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Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 19:3

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Numbers19:3

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest , that he may bring her forth without the camp , and one shall slay her before his face.

Who was the second Priest, and, in some cases, the Vicegerent or Deputy of the High-priest. To him, not to [illegible: 1 word], because this service made him unclean for a season, v[illegible: 1+ letters]r. 7. and consequently unfit for [illegible: 1 word] Ministrations, whereas the Highpriest was, as far as [illegible: 1 word] he could to be preserved from all sorts of defilement, and constantly fit for his high and holy work.

Partly because it was rep[illegible: 1+ letters]ted an unclean and accursed thing, being ceremoniously laden with the sins of all the people, and partly to signifie that Christ should suffer without the Camp, as he did, Heb. 13. 12. in the place where malefactours suffered, Levit. 24. 14

A person appointed by Eleazar for this work.

Marginal references: Heb. 13. 1[illegible: 1+ letters].

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