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4f4 ^ Commentary
Chapter 5- Or elfe the Ordinances here prefcribed, are
XLIV. landing Rules that were to be perpetually obier-
>w/""v~>w' ved, whenfoever this Cafe mould happen.
The Difciplineof the Chriftian Church was mil
more fevere : For whoever of the Clergy had committed
Idolatry in the Times of Perfecution, was
for ever deprived of his Function ; and even for letter
Crimes they were degraded from an higher to a
lower Station ; as the learned Mr. Bingham, in his
EcclAntiq. Book 17. Chap. 3. hath Uiewed in leveral
In fiances.
Ver. 11. ^er IT - H#«u/>2g Charge of the Gates of the
'
Houfe.] Performing the Office of Porters, an inferior
Station belonging to the Levites : See
1 Chron. xxvi. 1.
Ibid. They Jhall flay the burnt Offering."] Kill the
Beafts appointed for the daily Burnt- offering and
other Sacrifices, and flay their Skins, which was
an Office ufually performed by the Levites : See 2
Chron. xxxv. 11.
Ibid. And they JJmll ftand before them'] They
mall be Servants to the People, in undergoing the
moft fervile Offices belonging to the Temple ^
whereas it is the proper Office of a Prieft, to be
God's immediate Minifter : See Deut. x. 8. xvii. 1 2.
Ver. '1 2 . V er * 1 2 . Becaufe they miniftered to them before
their Idols, and caufed the Houfe of Ifrael to fall into
their Iniquity.] They led the People into Idolatry,
by giving them an ill Example.
Ibid. Therefore have I lift up my Hand again ft
them^] I have folemnly fworn that I will Punifn.
them for this their Sin : [See the Note on Chap.
xx. 6.
Ver. 13.