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made to anoint kings and priests, Exod. xxx. 25-27. 17. That the families of the priests should minister in the sanctuary by turns, but that all should be present at the great anniversary feasts, Deut. xviii. 6. 18. That the priests mourn and be defiled for their near relations, Levit. xxi. 3. 19. That the high priest marry a virgin, Levit. xxi, 13.

This is the second family, liable to the same mistakes in many things with the former, but yet containing a collection of things suitable to each other, and belonging for the most part to the same general head.

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§ 8. The third family relates to sacrifices, containing fifty-seven precepts. As, 1. That the Tan tamid, or continual sacrifice,' be offered every day, Exod. xxix. 38. Numb. xxviii. 2, 3. That the high priest offer his mincha or corban every day, Levit. vi. 20. 3. That every sabbath day two lambs of a year old be offered as a sacrifice morning and evening, Numb. xxviii. 9. That the sacrifice of the new moon be observed, Numb. xxviii. 2. 5. That during the feast of the passover, the special sacrifices appointed, be added to the continual sacrifice, Levit. xxiii. 6, 7. Numb. xxviii. 19. 6. That at the feast of Pentecost, the offering of new corn be observed, Numb. xxix. 1. 7. That it be accompanied with alms. 8. Likewise that on the day of expia. tion, Numb. xxix. 7. 9. And that on the feast of tabernacles for seven days, Levit. xxiii. 34. 10. That on the eighth or last day of the feast, Numb. xxix. 35, 36. 11. That on the second day of the feast of the passover an homer of meal be offered with a lamb, Levit. xxiii. 12. That on the feast of Pentecost, two new loaves be offered, with its especial sacrifice, Levit. xxiii. 17. 13. That all things be done aright on the feast of expiation, Levit. xvi. (These general things are evidently put in to fill up the number of precepts that they had fixed on, there being no special precept in them.) 14. That three times in the year an holy feast be kept to the Lord, Exod. xxiii. 14. 15. That on these feasts, all the males appear before the Lord, Deut. xvi. 16. 16. That they should rejoice in all their feasts, Deut. xvi. 14. 17. That the paschal lamb be slain, Exod. xii. 6. 18. That his flesh be eaten roasted, Exod. xii. 8. 19. That in the second month, on the fourteenth day, another passover be kept. That the lamb be then eaten with unleavened bread, and sour herbs, Numb. xix. 10, 11. 21. That the sounding of trumpets be used with the sacrifice, in the day of the afflicting their souls, Numb. x. 9, 10. 22. That the creatures to be sacrificed should be eight days old and upwards, Levit. xxii. 27. 29. That every creature to be sacrificed, be perfect, Levit. xxii. 18. 24.. That salt be used in all sacrifices, Levit. ii. 13. 25. That whole burnt offerings be offered according to the law, Levit. i. 3. 26. That so

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also be the sin-offering, Levit. vi. 18. 27. And likewise the trespass-offering, Levit. vii. 1. 28. And the peace offering, Levit. vii. 2. 29. And the meat-offering, Levit. xi. 1. 30. That if the whole congregation offend, a sacrifice be offered for it, Levit. iv. 13. 31. If a private man sin by ignorance, he must offer his sin-offering, Levit. iv. 27. 32. That a sacrifice be offered for an uncertain crime, Levit. v. 17,18. 33. That a sacrifice be offered for sin certain and known, Levit. vi. 2. v. 16. 34. That every one's sacrifice be according to his substance or wealth, Levit. v. 7. 35. That whosoever sinned, together with his sacrifice he make confession of his sin, Numb. v. 6, 7. 36. That involuntary pollution be cleansed by sacrifice, Levit. xv. 13. 37. That women do so likewise in the case mentioned, Levit. xv. 28. 38. That the leper, being cleansed, do offer sacrifice, Levit. xiv. 10. 39. That a woman after child-birth offer sacrifice, Levit. xii. 6-8. 40. That the tenth of every clean beast be separated to the Lord, Levit. xxvii. 32. 41. That every first-born male be sanctified and offered to the Lord, Exod. xiii. 2. Deut. xv. 19. That every first-born of man be redeemed with a certain price, Numb. xviii. 15. 43. That the first born of an ass be redeemed with a lamb, Exod. xiii. 14. 44. That if it be not redeemed its neck be broken, Exod. xiii. 14. 45. That any sacred beast, that is firstling or tenth, wherein is a blemish, be redeemed, Deut. xii. 15. 46. That which is changed, and that which it is changed for, are to be both the Lord's, Levit. xxvii. 10. 47. That all offerings, both those which were necessary by legal prescription, and also free-will offerings, be brought to Jerusalem on the next feast, Deut. xii. 5, 6. 48. That all sacrifices be offered at the sanctuary, Deut. xii. 14. 49. That sacrifices vowed out of the holy land, be offered at Jerusalem, Deut. xii. 27. 50. That Aaron and his sons eat the remainder of the meat offerings, Levit. vi. 16. 51. That the males of the house of the priests, eat the flesh of the sin and trespass-offering, Exod. xxix. 33. 52. That holy flesh which hath touched any unclean thing be burned in the fire, Levit. vii. 19. 53. That the flesh of the sacrifices that remain above the third day, be consumed with fire, Levit. vii. 17. 54. That a Nazarite suffer his hair to grow, Numb. vi. 5. 55. That he shave his hair after his vow is accomplished, ver. 9. 56. That every man perform his vows to God, Deut. xxiii. 23. Numb. xxx. 2. 57. That judgment be made of the obligations of vows according to the law, Numb. xxx. 3—5.

