xxv. 8-10. 25. That the year of jubilee be separated or sanctified, v. 8-10. 26. That on the tenth day of the month Tisri, the trumpet shall sound for the beginning of the jubilee, Lev. XXV. 10. 27. That a redemption, or restitution of the land be granted in the year of jubilee, Lev. xxv. 24. 28. He that sells an house in a walled town, may redeem it within a year, Lev. xxv. 29. 29. That debts be remitted on the seventh year, Deut. 30. That in all offerings and sacrifices for sin, the priest have the right shoulder, the breast and the cheek for his portion, Deut. xviii. 3. 31. That the first fleece of sheep being shorn be given to the priests, Deut. xviii. 4. 32. That right judgment be made of things devoted, as to the part of God, and that of the priests.

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§ 11. The sixth family contains seven precepts about things to be eaten. 1. That all creatures to be eaten, beasts and birds, have their heads taken off, Deut. xii. 2. 2. That the blood of beasts and birds killed to be eaten, be covered with earth or dust, Lev. xvij. 23. 3. That the mother be left free from the nest, when the young ones are taken, Deut. xxii. 6. 4. That the signs of clean and unclean beasts be diligently observed, Lev. ii. 25. 5. That signs to the same purpose be observed in some birds, Deut. xiv. 11. 6. And the same concerning locusts that may be eaten, Lev. xi. 21. 7. That the signs in fishes be observed, Lev. xi. 9.

12. The seventh family of affirmative precepts, respects the passover and other feasts as to the time of their observance, having twenty commands appertaining to it. 1. That the course of the sun and moon, be exactly observed for the right constituting of the anniversary feasts, Deut. iv. 6. 2. That the beginning of the months be appointed by the house of judgment, Exod. xii. 2. 3. That we rest on the Sabbath, Exod. xxiii. 12. 4. That the Sabbath be sanctified, Exod. xx. 8. 5. That all leaven be thrust out of doors on the feast of the passover, Exod. xii. 15. 6. That on the night of the passover the first discourse be about the deliverance out of Egypt, Exod. xiii. 8. 7. That unleavened bread be eaten on that night, Exod. xii. 18. 8. That the first day of

the feast of the passover be a day of rest.

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seventh day also, Exod. xii. 16. Lev. xxiii. 7. nine days be reckoned to the feast of weeks, Lev. xxiii. 15. 11. That on the fiftieth day rest be declared, Lev. xxiii. 21. 12. That on the first day of the seventh month, there be rest from all works, Lev. xxiii. 24. 13. That the trumpet sound on that day, Numb. xxix. 1. 14. That every one afflict his own soul on the tenth day of September, Lev. xxiii. 27-29. 15. That there be a rest and ceasing from all works on the day of expiation, Lev. xxiii. 32. 16. That there be a rest from labour on

the first day of the feast of tabernacles, Lev. xxiii. 35. 17. Likewise on the eighth day, ver. 36. 18. That the people dwell in booths seven days, Lev, xxiii. 43. 19. That on the first day of the feast of tabernacles, branches of palms be carried, Lev. xxiii. 40. 20. That every Israelite that is a male, offer every year half a shekel to the Lord, Exod. xxx. 13.

§ 13. The eighth family concerns rule and judgment, made up of thirteen precepts. 1. That obedience be yielded to every prophet speaking in the name of God, Deut. xviii. 15. 2. That the people choose a king, Deut. xvii. 15. 3. That judges and rulers be appointed in every city of the people, Deut. xvi. 18. 4. That the laws and decrees of the great council be observed, and obeyed, Deut. xvii. 10. 5. That in doubtful cases the major part of suffrages is to determine, Exod. xxiii. 1. 6. That all men be judged equally without respect, Lev. xix. 15. 7. That every one who can testify the truth in any cause, he is of his own accord to repair to the judges so to do, Lev. v. 1. 8. That witnesses be examined strictly and their testimony duly weighed, Deut. xiii. 14. 9. That false witnesses have that done to them, which by their false testimony they would have done to others, or brought upon them, Deut. xix. 19. 10. That a calf be slain where a dead body is found, the murderer not being known, Deut. xxi. 1. 11. That six cities of refuge for the man-slayer be appointed, and the ways to them be prepared, Deut. xix. 2. 12. That the Levites have cities and suburbs granted them, Numb xxxv. 2. That the tops of the houses have a battlement about them, Deut. xxii. S.

