliuer to the handes of the prieſt.

9 Who hauing offered it, ſhal take a memorie of the ſacrifice, and burne vpon the altar for a ſwete ſauour to our Lord,

10 and whatſoeuer is left, shal be Aarons, and his ſonnes, Holie of holies among the oblations of our Lord.

11 Euerie oblation, that is offered to our Lord, shal be made :: without leauen, neyther ſhal any leauen and [::] honie be burned in the ſacrifice of our Lord.

12 The firſt fruites only of them and the giftes you shal offer: but vpon the altar they shal not be put, for a ſauour of ſwetnes.

13 What ſacrifice ſoeuer thou offereſt, thou ſhalt ſeaſon it with ſalt neither ſhalt thou take away the ſalt of the couenant of thy God from thy ſacrifice. In euerie oblation thou shalt offer [::] ſalt.

14 But if thou offer a gyfte of the firſt fruites of thy corne to our Lord, of the eares being yet greene, thou shalt drie it at the fire, and bruiſe it in maner of meale, and ſo ſhalt thou offer thy firſt fruites to our Lord,

15 powring oyle vpon it, and putting on franckincenſe, becauſe it is the oblation of our Lord.

16 Wherof the prieſt shal burne for memorie of the gift, part of the meale bruiſed, and of the oile, and al the frankincenſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 2

1 [::] Theſe oblations were ſpecially for the pooreſt ſorte. So God tempered his law to the abilitie of euerie one. Theod. q. 1. in Leuit.
11 [::] As literally no leauen, not honey might be offered in ſacrifice: ſo al ſinne and carnal delectatiō muſt be excluded in chriſtian life.
13 [::] That ſalt ſignifieth diſcretion, appeareth by S Paul exhorting to ſeaſonal our talke with ſalt Colloſ. 4. v. 6.

Chapter 3

CHAP. III. How the pacifique hostes muſt be offered of beeues, 6. shepe, 7. lambes, 12. and goates.

1 AND if his oblation be an hoſte of pacifiques, and he wil offer of beues, male or [::] female, without ſpot shal he offer them before our Lord.

2 And he shal lay his hand vpon the head of his victime, which shal be immolated in the entrie of the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and the ſonnes of Aaron the prieſt shal poure the bloud in the circuite of the altar.

3 And they shal offer of the hoſt of pacifiques, for an oblation to our Lord, the fatt that couereth the entralles, and whatſoeuer fatt is within:

4 the two kidneys with the fatt wherwith the guttes are couered, and the caule of the liuer with the two little kydneys.

5 And they shal burne them vpon the altar, for an [::] holocauſt, putting fire vnder the wood: for an oblation of moſt ſwete ſauour to our Lord.

6 But if his oblation, and the hoſte of pacifiques be of flocks, whether he offer male, or female, they shal be without ſpot.

7 If he offer a lambe before our Lord,

8 he shal put his hand vpon the head of his victime; which shal be immolated in the entrie of the tabernacle of teſtimonie: and the ſonnes of Aaron shal powre the bloud therof in the circuite of the altar.

9 And they shal offer of the hoſte of pacifiques, a ſacrifice to our Lord: the fatt and the whole rumpe,

10 with the kidneys, and the fatt that couereth the bellie and al the vital partes, and both little kydneys, with the fatt that is about the guttes, and the caule of the liuer with the two little kidneys.

11 And the prieſt shal burne them vpon the altar, to the foode of the fire, and of the oblation of our Lord.

12 If his oblation be a goate, and he offer it to our Lord,

13 he shal put his hand vpon the head therof: and shal immolate it in the entrie of the tabernacle of teſtimonie. And the ſonnes of Aaron shal poure the bloude therof in the circuite of the altar.

14 And they shal take of it to the foode of our Lords fire, the fatt that couereth the bellie, and that couereth al the vital partes:

15 the two little kydneys with the caule, that is vpon them about the guttes, and the tallowe of the liuer with the little kidneys:

16 and the prieſt shal burne them vpon the altar, to the food of the fire, and of a moſt ſweete ſauour. Al the fatt shal be our Lordes

17 by a perpetual right in your generations, and in al your habitations: you shal eate no bloude nor fat at al.

Marginal notes to Chapter 3

1 [::] In holocauſt onlie the male was offered, c⟨illegible⟩ap. 1. in other ſacrifices both ſexes were acceptable.
5 [::] Theſe partes and the fatt: were burned as an Holocauſt, the reſt of the oblation being pacifique.

Chapter 4

CHAP. IIII. Hovv a Prieſt, 13. the multitud⟨illegible⟩, 22. a Prince, 27. or anie one of the people, ſinning of ignarance, muſt offer hoſtes.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael: The ſoule that ſinneth by [::] ignorance, and doth anie thing of al the commandmentes of our Lord, which he commanded not to be done.

3 If the prieſt that is anointed ſinne, making the people to offend, he ſhal offer for his ſinne, a calfe without ſpott to our Lord:

4 and he shal bring it to the dore of teſtimonie before our Lord, and shal put his hand vpon the head therof, and shal immolate it to our Lord.

5 He shal drawe alſo of the bloud of the calfe, carying it into the tabernacle of teſtimonie.

6 And when he hath dipped his finger in the bloud he shal ſprinckle it [::] ſeuen times before our Lord, againſt the veile of the Sanctuarie.

7 and of the ſame bloud he shal put vpon the hornes of the altar of incenſe moſt acceptable to our Lord, which is in the tabernacle of teſtimonie. And al the reſt of the bloud he shal powre at the foote of the altar of holocauſte in the entrie of the tabernacle.

8 And the fatt of the calfe he shal take away for the ſinne, aſwel that which couereth the entralles, as al the partes that are within.

9 The two little kidneys, and the caule that is vpon them beſide the guttes, and the fatt of the ⟨illegible⟩iuer with the two litle kidneis,

10 as is taken away from the calfe which is an hoſt of pacifiques, and he shal burne them vpon the altar of hollocauſte.

11 But the skinne and al the flesh with the heade and feete and boweles and dung,

12 and the reſt of the bodie he shal carie forth without the campe into a cleane place, where the ashes are wount to be powred out: and he shal burne them vpon a pyle of wood, which shal be burnt in the place where the ashes are powred out.

13 And if al the multitude of Iſrael be ignorant, and through ignorance do that which is againſt the commandement of our Lord,

14 and afterward vnderſtand their ſinne, they ſhal offer for their ſinne[::] a calfe, and ſhal bring it to the dore of the tabernacle.

15 And the ancientes of the people shal put their handes vpon the head therof before our Lord. And the calfe being immolated in the ſight of our Lord,

16 the prieſt that is anoynted, shal carie of the bloud into the tabernacle of teſtimonie,

17 dipping his finger, and ſprinkling ſeuen times againſt the veile.

18 and he shal put of the ſame bloud on the hornes of the altar, that is before our Lord, in the tabernacle of teſtimonie: and the reſt of the bloud, he shal poure at the foote of the altar of holocauſte, which is at the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie.

19 And al the fatte therof he shal take vp, & shal burne it vpon the altar:

20 doing ſo with this calfe, as he did alſo before: and the prieſt praying for them, our Lord wil be propitious vnto them.

21 But the calfe it ſelfe he shal carie forth without the campe, and shal burne it like as the former calfe:[::] becauſe it is for the ſinne of the multitude.

22 If a Prince ſinne, and by ignorance do of manie thinges one, that by the law of our Lord is forbidden:

23 and afterward vnderſtandeth his ſinne, he shal offer an hoſte to our Lord, a bucke of the goates without ſpotte.

24 And he shal put his hand vpon the head therof: and when he hath immolated it in the place where holocauſt is wont to be ſlaine before our Lord, becauſe it is for ſinne,

25 the prieſt shal dippe his finger in the bloud of the hoſte for ſinne, touching the hornes of the altar of holocauſte, and the reſt powring at the foote therof.

26 But the fatt he shal burne vpon it, as is wont to be done in the victimes of pacifiques: and the prieſt shal pray for him, and for his ſinne, and it shal be forgiuen him.

27 And if a ſoule of the people of the land shal ſinne through ignorance, doing anie of thoſe thinges, that by the law of our Lord are forbidden, and offending,

28 and knoweth his ſinne, he shal offer a she goate without ſpotte.

29 And he shal put his hand vpon the head of the hoſt that is for ſinne, and shal immolate it in the place of holocauſt.

30 And the prieſt shal take vp of the bloud with his finger: and touching the hornes of the altar of holocauſt, the reſt he ſhal powre out at the foote therof.

31 But taking away al the fatt, as is wont to be taken away of the victimes of pacifiques, he shal burne it vpon the altar, for a ſwete ſauour to our Lord; and he shal pray for him, and it shal be forgeuen him.

32 But if he offer of the flocke a victime, for his ſinne, to wit, an ewe without ſpotte;

33 he ſhal put his hand vpon the head therof, and shal immolate it in the place where the hoſtes of holocauſts are wont to be ſlayne.

34 And the prieſt shal take of the bloud therof with his finger, and touching the hornes of the altar of holocauſt, the reſt he shal powre at the foote therof.

35 Al the fatte alſo he shal take away, as the fatte of the ramme, that is offered for pacifiques, is wont to be taken away: and shal burne it vpon the altar, a burnt ſacrifice of our Lord: and he shal pray for him, and for his ſinne, and it shal be forgiuen him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 4

2 [::] Ignorance of that we are bond to know is ſinne: and more in Prieſts then in others.
6 [::] VVe ſee here and in manie other places that numbers are myſtical, not alwayes ſuperſticious.
14 [::] A Prieſt, and the whole multitude offered the ſame ſacrifice of a calfe, for their sines: the Prince offered a male goate, a priuate perſon a femal. See Theod▪ ret. q▪ 1. in Le⟨illegible⟩ verſus finem.
21 [::] Though in ordinarie ſacrifices for ſinne, one part was alotted to the Prieſts (by whoſe miniſterie God remitted ſinnes) yet of the ſacrifice for a prieſts ſinnes, or for the ſinnes of the multitude, the prieſts had no part, leſt they ſhould ſaue coſt, or reape commoditie by ſacrifice for their owne or the whole peoples ſinnes▪ but al was burned as in a holocauſt. Theodoret q. 3. in Leuit. S. Tho 1▪ 2. q. ⟨illegible⟩02. 2. 3. ad. 8.

Chapter 5

CHAP. V. Of hoſtes, for the ſinne of concealing an others periur⟨illegible⟩e. 2. for vncleanes 4. for vaine ſvvearinge 14. for rrour in exerciſing holie rites, 17. & for anie ſinne committed by ignorance.

1 IF a ſoule ſinne, and heare the voice of one ſwearing, and be witnes becauſe either he him ſelfe ſawe, or is priuie to it:[::] vnleſſe he vtter it, he ſhal beare his iniquitie.

2 The ſoule that toucheth anie vncleane thing, either that which was killed of a beaſt, or died of it ſelfe, or anie other thing that creepeth: and forgeteth his vncleannes is guiltie, and hath offended:

3 and if he touch anie thing of the vncleanneſſe of man, according to anie imputitie wherwith he is wount to be polluted, & hauing forgotten, doe knowe it afterward, he shal be guiltie of an offence.

4 The ſoule that ſweareth, and vttereth with his lippes, that he would doe [::] either il; or wel, and bindeth the ſame with an oathe, and his word, & hauing forgotten afterward vnderſtandeth his offence,

5 let him do penance for his ſinne,

6 and offer of the flockes an ewe lambe, or a shee goate, and the prieſt shal pray for him and for his ſinne:

7 but if he be not able to offer a beaſt, let him offer two turtles, or two young pigions to our Lord, one for ſinne, and the other for an holocauſt,

8 and he shal geue them to the prieſt: who offering the ſirſt for ſinne, shal wryth backe the heade therof to the litle pinions, ſo that it ſticke to the necke, and be not altogeather broken of.

9 And of the bloud therof he shal ſprinckle the wall of the altar, and whatſoeuer is left, he shal make it diſtil to the bottome therof, becauſe it is for ſinne.

10 And the other he shal burne for an holocauſte, as is wount to be done: and the prieſt shal pray for him, and for his ſinne, and it shal be forgeuen him.

11 And if his hand be not able to offer two turtles, or two young pigions, he shal offer for his ſinne, of floure the tenth part of an ephi. He shal not put oyle vpon it, nor caſt anie frankincenſe theron, becauſe it is for ſinne,

12 and he shal deliuer it to the prieſt: who taking therof a ful handful, shal burne it vpon the altar for a moniment, of him that did offer it:

13 praying for him and making expiation, but the part that is left, him ſelfe shal haue for a gifte.

14 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

15 If a ſoule tranſgreſſing the ceremonies, by errour shal ſinne in thoſe thinges that are ſanctified to our Lord, he shal offer for his offence a ramme, without ſpotte out of the flockes, that may be bought for two ſicles, according to the weight of the Sanctuarie:

16 and [::] the damage it ſelfe which he did, he shal reſtore, and the fift part he shal adde beſides, deliuering it to the prieſt, who shal pray for him, [::] offering the ramme, and it ſhal be forgeuen him.

17 If a ſoule ſinne by ignorance, and do one of thoſe thinges which by the lawe of the Lord are forbidden, and being guiltie of ſinne, vnderſtand his iniquitie,

18 he shal offer a ramme without ſpotte of the flockes to the prieſt, according to the meaſure, and eſtimation of the ſinne: who shal pray for him, becauſe he did it vnwitting: and it shal be forgiuen him,

19 becauſe by errour he offended againſt the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 5

1 [::] VVhen periurie doth preiudice an others cauſe, he that knoweth the truth is bond to reueil it to the Iudge; but with diſcretion to auoide ſcandal.
4 [::] Swearing to do that is euil, or not doing that is lawfally ſworne, is ſinne.
16 [::] For remiſſion of ſinne reſtitution is firſt required if ⟨illegible⟩niu⟨illegible⟩e was done.
16 [::] Beſides reſtitution ſatiſfaction is alſo neceſſarie for the offence to God. Theodoret. q. 2. in ⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 6

CHAP. VI. Oblation for ſinne vvittingly committed. 8. The maner of offering holocaust. 12. Continual fire to be kept in the Altar. 14. The ſacrifices vvhich Prieſts shal offer at their Conſecration. 24. In general of hoſtes for ſinne, and vvho shal eate of the ſame and vvhere.

1 OVR Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 The ſoule that shal ſinne, and contemning the Lord, shal denie vnto his neighbour the thing deliuered to his cuſtodie, which was committed to his credite, or shal by force extort anie thing, or do oppreſſion,

3 or shal finde a thing loſt, and denying it, be alſo foreſworne, and shal doe anie other thing of manie, wherin men are wount to ſinne,

4 being conuicted of the offence,

5 he shal render al thinges which by fraude, he would haue obteyned, whole, and the fift part beſides to the owner vnto whom he did the damage.

6 But [::] for his ſinne he shal offer a ramme without ſpott out of the flocke, and shal geue it to the prieſt, according to the eſtimation, and meaſure of the offence:

7 who shal pray for him before the Lord, and he shal haue forgeuenes for euerie thing that in doing he ſinned.

8 And Our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

9 Command Aaron and his ſonnes: This is the Law of an holocauſt: It shal be burnt vpon the altar, al night vntil morning: the fire shal be vpon the ſame altar.

10 The prieſt shal be reueſted with the tunike and the linnen femoralles: and he shal take vp the ashes, which the deuouring fire burned, and putting them beſides the altar,

11 shal be vnueſted of his former veſtments, and being clothed with others, shal carie them forth without the campe, and in a moſt cleane place shal cauſe them to be conſumed vnto duſt.

12 And the fire on the altar [::] shal alwaies burne, which the prieſt shal nourish, putting wood vnderneth, in the morning euerie day, and laying on the holocauſt, therupon shal burne the fatte of the pacifiques.

13 This fire is continual which shal neuer faile on the altar.

14 This is the Law of the ſacrifice and libamentes, which the children of Aaron shal offer before the Lord, and before the altar.

15 The prieſt shal take vp a handful of the floure, that is tempered with oyle, and al the frankincenſe, that is put vpon the floure: and he shal burne it on the altar for a moniment of moſt ſweeteodour to the Lord:

16 and the part of the floure that is left, shal Aaron eate with his ſonnes, without leauen: and he shal eate it in the Holie place of the court of the tabernacle.

17 And therefore it shal not be leauened, becauſe part therof is offered for the burnt ſacrifice of the Lord. It shal be moſt Holie, as that for ſinne, and for offence.

18 The males onlie of Aarons ſtocke shal eate it. † It shal be an ordinance and euerlaſting in your generations of the ſacrifices of the Lord. Euerie one that toucheth them, shal be ſanctified.

19 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

20 This is the oblation of Aaron, and of his ſonnes, which they muſt offer to the Lord, in the day of their vnction. The tenth part of an ephi of floure shal they offer in a ſacrifice for euer, halfe therof in the morning, and halfe therof at euen:

21 which being tempered with oile shal be fried in a frying panne.

22 And the prieſt that by right ſucceedeth his father, shal offer it hote, for a moſt ſwete odour to the Lord, and it shal wholy be burnt on the altar.

23 For euerie ſacrifice of the prieſt shal be conſumed with fire, neither shal anie man eate therof.

24 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

25 Speake to Aaron and his ſonnes: This is the law of the hoſte for ſinne. In the place where the holocauſt is offered, shal it be immolated before our Lord It is Holie of holies.

26 The prieſt that doth offer it, shal eate it in a holie place, in the courte of the tabernacle.

27 Whatſoeuer shal touch :: the flesh therof, shal be ſanctified. If of the bloud therof a garment be ſprinkled, it shal be washed in a holie place.

28 And the earthen veſſel, wherin it was ſodden, shal be broken. but if the veſſel be of braſſe, it shal be ſcoured, and washed with water.

29 Euerie male of the prieſtlie race shal eate of the flesh therof, becauſe it is Holie of holies.

30 For the hoſte that is ſlaine for ſinne, whoſe bloud is caried into the tabernacle of teſtimonie to make expiation in the Sanctuarie, shal not be eaten, but shal be burnt with fire.

Marginal notes to Chapter 6

6 [::] Such examples of penāce or ſatifaction for ſinne beſides reſtitution of that was wrong fully taken, are frequent in Moyſes Law.
12 [::] This fire was firſt ſent miraculouſly from God. (in⟨illegible⟩ra. c. 9. v. 24.) and according to this cōmandment, was perperpetually conſerued: from which al fire was to be taken that was vſed in the tabernacle S. Aug. q. 31. & Theod. q 9. in Leuiticum. Myſtically it ſignified, that the fire of charitie being firſt kindled in mans hart by Gods grace, muſt be continually nouriſhed and kept burning, from which al other good workes are deriued.
26 By ſleſh of penance is vnder ſtood, faſting, watchig, haircloth, teares, prayers, a⟨illegible⟩mes which whoſoeuer duly toucheth ſhal be ſanctified. He ſych⟨illegible⟩us Hieroſol. li. 2. in Leuit. c. 6.

Chapter 7

CHAP. VII. The maner of offering hoſtes for offences. 11. and of pacifique victimes. for thankſgeuing. 22. No fatte, 26. nor bloud is to be eaten.

