And] Leviticus 22:22. Deuteronomy 15:21. if ye] Or, whereas. for sacrifice] Heb. to sacrifice. is it not evill] In your conceit? whereby he condemneth them, that think it sufficient to serve God partly a he hath commanded, and partly after mans fantasie, and so come not to that purenesse of religion which he requireth, and therefore in reproach he sheweth them that a mortall man would not be content to be so served. governour] As were Zerubbabel, Nehemiah, and other under the Empire of Persia: who had their provision assigned them upon the people, Nehemiah 5:14-15.