$ 14. The ninth family of affirmative precepts, respects truth and doctrines, comprehending twenty-five commands. 1. That the idolatry of the Gentiles be extirpated out of the land, Deut. xii. 2. 2. That the city and citizens which fall into idolatry, be utterly destroyed, Deut. xiii. 16. 3. That the seven nations of Canaan be blotted out, Deut. xx. 16. 4. That the Israelites remember what Amalek did unto them, Deut. xxv. 15, 16. 5. That the memory of Amalek be blotted out from under heaven, Exod. xvii. 14. 6. That war be undertaken and managed according to the law, Deut. xx. 1. 7. That a priest be anointed to go forth to the war, Deut. xx. 2. 8. That every one carry a paddle with his arms, Deut. xxiii. 13. 9. That a place be assigned for covering the ejections of nature, v. 12. 10. That what is stolen be restored, Lev. vi. 4. 11. That a Hebrew servant be well rewarded at the end of his service, Deut. xv. 14. 12. That we lend freely to the poor and needy, Exod. xxii. 25. 13. That the pledge be restored to the owner, Deut. xxiv. 13. 14. That the labourer be paid his hire or wages the same day, Deut. xxiv. 15. 15. That the hire

ling working in the field, or vineyard may eat of the fruits to his satisfaction, Deut. xxiii. 24, 25. 16. That we help the beast of our neighbour fallen under his burden, Exod. xxiii. 5. 17. That we help our neighbour in leading his beast by the way, Deut. xxii. 4. 18. That what is lost by one, and found by another, be restored to the right owner, Deut. xxii. 1. 19. That we rebuke our neighbour when he sinneth, or offendeth, Lev. xix. 17. 20. That we love our neighbour, Lev. xix. 18. 21. That we love a stranger, Lev. x. 19. 22. That weights and measures and scales be exact, Lev. xix. 36. 23. That wise men, or men skilful in the law be honoured, or had in reputation, Lev. xix. 32. 24. That father and mother be honoured, Exod. xx. 12. 25. That they be feared, Lev. xix. 3.

§ 15. The tenth family concerns women and matrimony, in twelve precepts. 1. That marriage be entered into by all, Gen. i. 28. 2. That a contract, or betrothing precede marriage, Deut. xxiv. 1. 3. That the new married man rejoice with his wife the first year, Deut. xxiv. 5. 4. That the male children of Israel be circumcised, Gen. xvii. 10. Lev. xii. 5. 5. That the widow of a man dying without children, marry her husband's brother, Deut. xxv. 5. 6. That he who refuseth so to take the widow of one dying without children, being next of kin, have his shoe pulled off, and be spit upon, Deut. xxv. 7. 7. That he who hath violated the chastity of a virgin by force, be compelled to marry her, Deut. xxii. 29. 8. That he who hath defamed his wife without cause, keep her without hope of divorce, Deut. xxii. 19. 9. That he who seduceth a virgin to fornication, pay fifty shekels, Exod. xxii. 16. 10. That a fair woman taken in war be dealt with according to the law, Deut. xxi. 11. 11. That divorces be made by a writing, or bill of divorcement, Deut. xxiv. 1. 12. That a woman suspected of adultery be dealt with according to the law, Numb. v. 30.

§ 16. The eleventh family concerns criminal judgments and punishments, and has eight precepts belonging unto it. 1. That criminal persons not guilty of sins deserving capital punishments be beaten with stripes, Deut. xxiv. 3. 2. That he who slew a man at unawares be banished from conversing among the people, Numb. xxxv. 25. 3. That those guilty of it be hanged, or strangled, Lev. xx. 10. 4. That others, as is appointed, be slain with the sword, Exod. xx. 21. 5. Others to be burned, ch. xx. 14. 6. That those who deserve it by the law, be stoned with stones. 7. That those appointed to this death be hanged up after death, Deut. xxi. 22. 8. That all who suffer death, be buried the same day, Deut. xxi. 23.

§ 17. The twelfth and last family of this sort of precepts, which is about judgments in civil causes, contains seventeen precepts. 1. That the Hebrew servant be dealt with accord

ing to the law, Exod. xxi. 2. 2. That a Hebrew maid servant be married to her master, or his son, if humbled by either of them, Exod. xxi. 8. 3. That a Hebrew maid servant may be redeemed, Exod. xxi. 8. 4. That only Canaanites, or heathens, may be made perpetual servants, or brought into bondage for ever, Lev. xxv. 46. 5. That he who procures the hurt of any one, do repair it by a pecuniary mulct. 6. That hurt done by a beast be repaired, Exod. xxi. 28, 29. 7. That loss or hurt from the not covering or safeguarding of a pit, be repaired, Exod. xxi. 23. 8. That theft be judged according to the law, Exod. xxii. 1. 9. That the damage done by one man's beasts in other men's fields be repaired, Exod. xxii. 5. 10. That damage by fire voluntarily raised, be repaired, Exod. xxii. 6. 11. That judgment be made of any thing deposited or trusted, without reward, according to the law, Exod. xxii. 6. 12. That what is lent or hired for gain, if lost, be judged of according to the law, Exod. xxii. 10. 13. Also what is borrowed for use, ver. 14. 14. That things concerning buying and selling be judged according to the law, Lev. xxv. 14. 15. That the cause of the plaintiff and defendant be judged according to the law, Exod. xxii. 9. 16. That a man pursued by his enemy to death, may be delivered with the death of his pursuer, Deut. xxv. 12. 17. That the rights of inheritances be determined according to the law, Numb. xxvii. 8-11.

