Commentary on the Holy Bible

S And * ther called the people unto >■ the eaerifices of their goda; and the people did eat, mid ■ bowed down to their goda.

3 Andlerael joined himeelfunto Baal-peor: and * ^e anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

4 And the Lord eaid unto MoBes, • Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, ^ that, the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moses said unto ' the judges of lerael, ^Siar ye every one his men that were joined ontoBaal-peor.

6 fi And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto hia brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, ' who -were weepmg before the door of the tidieraaele of ^e congregation.

7 And ^ when Phinehas, i the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them throuffh, the man of Israel, and the woman through herhelly. So ■ the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

Vm«3. bra4lJoinedhiTnteifurUoBaal-ptor]Thetana as the Priapusof theRomaiu, and vonhipped with the same obscene rites, aa we have frequency bad occasion to remark.

The joining to Baai-pear, montiooed here, was proba- Ur wluit St. Paul had in view when he said, 2 Cor. vi. l4. Be ye not untqually yoked togelJier loUh unbeliever*. And this joining, though done even in a matrimonial way, was nevertheless yof-ntcdf ton, see Rev. ii. 14. as no marriage lietweeD aa Israelite and a Hidianite could be legitimate, aeetMrdiqg to the law of God. See the propositions at the oloae of the preceding chapter.

Verse 4. T\tke ail the htada of the peopU, &c.] Meaning the chieb of those who had tnuiagressed; as if he had Kud, "Assemble the chiefs and judges, institute an inquiry oottceming the tran^essors, and hang them who shall be found guUty ftc/ors the Itord, as a matter required by his justice.^' A^aintt the noMn the most puotio manner, and in day-lighL

Dr. Kennioott Iibb remarked, that the Samaritan and Hebrew texts must be both taken Uwether to make the ■enM hers complete. And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto all the heatla of the people; and let thbh slat thb MBit THAT WBRB lOiNEO TO BAAX-PEOK md hang them up before Ou Lord againat the mn, dec.

Terse 6. Slay ye every one hit men] In the different dnpartmenU where you preside over lAousarub, hundreds, Jiftif, and tnu, alav all the adprita that dull he found.

VerseS. OneqfikeehUdrenqfltrtut] Zitmrt, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief hmily in the tribe of Simeon, ver. 14, brtmf^ht a MidianUith voman — Cozbi, daughter of Zur, head over a people of one of the chief families in Uidian, vot. 16. coiuft^ion of tliesetwopersons plainly proves it to have been a matrimonial alliance — the one WM a prinee the other a prtjtcett — therefore I must conelude, mat fornication or whoredom, in the common sense of the word, was not practised on this occasion. The matter was bad enoueh, as the marriage was in fiat opposition to the law of God: and we need not make it worse bv representing the woman as a common prostitute, as the Vulgate and several others have done. In such a case this ie absolutely inadmissible. Joaephus positively aayi that Zimft had married Cozbi, Antiq. I. iv. chap. 6. and if he bad Dot said so, still the thing is nearly self-evidenL— See the eooelution of chap. xxiv.

The children ^ brael were weeping] This aggravated the crime, because the pextpie were (hen in a state of great humiliation because of the lale impure and illegal transactions.

Verse 9 T%ru»l both qf them Oiroughj Inspired, undoubtedly, by theSpiritof the God of justice to do this act, whiiAi can never be a precedent in any common occasion. An set something similar occurs in our own historv. In 1381, ia the minority of Richard 11. a moat formidable inaurreoiion took place io Kent and Essex; about lOO.OOO men, ehiefly under the direction of iVat Ti/Ur, seized on London, massacred multitudes of innocent people, and were prooesding to the greatest enormiHesE wlwn the king

9 And * those that died in the plague were

11 * Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son at Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the chudren of lerael, while he was zealous p for my sake among them, that I consumed Dot the children of Israel in i my jealousy.

12 Wherefore say, ' Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

13 And he shiall have it, and ■ his seed aAer him, even the covenant of ' an everlastiog priesthood; because be was " zealous for his Grod, and * made an atonement fbr the children or

. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midiamtish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince df a * chief house among the Simeonites.

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of ■ Zur; he tpos head over a people, ami oT a chief house inMidian.

18 For they vex you with their * wiles, where-

requiring a conference in Smithfield with the Rbel leader. Sir WilUam Walumih, then mayor of London, provoked at the taiBolence with which TV/er behaved to his soverdra^ knocked 1^ off his horse with bii mace, after which ns was instantly despatched. While his partizana were bending their bows to revenge the deaih of their leader, Richard, then only tixieen years of age, rode \ip to them, and with great courage luid presence of mind thus addressed theta,

"What, my people, willyou kill your king 1 be not oaacerned for the death of your leader — follow me, and I will be your general." — Th^were suddenly i^mmsed, and dis rebellion terminated. The action of Sir William Walworth was that of a gealat, of essentia beitefit at die tiote; and justified only Ity the pressing exigencies of the case.

Verse 9, Thoaetkatdied — aere tutnty-faur thouxanA^ St. Paul, 1 Cor. x. 8. reckons only ticenty-thrit ibousandt although some MSS. and Versions, particularly the latter Syriae, and the Ai-menian have tieenty-Jbur thousand| with the Hebrew text. Allowing the 24,000 to be the genuine reading and none of the Hebrew MSS. exhibit any various reuing here, the two places may be recooetled thus: 1000 men were slain in consequence of the ezamiiiation instimted ver. 4. and 23,000 in consequence of the orders given, ver. 5. making 24,000 in the whole. St. Paul probuily refers only to the latter number.

Verse 12, 13. JUy eotmant of peace— of an ererlosfiag prieMthood] As the ward peace implied ul kinds of bhss mgfl, both spiritual and temporal; it may mean no man here than die promise of Goo, to grant him and bis fiunily the ntmott proaperily in reference to £oth wovtdo- The everlasting prieelkood refers properly lo the prieMkoodqf Christ, which was shadowed out by the priesthood under the law; no matter in what family it was continued. Therefore the C3^>]! n:n3 eehunnath 6(em, or elernal pritsthead, does not merely refer to any sacerdotal minisiimtions whidi Bhould be continued in the family of Phineha^during dw Mosaic dispensation; but to that priesthood of Christ, lyfw* fied by that of Aaron and his successors. The prieMbood alone is everlasting; and a covenant or grant ot that was made to Phinehas and his descendants. The Jewsre^oa 12 high priests of the race of Phinehas, from this liDoeiOth* days of Solomon— 9 more from tliat time to the outiniy, see 1 Chron, vi. 4. 15. and 15 from their return to toe time of j4n/toditi« EupeUrr, the last of whom was Onias, sktui 1^ Lysias. Ezra, the great priest and scribe, was of this line, Ezra vit. 1, 5. The iamily of Iihamar, uncle of Phinehas, had the priesthood for about 160 years; but it wva restored to the fomilv of Phinehas in the person of ZadtA the priest, 1 Chron.'vL. EO. in which it continued, in the whole, about 960 years. Probably die Macoabits were of the same fomily; out ihough this is not certain, there is bo evidence asiainst it. See Calmetr God therefore sufficiently fulfilled his promise: he gave w him and his descendant^ almost the utmost temporal length that could be given of that priesthood, which is, in itsown nature, ctamaL Here then, the word Warn means, not a lim ited tiiw, bol what is eternal ia its dnraiion. See the note on Gen. zxi. 33.

with ther have beirnfled rou ia the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Gozbi, the daushter a prince of Midian, their Erieter, wtiich was ■Iain m the day of the plague for Peer's sake.

and unto Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, ■avinfr,

5 ■ Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty rears old and upward, throughout their father's bouse, all tluit are able to?o to war in Israel.

3 And Nkraes and Eleazar the priest spake with tbem » in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,

Sears old and upward; as the Lord <' commanded loses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt

6 TT • Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the ■ children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh

the family of the Hanochites: of Palla, the family of the Palluites:

6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: o( Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

.7 These ore the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

8 And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.

0 And the sons of Eliao; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This i» that Dathan and Abiram, which were ' famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

10 f And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed thera up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hunored and fifty men: ^ and they became

12 J The sons of Simeonafter their families: fif ^Nemuel, the femiiy of theNemneUtes: of Jamio, the femily of the Jaminites i of i Jachio,

13 Of - Zerah, the fkmUy of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the shauHtes.

14 These are the families of the Simeonites. twenty and tn;o thousand and two hundred.

Ven«17. VexlludSdianiteM, Ac.] See tliisordsr fulfilled, ohsp. xxxi. 1—30. 12.000 brasliles snocked tbs Hidtsnilsi^ daitroyeil sU their eilie% dew Itieir five Itia^ ereiy iiHUe,Bnd« very grown-up womAn, and took all ibeir tpoita. NOTES ON CHAPTER XXVI.

VsimS. TTaie Hu aum <if aUHucongrtgatimi] After 38 TMn Ood cofBiBiiaffa « tcond ettuut of ifae lareelitea to OS toede, to praMrre the distinetion in fiuniliea, and to ranUta the triba% prevwusly to tbefr entry into the pranaad land t and to aaeertain the proportion of landwnieh riwnM ba allowed to eaeh tribe, rar though tbs whole was divided by io<^ yet the portiona w»ra ao cufpoaed, that a nmnerous tribs did not arav, where the lott anigued entail iaheritamas. See vsrseaSS, G4, 56t 66.sndaleoihe note on chap. i. I.

Veree 10, TogtSur with XoroA] The Samaritan text doee not intimate that Korah wee twaliototd up, but that he was burnt, ae aapisw in bet to have been the case. And lh4 tarth tmaOnged Hum up, «Aa( Hnu Aat eoM- of " Zephon, the family of the Zephomtes: of Hnggi, the family of the Hai^ites: of Shni^ the family of the Shunites:

16 Of " Ozni, the family of the Oznitea: of Eri, the family of the Erites:

17 Of p Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

J8 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

19 T ' The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20 And ■ the sons of Judah af^er their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul the familr of the Hamulites.

^ These are the families of Judah aceordinjf to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

23 If ' O/ the sons of Issachar after their femilies; o/ Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of ■ Pua, the family of the Punites:

24 Of ' JashuD, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

26 IT • Q/" the eons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elan, the family of the Elooites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

27 These are the families of the Zebulunitee according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

28 TT ' The sons of Joseph after their families iD«re Manaaseh and Ephraim.

29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of ' MacbiTt the family of the Machirites: and Machir bemi Gilead: of Gilead come the family of die Gueadites.

30 These are the tons of Gilead: of ■ Jeexer. the fomily of the Jeczerites: of Heiek, the far

31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and <^ Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

32 And Shemida. the family of the She^l^ daites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 And ■ Zelophehad the sob of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Ht^lah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hondred.

