/ad/ 100 NUMBER'S XVia they alfò [Doke men & fparatcd themfelves: or rather,that Kore Cooke their men unto him & fo to "reade it , he took Dathm and Abiram , or he took both Dathan and Abtram; for the word and in He- brew , may Corned h me be omitted in our Englilh fpeech,a3 is (hewed on Gen. 8.6.or be interpreted ,both, as explaining the former words: fee the an- notaions on Gen.36.24. And thus Chazkuni ex- poundeth it, And Korab take : it meaner& the ta- king of men i and whom Cooke he l Dathn and AM- &c. AND before D A T H A N is redundant here, as Tien elfewhere. Abiram] in Greeke, Abnron. Eliab]in Greeke,E/iam: bee was Con to Phallic the Mnne of Reuben , Num. 26.7, 8, 9. Gen.46.9, On]in Greeke,Aun, and Aunan. Peleth ] inGreeke, Pbekth. foams of Reuben] Dathan, Abiram,&On,were all fonnes,that is,of the poftetitie of Reuben, who was the firft -borne of ICrael,but loft his honour by his finite, 1 Chren. 5.1. which his Connes by unlawfull meanes feeke to recover. And theft Reubenites camped next unto Korah and the.Kohathites,on the Sonthfide of theTabernacle,(as is (hewed in Nam.2.)and fo being neighbóurs in fituation , affociated them- (elves in evill , which Sol. Iarchi obferving,faith thereupon, Woe be to the winked, and woe unto bit neighbour. Korah being a Levite of the Koha- thites, which was thechiefe fantilie oftheLe- vites,as is noted on Num.3. 28. he tooke offence, (as larchi n n this place faith,) and envied at tbe pre- ferment of Elizaphan the Tonne of Vztiel, whom Moles bad made Prince aver thefetmu of Kobatb, Num. 3.30 when he was of the youngeff brother Vzziell,and Korah himfelfe was of lzhar, elder than he : fee Num. 3.27.30. But by the fequell here it appea- reth, that he lift up himfelfe not only again[[ Eliza phan , but again(} Mofes and Aaron, and Ionght the Fri f hood al fil, verfe t 0. 2 Verve 2. and men]rhat is, ÌCorab andmm, as ap- peareth by verfe 5. t 6, 17. where thefe ire called Korahscongregation. the called of the alem- by] Senators called to the alfemblie (and as the Greeke trauflateth it, council) of the governours: in Chap. r. t 6. filch are named the called of the con- gregation, and in Chap. 26.9. Dathanand Abiram are named the called of the nangregation, who firove again[ Mofes, &c. fo theCe were States -men , fa- tuous and renowned, whereby the confpiracie was the fironger. men of name] that is, of renowne ; this title is given to the Giants before I the Flood, Gen. 6.4. Whereupon Baal batterim here noteth, Men of name fir wifedome and wealth; and they condemned them(elzes : as did the generation of the Floid, which were ofold, men ofname. Verfe3. Yetalcetoo much upon you] or, Let it 3 fuffueyou, as this phèafe is tranflated in Deut. ;.26. Hebt. much to you : or, enoughforynn: whichSol. Iarchi expoundeth thus , yee have taken to your Pies greatnef, mush more than enough. So after inverfe7. holy] and therefore may approach unto God and offer their facrifices. This they meant, as Moles anfwer fheweth in verfe 5. and 10. So the prefumption of their owne holineffe, brought then toambition and affe &ation of the Priefthood : an honour which to man fhould talre to himfelfe , but loe that iscalled of God , w was Aaron, Hebr. 5.4. Jehovah is] inGhaldee, the divine preface (.orMaje/ie) of the L RD duedeth a- mong them. Verfe 4. ftllon hit fare] as affe led with their 4 words, humbling himfelfe, and (in likelihood) praying unto God,as in serf 22. Chazkuni faith, He well abafled, and raft down hit face on the ground onto prayer : and there it was fail unto biro ( of God) what hefhouldfay unto Korah. Like gefture he ufed at their former murmuring, Num.14.5. and after in Num.20, 6. Verle f Even rn the morning]' or , the morning ((hall cone ) and Jehovah will make &name , Iudgement is deferred till the morrowmorning, fo they had that time to confider of their lati: and the morning is ufually the time of judgement, both by men , as, In the mornings I will p,pprefe all the wickedofthe land, P fah. z o t .8. lodge judgement in the morning,her. 21. r 2. and by God himfelfe ; as, Morning by morning loth he bring his judgement to light, Zepb,3.5. and,my rebulg is in themartings,Pfel. 73.14. So in the morning judgement came upon Sodome, Gen. 19. 23, 24. and the plagues of E- gypt, Exod. 7.15. and 8.2o.and 9.13. and o,t;. and the peftileuce on Ifrael, 2 Sam. 24. i 5.and fo (hall evil! come upon finners , and they (hall not know the morning thereof, Efai. 47. r i. Baker, the morning, is derived of Baker, be inquired, or looked out ; whereupon the Greeke Interpreters reading without vowels, tranflated it, The Lord bath looked out and known chafe that are hit : but the Chaldee faith,in the morning,them the LORD wil make knonm, &c. make karma him] or, make known thof that are hit; fo the Greeke tranflateth, knoweth,(or bath known) thole that are his : which very words Paul (from this hillory)applieth to Gods know - ledge,care and love of his Ele&whom he fanttifi- eth,& keepeth from falling away, as did certaipe heretikes in thofe dayes, 2 Tim.a. 17,18,19.2o. This therefore is a fpeech of faith,wherehy Mofes tefifieth his confidence in God, who had fepara- ted Aaron unto the Priefthood, & himfelfe unto the government in Ifrael ; and would niaintaine their caufe and calling againfi all oppofers. And becaufe thefe two offices figured the grace given by Chrift unto his Ele&, whom he bath made Kings and Prieffs, even a Oat Priefihood, and an holy 2 (gtion , Revel. r. 6. and 5. 10.1 Pet. 2.9. therefore the Apoflle (in 2 Tim. 2.) fitly cited' thefe words for the comfort of the Saints, and faithfullminiflers of Chrifl,againft revolters:even as an other Apoltle applieth allo againft filch, the way ofRain, the errour of Balaam, and the contradi/Iinn (or rebellion) ifKore; wherein they perifh, bide verfe 11. The Chaldee tranflateth it , awlwill make_ known him that is fit for him. and who is holy] or, and the boy one that is, hint whom hee hada fan&ified and feparated unto the Pricfts oftice.So David (fpeaking of this rebellion) calleth Aaron the boy wie (or Saint)ofIekvah,Pfal. t o6. t 6. and he wore on the golden plate,this ingraving,Holáuf to lebovah, Exod. 28.36. for he figured our high Prieft 5
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