1 THIS alſo is the lawe of an hoſte for an offence, the moſt Holie:

2 therfore where the holocauſt is immolated, the victime alſo for an offence shal be ſlaine: the bloud therof shal be poured round about the altar.

3 They shal offer therof the rumpe and the fatte that couereth the entralles:

4 the two little kidneys, and the fatte that is beſide the guttes, and the caule of the lyuer with the two litle kidneys.

5 And the prieſt shal burne them vpon the altar: it is the burnt ſacrifice of our Lord for an offence.

6 Euerie male of the prieſts ſtocke, in a holie place ſhal eate this fleſh, becauſe it is moſt Holie.

7 As the hoſte for :: ſinne is offered, ſo alſo that for an [::] offence: the lawe of both hoſtes ſhal be one: to the prieſt that offereth it, it ſhal pertaine.

8 The prieſt that offereth the victime of holocauſt, ſhal haue the skinne therof.

9 And euerie ſacrifice of flowre, that is baked in the ouen, and whatſoeuer is prepared vpon the grediron, or in the frying panne, it shal be that prieſtes by whom it is offered.

10 Whether they be tempered with oyle, or drie, to al the ſonnes of Aaron equal meaſure shal be diuided to euerie one.

11 This is the law of the hoſte of pacifiques that is offered to our Lord.

12 If the oblation be for thankes geuing, they shal offer loaues without leauen tempered with oyle, and wafers vnleauened laid ouer with oyle, and fryed floure, and manchets tempered with the mingling of oyle:

13 loaues alſo leauened with the hoſte of thankes, which is offered for pacifiques:

14 wherof one for firſt fruites shal be [::] offered to our Lord, and shal be the prieſts that shal poure out the bloud of the hoſte.

15 the flesh wherof shal be eaten the ſame day, neither shal anie of it remaine vntil morning.

16 If anie man by vowe, or of his owne accorde offer an hoſte, it shal in like maner be eaten the ſame day: but if ought remaine vntil the morrow, it is lawful to eate it:

17 but whatſoeuer the third day shal find, fire shal conſume it.

18 If anie man eate of the flesh of the victime of pacifiques the third day, the oblation shal be of none effect, neither shal it profite the offerer: yea rather whatſoeuer ſoule shal defile it ſelfe with ſuch meate, shal be guiltie of preuarication.

19 The flesh that hath touched any vncleane thing, shal not be eaten, but shal be burnt with fire: he that is cleane, shal eate therof.

20 A ſoule being polluted that eateth of the flesh of the hoſte of pacifiques, which is offered to our Lord, shal perish from his people.

21 And that which hath touched the vncleannes of man, or of beaſt, or of anie thing that can pollute, and eateth of ſuch kind of flesh, shal perish from his people.

22 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

23 Speake to the children of Iſrael: The fatte of a sheepe, and of an oxe, and of a goate you shal not eate.

24 The fatte of the carcaſſe of cartaine, and of the beaſt, that was caught of an other beaſt, you shal haue for diuers vſes.

25 If anie man eate the fatte, that should be offered for the burnt ſacrifice of our Lord, he shal perish out of his people,

26 The bloud alſo of whatſoeuer beaſt you shal not take in meate, aſwel of birdes as of cattel.

27 Euerie ſoule that eateth bloud, shal perish out of his people.

28 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

29 Speake to the children of Iſrael. ſaing: He that offereth a victime of pacifiques to our Lord, let him offer therwith a ſacrifice alſo, that is, the libaments therof.

30 He shal hold in his handes the fatte of the hoſte, and the breſt: and when he hath offered and conſecrated both to our Lord, he shal deliuer them to the prieſt,

31 who shal burne the fatte vpon the altar, but the breaſt shal be Aarons, and his ſonnes.

32 The right shoulder alſo of the pacifique hoſtes shal fal for firſt fruites of the prieſt.

33 He of the ſonnes of Aaron, that offereth the bloud, and the fatte, him ſelfe shal haue the right shoulder alſo for his portion.

34 For the breſt of eleuation and the shoulder of ſeperation I haue taken of the children of Iſrael, from their pacifique hoſtes, and haue geuen them to Aaron the prieſt, and to his ſonnes, by a lawe for euer, of al the people of Iſrael.

35 This is the anoynting of Aaron and his ſonnes, in the ceremonies of our Lord, in the day when Moyſes offered them, that they might doe the function of prieſthood,

36 and the thinges that our Lord commanded to be geuen them of the children of Iſrael, by a perpetual religion in their generations.

37 This is the lawe of holocauſte, and of the ſacrifice for ſinne, and for an offence, and for conſecration, and the victimes of pacifiques:

38 Which our Lord apointed to Moyſes in mount Synai when he commanded the children of Iſrael, that they should offer their oblations to our Lord in the deſert of Synai.

Marginal notes to Chapter 7

7 [::] This text ſheweth there is difference in the nature of a fault committed, commonly called ſinne, & of dutie omitted here called offence. in latin peccatū and delictum. Yet both are alike offencife to God, in matter of equal importance. As appeareth, for that the ſame ſacrifice was offered for both. S. A⟨illegible⟩. q. 20. in Leuit.
14 [::] Geuen or preſented to our Lord, not offered vpon the Altar. for no leauen could be offered in ſacrifice. cap. 2. v. 15

Chapter 8

CHAP. VIII. Moyſes conſecrateth Aaron high Prieſt. 13. and his ſonnes Prieſts, 33. continuing [Margin: The ſecond part. Of conſecrating Prieſts, and their veſtmēts: with puniſhment of ſome that tranſgreſſed.] in the tabernacle ſeuen dayes and nights.

1 AND Our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Take Aaron with his ſonnes, their veſtimentes, and the oyle of vnction, a calfe for ſinne, two Rammes, a basket with azymes,

3 and thou shalt gather al the aſſemblie to the dore of the tabernacle.

4 And Moyſes did as our Lord had commaunded. And al the multitude being gathered before the dore of the tabernacle,

5 he ſaid: This is the word, that our Lord hath commanded to be done.

6 And immediatly he “ offered Aaron & his ſonnes: and when he had [::] waſhed them,

7 “ he [::] reueſted the high prieſt, with the ſttait linnen garment, girding him with a bawdrike, and reueſting him with the tunike of hyacinth, and ouer it he put the Ephod,

8 which he ſtraitening with the girdle, fitted it to the Rationale, wherin was [::] Doctrine and Veritie,

9 with the mitre alſo he couered his head: and vpon it, againſt the forehead, he put the plate of gold conſecrated in ſanctification, as our Lord had commanded him.

10 He “ tooke alſo the oyle of vnction, wherwith he anoynted the tabernacle, with al the furniture therof.

11 And ſanctifying them, and hauing ſprinckled the altar ſeuen times, he anoynted it, and al the veſſel therof, and the lauer with the foote therof he ſanctified with the oyle.

12 The which pouring vpon Aarons head, he anoynted, and conſecrated him:

13 his ſonnes alſo after he had offered them, he reueſted with linnen tunikes, and girded them with bawdrikes, and put mitres on them, as our Lord had commanded.

14 He “ offered alſo the calfe for ſinne: and when Aaron and his ſonnes had put their handes vpon the head therof,

15 he did immolate it: drawing the bloud, and dipping his finger, touched the hornes of the altar round about. Which being expiated, and ſanctified, he poured the reſt of the bloud at the botome therof.

16 But the fatte that was vpon the entralles, and the caule of the liuer, and the two little kidneys, with their little tallow he burnt vpon the altar:

17 the calfe with the skinne, and the fleſh, and the dung, he burnt without the campe, as our Lord had commanded.

18 He offered alſo a ramme for an holocauſt: vpon the head wherof when Aaron and his ſonnes had put their handes,

19 he did immolate it, and poured the bloud therof in the circuite of the altar.

20 And cutting the ramme it ſelfe into peeces, the head therof, and the ioyntes, and the fatte he burnt with fire,

21 hauing firſt waſhed the entralles, and the feete. and the whole ramme together he burnt vpon the altar, becauſe it was an holocauſt of moſt ſwete odour to our Lord, as he had commanded him.

22 He offered alſo the ſecond ramme, for the conſecration of prieſts: and Aaron, and his ſonnes did putte their handes vpon the head therof:

23 which when [::] Moyſes had immolated, taking of the bloud therof, he touched the tippe of Aarons right eare, and the thumbe of his right hand, in like maner alſo of his foote.

24 He offered alſo the ſonnes of Aaron: and when of the bloud of the ramme, being immolated, he had touched the tippe of the right eare of euerie one, and the thumbes of the right hand and foote, the reſt he poured on the altar, round about:

25 but the fatte, and the rump, and al the fatte that couereth the entralles, and the caule of the liuer, and the two kidneies with their fatte, & with the right shoulder, he ſeperated.

26 And taking out of the basket of azymes, which was before our Lord, a loafe without leauen, and a manchet tempered with oile, and a wafer he put them vpon the fatte, and the right shoulder,

27 deliuering al to Aaron, and to his ſonnes. Who hauing lifted them vp before our Lord,

28 he tooke them againe of their handes, and burnt them vpon the altar of holocauſt, becauſe it was the oblation of conſecration, for a ſwete odoure, of the ſacrifice to our Lord.

29 And he tooke of the ramme of conſecration, the breſt for his portion, eleuating it before our Lord, as our Lord had commanded him.

30 And taking the oyntment, and the bloud that was vpon the altar, he ſprinckled it vpon Aaron, and his veſtiments, & vpon his ſonnes and their veſtiments.

31 And when he had ſanctified them in their veſtiments, he commanded them, ſaying: Boile the flesh before the dore of the tabernacle, and there eate it. Eate ye alſo the loaues of conſecration, that are laid in the basket, as our Lord commanded me, ſaying: Aaron and his ſonnes shal eate them:

32 and whatſoeuer shal be left of the flesh, and the loaues, fire shal conſume.

33 Out of the dore alſo of the tabernacle you shal not goe forth ſeuen daies, vntil the day wherein the time of your conſecration shal be expired. for in ſeuen dayes the conſecration is finished:

34 as at this preſent it hath bene done, that the rite of the ſacrifice might be accomplished.

35 Day & night shal you tarie in the tabernacle obſeruing the watches of our Lord, leſt you die: for ſo it hath bene commanded me.

36 And Aaron, and his ſonnes dld al thinges which our Lord ſpake by the hand of Moyſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 8

6 [::] VVaſhing ſignified puritie required in Prieſts.
7 [::] Precious veſtiments their dignitie: and holie oile their authoritie.
8 [::] VVhen the high Prieſt at anie time put the Ephod to the Rationale, God gaue anſwers to his demandes, in matters of doctrine and veritie which king Dauid willed Abiathar to doe 1. Reg. 23. v. 9. Neuer could anie woman weue doctrin & veritie. but diuine vviſdom did make ſuch garmēts. S. Cyril. lib. 6. in Leuit.
23 [::] As wel by the function of cōſecrating Prieſts, as of offering Sacrifice it appeareth that Moyſes was a Prieſt▪ Yea the chiefe and hiegheſt Prieſt (ſaith S. Auguſtin) for his more excellent ministerie and extraordinarie calling: Aaron was hiegh prieſt for his Pontifical inueſture, and ordinarie vocation, which ſhould continew in his ſucceſſors. q. 23. in Leuit.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. VIII.

6. Offered Aaron] By this maner of taking, offering, and conſecrating Aaron [Margin: Particular calling and conſecration neceſſarie to prieſtlie offices, & authoritie in ſpiritual cauſes.] Hiegh Prieſt, S. Paul ſheweth that none may chalenge to them ſelues, nor preſume to exerciſe prieſtlie offices, or anie authoritie in ſpiritual cauſes, but ſuch as be orderly called therto. Yea that Chriſt him ſelf would not haue exerciſed this function, but that he was alſo called of God vnto it, ſaying: Euerie [Margin: Heb. 5.] Hiegh Prieſt taken from among men, is appointed for men, in thoſe thinges that pertaine to God. Neither doth anie man take the honour to himſelf, but he that is called of God, as Aaron. So Chriſt alſo did not glorifie himſelf, that he might be made a Hiegh Prieſt: but he that ſpake to him: Thou art a Prieſt for [Margin: Pſal. 109.] euer, according to the order of Melchiſedech. Aarons ſonnes were alſo called, but to lower offices, dignitie, and authoritie. And both he and they were ordained [Margin: Ordering of Prieſtes was a Sacrament in the law of Moyſes.] and conſecrated by a peculiar Sacrament, to wit, by certaine determinate external ceremonies and rites, ſignifying grace geuen them by God, for the due performing of their function. For firſt they were taken from the common ſtate of men, wherby is deſigned their ordinarie vocation; then purified by certaine waſhings and ſacrifice for ſinne, ſignifying ſpecial puritie required in them, afterwardes inueſted with holie and precious garmentes, which ſignified their ſacred function, and great dignitie, excelling al temporal dominion and principalitie; finally conſecrated in ſolemne maner with holie ointment, and bloud of pacifique ſacrifice offered for this purpoſe; other ſacrifice of holocauſt alſo offered in the ſame ſolemnitie.

7. Reueſted] The hiegh Prieſt had ſeuen ſpecial ornaments in his veſture. [Margin: Seuē precious veſtments for the high Prieſt ſignifiing: 1. Puritie. 2 Diſcretion. 3. Good works of edification.] Firſt, a ſtraict linnen vvhite garment; ſignifying puritie of life moſt ſpecially required in Prieſtes. Secondly a girdle, or Bavvdrike, of twiſted ſilke and gold, embrodered worke, in coloures yelow, blew, purple, and ſcarlet; ſignifying diſcrete moderation of his actes, to the ſpiritual profite of al ſortes of people. Thirdly a Tunike, or long robe downe to the foote, of hyacinth; or blew ſilke, at the skirt therof like pomegranates wrought of twiſted ſilke, blew, purple and ſcarlet, and litle belles of pureſt (yelow) gold interpoſed one by the other rownd about; of ech ſorte ſeuentie two; ſignifying heauenlie conuerſation [Margin: S. Hierom. Epiſt ad Fabiol] vpon earth, alſo vnion and concord in faith and maners, with edification [Margin: 4. Toleration of others infirmities] by good workes. Fourthly, an ornament vpon his ſhoulders, called an Ephod, of gold and twiſted ſilke, embrodered of the former coloures, reaching before to the girdle, with two precious Onyx ſtones cloſed in gold, one hauing engrauen ſix names of the tribes of Iſrael, ſet on one ſhoulder, the other hauing the other ſix names on the other shoulder; for a remembrance that he muſt ſupporte, and meekly beare the infirmities of the people. Fiftly, a breaſt [Margin: 5. Knowledge and ſinceritie.] plate called Rationale, of the ſame precious matter, the meaſure of a palme, foure ſquare, embrodered with the ſame foure coloures, with foure rewes of twelue precious ſtones, and therin engrauen the names of the twelue tribes. Beſides which were engrauen alſo VRIM and THVMMIM, Illuminations and Perfections, or Doctrin and Veritie, becauſe the hiegh Prieſt muſt haue knowledge of the truth, and ſincere intention. Likwiſe in the Ephod and Rationale were ringes, hookes, and chaines of pureſt gold, to ioyne them faſt together. Al ſignifying the perpetual ſolicitude and care which he ought to haue in his hart, to know and teach the truth, that the people may truly ſerue God, to his [Margin: 6. Intentiō directed to God 7. Contemplation of God & his workes.] honour and their owne ſaluation. Sixtly, a Mitre of twiſted ſilke, with little crownes embrodered worke, ſet on his head, to ſignifie that he muſt direct al his actions to Gods glorie, that ſitteth aboue al. Seuenthly, A plate of ſacred veneration, made of the fineſt gold, with the moſt holie name of God engrauen, ſet on his forhead; to put him ſtil in remembrance to contemplate God and his workes.

13. His ſonnes] The other Prieſts had three ſpecial ornaments: a linnen vvhite [Margin: Other Prieſtes had alſo three ornamentes.] garment, a Bavvdrike, and a Mitre, for glorie and bewtie; to ſignifie the qualities aboue mentioned, puritie, diſcretion, and direct intention alſo required in them.

10. Tooke oile] A third thing that Moyſes was bid to take, beſides the men and veſtiments, was the holie oile of vnction, which he poured only vpon the [Margin: Aaron annointed high Prieſt] hiegh Prieſts head, not on other Prieſts; to ſignifie that powre deſcended from him to the reſt. But both he and they, and their holie veſtiments were ſprinkled with this oile, and with bloud taken from the altar; their right eares alſo [Margin: His ſonnes alſo conſecrated] were touched with the bloud of a ramme, ſacrificed, and their right thumbes, and great toes of their right handes, and feete; to ſignifie prompt obedience, and right intention, in offering ſacrifice, according to Gods ordinance, and not after the maner of infidels, or humane inuention, nor to anie ſiniſter intent or purpoſe.

14. He offered the calfe] Other thinges which Moyſes was here commanded [Margin: Al three kindes of ſacrifice offered at the conſecration of Prieſts.] to take, at the conſecration of Prieſts, were a calfe, to be offered in ſacrifice for ſinne; two rammes, the one in holocauſt, the other in pacifique ſacrifice, for the conſecration of Prieſts; and a basket of vnleuened bread, to be offered with the two rammes. Al for the greater ſolemnitie of this Sacrament of Orders. By which Aaron and his ſonnes were made the lawful and ordinarie [Margin: Num. ⟨illegible⟩.] Prieſts of the law newly deliuered by Moyſes. And ſo Prieſthood was changed [Margin: Prieſtood and Law changed together.] from the firſt borne of euerie familie, and eſtabliſhed only in Aaron and his ſonnes, and their iſſue male, to be in like ſorte conſecrated. And the reſt of the Leuites to aſſiſt them. By this alſo was prefigured the Sacrament of holie Orders in the Church of Chriſt, with an other change of Prieſthood from the familie & order of Aaron, to Prieſtes of the new Teſtament, of what familie or [Margin: The Sacramēt of holie Orders prefigured. and the new Law.] nation ſoeuer. And withal an other change of the law. For the Prieſthood being tranſlated, it is neceſſarie (ſaith S. Paul) that a tranſlation of the Lavv be alſo [Margin: Heb. 7.] made. And this Sacrament in dede geueth grace (as by the other it was only ſignified) to thoſe that are rightly ordered. As the ſame Apoſtle teſtifieth, willing Timothie to reſuſcitate the grace geuen him by impoſition of handes 2. Timot. 1. S Ambroſe in 1. Timot. 4. S. Auguſt. lib. de bono coniugals: c. 24. &. lib: 2. contra Epſti Parmen Theodoret. q. 48. in lib. Num.

Chapter 9

CHAP. IX. Sacrifices for ſinne, 12. and of holocauſte, 18. and pacifiques are offered: 22. and Aaron ſtretching forth his hand bleſseth the people.

1 AND when the eight day was come, Moyſes called Aaron and his ſonnes, and the ancients of Iſrael, and ſaid to Aaron:

2 Take of the heard[::] a calfe for ſinne, and a ramme for an holoucaſt, both without ſpot, and offer them before our Lord.

