_THEN CAME THE DAUGHTERS OF ZELOPHEHAD, THE SON OF HEPHER, THE SON OF GILEAD, THE SON OF MACHIR, THE SON OF MANASSEH, OF THE FAMILIES OF MANASSEH THE SON OF JOSEPH: AND THESE ARE THE NAMES OF HIS DAUGHTERS; MAHLAH, NOAH, AND HOGLAH, AND MILCAH, AND TIRZAH._ Then came the daughters of Zelophehad. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY STOOD BEFORE MOSES, AND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, AND BEFORE THE PRINCES AND ALL THE CONGREGATION, BY THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, SAYING,_ They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation. The various members of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Our father died ... not ... in the company of Korah. This declaration might be necessary, because his deat... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHY SHOULD THE NAME OF OUR FATHER BE DONE AWAY FROM AMONG HIS FAMILY, BECAUSE HE HATH NO SON? GIVE UNTO US THEREFORE A POSSESSION AMONG THE BRETHREN OF OUR FATHER._ Give unto us ... a possession among the brethren of our father. Those young women-perceiving that the males only in families had been... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES BROUGHT THEIR CAUSE BEFORE THE LORD._ Moses brought their cause before the Lord. Had the case involved the application of an existing law in a claim to a patrimonial inheritance, or had the Israelite leaders been about to carry into effect a humanly-devised scheme for colonizing a new co... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, GET THEE UP INTO THIS MOUNT ABARIM, AND SEE THE LAND WHICH I HAVE GIVEN UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ Get thee up into this mount Abarim. Although the Israelites were now on the confines of the promised land, Moses was not privileged to cross the Jordan, but died on o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THOU HAST SEEN IT, THOU ALSO SHALT BE GATHERED UNTO THY PEOPLE, AS AARON THY BROTHER WAS GATHERED._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THE LORD, THE GOD OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL FLESH, SET A MAN OVER THE CONGREGATION,_ GOD OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL FLESH. The request was most suitably made to God in this character, as the Author of all the intellectual gifts and moral graces with which men are endowed, and who can raise up qualified... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHICH MAY GO OUT BEFORE THEM, AND WHICH MAY GO IN BEFORE THEM, AND WHICH MAY LEAD THEM OUT, AND WHICH MAY BRING THEM IN; THAT THE CONGREGATION OF THE LORD BE NOT AS SHEEP WHICH HAVE NO SHEPHERD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, TAKE THEE JOSHUA THE SON OF NUN, A MAN IN WHOM IS THE SPIRIT, AND LAY THINE HAND UPON HIM;_ Take thee Joshua ... a man in whom is the spirit. A strong testimony is here borne to the personality of the Divine Spirit. The imposition of hands was an ancient ceremony (see... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SET HIM BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, AND BEFORE ALL THE CONGREGATION; AND GIVE HIM A CHARGE IN THEIR SIGHT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOU SHALT PUT SOME OF THINE HONOUR UPON HIM, THAT ALL THE CONGREGATION OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL MAY BE OBEDIENT._ Put some of thine honour upon him. In the whole history of Israel there arose no prophet or ruler in all respects like unto Moses until the Messiah appeared, whose glory eclipsed... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SHALL STAND BEFORE ELEAZAR THE PRIEST, WHO SHALL ASK COUNSEL FOR HIM AFTER THE JUDGMENT OF URIM BEFORE THE LORD: AT HIS WORD SHALL THEY GO OUT, AND AT HIS WORD THEY SHALL COME IN, BOTH HE, AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WITH HIM, EVEN ALL THE CONGREGATION._ He shall stand before Eleazar the... [ Continue Reading ]