NUMBERS XXI. with a tempes ; nndcra and the Lord ( by the warres of Sibon aga hilt Adoab) hath confumed Vaheb in a whirle-wind, or with a tempo ¡. So warres are often fer forth by the fimilitude of fire, tern- pelt, whine- winds, and the like ; as, I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rahab and it fhall devoure the pa- lacç thereof, with 'homing in the day of banell, with a tempes in the day of the re/tide-wind, Amos t. 14. and , Thou (halt be vifited of the Lord--ofhofls with thunder , &c. with whirle - winde and tempe¡¡, and the flame of devouring fire, Efay 29. 6. and a- gaine , he Lordwill come with fire, andwith chariots like a whirle-wind, Efay 66. z 5. So in Nahum 1. 3. Efay 5.28. Jerem. 4.13. And thus the Greek explaineth it, The war of the Lord hath let Zoob on fire. Some take theHebrew Suphah (which u- fually fignifieth whirle -wind or forme) to be here the name of a place, the fame that is called Suplo in Deut. I. 1. which allo is the name of the red fro, as is noted on Exod. to. 9. -fo the Chaldee interp retct h it, the red fia. and the brooks] or, the boumes oflrnon, to weet, the Lord hath con- fumed, or as iii verfe 28.) the flame kath con- fumed the bourses of Arson. It may alto be ex- pounded,The Lord warred with Vaheb in a whirl- wind, and with the brinks: of Arnon. Mofa inten- deth by this teftimony,to Phew how the Ifraelites had right CO this country: for it being fometimes Moab: land,with whom Ifrael might not meddle, Deut. 2.9. the Lord had before I ¡rack comming, Itirred up the fpirit of Sibon K. of the Amorites, to fight againft the King ofMoab,andto take this part of his country from him,as is after mentio- ned, Num. 21.28,29. Then Ifrael comtning, and being commanded of God to war againit the A- morites, Dent. 2.24. took it againe out of Siha os hand,and fo became lawful' poffeffor of this land by conquelt. This right Iepbrhab defended for IF reel, when after many yeeres the Ammonites(bre- thren to Moab) required thefe lands to be refto- red againe; fee the Rorie in Judg.t 1. 12,13,-27. For the Moabites and Ammonites were neigh- bours ; and Charduni noteth on Num.21.23. that Ar Sihon had tarn the landof Moab an the South - fide, from Jordan unto the river Arnon; fi he bad taken on the ?Conk-fide, the land oftbe fenrof Ammon unto Jabbok: and for thiscaufe it was unlawfull fir Ifrael (to pofe f it:) and tine u that which our Dollars have fa' Moab and Amnion were purified by Sihon. IS Verfe 15. And the fireame] or, the fbedding, the effufion of the brooks. This verfe feemeth to be a continuance of the former teftimonie, out of the books of the warres of Jehovah; to Phew the limits and bounds of this countrey which Sihon had won , and how it was diltinguilhed front Moab: land. Ar] a title of Moab, verfe 28. called in Greeke Er. leaneth upon the border] that is, as the Greeke explaineth it, liethby,oritadjóynedto the borders ofMoab. 16 Verfe 16. From thence to Beer] or to the Will; for Co Beer fgnifieth; and the Greeke tranflateth it, from thence the Well (or pie.) Some underftand here, from elrncethey journyed to Beer: the Chal- dee Paraphraft expoundeth it, from thence wasgiven unto them the lYd. Of this Beer there is no mention among the journies of the people in Num.3 3. I will give them water] The Greeke addeth water to drink. The Lord , who before had fuffered the the people to thirft, and gave themwater when they aurmured againft him, Exod.17. Num.2o. doth now of his grace give them a well of water, when they murmured not, to teach them to de- pend upon him by faith, for tby that feeke the Lord, fhall not want anygood thing, Pfal.34.10. Wherefore the people were to be affèmbled that all might behold the goodneffe of God,and fing his praife. And this water of the Well had alto a like (piri- tuall Signification ' as the waters of the Rocke; for as the Locke was Chrifl, I Cor.i 04. fo the Well fi- gured him,who is the fottntaine oftbegerdens,the Well of living waters, Song 4. 15. and the waters figoi- fled the Spirit; which khey that believe on him ¡ball re- ceive, John 7.38, 39. Efay 44.3. of which water, whofoever drink.pb, fhall never shit¡, but the water that Chrift (hall give him , (ball be in him a well of water ¡ringing up into everlafling lttf , John 4. s 4. This grace he promiled of old to his people,fay- ing, The pooro and needy feeke water , and there is none ; their tongue faileth for thirf : I Jehovah will heare them , I the God of Ifrael will not forfake them. I well open rivers in high places , and fountains in the mid¡ of the valleys ; I will make thewildernefe a pole of water , and the dry land ¡kings of water , &c. T hat shymay fie, and lmsw, and confider, and under - fand together , tbat the hand of Iebavabbath done this, and the Holy One f Ifrael bath created it, Elay 41. 17, 18, ;o. And againe, A fountain(ball come forth of the haufe of the L 0 RD , and ¡hall water the valley of Shit din, Joel 3. t8. Verfe 17. Tben fng Ifrael] Singing here was its them a figne of mirth and joy,as in J im.5.13.and of beleefe in God, and thankfulnelfe, as in Pfd. Io6. t2. and fignified the fpirituall joy which the faithfull have. in Chriii : concerning which it is pr'ophefied , With joy ¡hall ye draw water out of the wells of falvation. And in that day ¡hail ye fay, Fraife Iebovab , call upon his name, declare hit doings among the people, &c. Efay 52. 3, 4. Spring up] or, Afeend 0 Well. Anfweryeto it] that is, fing (orfhout)yeto it, or Sngye fit. The word Anfwer, here nlepneth to fing one after another,as when they lung at the red Sea , Marie anfwered them, that is, Tung after the men, Exod. 15.2I. and in 1 Sam. 18.7. the women anfwered one another, as they played on inftrumen6, and fung the vi&ory. So in Plat. 147. 7. Anfwerye (that is, Singye) to Jehovah with. eonfèffian. And She order of the words may be thus, Anfwer (or Sing) ye unto it, Spring up O Well. A like phraCe is in Efay 27. 1. A vineyard of red wine, anfwerye unto her; or.Anfwer, (that is, Sing) ye tento ber, A vineyard of red wine. For the Scripture it felfe often changeth the order of words and fentçnces; as, I will put my lames into their minde, and write them on their heart, Hebr. 8. I o, or, put them into their heart; and write them on their minde, Heb. t o. 16. So in Efay 6.1. compared with Ron 1 and Dent. 5. 16. with Eph.6.2. Mat.21. h Marke 12.8. and many the like. See the on Mmmm a Gen, T 135, 17
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