NUMBERS XX. who being (mitten for our tranfgreffions, Efay Take the rod, was to finite theRock with it;and that hee finned not in uniting it,but in unbeleefe, for which he is blamed in verle r a. it f allgive forth bit water] or , she waters of it : this promife of God,was that whereon the ttath of Mofes and Aaron fhould have relied. thou fhalt bring forth] God was he that brought forth, and gave water to the people, as is often mentioned to his glory ; He clave the Rockein the wildentefè, and gave' drink!, at out of the great deeper , and brought forth _firearms out of the Rock!, &c. PCt1.78. t 5. r 6. So in Pfal.Io5.41. and 11¢.8.Deut:8.15. Nehem.9. I5.2o. Bnt that worke is here alcribedtoMofes ñrinitterially , for that the waters fhould come out at his fpeaking. So in other workes of grace, the Minifters of the word are called Saviours, 0bad. verC 21. for in the faithful! performance of their office, they both Pave themfelves, and thofe thathearethen; 1.Tim 9 VerC 9. fern beforeIchovab]-thatis, out of the Tabernacle ; for fo the phrafe importeth, as in Num.17.7. Exod.t6.13.34 o VerC s o. Hoare nova yet rebels] As here hee fpea- keth to, the people, who was bidden fpeake to the Roche,' erl 8. fo the manner of his fpeech fhew- edi great paifion of mind, more than at other rimes : and the Scripture noteth , that now the people had bitterly provoked hit fpirit , fo that he fpake unadoifedly (tittering his anger) with bislips, PGl. 106.33. fhall we bring forth water] a fpeech of doubting and unbeliefe, both in Mofes and Aa- ron, as in verle 12. God blameth them becaufe they bekeved not in him. So before, whets Mofes raid, Shall the fiockes and the herds be fluire for them,. Sta. he was blamed with this anfwey It the Lords hand waxed fhort ? Num.t t.22.23. Mofes was fore moved againft this latter generation ofIfraelites, who had feene fo many miracles, & their fathers perilhed for rebellion, and yet they were not bet- tered : heq might feare, left for their finning like their fathers, the Lord would leave them, as hee after fpeaketh in Numb.3 2.14. r 5. II VerC r r. lifedup bit band] another ligne of in- dignation, being joyned withfmiting. twice] the doubling of his firoke (hewed allo the heat of his anger. Sol. Iarchi (on this place) conje- Etureth; that he fmotc it twiCe , becaufe at ftrff it brought forttr but drops, (of water) becaufe God had not bidden him[mite it, but fpeake netto it. much water] or, many waters. Hee clave the racks in the wilderm fè, and gave drink¢, al out of thegreatdeepr, Pfal.78.15. The unbeliefe of man maketh not the faith of God without effe&, Rout. 3.3. Mofes andAaron bcleeved not God, tolantlifie him,verfe ta. yet he faithfully kept his promife, & fanEtified him - felfe,verle 13. the Congregation dran e] Thus the Lord ;knew his people in the wildernefe , in the land of drangina, Hof. 13.5..And they thirfted not,when bee led them thereto the defarts 5 be caufed the waters to flow out of the roekes, for them : bee clove the rocket alto, and the waters gufbed out , Efay 48. 2 r. Thewater out of the Rocke, befdes.the refrefhingwhich it gave unto their bodies, was allo a fpirituall drink¢, from that fpirituall Racke Gbrifi, r .Gor.10.4. 53. with t e rod of the Law,which worketh wrath, Rom. 4. 15. front him proceed the living water, wherewith the Ifpael of God may quench their thirft far ever, I011.4. 10.14. For who fo beleevetb in him, out of his belly( allflow rivers of living water, even the waters of the holy Ghoft, Joh. 7.3839. To there waters, every one that tbirfleth is called to come freely, Eai.5 5.t. Rev.22.17. their cartel] that water, which was both a tiaturall and fpirituallrefrefhingto the people is givánalso to the bealtsfortheir.naturall thirft, bemale the lignes and leales of Gods grace are filch in relpeff or the ufe of them, to thofe unto whom they are fan&ified of God for that purpofe.So thewaters of Iordan were Vanitified for Baptifine, unto re- pentance and beleeving finners,Match.3 .6. which out of that ufe were common waters. And now, not only the Ifraclites cattell, but the wild beafts al Co of the wilderneffe,had benefit by this mercy of God to his people : whereunto tiieLord bath reference , when he faith by his Prophet , The beafir of the field fhall honour me , the dragons and the owles, becaufe Igive waters in the wilderneffè, rivers in the defart, to give drink to my people, my cbofen, Efay 43.20. V.12. yee beleevedvuot in me]the Chaldee expong,- deth it , yet beleevednot in my word. Thus unbeleefe was here the chief, finne, and caufc of other fins, as before in the people,. Numb. i4. fo here in Mofes and Aaroa , who were both partners in the tranfgreffion. And this their Gnne is called a rebellion againft the mouth of the Lord, Numb. 27. 14. and a tranfgrefüon, Dent. 32. 51. which word, as R. Menachem here noteth, impliet h,falf- hood, as in Levis. 6.2. it is joyned with falle d,eni- all: and the Apoille faith, Hee that bekevetb not Gold, bath made him a lier, 1 Ioh.5 .r o. to fan£fifie me] inwardly in the heart by faith,outwardly by obedience, to doe that which I commanded; and by both to alcribe unto me the glory of my truth and power. So when it is faid , Sanfüfie the Lord of hafis,Efay 8.13.the Apofile expcundeth it,San- flifie the Lord God inyour hearts, r. Pet.3.15. in the ejes] theGreeke trauflateth it, before the eons of Ilrael.This feenteth to be the reafonof Gods feverity at this time against Mofes and Aaron, more than before, when Mofes bewrayed alto his unbeleefe,inNumb. s t.z 1.2 2.23, becaufe he now publikely difhonouredGod before al the people, ( which did aggravate the fin) whereas the for- mer time he did it not in their eyes,but in private before the Lord, therefore] Chazkuni obfer- veth, that thisword implieth an oath. Neither in- deed could Mofes repentance or prayer get this fcntence to be revelled : for when the Lord bath fworue,he coil not repent,Pfal.i 10.4. fiftieth/4 bring]This chaltifement was grievous unto Mofes, fo that he befought theLord that hee might goo over,& fee the good land ;butthe Lotd was wroth with him for the peoples fakes,& would not hear him, Deut.3.23: -16. And as God here fpake, fo it came to paffe ; for Aaron died in mount Hor, Num.2o.24.28. and M9Ces onmount Nebo,after he t 12,7' I;
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