NUMBERS XXIV. 159 fans of Seth, i.e. all peoples, which doe all come afSethr thé fn of Adam the fir!!. Maimony in Mifneb, tom.4. treat. of Kings, chap. 11. feet. t. explaineth Ea- laams prophefie thus; I (ball fee him, but not new: this is David : I (hall behold him, but not nigh ; this it the King Chrifi. Th:re(hall proceed a flarre sil of Jakob; this is David : anda fèepter fballrifx out of Ifrael ; this is the King Chrifi : and (hall fmise tin- row the corners ofMoab ; tbit is David , it is writ- ten (in a Sam.B. a.) And he flatte Moab, &c. And he 'ball unwall all the Tonnes ofiSeth ; this it the King Cbrifi, of wham it is written (inPfal.72.8.) Nepali bave domi,eienfrom fia to fia. And Edom Pal be app. feffon to David, as it it Paid, And all they of Edom became Davidsffervants, 2 Sam.8.14. And Seir fhall be apoffon;thisisunto the King Chrifi : as it is Paid, And Saviours (hall come up on mount Sion, to judge the mount of Elau, and the Kingdome foall be the Lords, Hobad. verte 21. Verte 18. Edom] the Edomites the pofterity of Efeu; thefe became a poffefon to David, 1 Chro. I8.í3. after that unto Chrilt; as it is written,Wko is this that cómmetb from Edom ? &c. Ela. 63.1,-6. Seir] the mountain where Efa; dwelt, Gen. 36. I, 8. wherfore the Greeks in !lead of Seir, na- meth Efau. than doe valiantnef] or, doe valiant- ly, valiant sets : which phrafe is fbnietime under - itood ofwirres andàibories,as in 1 Sam 14.48. fometime of getting wealth and riches, as its E- zek.28.4. Both may be here nieant,and the Chal- dee expoundeth it of the latter. And as this was anfwerable to the name of Ifrael, which tignified his power and prevailing with. God and with men, Gen.32.28. fo David, after he had vanquifhed the Edomites , celebrated the truth of this promife, laying, Through God we (hall doe valiantneffe, and he will tread downe our tnemies,Pfa.6o.14. Verte 19. And be Pall have dominion] be, that is, one of the haute of Jakob, as the Chaldee expreffeth it. So Tbargum Jonathan faith, And a ruler fhall rife up out of the houfe of Jakob. And it may be underltood of David fidt, then and chiefly of Chrift, Sol. Iarcbi openeth it thus, Andyet there (hall be anther ruler out of Jakob, and be fball de- firoy him that remaineth out of the citie. Of the King Chrifi be f eaketb thus, of whom it is fail (in Pfalna. 72.) he pall haze dominion from tea to fia. ont of theCitie] that is, of every citie, to wit, of the Edomites, as ver.18. or more generally,of all ci- ties ; as the Chaldee expoundeth it, the citie of the peoples. Chazkuni referred' it to Joab, Davids cap- tame, of whom it is laid, Six ntoneths didJoab remain there with all Ifrael , until/ he bad cut reve- ry male in Edom, i King. 11. 15, 16. But it bath reference allo to further viaories, as is raid, The baafe of Jakob (hall be a fire, and the houfe of Jo- feph a flame, and the boute of Efau for Hubble, and they foal kindle in them, and devoure them, and there (hall not be any remaining of the boute of Efan , for the. Lord bath fpoken it, Hobad. v.18. The Tbargum cal- led Ionathans, nameth it Canflantinople: by which it is evident, that the Authour of that worke was nor Iomathan ben Vxziel, who paraphrafed on the Prophets, and was of the Apoltles age, hut 00002 tome who thus teffifieth of hiIn felfe, I am the root and the off ring o' David, the bright and morningflar. Thus allo the Hebrews underlood it of old; for the falleUnit' that árofè unto the Jews in the daies of .Trajan the Emperour, was called (in allufion to this prophetic) Bar Checbab, that is, the finite of the fi arse : but being after flaire in batten, the Jewes lceingthemfclves deceived, called him Bar Coziba, that is, the foormeoffa oed. Of him there is mention in Tim/mud Bab. in Sanhedrin, cap. Cbelelt : and Maimony in treat. of Kings , chap. 14. fe &. 3. faith of R. Aki¿ba, who was the Armour-bearer of Ben Coziba the King , that he faid of him , be was the King Cbrifl. And he and all the wife men of hat age thought he was the King Chrift , until bee was htilledfor inignitie : when he. was killed , they knew b was not. a Scepter] or, a rod, a flap , a figue of Kingdome and government : See the notes on Gen.49. t o. The Greek tranflateth it, a manfha& rife out of Ifrael ; the Chaldee faith, Mef,u (or Chrift) (hall be anointed of the houfe of Ifrael. As David and other Kings had Scepters, fo Chrift is raid to have rod or fcepter, a,, The Scepter of thy kngdome it a Scepter of righteoufneffe, Pfalm. 45. y. Heb. r. 8. and, Tbon fhalt rub them with a rod (or Scepter) of iron, Pfal. 2. 9. the corners] or, the fides, (the quarters) of Moab; meaning a conque!! of the whole country, in every quarter. and cor- ner of it. The Greeke Interpreters underilood it figuratively,the Dukes ofMoab; likewife the Chal- dee Paraphraft, Paying, he fball kill the Frimes of Moab. This was literally fulfilledby David,who (mte Moms, andcafi tL'em downe to the ground , &c. 2 Sam.8.2. fpiritually by Chriff, deltroying ido- laters and Antichriltians, in religion like Moa- bites. (hall unwall] (hall caft downe the walls, that is, conquer and fubdue,which theGreek ex- poundctlt, fhall captive (or make a prey;) the Chal- dee,(ball rule or have dominion. the fans of Seth] who was the Conne of Adam, let in Abetr roome, whom Kain killcd,Gen. 4.25. and all Kaim, race being drowned in the floud,onely Sethi pofterity in Noah remained : fo that all the world now are the fens ofSeth,asof Adam : wherforetheChaldee explaineth it, he fhall have dominion over all the fans of men.So it is a prophetic ofChrifl,whom all Kings should worlhip,all nations Ihould ferre, Pfal.yz. t t. and the ends of the earth fhould be his pof- fefÎton, Pfal. 2.8. T hat at thename of Iefur every knee fhould bow, Phil.2. t o. And this conqueft is gotten by the preaching of the Gofpel, as it is written, The weapons of our warfare are not carnal[ , tut migbtie through God, to the pulling dowse of ftrong holds,caf bmogg " dowse imaginations, and every high thing that exaltetb it :Rife againfi the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivitie every thought to the obedience of CbrifI, and having in a read nef to revenge all difabedience, a Cor. so. 4, 5, 6. Sonie take Seth here to be meant not of a mans name, but to Lignifie the hinder part,and to meane the peoples then behinde Bataan: , as the Ammonites,Midianites,and the like : but betides . the Chaldee fore-mentioned, the Greeke alto tranflateth it, all the fro ofSeth : and the Hebrews doe moll fo expound it; as Sol. Iarcbi faith, all the 18
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