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which_o the_o vatican_n prefer_v but_o the_o alexandrine_n ms_n will_v both_o show_v you_o that_o it_o be_v a_o corruption_n and_o by_o what_o degree_n it_o proceed_v to_o be_v what_o it_o be_v for_o ch._n 2._o v._n 4._o that_o copy_n read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 4._o v._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d all_o this_o may_v be_v yet_o far_o strengthen_v from_o the_o law_n mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o number_n c._n 35._o concern_v chance-medley_o or_o unwilling_a slaughter_n in_o which_o case_n if_o a_o man_n can_v first_o fly_v to_o one_o of_o the_o six_o city_n of_o refuge_n and_o when_o his_o cause_n come_v to_o a_o hear_n it_o appear_v that_o there_o be_v no_o evil_a intention_n nor_o any_o malice_n forethought_a in_o he_o that_o have_v commit_v the_o fact_n he_o be_v safe_a so_o long_o as_o he_o continue_v within_o the_o pomoeria_fw-la of_o the_o say_a city_n during_o the_o life_n of_o that_o high_a priest_n in_o who_o pontificate_n the_o thing_n be_v do_v and_o after_o that_o he_o may_v repair_v to_o his_o own_o home_n and_o enjoy_v all_o the_o freedom_n of_o a_o innocent_a and_o guiltless_a person_n but_o in_o case_n the_o revenger_n of_o blood_n shall_v overtake_v he_o before_o he_o can_v get_v to_o one_o of_o these_o city_n or_o if_o after_o he_o have_v make_v his_o escape_n thither_o he_o shall_v afterward_o at_o any_o time_n within_o the_o time_n prefix_v be_v find_v any_o where_o without_o the_o bound_n or_o pomoeria_fw-la of_o the_o say_a city_n than_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o the_o revenger_n of_o blood_n to_o exact_v one_o life_n for_o another_o and_o avenge_v the_o death_n of_o the_o decease_a party_n with_o that_o of_o he_o who_o do_v thou_o never_o so_o unwilling_o slay_v he_o now_o who_o be_v this_o revenger_n of_o blood_n josephus_n tell_v you_o it_o be_v any_o of_o the_o kindred_n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o his_o word_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v moses_n build_v ten_o city_n be_v parcel_n of_o the_o forty_o eight_o assign_v to_o the_o levite_n of_o which_o three_o be_v sanctuarys_n for_o such_o as_o unwilling_o have_v slay_v a_o man._n the_o time_n of_o their_o consinement_n to_o any_o of_o the_o say_a place_n be_v during_o the_o life_n of_o that_o high_a priest_n in_o who_o time_n such_o a_o accident_n fall_v out_o but_o after_o his_o decease_n he_o be_v at_o liberty_n to_o return_v home_o or_o go_v whither_o he_o please_v in_o safety_n but_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n if_o he_o be_v take_v without_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o say_a sanctuary_n to_o which_o he_o be_v consign_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o of_o the_o kindred_n and_o none_o else_o to_o kill_v he_o now_o if_o you_o ask_v what_o authority_n josephus_n have_v for_o this_o the_o answer_n will_v be_v that_o he_o take_v this_o as_o he_o do_v every_o thing_n else_o from_o the_o seventy_o interpreter_n for_o that_o which_o we_o call_v in_o our_o translation_n the_o revenger_n of_o blood_n be_v in_o the_o hebrew_n goel_n hadam_n and_o in_o the_o seventy_o all_o along_o in_o number_n deuteronomie_n and_o joshua_n it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o out_o of_o they_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a render_v it_o propinquus_fw-la cognatus_fw-la and_o proximus_fw-la occifi_n and_o with_o they_o onkelos_n in_o his_o paraphrase_n upon_o the_o book_n of_o number_n and_o deuteronomie_n do_v exact_o concur_v the_o hebrew_a word_n to_o render_v it_o exact_o be_v as_o much_o as_o the_o redeemer_n of_o blood_n and_o so_o it_o be_v take_v by_o jonathan_n in_o his_o targum_fw-la upon_o joshua_n it_o be_v the_o same_o word_n use_v in_o the_o case_n of_o ruth_n and_o boaz_n and_o in_o the_o
