Ióz NUMBERS fhecpes cloathing , but inwardly are ravening wolves, Mat. y. 15. 2 Verle 2. they called] that is, the daughters of Moab called, or invited. Thus the intended war of Moab againft Ifraelwas turned to a pretended peace, and feigned amitie,alluring the people by Heftily baits, to defile the bodies and foules with whoredom and idolatrie. By thewomen of Mo- ab, and of other krange peoples , Solomon the wife wat an drawneinto fin, s King. 1 t. 1,4. fa- crifces of their gods]oy ÿtheirgod; in Greeke and Chaldee , of their idols: meaning of Baal -Peor: whereof David (peaked' thus, Tby were jyned taste Baal -Poor, and ate tlse facrifices of the dead, Plà.1 o6.28.By the dead,meani ng Idolt,unto which the Scriptures doe oppofe the living and true God, 1 Thef.1.9. Jerei 0.9,10. dideat] and fo com- municated with their idolatrie for they which eat of the facrifices , are partakers of the Altar, t Cor. so. 18. This fin God in fpeciall manner had forewarned them of, in Exo. 34. t 4, r 5. bowed to their gods] in Greeke andChaldee, to their idols. This peoplewhom God had guided thorow the wilderrieffe fortie yceres, who had feen Gods workes, and felt his punilhments for their owne and their fathers fins, were delivered from many enemies round about, and now abiding in Shit - tim, were ready to enter into the pronrifed land, are here prevented and overthrowne through their owne Corruption. 3 Verfe 3. was joyned] or, was coupled, was yolked: unto'which word the Apokle feemeth to have re- fpe&, when he faith, Beye not unequally yolked toge- ther with unbeleevers, 2 Cor. 6.14. to Baa6Pear] which the Chaldee expoundeth, to them that feerzed Baal-Pear , that was the Idol of the Moabites and Midianites, called in Greeke Belpbegor. Baal is by interpretation a Lord or Patron: by which name it is probable that the Heathens called the Sum, or 'tome Parre, as is noted on Lev. 18. 21. Peer or Phe or, was the name of a mountaine, Nuns. 23.28 and of the Idol thereworktipped, Num. 25.1740E22.17. And becaufe Baal was a common name to many Idols,and much reveren- ced of the peoples,through corruption the Ifrae- jites called elks the LORD, Baal: but he blameth them for it, laying, Thou fhalt call me no more Baal, Hot 2. t 6.and in deteftation of the name,the Pro- phets put Pafherb, that is, Shame, in (lead of Baal, that is, Lod: as it is written, They went to Baal - Peor , and fgarased themfelves unto that Shame, Hof. 9. 1o. and the Greeke Interpreters in i King. 18.25. tranflate Bsal,Sbame : yea and theHebrew Prophets fometime put one for another, as lernb Baal (who was Gedeon) Judg.8.3 5. & 9.1. is called Ier,iL- Bjbeib, 2 Sama1.21. Efh -Baal, i Chron.8. 33 is called IA- Bofbeth, 2 Sans. 2. to. and Merib Baal, s Chron.8.34.is Mephi- Bofhetb, 2 Sam.9.10. Hereupon it is Paid, refit up Altars to that Shame, even Altars to burns imenfe unto Baal , Jet. I i . 13. Peor !lath the lignification of opening the mouth, and was the name of this Idol, as fame thirike,of fìlthircffe and fornication committed together with idolatrie,(as this HikorieLheweth) and to XXV. be that which inother language was called Pria- pus. But asWèbvthe god of Babylon bath his name of Propbefying, fo Peor might likewife be fo called of opening the mouth in fpeeth and prophefie ; as the Scripture mentioneth the Prophets a Baal, r King. r 8.2 2. and of the Prophets that prophp. fled by Baal , Jer. 2.8. & 23. 13. the anger of Iehovah]They provoked him to indignation by their atïi- .ens, and the plague brake in upon them, Pfal. l o6.29. Thus Balaam by his counlell brought them into fin, and fo under wrath and curie through their owne default; which he could not obtain ofGod otherwife againk them by any meanes. Verfe 4. the heads] that is, as the Greeke tran- flateth, the captains oftbe people, fuch as were chiefe in the tranfgreflon. hang them up] the Greeke tranllateth it , Mate them a publike rumple: the Ghaldee, lodge and/till him that isworthy to be killed : but Thargum IonatbanexpoundechIr,crueiie them. The Law after faith, he that is hanged is the curfe of God, that is, mewled of God, Deut. 2 r. 23. fo the finners brought the curie upon themfelves. before Jehovah] or for, or unto Jehovah; to his ho- nour, in doing vengeance on his enemies. Both thefe phrafes are ufed as one, in 2 Sam.2 t. we will hang them :Imo Jehovah, ver.6. and th y hanged them before Jehovah , verfe 9. that thefierce anger] or, as the Greek tranflateth, and-thefierce anger (or heat of the anger) of the Lordfhall be turned away. Signify- ing that the rooting out of frnnersturneth away Gods anger from a people : for, so doe jjuilice and judgement , is more acceptable to the Lord than facriftce, Proverbs 2r. 3. Verfe 5. his men] the men under his govern- ment, as they were dikributed in Exo.18.25: AI- though the Midianites were the beginners oft his mifchiefe, yet God firk punifheth and purgeth his Church, and after he giveth order to deltroy the Midianites, ver. 17. Nuns. 31.2. for judgement MO begin at the /waft of Gad, 7 Pet. 4.1 y. Ezek. 9.6. Compare herewith the judgement iuffli&ed for the golden Calk, Exod.3 2.27, &c. Vert 6. brought neere] this word fignifieth a bringing to commit fornication, as in Gen.2o4 Abimelaeb had not come neereunto her: fee the notes on Leviticus 18.6. they were weeping] thefe cir- cumkances Phew the fin to be done with an high hand, in contempt ofMofes, of the Congregati- on of God himfelfe and his judgements (for which the people now wept:) and fo of all Reli- gion ; and with a purpo re to Pirre up the people unto open rebellion. Vert 8. ¡Ms the 2ent]The originali word ufed 8 here fora tent,is not the ordinary name,but fuch as fignifieth a cave or hollow place; & is thought to mean fuch a tent as was made for fornication: and fo it more fheweth theheight of his impiety, that crated fuch a place of wickedneffe. her belly] in Chaldee, her bowels ; in Greeke, ber wombs (or matrice.) the plague was frayed] or, was re- firained: this plague , which the Chaldee calleth death, feemeth to be a pekilence which God tent among the people, as the like fpeech elfcwhere Iheweth, Nunrb.'i .So. 1 Chron.21.22. as allo in 4 5 6
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