35 U These are Uie sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the

pony diedi and ihejlr* tUvourmt Korah wM, A« 260 m«n, who fteeouM a awn. i Verasll. TJu Mtarm ^ Korah <htd iu>Lytt k ^ cult to reconeile this plaee widi chap. zvi. 27, 31 — 3S< where it aeeme to be intimated, that not only the mm, but lAewjM and thttoru, oTtd UU HUU omm, of Koril^ Ds* than, and Abiram, were ■wallowed ap the earthqaaket eee eipecially ver. 27. collated with ver. 33. of chap. zvL But the text Aera expraaely Mya, TTu MUnn tf KortJk Med not j—Ufd on a elow iwpeettM of ver. 27. of the aboveHneatkned chapter, we shall find, that the sons and the tUHe one* of Dathan and Abiram aMoe ere mentioiMd. So they pat upfront the tabemed* of Korah, Dathant and Abvram on every tide; and Dalhan and Abiram came out — and their toioee, and th^r tone, and their liUIo onet. Here is no mention of the children ^ Korah, they therefore eecaped, while, it upeara, those of Dathan and Abiram perished widi their b^m— 8ee the note on efasp. xvi. 30.

Shuthalitee: -of Becber, the family of the Ba- Chrites: of Tahan, the famUy of the TahaniteSj

36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of EraOithe family of the Eranitea.

37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim, according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons JoBejdi after their families.

38 Tf " The eons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaiies: of Ashbel, the family of the AshbeliteB: of * Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramitea:

39 Of • Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamitee.

40 And the sons of Bela were ' Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: ami of Naaman the family of tne Naamites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

42 1[ ■ These are the boob of Dan after their families: of >> Shuham, the &mi]y of Uie Shahamites. These ore the families of Dan after their families.

43 AU the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them were threescore and four thousand and four

i Of the children of Asher after their (amilies; of Jimna, the famuy of the Jimnites: of

45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the &• mily of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the fiuoilj of the Malchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Aaher was Sarah.

47 These are the families of the sons of Aaher according to those that were numbered of them; wJio were fifty and tbree thousand and four hundred.

48 ^ ^ Of the sons of Naphtati after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahxeditea: of Gruni, the family of the Qunitee;

49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of 1 Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. -

51 ■> These were the number of the childrea of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thowand seven hundred and thirty.

53 > Unto thew the land shall be dinded fir an inhwitanee, according to the nombw of names.

54 ° To many thou shalt f eive the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt ' give the lew inheritance: to every one ahall hia inheritanee bsgiven according to those that were numbered

Terae 61. Tfuie vr^n th* numbertd <if the ehitdrm hroit, 601,730.] Tho follow^ oompantive alaUment vill auow haw much Bome of the tiibea nad ineraand, and Others had diminiatud unw the enumeattionia chaptar 1,

Let it be observed, 1. That amonc theae tfaeie vaa not a nsn o( Ibe former ceawa, save Jomia and CtAA, see ver. 64, 66. 2. TiM, thoaeh there waa an ina-taat in seven tribea of not leu than 74,300 men, yet so great wao the dt~ trease in the other five tribe* that ttie bawnoe egwoU the pretent cenaua, is 1,820, as appean above; ihua we find, that there vraa an iwavase of 601,723 from 603,660 in ibe space of 38 years.

NotwitatandinK the amazing increase in some, and deenaae in other tnbea: the aaroe sort of proportion is preaerred in ibe eaat, ^oe»t, north and tmitk dirisioha, u before; BO sa to keep the divieion of Judah, which waa a)- •wty» in ibafront or von, the largest; and the divieton of Daiij whieh was always in the rear, the next in number. Bat It is worthy of remark, that as ther are now, properly HMsldi^, to comtoenee their grand military operations, so m^c,A«nl (ff advoneerfdivmon, is increased Irom 186,400, to 201,300. And their rear, from 167,600, to 163,200. Thej/lrH #nnoa isstrengibeiied 14,900 men, and tbeiotf dlTiaioo 6,600 men. Tba rMSODa for this are sofficisatly obriouB.

Mr. AUmtoHh baa t eurloua remark on lbs mmber of ftmiliM in ibs twelve tribes. *' Hers an bmiliea,

"InaU&7; to whom, if we add the It patrianii*, ani Jaeeo iheir father, the 'miole number ia 70 1 the exact mm* ber of the aoula in Jacob's bouae,that-went down to Egypt, Gm. xlvi. 27." In b Twiety of thinga in (hia aneim» •opaomy, there is a most anrpriRng proporiUn kept np, whHh Bsvac could have been a Corttiitous eflbet^ MnMnl cauass. BatpnwerHon, A«iiwimand orrfar, diatingitiih all the worka m God, both in the noteraf and moral

Terae 55. TTu land tkaO U divided by Ut] The word Wi goralf translated lot, is suppoaed by aome to aignify the Hone or pebble formerly naea for the purpose of wfeat we term coating loU. The word hlot:, klot, ia Anglo- Saxon, from hleocan,.to divida or ytrtian, otit, i. a. Mrtuitoualy: it answers to the Greek HX^fcs, wbicb, somm think, cornea from kXh, to breaks becauae tbe lot beiiwa sort of aitpeal lo God, ("The lot ia caat into the kp, Got the whole dipoaing thereof is of the Lord," ProT. xri. 33.) broke off all conteDUona and litigationa, relative to the matter in dispute. From thia ordinal diviaion of the promiaed land by io^ to Ae children of larael, ell foriions, appoihtnunta, ughta, aAare*, or diviatona, in ^intual and eccleaiaatical matters, were termed lota. So, m ibe New TeMwMDb tbe woird mxtMi, lot, ia used t» aigmfjr a ^vrturn of •ptrttwoj -A/eaeaanasa, and t^nftt/.,*^ a dwuioa &y lof, aa inharitatua: and ixii^i, the lotted or t^^iaiaUtd persona to different worka, sharea, dbc hence «ar wsid <^8Jh "*■«(••, peraaau ofipoiHtad by lot, to *. lovportis% or inberitance; aee tbe case trf Uauniaai Acts i. 2o. P«raoua thus ^qMMOted were by aecommodaiioa termed heriiora, beeaose originally, when there could be norfsisM of exehinve right, all lands, where a wandering tribe cboae to take up ita residence, were divided by lot, as tbe pnnn* iaed land in the caae bef<M« us. So Judah eays to Simeon hia brother, Judg. i. 3. "Come up with me into my loL" And aa God waa ever supposed to be the whole disposer in auch mattera, whatever fell imi in tbe course of OoiFapr^- vidanee. was called a lot. "This ia the U of them that rd> US." laai. xwu. 14. *"noa hast ntilber hi nor iwt in this matter." AeU viii. SI. A lot in ftte promfaaJ land, was evidently typical of a place in eternal gfory. "Tlutt they may receive fbrgiveikeaa of sine, and aa inheritance (iLKmf. a lot) among them that ar« aanetiSed." Acta xxri. 18. " Who hath made oa meet to be wtakera of the inheritance ( ■Mfto. of the tot) of the aainia m hgte." "Wfaioii ia tbe earnest of our inhentanee, (uLt^i^ixt. of our allotted porttan.*^ Bph. i. 14. " What is tbe ricbes of the glpnr of hia inneritaitce,*' n^.^f<lr^|tt»f, oBoBed por~ lion.) Eph. i iS. As therefore the pnmtiaed bmd vr«a divided by lot to the believing laraelitea, God deierminre^ the lot aa he aaw good, none of the peoole having uqr claim on, or ri^U to it; ao tbe kingdom of heaven isa W given by die mere good will of Geo to (bem that believ* and obey him; for aa unbelief and dixtbedience threw 600,000 people ovt of tbe inheritanee of the promiaed land; so none who disbriieve God's word, and reod aninal his stuhority, iball vtat eater fnto As kiBgdom « hnmu by lot: according to the rmmea of the tribes of their fathers they Bhall inherit.

56 According to the lot shall the posseseion thereof be divided between many and few.

57 i t And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their farailieB; of Gershon, the family of the GershoniteB; of Ko^ hath, the family of the Kohathhee; of Merari, the family of the Meraritea.

58 These art the families of the Levites: the iamHy of the Libm'tes, the faintly of the Hebronflea, the family of the Mahlitea. the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korattutes. And Kohath begat Amram.

59 And the name of Amram'a wife v)aa ■ Jdebebed, the daughter of Levi whom her mother bare unto Levi va Egypt; and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Mosea, and Miriam their siater.

60 ' And unto Aaron was bom Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61 And ■ Nadab and Abihn died, vrivea. they ottered atrange fire before the Lord.

63 ' And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males frcwn a month old and upward: ' for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was * no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

63 If These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who niunbered the children of Israel ■ in the jdains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wildemeas of Sinai.

65 For the Lobd had said of them, They * shatt surely die in the wilderness. And there

Saa Ainravrth. Thc»e diingt hsniemd unto them for •xamplea — •ee ibe& resdsr, tbst thou mil not ftftor (be lame entmple of anbelief.

V«ml. Hu iaughUr* nf Zdojpkdu^ Theakigu- Iv es» of Asm woHMn, emnad an additkna) law w be ■nda to (ba civil soda «f Israel, which aatiafiwuirily aaeartainad, md amplyaecured the right of anceeHioD m caaea of inharilance^ The law, which ia aa reaaonable aa it ta joa^ auoili thus. 1. On the demiae of tbe/<Uhar, the ea> laie goea (o the aona. 2. If there be no ^on, the dau^A/«ra Hocoed. 3. If there be do daughUa; the' hrothtn of the deoaaaed inbaril. 4. If there he no brtihrtn or pal«roal tmcfca, the eatate goea to die brolhat of tua /other. 6. If there be do grand unefoa, or brolhera of the./blAer of the deeeoaed, then the luareH akin aitccceda to the inheritance. BfTfood tfaia JlfVi dtgree, the law doea not proeaed, becftufe, aa the familtee of the laraelitea were kept diatinct in their wapBBtiYa tribes, there muat alwayi be aome who couM be flailed kirumen, and won really euch, hnring descended without tnterraption from the patriarch of the tribe.

Vme 7. TluKtthaU givetkem — aninhtritanctamottg AMr fathtr't frrdAren] There ia a curiolu anomaly here in the Hebrerw text, which cannot be eeen in oar translation. In Hebrew, ikei/, ih«m,' and lAcir, yt>u,ya, and jpour, are both ot the maaculine and feminine gendim according aa thenonnaaretowhich they are affixed; but meae wortu are of do gender in English. In this verse, speaking el rtte bretbren of the fclher of those women, the mateaJint lermination on htm, thxix, ia used instead ef the feminimt, |n AA, governed by mii bmtolh, daughten. So srtV tohsnt, xa THiM, and srriaM oMAem, rm^fatlur*, maaeuline, are found in the present text, instead of)t*j lahtn sad frriaM abthtn, Aminine. Intarpntera have sou^t for a hudm nmning h*re, and th^ have found several, whether hidden here or not. Onesaya, "the maaeuUnt Kender is used, because these doufhcera are Irestad as if they were htir* malt." Another, " that it is beenuse of their Jailh, and cbnseientious regard to the ancient eu>- UNbs, and to keep the memory of their father in being, which mi^t well befit men." Another, " that it aigDifies Ifae free gttt of God in Christ, where (here is Aether maJe nor^^mab^ 6ond or/rss; for «)1 «e Ofuin Qtrist.'' And M on; for where there is no ruh^ there is do end loeoo-

*a« not left a man of them, ■» save CaUb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAPTER XXVII.

