Annotations upon the Holy Bible. Vol. I wherein the sacred text is inserted, and various readings annex'd, together with parallel scriptures, the more difficult terms in each verse are explained, seeming contradictions reconciled, questions and doubts resolved, and the whole text opened / by the late reverend and learned divine Mr. Matthew Poole.

CHAP. XXII.

1 AND the LORD spake unto Moses, say∣ing,

2 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, that they separate themselves a 1.1 from the holy things b 1.2 of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they c 1.3 hallow unto me: I am the LORD.

3 Say unto them, whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations that goeth unto the holy things d 1.4, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence e 1.5: I am the LORD.

4 What man f 1.6 soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath * 1.7 a † 1.8 running issue, he shall not eat of the holy things untill he * 1.9 be clean. And * 1.10 whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or * 1.11 a man whose seed goeth from him.

5 Or * 1.12 whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or * 1.13 a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath:

6 The soul which hath touched any such, shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water.

7 And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, be∣cause it is his food g 1.14.

8 * 1.15 That which dieth of it self, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat, to defile himself there∣with: I am the LORD.

9 They shall therefore keep mine ordinance h 1.16, lest they bear sin i 1.17 for it k 1.18, and die therefore, if they profane it l 1.19: I the LORD do sanctifie them.

10 * 1.20 There shall no stranger m 1.21 eat of the ho∣ly thing; a sojourner n 1.22 of the priests, or an hi∣red servant shall not eat of the holy thing o 1.23.

11 But if the priest buy any soul † 1.24 with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat p 1.25.

12 If the priests daughter also be married unto † 1.26 a stranger q 1.27, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

13 But if the priests daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her fathers house, * 1.28 as in her youth, she shall eat of her fathers meat, but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwit∣tingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it r 1.29, and shall give it unto the priest, with the holy thing s 1.30.

15 And they t 1.31 shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD.

16 Or ‖ 1.32 suffer them to bear the iniquity of tres∣pass u 1.33, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctifie them.

17 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and un∣to all the children of Israel, and say unto them, * 1.34 whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers x 1.35 in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows y 1.36 and for all his free-will-offer∣ings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt-offering:

19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male z 1.37 with∣out blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.

20 * 1.38 But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you.

21 And * 1.39 whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, to accomplish his vow, or a free-will-offering in beeves or ‖ 1.40 sheep, it shall be perfect, to be accepted: there shall be no blemish a 1.41 therein.

22 * 1.42 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or hav∣ing a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD; nor make an offer∣ing by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

23 Either a bullock, or a ‖ 1.43 lamb that hath any thing * 1.44 superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer b 1.45 for a free-will-offering: but for a vow it shall not be accepted.

24 Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

25 Neither from a strangers hand c 1.46, shall ye offer the bread d 1.47 of your God of any of these e 1.48; because their corruption is in them f 1.49, and ble∣mishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you g 1.50.

26 And the LORD said unto Moses, saying,

27 * 1.51 When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat is brought forth, then it shall be seven dayes under the dam, and from the eighth day h 1.52 and thence∣forth, it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

28 And whether it be cow, or ‖ 1.53 ewe, ye shall not kill it * 1.54 and her young both in one day i 1.55.

29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanks∣giving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will k 1.56.

30 On the same day it shall be eaten up, ye shall leave * 1.57 none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD.

31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

32 Neither shall ye profane my holy name l 1.58, but * 1.59 I will be hallowed m 1.60 among the chil∣dren of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you n 1.61,

33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

Notes

• a 1.1

  To wit, when any uncleanness is upon them, as it appears from ver. 3, 4.
• b 1.2

  (i. e.) from eating of those parts of the offerings, which belong to them. Onely of the tithes they might eat in that case.
• c 1.3

  Either the children of Israel, or the Priests: For both of them did in their kinds hallow, consecrate or offer them to God. But the former seems more probable, both because they are mentioned here, and ver. 3. where they are said to hallow, &c. and because this makes the argument stronger, it ill became the Priests to profane or pollute what the people did hallow.
• d 1.4

  To eat them, or to touch them, for if the touch of one of the people having his uncleanness upon him defiled the thing he touched, much more was it so in the Priest.
• e 1.5

  Either, from the place of my presence and from my ordinances by ex∣communication: He shall be excluded both from the admini∣stration and from the participation of them. Or, from the people among whom I am present, which commonly is expressed by cutting off from his people. Or, from the land of the living.
• f 1.6

  (i. e.) Or woman, of Aarons seed: for they were under the same law.
• * 1.7

  chap. 15. 2.
• † 1.8

  Heb. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the reins.
• * 1.9

  chap. 14. 2. and 15. 13.
• * 1.10

  Num. 19. 11.
• * 1.11

  chap. 15. 1•…•…
• * 1.12

  chap. 11. 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.13

  chap. 15. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 19.
• g 1.14

  (i. e.) His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added, to signifie why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the Priests than upon the people in the same case, Levit. 11. and. 15. because his necessity craved some mi∣tigation: Though otherwise the Priests being more sacred per∣sons, and obliged to greater care and exemplariness deserved a greater punishment.
• * 1.15

  Exod. 22. 31. chap. 17. 1•…•…. Ezek. 44. 31.
• h 1.16

  Either this ordinance here treated of concerning abstain∣ing from holy things when they are unclean: Or more gene∣rally, that great ordinance whereby I have made them the Guardians of holy places and things to keep them from all de∣filement by themselves or others. Heb. my watch, (i. e.) the watch or guard which I have commanded them to keep.
• i 1.17