all_o other_o claim_n must_v depend_v which_o be_v absurd_a it_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v they_o have_v and_o they_o have_v not_o a_o right_a at_o the_o same_o time_n but_o then_o if_o he_o can_v not_o bring_v the_o inheritance_n along_o with_o he_o it_o be_v unlawful_a for_o the_o widow_n to_o marry_v he_o at_o all_o as_o appear_v by_o undeniable_a consequence_n from_o levit._n 18._o 9_o the_o decease_a husband_n brother_n uterine_n be_v consider_v as_o her_o own_o half_a brother_n which_o be_v the_o same_o thing_n as_o for_o a_o brother_n to_o marry_v his_o half_a sister_n which_o be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n again_o if_o none_o can_v marry_v the_o widow_n for_o the_o purpose_n aforesaid_a of_o hinder_v the_o name_n of_o the_o decease_a from_o be_v blot_v out_o and_o of_o raise_v up_o the_o name_n of_o the_o dead_a upon_o his_o inheritance_n but_o he_o that_o have_v a_o right_a of_o redeem_v the_o say_a inheritance_n and_o if_o none_o have_v a_o right_a of_o redeem_v the_o inheritance_n but_o the_o kindred_n descend_v from_o or_o centre_v in_o the_o same_o paternal_a consanguinity_n than_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o this_o law_n can_v not_o be_v extend_v to_o the_o half_a brother_n of_o the_o decease_a by_o the_o mother_n side_n but_o the_o connexion_n of_o these_o two_o be_v acknowledge_v by_o mr._n selden_n himself_n when_o he_o give_v this_o as_o a_o reason_n why_o the_o brother_n of_o the_o decease_a by_o the_o mother_n side_n can_v not_o marry_v his_o widow_n nam_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la inuicem_fw-la minime_fw-la succedunt_fw-la uterini_fw-la ita_fw-la nec_fw-la hac_fw-la lege_fw-la tenentur_fw-la and_o maimonides_n also_o acknowledge_v the_o same_o by_o put_v they_o both_o together_o fratres_n uterini_fw-la say_v he_o non_fw-la censentur_fw-la pro_fw-la fratribus_fw-la lehinjan_n jeroushah_o ou_fw-fr lehinjan_n jibboum_fw-la vechalitsa_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o causâ_fw-la haereditatis_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o leviratu_fw-la and_o though_o mr._n selden_n and_o maimonides_n and_o a_o thousand_o more_o shall_v not_o have_v grant_v this_o yet_o the_o scripture_n itself_o will_v sufficient_o have_v prove_v it_o for_o i_o have_v show_v levit._n 25._o 48._o 49._o to_o belong_v as_o well_o to_o the_o redemption_n of_o inheritance_n as_o person_n and_o in_o that_o place_n we_o have_v these_o word_n after_o he_o be_v sell_v he_o may_v be_v redeem_v again_o one_o of_o his_o brethren_n may_v redeem_v he_o either_o his_o uncle_n or_o his_o uncle_n son_n may_v redeem_v he_o or_o if_o he_o be_v able_a he_o may_v redeem_v himself_o where_o that_o only_o paternal_a kindred_n be_v to_o be_v mean_v may_v be_v prove_v by_o undeniable_a argument_n as_o for_o the_o signification_n of_o echad_n meachau_n v._n 48._o unus_fw-la ex_fw-la fratribus_fw-la ejus_fw-la though_o nothing_o can_v certain_o be_v infer_v from_o it_o if_o nothing_o else_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v yet_o when_o in_o the_o next_o verse_n we_o be_v tell_v that_o either_o dodo_n or_o ben_fw-mi dodo_n his_o uncle_n or_o his_o uncle_n son_n may_v do_v the_o same_o there_o be_v these_o two_o thing_n to_o be_v observe_v first_o that_o dod_n do_v proper_o signify_v the_o uncle_n by_o the_o father_n side_n not_o auunculus_fw-la but_o patruus_fw-la and_o so_o the_o vulgar_a latin_a render_v it_o the_o 70_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v dodo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o also_o jerem._n 32._o 7_o 8_o 9_o neither_o do_v they_o render_v it_o in_o any_o place_n whatsoever_o of_o any_o but_o the_o kindred_n of_o the_o father_n side_n now_o if_o the_o uncle_n and_o the_o uncle_n son_n must_v both_o of_o they_o be_v understand_v of_o the_o father_n side_n than_o it_o be_v but_o reasonable_a to_o conclude_v that_o the_o brother_n also_o in_o the_o former_a verse_n must_v be_v understand_v the_o same_o way_n second_o or_o any_o that_o be_v nigh_o of_o kin_n to_o he_o of_o his_o family_n may_v redeem_v he_o here_o there_o be_v two_o thing_n to_o be_v 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