7 172. NUMBERS Ió them our, and which may bring them in : that the Congregation of Jehovah be not as fheepe which have no shepherd. And Jehovah Paid unto Mofes; Take unto thee Jofua the forme .of Nun, a man in whom is the fpirit , and lay thine hand upon him. 59 And caufe him to Eland before Eleazar the Priefl, and before all the congregation, and ao charge thou hilt before their eyes. And thou (halt give of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the Tonnes of 21 Ifrael may heare. And he (hall (tand be- fore Eleazar the Priefl, and he (hall aske (counfell) for him, by the judgement of V- rim,before Jehovah : at his mouth (hall they goe out, and at his mouth (hall they come in; he, and all the fonnesofl:frael with him, 22 and all the congregation. And Mofes did asJehovah commanded him: and he tooke Jofua and caufed him to (land before Ele- azar the Prie(l, and before all the congre- 23 gation. And bee laid his hands upon him, and charged him, as Jehovah fpake by the hand of Mofes. 3 4 Annotations. THen tame] Hebr. And they came mere (or ap- proaehed) to wit,unto Klofes,&e.v.a.Thargum Ionatban faith, they came to the place of judgement. Zelophehad] or, Zelophchad; in Greeke, Salpaad fon ofOpher, forme ofGalaad,&e. SeeNum.26.33. of the families] or, with (among) the families of Ma- naf eeb; as comming before when all the other fa- milies came to be muftered,ch.26, but the Greek tranflateth, ofthefamily of Manages. of lofeph] what needeth hee to be named here? Sol. larchi anfwereth becanfe Iofeph loved the land, as it is Paid (in Gen. 5o. 25.) andye fhall carry up my bones fom hence : and his daughters loved the land, as it it fail, (in Num. 2 7. 4.) Giveunto no a pot ffien, d'e. Machlah] or Mahlab,Nognah, Cñhoglab, &e. in Gr. Maala, Nova, Aigla,&e. the Scripture nameth them foure times ; here, and in ch. 26.33. & 36. t r. & Jo1.17.3. The orer of their names is alte- red in Num. 36. t I. Maeblab,Tirzab, and Hoglab, d'e, whereupon larehi here faith, they were ail of like, effeeme one of another , therefore the order of them is changed. Verse 3. fKorab] who was a rebell, Numb. x6. Zelophebad was not among other Rebels, whereby he and his polteritie might be deprived of his in- heritance. in hit frne]gin (or for) his owne fin, as other men died in the wilderueffe : and he had not beene a mean to draw other men into fin, as did Xorab, and other rebellious perlons. Verse ¢ Why should the name of our father be done away ?] or, be diminofhed; that is, let not his name be done away ; as the Greeke tranflateth, XXVII. let not our fathers name be blotted oxt : fee the notes on Exod.3 a.t r.It was efteemed as a curfeto have their fathers name abolifhed ; as it is written, In the generation follo ring let hie name be blotted out, Pfal.to9.t3. Give unto atapofffon] Thefe daughters, as they honoured their father decea- fed, in feeling to have his name continued, fo they (hewed faith in God,beleeving that the land Ihould be given them for inheritance, which the men of Iliad before beleeved not and therefore could not come into it, but it was prornifed to their children,Num.t¢. And though thefe were women , no Warner, , not muttered among the armie, Num.a6. yet beleeved they thepromife to belong unto them ; as the inheritance was given to Abraham by premife, not by the Law , Gal. 3. r8. Wherfore in claiming right in the holy land, they figuratively claimed inheritance in the king- dome of heaven, which ¡bal be given to them that worke not , but beleeve in him which juflifietb the ungodly, Rom.¢.5.6. &c. So thefe five virgins may be confidered as the five wife virgins, which:oak yk in their zefels with their laves, that they might be ready to goe in with the bridegroome to the marriage, Matth.25.a. t o. and they are our ex, amples t that we fhould feeke comfort and affu- rance ( in the wilderneffe of this world , where we are weake and Orphans) of our inheritance with thofe that are fan&ified by faith in Chrift: and to claime this portion in the land of the li- ving, without refpefting either our workes or weakneffe, by vertue of the covenant of grace confirmed by Chrift, in whom there is neither Iewnor Gentile,bond nor free, male nor female ; but all argent: and whofoever are Cbriffs,are Abra- hams f ed, and beires according to thepromife, GaI.3.28. 29. Their names alto time not to bee without myfterie : for Zelopbehad by interpretation fignifi- eth The fhadow of fare, or of dread: his firlt daugh- ter Machlab, Infirmitie ; thefecond,Nogbnab,Wasr dring ; the third, Cheglab, Turning about forjoy, or Dancing; the fourth,Mi eah, a Rueene; the fift,Tir- zab,Wellpkafing,orAcceptable. Bythefe names we may obferve the degrees ofour reviving by grace in Chrift : for we all are borne as of the fhadow f feare, being brought forth in finne ; and for feare of death were all our life time fubje& to bon - dage,Heb.a.t 5. This begetteth Infirmity, or Sick nef7, griefe of heart for our efface ; after which Wandring abroad for helpe and conifort,wee find it in Chrift, by whomour forrow is turned into joy. Hee communicated' to us of his royaltie, making us Kings & Pricks unto God his Father, Rev. t. 6. and shall be prefented unto him glori- ous, andwithout blentifh , Ephef. 5. 27. So the Church is beautiful) as Tirtah, Song.6.3. Verf 5. brought their coup] or, brought neere their judgement, that is, their eaufe to be judged of, as in difficult cafes he tiled to doe. Foure principally are observed, of which this was one: fee the An- notations on Num., 5.34 - Verf.7. fpeake right] fpeake that which is just & meet to be done:fo God approveth their defire and request of faith, and fheweth himfelfe to bee' the S 7
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