9. The fourth family of affirmative commands, respects cleanness and uncleanness, whereof they reckon up eighteen precepts; as, 1. He that touches that which dies of itself is unclean, Levit. xi. 39. 2. Eight kinds of creeping things are unclean, Levit. xi. 29. 3. Sundry things that may be eaten, are yet capable of uncleanness, Levit, xi. 34. 4. A woman in her natural

disease is unclean, Levit. xv. 19. 5. And she that is delivered of a child, Levit. xiii. 2. 6. The leper is unclean and defileth other things, Levit. xiii. 2. 7. A cloth infected with leprosy is unclean, Levit.xiii. 47. 8. And an house likewise, Levit. xiv. 35. 9. He that hath an issue is unclean, Levit. xv. 2. 10. And to the same purpose, Levit. xv. 16. 11. And in a woman, ver. 25. 12. A dead body is unclean, and defileth, Numb. xix. 14. 13. All cleansing must be accompanied with bathing or washing, Levit. xv. 16. 14. The cleansing of the leper must be with cedar, hysop, scarlet wool, and the other ceremonies, Levit. xiv. 2. 15. The leper must shave all the hair off his head on the seventh day, Levit. xiii 45. 16. The leper must not go abroad, but with the signs of his leprosy, Levit. xiii. 45. 17. That the red heifer be burned according to order, Numb. xix. 2. 18. That the water of the ashes of a red heifer be sprinkled in purification, Numb. xix. 19.

§ 10. The fifth family of this sort of commands, concerns alms and tithes, consisting of thirty-two precepts. 1. That alms be given to the poor, Deut. xv. 8. 2. That he who promiseth the price of redemption for the first-born, pay it assuredly, Lev. xxvii. 2. 3. That he who is to pay the redemption price of an unclean firstling, pay it accordingly, Lev. xxvii. 11. 4. That the price of a devoted house be so paid, according to the judg ment of the priest, Lev. xxvii. 14. 5. The same of a field, Lev. xxvii. 16. 6. That he who deceiveth by ignorance, add a fifth part to the price of the thing itself, Lev. xv. 16. 7. That the fruits of the fourth year be dedicated to God, Lev. xix. 24. 8. That the corners of the fields be left to the poor to cut and gather, Lev. xix. 9. 9. That ears of corn be left for the poor in harvest, Lev. xix. 9. 10. That a sheaf of corn forgotten be left for the poor, not sought for again, Deut. xxiv. 19. 11. That the gleanings of the vine branches, be left to the poor, Lev. xix. 10. 12. And the grapes that fall to the ground, v. 20. 13. That all first fruits of the earth be brought to the sanctuary or temple, Exod. xxiii. 19. 14. That the words appointed, Deut. xxvi. 5-7. be repeated over the first fruits. 15. That the heave-offering, or terumah for the priest, be observed, Deut. xviii. 4. 16. That the tithes be separarated for the use of the Levites. 17. That a second tithe be taken by the owners, to spend at the tabernacle or at Jerusalem, Deut. xiv. 22. 18. That out of the tenth of the Levites, a tenth be taken for the priests. 19. That on the third and sixth year, in the room of this second tenth, a tenth be given to the poor, Deut. xiv. 28, 29. 20. That confession be made over the tithes, Deut. xxvi. 13. 21. That a cake of the dough be separated unto the priests, Numb. xv. 20. 22. That the whole increase of the land every seventh year be common to all, Exod. xxiii. 10, 11. 23. That the seventh year be a year of rest to the whole land, Exod. xxiv. 21. Lev. xxv. 2. 24. That the year of the jubilee be reckoned by the years of rest, or weeks of years, Lev.

xxv. 8-10. 25. That the year of jubilee be separated or sanctified, v. 8-10. 26. That on the tenth day of the month Tisri, the trumpet shall sound for the beginning of the jubilee, Lev. XXV. 10. 27. That a redemption, or restitution of the land be granted in the year of jubilee, Lev. xxv. 24. 28. He that sells an house in a walled town, may redeem it within a year, Lev. XXV. 29. 29. That debts be remitted on the seventh year, Deut. xv. 2. 30. That in all offerings and sacrifices for sin, the priest have the right shoulder, the breast and the cheek for his portion, Deut. xviii. 3. 31. That the first fleece of sheep being shorn be given to the priests, Deut. xviii. 4. 32. That right judgment be made of things devoted, as to the part of God, and that of the priests.

