Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. Ver. 1. _Then we turned._] How pleasant must the continuation of this holy history needs be to every good heart, out of the mouth of Moses! Methinks I see the peo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. Ver. 2. _Fear him not._] Though of a formidable stature. Deu 3:11 The lion is not so fi... [ Continue Reading ]
All these cities [were] fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. Ver. 5. _All those cities._] And they were threescore. How well might Moses have been styled πτολιπορθης ? or, as King Demetrius was, Poliorcetes, the city taker?... [ Continue Reading ]
And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. Ver. 6. _The men, women, and children._] The Hebrew word מהים, here rendered men, written with _tsere,_ signifieth _dead men:_ Surely every man in his best estate, or... [ Continue Reading ]
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits [was] the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. Ver. 11. Og, _a_ king of Bashan, remained,... [ Continue Reading ]
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, [being] the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. Ver. 13. _Land of giants._] Such as are said to be in another land, in another life. For "he knoweth not that the... [ Continue Reading ]
And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, [which is] the border of the children of Ammon; Ver. 16. _Unto the river Jabbok._] Famous for Jacob's wrestling with God near unto it. Gen 32:22... [ Continue Reading ]
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. Ver. 21. _So shall the Lord._] God hath, and, therefore, God will, is a strong medium of hope, if not a demon... [ Continue Reading ]
O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God [is there] in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? Ver. 24. _What god is there?_] Whether deputed or reputed?... [ Continue Reading ]
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that [is] beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. Ver. 25. _The good land._] The "glory of all lands." Eze 20:6 _ Goodly mountain._] Moriah likely, whereon the temple afterwards stood.... [ Continue Reading ]
But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. Ver. 26. _Speak no more._] Christians must be sober in prayer. 1Pe 4:7 Socrates, a heathen, could say, We should pray for no more but this, tha... [ Continue Reading ]