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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	aaron_n	offer_v	sacrifice_n	39	3	7.3827	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15400	An harmonie vpon the first booke of Samuel wherein according to the methode obserued in Hexapla vpon Genesis, and Exodus, but more compendiously abridged, these speciall things are obserued vpon euery chapter: the diuers readings compared, doubtfull questions explaned, places of Scripture reconciled, controuersies briefly touched, and morall collections applied. Wherein aboue foure hundred theologicall questions are handled, with great breuitie and much varietie, by the former author of Hexapla on Genesis.	Willet, Andrew, 1562-1621.	1607 (1607)	STC 25678; ESTC S120031	271,285	362

for their part for their grosse rudenesse in profaning the Arke and consecrating it as one of their cheife spoiles to their Idol so making the great God inferiour to their abhominable inuention this beeing a breach of the naturall and morall law did not escape vnpunished 2. But the other beeing a ceremoniall law giuen onely to the Israelites not to come neere the Arke or to gaze vpon it was giuen onely vnto them the heathen were ignorant of it and therefore therein the Lord requireth a stricter obedience at the hands of his owne people then of the ignorant Gentiles Pellican 3. And further the Lord accepteth this kinde of reuerence which the Philistims out of their simple knowledge yeelde vnto the Arke not suffering it to goe emptie but bestowing vpon it iewells of gold Pellican as also in making choice of kine neuer vsed to the yoke and of a new cart as best beseeming the holines of the Arke they therein expressed their reuerend regard of it herein following the prescript of Moses law Borr. 7. Quest. v. 18. Of the great stone of Abel 1. Some thinke that Abel is here taken for Eben a stone by the change onely of the last letter as it is called v. 14. eben gedalah the great stone whereon the Bethshemites sacrificed Chal. Sept. Iun. but seeing that Abel is of a farre diuerse signification betokening mourning it can not properly be translated a stone though vnder this name the stone is insinuated 2. Some doe not here retaine Abel as a proper name but read the great stone of mourning Vatab. but it beeing the name of a place it is more fit to make it a proper name as we read of other places so called because of mourning there as Gen. 50. Abel Mizraim the mourning or lamentation of the Egyptians 3. Others thinke that both Eben and Abel were the proper names of this stone that first it was called Eben which signifieth a stone then Abel by reason of the lamentation there Osiand But that Eben was no proper name it may be shewed by the like place c. 14.33 where Saul biddeth them to roule eben gedalah a great stone vnto him 4. Wherefore this seemeth to be the right interpretation that the great Eben 1. stone mentioned v. 14. is called here Abel because there the Betshemites mourned for the great slaughter among them for so it is said in the next verse ijthabela they mourned whence also is the word Abel mourning deriued sic Ar. Pagnin Lat. 5. Some also read vnto the great plaine for so Abel also signifieth in which plaine Bethshemesh was situate Ioseph But the wordes following controule this reading vnto the great stone of Abel whereon they set the Arke but they set the Arke and laid the sacrifice vpon the great stone v. 14. 8. Quest. v. 19. Why the Lord smote the men of Bethshemesh The Bethshemites diuers waies offended 1. In that they receiued not the Arke with greater reuerence and deuotion when they saw it comming but entertained it as it should seeme with shouting and such like signes of ioy which they vsed in time of haruest wherein they then were Pellican 2. They offred in sacrifice the female kind namely the two kine that drew the cart whereas by the law the males onely were to be offered Borr. 3. Some thinke that they offered sacrifice of themselues neither the priests nor Samuel beeing consulted with Pellican But that is not like for seeing it is directly mentioned that the Leuites that is the priests of Levi for Bethshemesh was a citie of the priests of Aaron not of Leuites onely Iosh. 22.16 tooke downe the Arke and before the Arke was taken downe they could not cleaue the cart for wood nor consequently offer their sacrifice therefore it is not like that the Bethshemites did presume to offer sacrifice without their priests 4. The true cause therefore why the Lord did smite them was as is here expressed v. 19. because they looked into the Arke where we neede not imagine with the Hebrewes that they opened the Arke to looke into it but it was contrarie to the law to looke vpon the Arke bare or vncouered Numb 5.20 as the men and citizens of Bethshemesh such as were not priests did gaze vpon the Arke either beeing brought naked by the Philistims or vncouered by them for so it is before shewed v. 13. that they reioyced or tooke delight in beholding the Arke that is in gazing and looking vpon it Iosephus thinketh they did also handle it vnreuerently with their hands but it was sufficient to procure this iudgement that such as were not priests did gaze vpon it The priests also might offend themselues in not approaching and drawing neare with such reuerence as was meete Iun. But it seemeth by the number of them which were smitten that most of them were of the common sort 9. Quest. v. 19. Of the number of the men of Bethshemesh that were slaine 1. Whereas in the Hebrew the number is placed thus seuentie men and fiftie thousand men some expound it thus that seuentie of the chiefe were slaine which were equiualent or worth fiftie thousand as the people said to Dauid that he was worth ten thousand of them 2. Sam. 18. ex Pellican and of this opinion seemeth Iosephus to be who onely maketh mention of seuentie that were slaine But this is not like for they are said to be smitten of the people that is of the common sort 2. Some therefore thinke that the seuentie were of the Elders and better sort and the fiftie thousand of the people so the Chalde But by the same reason also this interpretation is refused for it is saide he smote among the people seuentie men c. 3. Iunius in his former edition had this conceit that these were of the Philistims that were smitten and so in stead of among or of the people he readeth of them but the word is baham of the people not bahem of them and whereas he obiecteth that there were not so many in all the tract and region of Bethshemesh and beside that it was a citie of Priests for whome it was lawfull to come neere the Arke it may be answered that the people of other townes came flocking together to see the Arke and that the greatest number that was smitten was of them 4. But Iunius himselfe in his latter editions reuerseth this opinion and thinketh that this number of fiftie thousand and seuentie men was partly of such of the Israelites as came flocking from all parts to see the Arke partly of those which kept their garrisons and stations to defend their coasts from the inuasion of the Philistims so also Osiander Therefore it is directly mentioned and expressed in the text that the Lord smote of the men of Bethshemesh and among the people 70. men and 50. thousand mē so that we must not suppose thē all to be of Bethshemesh CHAP. VII 1. Quest. v. 1. Of the hill where Abinadabs house was 1. SOme