EXODUS XXIV. taelites are faid to have tempted in the wilder- tiefl, 1.Cor.to.9. See the notes onExod R. Menachem upon this place,teacheth from anci- ent Rabbines,that the word I(fend) jgnifeth tlx propertie of mercies and this Angeli is the Angell the Redeemer, (Gen.48.i 6.) Alfo , The heft bleged God faid unto Mares , He that did keepe the Fathers , (viz. Abraham , Isaak led Jakob) (ball kepe the children. before thee] or before th face, as the Greeke tranflateth. the place] the land ( faith the Greeke) which 1 have prepared for thee. A figure of that whither Chrift is gone to prepare a place for us, Iohn 14.2. â1 Verf.2 t. becaufe of bim] or, ofhis face, or prefeucc. The Greeke tranflateth, take heed unto him. provoke] or, rebel not againß him : the Greeke tran- flateth, difbey him not. The Hebrew Do&ors make the reafon of the charge to bee this, Becaufe his voice to the voice of the livin God. It. Menachem on Exodus 23. in him] or, in the middeff if of him. Chrift is the brightneffeof the glory, and the expreffe Image of Godsperfon, Hebr. 1.3. and God was in him, z Cor.5.19. and he in the Father, Iohn 1o. 38. and his name is Iehovab our Iußiee Ier. 23.6. The Chaldée tranflateth , hú word is that is, hee fpeaketh) in my name. And Gods Name, may im- ply his Law or doétrine to be in him :for fo the Law of Chrift ( Efay 42.4.) is expounded his Name, Matth. 1 2.2 1. Verf. 23. ber re thee] as a leader of thee, faith the 23 Greeke verfion. And here the Hebrew Malachi, My Angell, fome of the Rabbins fay, is Michael, by traufpofition of letters. the Ammorite]that is, the land of the Ammonites, &c. See Gen.15.18_z t. VerC24. ads] called in the Chaldee, idols. 24 their works that is, the worker of the Heathen peoples. This Law is explained in Levit. 18.3. pillars] or,ßanding- images, flames .Vnder the le all other monuments of idolatry arc compre- hended: asDeuter.tz.2.3. Of this the Hebrew canons fay, Wee are commanded to deftroyidolatry, and the *vices thereof, and whatfoever is made for thefame, Deuteronomy 12. Andin the land of Ifrael we are com- manded to persecute it untill it be deftroyedout of all our land; but without the land wee are not commanded to per - feeute it : but every place which we 'bal fubdue , wee are to deßroy all the Idolatry that it therein. Maimony in Mofn.treat.of Idolatry, chap.7. Sebl.t. 25 Verf.z 5. thy bread el"c.] hereby the cour fell fare may be meant,whieh by Gods bleffing nourifheth as inDaniel, 1.12.15.Or,there are named for all food, as the Chaldee tranflateth it, dy meat and thy drink: and the Greeke addeth, thy bread, and thy wine,andthywater. ficknejfe] in Chaldee, evil! fsckueffes. Compare Exod. t 5.26. Deut.7.I 5. 26 Verf. 26. caging] or , mifcarrymg : the Greeke tranflateth, without reed. See a like promife in Deut.7.a4. dy dayes]which by the courteof nature thou fhouldefl live. So lob died being old andfull of dayes,Iob 42.17. whereas the wicked live not out halfe their dayei,Pfal.55.24 7 Verf.27.difmay] with tumult and trouble; as Goddid before in Exod. t 4.2 4. So inDeut.7.z 3. Ior.io.ro.The Greeke .tranflateth , Ir aaßorrifh The Covenant. 95 all nations. flialt come] to warre againfi them : as the Chaldeeaddeth, to tame] this is added by the Chaldee for explanation. And by turning the neck(or back,) is meant their flight; as the Gr. tranflateth, I willgive (that is,make) them fugitives. So David praifed God that he had given him the necke of his enemies: that is,made them ilee,Pf 18.4a. Verf. 28. hornets] Hebr. the hornet , a kind of great wafpe, which ftingeth venomoufly, threat - ned againit theCanaanites here,and in Deuter.7. 20. and flamed to be accomplifhed in Iof.24.r 2. Thefe fi uified the flinging terrours wherewith God ftriketh the hearts of his enemies. the Evite] that is, the whcle nation of them, as the Greeke faith,the Amorites, and the Evites, &a. Thefe were the poflerity of Canaan, of whom fee Ge- nefis, 10.6.7. Verl3o. frullife] that is,be increafedorgranule. VerC31. the rizer]which theGreek explaineth, the great river Euphrates: and Mofes elsewhere fo nameth it, Dement 1.24. Gen.t 5.18. See there bounds in Nun:6.34. the accomplishment of chi's promife in part, fulfilled in Solomons time, r. King.4.z t. thou ¡halodrive]the Greek tran- flateth, /will drive. Verf. 32. with them] the inhabitants of the laird, 32 Exodus 34.12.15. Deuter.7.I.2. &c. gods] in Chaldee, idols. Verf.33. Ohm ¡halt] or, it may be eransiated, for thou wilt ferve, as came to paffe, Iudg. t .21.2 7. 29.and 2,1,2,3,a 2, &c. The Greeke tranflateth, for if thou'halt frve their gods : the Chaldee, and thou Ault not feerve their idolls. furely] or, for it will be afnare that is , a cause of thy fall and ruine : a fcandall unto thee. See this fulfilled, Iudg. 2. Halm. 106.34.35.36. Numb. 25.1.2. Compare alto Deut. 7.16.z 5. A fnare, is Mid to fignifie the deceit, whereby men fall into finne, Dent./ 2.30. Ier. 5.26. Prov. 13.14.27. and fo the diftru&ion that followeth thereupon Prov.12.13. Efay 8. a 5. and 28.2 3. Ecclef.9. t 2. :8 3° 3'. CHAP. XXIV. I, Moser is called up into the mountaine. 3, The people promife obedience. 4 , Mods buildetb an Altar, and twelve pillars. 6, Nee fprinketh the blood of the covenant. 9, Mop and the Elders of If rani fee God. t 2 , Mofes is to goe up the mount, for the Tables. 14, Aaron and Hur have the charge If the people. 16, The of the Lord on mount Sinai , like devouring fire. 1 -$, Mofes in the cloud and mountain, , farty dayes and forty nights, AN D hee faid unto Mores; Come up unto Iehorah , thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and feventie of the Elders of Ifrael : & bow down your felveg afarre off. And Mores himfelfe alone ihall come neere unto Iehovah;but they (hall not Cotne 33 a S
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