3 And to the children of Iſrael thou ſhalt ſpeake: Takeye a bucke goate for ſinne, and a calfe, and a lambe, of a yeare old, & without ſpot for an holoucaſt,

4 an oxe and a ramme for pacifiques: and immolate them before our Lord, offering in the ſacrifice of euerie one, flowre tempered with oile; for to day our Lord wil appeare to you.

5 They tooke therfore al thinges that Moyſes had cōmanded before the dore of the tabernacle: where when al the multitude ſtood,

6 Moyſes ſaid: This is the word, which our Lord hath commanded: doe it,[::] and his glorie wil appeare to you.

7 And he ſaid to Aaron: Approch to the altar, & immolate for thy ſinne: offer the holocauſt, and pray for thy ſelf and for the people, and when thou haſt ſlaine the peoples hoſte, pray for them, as our Lord hath cōmanded.

8 And forthwith Aaron approching to the altar, immolated the calfe for his ſinne:

9 the bloud wherof his ſonnes brought to him: wherin dipping his finger, he touched the hotnes of the altar, and poured the reſt at the foote therof.

10 And the fatte, and the litle kidneis, and the caule of the liuer, which are for ſinne, he burnt vpon the altar, as our Lord had commanded Moyſes:

11 but the flesh and skinne therof he burnt with fire without the campe.

12 He immolated alſo the victime of holocauſt: and his ſonnes brought him the bloud therof, which he poured in the circuite of the altar.

13 The hoſte alſo it ſelfe being cut into peeces, they brought with the head and euerie member. Al which he burnt with fire vpon the altar,

14 hauing firſt washed the entralles and the feete with water.

15 And offering for the ſinne of the people, he ſlew the bucke goat: and exp⟨illegible⟩ating the altar:

16 he made the holocauſt,

17 adding in the ſacrifice the libaments, which are offered withal, and burning them vpon the altar, be ſide the ceremonies of the morning holocauſt.

18 He immolated alſo the oxe, and the ramme, the pacifique hoſtes of the people: and his ſonnes brought him the bloud, which he poured vpon the altar round about.

19 The fatte alſo of the oxe, and the rump of the ramme, and the two little kindneis with their fatte, and the caule of the liuer

20 they put vpon the breſts. and after the fatte was burnt vpon the altar,

21 their breſts, and the right shoulders, Aaron did ſeperate, eleuating them before our Lord, as Moyſes had commanded.

22 And[::] ſtretching forth his hand to the people, he bleſſed them. And ſo the hoſtes for ſinne, and the holocauſtes, and the pacifiques being finiſhed, he deſcended.

23 And Moyſes and Aaron going into the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and afterward comming forth, bleſſed the people. And the glorie of our Lord appeared to al the multitude:

24 and behold[::] a fire coming forth from our Lord, deuoured the holocauſt, and the fatte that was vpon the altar: Which thing, when the multitude had ſenne, they praiſed our Lord, falling on their faces.

Marginal notes to Chapter 9

2 [::] The people before worſhipped a calfe for God. Exod 32. Now therfore they offer a calfe in ſacrifice to God, for their ſinne, and to kepe them from idolatrie▪ S. Hieron▪ in Hierem. 7.
6 [::] God appeared in his worke by ſending fire to burne the ſacrifice, without mans induſtrie v. 24.
22 [::] This did ſignifie that Chriſt, in whō al nations are bleſſed, ſhould be ſtretched on the Croſſe where he redemed vs, in memorie wher of we now make the ſigne of the Croſſe.
24 [::] The Prieſts were commāded to nouriſh and kepe this fire petpetually▪ that it should not be extinguiſhed. cha. 6. v. 12.

Chapter 10

CHAP. X. Nadab and Abiu the ſonnes of Aaron, for offering ſtrange fire, are burnt to death, and caſt out of the campe. 6. for whom the people mourne, but not the Prieſts. 8. Prieſts are forbid to drinke wine, when they enter into the tabernacle, 12. and are commanded to eate the reſidew of oblations in the holie place. 16. which this timein part they omitted, and are excuſed, being ſorowful for that vvhich happened to Nadab and Abiu.

1 AND Nadab, and Abiu the ſonnes of Aaron catching cenſors, did put in fire, and incenſe therupon, offering before our Lord ſtrange fire: which was not commanded them.

2 And fire comming forth from our Lord, [::] deuoured them, and they dyed before our Lord.

3 And Moyſes ſaid to Aaron: This is it which our Lord hath ſpoken: I wil be ſanctified in them, that approch to me, and in tbe ſight of al the people I wil be glorified. Which Aaron hearing held his peace.

4 And Moyſes calling Miſael, and Eliſaphan the ſonnes of Oziel, the vncle of Aaron, ſaid to them: Goe and take away your bretheren from the ſight of the Sanctuarie, and carie them without the campe.

5 And going forthwith they tooke them as they lay, reueſted with linnen tunikes, & did caſt them forth, as it had bene commanded them.

6 And Moyſes ſpake to Aaron, & to Eleazar, and Ithamar his ſonnes: Vncouer not your heades, and rent not your veſtiments, leſt perhaps you die, and indignation come vpon al the aſſemblie. Let your brethren, and al the houſe of Iſrael, lament the burning that our Lord hath raiſed,

7 and your ſelues ſhal not goe out of the dore of the tabernacle, otherwiſe you shal perish: for the oyle of holie vnction is vpon you. Who did al thinges according to the precept of Moyſes.

8 Our Lord alſo ſaid to Aaron:

9 Wine, and anie thing that may make drunke, you shal not drinke, thou and thy ſonnes, [::] when you enter into the tabernacle of teſtimonie, leſt you die: becauſe it is an euerlaſting precept through your generations.

10 And that you may haue knowledge to diſcerne betwen the holie and prophane, betwen the polluted and cleane:

11 and may teach the children of Iſrael al my ordinances, which the Lord hath ſpoken to them by the hand of Moyſes.

12 And Moyſes ſpake to Aaron and to Eleazar, and Ithamar his ſonnes, that were left: Take the ſacrifice, that is remayning of the oblation of our Lord, and eate it without leauen beſide the altar, becauſe it is Holie of holies.

13 And you ſhal eate it in a holie place: which is giuen to thee and thy ſonnes of the oblations of our Lord, as it hath bene commanded me.

14 The breſt alſo that is offered, and the ſhoulder that is ſeperated, you shal eate in a moſt cleane place thou and thy ſonnes, and thy daughters with thee. For they are laid apart for thee and thy children, of the healthful hoſtes of the children of Iſrael:

15 becauſe the ſhoulder and the the breſt, and the fatte that is burnt on the altar, they haue eleuated before our Lord, and they pertaine to thee, and to thy ſonues by a perpetual lawe, as our Lord hath commanded.

16 Among theſe thinges, when Moyſes ſought for the bucke goate, that had bene offered for ſinne, he found it burnt: and being angrie againſt Eleazar, and Ithamar the ſonnes of Aaron that remained, he ſaid:

17 Why did you not eate the hoſte for ſinne, in a holie place, which is moſt Holie, and geuen to you, that you may beare the iniquitie of the multitude, and may pray for it in the ſight of our Lord,

18 eſpecially wheras of the bloud therof, there hath not bene caried within the holie places, and you ought to haue eaten it in the Sanctuarie, as it was commanded me?

19 Aaron anſwered: This day hath bene offered the victime for ſinne, and the holocauſt before our Lord: and to me that is chanced which thou ſeeſt. how could I eate it, or pleaſe our Lord in ceremonies hauing [::] a ſorowful hart?

20 Which when Moyſes had heard, he was ſatisfied with his anſwere.

Marginal notes to Chapter 10

2 [::] Such as receiued more at Gods hand, are more ſeuerly puniſhed if they tranſgreſſe. S. Aug. q. 21. in Leuit. By this alſo al are warned to be content with the doctrine of the Holie Ghoſt, to abhorre hereſies, the fautors wherof adde falſehood to Gods word, & preferre their owne wicked inuentions be fore the true ſenſe of holie Scripture. Theod. q 9. in Leuit.
9 [::] Abſtinence from wine cōmanded to Prieſts when they ſerued in the tabernacle not at other times▪ for they ſerued at certaine times by turnes. Theod. q. 10 in Leuit. As for drunkennes it is forbid to al men, and at al times.
19 [::] Natural gri⟨illegible⟩e of mind made Aaron both vnwilling to eate & leſſe apt to co⟨illegible⟩plete al the ceremonies: ſo without ſinne he omitted that pertained to his commoditie, offering it to God.

Chapter 11

CHAP. XI. The diſtinction of cleane and vncleane in beaſtes, fish, birdes, and other things. [Margin: The third part Of things cleane and vncleane, with the maner of purifying: & other precepts moral & iudicial.] 43. With commandment to be holie, and impolluted.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes and [::] Aaron, ſaying:

2 Say to the children of Iſrael: Theſe are the beaſts which you ought to eate of al the liuing things of the earth

3 Euerie one that hath the hoofe diuided, and cheweth the cudde among the cattel, you ſhal eate.

4 But whatſoeuer in dede cheweth the cudde, and hath an hoofe, but diuideth it not, as the camel, and others, that you ſhal not eate, and among the▪ vncleane you ſhal repute it.

5 Cherogril which cheweth the cudde, and diuideth not the hoofe, is vncleane.

6 The hare alſo: for that alſo cheweth the cudde, but diuideth not the hoofe.

7 And the ſwine: which though it diuideth the hoofe, cheweth not the cudde.

8 The flesh of theſe you ſhal not eate, nor touch their carcaſſes, becauſe they are vncleane to you.

9 Theſe are the thinges that brede in the waters, and which it is lawful to eate. Al that hath finnes, and ſcales, aſwel in the ſea, as in the riuers, and the pooles, you ſhal eate.

10 But whatſoeuer hath not finnes and ſcales, of thoſe that moue and liue in the waters, ſhalbe vnto you abhominable,

11 and execrable, their flesh you shal not eate, and their carcaſſes you ſhal avoide.

12 Al that haue not finnes and ſcales in the waters, ſhal be polluted.

13 Of birdes theſe are they which you muſt not eate, and are to be auoided of you: The Eagle, and the griffon, and the oſprey,

14 and the kite, and the vulture according to his kinde,

15 and euerie one of the rauens kinde, according to their ſimilitude,

16 the oſtrich, and the owle, and the ſterne, and the hauke according to his kinde.

17 the ſcritchowle, and the diuer, and the ſtorke,

18 and the ſwanne, and the onocratal, and the porphirion,

19 the herodian, and the charadrion according to his kind, the lapwing alſo, and the batte.

20 Of foules euerie one that goeth vpon foure feete, shal be abhominable to you.

21 And whatſoeuer walketh vpon foure feete, but hath the legges behind longer, wherwith he hoppeth vpon the earth,

22 that you ſhal eate, as is the bruke in his kind, the attake, and the ophiomach, and the locuſt, euerie one according to their kinde.

23 But of foule whatſoeuer hath foure feete onlie, shal be execrable to you:

24 and whatſoeuer ſhal touch the carcaſſes of them, shal be polluted, and shal be vncleane [::] vntil euen:

25 and if it be neceſſarie that he carie anie of theſe that be dead, he shal wash his clothes, and shal be vncleane vntil ſunne ſette.

26 Euerie beaſt that hath a hoofe, but diuideth it not, neither cheweth the cudde, shal be vncleane: and whatſoeuer toucheth it, shal be defiled.

27 That which walketh vpon hands of al beaſts, which goe on foure feete, shal be vncleane: he that toucheth their carcaſſes, shal be polluted vntil euen.

28 And he that carieth ſuch carcaſſes, shal wash his clothes, and shal be vncleane vntil euen: becauſe theſe thinges are vncleane to you.

29 Theſe alſo shal be reputed among polluted thinges, of al that moue vpon the earth, the weeſel and the mouſe and the crocadile, euerie one according to their kinde,

30 the migale, and the camelean, and the ſtellion, and the lizard, and the moule:

31 al theſe are vncleane. He that toucheth their carcaſſes, shal be vncleane vntil euen:

32 and that wherupon anie thing of their carcaſſes falleth, shal be polluted aſwel veſſel of wood and rayment, as skinnes and haire clothes: and in whatſoeuer veſſel anie worke is done, they shal be dipped in water, and shal be polluted vntil euen, and ſo afterward shal be cleane.

33 But the earthen veſſel, wherinto anie of theſe falleth within it, shal be polluted, and therfore is to be broken.

34 Al meate, which you shal eate, if the water be poured vpon it, shal be vncleane; and al liquor that is dronke of al veſſel, shal be vncleane.

35 And vpon whatſoeuer ought of ſuch carcaſſes falleth, it shal be vncleane: whether ouens, o⟨illegible⟩ pottes with feete, they shal be diſtroyed, and shal be vncleane.

36 But the fountaines and the ceſternes, and al collection of waters shal be cleane. He that toucheth their carcaſſe, shal be polluted.

37 If it fal vpon ſeede corne it shal not pollute it.

38 But if any man poure water vpon the ſeede, and afterward it be touched with the carcaſſes, it shal be forthwith polluted.

39 If a beaſt be dead, of which it is lawful for you to eate, he that toucheth the carcaſſe therof, shal be vncleane vntil euen:

40 and he that eateth or carieth anie thing therof; shal wash his clothes, and shal be vncleane vntil euen.

41 Al that creepeth vpon the earth, shal be abhominable, neither shal it be taken for meate.

42 Whatſoeuer goeth vpon the breſt on foure feete, and hath manie feete, or traileth on the earth, you shal not eate, becauſe it is abhominable.

43 Doe not contaminate your ſoules, not touch ought therof, leſt you be vncleane.

44 For I am the Lord your God: be holie, becauſe I am holie. Pollute not your ſoules in anie creeping beaſt, that moueth vpon the earth.

45 For I am the Lord, that brought you out of the Land of Aegypt, that I might be your God. † You shal be holie becauſe I am holie.

46 This is the lawe of beaſts and foules, and of euerie liuing ſoule, that moueth in the waters, and creepeth on the earth,

47 that you may know the differences of the cleane, and the vncleane, and know what you ought to eate, and what to refuſe.

Marginal notes to Chapter 11

1 [::] Hitherto God reueled his Law to Moyſes onlie, and by him to the people. Now alſo to Aaron after he was cōſecrated high Prieſt: yet not alwayes, for Moyſes was ſtil ſuperior. chap. 12. 14. 16. 17. &c.
24 [::] If in dede this vncleānes were a ſinne, it ſhould be clenſed by contritiō, and neither neceſſarily remaine til night, nor thē be taken away without other meanes.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XI.

4. Vncleane you shal repute it.] In the firſt age of the world, before Noes [Margin: Gen. 7. ⟨illegible⟩. 8.] [Margin: Some things connted vncleane in the law of nature & of Moyſes. Three cauſes of this obſeruance. 1. For inſtruction. 2. For exerciſe of obedience.] floud, and ſo forward by tradition; and after by the written Law, ſome liuing creatures were reputed vncleane, and forbid to be eaten or offered in ſacrifice. Not as euel of themſelues, for euerie creature of God is good, by nature [Margin: 1. Tim. 4.] and creation: but this diſtinction and prohibition was made in the old Teſtament, for iuſt cauſes, as the ancient fathers note ſpecially three. Firſt, for inſtruction of the people much inclined to idolatrie, God diſtinguiſhed al beaſtes, birdes, and fishes into cleane and vncleane, wherby al men might know, that none of them is God. For hovv can anie man of reaſon (ſaieth lerned Theodoret. q. 11. in Leuit.) thinck that to be God, vvhich either he abhorreth as vncleane, or offereth in ſacrifice to the true God, and eateth therof himſelf? Secondly, God commanded this obſeruance to exerciſe his people in obedience, with precepts not otherwiſe neceſſarie, but becauſe he ſo commanded. As at firſt he commanded Adam not to eate of the tree of knowledge of good and euel. The tranſgreſſion wherof brought al mankind into miſerie. From which againe Chriſt by his [Margin: Rom. 5. 2. Mach. 6. & 7.] obedience redemed vs. For obſeruation of this law old Eleazarus, and the ſeuen bretheren with their mother, did geue their liues, rather then they would eate ſwines fleſh, and for the ſame are glorious Martyrs, as teſtifie S. Cyprian Epiſt 56. ad Thibaritanos. & li. de exhort. Mart. c 11. S. Gregorie Nazianzen, orat. 20. de Machab. S. Chryſoſtom. de natiuitate ſeptem Machab. S. Ambroſe. li. 1. de officijs. c. 4. & li. 2. de Iacob. c. 10. & 11. and the whole Church [Margin: 3. For ſignification.] celebrating their feaſt, the firſt day of Auguſt. Thirdly and moſt ſpecially theſe obſeruations were commanded for ſignification of vertues to be embraced, and of vices or ſinnes to be auoided. Such beaſtes therfore were holden for cleane, and allowed for mans foode, as diuide the hoofe, and ruminate, or chew the cudde, ſignifying diſcretion betwixt good and euel; and diligent [Margin: The things holden for cleane ſignified vertues.] conſideration, or meditation of Gods law: and the beaſtes which lack thoſe two properties of diuiding the hoofe, and chewing the cudde, or either of them, were reputed vncleane, ſignifying ſuch men as care not whether they do wel or euel, or do not ruminate, and meditate good things, which they heare or read, forgetting or neglecting, what is taught them. Likewiſe the [Margin: The vncleane ſignified vices.] fiſhes that haue finnes and ſcales, which ſignifie eleuating of the mind, and auſteritie of life, were counted cleane: but theſe that want either of the ſame were vncleane and prohibited. Alſo certaine birdes were eſtemed cleane and allowed to be eaten: others vncleane and forbid As the Eagle, ſignifying pride: the griffon, tyrannie; the oſprey, oppreſſion; the kire, fraud; the vultare, ſedition; al kindes of rauens, carnal voluptouſnes; the oſtrich, worldlie cares; the owle, ſlouth, or dulnes in ſpiritual things; the ſterne, duble dealing; al kindes of haukes, crueltie; the ſchritch owle, luxnrie; the diuer, gluttonie; the ſtorke, enuie; the ſwanne, hypocriſie; the onocratal, auarice; the porphirion, ſelfe wil; the herodian, a bloudie mind; the caladrion, much babling; the lapwing, deſolation of mind, or deſperation; the batte, earthlie policie; and the like in other birdes, beaſtes, and fishes. Al agreable to that time, in which (ſaieth S. Auguſtin. li. 6 c 7. cont. Fauſt.) thoſe things were to be foreſhewed, not [Margin: Chriſtians are not bound to the obſeruances of the old law, but to that which they ſignified.] only in wordes, but alſo in factes, which ſhould be reueled in latter time; and being now reueled by Chriſt, and in Chriſt, the burdenous obſeruances are not impoſed to the faithful gentiles, to whom yet the authoritie of the prophecie is commended. To the ſame effect. li. cont. Adimant, c. 15. & li 50. homil. ho. 45. S Hicrom. in Matt. 15 Origenes, ho. 7. S. Cyril. li. 7. in Leuit. S. Gregorie, in Cant. 7. Procopius in Leuit. 11. Out of whom and others S. Thomas explicateth at large, that which we haue here briefly noted. 1. 2. q. 102. 2. 6.

Chapter 12

CHAP. XII. The law of wemens purification that beare children. [Margin: The ſecond & third Leſſons on Candlemas day.]

