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j ^ ih in $ , mox e , than light and proiWne swearing by the name of Qo $ I Did they not know how $ q . punish such a , crime ? See Levitt y . 4 , It is said , v . 13 , " and t ^ je Lo rd ^ p ^ ke unto Moses , say . ing , ( v . j 4 ^) , bring forth him that lath cursgd . without the camp , and let all tl ^ at . heard him lay
j tbeir h' 4 ndsi , upQn his head , and let all the . congregation stone him . " v . 15 , c < And tiiou shalt speak
-UiHyiQ the children o £ Israel , saying , . whosoever . curseth . his God . shall be ^ r ; his . sin . " That is , all sp 9 ^ , pe rsons sh ^ all be put { o death r + lQj'' And he . that blasphemeth tjjg jnajpe q £ ; the . I ^ ord , " ( or so J ^ rn £ jtj * the , jiarq e of Jehovah , as this yoiltli t ^ as done ) ** he shall
sfutel y be ppt to death ' , " &c . Therefore as this whole para-^ r ^ p . h refers to the Israelitish wo uip . n _'§ j } Soi ) > it is most probable fi fP-t * $ j § crime i and that alone is sppkeji p £ ; her . e— -And as cursing
p ^ 4- ; a £ d jb ) a $ phemy appear to be j i ^ n ^ / € ^ tl } ^ sajpe crime , or at jli ^ os ^ p . njy , t > y < v . different parts and ( cJ £ gi ; £ e ^ of the . same crime in v .
, ff j / i ^ ff | ic | ; f 4 th ; . therefore it is * p , ost rational tp believe that they afe p ^ e f ^ ad th » same in v . 1 5 ih and Ijq . th , and not two different one ^ j , as Dr . Richie supposes ; especji f lly as according to his
statement of ihe case , the lesser 9 i ; jrhie that is here called bias . phemy , is ordered to be punished \ viih de ^ th ( ^ v # i ^) > while no specific ; pui ) i ^ Liii ) ent is appointed fyrlt \ h % gpHter crime , that is , CU ^ , i | ig QoJ , mentioned in v . 15 .
.. Npt to ^ y xh ^ t , it , is highly irraijfl _ p ^ tt ^ j s ^ p ^ poj ^ ihat (^ nc f inf . J . the t ^ # ' ' ^ yyjKn ^ Wi h } one P |< t : , yjq I ^ w 1 n ^ e appointee ^ to be m ^ u ^) n \ n AwwrwsS vf - '
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atonement was appointed to be made for it . Levit . v . 4 . ' ¦ * ¦ therefore no proof can be deduced from these passages of scripture that atonement was made fur capital offences . But he observes .
II Idly . That atonement is said to be made for the life of the offerer . Levit . xvii . ] I , But it appears most probable that atonement is not said to save the life of the offerer , because the offence , for which it was made , was &
capital crime , but because , if the atonement had been wilfully omitted , and the offender had gone in his polluted state into the
tabernacle or temple , lie would thereby have wilfully and presumptuously defiled the temple of the Lord ; and if any man ( so ) defile the temple of God , him will God destro }? . Numb . xix . 13 . 1 Cor . iii . 17- Therefore as the atone * ment eventually saved the life of the offerer , though the crime itself for which it was offered was not a capital offence , it is said to sav ^ e the soul or life . The sacred writers do not attempt to speak with the accuracy of the schools , nor vainly encltavour to split a hair . In a -word , the true state of thb case appears to have been as follows : if a person became guilty or polluted in the eye of the law , however innocent or laudable the action was by winch he was reiiL
dered so , and did not purify him . self by means of a sin offering , but presumed to appear before God at the tabernacle or tempfo service in his polluted or gmlfy stair , the law pronounced the sentence of death upon him . And this it did not so much for his first breach of it , ( for that might possibly have been effected by a ycry commendable and nccessfcty
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/43/
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