1 NUMBERS V !o fby whomye bcleeved, r Cor.3.5. And thus had Mofes faid in their former murmurings , What are wee I that ye murmure againll us? your murmurings are not againfI sir, but againff Iebovah, Exod.I 6.7.8. I2 Verf. 12. We will not come up ] An obkinate an- fiver , & refufall of the meones of their bettering by Mofes debating the matter with them ; fo might they have been perfwaded to defik from their evil] conrfe, and have found mercie. By cont. ming tip, is meant unto the publike place ofjudge- ment, whither (in the Scripture phrafe) men are faid togoe up,as in Dent.2.S.7.Ruth.4.1.And in Etra I o.7,8.whofocver would not goe to Ietufalem at the time appointed by the Princes and the El- ders,allhisfirbliance fhouldbeforfeited,andhimfeel fepa- rated from the Church of shop that had been in captivitie. Of Dathan and Abiram, Sol.Iarchi here obfer- vetli , that Their orne mouth caufed them to offend (or ftgnificd their fall : ) they were not but to gee down , to wit alive into hell,zerfe 3 3. 13 Verf 13. out oftbeland] of Egypt, as is added in Targum Ionathan: which having beene the place of their bondage and milerie, an iron furnace unto them Deut. 4. zo. they here call it a land flowing with millg and honey: fo defpifing their re- demption,& God their Redecmer,who laid their bringing from thence, for a ground of their obe- dience unto him, Exod.19.4,5,and 20.2. even making]or,alfo making tip felfe a Pri,-.ce ;that is,with- out God, of thine own prefumption advancing thy (elfe oncly,wholly.& continually. The dou- bling of the word, is to aggravate their crimina- cion. This latter branch the Greeke tranflateth, Thou art a Prince: as if it were fpoken in derifion. Verfe 14. not brought us] according to pro. I4 inife,Exed.3.8. and 33.3.Lev.20.24. offield] 1 that is, as the Chaldee explaineth it, offields and f vineyards: one named generally for many, as is noted on Gen.3.2. dig out the eyes]that is,make them blinde, as the Chaldee expoundeth it: fo in Indg.16.z1. i Sam.1 i.2. ofthefe men] or, as the Greeke tranflate: h it oftbofe men; which may be meant of the whole congregation , as if they were fo blinde that they could not elpie his fraud; or it may have fpeciall reference to Korah and his company. And thus Chazkuni here ex- plaineth it;Thou hopefi to dig out the eyes ofKorah, and of all his congregation ; a though they had no eyes to fie and underfland this offence that thou bail brought us up from the goad land of Egypt , and haft not performed unto 142 that which thou promifedff, to bring us into a land that flowetb with milks and honey; btu haft faid, In this wildernef they fliall be confirmed , and there they (hall de,( Numbers 14.3s. ) Moreaver,tbou haft perverted judgement againll us, and therefore we will not come up unto thee fir we beleeve thee not, concerning the trial/ of shit master. Verfe r 5. rep wroth] or, very much grieved ; fee the notes on Gen. 4.5. Refßell not]or,Loeke not ,Turne not theface unto ; which the Chaidee ex- poundeth, Accept not with fatrour their oblation. their ff'ing ] or , their Meat -ring , their Mfn- chah; whereof fee the annotations on Levit.2. and on Gen. 4.. 3. This Sol. Iarchi expoundeth, their iascenfe which they fhall offer befàre thee to morrow : fo it hath reference to Korah & his company, 0.7. and 17. But others (as he faith) explaine it thus ; I know that they have apart in the daily facrifee, of the congregation lot not their part be accepted before thee. And thus fame underkand this imprecation to be againll Dathan and Abiram onely ; as Chaz- kuni faith , The reafon why Mofer curfid Dathan and Abiram , was becaufe when Mofes fent to call them, they raid, we will not come up. It was not their intent to convert ; for though the Lord fhould have faid 1 have chafes Aaron yet they would have wanted a- gaìnff the Priefibood. , But Korah and the 250 men which Cooke upon them to take every man his cenfr, beoatefe they were in hope that the Lord bad not fits him concerning his brother Aaron but that he had ¿ene it of his owne miede he would not curie. one of ] that is,not the vilek beak ;the Greeke tranf- lateth it, the defers of my eftbem, that is, any defira- ble thing. They mikooke and read Chamud for Chamur, becaufe the Hebrew letters a D and b R 1' be one like another,as is allo noted on Gen.4. r 8. "lb But Iofippus noteth it to be one of the 13 places which theLxxïJ Interpreters changed purpofely, left Ptolemie the King ( at whole requek they turned the Law into Greeke)fhould fay, Hee tooke ne of , bur fime other gift be did take. Verfe 16. Thou and all thy eengregmion] The Greeke expoundeth it , Sanliifie thy congregation, and be ye ready before the Lord, &e. Becaufe their rebellion was againk God,verfe I I .therefore Mo- fes committeth the deciding of the coatroverfie untoGod. Verfe 18. at tbedare] in the court -yard of the Sanituary. and Mares andAaran]T argum Io- nathan explaineth it,they on the one fide, and Mofle and Aaron on theother fide. Verfe 19. afmbled againfi them all] not onely the 25o forementioned, but the general] multi- tude, too ready to incline to his faftion. See verfe 41. glorie of lekovab ] in the cloud over the San&uary , as it did at other times in the like cafes,verfe42.Nam.12.5.and 4.r o. Verfe 21. mina moment] or, even in a moment; 2l fuddenly,and as the Greeke tranflateth, at once.So in verfe45. and thus God had before threatned, after they had shade the calfe, Exod. 33.5 Verfe 22. Gad of the fruits of all fkfb ] By all 22 fiefb, is meant, all mankinde; as in Gen.b.r3. Efai. 40.5,6. Ezek 20.48. and 21. 4,5. loe). 2.28. and fo it is explainedin lob la. s o. theßirit of all flefh of man. And the Lord is called Godof the fpirit of men, both as he is creator of them , who formeth the f f irit of mats within him, Zacb. 22. 1. called therefore the Father of #irits, Heb.12. 9. and as the preCervation, ordering and government of them is in his hand , both in life and death; In whale hated is the _Pule ofallliving,and the fririt of aPftefh ofman, lob 12. r o. Therefore Mofes ufeth the like phrafe, when he prayeth that a governour might be fubkituted in his tread, Num. 27. 16. Targum Ionathan explaineth it, Gad that puttcff the firft of the fettle, in the bodies of all thefoormes/finen: and Targum Ierufalemy thus ; God which rukff over the 16 Ió 19
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