Numbers 9:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS OF SINAI, IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THEY WERE COME OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS OF SINAI, IN THE FIRST MONTH OF THE SECOND YEAR AFTER THEY WERE COME OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ALSO KEEP THE PASSOVER AT HIS APPOINTED SEASON._ Let the children of Israel ... The date of this command to keep the Passover in the wilderness was given shortly after the erection and consecration of the tabernacle, and preceded the numbering of the people by a month (c... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THIS MONTH, AT EVEN, YE SHALL KEEP IT IN HIS APPOINTED SEASON: ACCORDING TO ALL THE RITES OF IT, AND ACCORDING TO ALL THE CEREMONIES THEREOF, SHALL YE KEEP IT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WERE CERTAIN MEN, WHO WERE DEFILED BY THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN, THAT THEY COULD NOT KEEP THE PASSOVER ON THAT DAY: AND THEY CAME BEFORE MOSES AND BEFORE AARON ON THAT DAY:_ There were certain men ... defiled by the dead. To discharge the last offices to the remains of deceased relatives wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THOSE MEN SAID UNTO HIM, WE ARE DEFILED BY THE DEAD BODY OF A MAN: WHEREFORE ARE WE KEPT BACK, THAT WE MAY NOT OFFER AN OFFERING OF THE LORD IN HIS APPOINTED SEASON AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THEM, STAND STILL, AND I WILL HEAR WHAT THE LORD WILL COMMAND CONCERNING YOU._ Stand still ... A solution of the difficulty was soon obtained-it being enacted, by divine authority, that to those who might be disqualified, by the occurrence of a death in his family circle, or un... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IF A STRANGER SHALL SOJOURN AMONG YOU, AND WILL KEEP THE PASSOVER UNTO THE LORD; ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE OF THE PASSOVER, AND ACCORDING TO THE MANNER THEREOF, SO SHALL HE DO: YE SHALL HAVE ONE ORDINANCE, BOTH FOR THE STRANGER, AND FOR HIM THAT WAS BORN IN THE LAND._ If a stranger ... will k... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ON THE DAY THAT THE TABERNACLE WAS REARED UP THE CLOUD COVERED THE TABERNACLE, NAMELY, THE TENT OF THE_ _ TESTIMONY: AND AT EVEN THERE WAS UPON THE TABERNACLE AS IT WERE THE APPEARANCE OF FIRE, UNTIL THE MORNING._ The cloud covered the tabernacle. The inspired historian here enters on an entir... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO IT WAS ALWAY: THE CLOUD COVERED IT BY DAY, AND THE APPEARANCE OF FIRE BY NIGHT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE CLOUD WAS TAKEN UP FROM THE TABERNACLE, THEN AFTER THAT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED: AND IN THE PLACE WHERE THE CLOUD ABODE, THERE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL PITCHED THEIR TENTS._ When the cloud was taken up - i:e., rose to a higher elevation, so as to be conspicuous at the remotest... [ Continue Reading ]
_AT THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED, AND AT THE COMMANDMENT OF THE LORD THEY PITCHED: AS LONG AS THE CLOUD ABODE UPON THE TABERNACLE THEY RESTED IN THEIR TENTS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE CLOUD TARRIED LONG UPON THE TABERNACLE MANY DAYS, THEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL KEPT THE CHARGE OF THE LORD, AND JOURNEYED NOT._ Israel kept the charge of the Lord. A desert life has its attractions, and constant movements create a passionate love of change. Many incidents show that the... [ Continue Reading ]