200 Iof;11.2. 1. King. 5.20. It is thought to be cal- 1 led in Chaldee, Girmofar, and Goefar, of Princely j gardens which were in thofe parts. This tea had store of fifhes,and from hence our Lord woke his fouie firft Apoltles, fifhers of Galilee, and ruade them fifbers of men , by the preaching of his Go- (bell, Mat. 4.18. í9.2o.21. On this fea Chrift walked, and allayed the waves thereof,Mark.6. 45.48.51.5 3, Iohn 6,16.--21, and here he appea- red to his Dilciples after his refurre &ion, at what time they tooke at one draught an hundred fitly and three great fifties, John 12 Verf.12. lord n] in Hebrew larden; in Greeke, and in the New Teftament, lordanu. It was the goodlielt river of all Canaan famous thorowout the Scriptures.The waters of this river God did cut off; and made then {land upon an heape, (at that time when lordan over - flowed al his banks) until! his people Ifrael patted over it on dry ground into the land of Canaan, Iof. Elijah and Elifha the Prophets divided allo the waters thereof, and went over on dry ground, 2 King.2.8. t 4. Naaman the Syrian watbing leven times in it,by the word of theProphet,was clean - fed of his leprole,.2 King. 5.1 0.14. In this river our Lord lefts hintfelfe, and the nation of the !ewes were baptized,Marke 1.5.9, fait tea] or fra of fait: See verf.3. The river lordan ran all a- long by the land of Canaan on the Ealt fide,from the North end of the countrey to the South, be- ginning at the foot ofmount Lebanon, (where it is Paid to fpring -out of two fountains, the one called Tor, and the other Dan,) and paffed on to the lake of Merom, (by the waters whereof Io- {hua vanquifhed the Canaanites, Iof. x1.4.5.7.8.) and from thence it ran and emptied it Celle into the fea of Chinnereth forententioned : and from that fea it paffed along,till it ended at the fait féa, here 1poke:s of; where alf f n , o the limits of the land began, in vert 3. The prontifed land being thus inclofed and guarded with the mainefea Weft- ward the inland feas and the river Iordan Eak- ward, and at each end North and South with mountaines, fore- !hewed Gods providence to- wards his people for their Cafe defence op every fide. And fo it is written , As the mountains are round about lerufalem, fo the L 0 RD is round about bis people, from henceforth even for ever, PCaI. t 25.2. 14 Vern 14. foutes of the.Reubeniees] Hebr. of the Reuárrite, and after, of the Gaditr which the Greek and Chaldee tranflate, fut of Reuben, and of Gad. Of thefe two tribes receiving their inheritance, fee Numb.32. 17 Vert Thall diside the land by inheritance unto (hall inherit thelandforyou,that is, {hall take poffeffionof the land for you,and in your names, and after divide it unto you, as in verte 29. See verlè 18. Elcatar the Prieft , and Iofbua] in Greeke, Iefur. These were the two chide Princes, and both of them figures of Chrik,who divideth to his people the inheritance of the kingdome of ,heaven : the one'figuring him in his Priefthood, the other in his kingdome :for if lefut (that is,Io- ebrea) had given them reff , then would he not afterward NUMBERS XXX y. haze &ken of another day, Hebr.4.8. The Prieft had an hand in parting the inheritance,tofignifie that it was an holyworke, and a fhadow of heavenly things. Alfo,that ifdifficultie did arife,he might aske counfell for Tolima, after thejudgement of Vrim before Jehovah, Numb. 27.21. Andlikewiie for that the Prielts and Levites, though they had no inhe- ritance as the other tribes, yet had they cities & luburbs from among their brethren Numb. 35. which alfo the Levites claimed of Eleazar the Prieft,and of Iofhua,and the other Princes,& had the cities and fiiburbs given them by lot before the Lord , I4.21. Thus alto the With of Gods promitè to Abraham was manifefted; for he had faid,that in the forth generation they fhould return from their afl{i &ion and fervitttde into the land of Canaan, Gen. r 5.14.15.16. And fo it came to paffe, for Kobath the Tonne of Levi was one of them that went with lakob into Egypt Gen.46. 11.26. of Road; proceeded "Imam, of himAa- ron, and of him Eleazar, s Chron.6.1.z.3. Verf. 18. one Prince , one Prince of a tribe] that is, of every tribe one Prince. See the like phrafe in Num. 53.2. and 17.6. Iof. 3.r 2 .and 4.2.4. to di- vide the land by inherita,eee] or,to inherit the land,as the Hebrew properly and ufually fignifiech ; this lat- ter tome of the Hebrewes, as Iarchi and Kinichi, doo retain, expounding itof the Princes,whoin ftead of the people,and as their tutors and govec- nours , firit tooke the poffeftìon in the name of their tribes,and after dikributed it unto them by their families. But the Chaldee here , and againe in Iof.i 9.49. (where the like phrafe is allo ufed) both the Chaldee and Greeke doethere tranflate it, cauf to inherit , or divide by inheritance ; andfo Mofes explaineth it in verfe 29. Vert. i 9. Caleb]he wis one of the Spies Pent to view the lend: of whom fee Num. 13. 7.31. and 14.24. Iof.14.6. &c. Verf. 20. Samuel] or Shemuel: the notation of which name, fee in r Sam.i.20. The Greeke cal - leth him Salamiel, by a mikaking from Nun,. s.6. Ammibud]inGreeke,Semioud: foin Num i.10. Verf.. 21. Elidad ] in Greeke, Eldat the fuse of 21 Chaflen. Vert. 22. ENO.] in Greeke, Pokier fume of 22 Ieltli. Verf.23. Harniel] in Greeke , Aniel Pule of 23 Souphid. Ver124. Kemal] in Greeke, Kamouelforme of Saphtan. Vert: 25. Parnach] or, Pbarnacb ; in Greeke, Charnach. Verf.26. Pahiel] or, Pbaltiel; in Greeke, Phan - tiel fonneof Ota. Verf.27.Ahibud]or, Achihted; in Greeke, A- chiod fonneof Selenti. Vert. 28. Pedabel] in Greeke, Phadiel. Obferve here the order of the tribes, as they were named with their Princes; r. Iudab, 2. Simeon, 3. Scn- jamin, 4. Dan, 5. lldanajs, 6 Ephraim; 7. Ze- bulon, 8. *char, 9. Afir, io. Napbtali. This order agreeth not with that in Num. 1. nor with that in . Numb. 7. nor in Numb. 26. nor any before 18 19 20 24 z5 26 27 28
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