sacrifices are sanctified and made acceptable unto God in his church: ••o that none can come unto the Father but by him▪ Ioh. 14. 6. and he is the doore of the sheepe, Ioh. 10. 7. 9. The Tabernacle also figu∣red the Church, where God requireth his worship to be performed by all his people: 1 Tim. 3. 15. Rev. 21. 3. Eph. 2. 20. 21. 22. Act. 2. 47. And so it is written, For in mine holy mountaine, in the moun∣taine of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land serve me: there will I accept them; and there will I require your offrings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. Ezek. 20. 40. in the Camp] which is described in Numb. 2. answerable wher∣to the city Ierusalem was, in the ages following: as is noted on Exod. 40. 33.
Vers. 4. blood] that is, murder: for such corrupti∣on [unspec 4] of Gods worship, is hatefull unto him as blood-shed. So in Esa. 66. 3. he saith, He that killeth an oxe, is as if he slew a man. So the Hebrewes; as Sol. Iarchi here saith, As if hee shed the blood of man, for which he is guilty of his life. he hath shed blood] Tar∣gum Ionathan explaineth it thus, And it shall be to him, as if he had shed innocent blood. ••ut-off] in Chaldee, destroyed: so the Greeke, that soule shall be destroyed.
Vers. 5. the face of the field] that is, the open field: see the notes on Levit. 14. 7. As the heathens, so [unspec 5] the Israelites (before the making of the Sanctua∣ry,) sacrificed every where in the fields, high pla∣ces and mountaines. The Hebrewes say, Before the Tabernacle was set up, the high places were lawfull; and the service was by the Firstborne: after the Tabernacle was erected, high places were unlawfull, and the service (was performed) by the Priests. Thalmud Bab. in Ze∣bachim, chap. 14. Here Israel is restrained to the Tabernacle, but the other nations were not so, but might sacrifice other where, as did Iob and his friends, Iob 1. 5. and 42. 8. 9. And in the Hebrew canons it is said; He that killeth the holy things of the heathens, without (the Sanctuarie,) is guilty: likewise ••e that offreth them without. But it is lawfull for the heathens to offer burnt offrings unto God, in every place; and he himselfe may offer in an high place which hee hath builded. But it is unlawfull (for a Iew) to helpe him, &c. for loe we are forbidden to offer without (the Court.) And it is lawfull to teach them, and to learne them how they may offer unto the name of the Blessed (God.) Maim. in Maaseh hakorbanoth, chap. 19. sect. 16. The same liberty which the nations had before the Law, wee have now againe spiritually under the Gospell, Iohn 4. 21.—24. which God foretold, saying, My name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offred unto my name, and a pure offring, Mal. 1. 11. unto the doore] that is, into the courtyard: see the notes on Levit. 8. 3. of the congregation] or, of assemblie: in Greeke, of the testimonie: so in verse 9.
Verse 6. a savour of rest] in Greeke, a savour of [unspec 6] sweet smel: which the Chaldee expoundeth, to be ac∣cepted with favour before the Lord. Of these words and rites, see Levit. 1. 9.
Ver••▪ 7. unto divels] as all Iewes and Gentiles [unspec 7] did▪ which sacrificed not by faith in Christ, and in such sort and place, as God approved of. Deut. 32. 17. 1 Cor. 10. 20. and as they had done when they made the golden calfe, Exod. 32. at which time, they sacrificed unto the idol, Act. 7. 41. and so unto the divell; as Ieroboams idols are also called Di∣vels, 2 Chron. 11. 15. and Antichrists likewise. Revel. 9. 20. Divels are in Hebrew named here Seghnirim, that is, rough and rugged as hairy goats; because in such shape they sometime appeared, like Sa••yres: Esa. 34. 14. or of their hortour and terro•••• which they cause unto men▪ for so the word origi∣nally signifieth. The Chaldee calleth them Shedin of their wasting and destroying the creatures: which name Moses after giveth them in Deut. 32. 17. The Greeke translateth, unto Vaine things. gone a-whoring] the Chaldee expoundeth it, erred, or com∣mitted idolatrie: which sinne is often called whore∣dome or fornication: (see the notes on Exodus 20. 5. and 34. 15. Levit. 20. 5. 6. Deut. 31. 16.) because it violateth the covenant betweene God and his people, which is called mariage, Hosea 2. 2. 19, 20. and 3. 1.
Vers. 8. stranger] or sojourner, in Greeke a prose∣lyte: [unspec] meaning a heathen joyned to the Iewes reli∣gion and church: so after in vers. 10. and 13. shall offer] as the sacrifice might not be killed, vers. 3. so neither might it be offred out of the Sanct••ary, though it were killed therein. Whereupon the Hebrewes say, He that killeth the holy things, and of∣freth them out of (the Sanctuarie,) is twise guiltie▪ once for killing, and once for offring. If he kill within, and offer without, he is guilty for offring: likewise if hee kill without, and offer within; he is guilty for killing▪ M••••∣mony in Maaseh hakorbanoth, chap. 18. sect. 5. And Sol. Iarchi (on Levit. 17.) saith, the Law speaketh of offring a Burnt-offring, to shew that a man is guiltie for burning the pieces (of the Sacrifice) without the campe, as is hee that killeth it without: that if one kill, and another offer, both of them are guilty. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sacrifice] to weet, of Peace-offrings; as the Chaldee explaineth it. As by the doctrine of our Saviour, in Matth. 23. 19. the Altar sanctified the gift: so the Hebrewes understand this Law, for sacrifices of∣fred by fire, and upon an altar without; saying: Hee that offreth without, is not guilty, till he offer upon 〈…〉〈…〉∣tar which he hath made without: but if hee offer 〈…〉〈…〉 Rocke or on a stone, he is free, [to weet,] from the judg∣ment of death;] for it is not called Korban (an offring) except it be on an Altar, yea though it be without: as it is written. (in Gen. 8. 20.) And Noe built an 〈◊〉〈◊〉▪ Maim. in Maas. hakorbanoth, chap. 19. sect. 1.
Vers. 9. doore of Tent] and so in ages following, [unspec] to the doore of the House or Temple, that is, in the courtyard. And if the Tabernacleor Temple should haply bee burnt, (as it was by the Babylonians, 2 King. 25. 9.) yet was it lawfull to offer in the courtyard upon the altar, as Ezra did after their returne, Ezr. 3. 3. 4. 5. 6. So the Hebrewes say, Who so killeth holy things at this time, and offreth th•••• out of the Court, is guilty: because it is meet he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 offer within. For loe it is lawfull to offer, although that be no house. Because the first holinesse sanct••fieth f•• that time present, and for the time to come. Mai〈…〉〈…〉 i•• M••••s. ••akorb. chap. 19. sect. 15. It figured,