THEN came the daughters of • Ze- ^Bgiiir. lophehad, the son of Hepher, the

son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the eon of Manaaseh, of the families of Manasseh, the son of Joseph: and these are the namea of his daughters: Maldah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Miicab, and Tirzah.

2 Apd they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, tuyl all the congregation, bjf the door of the tabernacle <>f the congregation, saying,

3 Our father 'died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord 'in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

4 Why should the name of our fkther be ^ done away from among his family, because he bath no son? 1 Give unto us iheretfore a posMBsicm among the brethren of our father.

5 And MoBe« ' brought their cause before the

7 The daughters of Zelopheha4 speak ri^t: ■ thou shalt fiure^ give them a poseessiou ^ an inheritance among their father's brethren: and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

jecture. Now d>e plain truth is; that the maaculine is, in the present printed text, a mistake for the feminioeL The Samariian, which many think by far the DMiat authentic copy of the Pentateuch, has ib» jtminiM gender in both places; so also have upwards mjourteort of the HSS. eollated by KmnicoU and Dt BomL Therefore aU the curious reawos for this Hwunaly, offered by interpreters, are only amioua trifling on the wunder of eome heedlesa eamntm.

While on the subject <^ mysterious reasons and meaninga, some-might think it unpardonable, if I passed by tlM mystery of the fall, rteoeery, and ftdl aahation of man, aignifuia. aa some will have it, by the namea of Zeloph^ad and hismughtaca. " 1. Zelopfaehad's daughters, claiming aportion in the promised land, may represent believers la Cwlst, claiming an inheritance among the saints in li^t. 2. These five virgins mav be considered na the Jita tnss virgin*, HatL xzv. 1 — 10. who took oil in their veeeela with dteir lamps; and conMQuencly are types of those wba make a wise provision for their eternal states. 3. Tltey are examples of encouragement to weak and tUatUata believers, who, though they are orphana in this world, shall not be deprived of their heavenly inheritance. 4. Their namea are mysterious; for Zelophthad, •tntfn TsxLOPtfB> CHAn, signifies the ^adow qf /ear or dread. His first daughter, iVjnn Hachlah, iryimtity; iht second, njri NttAH, wuidaringi the third, rhin Choolar, turning about, or dancing foij<?l die fourth, tu^ Milcah, a queen; the liftl^ nrtn tlaTaAK, teell-pleaaing or aee^tabU. By these names we may observe our revivinf by grace in Christ: for we arcaJl bem of the sAodow <//aaf, (ZtlophAad) being brought forth in sin, asd ihrmigh fbar of death being all our lifetime subject to bondf«e, Heb. ii. IB. This begets (AfocUoA) infirmity, or aielciuaa, grief of heart for our estate. After which, (A'ooAl irandn^ng •bout for help and comfort, we find it in Christ, by whom Our sorrow is turned into,^v, (Chaglah.) He communicates of his rvyalhf, (Hfilcah) to us, makhiig us kinga and priests unto God aitd his Father, Rev. i. & So we shall ' at last be presented unto him, glorio<is and without blent ish, beiog( 7\rUaA) will-pteaaing and aceeptabU in his sight." Thn is a specimen of pious moBHvrrr, which has been endeavouring to do ffts work on avAMsitm in the church of GhMi from the tim« «t Origaa tb tbt

8 And thou abalt epeak unto the childreo of Israel, sayiog. If a man die^ and have no son, then ye shaircauee bis inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

9 Aim if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall five his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

11 And ifhia father have no brethren, then ye '■hall give his inheritance unio his kinsman that Lt next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel "a statute of judgment, aa the Lord commanded

12 IT And the Lord said unto Moses, " Get thee up into this jnount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also * shalt be gathered unto thy peojde, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.

14 For ye Prebelled afainat my commandment in the desert of Zin, in tne strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the i water of Mcribah in Kadeafa in the wilderness of Zin.

16 Let the Lord, ^the God of the spirits of^ fiesh, set a man over the congregation,

. 17 ■Whichmaygooutbeforetnem.andwhich may go in before Uiem, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congr^ation of the Lord be not « as sheep which nave no shepherd.

18 J And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man " in wnom ia the Spirit, and * lay thine hand upon him;

19 And set him before Kleazar the priest, and

Terse 12. Oct IhM tip into thu mount Abarim] "Hie mountBin vhich Hoaee wu commuided to ascend wu certainly mount Ntbo, aee DeuL uxii. 49, Ac vhich vu As Mine B« Pis^ tee OeuL xxxiv. 1. The flf Aharim, aeeoidmg to Dr. Shaw, ore a lo^ ridge frightftil, rocky, pneipitous hilli^ wiAA ue OMtinuMl all along tho eaiteni coft*t of (be Dasd sea, as &r m the eye can reach. As in Hebrew, "^y 8bar, signifies to paa* QOer, Abarim here, probably aignifiea poMoget; and the rid^ in this plac« baa its name, in all likelihood, from the sosMg-e of the Israelites, as it was opposite to these that tow passed the Jordan into the Promised Land.

Terse 17. TViat the congregaiion of the Lord be not at atuop uhieh have no ih^Aerd.] T^ia is a beautiful expreraion, and straws us in what light Hoses viewed himself amcug this people. He was their <ft^)&eni — besought no higher place I he/ed and guidcrf the flock of God under the direction of the Drnoe Spiriti and was fitithful in all hie Matter's house. To this sayii^ of Uoaea our Lord alludes, Halt. ix. 36.

Terse 16. In wliom is the Spirit] Thia must certainly mean the Spirit of Qod; and because be was endued with this Spirit, therefore he was capable of leading the people. How miserably qualified is that man for the work of God, irtioia not guided and influenced by the Holy Ghoat. Ood »ew flfatKMee a man ts aeeompliah hit designs, but that one whom he Unuielf hae oualitied for the work.

Teree 20. And thou AaJt put, Ac] '\-nno mihodea, of thine honour or authority upon him. Thou shalt show to the whole congregation, that thou hut asaoeiated bim with thvaelf in the soreminent of the people.

Teree 21. EUaatar As priett—AaU aek counsel for idm\ Her« was a remarkable diflferwce between Aim and JfMM. Ood talked with Hoaee face to faoe; but to Joabiu, only Oiraugh the mecttum of the high priest

'Teree23. HeUudkiohandMuponhim.] Asaproofof ma being aapoiuted lo, and qualified for, the work. So, at we wocd of Joabua, they were to go oiU; and at hie word, toeoaM<tt,var. 21. Andtboshe wsatypeoloarbleved

20 And ' thou shalt put some of thine bononr upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel ^ may be obedient.

21 *And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him ■ afler the judgment of tJrim before the Lord: ^ at tiis word they shall go out, and at his word ther shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even alt the congregation.

22 And Mosea did as tne Lord commanded him: and be took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

23 Andhelaidhlshandsuponhim, 'aodgaTe him a charge, as the Lord commanded l:ty the

and say unto them, My offering, and ^ my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, far "a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

3 If And thou shalt say unto them, ' This it the offering made by fire which ye shalt oStr unto the Lord; two lambs of the nrst year without spot > day by day, Jbr a continual bomtofferinff.

4 The one lamb shalt tlioti offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer ^at

Lord, Ba to his mediatorial office and dirine upointmeot as man, to the work of our salvation; and lo this ci reamstance qS the appointment of Joshua to this work, and to hi> receiving of Hoses' honour and glory, Sl Peter seems to refer in theae worth, 2d EpisL i. 16, 17. "Wewera eye-wiioossee of hie m^esr^] for he received firom God\be Fadier, honour and glory, when there came auch a roioe to him from die excellent glory: Hits >• my beJored Soo, in whom I am wril pleaaeo; hbax him." — See Matt xvii. 6. ^t one infinitely greater than either Mooes oc Jodm% is here.

NOTES ON CHAPTER XXVIIL Terse 2. Command the children, o/' Ztnul, Ac] It ie not easy to account (sr the reason oi the introdnctioo of these precepta here, which had been so circumsiaatially delivered before in oilTerent parte of the books of Exodue and Leviticus. Ittspoesibleihattheiiatiy^'tMeify, nteattbf, end yearbf servii^ had been considenbly iniemipiad for several year^ owing to the unsettled Jtate of the pseyis in the wiloemesi; atid ibat it was neeeawy to rtpmi these laws for too reasons; 1. Because they were now about to etKer into the Promised Land, where these services roust be eetabliidied and constant: And 2. Became the former generation being all dead, multitudes of the preeent mi^t be ignorant of these ordinances. In their dut teoMn] Hoses divides theae oflerings into

3. MoifTHLT. At the beginning of each month, /im young bullocke, one ram, and lercn lambe of a year did; and a kid for a sin-olfering, ver. 1 1, &c.

4. Akkval. 1. The paseover to last aeren days: tha offerion Am young biulodu, me ram. eeven iomt of •

IT ohL and a ho-goat, for a sin-ofleriD^ ver. 16, An. The day of nasr-norrs. The saeriScea^ the same as on the beginning of the month, ver.?6, &c. With dicse saorificea were offered libations, or tUiiUc-offeringt strong wine, ver. 7. and 14. and mindiahM, or mtal-offeringe, composed of jfne Jlour, mingled with oil, ver. S, V2, &e. For BO ampla account <rf all theae ofibring^ sea dM notes <m Lar.Tu. aad Ezod. sit.

5 And) a tenth part oi an ephah of flour Tor a ^ nieat-ofi«rin£, minrled with the fourth part of a ' bin of beaten ou.

6 It is ^ a. continual burnt-ofiering, which was ordained in mount Sinai Ibr a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

7 And the drinlc-oflerioe thereof ghail be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: ■■ in the holy place shalt thou cause the stronff wine to be poured unto the Lord /or a drink-onering',

8 And the other lamb Boalt tbou offer at even: nm the meat-offerioff of the morning, and as the drink-oflerin^ thereof, thou ahalt offer U, a sacrifice made by fireof a sweet savour unto the Lord.

9 l[And on the sabbath-day two Iambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deaie of flour for a meal-ofiering', mingled with oil, and Uie driok-ofiierine thereof:

11 Tf And Pin the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

12 And 4three tenth deafa of flour,/bra meatofferii]^, minted with oil, for one boflock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering, miivi'led with oil, for one ram:

13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat-offering unto one lamb; for a bumt-offering of a sweet savour, a sacnnce made by fire unto the Loho.

14 And their drink-offerings shall be half a bin of vrine unto a. bullock, and the third part of a hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of a hin unto a Iamb; this w the burnt-offering of every month throt^hout the months of the year.

