Sect. 4. Precepts relating to Benevolence and Mercy. Exod. xxii. 22-27; xxiii. 4, 5. Lev. xviii. 18; xxv. 35-38, Deut. xxii. 1-4; xxiii. 15, 16, 19, 20; xxiv. 6, 10-13.

Sect. 5. Precepts relating to Strangers and Slaves. Exod. xxii. 21; xxiii. 9. Lev. xix. 33, 34; xxiii. 29. Deut. xxiv. 14, 15,

17-22.

Sect. 6. Precept relating to Brute Animals. Deut. xxv. 4.
Sect. 7. Miscellaneous Precepts. Lev. xix. 3—32.

PART IV.

Rules relating to Food.

Exod. xxii. 31. Lev. vii. 22-27; xi.; xvii. 10-16. Deut. xiv. 3-21.

PART V.

Rules relating to Defilement.

Sect. 1. Of the Leprosy. Lev. xiii. xiv. Numb. v. 1-4. Deut. xxiv. 8, 9.

Sect. 2. Of Uncleanness to which Men chiefly are liable. Lev. vii. 21; xv. 1—18, 23. Deut. xxiii. 10-12, 14.

Sect, 3. Of Uncleanness incident to Women. Lev. xii.; xv. 19-33; xviii. 19.

Sect. 4. Of the Water of Purification. Numb. xix.

PART VI.

Of Festivals and Fasts.

Sect. 1. Of the Festivals in general.

xxxiv. 22-24.

Deut. xvi. 16, 17.

Exod. xxiii. 14-17;

Sect. 2. Of the Sabbath. Exod. xxiii. 12; xxxi. 12-17; xxxiv. 21; xxxv. 1-3. Lev. xix. 30; xxiii. 1, 23–25. Numb. xv. 32-36; xxviii. 9, 10.

Sect. 3. Of the Sabbatical Year, and the Jubilee. Exod. xxi. 1-6; xxiii. 10, 11. Lev. xxv. 1—34, 39-55. Deut. xv. 1-18; xxxi. 9-13.

Sect. 4. Of the Passover, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Exod. xii. 1-28, 43-49; xiii. 1—10; xxxiv. 18, 25. Lev. xxiii. 4-8. Numb. ix. 1-14; xxviii. 16-25. Deut. xvi. 1-8.

Sect. 5. Of Pentecost. Lev. xxiii. 15-21. Deut. xvi. 9-12. Sect. 6. Of the Feast of Trumpets. Lev. xxiii. 23-25. Numb. xxix. 1-6. And of Tabernacles. Lev. xxiii. 33-44. Deut. xvi. 13-15.

xxix. 12-40.

Sect. 7. Of the New Moon. Numb. xxviii. 11—15.

Numb.

Sect. 8. Of the day of Expiation. Lev. xvi.; xxiii. 26-32. Numb. xxix. 7—11.

PART VII.

Of the First-fruits.

Exod. xxii. 29, 30; xxiii. 19. Lev. ii. 12; xxiii. 9-14. Numb. xxviii. 26-31. Deut. xxvi.

PART VIII.

Of the Tabernacle, and the Things contained in it.

Sect. 1. Of the Tabernacle in general.

Exod. xxv. 1-9; xxxi. 1-11; xxxix. 32-43. And the erection of it. Exod. xl. 1-11, 17-35.

Sect. 2. The Inclosure and the Coverings. Exod. xxvi.; xxvii. 9-19; xxxvi. 8-38; xxxviii. 9-31.

Sect. 3. Of the Altar of Burnt-Offering.

Exod. xxvii. 1-8;

xxxviii. 1–7. And of Altars in general. Exod. xx. 24–26.

Sect. 4. Of the Laver. Exod. xxx. 17-21; xxxviii. &. Sect. 5. Of the Ark of the Covenant. Exod. xxv. 10-22; xxxvii. 1-16.

Sect. 6. Of the Altar of Incense. Exod. xxx. 1—10; xxxvii. 25-28.

Sect. 7. Of the Table of Shew Bread. Exod. xxv. 23—30; Lev. xxiv. 5-9.

Sect. 8. Of the golden Candlestick. Exod. xxv. 31–40; xxvii. 20, 21; xxxvii. 17-24. Lev. xxiv. 1-4. Numb. viii. 1-4.

Sect. 9. Of the holy Oil. Exod. xxx. 28—29.

Sect. 10. Of the Trumpets. Numb. x. 1—10.

Sect. 11. Of the consecration of the Tabernacle and its Utensils. Lev. ix.

PART IX.

Of Offerings.

Sect. 1. What may be offered. Exod. xxiii. 18; xxxiv. 19, 20. Lev. xxii. 17-28. Deut. xv. 19-23; xvii. 1.

Sect. 2. Of the place where Offerings must be made and eaten. Lev. xvii. 1-9. Deut. xii. 5—28.

Sect. 3. Of Burnt-Offerings. Lev. i.; vi. 8-13. Numb. xv. 1-16.

Sect. 4. Of Meat-Offerings. Lev. ii.; vi. 14—18; x. 12—15. Sect. 5. Of Peace-Offerings. Lev. iii.; vii. 11—20, 28—34;

xix. 5-8.

