47 48 49 5a Sr z/...em. NU MBERS XXXII. 189 out of the Souldiers halfe, ) was eight hundred i tore fbeweththat they brought no broken infirument. and fortie , which were given to Eleazar the Pried, verf 41. Verfe 47. one portion off f te] or, one taken of iftie, as in verf. 30. The particular fimunes (as may be gathered by the former computation) were fix thoufand (even hundred and fiftie cheep , fever hundred and twentie oxen , fix hundred and ten Affes,three hundred and twentie foules of young women: the whole flume of them altogether, Was eight thoufand and fonre hundred , which Were taken out of the Congregations halfe, & gi- ven to the Levites. So the whole prize brought home from the Midianítes , and kept for the ufe of ICrael., was of beads and women-kiade , eight hundred thoufand, and fortie thoufand : out of which the Lord tooke for his Prieu s and Levites, nine thoufand two hundred and fortie. Thus he enriched his people with the fpoiles of their enemies ; and they in homage and thankfultteffe to the Lord, gave hint one of five hundred out of the one halfe , and one of fiftie, out of the other halfe ; as Abram gave one of ten , to Melchifedek the Pried ofod, of all the fpoiles that he had taken front his enemies,Gen. i 4.20. Verfe 48. the Officers] or Bìfbeps, as in verf 54. Verfe 49. in our band] that is, in our power, under our leading and charge:which the Greek & Chaldee tranflace,with us. there lac keth not] Heb. there is not numbred,or mufiered towit,as wanting or milling: for in filch mutters the number is obfer- ved , of thole that are abfent , as ofthofe prefent. This was a rare and wonderful' mercie, that twelve thoufand men of ICrael íhould vanquith fo great a nation of Midian without Joffe of any mans life , whereas commonly the (word devoured, one as well at anther, 2 Sam. 11.25. But hereby appeareth , that preeiour in the eyes of the L OR D is the death of his Seines, Pfal. 1 t 6. 55. and a much like speech was uttered by our Saviour ; Of them which thou gaveft me, have I loft mne,Iob. 18.9, More over, by this vi &ory, God encouraged his people to fight the refidue of his battels againli the Ca- naanites. Verfe 50. an oblation for Iehovah] or, as the Chaldee explaineth it, the oblation of the Lord: in Greeke, a gift to the Lord. This was a voluntary gift, whereas the former leviewas commanded, verf25. &c. bathfound] that is, hath gotten in this war, jewels] or inftnrments, ve lr. atonement for our fides] that is, for our lives which God hath fpared ; and that there be no plague amongft us, as End. 30.12. Herein alfo they might have refpe& unto their finite in fparing the women alive, for which Mofes reproved them, verf, r 4.17.Thus though they found all alive, yet were they not proud , neither [matted of their valour , but gave the glory unto God , and in themfelves they were humbled in confcience of their unworthineffe. Verfe 5 t. every wrought jewel!] Hebr. jewill (or infirament)ofwerke; that is, cunningly wrought. So as the matter was the belt of gold ; the foram allo was the bed. Chazkuni here faith Z he Strip- Verfe 52. fhtkkh] what the 194e1 weighed, fee on Gen. 2 o. t 6. of the captains ] or , from the capraines ;that is, Mofes Cooke the gold ofthem; as in verf.5 and 54. Verte 54. the Tent] the Lords Tabernacle, where is was amemoriall for them: as the like is fpoken of the halfe thekels which the Ifraelites gave when they were numbred , to make atone- ment for their Coules, Éxod 30.15,16. 4444404114t4tialliz 52 54 CHAP. XXXII. 1 The Reubenites and Gadites fisc for their-inheri- tance on that fide Iorden. 6 Ms reproveth them. r6 They Or bim conditions tohis tens. 28 Moles commandetb Eleazar and Iofua [ogive them that inberi- tame when they bad performed the conditions. 31 The Gadites and Reubenites promife again to perme them. 33 Moles afgnetb them the land. 34 They build fenced eitle, for their wives and children , and folds for their mud. 39 The fens ofManages conquer the A- morites in Gilad , and have it and the villages thereof given them by Mofes for apof ffon. NOw the fonnes ofReuben , and the fonnes ofGad,hada very greatmul. titude ofcattell: and they faw the land of lazer , and the land of Gilead ; and behold , the place was a place for cattell. And the fonnes of Gad , and the fonnes of Reuben came, and faid unto Mofes,andunto Eleazar the Prieff and unto the Princes of the Congregation , fayiag ; Ataroth , and Dibon, and Iazar , and Nietrah, and Hefh- bon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon ; The land which Jehovah fmote before the Congregation of Ifrael , is a land 4 for cattell , and thy fervants have cattell. Andthey faid ; If we have found grace in thine eyes , let this land be given unto thy fervants fora pofl'effioti, bring us not over Iordan. And Motes laid unto the fonnes of Gad, 6 and to the fonnes of Reuben;Shall your bre- thren goe to warre , and (hall you fit here' And wherfore breakye the heart of the fons 7 of Ifrael,frô going over into the land which lehovah hath given theme Thus did your 8 fathers, when I fent them from Cadefhbar- nia to fee the land, For they went up into 9 the land of Efhcol and law the land , and brake the heart of the fonnes oflfrael, that! they fhould not goe into the land which le- !, hovah had given them... And Iehovahs r anger was kindled in that day, and he fware, laying ; 1 2 3 5
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