Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle; Ver. 1. _A place for cattle._] Fat, and fit for the purpose; like those pastures in Ireland, so fer... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, [and] bring us not over Jordan. Ver. 5. _Let this land be given unto thy servants._] An unsavoury and unseasonable motion this might seem at first, and did, even to Moses himself, a... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: Ver. 11. _They have not._] _See Trapp on "_ Num 14:24 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. Ver. 14. _An increase of sinful men._] A race of rebels; neither good egg nor bird; sin runs in a blood many times; ye seed of serpents, "ye generation of viper... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:_ Ver. 16. _We will build sheep folds._] This was their intent at first, though Moses mistook them. There may be gross mistakes, and thereupon grievous unkindnesses, betwixt dearest... [ Continue Reading ]
But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Ver. 23. _Be sure your sin will find you out._] The guilt will haunt you at heels, as a bloodhound, and the punishment will overtake you, as it did that Popish priest in Lancashire, who being... [ Continue Reading ]
And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. Ver. 38. _Their names being changed._] Out of detestation of those idols, Baal, Nebo, &c. _see _ Exo 23:13 Psa 16:4 Isa 46:1 _Absit ut de ore Christiano sonet Iupiter omnipoten... [ Continue Reading ]