I:: 22 23 14 16 NUMBERS XXXI. here. So that either' he hayed with the Midia- nites, when he departed from Balak, or returned front his place unto them , as is noted on Numb. 24.25. And bee died not the death of the righ- teous, (as he fumed to delire, Num. 23.1 o.) but his iniquitie was upon his bones,thou h hee was the terrour of the mightie in the land of the li- ving vet was he brokcn in the midis oldie un- circamcifed , and lay with them that were flame with the fword, as the Prophet 1eaiscth. of o- thers, in Ezek.32.27,28. Verfe l o. eafllet ] or , goodly buildings, or, vil- loges: fee this word in Gen. z5.16. The Chaldec here expounded' it , their hoafes of woa'íhip'or adoration, their Temples. Verfe 12. the captivttie ] that is the captives, women and children : ice Num.21.1. So atter in WT. 19. the bootie] or, the thing taken ; which being here diftinguifhed from the captives, mead neth the beaftsand cattell,as, appeareth by v. 32. and 26. the fpoile] a generali word for things taken in warre, lof.' 22.8. implying fometime beau's and cattell alfo, as in z Clown. 15.1 t . and all other thi ngs,as garments, gold, filver, &c.ver f. 20.22. to f 7.21. 2 Chron. 28.15. viftuals, 1 Sam. 4.30. and thelike There all they brought unto the Governours and Congregation, to be difpo- fed of according to the will of God , whore the vi&ory was. Verfe 13. to meet them] AsMelchifedek King and Priefi , Went forth to meet Abram returning front the £laughter of the Kings,Gen.s 4. fo Mofes the King, Eleazar the Prieto, and the Princes gob forth here to meet Abrahams children returning from the flaughter of the kings ofMidian.Wher- in the worke of Chrilt (our King and Prick) was figured:who after our fpirituall warfare with the enemies of our falvation, meeteth us with his gracious Spirit , to fanftifie and bleffe us, Hebr.7. Alto they went out to meet them, to provide for the cleanfittgofthe Souldiers, which were poi- luted by the dead, and Wright not therefore come into the campe before they were purified, Numb. 5.2,3.and x9.11,12,13. Verfe 14. the officers ] or, the Bifhops of the hofl, as both the Hebrew and Greeke words figni fie: theme were the captains ,as after is explained. Mofes who was the meekeft manon earth in his owne matters,isyet obferved to have been often angry for the Lords caufe , as is noted on Numb. /2.3. And he was wroth with the officers, because tipon them lay the charge to dire&and governe the people in the wages of God. Compare Alls 20. 28,1 Pet.5.2,3.Rev.2.1',- -5. &e. the banell ofthe warre] the batteH -ray (or heft) ofthe warre : the firft word fignifieth warfare, at it is orderly let in array; the fecund meaneth the warre , fight or combat with the enemie. Verle 16. the ward ofEalaam] the dalirine ofBa- laam, as Rev. 2. 14. or (as the Chaldee expoun- deth'it) the comp ofBalaam; having reference to that count-ell intimated,Num.z4. t4. a caufe to commit] or , an occafion to commit (Hebr :to give) a trefßaf by fornication and idolatric,Ñeam.25.I, 2,3. The Greeke tranflateth , to revolt and toaIfife the word ofthe Lord. the molter] Heb, the word; in Greeke, becaufeofPbogor: fee Num. 25.3.18. Verfe 7. knorene man by lying witha male] the latter explaineththe former, which fouled= is ufed alone in the fante meaning, as in Gen. 4.1: Luke r. 34. After it is Paid known the lying with a male : the like phrafes are in Iuclg.21.5112. Verfe 19. liven dales ] for fo long did the pol- luigon by the dead continue, Z m.19. t r. any Jale] that iv, anype-fon. purifie] with the water of feparation,verf 2.3. the law whereof was given in 21ltm.19. your eaptivitie] that is, your captives, or prifoners; as in verf 12. The Iewes hold , that the heathens are not polluted by the dead, or with other like legali uncleanneffe, as is noted on Niters. 19.24. But in this cafe,when hea- thens are captived by Ifraelites , and fo become their lawfull poffeftion, they are uncleane,and to be purified , by proportion from the law in Gen. 17. 12,13. Whereupon Iarchi here faith, Tour [e lves andyour captivity , not that heathens doe receive tmdeanef e and need to be fjsrinkled ; but as you the children of the covenant fyour captives al fe which came into the covenant , and are mechaste , have need to be fj,rinkled. and in the fevemh day] according to the law in Num. t 9.5 9.the fignification where- of is(hewed there. Verfe 20. every garment] or, every dotb : the word implieth not onely garments for mans bo- dy, but cloathes for other ufe; as in Nsem.4.6,7, 8. inffrumems] or,veffel efbis; whatfoever is made of the skin of any beali:;fo after,every infiru- ment ( or veje!) of wood. worke ofgoat: haire] that is, thing made of goats haire : the word haire may here be underftood, as in Exod. as .4. Tome adde,ofgoats skins, it may in meane any other part, as So1.Iarchi here faith ,it implieth any in ftrument of the bornes and of the ¡ mofes, aim of the banes. Verfe 21. which went ] that is , which bad gone: Hebr. which came ; wherefore it may alto bee Englifhed, wields came from the band : fo the Greeke here tranflateth it ; and fo the Hebrew word which ufnally fignifieth to, is by the holy Ghoit in Greeke tranflated from , or out of, as in Rom.t r.26. from EJay 59.2e. See the like noted on Gen. 36. 6. the ordinance] or the 'attire of the law ; which the Greeke calleth Dicaioma , that is , the Puff ordinance , or rightaur ffatute of the law. The fame word Paul ufeth inRom:2.26. if the tin- circumeifion (that is: the uncircumcifed Gentile) keepe the ordinances (or righteous fiasutes) of the Law and in Rom. 8.4 that the ordinance ( the righteous ltatute) ofthe Law might be fulfilled in M. SO its Hebr. 9. t. ordinances of divine ferziae Here Eleazar the Priem' declareth to the people the Law which Godhad commanded Mofes;as it Was generally the dutie of Prieics and Levites to teach lakob Gods judgements , and Ifrael his Law, Dertt.33.8.1o. Hag.z.1 t,12. 2LIa1.2.7.More- over theheiffer with whole afhes the purifying water was prepared, was exprefly given toElea- zar, Nuni,19. 3.6,c. Verf. 1:57 17 I9 20 2I alPiianaraaaw.wn.avvn1=iar ^.."-welemmowaimamw 4.
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