NUMBERS XXVI: I the C tnaanitesr and to receive their land for an inheritance. Sec the Annotations on Numb.1.2. 2oyeeres old] Hebr. tonne of twentieyeere : fee Nunt.1.3. bereft] that is, as the Greeke explai- neth it, !naafis o` their fetbers. Iarchl faith, they were recleaned by the Tribe of the father, and not after the mo- ther : So in Num. i.2. goeth forth with the armie] able to goe out to war the warfare of the Lord: fie the note` on Num.1.3. 3 Verle 3. fpalte with them] in Chaldee, fa(e., and faid is numb;r them ; but T bargum Ionatban added], fpke with the Primer, and Paid, to number them. So it accordc .th with Num. 1.4. plainer] or champion countrey ofMoab : fee Num. 22.1. 4 Verfe 4. From 2oyeeres old] Hebr. from a forme of sòyeeres, as verfe 2. and here is to be underftood, the people are to be numbred, or the like. 5 Verfe 5. the firfï- borne] Reuben for this caufe is here first numbred,as allo in Num.1.5,2o.though he loft his dignity by his-fin , r Ghron.5.i. and was put downe to the fecond quarter,as they en- camped about the San&tuarie, and marched to- wards Canaan, Numb. 2. 10 -16. Enoch] in Hebr. Chanoch : fee Gen. 5. 18. & 46.9. of the Ehochites] Hebr. of the Enochite, (or Chanocltite) the lingnlaar number for the plural!: after thorow- out this chapter. Sec the Annotations on Gen. ro. 6. And here Reuben hath foute families, ac- cording to Gen.46.9. & i Chro.5.3._ 7 Verfe 7. muttered] or numbred; Hebr. vifited. See thenotes on Nom.1.3. 43 tboufand,& c.] at the former mutter they were 46 thoufand and five bun - dred,Num.i.2 r. fo they increafed not,but decrea. find whiles they travelledin the wildcrneffe. 9 Verfe 9. the called] that is, renowned, famous : fee Num.i.s6. & 16.1,2, &c. ftrove] in Greek,made infirrreElion : in Chaldee, gathered themfehes together. This nut inie flirted by the chicle of the Tribe, feemeth to be one eaufe of their decreafe by the hand of God against them. I o Verfe 1 o. and Korah] that is men and goods that pertained unto Korab, as Nun,.16.3 n. the congregation died] inGreeke, hit congregation, mea- ning Korab , as Num.16.40. 250 men] that of- fered intente, Numb.16.35. for a fgne]or for an enfegne, a banner; the Greek and Chaldee tranflate it, a figne: whereby God fignificd his anger to be difplayed againft all that thould rebell in like manner. In Nam t6. 40. it is called A memorial/ unto the former ofllrael, that no firanger, d'e, come here to offer isc nfe before lehovab ; that he be not at Korah, &c. Of fuch things the Apolle faith, they were our examples, s Cor. i o.6. I I Verfe i s. died not] to wit, either by that fire, or by the (wallowing up of the earth, Num. 16.32, 35. It feemeth they contented not to their fa- thers rcbelli5,er at leant repented at the Warning given by Mofes,Num.16.5, &c. The Cons of Korah were AJfr, and E1/Znab, and Abjafaph, Exod.6. 24. thefe and their polferity lived, and kept their of- fice in Ìfael; for their genealogie is reckoned in r Chron. 6.22, -38. and they were appointed by David to be fingers in the bout of theLard, i Chro. 6. 3 1, 32. and of them came Samuel the Prophet, r Chron. 6. 33. 34. compared with r Sam.1.2o. and Reman, who with his off- fpring were lingers, r Chron. 6. 33. & 25. 4,5,6. And many Pfalmes have in their titles, To the fins ofKorah, a Pfal.4 x. and 44. and 45. and 46. and 47. and 48. and 49. and 84. and 85. and 87. and 88. Ver.Ce r 2 Nemuel] called alto Iee/mel, in Gen. 46.10. & Exod.6. t 5. in Greekehere, NJmovel. So in I Chron.4.24. lacbin] in Greeke, Achein: he is called Drib, in r Chron.4.24, , Verfe i 3: Zerah] in Greek,Zara; fo in I Chro- 13 nicks 4.24. ellewhere called Zobar, Gen. 46. r o. Exod. 6. 15 . Saul] the fonne of a Canaadtef, Genets 46. r o. Verfe r 4. Theft are the families] to wit, which remained : for there was one family more of O= bad, Gen.46.10. Exod.6.15. but that was extin& in the wilderneffè, and therefore omitted here and in 1 Chron.4.24. 22000and loo,] their number was greatly diminifted; for at the for- mer mutter, they were 59 thoufand and 300, Num.r. 23. Among other finites, that foremen - tioned in Numb. 25.14. feemeth to be a fpeciall eaufe hereof. And AL'lofes biding all the other Tribes before his death , maketh no expreffe mention of Simeon", in Deut.33 Verfe 15. Gad] though he was not the next 15 borne to Simeen,nor of that mother;yet is he mu- tiered in the third place , becaufe he was joyned with Reuben and Simeon in the South quarter, as they encamped about the San£tuarie, Num.2.1o, 14. Zephan] in Greeke, Saphon, he was called a11ò Zipbion, in Gen.46. r 6. Verfe 16.Ozni] inGreeke, Azeni : in Gen.46. T6 i6. he is named Ezbon. Verfe 17. Arad] inGreeke, Aroadi, and in Gen. 46. 16. Arodi. Ver.; 8. andfive hundred] fo this Tribe had few- 18 er now by five thoufand one hundred and fiftie men,than at the former mutter, Num.2.15. Verb. s9. andOnandied] both of them diectwith- out ilfue, God did cut them off for their wicked - neffe in their youth, Gen.3S.7,1o. Verle 20. Selab] in Greeke, Selon. Verle 21. of Pharez] The Connes of Iudab were five in all,Geneb38. fo noted by the Holy Ghoft, in i Chronic. s. 4. they were all to have been heads of families; but two dying childleffe, hereare taken two of his Tonnes fonnes (Hezron and Hamel) in their Read; and there were of Pba- ree, (the fecond brother of the twins, Genet 3 it. 28, 29.) of whom our Lord Chril came accor- ding to the flefh, Math. I. So Judah hath five fa- milies continued, according to the number of his five formes. Verfe 22. and fix thoufand] at the firft stutter he had but 74 thoufand and fix hundred, Numb. 2.4. now hee is increafed nineteene hundred moe and as hee, fo all the Tribes under his flandard were increafed allo; whereas in Reuben they were all dlminifhed. For Judah prevailed abovelois brethren for the honour of Chril, who yras to come of his locke : fee r Chron.5,2. Gerí.49.S, O. Hebr. 7. 14. Verle I2 14 17 2© 21 22 ii... Irame.Z.,. sl1awwariwww
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