[344] The Priestly Code is that part of the Pentateuch which is occupied with public worship and the function of priests--viz., most of Leviticus; Exod. xxv.-xl.; Numb. i.-x., xv.-xx., xxv.-xxxvi. (with inconsiderable exceptions) [345] In Psalm xl. 6, "Sin offering hast Thou not required." The Psalm is perhaps of the age of Jeremiah. [346] He argues that even in Chronicles it is not mentioned; and that there was no curtain (_Parocheth_) before the Holiest in Solomon's Temple (1 Kings vi. 31, 32. Comp. Ezek. xli. 23, 24; 1 Kings viii. 8). He considers that 2 Chron. iii. 14 (the only place in the Old Testament where _Parocheth_ occurs except in the P.C.) cannot overthrow 1 Kings vi. 21, which speaks only of chains of gold between the Holy and the Holiest. (There was a curtain in Herod's Temple, Matt. xxvii. 51; Heb. ix. 3). But if there was no _Parocheth_ in Solomon's Temple, the rule of Lev. xvi. 2, 12, 15 could not have been observed. [347] This caused immense perplexity to the Rabbis. _Shabbath_, xiii. 2; _Chagigah_, xiii. 1; _Menachoth_, xlv. 1. [348] 1 Sam. xv. 22. [349] Amos v. 21-23. [350] Micah vi. 6-8. Some suppose that the words are attributed to Balaam (see verse 5). [351] Hosea vi. 6. [352] Isa. i. 11-16. [353] Jer. vii. 22, xi. 15. [354] Jer. xxxiii. 14-26 seems to speak in a different tone, but is probably an interpolation. It is not found in the LXX. [355] Psalm l. 8-14. [356] Psalm li. 16, 17. It is difficult to believe that the two last verses of the Psalm are not a later addition. [357] Psalm xl. 6. [358] Prov. xxi. 3. [359] Psalm lxix. 30, 31. [360] Mark xii. 32, 33. So in the Talmud: "Acts of justice are more meritorious than all sacrifices" (_Succoth._, lxix. 2). [361] Matt. ix. 13. [362] Matt. xii. 7. [363] Rom. xii. 1; 1 Peter ii. 5. [364] Heb. x. 4, 11. [365] Heb. xiii. 16. [366] Ecclus. xxxv. 1-15. [367] Comp. Ov., _Trist._, ii. 1, 75; Ep. xx. 81; Persius, ii. 45; Varro, _ap._ Arnob., _c. Natt._, vii. 1. "Dii veri neque desiderant ea, neque deposcunt." [368] Philo, _De Victimis_, 5. [369] A. Geiger, _Judenthum und seine Geschichte_, Sect. 5. [370] Vajikra R., 22 and 34 _b_. They got over Jer. xxxiii. 18 (in Yalkuth, on the passage) by saying, "He that doeth repentance it is counted to him as if he offered all the sacrifices of the land." They held that the place of sacrifices was taken by prayer, penitence, and good works. See Edersheim, _Jesus the Messiah_, i. 275. [371] See Spencer, _De Legg. Ritual._, iii.; _Dissert._, ii., chap. 1. [372] Evang. Ebion, _ap._ Epiph., _Hær._, xxx. 16. [373] Mark vii. 19. [374] It was twice repaired--about B.C. 856 in the reign of Joash, and about two centuries later under Josiah. [375] See Isa. xxix. 13, 14; Ezek. xxxiii. 31; Matt. xv. 7-9; Col. i. 20-22, etc. Comp. Wellhausen, pp. 77-79. [376] Rev. xxi. 22.