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou ſhalt ſay to them: A woman, if [::] receauing ſeede ſhe beare a man child, shal be vncleane ſeuen daies, according to the daies of the ſeparation of her floures.

3 And the eight day the litle infant shal be circumciſed:

4 but her ſelf shal remaine three & thirtie daies in the bloud of her purification: No holie thing shal she touch, neither shal she enter into the Sanctuarie, vntil the daies of her purification be expired.

5 But if she beare a woman child, she shal be vncleane two weekes, according to the cuſtome of the fluxe of her flowers, and ſixtie ſix daies ſhe shal remaine in the bloud of her purification.

6 And when the daies of her purification are expired, for a ſonne, or for a daughter, she shal bring a lambe of a yeare old for an holocauſt, and a young pigeon or a turtle for ſinne, to the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and shal deliuer them to the prieſt,

7 who shal offer them before our Lord, and shal pray for her, and ſo she shal be cleanſed from the fluxe of her bloud. this is the lawe for her that beareth a man child or woman child.

8 And if her hand finde not, neither is able to offer a lambe, she shal take two turtles, or two young pigeons, one for an holocauſt, and an other for ſinne. and the prieſt shal pray for her, and ſo she shal be cleanſed.

Marginal notes to Chapter 12

2 [::] The moſt pure virgin mother, was not ſubiect to this law For she conceiued not by the ſeede of man, yet obſerued the cuſtome of other wemen Luc. 2. as Chriſt alſo would be baptized by S. Iohn Baptiſt. Mat. 3. to geue example of humilitie. S. Cyril. li. 8. in Leuit. S Bernard Ser. 3. de Purific.

Chapter 13

CHAP. XIII. The law concerning leproſie in men, 47. and in garments.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, and Aaron, ſaying:

2 The man, in whoſe skinne and flesh shal ariſe a diuers colour or a bliſter, or any thing as it were shyning, that is to ſay the plague of the leproſie, shal be brought [::] to Aaron the prieſt, or any one of his ſonnes.

3 Who ſeing the leproſie in his skinne, & the heare turned into a white colour, and the forme it ſelf of the leproſie lower then the skinne, and the other flesh: it is the plague of the leproſie, and at his arbitrement he shal be ſeperated.

4 But if there be a shining whiteneſſe in the skinne, and not lower then the other flesh, and the heare of the old colour, the prieſt shal shut him vp ſeuen daies,

5 and the ſeuenth day he shal vew him: and if the leproſie be growne no farder, nor hath paſſed the former limites in the skinne, againe he shal shut him vp other ſeuen daies.

6 And the ſeuenth day he shal behold: if the leproſie be ſomewhat obſcure, and not growne in the skinne, he ſhal cleanſe him, becauſe it is a ſcabbe: and the man shal wash his clothes, and shal be cleane.

7 And if the leproſie grow againe, after that he was ſene of the prieſt and reſtored to cleanneſſe; he ſhal he brought vnto him,

8 and shal be condemned of vncleanneſſe.

9 If the plague of the leproſie be in a man, he ſhal be brought to the prieſt,

10 and he shal view him. And when there is [::] a white colour in the skinne, and hath changed the looke of the heare, and the flesh alſo it ſelfe appeare quicke:

11 it shal be iudged a verie old leproſie, and growne into the skinne. The prieſt therfore shal contaminate him, and shal not shut him vp, becauſe he is vncleane euidently.

12 But if the leproſie ſpring forth running about in the skinne, and couer al the flesh from the head to the feete, whatſoeuer falleth vnder the ſight of the eies,

13 the prieſt shal vew him, and shal iudge that he is taken with a [::] moſt cleane leproſie: for that it is al turned into whitneſſe, and therfore the man shal be cleane.

14 But when there ſhal appeare in him quicke flesh,

15 then by the iudgement of the prieſt he shal be polluted, and shal be reputed among the vncleane. for quick fleſh if it be ſpotted with leproſie, is vncleane.

16 And if againe it be turned into whiteneſſe, and couer al the man,

17 the prieſt shal vew him, and shal iudge him to be cleane.

18 And the fleſh and the skinne wherin a boile is riſen, and healed,

19 and in the place of the boile, there appeare a white ſcarre, or ſomewhat redde, the man shal be brought to the prieſt:

20 and when he ſhal ſee the place of the leproſie lower then the other flesh, and the heare turned into whitenes, he shal contaminate him: for the plague of leproſie is riſen in the boile.

21 But if the heare be of the old colour, and the ſcarre ſomewhat obſcure, & be not lower then the next flesh, he shal shut him vp ſeuē dayes.

22 And if it be growne farder, he shal iudge him to haue the leproſie.

23 but if it ſtay in his place, it is the ſcarre of a boile, and the man shal be cleane.

24 And the fleſh and skinne, that fire hath burnt, and being healed hath a white or a reade ſcarre,

25 the prieſt shal conſider it, and loe it is turned into whiteneſſe, and the place therof is lower then the other skinne: he shal contaminate him, becauſe the plague of leproſie is riſen in the ſcarre.

26 But if the colour of the heare be not changed, nor the blemish lower then the other fleſh, and the forme it ſelf of the leproſie be ſomewhat obſcure, he shal shut him vp ſeuen dais,

27 and the ſeuente day he shal behold him: if the leptoſie be growne farder in the skinne, he shal contaminate him,

28 but if the whitnes ſtay in his place, not very cleare, it is the plague of a burning, and therfore he shal be cleanſed, becauſe it is the ſcarre of a burning.

29 Man, or woman, in whoſe head or beard the leproſie riſeth, the prieſt shal ſee them.

30 and if the place be lower then the other flesh, and the heare yelow, and thinner then it was wont; he shal contaminate them, becauſe it is the leproſie of the heade and the beard.

31 But if he perceiue the place of the ſpotte equal with the flesh neere vnto it, and the heare blacke: he shal shut him vp ſeuen daies,

32 and in the ſeuenth day he shal looke vpon it. If the ſpotte be nor growne, and the heare be of his owne colour, and the place of the plague euen with the other flesh:

33 the man shal be shauen ſauing the place of the ſpotte, and shal be shut vp orther ſeuen daies.

34 If the ſeuenth day the plague ſeeme to haue ſtaid in his place, & not lower then the other flesh, he shal cleanſe him, and his clothes being washed he shal be cleane.

35 But if after his clenſing the ſpotte be growne againe in the skinne,

36 he shal no more ſeeke whether the heare be changed into a yelow colour, becauſe he is euidently vncleane.

37 Moreouer if the ſpotte be ſtaid, & the heare be blacke, let him know that the man is healed, and let him boldly pronounce him cleane.

38 Man, or woman, in whoſe skinne appeareth whiteneſſe,

39 the prieſt shal vew them. If he find that whitneſſe ſomewhat obſcure shineth in the skinne, let him know that it is not the leproſie, but a ſpotte of white colour, and that the man is cleane.

40 The man whoſe heare falleth of from his head, is bald and cleane:

41 and if the heare fal from his forehead, he is bald before and cleane.

42 But if in the baldneſſe or in the baldneſſe before there be riſen a white or reddish colour,

43 and the prieſt perceiue this, he shal condemne him vndoubtedly of leproſie, which is riſen in the baldneſſe.

44 Whoſoeuer therfote shal be defiled with leproſie & is ſeparated at the arbitrement of the prieſt,

45 ſhal haue his clothes hanging looſe, his head bare, his mouth couered with a cloth, he shal crie him ſelf polluted and vncleane.

46 Al the time that he is a lepre & vncleane, he shal dwel alone without the campe.

47 A wollen or linnen garment, that shal haue the leproſie

48 in the warpe, and the woufc, or els a skinne, or whatſoeuer is made of a skinne,

49 if it be a white or reddish ſpott, it shal be reputed infected with leproſie, and shal be shewed to the prieſt.

50 Who hauing conſidered it shal shut it vp ſeuen daies:

51 and the ſeuenth day againe beholding it, if he find that it is growne, it is a leproſie that continueth: he shal iudge the garment polluted, and euerie thing wherin it shal be found,

52 and therfore it shal be burnt with fire.

53 But if he ſee that it is not growne,

54 he shal command, and they shal wash that, wherin the leproſie is, and he shal shut it vp other ſeuen daies.

55 And when he shal ſee that the old shape is not returned, neither yet that the leproſie is growen furder, he shal iudge it vncleane, and burne it with fire, for that the leproſie is ſpred in the outſide of the garment or through the whole.

56 But if the place of the leproſie be ſomewhat obſcure, after that the garment is washed, he shal breake it of, and diuide it from that which is ſounde.

57 And if beſides in thoſe places, that before were without ſpotte there appeare a flying and wandring leproſie: it muſt be burnt with fire:

58 if it be ceaſſed, he shal wash with water the partes, that be pure, the ſecond time, & they shal be cleane.

59 This is the law of the leproſie of a wollen and linnen garment, of the warpe and the woufe, and of al ſtuffe of skinnes, how it ought to be clenſed, or contaminated.

Marginal notes to Chapter 13

2 [::] It pertained to the Prieſts to diſcerne of leproſie, in figure of Prieſtes authoritie to bind and looſe ſinnes in the new Teſtament. S. Chryſoſt. li. 3. de Sacerdotio.
10 [::] Leproſie making ſpottes in the skinne of an other colour, ſignifieth hereſie, that mixeth falſhood with truth. ⟨illegible⟩ Aug. li. 2. queſt. Euangel. c. 4⟨illegible⟩.
13 [::] Sometimes that ſemeth leproſie, or herelie, which is not: wherof the prieſt is to iudge. Deut. 17.

Chapter 14

CHAP. XIIII. Sacrifices for clenſing leproſie in men, 33. the maner of viewing whether leproſie be in a houſe or no, 40. and of clenſing it.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 This is the rite of a lepre, when he is to be cleanſed.

3 He shal be brought to the prieſt: who going out of the campe, when he shal finde that the leproſie is cleanſed,

4 he shal command him, that is purified, that he [::] offer for him ſelfe two liue ſparowes, which it is lawful to eate, and cedar wood, and ſcarlet & hyſſope.

5 and he shal command that one of the ſparowes be immolated in an earthen veſſel ouer [*] liuing water:

6 but the other being aliue with the cedar wood, and ſcarlet and the hyſſope he shal dippe in the bloud of the ſparowe that is immolated,

7 wherwith he shal ſprinckle him, that is to be cleanſed, ſeuen times, that he may be rightly purged: and he shal let goe the liue ſparow, that it flie into the field.

8 And when the man hath washed his clothes, he shal ſhaue al the heare of his bodie, and shal be washed with water: and being purified he shal enter into the campe, yet ſo for al that, that he tarie without his owne tent ſeuen daies,

9 and the ſeuenth day he shal shaue the heare of his head, and his beard and eye browes, and the heare of his whole bodie. And hauing washed againe his clothes, and his bodie,

10 the eight day he ſhal take two lambes without ſpotte, and an ewe of a yeare old without ſpotte, and three tenths of floure tempered with oyle for a ſacrifice, and a ſextarie of oyle apart.

11 And when the prieſt that purifieth the man, hath ſet him, and al theſe things before the Lord in the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie,

12 he ſhal take a lambe, and offer it for offence, & the ſextarie of oyle. and hauing offered al before the Lord,

13 he shal immolate the lambe, where the hoſte for ſinne is wont to be immolated, and the holocauſt, that is, in a holie place. For as for ſinne, ſo alſo the hoſte for offence pertaineth to the prieſt: it is Holie of holies.

14 And the prieſt taking of the bloud of the hoſte, that was immolated for offence, ſhal put it vpon the tippe of the right eare of him that is cleanſed, and vpon the thumbes of his right hand and foote:

15 and of the ſextarie of oile he shal poure into his owne left hand,

16 and shal dippe his right finger in it and shal ſprinckle before the Lord ſeuen times.

17 and the reſidue of the oile in his left hand, he shal poure vpon the tippe of the right eare of him that is cleanſed, and vpon the thumbes of his right hand and foote, and vpon the bloud that was ſhed for offence,

18 and vpon his head.

19 And he ſhal pray for him before the Lord, and shal make the ſacrifice for ſinne. then shal he immolate the holocauſt,

20 and put it on the altar with the libaments therof, and the man shal orderly be cleanſed.

21 But if he be poore, and his hand can not finde the thinges aforeſaid, for offence he shal take a lambe for an oblation, that the prieſt may pray for him, and a tenth part of floure tempered with oile for a ſacrifice, and of oile a ſextarie,

22 and two turtles or two young pigeons, of the which let one be for ſinne, and the other for an holocauſt:

23 and he shal offer them the eight day of his purification to the prieſt, at the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie before the Lord:

24 who receiuing the lambe for offence, and the ſextarie of oile, shal eleuate them together:

25 and the lambe being immolated, of the bloud therof he shal put vpon the tippe of the right eare of him that is cleanſed, and vpon the thumbes of his right hand and foote:

26 but part of the oile he shal poure into his owne left hand,

27 wherin dipping the finger of his right hand, he shal ſprinckle it ſeuen times before the Lord:

28 and he shal touch the tippe of the right eare of him that is cleanſed, and the thumbes of his right hand & foote, in the place of the bloud that was shed for offence:

29 and the other part of the oyle, that is in his left hand, he shal poure vpon the head of the purified perſon, that he may propitiate the Lord for him:

30 and a turtle, or yong pigeon he shal offer,

31 one for offence, and the other for an holocauſt, with their libaments.

32 This is the ſacrifice of a lepre, that is not able to haue al thinges for the cleanſing of him ſelf.

33 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying:

34 When you shal be entred into the Land of Chanaan, which I wil geue you in poſſeſſion, if there be the plague of leproſie in a houſe,

35 he whoſe houſe it is, shal goe & tel the prieſt, ſaying: It ſemeth to me, that there is as it were the plague of leproſie in my houſe.

36 But he shal command, that they carie forth al thinges out of the houſe, before he goe into it, and ſee whether it haue the leproſie, leſt al thinges become vncleane that are in the houſe. And afterward he shal goe in to conſider the leproſie of the houſe:

37 & if he ſee in the walles therof as it were litle dintes, diſfigured with paleneſſe or redneſſe, and lower then al the reſt,

38 he shal goe out of the dore of the houſe, and forthwith shut it ſeuen daies.

39 And returning the ſeuenth day, he shal conſider it. If he finde that the leproſie is growne,

40 he shal command, the ſtones wherein the leproſie is, to be plucked out, and to be throwen without the citie into an vncleane place:

41 & the houſe it ſelf to be ſcraped on the inſide round about, and the duſt of the ſcraping to be diſperſed without the citie into an vncleane place,

42 and other ſtones to be laid in their places, that were taken away, and the houſe to be playſtered with other morter.

43 But if after the ſtones be plucked out, & the duſt ſcraped of, and it playſtered with other earth,

44 the prieſt going in perceiue that the leproſie is returned, and the walles ful of ſpottes, it is a laſting leproſie, and the houſe vncleane:

45 the which forthwith they shal deſtroy, and the ſtones and timber therof, and al the duſt they shal caſt without the towne into an vncleane place.

46 He that entreth into the houſe when it is shut, shal be vncleane vntil euen:

47 and he that ſleepeth in it, and eateth anything, shal wash his clothes.

48 But if the prieſt going in perceiue that the leproſie is not growne farder in the houſe, after it was playſtred againe, he shal purifie it being made whole againe:

49 and for the purification therof he shal take two ſparowes, and cedrewood, and ſcarlet and hyſſope:

50 and when one ſparow is immolated in an earthen veſſel ouer liuing waters,

51 he shal take the ceder wood, and the hyſſope, and the ſcarlet, and the liue ſparowe, and shal dippe al in the bloud of the ſparowe that is immolated, and in the liuing water, and he ſhal ſprinckle the houſe ſeuen times,

52 and shal purifie it as wel with the bloud of the ſparow, as with the liuing water and with the liue ſparow, and with the cedrewoode and the hyſſope and the ſcarlet.

53 And when he hath let goe the ſparow to flie freely away into the field, he shal pray for the houſe, and it shal be rightly cleanſed.

54 This is the law of al leproſie and percuſſion,

55 of the leproſie of garments and houſes,

56 of a ſcarre and of bliſters breaking forth, of a shining ſpotte, and when the colours are changed into diuers kindes,

57 that it may be knowen at what time anie thing is cleane, or vncleane.

Marginal notes to Chapter 14

4 [::] This gift & ſacrifice were commanded (ſaith S. Auguſtin) becauſe the Sacrifice of Chriſts bodie was not yet ordained, which now ſerueth for al other ſacrifices. l⟨illegible⟩ ▪ 1. ca. 19. et. 20. cont. aduerſar. ⟨illegible⟩eg. et. prophet.
5 [*] of vvel or riuer, not of a ceſterne poole, or marr⟨illegible⟩.

Chapter 15

CHAP. XV. The law of vncleane iſſues in men, 19. and in wemen.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes and Aaron, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and ſay to them; The man that hath a fluxe of ſede, shal be [::] vncleane.

3 And then he shal be iudged ſubiect to this fault, when the filthie humour at euerie moment, cleaueth to his flesh, and is congealed.

4 Euerie bedde wheron he ſleepeth, shal be vncleane, and where ſoeuer he ſitteth.

5 If anie man touch his bedde, he shal waſh his clothes: and him ſelf being washed with water, shal be vncleane vntil euen.

6 If he ſitte where that man had ſitten, he alſo shal wash his clothes: and being washed with water, shal be vncleane vntil euen.

7 he that toucheth his flesh, shal wash his clothes: and him ſelf being washed with water shal be vncleane vntil euen.

8 If ſuch a man caſt his ſpittle vpon him that is cleane, he shal wash his clothes: and being washed with water he shal be vncleane vntil euen.

9 The padde wherupon he ſitteth shal be vncleane:

10 and whatſoeuer hath bene vnder him, that hath the fluxe of ſeede, shal be polluted vntil euen. He that carieth any of theſe thinges, shal wash his clothes: and him ſelf being washed with water, shal be vncleane vntil euen.

11 Euerie one, whom he toucheth that is ſuch an one, hauing not waſhed his handes before, ſhal wash his clothes, and being washed with water, ſhal be vncleane vntil euen.

12 The earthen veſſel that he toucheth ſhal be broken: but the wodden veſſel ſhal be washed with water.

13 If he be healed that hath ſuch a diſeaſe, he shal number ſeuen daies after his cleanſing, and hauing washed his clothes, and al his bodie, in liuing water, he shal be cleane.

14 And the eight day he ſhal take two turtles, or two yong pigeons, and he shal come into the ſight of our Lord, to the dore fo the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and ſhal geue them to the prieſt.

15 who ſhal [::] make one for ſinne, and the other for an holocauſt, and he shal pray for him before our Lord, that he may be cleanſed of the fluxe of his ſeede.

16 The man from whom iſſueth the ſeede of copulation, shal wash with water al his bodie: and he shal be vncleane vntil euen.

17 The garment and skinne, that he weareth, he shal wash with water, and it shal be vncleane vntil euen.

18 The woman with whom he compaineth shal be washed with water and shal be vncleane vntil euen.

19 The woman that monthly hath the fluxe of bloud, shal be ſeparated ſeuen daies.

20 Euerie one that toucheth her, shal be vncleane vntil euen:

21 and that whereon she ſleepeth or ſittteh in the daies of her ſeparation shal be polluted.

