ttf2 NUMBERS XXXI I. cnthing balk Gfre thefins el- lfracl : which the Grecke explalueth,ere Icing armed will goe in the fàre- wsrd befire the fns of I1rael. Signifying both their ready miede to jcopard their lives in the batten; awl a hat by leaving their wives,children,and cat- tell behind: them,they thoald be freed from that cumbrance which others had. 8 Verle 18, we will not resume] Here they promife a continuance with their brethren in all their wars and troubles unto the end : whichalto they performed , as Sofa Paid unto them , Tee have not ft your brethren the fe many daies,nnto tbit day,& c. And now the L O. R Dyour God bath given raft unto your bre- ihren, &c. JOI 22. 3,4. 19 , Verle i 9.rve wilt not inherit with tham] By taking upon them thefe conditions,they free themfelves of thole evils which might juftly feeme at firti to be imputed unto them. For they (hewed both faith in God,and love to their brethren,fo to go in the forefront of the battell,with their lives in I their hands againit fo many and mighty enemies, leaving theirweake families behinde them ,unto the Lords protebfion. And that they would thus doe freely, without any further benefit to them- ; felves, Felting contented with their portion now allotted them. Wherefore Males changing his mindc,yeelded to their requeft,upon the peefor- mance of thefe conditions, v.20, &c. 20 Verfe 20. ibis shrng]Hehr: this word: in Greek, according to this word, before 'choral)] the Chal- dee explaineth it here and in v. 21. and inJof. 4. E 13. before the people of the LO RD. So, the help of the L O R D, in Judg.5.23. is in Chaldee, the belpe of the people of the LO RD. See the notes on Num- bers 3 r. 3. 2Z Verle 21. all ofyett armed] or,every armed man of you. Thus things are carted between: M foes and them,as if the land fhould be conquered by force of arnies : but it was left they fhould tempt God, 'by neglect of the means; and that under this warfare the good fight of faith might be fought of "Pad. For though-they were all bound by their pomife to aid their brethren, yet Icfta tooke not all, but a competent number of them, namely, abort fortie ibaoop id, Jof. 4. 12,13.which were much fewer than all the men of war in the twoTribes of Reni en and Gad,and the halte tribe of Manaffès, as appeareth by the laft mutter in Nuna.26. 2,7,18,34. It feat-lab the refìdue were left behinde, to keep their country and families: or, God would not have all goe to war, that the vi`Bfory might appeare to be his, as the Church after acknowledgeth to his praif, in Pfa.44.203, 4, &c. and left 'five! fhould vaunt themfelves a- ga cult him Prying, Mine Done handbath faced me : as is Judg. 7.2. z1 Verle22. before Iehavab] in Chaldee, before the people of the L O RD , as in veil, 20. So again in verf. 27. and 29, and 32. guiltlefe before Idle- cab] or, from Jehovah, and from If ad, that is, inno- I cent and free from being punished by the Lord and his people. So in 2 Sam. 3.28. a pot ffon before Jehovah J Hereby is fignified the Lords ap- probation , and fo their juts poffelfion of the country, as being given them not by Modes only, (as in v. 33.) but by the Lord as he after faith, lehovahyour God bath giv.nyon this land:, pal of it, Dent. 3, 18. Verfe 23. fnnedagainfl Jehovah] or, unto Jehovah; which the Greeke and Chaldee tranflate, before the Lord. your fin] hereby may meant both the guiltineffe and the punifhment: fee the notes on Lev.22.9. which willfindeyou] or, that it millfinde you out, that is, will conic uponyou; being referred to the punifhment : fee Gen, 44.34, The Greeke tranflateth, andye(halllatowyour fin ,when evils Pall overtake(or come upon) you. So the people acknow- ledge in their aflliftions, On fins tefIifie againff us; for our tranf refons are with us , =dour iniquities we know them, Efay 5 9. 22. Verne 25, laid] Hebr. he fail, fignifying their joynt confent to fpeake as one man in this repi- tigon of their promife. Verle 29. thenye fballgive] Mofes giveth them 29 not the inheritance, bitt upon condition, if they with their brethré fhould lùbdue the land:which was not done under his Minifterie, bitt under E- bazar and lofua, the types of Chrift. A figure that the Law fhould slake nothing perfeft, but the bringing in of a better hope, Heb. 7.19. Verle 32. (hall be ours] or, that it may be ours: Hebrew, with us, that is, remaine with its as our owue. So in Pfal. 12.5. our lips are with us, that is, are ours. Verle33. halketheTribeofManafs]Thereisno 33 mention of thefe before, among them that fixed for inheritance : but becaufe the fous ofManafr (hewed their faith and valour in conquering Gi- lead, verf.3pp therefore the Lord by Mojes giveth i them a poffeffion there. And ofMacbir the fon of Hants it is Paid, Becaufe he was a man of marre, therefore he had Gilead andBafhan, Jof.17.1. This halte Tribe had alfo their inheritance given them upon like condition as the former two Tribes, Jul 4.12. with the cities thereof in the malls] or, as the Greeke tranflateth, and the cities with the coaffs thereof The Hebrew prepofition Lamed, is often in Greeke tranflated aid, with good fettle, as in Gen. .6. and 2.3. Exod.17, t 9. Levit.8.12.' and 16.21.Idnmb.9.15. and 33.2, Verfe 34. built Dibon] that is, repaired and for - 34 tified thele cities,which had beene partly ruined before in the conqueft, or fallen into decay. So in verfe 37. Vcrf.38, the names beingohanged}or, being tar- 38 red in name: which feemeth to be in refpeft of the former idolatry whereto by name they were de- dicate: for Nebo and Baal were the names of falle gods, Efay 46.1. Judg.6.31. which the Lord would not have to be mentioned, Exod. 23.13. And thus the Hebrews (as Sol. Ind); here) ex- plaitìe it, flying, They wereidolatrous names , and the Amorites had called their cities ly the names of their Idols ; but the fdtmes of Reuben turned their name to other names. they cabledby names] that is, by other names for the caufe fore - mentioned : the Greeks sratollareth, tbey named ¡s, iht,r names: lost accordeth with verk 42. where Nobab having taken 3, 25 32 9
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