t86 '1 he Lords t'ribute. NUMBERS XXXI. 45 And Alles , thirtie thoufand and five hun- 46Idred. And looks ofmankinde, fixteene 47 thoufand.) And Mofestookeofthefonnes of Ifrael halle, one portion of fifty of man & ofbeatl,and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the Tabernacle of Jehovah , as Jehovah commanded Mofes. 48 And the officers which were over the thou- lands of the ho`t, the captaines ofthoufansis, and captaines of hundreds, came neere unto 49' Mofes. And they Paid unto Mofes,Thy fer- ' vanes have taken the fumme of the men of warre which were in our hand,and there lac- 50 keth nota man of us Therefore we have brought an oblation for Jehovah, what every man hath found of jewels of gold , chaines, andhracelets,rings, eare-rings, & tablets, to make atonement for our foules before Jeho- vah. And Mofes and Eleazar the Prief'c Cooke the gold ofthé, everywrought jewel. 52 And all the gold of the heave - offering, that they offered up toJehovah,was fixteen thou- fand,feven hundred,and fiftie fhekels, of the captaines of thoufands, and ofrhe captaines 53 ofhundreds. The men ofrhe armie had ta- 54 ken.fpoile, every man for himfelfe. And Moles and Elcazar the Prieft tooke the gold of the captaines of thoufands, and of hun- dreds, and brought it into the Tent of the c err. regstion, fer a memorial! for the fonnes of Ifrael,beforc Jehovah. vinnotations. AVenge the vengeance] . or , Revenge the revenge- mens of the font of If ad, that is,take vengeance fer the Ifraelites wrong and injurie uponthe Midianites, who vexed Ifrael with their wiles, and beguiled them in the matter of Peor,Num.25. r 7,18.The Lord,to whom vengeance and recom- pencebelon Beth, Denier. 32. 35 . (and would not therefore have men avenge themfelves, Rom. 12. 9)commandeth this vengeance for his peoples ' fhke many of whom he had formerly flaine for 'inning with the Midianites, Num.25.9.and now turneth his hand againfttheir entmies,becaufe he is the avengerofall flach ,1 Theff 4. 6. Therefore he cal loth it here , the vengeance of the fortes of Ifrael; but Mofes talleth it the vengeance of Jehovah, verf. 3. And the commandement is given toMocs the Magiftrate the Minifter of God , a revenger to execute wrath upon evill doers,Rom.53.4. Mi- dianiter ] in Grecke , Madiaeitea, the pofterity of Mid ian the fou of Abraham by hismwife Keturah, Gemo.25.r.2 Wlrythelèwerenowpunifbedrather than the Moabites ( their partners in finn,) is touched on Numb 25.17. gathered unto thy pro- pies] that is,die and be buried: See the Annotati- ons on Numb.zo.24.and Gen.25.2. Verfe 3. to render] or, to give the vengeance ofle- 3 bovab, which phrafe tiro Apo41e ufeth in z Theff i.8: giving (or rendring) zengeance on them that Jnow not God. That which in verf: 2. was cal led the ven- geance ofthe formes ofIfrael,is here named the vengea ur tithe Lord, as being executed by his word , and for the injury done unto him; for he that touch- eth his people toucheth the apple of his eye, Zach. 2.8. The Chaldee hereexpoundetlr it the vengeance oftbe people ofthe L 0 R D. Verfe4. Atbou[vndofatribe athoufand] that is, 4 ofevery tribe atooufand; in all, twelve thoufand, verf.5. which was but a fmall company in refpeh both of the fix hundred thoufands of Ifrael , Num. z6. 51. and of the nation of the Midianites , gover- nedbylveKings,verf.8. But there ionoreff 'mint to the Lord, to Pave by many, or by few, 1 Sam. 14.6. And this fmall number was chofen, that the vittorie might be acknowledged the Lords; as after this he faid unto Gideon , The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianite! into their bands, left Ifrael vaunt themfelves againfi me, feing, Mine awne band hatb fazed me, Iudg.7.2. Verle 5. there were delivered] in Chaldee, there were chofen; in Greeke, they numbred. Vert 6. Pbinehat] the zealous Prieft, who had 6 formerly { laine Cozbi the Princes daughter of Midian,Num.25.7: ,5, bob, inffrumentr]Hebr. inflruments (or vejls) ofbalinef : hereby the Arty and things belonging thereto may be meant , as appeareth by Numb,14.44. Or, becaufe the Arte was but one , and he fpeaketh here ofnroe inftru- ments,the trumpets may be underftood :and fo to reade it, the holy inflruments, that kiln trumpets, &c. for and is fometime -ufed byway of explication for that ia,or to wit, as is noted on Gen.13.15. But to understand hereby the Vrim and Thunemim, or Golden plate (as Tome do) is unprobable, becaufe they were not in the hand of Phinehas , but of Eleazar, who was the high Prieft, T(gmb. 27. al. and 20.26. trumpets ofalarme ] to blow an alarn e,that they might be remembred before the Lord their God, and fared fron their enemies, according to the law and promife in Num. 10.9. and praítife in ages following, 2 Cbron. 13. 12, 14, n5. Thus had they both God commande- ment, and thefhgnes of his prefence and aid, to fanftifie their expedition. Verfe 8. befide thofe] or, with thole that were 8 {him; for the Hebrew gnat often fsgnifiethwith, as in Exod.3 5.22. Levit. s 4.31. Deut.22.6. and o- ther- where. five kings ] called elfe -where Princes and Dukes of Sibon, Iof.13. 2 1.But Sihon the Amorite being (laine before(Nums1.23i14.)thefc Dukes of his now reigned as Kings , and fought againft Ifrael, and were overcome by faith which fubdueth kingdomes,Hebr.i1,33. The Antichri- ftian Amoritie (the Beall) bath twice five,that ten Kings, as borne; on his head, which make warre with the Lambe (Chrift,)and the Lambe overcom- meth them, Rev.17.1 2,14. and 19.19. - - -21. Balsam alfa) ] they killed among (or with) thole that wereflaine of them , as is expreffed in Numb. 13. 2 z. which, allo is added in the Greeke verfion here.
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