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He that has fed us all our life long will not fail us at last. The angel who redeemed me from all evil - A great deal of hardship he had known in his time, but God had graciously kept him from the evi...

Chapter I Orders given to Moses to number the people, ver. 1 - 4. Persons named to assist him therein, ver. 5 - 16. The particular number of each tribe, ver. 17 - 43. The sum of all together, ver. 44 ...

But the odd 300 are omitted here, either according to the use of the holy scripture, where in so great numbers small sums are commonly neglected, or, because they were the first - born of the Levites,...

Chapter VII The offerings of the princes upon the dedication of the tabernacle, ver. 1 - 9. Upon the dedication of the altar, ver. 10 - 88, Which God graciously accepts, ver. 89. On the day - It seems...

Chapter IX Orders concerning eating the passover on the 14th day of the first month, ver. 1 - 5. On the 14th day of the second month, by those who had been hindered, ver. 8 - 12. Concerning the neglig...

Their fathers - The people were divided into twelve tribes, the tribes into great families, Num 26:5, these great families into lesser families called the houses of their fathers, because they were di...

The cords - By which the tabernacle was fastened to the pins, and stretched out, Exo 35:18. Of Kohath - This family had many privileges above the others: of that were Moses and Aaron, and all the prie...

The cords - By which the tabernacle was fastened to the pins, and stretched out, Exo 35:18. Of Kohath - This family had many privileges above the others: of that were Moses and Aaron, and all the prie...

Chapter XVI Korah, Dathan and Abiram, rise up against Moses, ver. 1 - 4. Moses reasons with them, ver. 5 - 11. Sends for Dathan and Abiram, who refuse to come, ver. 12 - 14. His proposal to Korah, ver...

Of men - Which were offered to God in his temple, and to his service and disposal. Those that are to be redeemed - Namely, of men only, not of unclean beasts, as is manifest from the time and price of...

Chapter VII Further directions, concerning the trespass - offering, ver. 1 - 7. The burnt - offering and meal - offering, ver. 8 - 10. The peace - offering, ver. 11 - 21. Fat and blood again forbidden...

That - Fat. Which covereth the inwards - Or the Guts. Aaron lifted up his hands - Which was the usual rite of blessing. By this posture he signified both whence he expected the blessing, and his heart...

That - Fat. Which covereth the inwards - Or the Guts. Aaron lifted up his hands - Which was the usual rite of blessing. By this posture he signified both whence he expected the blessing, and his heart...

Chapter VI The law of the Nazarites. What they were to abstain from, ver. 1 - 8. How to be cleansed from casual uncleanness, ver. 9 - 12. How to be discharged from their vow, ver. 13 - 21. The form of...

The consecration - That is, the token of his consecration, namely, his long hair. He shall shave his head - Because his whole body, and especially his hair was defiled by such an accident, which he ou...

The shoulder - The left - shoulder, as it appears from Num 6:20, where this is joined with the heave - shoulder, which was the right - shoulder, and which was the priests due in all sacrifices, Lev 7:...

Chapter III In this chapter we have an account, Of the priests, ver. 1 - 4. The work of the Levites, taken instead of the first - born, ver. 5 - 13. Of the number, place and charge of each family; the...

Given to him - To attend upon him and observe his orders, and ease him of his burden. The stranger - That is, every one who is of another family than Aaron's; yea, though he be a Levite. That cometh n...

Chapter IV A command to number the Levites from thirty to fifty years old, ver. 1 - 3. The charge of the Kohathites, ver. 4 - 20. Of the Gershonites, ver. 21 - 28. Of the Merarites, ver. 29 - 33. The ...

Hither he came, and sat down by a well; tired and thoughtful, waiting to see which way Providence would direct him. It was a great change with him, since he was but the other day at ease in Pharaoh's ...

Not by my essence, which is everywhere; but by my grace and glorious operations. According to all that I shew thee - God shewed him an exact plan of it in little, which he must conform to in all point...

The ark is called the ark of the testimony, <cite>Exo 30:6</cite>, and the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, <cite>Num 10:11</cite>. The tables of the law were carefully preserved in the ar...

Judah - This tribe was in the first post, and in their marches led the van, not only because it was the most numerous, but chiefly because Christ, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, was to descend from i...

Chapter I The preface, fixing the time and place, ver. 1 - 5. Israel commanded to march, ver. 6 - 8. Judges provided, ver. 9 - 1 3. They come to Kadesh - barnea, ver. 19 - 21. Spies sent, their report...

Chapter X Orders concerning the silver trumpets, ver. 1 - 10. The removal of the Israelites to Paran, ver. 11 - 28. The treaty of Moses with Hobab, ver. 29 - 32. His prayer at the removal and resting ...

Nor is it strange that the pardon of sin, especially such great sins, is spoken of as an act of power in God, because undoubtedly it is an act of omnipotent and infinite goodness. Visiting the iniquit...

In the valley - Beyond the mountain, at the foot whereof they now were, Num 14:40. And this clause is added, either As an aggravation of Israel's misery and punishment, that being now ready to enter a...