15 And 'one kid of the goats for a siD-<^ring unto the Lord, shall be tmered, beside the continual biirn!-oaering, and bis drink-offering.

16 1 'And in the fourteenth day <^the first month U the passover of the Lord.

17 ' And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: sevendays shall unleavened bread be eaten.

IS In the ■ first day ahaU be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work <Aeretn

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire Jhr a burnt-offering unto the Lord: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: * they shall be unto you without blemish:

20 And their meai-offenng shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;

31 A several tenth deal shalt thou ofler for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

22 And ■ one goat for a sin-offering, to make an atcmement for you.

S3 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt-offering in the morning, which ia for a continual bornt-offeriog.

24 AlUr this manner ye shall o^r daily, tbroDghout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lokd: it shall be offered beride the continual bumt-offering, and his drtnk-offbring.

Yem 31. WtUmU blxmM] Thia is to be undentood aa applying not only to the animals, but alao to ihtJUmr, wau. and oil; evtry thing muat be perfeci in its kind.

Verse 1. And in the aeeenth month, Ac] Tbis waa the begimriiwof dietr cfvU year, and was a time (rf great ftamuft and was odiersd la by the Uowtag of oniBpotB. It

35 And 'on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation j ye shall do no servile work.

36 f Also 7 in the day of the first-fi^ts, when ye bring a new meat-offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

37 But ye ehali offer the burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord: " two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

28 And their meat-offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram:

30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.

31 -Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, (■they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink-ofierings.

firBt(2(]^i^themoiith,yestudlhave - a holy convocation } ye mall do no servile work: ^ it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

2 And ye shall oner a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and sevrarlamM of the first year without blemish:

3 And their meat-offering - ghall be tif floor mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullo^, anotwo tenth deals for a ram,

4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

5 And one Idd of the goats for a sin-offerlngp to make an atonement for you:

6 Beside < the burnt-offering of the month, and his meat-offering, and ^ the dail/ burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, * according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

7 And ^ ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy convocation; and ye shall ' afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work

8 But ye diall offer a burnt-offering tinto the Lord for a sweet savour: one young bullock, one ram, artd seven lambs of the nrst year; " ther shall be unto you without blemish:

9 And their meat-offering «AaJI bt flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a buUock» and two tenth deals to one ram,

10 A several tenth deal for one Iamb, throughout the-seven Iambs:

11 One kid of the goats for a sin-offering; beside > the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual bnrntHsfferine, and ^e mettt-offering t£ it, and their drink-offerings.

anawera to a part of our SeplemlKr: In imitation of the Jews, different nations b^n their uev year widi aaerifieea and festiTity. The ancient Egyptiana did so: aod the Peraiana atill oelebnua their y^j ji now i noa, or new year'a day, which they bold on the vernal equinox. Hm firat day of the 3rear ia generally a time of feativity in all civilized nationa.

On thia day tbe laraelites offered one young bitUeck, one ram, »even lambt, and a kid, for a sin-offBring, beeidea minchaha, or moat-tifferinfa.

12 f And *on the fifteenth da7 of the seventh month ye shall have a holr convocation; ye BtudI do no servile work, and ye BhaD keep a leaat unto the Lord seven davs.

13 And I ye shall ofTer a burnt-offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a afreet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

14 And their meat-offering shall be q/* flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen butlocke, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,

15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:

16 And one kid of the goats /or a sin-offering [ beside the continual burnt-o^ing, hia meatoffering, and his drink-offering.

17 T And on the second day «« thaU cger twelve young bullocks, two rams, rourteen Iftmbs of the first year without siwt;

18 And their meat-offering ana their drinkofferings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, tkall bt according to their number, " after the manner:

19 And one kid of the goats /or a sin-offering; beside the continual biirnt-offering; and the meat-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.

20 H And on the third day, eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of me first year with- •ut blemish:

21 And their meat-offering and their drinkofferings for the buUocks, for the rams, and ibr the lambs, ahaU, be Eiccording to their number, ■" after the manner:

22 And one goat./^.aBin-ofiering} beside the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-ofliBring, and his drink-oflering.

23 1[ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, aiui fourteen Iambs of the first year without blemish:

24 Their meat-offering and their drink-offerings for the buUocks, for the rams, and for the i&mbei thall be according to their nun^r, after ^e manner:

35 And one kid of the goats^n- a sin-offering; ■beside the continual burntK>nertng, -his meatoffering, and his drink-offering.

26 ITAnd ou tha fifUi day nine buUocks, two Tanjs, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

27 And their meat-offering and their drinkofferings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

28 And one goat ^dr a sin-offering: beside the continual burnt-offeriog, and his meat-ofibriog, and his drink-offering.

29 1[ And on the six^ day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambe of the first year without blemish:

30 And their meat-offering and their drinkofferings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

31 And one goat /or a sin-offering: beside the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offertng, and his drink-offering.

32 1[ And on uie seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;

33 And their meat-offering and their drinkofleringa for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lamba, sAaU be according to their number, ailer the manner:

34 And one goat /or a sin-offering; beside the continual burnt-ofi'ering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offering.

35 TT On the eighth day ye shall have a • solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:

36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven landw of the first year, without blemish.

37 Their meal-ofiermg and their drinltofferings for the buUock, for the ram, and far the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

38 And one go&tjbr a sin-ofiering; beside the continnal burnt-offering, and his meat-ofiiering, and his drink-offering.

39 These things ye shall p do, unto the Lobd in your leet feasts, besides your 'vnwk, and your free-will-offerings, for your bnmtrofieringv, and for your meat-onerings, and fbr your driuofferings, and for your peace-offerings.

40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded

AND Moses spake unto 'the heads of the tribes concerning ^e chil

drcn of Israel, saying. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

2 < If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or <■ swear an oath to bind bis soul with a bond; he shall not * break his word, he shall * do oeciaA' ing to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

3 H If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

TerM 12. On the Jljtetnth day tfu geemtk vumth] On this day there wm to be a solemn sasembly; and for amn dayi ncrifieet wen to be offered; on the jlnt day, thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lamta. On each Kiccmdtng day one bullock lot, till on the seventh day there were only *«ven, making in all aevmiy. What an expenaive lervice! How should we magnify Giod for being delivef d from it I At the public charge, there were annually ntferM to Ood, independently of treapanofTeringa and volimtary vovs, fifteen goaU, twenty-one kidi, seventy-two rama, one hundred and tttirty-two bullocks, eleven hundred and one lambs I But how little ii all this, when eompered «tth the lomba slain every year at die poMover, which amounted in one year to the imioeiue Dumber of 255,600, slain at the temple itael^ which was the answer that CaUiu, the Roman geneml, reeeind, when he asked the priests how many penoiu hira come to Jerusalem at their annual (eetivals; the priests, numbering the people by the lambe that had been slain, said, " twentyfive myriaib, five thousand and tax hundred. — For an aooouat of the feast of tabernacles, see in Lev. xziii. 34.

Terse 35. On th^ eigkSi day ye ehail ham a toUmn ossemAto] Thi^ among the Jews, was esteemed the ehief or h^ dn of the fesM, dun^ fewer sKcrificts wan ^er- ■ 438 ed on it than on the others; the people serai to hnv* finished the solemnity with a greater measure of spiritual devotion — and itwas on this day of the feast that oor blnwd Lord called the Jews from tne tetter to the epirO of the law, proposing himaelf as the sole fountain whence tbey could derive na« streams of salvation, John viL 37. Km the subject of this chapter, see ibe notes on Lev. xiL xvi. And xxiii.

fromise made to Ood. Vows were of several kinds;. Of iibHinenee or kumiixatum; see ver. 13. 2. Of the Naxarite; see ciiap. vi. 3. Of eiving eertaiat IM»ge, or saerifica, to the Lord, Lev. vii. 16. 4. Of ahu givea to the poor; see Deut xxiii, 21. The law in this cltapter must have been very useful, U it both pmmtad ani «wnulled raeh vowe, and provided a pi'oper ssDction for the support and performance of those that were nttoi»]ly utd piously made. Besides, this law muet have acted sia s great preventive of tying and hypocrxey. If a vow w«a properly made, a man or woman was bound under peoahy of the displeasure of Gtod to fulfil iu

Versa 3. ^ Aer youlft] That i% say the rahUna, itnd» IwslM yesn of Abd under mH^m^im tarn at a

4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her eotil, and her fWther afaall hold his peace at her: then all her TOWS Bhall stand, and every bond wherewith ahe hath bound her soul Bhall stand.

5 Bat if her father disallow her in the day that he hcareth: not any of her vows, or of her bonda wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Load shall fmrgive biu, because her lather disallowed her.

6 T[ And if ahe had at all a husband, when * she. vowed; or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she.bound her soul;

7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that be heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith •he bound her soul shall stand.

8 But if her husband ' disallowed her on the day that be heard it; then he shall make her row which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her Hps, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: aiid the Lobd shall forgive her.

9 TTBut every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

11 And her husband heard ii, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul ahall stand.

12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerDinc her vows, or concerning the bona of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the L.ORO shaU forgive her.

13 Every vow, and cvt-ry binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or hw husband may make it void.

14 But if her husband altogeth^ hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establish-

ymmg man. Young pcrsoDB of this age ware oonaidered to bs under the authority of their paraata, and had eoDM> •ueady no power to tow away uie pn^erty of aaoiher. A married woman wu in the nine eireumalanoea, becanae ibe waa under the authority of her htuband. If, however, the parenU or the htuband beard of the vow, and otijected to it in the tame day in tchich they heard qf it, ver. 5. ihea the vow was annulled — or, if having beard of it, they beU thair peaoa, ihia waa eonsiderad a ratifiea- Uoo of toe TOW.

A rath WW was never to be kept — " For," says Philo, and common ■enae aod justice a» the aame, " he who conmita an unjuat action becauae of hia vow, adds one orime toanother: 1. By makiag SB unlawful wno. 2.Byd(Hng an unlawful action."

VerM 12. Concerning the bond ^ her eottX] Her life ia at Btaka, if aba fulfil Dot the obligatioo under which baa laid henelf.

Yerae 16. l^ieee are the etalatee] It ia very probable that this law, like that coiicenung tbe luccesuon of daughter*, ch^ xxvii. roK (toid the exigency of aome particular oaae that had juat then occurred.

Kaking vowa, in almoal any case, ia a dangeroua buntteai: they aeldom do an v good, atid often mucb evil. He who does not ftel himself bound to do what ia JU, right, anAhui, from the atanding teitimony of God's word, ia not Ukelf 10 do it from anv obligation he may lay upoa hia own eonacieiwe. If uwf a word luck weight with him, hia oien will prove lighter than VBnity. Every man wbo profeaies die ChHatian religion, is unoer the moat ta- Uaut obligation to devote body, bouI, and spirit to Qod, not only to the utmost extent of his powers, but also as long as he exists. Being baptized, and receiving the eaeramaU of the Lord'a supper, aie additional rauficationa of ihs Knai, general, Chriatiaa vow; but avoir true fbllowor u Cmist should alwaya remember, and IreiiaeDtly renew, hia covenant with Ood.

