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which, &c. = "which, if the man (Hebrew. 'adam, App-14) shall do them, he shall also live by them".
live = "live again" in resurrection life (Rev_20:6). The Chaldee paraphrase = "shall live by them to life eternal". Compare the other passages where "live" is used in this sense: Eze_13:21; Eze_20:11. Luk_10:28. Rom_10:5. Gal_1:3, Gal_1:12. Neh_9:29. Rom_1:17. Heb_10:38, &c. In this sense the verb is used more often than is generally thought. Compare Isa_26:19; Isa_38:16; Isa_55:3. Eze_18:19; Eze_33:19; Eze_37:3, Eze_37:5, Eze_37:6, Eze_37:14. Hos_6:2. Amo_5:4, &c. The spiritual authorities of the second temple so interpreted the phrase. Thus "eternal life", by faith, is set in contrast with eternal life by works.
None of you. Hebrew "Man, man, ye shall not approach"; should be "No man (Hebrew. 'ish). whatsoever shall approach". Emphasized by Figure of speech Epizeuxis. See App-6. The absence of the words "of the house of Israel", as in Lev_17:3, Lev_17:8, Lev_17:13, shows that the strangers are included in this law.
near of kin. Hebrew "the remainder of his flesh" (Gen_2:23), i.e. by the Figure of speech Polyptoton, App-6, "his own flesh (or relatives)". Compare verses: Lev_18:12, Lev_18:13, Lev_18:17. For emphasis.