Sect. 6. Of Sin-Offerings, and Trespass-Offerings. v. 14-19; vi. 1-7, 24; vii. 10. Numb. xv. 22—31.

Sect. 7. Of the daily Offerings.

xxviii. 1-8.

Sect. 8.

Lev. iv.;

Exod. xxix. 38-46. Numb.

Of Offerings on numbering the People, and on entering.

the Land of Canaan. Exod. xxx. 11–16.

PART X.

Numb. xv. 17—21.

Of the Priests and Levites.

Sect. 1. Of their Appointment. Numb. iii. 11-22, 39-51; iv. 46-49.

Sect. 2. Their Qualifications.

Lev. x. 8-11; xxi.; xxii. 9.
Exod. xxix. 1-37; xl. 12-16.

Sect. 3. Their Consecration.
Lev. vi. 19-23; vii. 35-38; viii. Numb. viii. 5-26.

Sect. 4. Their Duty. Numb. iii. 5-10; xviii. 1—7.
Sect. 5. Their Habits. Exod. xxviii.; xxxix. 1-31.
Sect. 6. Their Maintenance.
Numb. xviii. 8-32; xxxv. 1—8.

Lev. xxii. 10-16; xxvii. 30-33.
Deut. xiv. 22-29; xviii. 1-8.

PART XI.

Of the Nazarites.

Numb. vi. 1-21.

PART XII.

Of Vows.

Lev. v. 4-13; xxii. 17-25; xxvii. 1-29. Numb. xxx.

xxiii. 21-23.

Deut.

40 THE LAWS & INSTITUTIONS OF MOSES METHODIZED.

PART XIII.

Laws of Wars.

Deut. xx. 1-15, 19, 20; xxi. 10-14; xxiii. 9; xxiv. 5.

PART XIV.

Miscellaneous Articles.

Sect. 1. Rules concerning Naturalization. Deut. xxiii. 3-8. Future Prophets promised. Deut. xviii. 15-22. Directions concerning Kings. Deut. xvii. 14-20.

Sect. 2.

Sect. 3.

Sect. 4.

Orders concerning the Amalekites. Deut. xxv. 17—19. Sect. 5. Orders concerning the writing of the Law. Deut.

xxvii. 1-8.

PART XV.

Exhortations to Obedience.

Sect. 1. General Exhortations. Deut. iv. 1—40; vi.; vii. 7—26; viii.; ix.; xi.; xxix.

Sect. 2. Prophetical Blessings in case of obedience, and Curses in case of disobedience. Lev. xxvi. 8-46. Deut. xxvii. 9; xxviii.; XXX.; xxxii.*

* Dr. Geddes, though he denies the inspiration of Moses, yet declares "that in whatever light we consider the Mosaic jurisprudence, it will bear a comparison with any other of antiquity; and that the legislator might (confidently affirm, like Solon, that if his laws were not the very best that might be devised, they were the best his nation could bear.'" He adds, "As for us Christians, we are taught to consider them in certain respects, as weak and defective elements, serving only to conduct us to the more perfect law of the gospel of Jesus." He further says of the Pentateuch, "that whether it be considered as a body of history, or as a system of jurisprudence, it will not appear to shrink from a comparison with any piece of ancient writing, even when divested of every privilege it might claim from revelation.” Preface, 1792, p. xviii.

NOTES

ON THE

OLD TESTAMENT.

GENESIS.

I SEE no reason to entertain a doubt of Moses being the writer of the first five books of the Old Testament. It was the belief of all Jews and Christians till of late years,* and all that is alleged against this opinion is, the insertion of certain passages, in which mention is made of events subsequent to the time of Moses. But they are all of such a nature as may well be supposed to have been added afterwards; being by no means necessary to the narration, and generally interrupting it. And this was a circumstance almost unavoidable in such a case as this, and that of other ancient writings, to which notes, expressing the different state of things in after-times, would be very useful; and being first written in the margin, they would in time be incorporated with the text.

Moses lived sufficiently near to the origin of the human race, to be able to preserve a very probable account of every transaction that he has related, even supposing that he had no authority besides tradition. But it is probable that long before his time there were methods of preserving the knowledge of things, especially of names and numbers, by means of writing. He does not speak of the art of writing as a

See Geddes's Translation, 1792, Pref. I. pp. xviii.-xx. Le Clerc, in one of his early works, maintained that Moses was not the author of the Pentateuch. This opinion he had retracted when he published his Genesis, in 1693. See "Twelve Dissertations out of M. Le Clerc's Genesis, done out of Latin, by Mr. Brown." 1696. Dis. iii. p. 105. See also Watson's Apol. against Paine, p. 42.

+ Dr. Geddes, who maintains that "the Pentateuch, in its present form, was not written by Moses," yet is "fully persuaded that it was compiled from ancient documents, some of which were coeval with Moses, and some even anterior to Moses." He adds, that Moses, "most probably, was the first Hebrew writer, or the first who applied writing to historical composition," and that “from his journals a great part of the Pentateuch seems to have been compiled." Pref. pp. xviii. xix.