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428 A Commentary
Chapter Rule laid down in this Verfe : Comp. Verfe n.
XLV. This Senfe is like wife favoured by the Chaldee
VVX) pharathrafe: After which Separation a' tenth part
was to be paid out of the Remainder. noThe Portions
allotted to the Priefts and Levitei were not
intended only for their own Maintenance. But
likewife to make a Conftant ProvTion for thofe
Sacrifices both Ordinary and Extraordinary which,
were appointed by the Law : See Malachi iii.
10.
Ver: 14: Ver. 14. Concerning the Ordinance of 0)7, a Bath
of Oyk &c] Or, ' Concerning the Ordinance of Oyl,
e'ven the Bath of Oyl. The Cor and the Homer
are mentioned as containing the fame Quantity :
So a Bath is the tenth part of a Ccr, as an Ephah
is the tenth part of an Homer: And the tenth part
of a Bath of Oyl is the Hundredth part of a Ccr 9
which amounts to about fix Pints of our Meafure 3
according to Bifliop Cumberland, p. 137.
yen 15.' y er# x ^ # Undone Lamb out of the flock out of two
hundred'] This offering is enjoyned, befides the Set-
ting apart the firft-born for the Ufe of the Priefts
and Levites, Numb, xviii. 15. for making Provifion
for thedaily Burnt Offering, Numb, xxviii. 3. and
for Burnt offerings, and Peace offerings, or Sacrifices
of 1 hankfgiving, that were to be made upon proper
Occafions: See Chapt. xliii. 27.
Ibid. Out of the fat Pafturef of Ifrael] This implies
that thefe Lambs were to be of the beft and
tatteft oftheir[Kind : See Malachi i. 8, 14. as all o-
ther Tithes and things dedicated to God were to
be: See Numb, xviii. 12.
Ibid. For a Meat-Offering] Thefe words relate
to the i$th and iqth Verfes. The Meat-Offering,
which