22 He that toucheth her bedde shal wash his clothes: and him ſelf being washed with water, shal be vncleane vntil euen.

23 Whoſoeuer shal touch any veſſel wherupon she ſitteth, he shal wash his clothes: and him ſelf being washed with water shal be polluted vntil euen.

24 If a man companie with her in the time of her menſtrual bloud, he shal be vncleane ſeuen daies: and euerie bedde wheron he ſleepeth shal be polluted.

25 The woman that hath a fluxe of bloud many daies not in her menſtrual time, or that ceaſeth not to haue a fluxe, after the menſtrual bloud, as long as she is ſubiect to this diſeaſe, she shal be vncleane, as if she were in her menſtrual time.

26 Euerie bedde, whereupon she ſleepeth, and veſſel wheron she ſitteth, shal be polluted.

27 Whoſoeuer toucheth them shal wash his clothes: and him ſelf being washed with water, shal be vncleane, vntil euen.

28 If the bloud ſtay and ceaſe to runne, she shal count the ſeuen daies of her purification:

29 and the eight day she shal offer for her ſelfe to the prieſt, two turtles, or two young pigeons, at the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie:

30 who shal make one for ſinne, and the other for an holocauſt, and he shal pray for her before our Lord, and for the ſluxe of her vncleanneſſe.

31 You shal teach therefore the children of Iſrael, that they take heede of [::] vncleanneſſe, and die not in their filthineſſe, when they shal pollute my tabernacle that is among them.

32 This is the law of him that hath the fluxe of ſede and that is polluted by copulation,

33 and the woman that is ſeparated in her menſtrual times, or that hath a continual fluxe of bloud, and of the man, that ſleepeth with her.

Marginal notes to Chapter 15

2 [::] If natural infirmities brought vncleānes much more laſciuiouſnes of the mind. Theod. q. 15. & 20. in Leuit.
15 [::] To make, offer, and ſacrifice an hoſte⟨illegible⟩is al one.
31 [::] S. Hierom. ( ⟨illegible⟩s cap. 5 ad ⟨illegible⟩ at:) vnderſtandeth this place of the abominable sines that may not be named.

Chapter 16

CHAP. XVI. VVhen and how the high Priest must enter into the Sanctuarie. 14. How he shal expiate (or reconcile) the ſame, 16. and the Tabernacle, 18. and the Altar. 20. How he shal offer a ⟨illegible⟩ue goate, and ſend him into the wildernes. 29. And al muſt celebrate the feaſt of expiation, or clenſing from ſinnes.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, after the death of the two ſonnes of Aaron, when they were ſlaine offering ſtrange fire:

2 and he commanded him, ſaying: Speake to Aaron thy brother, that he [::] enter not at al times into the Sanctuarie, that is within the veile before the propitiatorie, wherwith the arke is couered, leſt he die (for in a cloude wil I appeare ouer the oracle)

3 vnleſſe he doe theſe thinges before: He shal offer a calfe for ſinne, and a ramme for an holocauſt.

4 He shal be reueſted with a linnen tunike, he shal hide his priuities with linnen femoralles: he shal be girded with a linnen girdle, a linnen mitre shal he put vpon his head: for theſe are holie veſtmentes: withal which, when he is washed, he shal be reueſted.

5 And he shal receiue of the whole multitude of the children of Iſrael two bucke goates for ſinne, and one ramme for an holocauſt.

6 And when he hath offered the calfe, and praied for him ſelf, and for his owne houſe,

7 he shal make the two bucke goates to ſtand before the Lord in the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimoſtimonie:

8 and caſting lottes vpon both, one for the Lord, & an other for the goate of diſmiſſion:

9 that, whoſe lotte fel to the Lord, he shal offer for ſinne:

10 but that, whoſe lotte was to be the goate of diſmiſſion, he shal ſet aliue before the Lord, that he may [::] poure out prayers vpon him, and diſmiſſe him into the wilderneſſe.

11 After that theſe thinges be ̄BCH 143-476 duly celebtated, he shal offer the calfe, and praying for him ſelf and for his houſe, he shal immolate it:

12 and taking the thurible, which he hath filled of the burning coales of the altar, and taking vp with his hand of the compounded perſume for incenſe, he shal goe in beyond the veile into the Holie place:

13 that when the incenſe is put vpon the fire, the cloude therof and the vapour may couer the oracle, which is ouer the teſtimonie, and he die not.

14 He shal take alſo of the bloud of the calfe, and ſprinckle with his finger ſeuen times againſt the propitiatorie to the eaſt.

15 And when he hath killed the bucke goate for the ſinne of the people, he shal carie in the bloud therof within the veile, as hath bene commanded of the bloud of the calfe, that he may ſprinckle it againſt the oracle,

16 and [::] expiate the Sanctuarie from the vncleanneſſe of the children of Iſrael, and from their preuarications, and al their ſinnes. According to this rite shal he doe to the tabernacle of teſtimonie, which is fixed among them in the middeſt of the filth of their habitation.

17 Let no man be in the tabernacle when the high prieſt goeth into the Sanctuarie, to pray for him ſelf and for his houſe, & for the whole aſſemblie of Iſrael, vntil he come forth.

18 And when he is come forth to the altar that is before the Lord, let him pray for him ſelf, and taking the bloud of the calfe, and of the bucke goate, let him poure it vpon the hornes therof round about:

19 and ſprinckling with his finger ſeuen times, let him expiate, and ſanctifie it from the vncleanneſſe of the children of Iſrael.

20 After he hath clenſed the Sanctuarie, and the tabernacle, and the altar, then let him offer the liue goate:

21 and putting both handes vpon his head, let him confeſſe al the iniquiries of the children of Iſrael, and al their offences and ſinnes: which praying to light on his head, he shal ſend him forth by a man ready therto, into the deſert.

22 And [::] when the goat hath caried al their iniquities into the ſolitarie ground, and shal be let goe into the deſert,

23 Aaron shal returne into the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and putting of the veſtiments, which he had on him before when he entred into the Sanctuarie, and leauing them there,

24 he shal wash his flesh in a holie place, and shal be clothed with his owne garments. And after that he hath gone forth and offered his owne holocauſt, and the peoples, he shal pray as wel for him ſelf, as for the people:

25 and the fatte, that is offered for ſinnes, he shal burne vpon the altar.

26 but he, that hath let goe the goate of diſmiſſion, shal wash his clothes, and bodie with water, and ſo shal enter into the campe.

27 But the calfe & the bucke goate, that were immolated for ſinne, and whoſe bloud was caried into the Sanctuarie, to accomplish the expiation, they shal carie forth without the campe, and shal burne with fire aſwel the skinnes as their flesh, and the dung:

28 and whoſoeuer burneth them, shal wash his clothes, and his flesh with water, and ſo shal enter into the campe.

29 And this shal be to you an euerlaſting ordinance: The [::] ſeuenth moneth, the tenth day of the moneth you shal afflict your ſoules, and no worke shal you doe, whether he be of the ſame countrie, or a ſtranger that ſoiourneth among you.

30 Vpon this day shal be the expiation of you, and clenſing from al your ſinnes: before the Lord you shal be clenſen.

31–32 for it is a ſabath of reſt, and you shal afflict your ſoules by a perpetual religion. And the prieſt shal expiate, that is annoynted, and whoſe handes are conſecrated to do the function of prieſthood for his father: and he shal be reueſted with the linnen ſtole and the holie veſtments,

33 and he shal expiate the Sanctuarie and the tabernecle of teſtimonie and the altar, the prieſtes alſo and al the people.

34 And this shal be an ordinance for euer, that you pray for the children of Iſrael, and for al their ſinnes once in a yeare. He did therfore as our Lord had commanded Moyſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 16

2 [::] Only once in the yeare the high prieſt, and no other, entred into Sancl⟨illegible⟩ ⟨illegible⟩ v. 34. ſignifying that heauen was not open to anie Sainct, before Chriſts paſſion: Heb. 9. v. 8.
10 [::] Praying that al their ſinnes may be remitted.
16 [::] Sinnes do ſo defile the ſoule that the very holieſt of al places is accounnted as contaminate therby. Theodo. ⟨illegible⟩. 22. in Leuit. ⟨illegible⟩ ſine.
22 [::] God ſo remitteth sinnes to thoſe that are truly peninitent, as that which is caried into a wildernes and neuer returneth.
29 [::] Beſides particular ſacrifices for euerie oues ſinnes, once in the yeare was inſtituted a general expiatiō of al.

Chapter 17

CHAP. XVII. Al Sacrifices muſt be offered at the doore of the Tabernacle. 7. with ſpecial prohibitiō of Idolatrie. 10. None muſt eate bloud. 15 whoſoeuer eateth caraine flesh is contaminate, and must be washed.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to Aaron and his ſonnes, and to al the children of Iſrael, ſaying to them: This is the word, which our Lord hath cōmanded, ſaying:

3–4 Anie man whoſoeuer of the houſe of Iſrael, if he [::] kil an oxe or a sheepe, or a goate in the campe or without the campe, and offer it not at the dore of the tabernacle an oblation to the Lord, shal be guiltie of bloud: as if he had shed bloud, ſo shal he perish out of the middes of his people.

5 Therfore shal the children of Iſrael bring to the prieſt their hoſtes, which they kil in the filde, that they may be ſanctified to our Lord before the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie, & they may immolate them pacifique hoſtes to our Lord.

6 And the prieſt shal poure the bloud vpon the altar of our Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie, and shal burne the fatte for a ſwete odour to our Lord:

7 and they shal no more immolate their hoſtes to diuels, with whom they haue committed fornication. It shal be an ordinance for euer to them and to their poſteritie.

8 And to them thou shalt ſay: The man of the houſe of Iſrael, and of the ſtrangers, which ſeiourne with you, that offereth an holocauſt or victime,

9 and bringeth it not to the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie, that it may be offered to our Lord, ſhal perish out of his people.

10 Anie man whoſoeuer of the houſe of Iſrael, and of the ſtrangers, that ſeiourne among them, if he eate bloud, I wil ſette my face againſt his life, and wil deſtroy it out of his people,

11 becauſe the life of the fleſh is in the bloud: and I haue geuen it to you, that vpon the altar you may make expiation with it for your ſoules, and the bloud may be for an expiation of the ſoule.

12 Therfore haue I faid to the children of Iſrael: No ſoule of you shal eate bloud, nor of the ſtrangers, that ſeiourne with you.

13 Anie man whoſoeuer of the children of Iſrael, and of the ſtrangers that ſeiourne with you, if by hunting or fowling, he take wild beaſt or foule, which it is lawful to eate, let him poure our the bloud therof, and couer it with earth.

14 For the life of al flesh is in the bloud: wherupon I ſaid to the children of Iſrael: The bloud of no flesh ſhal you eate, becauſe the life of the flesh is in the bloud: and whoſoeuer eateth it, f⟨illegible⟩al die.

15 The ſoule that eateth carraine, or that which is taken of a beaſt, aſwel of them of the ſame countrie as of ſtrangers, ſhal wash his clothes, and him ſelf with water, and ſhal be contaminated vntil euen: and in this order he ſhal be made cleane.

16 And if he doe not wash his clothes, and his bodie, he ſhal beare his iniquitie.

Marginal notes to Chapter 17

3–4 [::] If anie killed for ſacrifice he muſt offer it at the dore of the tabernacle▪ that a prieſt might offer it on the Altar, for no other man, nor place was allowed, without ſpecial diſpenſation of God. And ſo Samuel offered ſacrifice in an other place, 1. Reg. ⟨illegible⟩. Hlias ⟨illegible⟩. Reg. 18. and Dauid alſo being no Prieſt. 2. Reg. 24 ſo S. Aug. explicateth, this text. q. 56. in Leuit.

Chapter 18

CHAP. XVIII. Mariage prohibited in certaine d⟨illegible⟩grees of conſanguinitie and affinitie. 18. And diuers carnal, and execrable ſinnes committed in other nations, are ſtrictly forbidden.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: I the Lord your God,

3 according to the cuſtome of the Land of Aegypt, wherin you haue dwelt, you ſhal not doe: and according to the maner of the Countrie of Chanaan, into the which I wil bring you, you ſhal not doe, nor walke in their ordināces.

4 You ſhal doe my iudgements, and shal obſerue my precepts, and shal walke in them. I the Lord your God.

5 Keepe my lawes and iudgmentes, which a man doing, shal liue in them. I the Lord.

6 No man shal approch to her that is “ next of his bloud, to reueale her [::] turpitude. I the Lord.

7 The turpitude of thy father, and the turpitude of thy mother thou shalt not diſcouer: ſhe is thy mother thou shalt not reueale her turpitude.

8 The turpitude of thy fathers wife thou shalt not diſcouer: for it is the turpitude of thy father.

9 The turpitude of thy ſiſter by father, or by mother, which was borne at home or abroad, thou shalt not reueale.

10 The turpitude of thy ſonnes daughter or of thy neece by thy daughter, thou shalt not reueale: becauſe it is thy turpitude.

11 The turpitude of thy fathers wiues daughter, which she bare to thy father, and is thy ſiſter, thou shal not reueale.

12 The turpitude of [::] thy fathers ſiſter thou shalt not diſcouer: becauſe she is the flesh of thy father.

13 The turpitude of thy mothers ſiſter thou shalt not reueale, becauſe she is of the flesh of thy mother.

14 The turpitude of thy fathers brother thou shalt not reueale, neither shalt thou approch to his wife, who is ioyned to thee by affinitie.

15 The turpitude of thy daughter in law thou shalt not reueale, becauſe she is thy ſonnes wife, neither shalt thou diſcouer her ignominie.

16 The turpitude of thy brothers wife thou shalt not reueale: becauſe it is the turpitude of thy brother.

17 The turpitude of thy wife, and her daughter thou shalt not reueale. Her ſonnes daughter, and her daughters daughter, thou shalt not take, to reueale her ignominie: becauſe they are her flesh, and ſuch copulation is inceſt.

18 Thou shalt not take thy wiues ſiſter for an harlote, to vexe her withal, neither shalt thou reueale her turpitude, whiles she is yet liuing.

19 To a woman, hauing her flowers, thou shalt not approch, neither shalt thou reueale her turpitude.

20 With thy neighbours wife thou shalt not companie, nor be polluted with commixtion of ſeede.

21 Of thy ſeede thou shalt not geue to be conſecrated to the idol Moloch, nor pollute the name of thy God: I the Lord.

22 Companie not with mankind, as with womankind, becauſe it is abomination.

23 With no beaſt shalt thou companie, neither shalt thou be polluted with it. A woman shal not lie downe to a beaſt, nor companie with it: becauſe it is an hainous fact.

24 Neither be ye polluted in anie of the thinges wherwith al the nations haue bene contaminated, which I wil caſt out before your ſight,

25 and wherwith the land is polluted: whoſe abominations I wil viſite, that it vomite out the inhabitants therof.

26 Keepe my ordinances and iudgements, and doe not any of theſe abominations, as wel the ſame countrieman as the ſtranger, that ſeiourneth with you.

27 For al theſe execrable thinges did the inhabitants of the land, that haue bene before you, and haue polluted it.

28 Beware therfore leſt in like maner it vomite out you alſo, when you shal doe the like thinges, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

29 Euerie ſoule, that ſhal doe anie of theſe abominations, shal perish from the middes of his people.

30 Keepe my commandements. Doe not the thinges which they haue done, that haue bene before you, and be not polluted in them: I the Lord your God.

Marginal notes to Chapter 18

6 [::] It is then turpitude when the act is vnlawful. But honeſt in lawful Mariage. S. Aug. li: 3. Locutionum. & li. de bono coniugali.
12 [::] See chap. 20: the difference of puniſhmēts, for violating theſe lawes in the firſt and ſecond degree. Alſo betwen conſanguinitie & affinitie, in the ſame collateral degree.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XVIII.

6 Next of his bloud.] Mariage is forbid firſt and moſt ſtrictly by the law of [Margin: Mariage forbid in al degrees in the right line, by the law of nature. Secondarily in the firſt collateral degree of cōſanguinitie.] nature, in al degrees in the right line aſcending and decending, both in conſanguinitie [Margin: 1. Cor. ⟨illegible⟩. v. 1.] and affinitie. S. Paul teſtifying that among the heat hen, no man could haue his fathers vviſe. And in the right line God him ſelfe (who onlie can) neuer diſpenſed. Secondarily, the firſt collateral degree in conſanguinitie, that is, betwen brother and ſiſter, by one parent, or by both, is alſo vnlawful by the law of nature, except in the beginning of the world, when Adams children muſt nedes marie together, God ſo ordayning that al mankind ſhould be propagated [Margin: Act. 17. v. 26. ⟨illegible⟩. Aug. de bono cōi⟨illegible⟩g. c. 1.] by one man (for of him alſo the firſt woman was made) but after this beginning it was neuer allowed, nor perhaps can be diſpenſed withal, at leaſt neuer was by anie man. Though Beza (li. de repudijs & diuo⟨illegible⟩tijs) and ſome English Bezites charge Pope Martin the fifth, to haue diſpenſed with one, that [Margin: Beza belieth Pope Martin.] had maried his owne natural ſiſter: which is a falſe reporte. For it was with one, who hauing committed fornication with one ſiſter, afterwardes maried the other, from whom he could not be ſeparated without great ſcandal, the pretended mariage being publike, and the impediment ſecrete: as S. Antoninus writeth. par. 3. ſum. Theol. tit. 1. c. 11. But beſides the right line, and the [Margin: Al other degrees depend on poſitiue lawes: which haue bene & may be altered Proued by Scriptures, and reaſons.] firſt collateral degree in conſanguinitie, no other collateral degrees are prohibited by the law of nature, but by poſitiue only. So this preſent law, written by Moyſes, forbade to marie in the firſt collateral degree of affinitie, but the ſame law commanded (Deut. 25.) that in caſe a maried man died without iſſue, his brother ſhould marie the widow. VVherby is clere that this degree, and others more remote, were not prohibited by the law of nature. For then God would not haue made a contrarie general law, in anie caſe, for the whole nation of the Iewes, his people; and that vnder penaltie to be obſerued, which is contrarie to the qualitie of indulgence or diſpenſation, and no ſuch neceſſitie, as in the beginning of the world. VVherfore al proteſtants that ſay, the whole law written by Moyſes concerning degrees of conſanguinitie and [Margin: Firſt proofe.] affinitie, is the law of nature, and ſo pertaineth to Chriſtians, muſt neceſſarily ſay alſo, that if now a maried man die without iſſue, his brother muſt marie his wife. VVhich ſpecially they denie. It is alſo proued that this and ſome other [Margin: 2 proofe.] degrees expreſſed in this place, were not againſt the law of nature (which is common to al nations, commonly or eaſely knowne to al men by diſcourſe of reaſon) becauſe no common wealth among the Gentiles did puniſh, nor [Margin: Ariſtot. li. 2. Pol.] modeſt men forbeare, or reprehend ſuch mariages: as appeareth by Laban, who after he had deceiued Iacob by geuing him one ſiſter for an other, offered him alſo the former promiſed, whom without difficultie of conſcience he accepted (Gen. 29.) neither did that holie Patriareh thinke it vnlauful to keepe them both. And when Iudas matched his ſecond ſonne, and promiſed the third to the wife of his firſt ſonne, he did it according to the cuſtome of that place & time. Gen. 38. And Noemi ſpoke according to the ſame cuſtome. Ruth. 1. v. 11. Againe where this law forbiddeth a man to marie, or companie with his wiues [Margin: 3 proofe.] ſiſter, it addeth, vvhiles she is liuing, not prohibiting mariage, when his firſt wife is dead. Yet his wiues ſiſter is as nere in affinitie, as his brothers wife. Likewiſe the diuerſitie of puniſhments (chap. 20.) for tranſgreſſion of this [Margin: 4 proofe.] law, either in the right line, or in the firſt collateral degree of conſanguinitie, who were puniſhed by death; and for tranſgreſſing in the firſt collateral degree of affinitie, or in the ſecond either of conſanguinitie or affinitie, who had leſſe puniſhments, ſheweth that the former degrees are prohibited by the law of nature, and not the other: for then the violation ſhould be like ſinne, and puniſhed alike. Finally it is euident, that certaine of theſe degrees are not againſt [Margin: 5 proofe.] the law of nature, by the example of holie Abraham, who in, and according, to the law of nature, maried his brothers daughter called Sarai, otherwiſe Ieſcha, Gen. 11. which mariage God approued by manie bleſſings. Alſo Iacob [Margin: S. ⟨illegible⟩ero. queſt. Heb. in Gen.] maried two ſiſters together. Two ſonnes of Iudas maried the ſame woman ſucceſſiuely. And Amram (Moyſes father) maried his aunt, his fathers ſiſter. Exod. 6. v. 20. Num. 26. v. 59. VVherfore ſeing neither the firſt collateral degree in affinitie, nor the ſecond collateral in conſanguinitie or affinitie, is forbid by the law of nature but by poſitiue only, and that both ceremonial and iudicial lawes of the old Teſtament ceaſſed in the New, and are abrogated by [Margin: Ceremonial & iudicial lawes of Moyſes are abrogated by Chriſt.] Chriſt, it reſteth proued that the ſame bind not Chriſtians, but as they are renewed and eſtabliſhed by the Church, or Chriſtian commonwelthes. And as this is donne in temporal cauſes by temporal States, partly by renewing and eſtabliſhing the ſame, which was in the law of Moyſes, as by puniſhing wilful murder by death; Exod. 21. v. 12. partly with alteration, as by puniſhing theift in ſome countries with death, but not adultrie, which were contrarie in the old Teſtament, Gen. 38. v. 24. 44. 17. Exod. 22. v. 1. Leuit. 20. v. 10: in like ſorte the [Margin: And new are eſtablſhed.] Church of Chriſt ordaineth lawes, altereth, & vpon iuſt occaſions diſpenceth, in al degrees of conſanguinitie and affinitie, not forbid by the law of nature

