restored to the Priest, was of the common things, as after shall be shewed.
Vers. 10. In the holy of holies] Observe how [unspec 10] the Court of the Sanctuarie is here called the holy of holies, or most holy place, in respect of the Camp of Israel and citie Ierusalem, which were holy pla∣ces, for the light holy things, as the Passeover, Peace-offerings, and the like, to be eaten in; as also in comparison with the great court for the people which was without the Priests court, 2 Chron. 4. 9. Ezek. 42. 14. For that which is commonly called the holie of holies, or most holy place, (which was in the Tabernacle after the second veile,) was not a place to eat in, or for any to come into, save for the high Priest once in the yeare to make atone∣ment, Levit. 16. Hebr. 9. 3. 7. Neither might they eat in the Tabernacle, but in the Court; and that is here meant, as the Law sheweth, In the holy place in the court of the Tent of the congregation they shall eat it, Levit. 6. 16. And in the court of the Tem∣ple there were chambers for such uses, Nehem. 13. 5, 9. whereupon in Ezek. 42. 13. he speaketh of holy chambers, where the Priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things; there shall they lay the most holy things, and the Meat-offe∣ring, and the Sin-offering, and the Trespasse-offering, for the place is holy. And whereas Ezekiel there prophesieth of the third Temple, the Temple of the Gospell which Christ should build, at which time the legall Priesthood of Aaron should have an end, Heb. 7. these ordināces did signifie (besides the Ministers maintenance forespoken of, 1 Cor. 9. 13, 14.) that they which should by Christ be made Priests unto God his Father, Rev. 1. 6. (as all true Christians are, 1 Pet. 2, 5, 9.) should be made parta∣kers of Christ (who is both our Meat-offering, our Sin & Trespasse-offring;) and feeding on his flesh by faith, should be nourished unto life eternall, Ioh. 6. 35. 50. 51. cōpared with Heb. 13. 10.—15. eve∣ry male] and not the female: for the Priests wives & daughters might not eat of the most holythings, as they did of the holy and common things, v. 11. 13, 19. Lev. 6. 18, 29. and 7. 6. But now for our par∣taking of Christ, there is neither male nor female, for we are all one in Christ Iesus, Gal. 3. 28. holy] Hebr. holinesse; in Greeke, holy things shall they be unto thee: meaning that onely the Priests, and they in their holinesse and cleannesse should eat thereof. The blemished Priests might eat, but the uncleane might not eat, Lev. 21. 21, 22. & 22. 3—6. The flesh i•• selfe also must be holy, for if any uncleane thing touched it, it was burnt and might not be eaten, Lev. 7. 19.
Vers. 11. And this] Here he passeth on to the [unspec 11] light holy things, which might be eaten by the Priests, male & female, without the Sanctuarie. the heave-offering of their gift] that is, which the Israelites give to the Priest out of their heave-offe∣rings: such were (as Iarchi also here explaineth,) the heave-offring of the sacrifice of confession, & of the peace-offerings, and of the Nazirites ram: whereof see Lev. 7. 11, 12, 14. 32, 34. & Num. 6. 17—20. In Deu. 12. 6. 17. there is mētioned the heave-offering of your hand, wch is meant of the first-fruits spoken of in Deut. 26. See the annotations on those pla∣ces. the wave-offerings] as the breast of the Peace-offerings, Levit. 7. 30, 31, 34. for that was waved, as the shoulder was heaved. thy daugh∣ters] understand, whiles they remained in their fa∣thers house: but being married to strangers, they might not eat of the holy things; see Levit. 22. 12, 13. every cleane person] though the Priests slave, bought into, or borne in his house; but no stranger, nor hired servant, Levit. 22. 10. 11. nei∣ther might any uncleane person eat of it, Lev. 7. 20, 21.
Verse 12. All the fat] that is, as the Chaldee ex∣poundeth [unspec 12] it, All the best; which the Greeke trans∣lateth, All the first-fruits. The fat is often used for that which is good, and best of things; not of beasts onely, but of wheat, as Deut. 32. 14. Psal. 81. 17. and 147. 14. and here, of oile and wine; and so of the land in generall; as Gen. 27. 28. and 45. 18. And as after God saith to the Levites, in v. 30. whē ye have heaved the fat therof: so this concerned all the people, that they should doe the like. They heave not up any but the fairest, saith Maimony in Trumoth, ch. 5. sect. 1. See the annotations on Gen. 4. 4. the new oile] in Greeke, the oile: so after, of the wine. The Law concerning these, is repeated in Deut. 18. 4. thus; The first-fruits of thy corne, of thy new wine, and of thy new oyle. &c. shalt thou give unto him, that is, unto the Priest. Vnder these three, all other of like sort are comprehended; which the Hebrews explaine thus: All mans meat that i•• kept, which groweth out of the earth, is bound (to pay) the Heave-offering (or first-fruits.) And it is a comman∣dement to separate out of it the first-fruits for the Priest, Deut. 18. 4. As corne, wine and oile are mans meat, and grow out of the earth, and have owners, as it is written, THY CORNE: so whatsoever is of like sort, is bound (to pay) the heave-offering, and likewise the tithes. Maimony in Trumoth, ch. 2. s. 1. See after on v. 21. for the tithes. As for the first-fruits wch the owners brought into the Sanctuarie, Deut. 26. the Hebrewes say, they were but of seven things only, as is noted on Ex. 22. 29. Observe therefore a difference between the first-fruits left for the Priests, & the first-fruits brought before the Lord, & there given to the Priest: for these were two gifts, as af∣ter shall be shewed. the first-fruits] called in He∣brew, Reshith, that is, the first or the beginning: after in v. 13. he speaketh of first-fruits, called in Hebrew Biccurim; of them he saith, which they shall bring un∣to Iehovah, to wit, into the Sanctuarie, according to the Law in Deut. 26. 2. 3, &c. of these he saith, which they shall give unto Iehovah; for they were not bound to bring them out of their place, but the Priests came where they were, and tooke them. These (for distinctions sake) the Hebrewes call the great heave-offering; the other they call the first-fruits. So in this place, Sol. Iarchi saith, the first-fruits of them, this is the great heave-offering. And of these, the Hebrew Canons say, The Israelites are not bound to take paines about the Heave-offering, and to bring it from the corne-floore to the Citie, or from the wildernesse to the inhabited land; but the Priests goe out to the corne-floores, and the Israelites give