  (i. e.) Incur guilt and punishment.
• k 1.18

  (i. e.) For the neg∣lect or violation of it.
• l 1.19

  (i. e.) Their charge, or Gods ordi∣nance about it.
• * 1.20

  See I S•…•… 21. 6.
• m 1.21

  (i. e.) Of a strange family, who is not a priest, as ver. 12. compare Matth. 12. 4. But there is an exception to this rule ver. 11.
• n 1.22

  One that comes to his house and abides there for a season, and eats at his table.
• o 1.23

  Of these parts of the of∣ferings, which fell to the priests share, as the breast and shoul∣der.
• † 1.24

  Heb. with the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• p 1.25

  Because they were wholly his, and as such they were cir∣cumcised, Gen. 17. Exod. 12.
• † 1.26

  Heb. a man a stranger.
• q 1.27

  (i. e.) To one of another family, who is no priest. Yet the priests wife, though of another family, might eat. The reason of which difference is, because the wife passeth into the name, state and priviledges of her husband, from whom the fa∣mily is denominated and esteemed.
• * 1.28

  chap. 10. 14.
• r 1.29

  Over and above the principal, and besides the ram to be offered to God, Levit. 5. 15.
• s 1.30

  Or, and shall give unto the Priest the holy thing, i. e. the worth of it, which the Priest was either to take to himself or to offer to God, as the nature of the thing was.
• t 1.31

  Either 1. The people shall not prophane them, by eating them: Or 2. The Priests shall not profane them, i. e. suffer the people to prophane them, without censure and punishment. Both come to the same thing: The people shall not do it, nor the Priests suffer it.
• ‖ 1.32

  Or, lade them∣selves with the iniquity of tres∣pass in their eating.
• u 1.33

  (i. e.) T•…•…ey i. e. the Priests, shall not (the negative parti∣cle being understood out of the foregoing clause, as Psal. 1. 5. and 9. 18.) suffer them, i. e. the people, to bear the iniquity of trespass, i. e. the punishment of their sin, which they might ex∣pect from God, and for the prevention whereof the priest was to see restitution made, &c. The words may be rendred thus, But (so the Hebrew vau is oft translated) they i. e. the Priests, shall make them, i. e. the people, to bear the iniquity, or punish∣ment of their trespass or sin, i. e. they shall require from them reparations in manner here expressed.
• * 1.34

  chap. 1. 2, 3. 10.
• x 1.35

  Such as were Proselytes.
• y 1.36

  See on Levit. 7. 16.
• z 1.37

  For a burnt-offering, which was always of that kind: but the females were accepted in peace-offerings, Levit. 3. 1. and sin-offerings, Levit. 4. 32. and 5. 6.
• * 1.38

  Deut. 15. 21. and 17. 1. Mal. 1. 8.
• * 1.39

  chap. 3. 1.
• ‖ 1.40

  Or, goats.
• a 1.41

  To wit, none of the blemishes mentioned ver. 22, 24. for some blemishes did not hinder the acceptance of a free-will∣offering, but onely of a vow, ver. 23.
• * 1.42

  verse 20.
• ‖ 1.43

  Or, kid.
• * 1.44

  chap. 21. 18.
• b 1.45

  Either 1. To the Priest, who might, according to the rules given by God, either convert it to his own use, or sell it, and lay out the price of it upon the Temple or Sacrifices. But in this sense any of the other kinds, as blind, or broken, &c. might be offered, which yet are forbidden to be offered, ver. 22. or rather 2. To the Lord, as is expressed, ver. 22. and 24. this being put down by way of opposition to those defects ver. 22. and by way of exception from the general rule, ver. 21.
• c 1.46

  To wit, from Proselytes, from whom less might seem to be expected, and in whom God might bear with some things, which he would not bear with in his own people: Yet even from those such should not be accepted, much less from the Israelites.
• d 1.47

  (i. e.) The sacrifices. See on Levit. 21. 8.
• e 1.48

  (i. e.) So corrupted or defective. Which clause limits the sense and kinds of offerings, and cuts off another more general interpre∣tation received by many, to wit, that he forbids the receiving of any offering, whether blemished or perfect, from the hands of a stranger remaining in Heathenism.
• f 1.49

  (i. e.) They are corrupt, vitious and unlawful sacrifices.
• g 1.50

  Or, from you, O Priest, to whom it belongs to offer. You shall bear the blame of it, for the strangers might do so through ignorance of Gods Law.
• * 1.51

  Exod. 34. 26. Deut. 14. 21.
• h 1.52

  See on Exod. 22. 30. and 23. 19.
• ‖ 1.53

  Or, she-goat.
• * 1.54

  Deut. 12. 6.
• i 1.55

  Because it savoured of cruelty. See on Deut. 22. 6.
• k 1.56

  (i. e.) What and when you please, so the rules be ob∣served: Or, for your acceptance, as Levit. 1. 3. i. e. in such manner that God may accept it, i. e. regularly, chearfully, &c.
• * 1.57

  chap. 7. 15.
• l 1.58

  Either by despising me and my commands your selves, or by giving others occasion to profane it.
• * 1.59

  chap. 10. 3.
• m 1.60

  Or, sanctified, either by you in keeping my holy commands, or upon you in execu∣ting my holy and righteous judgments, Levit. 10. 3. Isa. 26. 15. I will manifest my self to be an holy God that will not bear the transgression of my laws.
• n 1.61

  By separating you from all the world unto my self and service, by giving you holy laws, and my holy spirit to enable and in•…•…line •…•…ou to keep them, and therefore you have the more reason to hallow me and keep my commands, and are the more inexcusable if you transgress them.