Y«no2, OaihereduiUo tiiy peopU.} Wbeni Not in dM cntMsunly.— Moaes waa nubend with aoae nftham; Ilia burial place no man ever umr — " But being gathered eth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he connrmeth them, because he held hie pence at her in the day that he heard them.

15 But if he shall any wise make them void alter that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

16 These are the statutes,' which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being vet m her youth in her father's house.

2 ■ Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites; Eifterward shalt thou 'be gathered imto thy people.

3 And Moses spake mito the people, saying; Arm some of yotirselves imto the war, and let them go agtuDst the Midlanites, and avenge Uie Loan of S^dian.

4 » Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand ot every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 And Moses seat them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Pfainehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and ■ the trtunpets to blow in hJ*

unto one's people means dying^' It doea ivapty dying, bat it does not neon this only. The truth iSj^GhMconaidera all tfaoae who are dead to man, in a state of eoneciou* er-

Chd^ Ahnhani, and of laaae, and of Jacob; now Ood is JU)l the Ood qf the dead, but of the living; because all UVB TO HIM, whether dead to mm or nou Hoaes, therefore, waa to be gathered to hie people, to eater into that T^Mtblie qf Atm^ whidi having died in the fiuih, Ukc, sad love m Qod, were now hving in a atate of ooa« acious Ueaaadnesi, beyond the confines of the giave.-^See the note on (3en. zxv. 8. and on xlii. 33.

Yarae 3. Avenge the Lord <tf Midian.] It was God's quarrel, not their own, that they were now to take up. Ilieae people were idolaters; idolatry is an ofTence against GOD; the dvU power has no authority to meddle with what belonga to Hipi, without especial directions, certified in, tbe most uneuuiTocftl way. Private revenge, extension of territory, love of pluiuer, were to have no place in this busioess; dte Lord ia to be avenged; and tbcotu^ Him, the diildren of Israel, ver. 2. becmise their aoulfc as well as their bodi«», had been well nigh mined by their idolatry.

Verse 6. A thoueand qf eveiy tribe^ Twelve thousand men in the whole — and Phinehaa, the eon qf Eleazar; some think lie was made general in this expedition; but this is not likelv. The ark and its extents must proceed to this battle, oecause tbe battle waa the Lord's, and he dwelt between the cherubim over the ark; and Phinthae, who had before got a grant in the eternal priesthood, vtraa chosen to accompany ihe ark in place of hia father Eleaxar, who was. probaUi^now loo fax advanced in years to undergo the fatigue. Who then was general 1 Jothua, widioiit doute, tbousfa not here menuoned; because the battle being the LonTs, he alone ia lo liave the supreme direction, ana all the glorr. BeaideL it waa an extraordi* nary war, and not conducted on the common principle: for we do not find that peace was offered to the Midianites, and that tht^ refused it t aee Deut. xz. 10, &c. In such a ease only, Koatilitiea could lawfully commence t but they, were ■iaiwrs agsinst dOD t the cup of Iheir insiui^ was

8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were stam; namely, ' Evi, and Rekeia, and Zur. find Hur, and Reba. fire kuigs of Midian: ■ Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the aword.. „.t.

9 And the children of Israel took a/i the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

10 And they burnt all their cities wherem they dwelt, and all their goodiy castles, with fire.

1 1 And they ^ took all the spoU, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

13 And th^ brought the capttves, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

13 IT And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went fM-th to meet Uiem, without the camp.

14 And Moses was wroth wifli the officers of the host, teitk the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which caiQe from the 1 l»ttle.

15 And Moses said nnto them, Have ye saved kail the women alive?

16 Behold, i these caused the children of Israel, through the " counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and ■ there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.

17 Now therefore "kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with ' him.

18 But au the women children, that hath not known a man by lying with hitil, Keep alive for yourselves.

19 And ido ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever ha^i killed any person, and ' whosoever hath touched any slmn, purify both yonrselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

20 And purify all your raiment, and all ■ that is made of akins, and all work of goata* kair, and ij| things made of wood.

fiill; and Ood thmieht proper to deatroy them. Though a, iMdw there certainly was, aod Joihua w&a prol»bty that leader, yet, becauie Ood, for the above leaMm, wu toa- ■idereo as Commander in ehi^, therefore no one elae » nentiooed; for it it evident that the sole buaioesa of Phinduu waa to lake care of (he holy itutrununU, and te blow vUh the trumpet.

Verae 8. Balaam — thet/ tlea vUh the •word] This man had, probably, committed what St. John calls au tin unto daem; a ain iriiich God puni^ea with tempomi death, while at the aame lime be extends merc^ to the aaul — See the remarka at the wd of chap. xxiv.

Verse 17. Kill every male among the little onet] For tbie action I account, simply on the principle that Ood, who is the Author and Supporter of life, has a ririit to dispose of it vhen aod hme he thinks {u-oper; and the Juuare of all the eardi can do nothing mit what is rt^A/. Of Uie mjnen killed on this occaaion, it.may be aafely ■aid, their livea were forfeited Igr their pennuu traiunes- •iona; and yet, even in ihia ease, there can be little oonfat thai Ood showed mercy to their aoula. The little onea were nJely lodged — they were taken to heaven, and saved from the evil to come.

Verse in. The water of separation\ The wUer in which the oaAes of the red heifer were minted, see on chap. viii. 7. xix. 2, Ac Oannents, whether of cloth or akins, were to be teathed. Oold, silver, braa& iron, tii^ and lead, to pass through the Jtre, probably to be melted down.

Verae 24 Ana levy a tribute unto the Lord — owe tout of five hundred, &c1 The peraane to be employed in the LOTd't service, under the Levitea— the cattle, either for >acrifioe, or for the use of the Levites^ ver. 30. Some mon- •lera have auppoaed that one out of every flue hundred of the capdTea was ofi^red in nerifioe lo toe Lord I but this

21 11 And Eleazar the priest said onto the men of war, which went to the battle. This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Moses:

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ts shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertneless it shall be purified t with the water of separation: and aU that abideth not the fire ye ehall make go throtif h the water.

S4 * And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and aAerward ye shall come into the camp.

26 Take the sum of the prey ' that was taken, both of man and ofbeast, tnou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

27 And 'divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upMi them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:

28 And levT a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: ' one soni of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep;

29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, a heave-offering of the Lord.

30 And of the children of IsraePs half, thou shalt take ' one portion of fitly, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the ■flocks, of all manner of beasts, and |^ve them tlnto the Levites, ' which keep the cmirge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses.

32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war haiicau^t, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,

33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

34 And threescore and one thousand asses,

35 And thirtv and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

36 And the half, i^tcA vat the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hiuidred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

is abominable. When Ood chose to have the life of mm, he took it in the way of jtutice, as in the case of the Bftdianitei above; but never in die wf <^ tacrifiee.

Verae 32. 7Tis booty] It sppesra from the enutneratkn here, that the Israelilex, in this war against the Mtdtaniie^ look 32,000 female prisoners, 61,000 anes, 72,000 beerea, 676,000 sheep, and aroall cattie; besides the inunenae number of malee who fell in batUe, and the wamra and children who were slain by the divine command, ver. 17. And it does not appear, tlwl in thia 'expedition, a angle man of latael felli fHiia was nttiralhr to be expected, because the battle was die Lonfi, ver. «.

Ab the booty was divided into two equal part^ ver. 22. one for the tmdiert, employed in the expedition, and the other for thoae, who being equally willing to be employed, were ordered to stay in um camp: so each of the partiaa in this booty was to give a certain proportion to the LonL "nie soldiere, to give to the Lord one out of every hundred partons, beevea, txetet, and eheep, ver. XL Tlie people, wflo by staying at home, risked nothing, and bmA no latigue, were lo give one out ot fifty of the ahov^ nr. 30. The booty— ita division among the soldiers and people— the proportion given by each to the LfOrd, and to Iha Levite^ will be seen in one view by the following taUe, which I copy from BoubigaaL

In which table the booty is equally divided between dM pe<x>le and the soldiers; a five hiindredA part beii^ given lo tin Lord, and a fiftieth part to the 7'

37 And the Lord's tribute of the sheep waa •iz hundred and threescore and fifteen.

3S And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the Lord's tribute i6tu tbree- •core and twelve.

39 And the asses verv thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LoBD*8 tribute wtu threescore and one.

40 And the persons were sixteen thonsand; of which the L(hio*s fribute was thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute v>hich vas the LoRp's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, ^at the Lord commanded Moses.

4S And of the ehildr«i of Israers half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

§ relation was three hundred thousand and thirty lousaod and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

44 And thirty and six thousand beeves.

45 And thir^thousand asses and five hundred,

46 And sixteen thousand persons;)

47 Even *of the children of Israel's half, Moses tooic one portion of filly, both of man and oTbeast, and g&ve them unto the Levites, which kept the chargfe of the tabernacle of the Lord; ms the Lord commanded Moses.

4S 7 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captainB of hundreds, came near unto Moses;

49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our ' charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

50 We have therefore brouirht an oblation for the Lord, what every roan Imth 'gotten, of jewels of fold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, ' to make an atonement (or our souls before the Lord.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the guld of them, even all wrought jewels.

52 And all the gold of the ' onering that they offered up to theXoRo, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thoosand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

53 (For ^ the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself)

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest, took the gold of the captains of thouaands and of honaireds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the coogregation, ^jbr a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.

Tene 50. We hat9~brmtght an oblation for the Lord] So it appean there wu a great doal of boo^ taken, vhich did not come into the MDeral aoeoimti aiid of uiii, the toldter% of dwir own will, mads a very utaBsivs offiErin^ to God, becauM he had preserved them from fiUlin^ in battle. TTmU not one man diould have been slain, u a moat extraordinary eircunutaaoB. and powerfully marks the peculiar auperintendance of God'a especial providence. Hie Midianitet must certainly have made some resiuaaoe: but that was ine^ctual i because it was acainst the LoH. When any nation undertake! a enaadi against dwM whom they an pleased to call ths Lortft mmUt, let them bring from the contest this pnot of their divine mtsdon, viz. that not one man el mm ia either lotl or ntMng; and then, tad lUt titt tkm, riiall we believe that Ood hatft tent tmta.

Sreat multitude of cattle: and when they mw le lund of ■> Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a pliuie for cattle:

2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

4 Even the country « which the Loan smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found, grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy

'servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

6 1[ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben^ Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye'sit here T

7 And wherefore f discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, from ^oing over into the land which the Lord hath given thefti 7

8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent then from Kadesh-bnrnea ** to see the land.

9 For • when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they disiMiur aged the heart of the children of Israel that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given

10 I- And the Lord's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

1 1 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, " from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham/ unto Isaac, and unto Jacob j because * they have not ■ wholly followed me:

12 Save Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nup: ■ for they have wholly followed the Lord.

13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them 'wander in the wilderness forty years, until 'alt the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, waa consumed.

