CHAPTER XXIII.

13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat; but there shall no stranger eat thereof. 14 And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, : ch. 19, 14. then he shall put the " fifth part thereof unto it, and uch. 5, 15. shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

s ch. 20, 2

15 And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; 16 Or suffer them to || bear the iniquity of trespass, chemselves when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do

Or, lade

with the, verse 9.

chap. 5, 1.

Acts 15,8.

2 Cor. 7, 1..

Ps. 56, 12.

sanctify them.

171 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto

C

Of sundry feasts.

3 Six days shall work be done; but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do * no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your & dwellings.

4 These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 5 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.

6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month, is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: Seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

Before CHRIST 1490.

c Ex. 20, 9. disa. 58, 13.

e Ex. 12, 16.

Isa. 58, 13.

g Ex. 23, 14.

h Ex. 12,
¡Ex. 12, 11

1 Cor. 5, 7,

8.

k Ex. 12, 15 Num. 28, 19.

7 In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. 8 But ye shall offer an " offering made by fire unto 1 Ex. 12, 16.

all the children of Israel, and say unto them, What-the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is a holy

ch. 7. 16. soever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers Jer. 44, 25. in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his * vows, ch. 7, 16. and for all his free-will-offerings, which they will ch. 1, 3. & offer unto the LORD for a burnt-offering;

23 11.

A 4,32 Mal. 1, 14.

19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without ch. 3.1.& blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But whatsoever hath a blemislı, that shall ye b ch. 1, 10. not offer; for it shall not be acceptable for you. 11 And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, Col. 1, 15. 21 And whosoever offereth da sacrifice of peace-to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the pEx. 34, 22. Mal. 1, 13. offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or 1 Pet 1, 19. a free-will-offering in 'beeves or sheep, it shall be per

e Ps. 51, 17.

Gal. 20, 2.

4 ch. 3, 1.

e ch. 27, 2.

Ruth 2, 23.

sabbath the priest shall wave it.
12 And ye shall offer that day, when ye wave the q Gen. 4,45.

fect, to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. { sheaf, a he-lamb without blemish of the first year,

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, Num. 15, 3, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD.

14 And ye shall "eat neither bread, nor parched Mat. 6, 8, corn, nor green ears, until the self-same day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, in all your dwellings.

15 And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven sabbaths shall y ch. 7, 80. be complete:

16 Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer Acts 2, 1.

a

• Ex. 22,30. forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; } a new meat-offering unto the LORD.

pch. 7, 12

17 Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave

a Num. 28, 26.

and from the eighth day, and thenceforth, it shall be
accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.loaves, of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine b ch. 5, 11
28 And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill
it and her young both in one day.

29 And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.

30 On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall ch. 7, 18. leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. 31 Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.

r ch. 18, 21.

ch. 10, 23.

t John 17,

17.

1 Cor. 1, 2

&6, 11.

32 Neither shall ye ' profane my holy name; but * I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,

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

CHAPTER XXIII.

18 And ye shall offer with the bread d seven lambs 27. without blemish, of the first year, and one young e Ex. 12, 5. bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burntoffering unto the LORD, with their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by firefNum. 22, of sweet savour unto the LORD.

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin-offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings.

1 The feast of the Lord....3 The sabbath....26 The day of atone- for the priests.

A

ment....33 The feast of tabernacles.

ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which b Coi. 2, 16. ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts.

k Deut. 6,

12.

Jobn 4, 1 s.

2,3,5.

21 And ye shall proclaim on the self-same day, that Luke 3, 17 it may be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do Acts no servile work therein : it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

The day of atonement.

Before

ners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou { brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the

CHRIST gather any gleaning of thy harvest; thou shalt leave ✓ them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

m 1 Kings 8, 2,3.

m

231 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

24 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the

LORD your God.

44 And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.

CHAPTER XXIV.

13 The law of blasphemy....17 Of murder.

seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

n Num. 10, ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trum

2.

28.

Chr. 15,

Ezra S, 11.

Ps. 81, 3.

Isa. 58, 1.

Mark 1, 1,2.

Luke 4, 19

Eph. 5, 14.

o ch. 6, 30.

p ch. 16, 20.

14.

Num. 29,

pets, a holy convocation.

25 Ye shall dono servile work therein; but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

26 I And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

27 Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

28 And ye shall do no work in that same day; for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God.

29 For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afGen. 17, flicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from

ch. 16, 29.

Deut. 16, sabbath.

13.