Chapter II Directions concerning the meal - offerings. Of fine flour with oil and frankincense, ver. 1 - 11. Of the first fruits, ver. 12 - 16. A meal - offering - (Not meat - offering, an ancient fal...

Where the ashes are - For the ashes, though at first they were thrown down near the altar, Lev 1:16, yet afterwards they, together with the filth of the sacrifices, were carried into a certain place w...

The tenth part of an ephah - About six pints. He shall put no oil, neither frankincense - Either to distinguish these from the meal - offerings, Lev 2:1, or as a fit expression of their sorrow for the...

The Jew's say, that by the equity of this law, they are obliged, and so are we, to fence or remove every thing, whereby life may he endangered, as wells, or bridges, lest if any perish thro' our omiss...

Circumcised - Which God would have done, As a testimony of God's reconciliation to the people, and that he would not farther impute their parents rebellion to them. Because the great impediment of cir...

The altar - Of burnt - offerings, which was made of wood, but covered with brass before this time, Exo 27:1,2, to which this other covering was added for farther ornament, and security against the fir...

Chapter XVIII The Work of the priests and Levites, ver. 1 - 7. The maintenance of the priests, ver. 8 - 20. Of the Levites, ver. 21 - 24. The portion they are to pay to the priests, ver. 25 - 32. Shal...

Chapter XX This chapter begins the history of the fortieth year of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness. Little is recorded of them from the beginning of their second year till this, which broug...

The rod - That which was laid up before the Lord in the tabernacle; whether it was Aaron's rod, which was laid up there, Num 17:10, or Moses's rod by which he wrought so many miracles. For it is likel...

With such sacrifices God is well - pleased. Sons - To be eaten by them, Lev 6:16. Most holy - Or such as were to be eaten only by the priests, and that only in the holy place near the altar. In the ov...

Chapter V Directions concerning trespass - offerings. Both this and the sin - offering were intended to make atonement for sin, but the former was more general: The latter was to be offered only in so...

Not put to death - Which they should have been, had she been free, Deu 22:23,24. The reason of this difference is not from any respect which God gives to persons, for bond and free are alike to him, b...

The possession shall be the priests - For their maintenance. Nor is this repugnant to that law, that the priests should have no inheritance in the land, Num 18:20, for that is only spoken of, the trib...

Of men - Which were offered to God in his temple, and to his service and disposal. Those that are to be redeemed - Namely, of men only, not of unclean beasts, as is manifest from the time and price of...

Or rather to his neighbour. And it be hid from him - That is, he did not know, or not consider, that what he swore to do, was or would be impossible, or unlawful: When he discovers it to be so, either...

Or rather to his neighbour. And it be hid from him - That is, he did not know, or not consider, that what he swore to do, was or would be impossible, or unlawful: When he discovers it to be so, either...

Chapter XVI The institution of the yearly day of atonement for the whole nation. The whole service is committed to the high - priest, who is, Then only to come into the holy of holies, in his linen ga...

This was a different bullock or heifer from that Num 19:2,5,9,10,17, as appears by comparing the places. Within the veil - That is, into the holy of holies, Lev 16:2. Upon the fire - Which was in the ...

Though I allow them to defile themselves for some of the dead, yet in no case shall they use these superstitious rites, which also the people were forbidden to do; but the priests in a more peculiar m...

Nor profane the sanctuary - Either by the performance of a civility, or by entering into the sanctuary before the seven days allotted for his cleansing, Num 19:11, were expired. The crown of the anoin...

Chapter VIII Directions concerning the lamps, ver. 1 - 4. Concerning cleansing the Levites, ver. 5 - 8. Concerning the presenting them to God, ver. 9 - 22. Concerning their age and service, ver. 23 - ...

Before the Lord - In thy private addresses to God; for this is to be said presently upon the distribution of these tithes, which was not done at Jerusalem, but in their own private gates or dwellings....

An honourable descent should not keep men from an honest employment, nor a mean employment baulk any man's preferment. This Anah was not only industrious in his business, but ingenious too, and succes...

Ye have despised the Lord - You have lightly esteemed his bounty and manifold blessings, you have slighted and distrusted his promises and providence after so long and large experience of it. Who is a...

The rod - That which was laid up before the Lord in the tabernacle; whether it was Aaron's rod, which was laid up there, Num 17:10, or Moses's rod by which he wrought so many miracles. For it is likel...

An Angel - The Angel of the Covenant, who first appeared to Moses in the bush, and afterward in the cloudy pillar, who conducted Moses and the people out of Egypt, and through the wilderness. For thou...

Chapter XXXIII The blessing of Moses. He pronounces them all blessed, in what God had done for them, already, ver. 1 - 5. He pronounces a blessing upon each tribe, ver. 6 - 25. He pronounces them all ...

Let Reuben live in life eternal, says Onkelos, and not die the second death. Let Reuben live in this world, so Jonathan and the Jerusalem Targum, and not die that death which the wicked die in the wor...

At Massah - Not at that Massah mentioned Exo 17:7, which is also called Meribah, but at that other Meribah, Num 20:13. Thou didst strive - Whom thou didst reprove and chastise. I have not seen him - T...