14 And^ behold, ye are risen up in your fathers* stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the 'fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.

15 For if ye turn away from alter him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye snail destroy all this people.

16 \ And they came near unto him, and said. We will buUd sheepfolds here for our cattle, ana cities for our little ones:

J7 But "we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: ami our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

IS <' We will not return unto our houses, ontH the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

19 For we will not inherit with them on ronder side Jordan, or forward; ■ because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

T\) vtakt an aUnummitfoT our wauU^ That ii^ to maks an acknowledgment to God for the pieaervation of their livet. Hw gold offered on this ocoaiian amounted to lVBOaheke&,eqiud to £37,889 16k SdLstarliw. Ssalha note on Exod. xxv. 39. where the true value <Htbe ihakal is given, and a ntle laid down to reduca it to KngMi money.

NOTES ON CHAPTER XXXH. Verse 3. Ataroth, and Dibon, &c.1 The places mentioned here, belonged to Sibon, king of the.unoritea, and Og, king IK Baahaai whieb, being eooquared by the Israelitea, coostituted aver afiar a part of Uuir lanitoriaai

VeraeS. Lot thia land ho a/torn utt^ On aoF9ai>ii9\ Because it was good fat pmmrag% and tney had nai^

80 % And ' MoBOs said uoto them. If ye will do tins thing, il' ye will go armed before the Lord to war,

SI And will ^o all of vou armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out hisenemies from before him,

22 And 8 the land be subdued before the Lord: then aflerward ^ ye shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and before lerae!; and > this land fhaU be your possession before the Lord.

33 But if ye wiu not do so, behold, ye have ■inoed against the Lord: and be sure ^ your sin will find you out

34 1 Build yon cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath ^ooeeded out of vour mouth.

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, Bayinff, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

26 " Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and alt our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Oilead:

27 ° But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle,

28 So " concerning them, Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Josmia the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of'Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to oattle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying. As the Loan hath ■aid unto thr servants, so will we do.

9^ We will pass over armed before the Lord tbe land of Canaan, that the poRsession of 'nheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.

,e 12. Caleb the son qf Je^unnek the Kena'Ut\ It WAS JephuDneh that vaa the Kenezite, and not Caleb. Eenaz was probably iht father of Jephunneh. ■ Verse 16. We wttf buUd—cUia for our titUt ones] It was impossible for these, numerous as tfaey mi^htbe, to build oitie*, and fortify them for tlie defence of their femilies, m their absence. Calmet siipposes they m-^nnt no more tlian repairing the cities of the AmoriteB, which they had lately taken; whlt^ work might have been veiy easily accomplished in the lime whi^ thev spent on ihu side w Jordan, Defore they went over with uieir brethren, to put thoa in poesession of the land.

Verse 17. Beeaute <ff the itOtabUanU ef th* laruff These were the Amtnonites, Moabiles, Idumeau, and the rtnuuas of the Midianites and Araoritca. But could the women and children even keep the deteocad cities, when

{koed in them 1 This certaioly cannot be nipposed poaaila. B^y of the men of war must of course stay behind. In the last census, chap. zxvi. the tribe of Reuben consisted of 43,730 men; the tribe of Gnd, 40,500: the tribe of -Manasaeh, 52,700: the half of which is 26,350. Add this to the sum of the other two tribes, and tlie amount is 110,1^. Now, from Joshua iv. 13. we learn, that of tlie tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh. only 40,000 aimed men passed over Jordan to assist mcir brethren in the reducUoa of the land: conseoueotly the number of 70,580 man were left behind Cm the (iefeace of the women, the children, and the flocks. This was more than sufGaient to defend them BK^nst a people already panic>slruck by their late discomntares and reverses.

Verse 34. 7^ diUdren tfGad butU—Aroer] This yras •ituaied on the river Amon, Deut. ii. 36. 2 Kin^ z. 33. It was formerly inhabited^ the Cmtm, a warlike, and perhaps gigantic people. Tliey were expelled by the Hoabites: the Mobites by the Ajnorites; and the Amorites by Ue Israelites. The Oadites then jHMseand it till the eaptivi^ oi their tribe, wi^ that of Reuben and the half of

33 And >> Moses eaye unto them, even to the children of Gkid, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh, the soa of Joseph, ithe kingdom of Sihon, hiog of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Os, kins of Bashan, the land, with the cities uiere^ in the coasts, even the cities of the country rotmd abont.

34 % And the children of Qad built 'Diboo, and Ataroth, and ■ Aroer,

37 And the children of Reuben * buOt Hed»- bon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

38 And'NcJi>o,andrBaal-meon,(*theirnanM being changed,) and Shibmah: aira * nve other names unto the cities which they builded.

39 And tbe children of Machir, the son of Manasseh, went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite whi(^ wa» in it.

40 And Moses * gave Gilead unto Madiir, the son of Manasseh: and he dwelt therein.

41 And Jnir, the son of Manasseh, went and took the small towns thereof, and called them ■ • Havoth-jair.

43 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and th* villages thereof, and called it Nobah, aftw his own name.

forth out ol'the land of Egypt with their armies, under the ' hand of Moses and AarorL

2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.

the tribe of Manasseh, by the Assyrians, 2 Kings zv. 29. after which the J^^oabUea t^pear to have repossnsed «• they seem to have oceupiea it in the days of Jeremisb, chap, xlviii. 15—20.

Verse 33. And Nebo — their names being dhsa^MQ That IB, those who conquered the eidea eallea them «Aer iheir own names. Thus the city Kmatk, btiog cooqumd by Nobah, was called after his name, ver. 42.

Verse 41. Havolh^air] That is, the viliagem or kabiimliana of Jair. And thus they should have been tnnalatcd. As tliese two tribes and a half were the Jlrwt, says Atnsworth, who had tlteir inheritance assigned to them m tbe promised land i so thev were the first of BlIlBrad dnt were can ied captive out of their own land, because of ihnr sins. " For they tranegressed against the Oted of tbtir fathers, and went a wboring af^er other goda. And God delivered them into the hands of Pul and T\glatft Pilita- BBT, kings (riF Assyria, and they broudit them to HaUsk, Habor, Hara. and Qozan, onto diia day." See I Chrsa. V. 25, 26.

NOTES ON CHAPTER XXXni. Verse 2. Asui Masei wrote their goings out aeeerding to their Joumtui] We- may consider w whole book « Numbers as a diary, and indeed tbe first boot qf frapsja ever publislied. Dr. Shaw, Dr.Fooock, andaevcnlotbef^ have endeavoured to mark out the route of the IsndiMsthrough diis great, dreary, and uwsklesa desert; and h«.v« escerUuned many of tbe stages here deacribed. IndeML there are sufficient evidences of this important juorsey ciUl remaining; for the descriplions of many are ao particular that the places are readilv ascertained by them; hit tfais is not the oaee with all. UpMl was ibe ottireb of God in the wibtemesi, and its unsettled, wuderiog iUle, nndet Moses, msTjwint out the unseuled staU of religioa andss tbe law. Their being brought, after the dead) of Hossa. into the promised rest, by Joshua, may pmot out the es«s^ Ushment, fixedness, and cerudnDr <^that sslvattgn providod by Jesus Christ, of whom Joshua, ja «umm sodi^ j&k^Tl&L' 3 And the; i departed firom ftame- ^^^^ 868 in ^tbe first month, on the fif^ teenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover, the children of Israel went ont I with a hi^ hand, in the sight of all the Egyptians.

4 For the Kgyptiana buried all tftetr first-born, ■which the Lord had smitten among them: "upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

8 'And the children of Israel removed from Ramesea, and pitched in Succoth.

'6 And ther departed from c Succoth, and latched in Etham, which U in the edge of the wilderness.

7 And'thevremovedfromEtham.andturned again unto ri-hahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, ■nd ' passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Ethara, and pitched in Marah.

9 And they removed from Man^, and • came onto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

11 And they removed from the Red aea, and encamped in me > wilderness of Sin.

VM a remarkable type. Mr. Ainaworih inuiKinea thai die Jotiy-tm ttationi, here enuioeraied, ihrou^ which the liraeliics were brought to the ver^ of the promiied land, Bod afterward taken over Jordan into the rat which Qod hod promised; point out the forty-lwo generations from Abraham unto Chriit, through wham the Saviour of the world fame; by whose blood we have an entianee into the Holieat, and enjoy the inheritance amom; the saints in tiriit. And Mr. Bromley, in his Way to the Sabbath of Rut, coneidera each name and place aa deaeriptive of the miritna] state ihrousb which a eoul paasea in its way to the kingdom of Ooa. But in cases of this kind, fancy baa much more to do than Jadtrmeni.

Yerwt 3. /Vom Ram«»e»] This appeara to have been the metropotts of (he land of Goehen, and (he place of rendeETooa, wtienee the whole Israelitun nation aet out on their journ^ to the promiaed land. See (ha nolea on Biod. xii. il.

' StATtOH i. Verse 5. And pUcfud in Svocotu] Thia name signifies booth* or tents, and pnrfiably refers to no $omi or village, but simply designates the place whero they pitdud their tents for (he first time^ after their departure from Hameae*.

Stat. ii. Verse 6. Etham, uAfeft is in edg6 o^ the itttiferKesa.] Thia place is not well known { Or. Shaw supposes it to have been one mile from Cairo. Calnwt Atnin it Is (he dty of Buthum, mentioned tnr H«rodotu% whfeb he places in Arabia, on the frontiers of Egypt.

Stat. iii. Vcr« 7. Pi-HAniaoTHl See on Ezod. xiv. 1. J9a(U-xtpium, Cahnet supposes to be the Clytma of the Oraeks, and the Koixum of the Arabians.

Stat. ir. Verse 3. And went three day' journey in At igUdemett of Etham] Called the wilderness of iwur, ItMOd. XT. 21

And pUehad in Hasah.] Dr. Shaw aupposes this place to be at S«dur, over against the valley of aaidaah, on the dpposita side of the Red sea.

Stat. v. Verse 9. And came unto Bum] A place on the akinm of the desert of Sin. two leagues from Tor, and nsv thirty from Corondel, a large bay on the east side of lha Red aea. Dr. Shaw, when be visited this place, found kotiilitsof die fiMfee wells mentioned in the text; and, iaalead of 70 palm trees, he found upwards of 2000. See CO BnxL XV. 27. and tlie map in Exodus.

Stat. vi. Verse 10. Encamped by the Rid asA.] It if difioult to assign the place of this encampment; as the Isnkelitea were now on their war to mount Sinai, which lay eonsidenbljr to the enst of Elim, and consequently lartaar from the sea than the former station. It might be Mllad by the Red tea, as the Israelites had it, as the prin- «ipal object, still in view. This station, however, is menimed nowban else. By the Red ua, we an not to un* danniHl a asa, the waters of which an rtd, or the aojuf

IS Andtbey toofc-^eir journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophltah.