§ 11. The sixth family contains seven precepts about things to be eaten. 1. That all creatures to be eaten, beasts and birds, have their heads taken off, Deut. xii. 2. 2. That the blood of beasts and birds killed to be eaten, be covered with earth or dust, Lev. xvii. 23. 3. That the mother be left free from the nest, when the young ones are taken, Deut. xxii. 6. 4. That the signs of clean and unclean beasts be diligently observed, Lev. ii. 25. 5. That signs to the same purpose be observed in some birds, Deut. xiv. 11. 6. And the same concerning locusts that may be eaten, Lev. xi. 21. 7. That the signs in fishes be observed, Lev. xi. 9.

§ 12. The seventh family of affirmative precepts, respects the passover and other feasts as to the time of their observance, having twenty commands appertaining to it. 1. That the course of the sun and moon, be exactly observed for the right constituting of the anniversary feasts, Deut. iv. 6. 2. That the beginning of the months be appointed by the house of judgment, Exod. xii. 2. 3. That we rest on the Sabbath, Exod. xxiii. 12. 4. That the Sabbath be sanctified, Exod. xx. 8. 5. That all leaven be thrust out of doors on the feast of the passover, Exod. xii. 15. 6. That on the night of the passover the first discourse be about the deliverance out of Egypt, Exod. xiii. 8. 7. That unleavened bread be eaten on that night, Exod. xii. 18. 8. That the first day of 9. Likewise the 10. That forty 11.

the feast of the passover be a day of rest. seventh day also, Exod. xii. 16. Lev. xxiii. 7. nine days be reckoned to the feast of weeks, Lev. xxiii. 15. That on the fiftieth day rest be declared, Lev. xxiii. 21. 12. That on the first day of the seventh month, there be rest from all works, Lev. xxiii. 24. 13. That the trumpet sound on that day, Numb. xxix. 1. 14. That every one afflict his own soul on the tenth day of September, Lev. xxiii. 27—29. 15. That there be a rest and ceasing from all works on the day of expiation, Lev. xxiii. 32. 16. That there be a rest from labour on

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the first day of the feast of tabernacles, Lev. xxiii. 35. 17, Likewise on the eighth day, ver. 36. 18. That the people dwell in booths seven days, Lev. xxiii. 43. 19. That on the first day of the feast of tabernacles, branches of palms be carried, Lev. xxiii. 40. 20. That every Israelite that is a male, offer every year half a shekel to the Lord, Exod. xxx. 13. § 13. The eighth family concerns rule and judgment, made up of thirteen precepts. 1. That obedience be yielded to every prophet speaking in the name of God, Deut. xviii. 15. 2. That the people choose a king, Deut. xvii. 15. 3. That judges and rulers be appointed in every city of the people, Deut. xvi. 18. 4. That the laws and decrees of the great council be observed, and obeyed, Deut. xvii. 10. 5. That in doubtful cases the major part of suffrages is to determine, Exod. xxiii. 1. 6. That all men be judged equally without respect, Lev. xix. 15. 7. That every one who can testify the truth in any cause, he is of his own accord to repair to the judges so to do, Lev. v. 1. 8. That witnesses be examined strictly and their testimony duly weighed, Deut. xiii. 14. 9. That false witnesses have that done to them, which by their false testimony they would have done to others, or brought upon them, Deut. xix. 19. 10. That a calf be slain where a dead body is found, the murderer not being known, Deut. xxi. 1. 11. That six cities of refuge for the man-slayer be appointed, and the ways to them be prepared, Deut. xix. 2. 12. That the Levites have cities and suburbs granted them, Numb xxxv. 2. 13, That the tops of the houses have a battlement about them, Deut. xxii. 8.

$ 14. The ninth family of affirmative precepts, respects truth and doctrines, comprehending twenty-five commands. 1. That the idolatry of the Gentiles be extirpated out of the land, Deut. xii. 2. 2. That the city and citizens which fall into idolatry, be utterly destroyed, Deut. xiii. 16. 3. That the seven nations of Canaan be blotted out, Deut. xx. 16. 4. That the Israelites remember what Amalek did unto them, Deut. xxv. 15, 16. 5. That the memory of Amalek be blotted out from under heaven, Exod. xvii. 14. 6. That war be undertaken and managed according to the law, Deut. xx. 1. 7. That a priest be anointed to go forth to the war, Deut. xx. 2. S. That every one carry a paddle with his arms, Deut. xxiii. 13, 9. That a place be assigned for covering the ejections of nature, v. 12. 10. That what is stolen be restored, Lev. vi. 4. 11. That a Hebrew servant be well rewarded at the end of his service, Deut. xv. 14. 12. That we lend freely to the and poor needy, Exod. xxii. 25. 13. That the pledge be restored to the owner, Deut. xxiv. 13. 14. That the labourer be paid his hire or wages the same day, Deut. xxiv. 15. 15. That the hire

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