10. NUMBERS XXI. Gen.5.6, this tong they celebrate the miracle and ntensor of the Well which God gave them : and if they lung it at firft, when they affembled to dig it,it (-hewed alto their faith in the promife of God,who had faid,he would give then water; and fo they fpcake unto the Well (as Mofe1 was bidden fpeake to the Roche, Numb. 20. 8.) that it fhould afcend or king up,according to the word of the Lord.Thus 7hargum Ionatban explaineth it, Afccend 0 Well, afcendOWell, did they fang unto it, and it afcended. Or if they fang it after,it is a memori- all and celebration of Gods goodneffe and faith - falnes,as he had fpoken unto them: Afcend 0 Well, that is,come up into our heart or memory; anJwer (or fins) ye fit, that it may never be forgotten. And afeending or eomming up, is often ufed in this fenfe,as in Jer.3.16.neither/ball it afiend(or come up) on the heart, neither fball they reanember it : and in Jer. 51.5o. Remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerufalem afeod u onyour heart,that is,come into your mind. 18 Verle 18. The Well , the Princes digged it] or, 0 Well , wbich.the Princes Jigged, which the Nobles of the people delved: where Jigged and delved are two words of the fame meaning, as in the Hebrew Capbar and Cando. The Princes and Nobles of If- rael digging this Well , and the memory thereof thus celebratedby the Cong of Ifrael,fetteth forth the glory of this gracious gift of God unto his people, and figured the labours and indnftry of the Governours of the Church, to bring forth the waters of the Spirit, by the preaching of the 1 Word, and opening of the Scriptures, a Chron. 17.7,8,9. Ga1.3.2. 1 Tim.5.17,18. Heb. i 3.7,17. 1 Pet. r.1o,i r,I 2.So in ages following,this Well was renowmed,being called Beer Elim, that is, the Jell of the Mightie ones, Efay 15.8. with the Lawgiver] or, by the Law- giver, that is, together I with him,and by his dirc&ion,as in verfe 16. tin- t derftanding by the Law-giver, Mofees, as in Dent. 33.2I.or God himfelfe,as in Efa.33.22. the LORD is our Law giver , and the Law-giver in Ifrael was a figure of Chrifl,Gen.49.I o. Jam.4.12. The Chal- dee taketh one here to be ufed for many,and tran- flateth it the Scribes, as Ezra the Prieft is called a Scribe of the words of the commandments ofthe Lord,and of his flatuter to Ifrael,Ezr.7. r I . with their Raves] a foe or rod in the hand of Governours, was a figne of their power and authority from God ; wherefore the Scripture ufeth there words for filch fìgnification, Num.17.2,3, &c. Pfal. 23.4. ?k 110.2. Jer.48. i 7. I Cor.4.21. So the Gr.tranfla- teth this here;when they ruled over them. The He- brews have feigned many things of this Well, of the fpringing and running of it from place to place, and of the myfteries of it concerning If- rael: but our Saviour is the bell Expofitor, who bath taught us to apply the Brazen Serpent fore- fpoken of to himlèlfe and his dying for the peo- ple, Joh.3.14.and this Will of water (whichwas the next token of grace to Ifrael in thewildernes) to thewaters of the Spirit,which is a Well fpring- ingup to eternall life, in Cuch as beleeve in him, Joh.4. I o, -14. & 7.37,38,39. A1fo the Hebrewes themfelves do thus fir teftifie in Midrafh Koheleth, on EccleC 1.9. As the firfl Redeemer(Mofes)brought downMaoma,Exo. r 6. fo the loll Redeemer (Chrift) (hall doe, Pfal. 72.16. And ar thefirfi Redeemer eared a Well to ff ring up: fò the loft Redeemer fhall eaufe waters to king up ; ar it is fold , And a foumaiue fhall comi forth of the baufi of the LORD, and (hall water the valley f Shittim, Joel 3. 18. to Mattanab] which is by interpretation a Gift,and is likely to be the name of a place (as the Greeke verfion alto confirmeth) though neither it, nor thofe that here follow , are rehearfed by there names in Nuns. 33. whereall their journies are told : nei- ther is it here expreffed byMsfes, that they jour- neyed to there places; but fuch words may well be underftood. Cbazkuni (on this Scripture) làith, this is added to that before (in verfe 13.) 7bey cam- ped on the other fide of Arnon, which is in the wilder - nje, &c. and from that other fide which it in the wilder - nef, which (in Numb. ;3. 46.) is Almon Dibla- thaim, thy came to Mattanah, called in Numb. 33. 47. the Mounts of Abarhn before Nebo , the name of a place on the North fide f the river Arnon, in the beginning of the land if Sihon; audit je called Matta- nah(a Gift) becaufe there began the gill of the land un- to Ifrael, (Deuter. 2. 24, 31.) But afterward he fheweth another interpretation, that from the wil- dernel, a place ofdrought, water war given them for a gift : and fo the Chaldee interpreteth it , from the wildernef it war given unto thee : and 7hargum Jonathan , from the wildernef it war giber them for a gift. Verfe 19. to Nabaliel] by interpretation, the valley (or bourne) ofGod: the Greeke called] it Naadiel. Cbazkuni faith , this is that which in Numb. 33. 48. is called, the plaines of Moab. to Bamoth] by interpretation, High - places : that is called Beth Jefimoth (faith Chazkuni) in Num- bers 33. 49. Verfe 20. in the field] that it, in the rouötrey of Moab. This valley, as Chazllum faith, is calledin Numb.33.49 Abel Shittim in the plains ofMoab. the bead ofPifgab] by head, may be under- ftood the top of the mount Pifgah, or the beginning of the fame: the Greeke tranflateth it fen the top. Cbazkuoi expoundeth it thus, That Samah (or High place) which is in the fieldof Moab, it the bead of Pif ab (or of the Hill) that boketb toward Jelhi- mon, which is a greatwildernef. and ielooketh] that is the Hill Pifgab looketh; and fo the Greek verfion referreth it thereto. And Sol. Iarchi faith, That Pifgah looketh toward the plate named Jefhi- mon , which fzgni ftetb a wildernefe, beau fe it it defì late. Iefbimon] in Greeke, the Wilderne, and fo the word is ufed for a wildernes, in Dent. 3 2.10. Pfa.68.8. & 78.40. and otherwhere. All thefe places are by the Chaldee paraphraft refer- red to the Well aforefaid, thus ; And from (the place) where it was given unto them , it defcended with them to the valleys, and from the valys it afcended with then: to the High places, and from the High places to the valle that is in the field f Moab, &c. So Tbargsm Jonathan to the like, and others. Verf.2 s. Ifrael feue Meffengers] in Greek; Mofeer tent Meffingeri: which teemeth to be taken from Dent. 19 20 21
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