Chapter 19

CHAP. XIX. Diuers Moral, Ceremonial, and Iudicial precepts are briefly recited.

1 OVR Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to al the aſſemblie of the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: Be ye holie, becauſe I the Lord your God am holie.

3 Let euerie one feare his father, and mother. Keepe my Sabbathes. I the Lord your God.

4 Turne not your ſelues to idols, neither make you to your ſelues molten goddes. I the Lord your God.

5 If ye immolate an hoſte of pacifiques to the Lord, that it may be placable,

6 that day wherin it is immolated, shal you eate it, and the next day: and whatſoeuer ſhal be left vntil the third day, you shal burne with fire.

7 if after two daies anie man eate therof, he shal be profane, and guiltie of impietie:

8 and shal beare his iniquitie, becauſe he hath polluted the holie of the Lord, and that ſoule shal perish out of his people.

9 And when thou reapeſt the corne of thy lande, thou shalt not sheare the face of the earth to the verie ground: neither shalt thou gather the eares that remaine.

10 Neither in thy vineyard shalt thou gather the cluſters, and grapes that fal downe, but shalt leaue them to the poore, and the ſtrangers to take. I the Lord your God.

11 You shal not committe theft. You shal not lie, neither shal anie man deceaue his neighbour.

12 Thou shalt not forſweare thy ſelf in my name, nor pollute the name of thy God. I the Lord.

13 Thou shalt not calumniate thy neighbour, nor oppreſſe him by violence. The worke of thy hireling shal not abide with thee vntil morning.

14 Thou shalt not ſpeake euil of the deafe man, nor put a ſtumbling blocke before the blinde: but thou shalt feare the Lord thy God, becauſe I am the Lord.

15 Thou shalt not doe that which is vniuſt, nor iudge vniuſtly. Conſider not the perſon of a poore man, neither honour thou the countenance of him that is mightie. Iudge iuſtly to thy neighbour.

16 Thou shalt not be a criminatour, nor a whiſperer among the people. Thou shalt not ſtand againſt the bloud of thy neighbour. I the Lord.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy hart, but controwle him openly, leſt thou incurre ſinne through him.

18 Seeke not reuenge, nor be mindeful of the iniurie of thy citizens. Thou shal⟨illegible⟩ loue thy freind as thy ſelf. I the Lord.

19 Keepe ve my lawes. Thou shalt not make thy cattel to gender with the beaſts of an other kinde. Thy field thou shalt not ſowe with diuers ſeede. A garment, [::] that is wouen of two ſortes, thou shalt not put on.

20 If a man lie with a woman by carnal copulation, that is a bondwoman alſo mariable, and yet not redemed with a price, nor made free, both shal be beaten, and they shal not die, becauſe she was not free.

21 And for his offence he shal offer to the Lord, at the dore of the tabernacle of teſtimonie a ramme:

22 and the prieſt shal pray for him, and for his ſinne before the Lord, and he shal become propitious to him againe, and the ſinne shal be forgeuen.

23 When you shal be entred into the land, and haue planted in it fruite trees, you shal take away the prepuces of them: the fruite, that come forth shal be vncleane to you, neither shal you eate of them.

24 But in the fourth yeare, al their fruite shal be ſanctified, laudable to the Lord.

25 And the fifth yeare you shal eate the fruites, gathering the ofſpring, that they bring forth. I the Lord your God.

26 You shal not eate with bloud. You shal not diuine, [::] nor obſerue dreames.

27 Neither shal you cut your heare roundwiſe: nor shaue your beard.

28 And for the dead you shal not cut your flesh, neither shal you make in your ſelues any figures or markes, I the Lord.

29 Make not thy daughter a common ſtrumpet, leſt the land be contamined, and filled with wickedneſſe.

30 Keepe ye my Sabbathes, and feare my Sanctuarie. I the Lord.

31 Decline not to magicians, neither aske any thing of ſoothſayers, to be polluted by them. I the Lord your God.

32 Before the hoare head riſe vp, and honour the perſon of an old man: and feare the Lord thy God. I am the Lord.

33 If a ſtranger dwel in your land, and abide among you, doe not vpbraid him:

34 but let him be among you as the ſame countrie man: and you shal loue him as your ſelues: for you alſo haue bene ſtrangers in the Land of Aegypt. I the Lord your God.

35 Do not anie vniuſt thing in iudgement, in rule, in weight, or meaſure.

36 Let the balance be iuſt, and the weightes equal, the busheliuſt, and the ſextarie equal. I the Lord your God, that brought you out of the Land of Aegypt.

37 Keepe al my preceptes, and al my iudgements, & doe them. I the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 19

2 The Epiſtle on VVeneſday in Paſſion weke.
19 [::] Theſe diuerſities are not prohibited for them ſelues, for the ornaments of the tabernacle and of Prieſts were made of diuers things; but ſchiſme, and al participation with heretikes, and other infidels is forbid. 2. Cor. 6. Dravv not in yoke vvith i⟨illegible⟩ſi⟨illegible⟩els. Theodoret. q. 27. in Leutt.
26 [::] See Gen. 40. v. 8.

Chapter 20

CHAP. XX. VVhoſoeuer geueth of his ſeede to Moloch muſt be ſtoned to death. 6▪ Althat decline to Magicke, 9. eurſe their parents, 10. commit ad⟨illegible⟩ltri⟨illegible⟩, certaine inceſt, or beſtialitie shal die 19. Other inceſt is depriued of children. 22. The Iſraelites alſo shal be cast out▪ of the Land▪ if they committe ſuch

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Theſe thinges thou shalt ſpeake to the children of Iſrael: If anie man of the children of Iſrael, and of the ſtrangers, that dwel in Iſrael, geue of his ſeede to the idol Moloch, dying let him die: the people of the land ſhal ſtone him.

3 And I wil ſet my face againſt him: and wil cut him of from the middes of his people, becauſe he hath geuen of his ſeede to Moloch, and hath contaminated my Sanctuarie, and polluted my holy name.

4 And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were litle eſteming my commandement, let alone the man that hath geuen of his ſeede to Moloch, and wil not kil him:

5 I wil ſette my face vpon that man, and his kinred, and wil cut of both him, and al that conſented with him, to committe fornication with Moloch, out of the middes of their people.

6 The ſoule, that ſhal decline to Magitians, and ſouth ſayers, and shal committe fornication with them, I wil ſette my face againſt it, and deſtroy it out of the middes of his people.

7 Sanctifie your ſelues, and be holie, becauſe I am the Lord your God.

8 Keepe my precepts, and doe them. I the Lord that ſanctifie you.

9 He that curſeth his father, or mother, dying let him die: he hath curſed father, and mother, his bloud be vpon him.

10 If any man commit adulterie with an other mans wife, and commit aduontrie with his neighbours wife, dying let them die, both the adulterer and the aduoutreſſe.

11 He that lieth with his ſtepmother, and reuealeth the ignominie of his father, dying let both die: their bloud be vpon them.

12 If anie man lie with his daughter in law, let both die, becauſe they haue done an heinous fact: their bloud be vpon them.

13 He that lieth with man as if he should companie with woman, both haue committed abomination dying let them die: their bloud be vpon them.

14 He that beſides his wife the daughter, [::] marieth her mother, hath done wickednes: he shal burne aliue with them, neither shal there ſo great abomination remaine in the middes of you.

15 He that shal companie with beaſt and cattel dying let him die: the beaſt alſo doe ye kil.

16 The woman that shal lie vnder anie beaſt, shal be killed together with the ſame: their bloud be vpon them.

17 He that taketh his ſiſter the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother, and ſeeth her turpitude, and she beholdeth her brothers ignominie: they haue committed a ſhameful thing: they shal be ſlaine, in the ſight of their people, becauſe they haue reuealed one an others turpitude, and they shal beare their iniquitie.

18 He rhat compaineth▪ with a woman in her menſtrual fluxe, and reuealeth her turpitude, and she openeth the fountaine of her bloud, both shal be deſtroyed out of the middes of their people.

19 The turpitude of :: thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father, thou shalt not diſcouer: he that doeth this, hath diſcloſed the ignominie of his flesh, both shal beare their iniquitie.

20 He that compaineth with the wife of his vncle by the father, or of his vncle by the mother, and reuealeth the ignominie of his kinted, both shal beare their ſinne: without children they shal die.

21 He that marieth his brothers wife, doth an vnlawful thing, he hath reuealed his brothers turpitude: they shal be without children.

22 Keepe my lawes, and iudgementes, and doe them: leſt the land which you shal enter into and inhabite, vomite out you alſo.

23 Walke not in the ordinances of the nations, which I wil expel before you. For [::] al theſe thinges haue they done, and I haue abhorred them.

24 But to you I ſpeake: Poſſeſſe their land, which I wil geue you for an inheritance, a land flowing with milke and honie. I the Lord your God, that haue ſeperated you from other peoples.

25 Therfore doe you alſo ſeperate the cleane beaſt, from the vncleane, and the cleane foule from the vncleane: pollute not your ſoules, in beaſtes, and birdes, and al thinges that moue on the earth, and which I▪ haue shewed vnto you, to be polluted.

26 You shal be holie vnto me, becauſe I the Lord am holie, and I haue ſeparated you from other peoples, that you should be mine.

27 Man, or woman, in whom is a pithonical or diuining ſpirite, dying let them die, they shal ſtone them: their bloud be vpon them.

Marginal notes to Chapter 20

14 [::] Violating this law in anie degree in the rightline, either of conſanguinitie, or affinitie, or in the firſt colla teral degree of cōſanguinitie, was puniſhed with death; but in the firſt collateral of affinitie, and in the ſecond collateral degree as wel of cōſanguinitie, as affinitie, with leſſe puniſhment. VVhich ſheweth greatter obligation, & greatter ſinne, cōcerning the right line, then the collateral, alſo in the firſt degree of conſanguinitie then in the ſecond; and more in conſanguinitie then in affinitie.
23 [::] Not for euerie kind of ſinne (though euerie one is puniſhable,) but for the more hainous, & for altogether the Chananites were caſt out of their land.

Chapter 21

CHAP. XXI. At what funerals Prieſts may not be preſent. 7. VVhat wemen they may not marie, 9. a prieſts daughter committing fornication muſt be burned. 10. The high Priest shal not vncouer his head, nor rent his garment, nor be preſent at anie funeral, nor at al goe forth of the holie place. 13. when he marieth he must take a virgin. 16. None that hath a blemish in his bodie (though he be of Aarons ſtock) shal miniſter in the Sanctuarie, nor approch to the Altar.

1 OVR Lord ſaid alſo to Moyſes: Speake to the prieſtes the ſonnes of Aaron, and thou ſhalt ſay to them: Let not a prieſt be contaminated in the deathes of his citizens,

2 but onlie in his kinne, and nigh of bloud, that is to ſay, vpon his father and mother, and ſonne, and daughter, brother alſo,

3 and ſiſter being a virgin which hath not bene maried to a husband:

4 but neither in [::] the prince of his people ſhal he be contaminated.

5 Neither ſhal they ſhaue their head, nor beard, nor make inciſions in their fleſh.

6 They ſhal be holie to their God, and shal not pollute his name: for the burnt ſacrifice of the Lord, and breades of their God doe they offer, and therfore they shal be holie.

7 A whore and a vile ſtrumpette he shal not take to wife, nor her, that is put away from her husband: becauſe they are cōſecrated to their God,

8 and offer the breades of propoſition. Be they holie therfore, becauſe I alſo am holie, the Lord, that ſanctifie them.

9 The daughter of a prieſt if she be taken in whordome, & dishonour the name of hir father, shal be burnt with fire.

10 The grand bishoppe, that is to ſay the prieſt that is greateſt among his brethren, vpon whoſe head hath bene poured the oyle of vnction, and whoſe handes were conſecrated in prieſthood, and who was reueſted with the holie veſtimentes, shal not vncouer his head, he shal [::] not rent his garments:

11 and to no dead perſon shal he enter in at al. vpon his father alſo, and mother shal he not be contaninated.

12 Neither shal he goe forth out of the holie places, leſt he pollute the Sāctuarie of the Lord, becauſe the oyle of the holie vnction of his God is vpon him. I the Lord.

13 He shal take a virgin vnto his wife:

14 but a widow and her that is put away, and a filth, and a whore he shal not take, but a maide of his owne people:

15 that he mingle not the ſtocke of his kinred with the common people of his nation: becauſe I am the Lord that ſanctifie him.

16 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

17 Speake to Aaron: The man of thy ſeede throughout their families, that hath [::] a blemish, shal not offer breades to his God,

18 neither shal he approch to his miniſterie: If he be blinde, if lame, if he haue a litle, or a great, or a crooked noſe,

19 if his foote be broken, if his hand,

20 if he be crooke backed, or blere eyed, or haue a pearle in his eye, or a continual ſcabbe, or drie ſcurffe in his bodie, or be burnt.

21 Euerie one that hath a blemish of the ſeede of Aaron the prieſt, shal not approch to offer the hoſtes to the Lord, nor the breades to his God.

22 He shal eate notwithſtanding of the breades, that are offered in the Sanctuarie,

23 yet ſo that he enter not within the v⟨illegible⟩ilen, or approch to the altar, becauſe he hath a blemish, and he muſt not contaninate my Sanctuarie. I the Lord that ſanctifie them.

24 Moyſes therfore ſpake to Aaron, and to his ſonnes and to al Iſrael, al thinges that had bene commanded him.

Marginal notes to Chapter 21

4 [::] By the prīce 5. Paul▪ vnderſtood the high Prieſt. Act. 23.
10 [::] Caiphas rēt his garments (Mat. 26.) cōtrarie to this law, malice making him neglect his owne dignitie
17 [::] If ſuch deformities and defectes made men irregular, and vnmete to exerciſe prieſt lie function in the old teſtament, how

Chapter 22

CHAP. XXII. VVho may eate of ſanctified things. 17. And what things may be offered.

1 OVR Lord alſo ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to Aaron and to his ſonnes, that they beware of thoſe that are the conſecrated thinges of the children of Iſrael, and contaninate not the name of the thinges ſanctified to me, which they offer. I the Lord.

3 Say to them, and to their poſteritie: Euerie man of your ſtocke, that approcheth to thoſe thinges that are conſecrated, and which the children of Iſrael haue offered to the Lord, in whom there is vncleaneſſe, shal perish before the Lord. I am the Lord.

4 The man of the ⟨illegible⟩eede of Aaron, that is a leper, or hath a fluxe of ſeede, [::] shal not eate of thoſe thinges that are ſanctified to me vntil he be healed. He that toucheth a thing vncleane by occaſion of that is dead, and he from whom iſſueth ſeede as it were of copulation,

5 and he that toucheth a creeping beaſt, and whatſoeuer vncleane thing, the touching wherof is filthie,

6 shal be vncleane vntil euen, and shal not eate thoſe thinges that are ſanctified: but when he hath washed his flesh with water,

7 and the ſunne is downe, then being cleanſed he shal eate of the ſanctified thinges, becauſe it is his meate.

8 Carrien and that which was taken of a beaſt, they shal not eate, nor be polluted in them. I am the Lord.

9 Let them keepe my preceptes, that they be not ſubiect to ſinne, and die in the Sanctuarie, when they shal haue polluted it. I the Lord that ſanctifie them.

10 No ſtranger shal eate of the ſanctified thinges, the prieſtes gueſt, and hireling shal not eate of them.

11 But whom the prieſt hath bought, and he that is his ſeruant borne in his houſe, theſe shal eate of them.

12 If the daughter of a prieſt be maried to anie of the people: of thoſe thinges that are ſanctified, and of the firſt fruites ſhe ſhal not eate.

13 But if ſhe be a widow, or put away, and without children returne to her fathers houſe: as ſhe was wont being a maide, ſhe ſhal be fedde with her fathers meates. No ſtranger hath power to eate of them.

14 He that eateth of the ſanctified thinges by ignorance, shal adde the fifth part with that which he did eate, and shal geue it to the prieſt into the Sanctuarie.

15 Neither shal they contaminate the ſanctified thinges of the children of Iſrael, which they offer to the Lord:

16 leſt perhappes they ſuſtaine the iniquitie of their offence, when they shal haue eaten the ſanctified thinges. I the Lord that ſanctifie them.

17 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

18 Speake to Aaron, and to his ſonnes, and to al the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: The man of the houſe of Iſrael, and of the ſtrangers which dwel with you, that offereth his oblation, either paying his vowes, or offering of his owne accord, whatſoeuer that be which he preſenteth for an holocauſt of the Lord,

19 to be offered by you, it shal be a male without ſpotte of beefes, and muttons, & of goates.