13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush,

14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at " Rcphidim, where was no water for the beople to drink.

15 And they departed from Rephi- Ao^EnAto.

19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.

30 And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.

21 And they removed from Libnah, aiul pitched at Rissah.

22 And they journeyed ' from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

23 And they went from Kehelatliah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

24 And ther removed from monnt Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.

red; or any thing else about or in it red: for nothing oi thia kind appears. It is called, in Hebrew, & yam KtjA, which si^ifies the greedy sea. The aephtagint rendered the original by Ssj^aTra >fvif%. and ilie Vulgata after it, by mare ntbrKin, and the European veraioDB fotlowed these i and in oppoxition to etymology and reason, translated it Ths Red sea. See the note on Exod. x. 19.

Stat. vii. Verse 11. The vildemess qf Sin.] TWs lies between Elim and mount Sinai. Dr. Shaw and his companiona umvenad these plains in nine hours.

Stat. viii. Verse 12. Dophbab.] This plwa is not mentioned in Exodub, and its situation is not known.

Stat. ix. Versa 13. ALrsn.] Neidier is this mentioned in Exod OS, and its situation is equally unknown.

Stat. z. Verse 14. Rxphidim] Remarkable for the i^ietlton of the Israelites against Hoses, because of the want of water, Exod. xvii.

Stat. xi. Verse 15. 7*44 wild EBi(BSBq/° Sinai.] Somewhere oorthwait] of mount Sinai, on the straiabt road ttf the promised land, to which they now directed (oeir course.

Stat. xii. Verae 16. Kisboth-Hattaavah.] No city, villagB, Ac but a plaes in the open desert, which had ita name from the plague that fell upon the Israelites, through their murmuring against Ood, ana (heii- inordinate deaiie of flesh. See on chap, xi. But it appears (hid the Imelltes had travelled three days' journey in order to rawh ihil ptaeet chap, x. dS. and eommentaion mppoae there most nave boon other alatipns, which are not laid down herot prtriiahly bocause the places were not remarkable.

Stat, xiii- Verse 17. Hazkbotk.] This place Dr. Shaw oomputea to have been abotil thirty miles distant from mount SinaL

Stat. xiv. Verse 18. RmufAK.l This place lay somewhere in the wilderness of Psran, inrou^h which the Israelites were now passing. See chap. xiii. 1. The name signifies the juniper-tree; and the place probably had ita name from the great number of those trees growing in tlwt district.

Stat. xvi. Verse 20, Liskah.] The dituntion of this place isuncertain. A city of this name is mentioned, Josh. X. 29. as situated between Kadesh-barnea and Oaxa.

Stat. xvii. Terse 21. RiBBAH.] A place raemioDed nowhere else in the sacred writings. Its situation utterly uncertun.

Stat, xviii. Verse 22, K«hei.atkau.] Utterly unknown; thou^ some conjecture that il might have bean the place called ICeilab, 1 Sam. xxiiL I, &c.| but (bis is unliKely.

Stat. xix. Verse 23. Smaphbs.] Where tlua mouotnin lay, cannot be datenmnad.

Stat. xx. Terse 24. Habadah.] Unknown. Calsut supposes that it may be the place called Berid, Gen. xvi. 14. which was in die vicinity of Kadesh.

35 And th«r remered from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.,,..

26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

27 And they departed IVomTahalh, and pitched at Tarah., ^ „.,,,

23 And they removed from Tarab, and pitched in Mithcah.

29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonaii.

30 And they departed from Haahmonab, and ' encamped at Moseroth.

31 And they departed from Mofleroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.

32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and « encamped at Hor-hagidgad.

33 And they wentTrom Hor-ha^dgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

35 And they departed from Ebronah, <' and encamped at Ezion-ffabAr.

Rc^iw 36 And they removed from Ezion- An. zioi im. gaber, and pitched in the * wilderness ^ of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And they removed from ' Kadesh, and pitdied in mount Mor, in the ed^e of the land of Edom.

33 And 'Aaron, the prieet, went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, fn the first day of the fiflh month.

39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

40 And ""king Arad, the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of ^e coming of the children of Israel

Stat. xxi. Verse 25- Makhkloth.} A name fomtd nowhere sIm in Scripture.

Stat. xxiv. yerM28. Mitscah.] Cdmetcoqjectum tbat thU may be Mocha, a eity in Arabia Petraa.

Stat. ikv. Verie 29. Habumovah.] Supposed by sodm to beihe aame aa Aa'tnon, chap, xzxiv. 4.

Stat-zzti. VeraeSO. Mosskoth.] Siniatioo unknown. Id Daut. z. 6. it iasaid that the laraelitei took ttieir journey firom Beroth, the wella of the children of Jaakan, to Mo- Mra, and tfaers Anron diad. If ao, Mowra^ MoMroth, and Hot, muat be diffennt aamea of ibe MUte place. Or Jloaerolh, or Hoaera, nniatbaTabeenaome town or village near mount Hor; for tbere Aaron died. See ver. 38.

Stat, zzviii. Verse 32. Hoi-HAomaAo.] The hoU, or Qidgad. Unknown. It was a place perfaapa remarkable &r aonw vaat pit or cavern, from wmeb it took its name.

Stat. xziz. Verae 33. Jotbathah.] Sitoaticn unknown. It ii said in Deuteronomy z. 7. to be a land of riptra <if voter*.

STAT.zxzi, Verse 35. Euw-qabbb.] Dr. Shaw places 4tia port on the weaiem conat of the £Slanitic gtdf of the Red sea. It is now called Meejiah ei Daahab, or the goldm port, by the Arabs; because it was from this place that Solomon sent his ships for sold to Ophir, 1 Kings iz. 26. He supposes it lo be adMut w miles oisiant from mount SinaL Travel»,9. 322. 4u). edition.

SrAT.xxxii. Verse 38i. Ziit,ieAwh is Eadssh.] A place nmaiinble on account of the death of Miriam, the prophetess 1 and bringing wi^cr out of die rock. Aa thia place was tqion die boraers of Edom, the laraelitea being denied Mrmiasioa to pass dirougfa their land, which lay on the oreet road to the promised land, they waraobliged to turn to die righit to mount Hor, bow oalM Aeeaba by the Araba.

STAT.xnfU. Terse 97. HoB.1 Funoua Ibr the dead) otAaro^ See on chap. zz. PeTtlspaMoBerDd^orHoaer«, var. 30. was a Tillage near this mounnUn. See die note on Tana 30.

41 And ihty departed from mount i Hw, and

43 And they departed from ZalnuHiBh, and pitched in Punon.

43 And they departed from Panon, and ^ pitebed in Oboth.

44 And > they departed from Oboth, and pitched in " Ije-abarun, ■ in the border of Moab.

45 Aiu they departed from lim, and pitched 'in Dibon-gad.

46 And Ui^ removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in AlmonP-diblathaim.

47 And they removed from Almon-diblathaJm, 1 and pitched in the moimtainsof Abarim, be/ore Nebo.

48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and ' pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bedn jesimoth even unto * Abel-shittim > in the idabw of Moab.

50 IT And the Lord spake unto Moseii in the plains of Moab by J<vdan near Jericho, Btaiag,

51 Speak unto the cluldren of Israel, ana say unto them, ■ When ye are pas«e9 over Jordan into the land of Canaan \

52 * Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high fdacev:

53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabUant* of the Iraid, and dwell therein: for I have given yon the land to possess it.

54 And " ye ehali divide the land by lot for an inhffifance among your families: and to the more ye shall ' give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall ' give the less inheritance: every man's inheritatice shall be in the i^ace

Stat, zzziv. Terse 41. Zalhohah.] Probably in dw neighbourhood of the land of Edom. As aVt Udem tigni&esao ima^^ihis place probeiiy had its name from lbs brazen serpent set up fay Moses. See chaii. xzi. dbcu liVom the same root, the word Ic/esin, corruptly called fofwman, which aigiufies a consecrated imaga, is derived.

STAT, xzzvit. Verse 44. Xje-ababim.] 7Tuhsmp»qf Abarim. See chap. zzi. 11. Situation uaeertua. It m called ilia in the following verse. Aa the word aignftea heaps or protuberances, it probably means tumuli <r small hills near some of the forat of Jordan.

Stat, xzzviii. Verse 45. Dibok^oas.] Supposed to be the same as Dibon, chap, zxxii. 34. and to be aiaaied on the brook Amon,

Stat, xzziz. Verse 46. ALMOM-ntBLAnuiii.] Simadon not known. It bekmged to the Moabiiea in the lina of the prophet Jamniah. Jar. xlviit 22.

Stat. zl. Terae 47. Moumlain* ^ AaaniM, htfmw* NzBo.] The mountaioon whidi Hoses diad. Hhjcbih to this place aAer the overthrow of the ANwUes, Sas chap. zzi.

Stat. zli. Verse 48. Tike FLAim of Hoab.] TUs waa thesceneof the transaetiooa between Bsl— m Sad BtAmk. See ch. xziii. xxiv. zxv.

Stat. zlii. Verse 49. J^Vom GrrR- jbsi jtovH evea vnis AaBi..sHiTnM.] The former of theae plana fell to tto Reubenites, Jo^. ziii. IS — 20. The lanwliiaa wars now come to ihe edge of Jordan, over against Jetkbe^ wfasn ihev afterward passed.

For farther information on the subieet of dieae diftrant encampments, the reader is requested ta refer to the wm^ and to the extract from Doctor Shaw, at die eod of Exodus.

Terae 52. Yie a&of I— destroy oillAsirpjfterss] tarravs mosicfyotem, from rem oaeaA, to ba Hke, or raaiwWs^ eidier pictures, carved work, or embroid^rj/, as hr as these ininga were employed to exhibit the abomintiMNta of idolatry.— JMblfai inu^m, btoos "vfn Uaiommf mam •ecotam^ metallic toHamanxeal Jirurt*, made under «■*- tain coDstellatiois, and snppoaea, in oonseqnenoe, to ba ynmssed of soma axmordinary inflneneea and TirtHai

65 But if you will not drive out the iohabitttntfl of the land from before vou; then it ehfUl oorae to paBB, that those which ye let remain of them »hall be ■ pricks in yoor eyes, and thorns in your Bides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

S6 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I ■hall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

Ycrw 65. £|bal) be pndb in your eyai] Under thcM netKphon, the cmitiRual rouchief that should be done to (hem, both in aoul and body, by iheae idolatera, ia Kt forth in a very expreasive manner. What can be more vexalioaa than a continual goading of each aide, ao that the attempt to avoid the one, throwe the body more forcibly on iht otner. And what can be more diatreaaiiw than a oootinual prickin9.ia (be eye, haraaaing the mind, tormenting the body, and aiiiag^^uung the n^ht.