§ 18. These are the precepts which they gather out of the law, as affirmatively expressed. That some of them are by no means rightly educed from those texts which they draw them from, will appear at first view unto him that shall examine them. It is also justly questionable, whether sundry of them be indeed precepts of God or no, especially as by them explained. But that this is the just number of the affirmative precepts of the law, that there are no more of that kind, and that these are all so many distinct precepts, it is vain to imagine. But as in general, the most of the particular commands that belong to the same things, are gathered by them into certain heads, wherein they are summarily represented, I thought it not unmeet to give them here in their order.

§ 19. The negative precepts also are by them in like manner cast into twelve distinct families; these also we shall recount with the same brevity.

§ 20. The first family of these precepts relates to false worship, concerning which they collect forty-seven prohibitions. 1. That we have no other God but Jehovah, Exod. xx. 3. 2. That we make no images for ourselves, nor employ others to make them for us, Exod. xx. 4. 3. That we make no images for others, or for their use, Lev. xix. 4. 4. That we make no images for ornament, Exod. xx. 23. 5. That we bow not

down to any idols. 6. Nor serve them, Exod. xx. 5. 7. That none offer in the fire his son or daughter to Moloch, Lev. xvii. 2. 8. That none have a familiar spirit, or Ob. 9. That none have a familiar spirit, or Jideoni, Lev. xix. 31. 10. That none consult with Ob. 11. That none ask counsel of Jideoni, Deut. xviii. 11. 12. That we look not towards idols, Lev. xx. 4. 13. That we set not up a statue or image any where, Deut. xvi. 22. 14. That no painted or carved stone be set up to be bowed unto, Lev. xxvi. 1. 15. That no tree be planted in the sanctuary, Deut. xvi. 21. 16. That we swear not by false gods, Exod. xxxiii. 13. 17. That not lead the Jews to idolatry. 18. That none stir up any single Jew to idolatry, Deut. xiii. 6. 19. That we love not a seducer. 20. That we hate him. 21. That we aid him not in danger of death. 22. That he whom he would seduce, intercede not for him. 23. That he conceal nothing which may tend to his condemnation, Deut. xiii. 8. 24. That we covet not, or turn to our use, any things, wherewith idols have been adorned, Deut. xxvii. 25. 25. That we make no profit of any thing that belongs to false worship, Deut. vii. 26. 26. That no city seduced to idolatry and destroyed, he ever built again, Deut. xiii. 26. 27. That nothing of its spoils be turned to private use, v. 17. 28. That none prophesy falsely, Deut. xviii. 20. 29. That we fear not to slay a false prophet, v. 22. 30. That none prophesy in the name of false gods, Deut. xviii. 20. 31. That none so prophesying, be attended to, Deut. xiii. 2. 32. That we walk not in the ways and customs of the heathens, Lev. xx. 23. 33. That none use divination, Deut. xviii. 20. 34. Nor sorcery, ver. 10. That no southsaying be used, Lev. xix. 26. 36. That no divination by times, or hours, be used, Lev. xix 26. 37. That there be no enchantments or conjuring, Deut. xviii. 1. 38. That none ask counsel of the dead, Deut. xviii. 11. 39. That a woman wear not the apparel of a man. 40. That a man wear not the apparel of a woman, Deut. xxii. 5. 41. That no cutting or incision be made in the body, Lev. xix. 28. 42. That clothes made of linen and woolen be not made or worn, Deut. xxii. 11. 43. That the corners of the head be not rounded. 44. That the corners of the beard be not marred, Lev. xix. 27. 45. That none tear their flesh with their nails, or, 46. Pull off their hair, for the dead, Deut. xiv. 1. 47. That we walk not after the thoughts of our hearts, or sight of our eyes, Numb. xv. 39.

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§ 21. It is evident that in this family many precepts are distinguished, and the number multiplied thereby. In particular, the second command is divided into two, or three, which God makes to be but one; and general rules are made particular prohibitions, all to fill up the number which they had designed.

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