20 If it haue a blemish, you shal not offer it, neither shal it be acceptable.

21 The man that offereth a victime of pacifiques to the Lord, either paying his vowes, or offering of his owne accorde, aſwel of beefes as of muttons, shal offer it without blemish that it may be acceptable: there shal be no blemish in it.

22 If it be blind, if it be broken, if it haue a ſcarre, if bliſters, or a ſcabbe, or a drie ſcurfe: you shal not offer them to the Lord, nor burne of them vpon the Lordes altar.

23 An oxe and a sheepe, hauing the eare and the taile cut of, thou maieſt offer voluntarily but a vow can not be paied of them.

24 No beaſt that hath the ſtones bruiſed, or crushed, or cut and taken away, shal you offer to the Lord, and in your land make not this at al.

25 Of the hand of a ſtranger you shal not offer breades to your God, and what other thing ſoeuer he would geue: becauſe they are al corrupted, and blemished: you shal not receiue them.

26 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

27 An oxe, a sheepe, and a goate, when they are brought forth, shal be ſeuen daies vnder the vdder of their damme: but the eighr day, and ſo forward they may be offered to the Lord.

28 Whether it be a beefe, or a sheepe, they shal not be immolated in one day with their young ones.

29 If you immolate an hoſte for thankes giuing to the Lord, that he may be placable,

30 the ſame day you shal eate it, there shal not ought remaine vntil the morning of the next day. I the Lord.

31 Keepe my commandementes, and doe them. I the Lord.

32 Pollute not my holie name, that I may be ſanctified in the middes of the children of Iſrael. I the Lord that ſanctifie you,

33 and brought you out of the Land of Aegypt, that I might be your God. I the Lord.

Marginal notes to Chapter 22

4 [::] By theſe accidental vncleannes, was prefigured the cenſure of ſuſſpenſion in clergie men.

Chapter 23

CHAP. XXIII. The ſolemnities of the Sabbath, 5. of Paſch and first fruites. 15. of Pentecoſt, [Margin: The fourth part. Of feaſtes, times of reſt, & Iubilie. with priuilegies, rewardes & puniſhments.] 23. of Trumpettes, 26. of Expiations, 33. of Tabernacles; and with what rites the ſame shal be celebrated.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: Theſe are “the feſtiuities of our Lord, which you shal cal holie.

3 Six daies ye shal doe worke: [::] the ſeuenth day, becauſe it is the reſt of the ſabbath, shal be called holie. No worke shal you doe in it: it is [::] the Sabbath of the Lord in al your habitations.

4 Theſe therfore are the holie feſtiuities of the Lord, which you muſt celebrate in their times.

5 The firſt moneth, the fourtenth day of the moneth at euen, is the [::] Phaſe of the Lord:

6 and the fiftenth day of this moneth is the ſolemnitie of the Azymes of the Lord. Seuen daies shal you eate azymes.

7 The firſt day shal be moſt ſolemne vnto you, and holie: no ſeruile worke shal you doe in it:

8 but you shal offer ſacrifice in fire to the Lord ſeuen daies. but the ſeuenth day shal be more ſolemne, and more holie: and you shal doe no ſeruile worke in it.

9 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

10 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them. When you shal be entred into the land, which I wil geue you, and shal reape your corne, you shal bring sheaues of eares, the firſt fruites of your harueſt to the prieſt:

11 who shal eleuate the bundle before the Lord, the next day after the Sabbath, that it may be acceptable for you, and shal ſanctifie it.

12 And in the ſelf ſame day that the sheafe is conſecrated, shal be killed a lambe without ſpotte of a yeare old for an holocauſt of the Lord.

13 And the libaments shal be offered with it, two tenthes of floure tempered with oile, for a burnt ſacrifice of the Lord, and a moſt ſweete odour: libaments alſo of wine, the fourth part of an hin.

14 Bread, and fried barlie, and frumentie, you shal not eate of the corne, vntil the day that you offer therof to your God. It is a precept for euer in your generations, and al your habitations.

15 You shal number therfore from the morow after the Sabbath, wherin you did offer the ſheafe of the firſt fruites, ſeuen ful weekes,

16 vnto the morow after the ſeuenth weeke be expired, that is to ſay [::] fiftie daies, and ſo you ſhal offer a new ſacrifice to the Lord.

17 out of al your habitations, two loaues of firſt fruites, of two tenthes of floure [::] leauened, the which you shal bake for the firſt fruites of the Lord.

18 And you shal offer with the breades ſeuen lambes without ſpotte of a yeare old, and one calfe from the heard, and two rammes, and they shal be for an holocauſt with their libamentes, for a moſt ſweete odour to the Lord.

19 You shal make a bucke goate alſo for ſinne, and two lambes of a yeare old for hoſtes of pacifiques.

20 And when the prieſt hath eleuated them with the breades of the firſt fruites before the Lord, they shal turne to his vſe.

21 And you shal cal this day moſt ſolemne, and moſt holie: no ſeruile worke shal you doe in it. It shal be an euerlaſting ordinance in al your habitations, and generations.

22 And after you reape the corne of your land, you shal not cut it to the verie ground: neither shal you gather the eares that remaine, but you shal let them alone for the poore and for ſtrangers. I am the Lord your God.

23 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

24 Speake to the children of Iſrael: The ſeuenth moneth, on [::] the firſt day of the moneth, shal be a Sabbath, a memorial, by ſounding of trumpettes, and shal be called holie:

25 no ſeruile worke shal you doe in it, and you shal offer holocauſt to the Lord.

26 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

27 vpon the tenth day of this ſeuenth moneth shal be the day of [::] expiations moſt ſolemne, and it shal be called holie: and you shal afflict your ſoules in it, and shal offer holocauſt to the Lord.

28 No ſeruile worke shal you doe the time of this day: becauſe it is a day of propitiation, that the Lord your God may become propitious vnto you.

29 Euerie ſoule, that is not afflicted this day, shal perish out of his people:

30 and which shal doe anie worke, the ſame wil I deſtroy out of his people.

31 No worke therfore shal you doe in it: it shal be an euerlaſting odinance vnto you in al your generations, and habitations.

32 It is a Sabbath of reſting, and you shal afflict your ſoules the ninth day of the moneth: from euen vntil euen you shal celebrate your ſabbathes.

33 And our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaing:

34 Speake to the children of Iſrael: From the fiftenth day of this ſeuenth moneth, shal be the feſtiuitie of [::] tabernacles ſeuen daies to the Lord.

35 The firſt day shal be called moſt ſolemne and moſt holie: no ſeruile worke shal you doe in it. And ſeuen daies you shal offer holocauſtes to the Lord.

36 The eight day alſo shal be moſt ſolemne and moſt holie, and you shal offer holocauſtes to the Lord: for it is of [::] aſſemblie and collection: no ſeruile worke shal you doe in it.

37 Theſe are the feſtiuities of the Lord, which you shal cal moſt ſolemne and moſt holie, and shal offer in them oblations to the Lord, holocauſts and libaments according to the rite of euerie day:

38 beſide the ſabbathes of the Lord, and your giftes▪ and thoſe that you shal offer by vow, or which you shal giue to the Lord voluntarily.

39 Therfore from the fiftenth day of the ſeuenth moneth, when you shal haue gathered al the fruites of your land, you shal celebrate the feſtiuitie of the Lord ſeuen daies, on the firſt day and the eight shal be a ſabbath, that is reſt.

40 And you shal take to you the firſt day the fruites of a moſt fa⟨illegible⟩e tree, and the branches of palmes, and boughes of the tree with th⟨illegible⟩k⟨illegible⟩ leaues, and willowes of the brooke, and you shal reioice before the Lord your God.

41 And you shal celebrate the ſolemnitie therof ſeuen daies in the yea⟨illegible⟩. It shal be an [::] euerlaſting ordinance in your generations. The ſeuenth mo⟨illegible⟩h shal you celebrate the feſtiuitie,

42 and shal dwel in bowres ſeuen daies. euerie one, that is of the ſtocke of Iſrael▪ shal abide in tabernacles:

43 that your poſtoririe may learne that I made the children of Iſrael, to dwel in tabernacles, when I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt. I the Lord your God.

44 And Moyſes ſpake cōcerning the ſolemnities of our Lord to the children of Iſrael.

Marginal notes to Chapter 23

3 [::] There were eight ſeueral, feaſtes commāded by this law (beſides the dailie ſacrifice) mentioned. Num. 28. & 29. of which onlie ſeuen are here expreſſed.
3 [::] The Sabbath in memorie that God created al things in ſix daies & reſted the ſeuenth.
5 [::] Paſch in memorie of their deliuerie from Aegypt.
8 1.
10 2.
16 3.
16 [::] Pentecoſt in remembrance of receiuing the law.
17 [::] See chap. 7. v. 14.
24 [::] Feaſt of trumpets, in memorie that a rāme ſticking by the hornes was offered by Abraham in ſtead of Iſaac.
24 4.
27 [::] Feaſt of Expiation i⟨illegible⟩ memorie of the ⟨illegible⟩nne in worſhipping the calfe, and for al ſinnes forgotten, or vnknowne.
28 5.
34 [::] Feaſt of Tabernacles, to remēber Gods protection in the wildernes, where they dwelled in tabernacles 40▪ yeares.
34 6.
36 [::] Feaſt of Aſſemblie and collection in memorie of peace geuen in the land of promiſe.
37 7.
41 [::] Theſe feaſts were euerlaſtīg to the Iewes in their generations, that is, neuer to be altered by them, nor during their ſtate. S. Aug. q. 43▪ in Exod.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XXIII.

2. The feſtiuities] As other lawes written by Moyſes concerning Sacrifices, Sacraments, Degrees hindering mariage, puniſhments of ſinnes, and the [Margin: Feſtiual daies perteine to the ſeruice of God.] like, are partly moral, pertaining to the law of nature, partly ceremonial, or iudicial, which may be altered: ſo this law of feſtiuities is partly moral, for that al men are bound to kepe ſome feſtiual dayes in honour of God, partly ceremonial, and ſo the Sabbath day was kept holie in the old Teſtament, the ſeuenth day of the weke, and other feaſtes, the dayes here preſcribed. But theſe particular feaſtes and times▪ are abrogated by Chriſt▪ whom they prefigured. In ſo much that now it is not lawful to kepe them, for it would ſignifie that Chriſt were not come, as S. Paul teacheth (Rom. 14. Galat. 4. Colloſſ. 2. and in other places) and it were plaine Iudaiſme, and Hereſie [Margin: It is hereſie to kepe the Sabbath holie day.] condemned by the Councel of Laodicia cap. 29. accurſing them that Iudaize abſtayning that day from vvorkes. S. Gregorie alſo reſuteth this hereſie, li. 11. Epiſt. 3 ſhewing that Antichriſt wil embrace it fauouring the Iewes: In place wherof the next day (which we cal ſunday) is made a perpetual holie day, by authoritie of the Church, and called dies Dominica our Lords day (Apoc. 1.) [Margin: In place therof we kepe Sunday.] And this change the Proteſtants confeſſe to be lawful and neceſſarie, though we haue no other expreſſe ſcripture, when, or by whom it was donne, but only that S. Iohn had his reuelation in our Lords day, but by perpetual tradition al Chriſtians know, that the day after the ſabbath is our wekelie holie day, in memorie of Chriſts Reſurrection the ſame day, and in figure of the general reſurrection of al men, and of life euerlaſting to the bleſſed. S. Aug. li. 22. c. 30. ciuit. & Epiſt. 119. c. 15. and S. Hierome Epiſt. ad Hedib. The ſame reaſon and authoritie do alſo warrant the change of other feaſtes, and inſtitution of new, in honour of God, our Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, his Mother, and [Margin: Other feaſtes alſo changed, and new inſtituted by the ſame authoritie.] other Sainctes, and in memorie of benefites receiued, as here we ſee in the old Teſtament diuers were commanded by God, ſome alſo inſtituted long after Moyſes, as by Mardocheus and other Iewes, Eſter. 9. and the reſtauration with new dedication of the altar 1. Machab. 4. obſerued by our ſauiour Ioan. 10. v. 22.

Chapter 24

CHAP. XXIIII. Prouiſion of oile for lampes in the Tabernacle. 5. The making, and diſpoſing the loaues of propoſition, 10. The punishment of blaſphemie, and man ſlaughter. 18. And the paine of equal reuenge.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Command the children of Iſrael, that they bring vnto thee: oyle of oliues moſt pure, and cleare, to furnish the lampes continually,

3 without the veile of the teſtimonie in the tabernacle of couenant. And Aaron shal ſette them from euen vntil morning before the Lord, by a perpetual ſeruice and rite in your generations.

4 Vpon the candleſticke moſt cleane shal they be putte alwaies in the ſight of the Lord.

5 Thou shalt take alſo floure, and shalt bake therof twelue breades, which shal haue euerie one[::] two tenthes:

6 which thou shalt ſette ſix one againſt an other vpon the moſt cleane table before the Lord,

7 and thou shalt put vpon them the cleareſt franckincenſe, that the bread may be for a moniment of the oblation of the Lord.

8 Euerie ſabbath they shal be changed before the Lord, receiued of the children of Iſrael by an euerlaſting couenant:

9 and they shal be Aarons and his ſonnes, that they may eate them in a holie place: becauſe it is moſt Holie of the ſacrifices of the Lord by a perpetual righr.

10 And behold there went forth the Ionne of a woman of Iſrael, whom she had borne of an Aegyptian among the children of Iſrael, and fel at wordes in the campe with a man of Iſrael.

11 And when he had blaſphemed the name, and had curſed it, he was brought to Moyſes: (And his mother was called Salumith, the daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan.)

12 And they did caſt him into priſon, til they might know what our Lord would command.

13 Who ſpake to Moyſes,

14 ſaying: Bring forth the blaſphemer without the campe, and let al that heard him, put their handes vpon his head, and let al the people ſtone him.

15 And to the children of Iſrael thou ſhalt ſpeake: The man that curſeth his God, shal beare his ſinne:

16 and he that blaſphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him dye: al the multitude of the people shal ſtone him, whether he be a natural, or ſtranger. He that blaſphemeth the name of the Lord, dying let him dye.

17 He that ſtriketh, and killeth a man, dying let him dye.

18 He that ſtriketh a beaſt, shal render one for it, that is to ſay, ſoule for ſoule,

19 He that giueth anie of his neighbours a blemish [::] as he did, ſo shal it be done to him:

20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth he shal reſtore. What blemish he gaue, the like shal he be compelled to ſuſtaine.

21 He that ſtriketh a beaſt, ſhal render an other. He that ſtriketh a man, shal be puniſhed.

22 Let there be equal iudgement among you, whether a ſtranger, or a natural ſinne: becauſe I am the Lord, your God.

23 And Moyſes ſpake to the children of Iſrael: and they brought him forth that had blaſphemed, without the campe, and they ſtoned him. And the children of Iſrael did as our Lord had commanded Moyſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 24

5 [::] Two tenthes of an ephi, that is, two gomors A gomor of Manna, which is the tenth part of an ephi, ſufficied one man for a day. Exod. 16. v. 16. & 36. ſo that one of theſe loaues was as much as al the meate which two do ordinarily eate in one day.
19 [::] This Law de ſigning equalitie, was to put a limite, not to enforce to reuenge, for the partie damaged, if he would, might remitte al or part. S. Aug. li. 19. c. 25. cont. Fauſtum.

Chapter 25

CHAP. XXV. The law of the ſeuenth yeare, 8. and fiftith yeare, which is the Iubilie. 13. when al enheritance ſold returneth to the former owner. (24. as alſo it may in the meane time be redeemed) 35. Vſurie prohibited, 39. and ſeruitude among the Iſraelites, only they may be hyred til the Iubilie yeare. 47. and may be redeemed from ſeruitude of ſtrangers: 54. at leaſt they shal be free in the yeare of Iubilie.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes in the mount Sinai, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou shalt ſay to them: When you shal be entred to the land which I wil geue you, thou shalt ſabbatize the ſabbath to the Lord.

3 Six yeares thou shalt ſowe thy field, and ſix yeares thou ſhalt cut thy vineyard, and ſhalt gather the fruites therof:

4 but in the ſeuenth yeare a ſabbath shal be to the earth, of the reſting of the Lord: the field thou shalt not ſowe, and the vineyard thou shalt not cut.

5 The thinges that the ground shal bring forth of it ſelf, thou shalt not reape: and the grapes of thy firſt fruites thou shalt not gather as a vintage: for it is a yeare of the reſting of the earth:

6 but they ſhal be vnto you for meate, to thee and thy manſeruant, to thy woman ſeruant and hyreling, and to the ſtranger that ſeiourneth with thee:

7 to thy beaſtes and cattel al thinges that grow shal giue meate.

8 Thou shalt number thee alſo ſeuen weekes of yeares, that is to ſay, ſeuen times ſeuen, which together make fourtie nine, yeares:

9 and thou [::] shalt ſound with the trumpet the ſeuenth moneth, the tenth day of the moneth, in the time of propitiation in al your land.

10 Thou shalt ſanctifie the fifteth yeare, and shalt proclaime remiſſion to al the inhabitantes of thy land: for it is the yeare of Iubilie. Euerie man shal returne to his poſſeſſion, and euerie one shal goe backe to his old familie:

11 becauſe it is the Iubilie and the fifteth yeare. You shal not ſowe nor teape the thinges that growe in the field of their owne accord, and the firſt fruites of vintage you shal not gather,

12 becauſe of the ſanctification of the Iubilie, but forth with as they grow you shal eate them.

13 In the yeare of Iubilie al shal returne to their poſſeſſions.

14 When thou ſhalt ſel anie thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him, preſſe not thy brother, but according to the number of the yeares of Iubilie thou shalt buy of him,

15 and according to the ſupputation of the fruites he shal ſel to thee.

16 The moe yeares remaine after the Iubilie, ſo much more shal the price increaſe: and the leſſe time that thou shal account, ſo much the leſſe shal the purchaſe: be valued. for the time of the fruites he shal ſel to thee.

17 Doe not afflict your contrimen, but let euerie one feare his God, becauſe I the Lord your God.

18 Do my preceptes, and keepe my iudgementes, and fulfil them: that you may dwel in the land without anie feare,

19 and the ground may yeld you her fruites, which you may eate vnto your fil, fearing no mans inuaſion.

20 But if you ſay: What shal we eate the ſeuenth yeare, if we ſowe not, nor gather our fruites?

21 I wil geue you my benediction the ſixt yeare, and it shal yeld the fruites of three yeares:

22 and the eight yeare you shal ſowe, and shal eate of the old fruites, vntil the ninth yeare: til new be growne, you shal eate the old.

23 The land alſo shal not be ſould for euer: becauſe it is mine, and you are my ſtrangers and ſeiourners.

24 For the which cauſe al the countrie of your poſſeſſion shal be ſould vnder the condition of redemption.

25 If thy brother impouerished ſel his litle poſſeſſion, and his kinſeman wil, he may redeme that which he had ſould.

26 but if he haue no kinſeman, and him ſelf can finde the price to redeme it:

27 the fruites shal be accounted from that time when he ſould it: and the reſidue he shal reſtore to the buier, and ſo he shal receiue his poſſeſſion againe.