And Jacob vowed a vow - By religious vows we give glory to God, and own our dependance upon him, and we lay a bond upon our own souls, to engage and quicken our obedience to him. Jacob was now in fear...

It shall be sold - And the price thereof was given to the priests, or brought into the Lord's treasury. No devoted thing - That is, nothing which is absolutely devoted to God with a curse upon themsel...

By way of the Red - sea - Which leadeth to the Red - sea, as they must needs do to compass the land of Edom. Because of the way - By reason of this journey, which was long and troublesome, and unexpec...

According to their families - Dividing the inheritance into as many parts as they had families; but this is only spoken of the greater families; for the lesser distributions to the several small famil...

Chapter I The preface, fixing the time and place, ver. 1 - 5. Israel commanded to march, ver. 6 - 8. Judges provided, ver. 9 - 1 3. They come to Kadesh - barnea, ver. 19 - 21. Spies sent, their report...

On The Death of The Rev. Mr. George Whitefield Preached at the Chapel in Tottenham-Court Road on Sunday, November 18, 1770 and at the Tabernacle, near Moorfields, on Friday, November 23, 1770. "Let ...

On Laying The Foundation Of The New Chapel, Near The City-Road, London. "According to this time it shall be said, -- What hath God wrought!" Num. 23:23. 1. We need not now inquire, in what sense thi...

Chapter XXV The sin of Israel, ver. 1 - 3. Their punishment, ver. 4, 5. The zeal of Phinehas, with the promise annext to it, ver. 6 - 15. The command to slay the Midianites, ver. 16 - 18. Shittim - An...

Baal - peor - Called Baal, by the name common to many false Gods, and especially to those that represented any of the heavenly bodies, and Peor, either from the hill Peor, where he was worshipped, Num...

He kissed him; in token of particular affection to him. Those that are blessed of God are kissed with the kisses of his mouth, and they do by love and loyalty kiss the son, Psa 2:12. 2. He praised him...

Cursed be their anger - Not their persons. We ought always in the expressions of our zeal carefully to distinguish between the sinner and the sin, so as not to love or bless the sin for the sake of th...

Thus Balaam, instead of cursing the church, curses Amalek, the first, and Rome, the last enemy of it! To his place - To Mesopotamia; tho' afterwards he returned to the Midianites, and gave them that d...

He was old, 130 years old; it was a long journey, and he was unfit to travel. He feared lest his sons should be tainted with the idolatry of Egypt, and forget the God of their fathers. Probably he tho...

See Num 26:5, &c. Issachar called his eldest son Tola, which signifies a worm, probably because when he was born he was a little weak child, not likely to live, and yet there sprang from him a very nu...

Chapter I Orders given to Moses to number the people, ver. 1 - 4. Persons named to assist him therein, ver. 5 - 16. The particular number of each tribe, ver. 17 - 43. The sum of all together, ver. 44 ...

Their fathers - The people were divided into twelve tribes, the tribes into great families, Num 26:5, these great families into lesser families called the houses of their fathers, because they were di...

Thou art the maker of spirits, destroy not thy own workmanship! O thou who art the preserver of men, and of their spirits, the Lord of spirits, Job 12:10, who as thou mayst justly destroy this people,...

Urim and Thummim signify light and integrity: many conjectures there are among the learned what they were: we have no reason to think they were any thing that Moses was to make, more than what was bef...

Wherever wrong has been done, restitution must be made, and till it is made to the utmost of our power we cannot look for forgiveness; for the keeping of what is unjustly got, avows the taking: And bo...

The morrow after the sabbath - After the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, which was a sabbath or day of rest, as appears from Lev 23:7, or upon the sixteenth day of the month. And this was ...

Chapter XVI A repetition of the laws concerning the passover, ver. 1 - 8. The feast of pentecost, ver. 9 - 12 That of tabernacles, ver. 13 - 15. All the males are to attend them, ver. 16, 17. An appoi...

According to their families - Dividing the inheritance into as many parts as they had families; but this is only spoken of the greater families; for the lesser distributions to the several small famil...

A recapitulation in the close, 1st. Of this memorable ordinance, with some additions, ver. 43 - 49 2dly. Of this memorable providence, ver. 50, 51. The Lord spake - Had spoken, before the three days d...

Dreadful work was to be made this night in Egypt; all the first - born both of man and beast were to be slain; and judgment executed upon the gods of Egypt, <cite>Num 33:4</cite>. It is probable the i...

Chapter XI The punishment of the murmurers stopt by the prayer of Moses, ver. 1 - 3. The fresh murmuring of the people, ver. 4 - 6. The description of manna, ver. 7 - 9. The murmuring of Moses, ver. 1...

He came, namely, Caleb, as appears from Jos 14:9,12,14. For the spies distributed their work among them, and went either severally, or by pairs; and it seems the survey of this part was left to Caleb....

Chapter XX This chapter begins the history of the fortieth year of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness. Little is recorded of them from the beginning of their second year till this, which broug...

Chapter XX This chapter begins the history of the fortieth year of the Israelites wandering in the wilderness. Little is recorded of them from the beginning of their second year till this, which broug...