NUMBERS XXVI o V. 5 o.45. tboufand,ere.] whereas before hee had beenc 53 thoufand and 4 bunked, Num, z.30. Cothat 8. thoufand rawer are at the 1alt than at the hrft. 51 VerC.5 t. and a thouf nd,&'c.] The number of all at the farmer count was 600 thoufand, and three tbou fmd, and 550. Num. 2.32. fò that now in the whole !Unpile the hof of Ifrael is decreafed in the 38. yearca travel!, eighteen hundred and twenty men , exempting the Levites which wera nuns - bred apart. Wherein Gods worke for them all in general!, and for the tribes and families in parti- cular is to bee regarded. When they were under bondage and afi &ion in Egypt,they multiplied like fifh,and filled the land,Exod. t.(tor outward perfècution incrcafeth the Church, and leffeneth it not :) but when they were come out from that iron furnace a and carried of God as on Eagles wings, thorow thewildernefre in fafety, they fo provoked hinrby their murmurings, rebellions, and idolatries, that bee confirmed their dayesin vani- ty , and tbeiryearerinhaffyterreur, Pfal. ,8.57:'33. And though among(} other bleflings, God gave them his Iawes to direkt them,Exod.zo. &c. and his good fjirit tainJfruiïtbem, Neh.9.2o. & led them like a flock, by the band of Moles andAaron, Pfal.77. 21. yet learned they not obedience, but mount Sinai gendred to bondage, Gal. 4. 24. and the Law wrought wrath, Rom. 4. 15. & Mo4s their Law -giver could not bring them into the promi- fed land, but left that unto his fuccefforMiss the forme of Nun, who figured lefits the fon of God, by whom commeth grace and truth , and the in- heritance of the Kingdome of heaven, Deut. 31. 2.7.14. Ioh.I.17. Rom.6, z 3. Tise fpeciall hand of God touching the tribes, . and themothers that bare them, and the families and perfons that proceeded of them,may thus be viewed : Seven of the twelve tribes did increafe in null- , titude as they travelled, befides the tribe of Levi, which alto was a thoufand at the laft numbring rime than at the firft, ver.62. I Iudah increafed 1900. 2 Iffachar 9900. 3 Zabulon 3100. 4 Manaffeh 20500. 5 Benjamin 10200. 6 Dan 1700. 7 Afer 11900. The filmic of all increared,was nine and fifty thoufand and two hundred, betides the thoufand Levites. Notwithllanding the decreafe of the five tribes was more : for 1 Reuben decreafed 2Y70, 2 Simeon- 37zoo. 3 Gad -5150. 4 Ephraim -Soo9. 5 Naphtali -86 oo. So the fiamme of all that were diminifhed,was one and fixty thoufand and twenty unen. Obferve alCo the worke of God in refpe& of Iakobs wives, the foure mothers of the tribes, Leab, .aebeI1, , and &limb, whom the holy Ghoftmentioneth in Gen.46.15.18. 19.2 5. 169 to Iudah 5900. 1 Leah was multiplied in Iffachar 9900, in Zabulon 310o. So the fruit of Leahs body increafed in the wilderneffe fourteene thoufand and nine hun- dred, befides the thoufand of Levi. inManaffeh 2050o. z Rachel was multiplied in Benjamin 50200. So Rachels increafe was thirty thoufand and leven hundred. 3 Zilphah Leahs handmaid increafed in her fon Afer, eleven thoMfind and nine hundred. 4 Bilhah Rachels handmaid was multiplied in her fon Dan feventeene hundred. Thus God im- parted his biding amonglt them all , but chiefly to Rachel whom Iakob loved, for her increafe, was more than of all the other three. They were likewife all of them partakers of his chaftifenients in their pofterity : for, I Leah was diminilhed in Reuben 277o. in Si- meon , 37100. fo The loft of her increafè in the wilderneffe, nine and thirty thoufand eight hun- dred and feventy men. 2 Rachel wasdiminifhed inEplaraim,So0o. 3 Zilphah loft in Gad her fonne, five thoufand one hundred and fifty. 4 Bilhah loft in Naphtali;eight thoufand men. So the farre greateft lofre was Leahs, who now might weepe for her children, becaule they were not as long after befell tinto Rachel, Mat. 2.18. Againe, as the twelve tribes camped in foure quarters about thetabernacle,Num.afo the hand of God for the increafe and diminifhing of their casips may be Ceene thus : -In the fir!' and chiefeft quarter Eaftward; were I VD A H, Iffachar, and Zabulon, all increafed. Iudah was the father and figure of Chrift, under whofe flandard,al that camp & march are.bleffed. In the fecond quarter Southward,were R E V- B EN, Simeon,& Gad, who were all dinsinifhed as Reuben for his fin loft his honor & birthright, i.Chro,5. r ,fo his Cons rebelléd,Num.16. and Si- meon finned with an high hand,Num.25. In the third quarter Weftward, were EPHRA- IM, Mandell, and Benjamin ; of whom the firft was diminithed, the other two increafed. In the fourth quarter Nortlivtrard, were Dan, Ater, and Naphtali; of whom the two former weremultiplied, the third and fait diminifhed. Concerning the families of the tribes (excep- ting Levi)they are 57 in al For here ate families 1 Of Mandeb 8. 7 Of Reuben 4. s Of Benjamin 7, 8 Of Unbar 4. 3 Of Gad 7. 9 Of Ephraim 4. 4 Of Simeon 5. 10 Of Naphtali 4. 5 Of Iudah 5. I t Of Zabulon 3. 6 Of Afer 5. 12 Of Dan 1. The film of all the families is 57: to whom if we adde the twelve tribes,and Iakob hinsfelfe the father of then all, thewhole number is Seventie, which was the number of the funks of Iakebs house that went into Egypt,Gen,46,27.But corn - paring there now, with the heads of families n-- .PPPP med ,,. ,./
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