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Show 251 oftheii'writ ing~thCirMiiforiteJ:,&c. L lB. V·I. ftanding of which we muft kno~, that in the Hebr_ew Text many words are written wtth more, many WJth u. Sullton~_ ".. - oft:werletters, than they arep~onounced; (11)rnany c~J, qu£ [c rrpt~ words written in the Text whtch are not pronoHtJced., ·i:~' ~::(:e~~r-• C"c. In the margin the difference is exprefied: whe~ce ·,u,·q·uu .-ddH· the difference in tpe Text thev term :3n '~ Cethrb., cit Majora, 8crihlionem the Wf iting; the differenee in the mar:x 1turb.3,1 ), gia rth y term' . h R d. • b ~"'lp Keri, Lell!onem, t e . ea tng • .e-caufe they do read accordtng to that 1n the margtn. X Contra bar-··( X) This difference is thought by rome to b~ a cordifp~ tat. ELiaJ rettion of the Bible, according to feveral coptes after L,evttatnpr.e• h. fi b l b h t"ti of v·. fttt. 3• 1.1na{o,.. t etr return roD? ~a ~ on: ut, t .a ·L s · rvzne re ~b.lhlm_mlt• .. ANthoritJ, contatntng many myitertfS known to ~Mo. fo.rrrh~... fes, and the Proph.ets fucceffiv-ely. (though many o£ tbem unknown to our Age).and that it was not any correcl:lon' but the difference it felf primarily and porpofely was intended by the PrDphets, and holy Penmen of t-he Scri pture,evidentty appeareth by the diverfity of readings in thofe book! which were written by Haggai , Zachary, MaltUhi, Daniel, a Ad Efra: T·hey being the Auth?rs of their own b@<?ks, needed no correlJion at that nme, themfelves be1ng prefent, • ·~\ • .r , ' yet in them this different reading is ufed,. · In the third ·place , the Propofition followeth"; namely, Se~ing that the Maforitcs paffidtheir cenfore fJN many. ~-ords for their irreg,l/ariiJ in their vowels and accents ; therefore , tbe vowel, origina/11 were not frPm the .M.tforites, hNt of the fame antiqlliiJ with. t·heir words ; and in truth, otherwife thy .had been acAo.dy.or cark_afs withoill afoul. C. H-A-P. J. '\ LIB. 'il~ C ~A P. VI I I. · Of I/rae/s pitching their TentJ oro~ · lb.. eir Camps, ' 'J WHiJ~s the Jfrtte/ite.t wand red thorow the · W d?ernefs, ~heir ChNrch was a T4btrnacle ; an? thetr habitations, Tents: fo that their whole Cam~ m1ght be termed a moveable CiiJ. It was divided Into three parts. In the centre or middle of all was the Ttthernacle it felf, with its C tJurts, this they termed t~~ Camp of the Divine Majefly. Next round about, pHcht t.he Pricfls and Levites, to whom the charge of the. Tab:rnttcle belonged, (and therefore the n~areft _ad JOynmg place of habitation might be . the c.onvententefi for them) this was called the camp of L'evi. In the utter parts; round about Levi the twelve Tri6es pitcht their Tents'; this they termed the Cttmp of Ifrael. T~e ~rfr Camp refe~bled a great Ca!h~dr4l church, With Jts Ch1trch.,ard. The feconda Prtvlledg-pJace ahotlt the Ch1trch, as it were for ColledgeJ for t~e habitio~ of the ClergJ. The third, the 6od.J of a CtiJ, wh~retn the T()wnfmet~ ·or Lait1 dwelt. The form of the \Vhole, is probably thought to be fot~r::]quare, (a) fome fay twelve miles long and v · 1 n twelve miles broad. . ' ~. 3;'L · Jtn~,- . . In the Eaftern part pitched thelf three Tribes, Ju .. d~h,Tjfachar,and Zebttlon~ On the South:fide, Reuben, Srme1n,.and Gad. On the Wefr Ephraim Manaffes and .Benjamin. On the North, b4n, A {he:, and Nap: t·~alt: and thefe made up the outwArd C11mp, termed the Camp of Ifrael. Bttween each Tribe, in every one ·. ~~ tno.f.~ . ~~ur quart~rs ~ there :were difiant fpaces ,. {, like-..:· |