nefs. She is thy Mother: i.e. Thine own Mother; the Mother-in-law being forbid in the next Verse

8. The nakedness of thy father's wife fhalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

9 The nakedness of thy fifter, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether The be born at home, or born a broad, even their nakedness thou fhalt not uncover.

10. The nakedness of thy fon's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

11. The nakedness of thy father's wives daughter, begotten of thy father, (fhe is thy fifter) thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

12. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's fifter: fhe is thy father's near kinfwoman.

8. The nakedness: Chap. 20. 11. Deut. 22. 30. and 27. 20. 1 Cor. 5. 1.

9 Born at home, or born abroad: i. e. Begotten by thy Fa ther of another Wife of thy Mother by anor Woman, or born other man, ch. 20. 17.

10. Thine own Thy Son and Daugh ter being thine own

Flefh.

11. Thy Sifter :) ie. By the fame Father.

12. Thou, &c. Ch.

20. 19. Near kinf

woman: viz. Partaking of the fame Flesh.

13. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's fifter for fhe is thy mother's

14. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thon fhalt not approach to his wife: fhe is thine aunt.

near kinfwoman.

14. Thou shalt not uncover, &c. Ch.20. 20. See the Notes on verse 1.

15. Thou, &c. Ch.

15. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: 20. 12. The is thy fon's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

16. Than

16. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

and dye Childless, then the Brother her, Dent. 25. 5.

16. Thou, &c. Ch. 20.21. Thy brother's wife: i. e. During his life; but if he dye, that was next, married

17. Wickedness: Incest, faith the Vul

gar.

17. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman, and her daughter, neither fhalt thou take her fon's daughter, or her daughter's her nakedness; for they are her near kinfwomen: it is wickedness.

daughter, to uncover

18. Neither halt thou take a 18. Wife to her Siwife to her fifter, to vex her, to fter: Or, One wife uncover her nakedness, befides the to another. This is the Marginal readother in her life-time. ing; but we are not fo to understand these words, as if Polygamy were here forbid. For that it was not is evident from the practice of the Ifraelites, which paffeth without reproof And therefore, though the Marginal reading be fuch as the Original abstractly confidered will bear, yet the fubject-matter requires, that we take the word Sifter in the common acceptation of it, and then is an Ifraelite forbid to take to Wife his Wife's Sifter whiles that, Wife is living. To vex her: As a Rival to her, which frequently occafions vexation, 1 Sam. 1.6..

19. Also thou shalt not approach

19. Also, &c. Ch. unto a woman to uncover her naked- 20. 18.

nefs, as long as he is put apart for

ber uncleannefs.

1:20

20. Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thy felf with her..

21. And thou shalt not let any of thy feed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

21. Thy feed: That is, Thy Children or Offfpring, Dest:18. 10. Pafs through the fire: Chap. 20. 2. King, 23.10. Here

is no mention of Fire in the Hebrew Text, but that it is to be understood is plain from Deut. 18. 10. 2 King. 23. 10. Such a Cuftom obtained among the ancient Heathens; they made it a part of their Religion to burn fome of their Children as a Sacrifice to their falfe God, 2 Chron. 28.3. Fer. 7. 31. 19. g. Pf. 106. 37, 38. Molech: Called Act 7.43. Moloch; the name of an Idol which the Ammonites worshipped, 1 King. 11. 7. and otherwife called Milchom 2 King. 23. 13. It hath been thought to be the fame with the Planet Saturn, or elfe the Sun,which they worshipped; and Molech may indifferently relate to the Star or the Image: and Figure thereof, fer. 49. 3. Amos 5.36. It was a very principal Idol among the Heathen, and the Hebrew word implies Dominion and Kingly Superiority.

23. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

23. Neither halt thou lie with 23. Neither, &c. any beaft to defile thy felf therewith: Ch.20.15. neither shall any woman ftand before a beaft to lie down thereto : it is confufion.

24. Defile not you your felves in any of these things for in all these the nations are defiled, which I caft out be fore you.

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25. And the land is defiled: therefore I do vifit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land it felf vomiteth out her inhabitants.

26. Ye shall therefore keep my ftatutes and my judgments, and fhall not commit any of thefe abomi

25. Vomiteth out her inhabitants: Be ing as it were overcharged and burthened with them, fer.

nations; neither any of your own nation, nor any ftranger that fojourneth among you:

27. (For

27. (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled)

27. (For all thefe abominations, &c. As Abominations implies fuch things as have a a Moral turpitude,

filthiness and malignity antecedent to any pofitive Law, thefe words cannot extend to all the particulars mentioned from v. 7. but these words must referr to the fins mentioned, v. 20, 21,22,23. to which the words v. 24. feem partiv.24. cularly to referr. But the word Abomination is fometimes applied to thofe things which were forbid by a pofitive Law, and that were not antecedently evil, as in Levit. 11. 10, 20, 40, 41. Deut. 17. 1. And the practice of any of the things forbidden from v.7. might be reckoned as Abominations, especially to the Ifraelites (and Profelytes of Juftice) who were obliged to keep these Laws (see v. 26.) in the fenfe of that word.

28. That the land fpue not you out alfo, when ye defile it, as it Spued out the nations that were before you.

28. Spued out: See v.25.

29. For whosoever shall commit any of thefe abominations, even the Souls that commit them, fhall be cut off from among their people.

30. Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance,that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not your felves therein: I am the LORD your God.

CHA P. XIX.

The ARGUMENT.

Obedience to Parents is required, and obfervation of God's Sabbaths. Idolatry is forbidden. The Law of the Peace-offering. A remainder for the Poor out of the Harvest and Vintage. Theft, Fraud and Ferjury, Inhumanity, Unjustice and Tale-bearing are forbid; fo are Revenge and Hatred, and divers mixtures. Several other Laws, viz. Concerning the ufe of Bondwomen, planting Trees of Fruit, eating Blood, &c.

ND the LORD spake unto Mofes, Jay

1. A ring,

2. Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, Ye shall be holy for Ithe LORD your God am holy.

3. Te fhall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my fabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

2. Ye shall be holy: Ch.11.44. and 20.7. Pet. 1. 16.

3. Fear: Or, Reverence." And this must be an inward Awe and Reverence, and is due to the Mother who generally does not over-awe her Children, as well as to the Father who hath greater Power, and a fuperior Authority, and is generally lefs defpifed. Sabbaths: Not onely the Seventh day,but all other appointed times of reft, ch. 16. 31.

4. Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to your felves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

have no true Being or Value. sh. 10. 19.

4. Idols: The He

brew word is obferved to fignifie things of nought, and which See 1 Cor. 8. 4. and

So And