1. It baa been uaual among emoub men, to consider theee Canaanilea remaining in the land, aa emblems of indaeliing nn; and it muat be granted, that what thoee remaining Canaanitea were to the peopk of larael, who were disobedient to Qod, nuh ia indwUing tin to all diose who will not have the blood of the Covenant lo oleum ihem from all unrighteouraew. F^a tim^ v^tle eonaeienee is lender, such persons feel themselves straitened in all their goings, hindered in all their religious servicea, and distrnted b^ond measure because of the lain, the aumority and jKnter tff tin, which tliey find warring in their members! by and by ibe eye of their mind becomes obscured the eonsiant pieroings of sin, till ■t lairt, finally pemaadad that nn mutt dwell in Hum at Jmf OM fhof tut, tbey aeennmodaie their minds to their ■ituatioo, tneir eonteieneea cease to be tender, and they content niemaelves wtih expecting redemption where ana when it haa never been proiotBed, viz. beyond Iht gravel On the subject of the joufneyings of the laraelitea, the following ODservaiiona from old Mr. AintmtrOi cannot flul to interest the reader.

2. "The TBAvcu of Israel throudi that great and terrible itildemeaa, laherein vera Jury terpentt, and and drvu^U, vhere there vat no water, DeuL Titi. 15. which was a (and of deterta, and ofpiit, a land *(f drought, and of the madow qf death, a land thai no man paaud t/uvugh, and where no man dwell, Jer. ii. 6. atgni&ed the many Iroublet and qffli^iont through which we must enter into the kinedom of God, Acts ziv. 22. The htlpt, tomfbrit, and tult'verafiee^ which God gave unto lus people in their diatreaaes, are ezamptea of his love and mercy toward his followers: for he eomforta ^m in all their tribulation, that aa the aufTeringa of <%riat abound in them, ao their consolation also abounds in Christ, 2 Cor. i. 46. The puni^mentt which Ood inffieud upiiA the diaobsdient, who perished in the wildernea> lor their aina^ happened unto uiem for enaaronles, and thev are written Jar our admonition, upon whom the eaat of the world are come, 1 Cor. x. 1, II. Heb. iii. 17, IS; 19. and iv. 1, 2. By the names of their encamping places, and histories adjoined, it appears how laraet came ■ometimes into ttraitt and troubueome wayt, as at PikfOkirolhj Exod. xiv. 2, 3, 10, &c. and at Zalmonah, Namk u. 1, 4, aometiraea into large and ample room, aa at uie plaint qf Moab: sometimes to places of Aunjrer and thirrt, aa at Itephidim and Kadeth, Exod. xvi. and xvii. Numb. xx. sometimes toplaces of r^frethr ing, as at EUm and Beer, Exod. zv. 27. Numb. zxl. 16. some times where they had ware, as at Rephidim, Kadeth, SdrH, Exod. xvii. 8l Numb. xxi. 1, 33. sometimes ■mben ihey had rett, as at mount Sinai; aometimea they wmt right forward, as from Sinai to &»deek-bamea: ■omalimea thev turned backward, as from CadeA-barnea to the Red tea: sometimes they came to niounlain^ as Sinai, Shapher, Hor-Gidgad: sometimes lataUeyt, as TahoM, &£.: sometimes to places of hittemeet, aa JMbrah r aomeiimes of tweetneet, as Jt^thkah.

S. "Hie siiis which they committed in the wilderness were many and great; as open idolatry fay the cal^ at Horebh Exod. zxxii. Had with Boat-peer, Numb, xxv. VvMUf at Kadeth, Ntunb. xiv. and afterward raiaOMrnroca solonbeb in the same plaee; MuiMoaiHo against God sundry times, with tempting of Christ (as the apostle spMks, 1 Cor. z.) ConrximoK and aEBELuoH •Muwt their govemon often: lutling for JUth to fill unr appetite, and loathing nuinna, the heavenly food: VROBSDOM with die daughters of Moabt and many other jTDvoeatkna that this oonphint la oltBr mads of awn,—

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into ■ the land of

How oft did they provoke him in the wildemeaa, and grieve him in tlie desert t Psalm Ixxviii. 40. All eorU of persons sinned against God; the mu/^i^wfe of people very often: the nttxea multitude of strangers among them, Numb. xi. The prineet, as the ten spies, Zfathan, Abiram, &c. The Levitet, as Korah and his company; Miriam the prppbeleas, Numb. xii. Aaron the priest with her, besidiM nia ain at Hor^ Exod. zxxii. and at th» water of Meribah. Numb. xx. Hoau also himself, at the same place, for which be was excluded from the land of Canaan.

4. " Ttte puHisauNTa laid <»i them by the Lord for their disobedience were many. They died by the tword qf the enemif, as of tlie Amalekitet, Exod. xvii. and of the Canaanttett Numb. xiv. 46. and some by the tword of their brethren, Exod. xxxii. Some were burned with fire. Numb. zl. and xvi. some died with turfeit. Numb, xi. some were ewaUowed up aline in the earth. Numb, xvi. some were tilled with terpenit, Numb. xxi. many died qfihe peetilenee, Numb. xvi. 46. and diap. v. 25. ana generally all that generation which were first mustered after their coming out of Egypt, perished, Numb. xxv{. 64, 65. God consumed their dm in vani^, and their years in terror, Psal. Ixxviii. 33. neverlheleaa, for hia name's sake, 1m magnified bis mereiea unto tbem and their posterity.

6- He had divided the tea, and led tbem through on dry land, drowning their enemies, Exod. xiv. He led dtem with a doudoy day, and a pillar qf fire by niM^ continually. He gave them manna from heaven dady. He davt me rockt, and gave them water for their thirau Hfl fed them with guailt, when they longed for flesh. Ho eweetened the bttUr wateri. He saved them from the sword of their eitemies. He delivered them from the fiery serpents and scorpions, "nieir raiment waxed not old upon them, neither did iheir foot swell for forty yearS) Deut. viii. 4. He delivered them from the intended curse of Balaam, and tunted it into a blessing, because he loved tbem, Numb. xxii. Deut. xxtii. 6. He came down from mount Sinaij and qwlte with tbem from heaven, and gave them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandment^ and ^ve also his gootTSpint to instruct them, Nebem. ix. 13, 20. In ifae limea of his wrath he remembered mercy j hia eye spared them from destroving them, neither did tie make an end of them in the wilderness, Ezek. zx. 17, 23. He gave them kingdoms and nations, and they possessed the lands of their enemies; and he multiplied their children as the stars of lieaven, and brought them into the land promised unto their forefathers, Nehem. ix. 22, 23. Now whatsoever things wero written aforetime, were written for our learning, mat we, Ihrourii patience and comfort of the Scriptures, might have nope. Bom. zv. 4." Let him that readeth under* standi

NOTES ON CHAPTER XXXIV. Terse 2. Hu land if Canaan with the eoaatt (hereqf\ All description here is useless, llie situation and boundaries of the land can only be known by actual survey or a good map. As mr readers cannot conveniently visit the county, 1 refer to the accompanying map of the Promised Land.

Terae 3. Tlte taU tea] The Dead aea, or lake Aapbaltitia; see the note on Gen. xiz. 26.

Verse 5, The river qf Kgypt] The eastern tsvnch of the river Nile; or, according to others, a river which is aoulb of the land of the Philietlnes j and falla into the gulf or bay near Calieh. See the map in Exodiia.

Verse6. Ye Aalt even have Oie great tea for a border} The MediierraneanwBM called bars dw GtsaI aea, to distinguiah it from the Dead tea, the sea ^ 7\ber{at, Ae. which were only a aort of laket. In Hebrew there ia pfoperly but one term is^ yam, which ia amlied to all cotleefionsof water, apwently atagnant; and which ia generally tranalated tea. "Hie Greek of the New Testament follows the H^rew, and employ^ in general, the word iBiMrrii, SBA, Whether it apMk of Ac MdjferraiuaH, or of iheseaorfaftaof (faUfae.

Canaan; (thia is the land that shall fell unto you Ibr an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coaBts thereof:). „. -

3 Then •» your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your souih border shaH be the outmost ooaet of ' the salt sea eastward:

4 And your border shall turn from the south ' to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south • to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to ' Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:

5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon < unto the river of Egypt, and the goingB out of it shall be at the aea.

6 And as Jbr the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your westTiorder....

7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you * mount Hor:

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out wntr border 1 unto the entrance of Mamath; and the ttoiaga forth of the border shall be to ^ Zedad:

9And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goines out of it shall be at iHazar-eoan: this shalTbe your north border.

10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham "to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the " aide of the sea ' of Chinnereth eastward:

12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at ■> the salt sea: this ahaU be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, ' This is the land which ye shall in-

VeneU. TA< vea q/' dhimeretA] He same ai the fea ^ OaliUc, tea iff TVmHm, and tea nf Gennaarelh.

Verw 12. IVi* border thatl go dawn to Jordan] This river is fomoue both in the Old and New Tenamenia. It takea its rise at the foot of mount Libanui, passes through.the aea of CinnereA or T^beriat, and empties itaelf in the take AgphaUiti* or Dead lea, from which it hoa no outlet. In anu by it God wrought many miracles. God cut.<dr the waters of this river as he did those of the Red sea, «o that diey stood on a heap on each nde, and tlte people passed over oa dry ground. Both and ffisAasepa- raled its waters in a miraculous way, 2 Kings ii. 8 — 14. JVaaman, the Syrian general, by washing in ii, at the.command of the prophet, was miraculously cured of his lejirosy, 2 Kings v. 10 — 14. In this river John bapiized gr«kt mullitwles of Jews; and in it was Cmin- himself baptiza], and the Spirit of God descended upon him, and the TOioe from heaven proclwmed him the great and only tmoher and Saviour of men. Matt, iii, 16, 17. Mark i.fr-U.

Terse 13. TfiU it the land which ye Aall inherit by lot] Much of what is said conoeming this land is peculiartv amj^tic. It was a land that contained a multitude of oavanlages in its climate, its soil, aituationi &e. It was bounded on the tauVt hf • ridf^t ^ mmeiUi&na, which separate it from Arabta^ and screen it from the burning, and often pestiferous wmds, which blow over the deserts from that quarter. On ihe wes' it is bounded the Medittrranean sea, on the north bv mount LAbanut, which defended it from the oold norlh'orn blasts; and on the easL W the riter Jordan^ and i'' fertile and well watered plains. It is described by God himself as a "jgood land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that spring <Hit of valleys and hills: a land of wheat and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegmnates; a land of oliveoil and honey; a land wherein there was no scarcity of bread — and where both iron and copper mines abounded." — DeuL viii. 7 — 9. A land finely divertifted withhillsaud valle3rs, and welt watered by the rain of heaven, in this respect widely different from Egypt. A land which God eared for, on which his eyes were continually placed from •he beginning to the end of the 3rear; watched over by a most ffiercifiilprovidence; a land which, in a word, flowed with mitk and honey, and was the most pleasant of all Isnds.— Deut. xi. 11, 12. Eiselc zz.6. Such was the AM