Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from
twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that
are able to go to war in Israel.
Ver. 2. _From twenty._] _See Trapp on "_ Num 1:3 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This [is 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:
Ver. 9. _Which were famous._] But for no goodness. Tubulus, who wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred
and fifty men: and they became a sign._
Ver. 10. _And they became a sign._] An example of that rule, that
great sins bring great plagues, as Herodotus hath it,... [ Continue Reading ]
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
Ver. 11. _The children of Korah died not._] As being either innocent
or penitent; for _Aut paenitendum, ant pereundum_ Luk 13:3... [ Continue Reading ]
Numbers 26:44 [Of] the children of Asher after their families: of
Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the
Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Ver. 44. _The family of the Jesuites._] Serrarius will needs derive
the name _Jesuites_ from Numbers 26:24; it is wonder... [ Continue Reading ]