138 NUMBERS XXI. Moabites, They that fled, flood under the fbadow of Hesbon, becaufe of the force (of the enemie :) but a fire isgone out of blesbon, and aflame from the midst of Sihon, [that is,of the titi¢ of Sihon] and bath con - fumed the corner of Moab, &c. Jer. 48.45. eonft- med Ar] or eaten up (devoured) Ar of Moab. The Chaldee explaineth it , hash killed the people of Le- chajath ofMoab. And this feemeth to be right, that the people was deftroyed, and not the ride or 'countrey. For Ar (which the Chaldee calleth Lechajath) remained frill the poffehon of the Moabites, Deut.2.9,18,29. Efay 15. In stead of this , Ieremie faith , The corner of Moab, Jer. 48. 45. Ar it the name of that countrey in the He- brew tongue ; and in Syriab it i1 called Lecajath, faith, Sol. Iarehi on Numb. z 1. the Lords] or, the Matters (patomo) of the high places of Arnon. Theme the Chaldee expoundeth Chemarims (or Priefts) which served in the Gods houle (or Temple) of the high place of Arnon : the Greeke tranflateth it, the pil- lars of Arnon. The Prophet talleth them, the crown the lead, (that is,the chiefe or principali) of the f nues of tumalt, Jet. 48.45. high places] where they Mid to ferve their God; as appeareth alto by the Prophet , toying , I will caste to ceafi in Moab, faith Iehovah , him that ff retb in the high place, and him that burnetb incenfe to hit God, Jet. 48. 35. So Thagum Ierufalemie expoundeth this place of Mots thus; Killed the Priefts that faerificedbefore their Ido.'s in Arnon. 29 . Verfe 29. Woe to thee Moab] in Chaldee, Woe to you Moabites. It is a continuance of the parable taken up against them. people of Cbemofb ] in Greeke,of Cbamos; which the Chaldee explaineth, people thatfirve Chemofh. So in Jer. 48.46. Woe to thee Moab, the people of Chemofh it pered. This Cbemofb was the god of the Moabites, i King. 1.33. and as it feemeth all'o of the Ammonites, Judg. 51. 24. for their ferrite of which Idoli, they are called the peopleofCbemofl,as the Ifraelites are u- fually called the people of Jehovah. be hashgi- ven] that is; Cbemofh bath given , or [offered his fonnes that efcaped the fword to be taken cap- tives. Thus Moab:Idolatrie is here upbraided as the taule oftheir ruine : and fo Ieremie after faith of them, Moab/hallbeaiktmedofChemofh, as the Smug 'of Ifrael was afbamedojf Bethel their confidence, Jet. 48.13. And again, Chemofh fhalgoeforth in- to captivitie, with bis Priefis and his Princes together, Jer. 48.7. Likewife another Prophet faith, When it is feue that Moab it wearie on bit high place he /hall come to his Santhtarie to pray, but be fhall not prevaile, Efay 16. a 2. And though Cbemofb was an Idoll, and fo nothing in the world, as the Apoftle faith, a Cor. 8. 4. and therefore could not doeevill, nei- ther was it in him to doe good, Jer. a o.s. yet thus it is fpoken of him, be hathgiven according to the fpeech and opinion of the Idolaters; as lephtbah al fo maid to the King of Ammon, Wilt not thou/pof- .feSi that which Chemofh thy godgiveth thee to pofe? judg. I/. 24. But indeed the God of Ifrael was he that brought this judgement upon the Moa- bites for their Idolatrio, Jer.48. it 2,a 3. 3o Verfe yo. their lampe is perifbed] their light it loft that is,as the Greeke tranflateth it, their feed is pered; byfeed,naeaning fuch as (hould inherit the kingdome; and fo theChaldee paraphraftex- plaineth it , the kingdome io ceafed from Hesbon: and Tbargtee lerufalemie giveth the fame expofa- don the kingdome it ceafed from Hesbon, and ruler from Dibon. The like metaphor is elfwhere ufed; as, And unto his forme will Igive one Tribe, that David my frvant may have a lampe alway before me in Jerufa- lem, that is, a feed, or fon to reign in Iernfilem, 1 King. s i. 36. So in a King. a 5. 4. forDavids fake , did the Lord hit Godgive him a lampe in Jerufa- lent, to met aphis fame after him; whersthe lampe is expounded, his forme. Thus the Hebrews here al- fo expound it, their lampeio per shed, that is, faith Iarcbi, their kingdome irperifbed. Ancd Cbazkuni thus; the citie Hesbon bath loft ber beire, from over all the land onto Dibon , fo that no beire of Moab (hall in- herit.it any more : a Lampe meaneth an laire, as in s King. II. 36. To this fenfe the old Latine verfion faith , Their yoke ie perished from Hefebon : for a yoke fignifieth dominion , as in Jerem. 27. 8, a a. and 28.2, a 4. A lampe frgnifietb a kingdom, and ayak, and dominion, faith Sol.larebi. It may al- fo be tranflated, And we have flan at them : fo is agreeth with that which follaweth, and we have laid them waft ; and they are the wards of Sam and his favourites,triumphing for theirconqueft over Moab. Dibon] one of the high laces and cities in Mo.ebscountrey, Efay 15.2. p 48. IS, 22. The Chaldee expoundeth it, the do- minion is departedfrom Dibon. which reacheth unto Medeba] the Chaldee faith , which it adjoined lento Medeba , that was another ride in Moats land, Efay 12.2. The word which, (in Hebrew after) is noted extraordinarily in the Hebrew, with prickes over it, for fome hidden meaning. Baal-hatsurim faith of it thus; R (in after) is pricked, and there remaineth (that letter being ta- ken away) ash (that is, fire) becaufe it was berm with fire, and the R of it is taken array. The Greeke verfion favoureth this, for it tranflateth, yet they kfjedled fire upon Moab. Verse 3 a. the land of the Amite] in Greeke, all the cities of the Amorites. This countrey, which be- fore had beene the Moabites, was conquered by the Amorites, and fo became their land; and was taker[ from them by Ifrael, and inhabited,as is af- ter lhewed in Num.32.33,34, &c. Verfe 32. Iazer] a title alto that had hectic 12 fometime the Moabites, Jer. 48.32. but now the Amorites ; the land about it was goodly paßure ground, and was after given to the Tribe of Gad, Numb. 32. 1,3,34,35. daughters] that is, the tones or villages, as the Greeke and Chaldee ex- plaine it : fee verfe 25. Verfe 33. the may of Bafhan] that is, as the Greeke tranfiateth the way which (leadeth) unto Bafan. This Bafanf which the Chaldee talleth Mathan) was a goodly foile, the pastures nouri- (hed ftrong and fat cattell, whereto the Scripture bath often reference, as in Deut. 32. a4. Amos 4. 1. Mic.744. Jer. 50. a 9. 0 ] another King of the Amorites , a Giant of ghat flatare : See Den- 31 33
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