Zech. 14,

16.

John 1, 14.

& 2, 19. & 7,

2.

33 I And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 34 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast

t Luke 1,75. * of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD.

n Deut. 31,

35 On the first day shall be "a holy convocation; Neh. 2, 13. ye shall do no servile work therein.

36 Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by 13.Num. 28, fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be a y John 7,37. holy convocation unto you, and ye shall offer an offerHeb. a day ing made by fire unto the LORD: it is † a solemn of restraint. assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

& Num. 26,

17.

37 These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye

4 He shall order the lamps upon the pure candle- g Ex. 25, 81. stick before the LORD Continually.

5 And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. 6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.

7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering 'made by fire unto the LORD.

h Ex. 25, 30. 1 Cor.7 Gal. 6, 16.

Acts 26, 7.

i Ex. 25, 24. k Gen. 9, 14,

15,6 chap. 2, 2

1 Song 3, 6.

8m Every sabbath he shall set it in order before m 1 Chrow. the LORD continually, being taken "from the children 23, 23. of Israel by an overlasting covenant.

n Neh. 10,

32.

9 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they och. 3, 17. shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, by a perpetual statute.

10 11 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel; and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;

г

p Ex. 29,38

11 And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed 9 Isa. 36, 6 the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they r Eph. 5, 12 * brought him unto Moses; (and his mother's name & Ex. 18, 22 was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan;)

Heb.to ca

12 And they put him in ward, † that the mind of porend unto the LORD might be shewed them.

131 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Esth. 9, 17. shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer ancamp; and let all that heard him " lay their hands
a Num. 28, offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt-offering,
and a meat-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings,
b Deut. 16, every thing upon his day:

them according to the mouth of the Lord.

9. & 17, 7.

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed without the t Num. 5, 28. upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. Deut. 15, 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall * bear his sin. chap. 5. 16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, Ex.3, 6. he shall surely be put to death, and all the congrega- & 20, 12.

db.x. 23, 16. your free-will-offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.tion shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, 39 Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth

e Neh. 8,16.

Num. 15, 30

Mat. 6. 16. when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, yethe name of the LORD, shall be put to death. f Neh. 8,15. shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the 17 11 And he that † killeth any man shall surely be Heb. mi

20a Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; Num. 35,31 as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

21 And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

22 Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.

231 And Moses spake to the children of Israel,

Mat 5,38

:

Or, by,

Gal. 4, 25.

Rev. 14, 1.

a Isa.

CHAPTER XXV.

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 88. them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

Hos. 9, 3.

b Fx. 16, 25.

MAL. 11, 28.

• Pr. 24, 1.

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof;

4 But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.

5 That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.

6 And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for the stranger that

4 Acts 2,44. sojourneth with thee,

Eph. 3, 6, 9.

Tit 24.

Heb. 4, 9.

e ch. 23, 15.

7 And for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in

thy land, shall all the increase thereof d be meat.

8 And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years Deat. 2, unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of Josh. 14, 1, the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee 'forty

14

27.

Lake 4,

• and nine years.

9 Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee

The redemption of land.

seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather
in our increase :

21 Then I will command my blessing upon you
in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three
years.

22 And

Z

Before CHRIST 1490.

y Deut. 22,

Ps. 33, S. & 147, 15.

ye shall SOW the eighth year; and eat z 1 Cor. 9, & yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits 9,10. 1 Tim. 4, 8. come in ye shall eat of the old store.

Ps. 1.

23 The land shall not be sold for ever: for the a Ex 19, 5. land is nine; for ye were strangers and sojourners with me.

24 And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.

25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold
away some of his possession, and if any of his kin
come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which
• his brother sold.

26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and
himself be able to redeem it;

27 Then let him count the years of the sale there-
of, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom
he sold it, that he may return unto his possession.

24212

John 10, 24,

28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then fchap. 5, 7. that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his & possession.

29 And if a man sell a dwelling-house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.

30 And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city

18, 19. to sound, on the tenth day of the seventh month; } shall be established for ever to him that bought it,

h ch. 23, 27.

Ezek. 40,1. in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet i ch. 8, 10. sound throughout all your land.

k Isa. 61, 2

& 63, 4.

Jer. 34, 8, 9.

10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the in

throughout his generations: it shall not go out in
the jubilee.

31 But the houses of the villages which have no
walls round about them shall be counted as the fields

John &, 34, habitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you; { of the country; they may be redeemed, and they

36.