28 but if his hand finde not to repay the price, the buier shal haue that he bought, vntil the yeare of Iubilee. For in it al ſale shal returne to the owner, and to the old poſſeſſour.

29 He that ſelleth a houſe within the walles of a citie, shal haue licence to redeme it, vntil one yeare be expired,

30 if he redeme it not, and the compaſſe of the yeare be fully out, the buier shal poſſeſſe it, and his poſteritie for euer, and it can not be redemed, no not in the Iubilee.

31 But if the houſe be in a village, that hath not walles, it shal be ſould according to the law of fieldes. if it be not redemed before, in the Iubilee it ſhal returne to the owner.

32 The houſes of Leuites, which are in cities, may alwaies be redemed:

33 if they be not redemed, in the Iubilee they shal returne to the owners, becauſe the houſes of the cities of the Leuites are for poſſeſſions among the children of Iſrael.

34 But let not their ſuburbes be ſould, becauſe it is a perpetual poſſeſſion.

35 If thy brother be empouerished, and weake of hand, and thou receiue him as a ſtranger and ſeiourner, and he liue with thee,

36 take not vſuries [::] of him, nor more then thou gaueſt. feare thy God, that thy brother may liue with thee.

37 Thou ſhalt not geue him thy money to vſurie, and an ouer plus of the fruites thou shalt not exact of him.

38 I the Lord your God, that brought you out of the Land of Aegygt, that I might geue you the Land of Chanaan, and might be your God.

39 If thy brother conſtrained by pouertie, ſel him ſelf to thee, thou shalt not oppreſſe him with the ſeruitude of ſeruants,

40 but he shal be as an hireling, and a ſeiourner: vntil the yeare of Iubilee he shal worke with thee,

41 and afterward he shal goe out with his children, and shal returne to his kinred and to the poſſeſſion of his fathers.

42 for they are my ſeruantes, and I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt. let them not be ſould by the condition of ſeruantes:

43 afflict him not by might, but feare thy God.

44 Let your man ſeruant, and woman ſeruant, be of the nations that are round about you.

45 And of the ſtrangers, that ſeiourne with you, or that were borne of them in your land, theſe you ſhal haue for ſeruantes:

46 and by right of inheritance shal leaue them to your poſteritie, and shal poſſeſſe them for euer. but your brethren the children of Iſrael doe ye not oppreſſe by might.

47 If the hand of a ſtranger or ſeiourner grow ſtrong among you, and thy brother empouerished ſel him ſelf to him, or to any of his ſtocke:

48 after the ſale he may be redeemed. He that wil of his brethren shal redeme him,

49 both the vncle by father, and the vncles ſonne, and the kinſman, and the allied. But and if him ſelf be able alſo, he shal redeme him ſelfe,

50 accounting onlie the yeares from the time of his ſelling vnto the yeare of Iubilee: and accounting the money, that he was ſould for, according to the number of the yeares and the reckning of an hyreling.

51 If they be more yeares that remaine vntil the Iubilee, according to theſe alſo shal he repay the price.

52 if few, he shal make the reckning with him according to the number of the yeares, and shal repay to the buyer for that which remaineth of the yeares,

53 his wages being allowed for the which he ſerued before: he shal not afflict him violently in thy ſight.

54 And if by theſe meanes he can not be redemed, in the yeare of Iubilee he shal goe out with his children.

55 For the children of Iſrael are my ſeruantes, whom I brought forth out of the Land of Aegypt.

Marginal notes to Chapter 25

9 [::] Of ſounding with trūpets, which is pleaſant & ioyful, cometh the name of Iubilie: the effect of it is remiſſion of al bondes, reſtauration of former libertie, and recouerie of enheritāce. In the old Teſtament of tēporal things in the new of ſpiritual, praefigured therby: as remiſſiō of ſinne; deliuerie frō bondage therof; recouerie of grace; and preparation to eternal glorie.
36 [::] Iewes for their aduātage hold it lawful, to take vſurie of ſtrangers, not obſeruing that it is alſo commanded often in ſcripture, not to afflict, but to loue ſtrangers. Exod. 22. 23. Leuit. 19

Chapter 26

CHAP. XXVI. VVith new prohibition of Idolatrie, and commandment to kepe the Sabbath 3. rewardes are promiſed to al that obſerue Gods precepts. 14. And manie miſerable punishments are threatned to al tranſgreſsors.

1 I THE Lord your God: you shal not make to your ſelues an idol and [::] thing grauen, neither shal you erect titles, nor ſet a notorious ſtone in your land, for to adore it. for I am the Lord your God.

2 Keepe my ſabbathes, and dread my Sanctuarie. I the Lord.

3 If you walke in my preceptes, and keepe my commandementes, and doe them, I wil geue you raine in their ſeaſons,

4 and the earth shal bring forth her ſpring, and the trees ſhal be repleniſhed with fruites.

5 The threshing of your harueſt shal reach vnto vintage, and the vintage shal reach vnto ſowing time: and you shal eate your bread to your fil, and without feare shal you dwel in your land.

6 I wil geue peace in your coaſtes: you shal ſleepe, and there shal be none to make you afraid. I wil take away euil beaſtes: and the ſword shal not paſſe through your quarters.

7 You shal purſue your enemies, and they shal fal before you.

8 fiue of yours shal purſue an hundred ſtrangers, and an hundred of you tenne thouſand: your enemies shal fal by the ſword in your ſight.

9 I wil reſpect you, and make you encreaſe: you shal be multiplied, and I wil eſtablish my couenant with you.

10 You shal eate the eldeſt of the old ſtore, and new coming vpon it you shal caſt forth the old.

11 I wil ſette my tabernacle in the middes of you, and my ſoule shal not caſt you of.

12 I wil walke among you, and wil be your God, and you shal be my people.

13 I the Lord your God: that haue brought you out of the Land of the Aegyptians, that you should not ſerue them, and that haue broken the chaines of your neckes, that you might goe vpright.

14 But if you wil not heare me, nor doe al my commandements,

15 if you diſpiſe my lawes, and contemne my iudgementes that you do not thoſe thinges which are appointed by me, and bring my couenant to nothing worth:

16 I alſo wil do theſe thinges to you: I shal quickly viſite you with pouertie, and burning heat, which shal waiſt your eies, and conſume your liues. you shal ſowe your ſeede in vaine, which ſhal be deuoured of the enemies.

17 I wil ſette my face againſt you, and you shal fal downe before your enemies, and shal be made ſubiect to them that hate you. you shal flee, when no man purſueth you.

18 But if you wil not obey me ſo neither, I wil increaſe your chaſtiſementes ſeuen fould for your ſinnes,

19 and wil breake the pride of your ſtubburneſſe. and I wil make to you the heauen, from aboue as iron, and the earth as braſſe.

20 Your labour ſhal be ſpēt in vaine, the earth ſhal not bring forth her ſpring, nor the trees yeld their fruites.

21 If you walke contrarie to me, and wil not heare me, I wil increaſe your plagues vntil ſeuen fould for your ſinnes:

22 and I wil ſend in vpon you the beaſtes of the field, which may conſume you, and your cattaile, and may bring al thinges to a ſmal number, and that your waies may be made deſert.

23 And if you wil neither ſo receiue diſcipline, but walke rather contrarie to me:

24 I alſo wil goe oppoſite againſt you, and wil ſtrike you ſeuen times for your ſinnes.

25 and I wil bring in vpon you the ſword a reuenger of my couenant. And when you ſhal flee into the cities, I wil ſend the peſtilence in the middeſt of you, and you shal be deliuered in the handes of the enemies,

26 after I shal haue broken the ſtaffe of your bread: ſo that tenne wemen shal bake your breades in one ouen, and ſhal render them by weight: and you shal eate, and shal not be filled.

27 But if you wil neither by theſe meanes heare me, but walke againſt me:

28 I alſo wil goe againſt you in contrarie furie, and wil chaſtice you with ſeuen plagues for your ſinnes,

29 ſo that you shal [::] eate the flesh of your ſonnes and of your daughters.

30 I wil deſtroy your excelſes, and breake your idols. You ſhal fal among the ruines of your idols and my ſoule ſhal abhorre you,

31 in ſo much that I wil bring your cities into a wilderneſſe, and I wil make your Sanctuaries deſert, neither wil I receiue any more the moſt ſweete odour.

32 And I wil diſtroy your land, and your enemies ſhal be aſtonied vpon it, when they ſhal be inhabitants therof.

33 And you I wil diſperſe into the Gentiles, and wil draw out the ſword after you, and your land shal be deſert, and your cities deſtroied.

34 Then shal the land take pleaſure in her ſabbathes al the daies of her deſolation: when you shal be

35 in the enemies land, she shal ſabbatize, and reſt in the ſabbathes of her deſolation, becauſe ſhe did not reſt in your ſabbathes when you dwelt in it.

36 And they that shal remaine of you, I wil put feare in their hartes in the countries of their enemies, the ſound of a flying leafe shal terrifie them, and they shal flie it as it were a ſword: they shal fal, when no man purſueth,

37 and they shal euerie one fal vpon their brethren, as flying from warres, none of you shal be ſo hardie as to reſiſt your enemies.

38 You shal perish among the Gentiles, and the enemies land shal conſume you.

39 And if of them alſo ſome remaine, they shal pine away in their iniquities, in the land of their enemies, and for the ſinnes of their fathers, and their owne they shal be afflicted:

40 vntil they confeſſe their owne and their auncetours iniquities, wherby they haue preuaricated againſt me, and walked contrarie vnto me.

41 I alſo therfore wil walke againſt them, and bring them into their enemies land, vntil their vncircumciſed mind be ashamed: then shal they pray for their impieties.

42 And I wil remember my couenant, that I made with [::] Iacob, and Iſaac, and Abraham. Of the land alſo I wil be mindful:

43 which when it shal be left of them, shal take pleaſure in her ſabbathes, being deſolate for them. But they shal pray for their ſinnes, for that they reiected my iudgementes, and diſpiſed my lawes.

44 Howbeit euen when they were in the land of their enemies, [::] I did not caſt them of altogether, neither did I ſo diſpiſe them, that they should be conſumed, and I should make my couenant with them fruſtrate. For I am the Lord their God,

45 and I wil remember mine old couenant, when I brought them out of the Land of Aegypt, in the ſight of the Gentiles, for to be their God, I the Lord. Theſe are the iudgementes, and precepts, and lawes, which our Lord gaue betwen him ſelf and the children of Iſrael in Monnt Sinai by the hand of Moyſes.

Marginal notes to Chapter 26

1 [::] Heretikes holding their corrupt courſe, wil nedes haue an image of Chriſt, or Sainct, to be the grauen thing, which is forbidden in holie Scriptures: & therfore falſly tranſlate, Peſel a grauen image where indede it ſignifieth an image, picture or purtrature of an idol. that is, a grauen idol. So here as in other places, it is forbid to make an idol, or ſimilitude of anie idol.
29 [::] This extreme famine fel vpon ſome of them in Samaria. 4. Reg. 6. vpon others in Hieruſalem 4. Reg. 25. moſt ſpecially whē they were beſiged by Titus. Ioſephus li. 7. ⟨illegible⟩. 6. dc b⟨illegible⟩llo lu⟨illegible⟩.
42 [::] Iacob is firſt here named, becauſe he had no other children but this people, for Iſaac was alſo father of the ⟨illegible⟩dun e⟨illegible⟩s, and Abrah⟨illegible⟩ m⟨illegible⟩eoue⟨illegible⟩ of the Iſmaelites and Mad⟨illegible⟩tes, and becauſe the great promiſes made to Abraham and Iſarc pertained only to the Iſrael⟨illegible⟩tes▪ Theoderet. q. 36. in ⟨illegible⟩euit.
44 [::] The church neuer wholly decayeth.

Chapter 27

CHAP. XXVII. How ſome vowes of diuers perſones may be redemed, but ſome may not be [Margin: The fifth part. Of vowes and Tithes.] changed. 28. Al, one way or other, must be diſcharged. 30. Tithes alſo muſt be payed, either the ſame that are due or more.

1 AND our Lord ſpake to Moyſes, ſaying:

2 Speake to the children of Iſrael, and thou ſhalt ſay to them: The man that ſhal haue made a vow, and [::] bound his ſoule to God, by eſtimation he ſhal geue the price.

3 If it be a man from the twenteth yeare vntil three ſcore, he shal geue fiftie ſicles of ſiluer, after the meaſure of the Sanctuarie:

4 if a woman, thirtie.

5 But from the fift yeare vntil the twenteth, a man ſhal geue twentie ſicles: a woman tenne.

6 From one moneth vntil the fift yeare, for a man ſhal be geuen fiue ſicles: for a woman three.

7 One that is three ſcore and aboue a man shal geue fiftene ſicles: a woman tenne.

8 if he be poore, and not able to pay the eſtimation he ſhal ſtand before the prieſt: and as much as he ſhal eſteme, and ſee him able to pay, ſo much ſhal he geue.

9 But the beaſt, that may be immolated to the Lord, if a man doe vow it, shal be holie,

10 and can not be changed, that is to ſay, [::] neither a better for a bad, nor a worſe for a good. and if he change it: both it ſelf that was changed, and that for the which it was changed, ſhal be conſecrated to the Lord.

11 The vncleane beaſt, which can not be immolated to the Lord, if anie man vow it shal be brought before the prieſt.

12 Who iudgeing whether it be good or euel, shal ſet the price.

13 which if he that offereth wil geue, he shal adde aboue the eſtimation the fift part.

14 If a man vow his houſe, and ſanctifie it to the Lord, the prieſt shal conſider it, whether it be good or bad, and according to the price, which he shal appoint, it shal be ſold.

15 But if he that had vowed, wil redeme it, he shal geue the fift part of the eſtimation beſides, and shal haue the houſe.

16 And if he vow the field of his poſſeſſion, and conſecrate it to the Lord, the price shal be eſtemed according to the meaſure of the ſeede. If the ground be ſowed with thirtie bushels of barly, let it be ſolde for fiftie ſicles of ſiluer.

17 If he vow his field immediatly from the yeare of Iubilee, that is beginning, how much it can be worth, at ſo much it shal be eſtemed:

18 but if ſometime after: the prieſt shal account the money according to the number of yeares, that remaine vntil the Iubilee, and there shal be diminished of the price.

19 And if he that had vowed, wil redeme his field, he shal adde the fift part of the eſtemed money, and shal poſſeſſe it.

20 And if he wil not redeme it, but it be ſould to any other man, he that had vowed it, can redeme it no more:

21 for when the day of Iubilee commeth, it ſhal be ſanctified to the Lord, and the poſſeſſion conſecrated pertaineth to the right of the prieſtes.

22 If the field be bought, and being not of his auncetors poſſeſſion be ſanctified to the Lord,

23 the prieſt ſhal account the price according to the number of yeares, vnto the iubilee: and he that had vowed, ſhal geue that to the Lord.

24 but in the Iubilee, it shal returne to the former owner, that ſould it, and had it in the lotte of his poſſeſſion.

25 Al eſtimation shal be weighed by the [::] ſicle of the ſanctuarie. A ſicle hath twentie oboles.

26 The “ firſt borne, which pertaine to the Lord, no man may ſanctifie and vow: whether it be oxe, or sheepe, they are the Lordes.

27 And if it be an vncleane beaſt, he that offereth it shal redeme it, according to thy eſtimatimation, and shal adde the fift part of the price. If he wil not redeme it, it shal be ſould to an other for how much ſoeuer it was eſtemed by thee.

28 Anie thing that is [::] conſecrated to the Lord, whether it be man, or beaſt, or field, shal not be ſould, neither can it be redemed. Whatſoeuer is once conſecrated, shal be holie of holies to the Lord.

29 And any conſecration, that is offered of a man, shal not be redemed, but dying shal die.

30 Al tithes of the land, whether of corne, or of the fruites of trees, are the Lordes, and are ſanctified to him.

31 And if anie man wil redeme his tithes, he shal adde the fift part of them.

32 Of al the tithes of oxen, and sheepe and goates, that paſſe vnder the sheepheardes rodde, euerie tenth that commeth shal be ſanctified to the Lord.

33 It shal not be choſen neither good nor bad, neither shal it be changed for an other. If anie man change it: both that which was changed, and that for the which it was changed, shal be ſanctified to the Lord, and shal not be redeemed.

34 Theſe are the precepts, which our Lord commanded Moyſes vnto the children of Iſrael in the mount Sinai.

Marginal notes to Chapter 27

2 [::] Becauſe ⟨illegible⟩o other but the tribe of Leui could ſerue about the tabernacle, and yet others might deſire to ſerue there, they might in ſteed therof geue a price⟨illegible⟩ & haue the reward of their good wil.
10 [::] The thing that is vowed, if it may be performed, pleaſeth God better, then a change.
25 [::] A ſicle was about 15. d obolus three farthinges.
28 [::] A vow made approued and conſecrated to God, can not be changed by anie man, The⟨illegible⟩⟨illegible⟩t. q. vlt. ⟨illegible⟩n Leuit.

ANNOTATIONS. CHAP. XXVII.

26. The ſirſt borne.] God here forbiddeth to vow the ſirſt borne, and geueth [Margin: Vowes are properly of things not commanded.] the reaſon, for that they are the Lordes, ſhewing that thoſe things, wherto we are already bound, are not properly matter of vow. But a vowe properly is a religious promiſe voluntarily made to God, of a good thing, vnto which we were not bound. And that the ſame is verie gratful to God, appeareth not only in [Margin: Rmm. 6. 30. Deut. 23. Pſal. 21. 49. 75. 115. 131.] this chapter, and in manie other places of Moyſes law, but alſo in the law of [Margin: And are gratful to God.] nature Gen. 28. Iacob vowed, and God accepted therof. Gen. 31. v. 13. And the royal Prophet in diuers Pſalmes pertaining to the new Teſtament commendeth vowes. It is certaine alſo & manifeſt. 1. Tim. 5. that widowes did lawfully [Margin: Alſo in the new Teſtament.] vowe chaſtitie in the primitiue Church: and ſuch as did afterward breake the ſame, did violate their promiſe to God. Innumerable alſo moſt lerned and moſt godlie fathers, haue euer from Chriſts time both taught and practiſed religious vowes, of obedience to ſuperiors, who otherwiſe had no authoritie ouer them, and of perpetual chaſtitie, and voluntarie pouertie. It is likewiſe, and continually hath benne, a moſt common practiſe in the Church, to vow other good workes of pietie, as to viſite holie places, to build Churches, Collegies, Hoſpitals, and the like, being no way bound therto but of mere deuotion. See Annotations. 1. Tim. 5.

Colophon

The holie Bible faithfully translated into English, out of the authentical Latin. Diligently conferred with the Hebrew, Greeke, and other editions in diuers languages. With arguments of the bookes, and chapters: annotations. tables: and other helpes. By the English College of Doway. The first tome (Genesis to Job), Doway: Laurence Kellam, 1609 (STC 2207). Copy: Henry E. Huntington Library, as reproduced in Early English Books Online (image set 2087).

Transcription: Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership (EEBO-TCP), Phase I text A11777 (2007), released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal public-domain dedication.

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