NUMBERS XXXI1. Iqr cldeh Con o£IBad by his wife Rache/, Gen.30.22, 24. hazer] a citie taken a while before from r he Amorites,Num. 21.32. Gilead] in Greek, Galsad, á mountains alit) of the Amorites which had many cities ; hake that mount was .given to the tonnes of Gad, the other hake to the lònnes of Manafjèr, ver.40. Deut.3.12,13. Jof.13.24,25, 31. a place for cartel!] that is, meet to feed and nourilh cattell. Therefore God promifing to.fçed his people If all , fignifieth the goodnefle of their pallare , by the limilitude of Bafhan and Gilead, Mic.7.14. Jer. 50.19. 2 Verle 2. fanner of Gad] they are named before theje,mes of l eubcn, bóth here and in verte 6. 25, 29, 310 33. fo it feemeth. they were firff in thts- counfcll and foremoft in thefùit- 3 Verfe3. Ararctb, and Dibon,éac.] Thefe were places in the country of Sibon and Og on the out- fide of Iordan : there was alto an Atáreth-within the land of Canaan, whereof fee Jol i 6. 2, 5,!. OfDibon, fee Num. 21.30. Jof.13,9,17. Nim- rah] called alto Beth- Nimrah, in verfe 36. and 2 fmrim , Elày t j. 6. in Greeke Natura. This place was given to the tonnes.ofGad, Jof. 1 3.27. Hef,bon] the citie of King Sihon, Nuns. 21. 26. given to theReubenites, jot :13.15,17. Sheham] or Sebam,cailed a11ò Sibmab, in verfe 38.' and Jof 13. 19. in Greeke Sebama : it was a place of vines, ECay 16.8,9. Jer.48.32. Bean] called in veriè 38. Baal-meon; and in Jer.48.23. Seth -mean; and in Jot. 13.17. Beth- Baalmeen. The Greek here corrupteth Bailian. 4 Ver:4, IehovnhEmote] that is, fnsote or killed the inhabitants thereof, delivering them before his people, fo that they fnrote then, Deutero. 2. 33. but the vi&orie is afcribed unto the Lord. forcattel] inGreeke, that nonrifheth cane!: fee v.1. S VerCe 5. bring us not over] or, lead us mot, taufe us not to pa f è over Iordan, to wir,for to have polfe(6on there. This their revel} (whereat Motes was of- fended) might feeme at this finit propounding air, very evil!. For ,it might argue in them a co- vetous minds, for their owne benefit, which alto might turn to the injury of their other brethren. They prevented the time before all the land was conquesed. They teemed to contrary theword i ofGod, who commanded the land to be divided by lot, Nnm. 26.51. which they nowwould pre- vent. It might imply a dittrult in them,of tìtbdu- ing and inheriting the land of Canaan. It might be a dilèouragement of their brethren, It argued want of love,or a negle£tof dutie in Aflame, -It might be an evili prelìdent to others, who when fonte pare of the land lhould be congaered,migh'g likewil'e crave the fame for their inheritance;and to great trouble and confitfion might inftte. 6 Verfe6. S ball ymer brethren] the other Tribes. In this reproofe, Motes teacheth brotherly dntie, to love their neighbours as themfelves; not to looke every man on his owne things, but every man slf, on the tbingsof others,Phil:i.4. and that they ought to lay down their lives for the brethren, e Joh. 3. 16. 7 Verfe7. b -call! ye the heart) that is, difeourageye, or make ye it to turne; as the Greeke tranflateth, per.ert ye the minder. A like phrafe is ofineling the heart, for difcouraging,, in Deut:'4'.28. Verle 8. Thus didyour fathers] the Greeke ex- 8 prelleth this by a gttellion, DWInot your fathers thus? So where the Prophet faith, Al thefe my hand bath made, Efty 66. t. the Holy Gholttur- neth it in Greeke, Meth not my hand made all tbefe ? Afts 7. 49. Vert 9. valley] or bourne 0-E. AA that is, as the Greeke tranflateth it, valley of the duffer of grapes: fee Numb. 13.23, 24. Verle t t. If the men] that is , Surely the men, I I &c. f al not fee : t his is an oath : fee the notes on Nuns.14.23. twentieyeeres old] Hebrew, Emu f twentie yeeres. . 'Wowed me fully] Hebrew, fulfilled after ma, which the Chaldee expoundeth, fulfilled after my flare; the Greeke, followed after me: fee Numb. t 4.24. A like phrafe is in 1 Sam. e 3.7. where the people trembled after Saul, that is, fol- lowed him trembling. Vert 12. the Kenizite] of the pcfleritie of Re- raz, of the Tribe of Iudab, r Chron.4.1 3,15 Ver.13. wander] this is an explanation of that phrafe,E all feed in the witderneje; wherof fee Nuns. 14.33, thegeneration] that is, the men of the gene- ration,as, tbir generation, Ma t.12.42. is expounded, the men ofthicgeneration, Luke 11.3 I. And the con- Cutíting of the Ifraelites in the wildernelfe, is be- fore obfervcd in Num.afl. 64,65. Verle 14. an iuereafe offinfitimen] or, a crew (a multitude)of men framers: that is,bred and brought up of men molt Gnfitll , which the Chaldee ex- poundeth, 0[iples of fmfiel men. By filmier' , is meant men given unto finne t fee the notes on Ge11.13. t 3.8e Nuns. t 6.38. the burning-anger] Hebt. the burning of the anger (or of the notsil) of le- hovab toward (or againf) *ad. In this (harpe re- buke, Mofes upbraideth them with their fathers finne alto, as he doth likewife in Dent.r.26,27. &c. & 9.7, -24. and fignifieth that the renewing of their lins , augmented' wrath upon the chil- dren, (as Chrifl allo teacheth in Mat.23.31,32, 36.) and upon thewhole congregation,as after in v. 15. & Jof..22.17,18. Veda 5.from afierbim]that is,from following, from obeying him ; which the Chaldee expoun- deth, from after bit flare. So Chrift calling lamb and lohn, they went after him, Mar. 1. 20. thct they folawedbim, Mat.4.22. then he willyet a- gaine leave them] Hebr. and he will adde againe,to leave bim; that is,Godwill againc leave Ifrael, who are fpoken of as one man ; therefore the Chaldee ex- poundeth it, he will yet againe detaine them, or make them to tarry. But the Greek feemeth to under -, hand it of their leaving ofGod, fay ing,forye will turne away from him, to adds againe to leave him in the vilderneffe. defray all thin people] or corrupt them, that is, occafon them to ttmle and fo to be de- ffroyed : for, corrupting is tired both for finning, and for deftroying becaufe of fin, as is noted on Gen. 6. 13. The Greeke tranflateth, Te fbal dot wieZted'y agaiuff this whole Congregation, Vert s 7. wilgob ready armed] Hebr.wil he armed,! i, mal nh 9 12 13 14 15 ',/1frirwrstrr_rr... rnu 41,04.W.MINNIIINNW
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