Col. 2,14 and ye shall return every man unto his possession, { shall go out in the jubilee.

g Eph. 1,10

11, 18.

13. & 3. 24

37.

1 Pet. 1, 4.

i Deut. 15,

34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may h Acts 4,36, not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. 35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt1 relieve him; yea, 1, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may 11 36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. 37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon :

jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and accord-live with thee.
ing unto the number of years of the fruits he shall
sell unto thee:

k

16 According to the multitude of years thou shalt
increase the price thereof, and according to the few-usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

ness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for
according to the number of the years of the fruits
doth he sell unto thee.

• 17 Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt1 fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. 18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep 67, 2, 7. my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in 125,15,12 the land in safety.

1 ch. 26, 3,

4.

n ch. 26, 5.

x Mat. 6, 25,

38 I am the LORDTM your God, which brought you
forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of
Canaan, and to be your God.

39 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be wax-
en poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not
pel him to serve as a bond servant :

1 Thess. 5, James 5, 16, 20.

k Ex. 22,26. Ezek. 18, Gal. 2, 14, 21.

m ch. 17, 7

n Ex. 22, 25 2 Kings 4,1 Jer. 34, 14.

com- Ex. 1, 14

40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee :

22.

1 Kings 9, Jer. 25, 14.

p John 8,32

Rom. 6, 14.

g Ex. 21,8

2 Kings 1,1

41 And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his Mat,

The redemption of servants.

Before

own family, and unto the possession of his fathers } 6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall CHRIST shall he return.

1490.

r

42 For they are my servants, which I brought Conforth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold

r verse

as bondmen.

43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour, but shalt fear thy God.

44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the " heathen that are Gen. 17,7. round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and Isaiah 35, 3. bondmaids. Rev. 2, 26,

Ps. 2, 8, 9.

27.

45 Moreover, of the children of the strangers that x Gen. 21,4. do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.

46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a posses

y Lea. 14 sion; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.

z verses 26,

49.

47 And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell hiinself unto the stranger or sojourner by

1 Or stump. thee, or to the || stock of the strangers family:

48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed again: one of his brethren may redeem him :

ye will not, hearken unto me, and will Deut. 23, not do all these commandments;

a 2 Kings

15 And if ye shall a despise my statutes, or if your 17, 16.
soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all
my commandments, but that ye brake my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint b Ps. 74,5
over you terror, consumption, and the burning c Deut. 28,
ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sor- 22.
row of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, John 4, sa

49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem
him, or any thatisnigh of kin unto him of his family may
* redeem him; or, if he be able, he may redeem himself.
50 And he shall reckon with him that bought him
from the year that he was sold to him unto the year
of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be accord-for your enemies shall eat it.
ing unto the number of years; according to the † time
of a hired servant shall it be with him.

51 If there be yet many years behind, according
unto them he shall give again the price of his redemp-pursueth you.
tion out of the money that he was bought for.

g Judg. 2,

14

18 And if ye will not yet * for all this hearken unto h Ps. 106,

i Ps. 53, 5

52 And if there remain but few years unto theme, then I will punish you seven times more for your 14 year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and ac-sins. cording unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.

53 And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

54 And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him.

55 For unto me the children of Israel are servants: they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.

CHAPTER XXVI.

1 Of idolatry....3 A blessing to them that keep the command-ways shall be desolate.

ments....14 A curse to those that break them. E shall make you no

YE shall

b

a

idols nor graven * image, rear you up a standing image, neither Isa. 2, 16. shali ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. 2 Ye shall keep d my sabbaths, and reverence my e Luke 1, 6. sanctuary: I am the LORD.

d ch. 19, 3.

3 If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my com

mandments, and do them;
4 Then I will give you

rain & in due season, and

the land shall yield hher increase, and the trees of

a Ps. 67, 6. the field shall yield their fruit.

i Amos 9,

13.

5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time: k Joel 2,26. and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in 1 ch. 25. 18. vour land safely.

23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and, when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

r Lam. 1 Micah 3, 14,

12.

s Amos 4, 8, 9.

t Ps. 18, 21

u Ps. 104, 15.

Isa. 8, 1.

x Ezek. 4,

26 And when I have broken the " staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by 16, 17, weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Rev. 6, 5,

y Micah &

27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, i but walk contrary unto me;

28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in

45 But I will for their sakes remember the cove-sured to him.

nant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of e Gal. 3,24 the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.

46 These are the statutes and judgments and laws d ch. 25, 1. which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.