Deuteronomy 3:1
III. (1) THEN. — In the Hebrew, a simple _And._ The history of this movement is given in Numbers 21:32. For _Edrei,_ see Numbers 21:33, from which this whole verse is repeated.... [ Continue Reading ]
III. (1) THEN. — In the Hebrew, a simple _And._ The history of this movement is given in Numbers 21:32. For _Edrei,_ see Numbers 21:33, from which this whole verse is repeated.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME.... — This verse repeats Numbers 21:34. FOR I WILL DELIVER HIM should be rather read thus, _for into thy hand have I delivered him. _... [ Continue Reading ]
These details are not given in Numbers. Professor Porter, in the _Griant Cities of Bashan,_ has well described the impression made upon him by verifying this description in detail. “The whole of Bashan,” he says, “is not larger than an ordinary English county.” That “sixty walled cities, ‘besides un... [ Continue Reading ]
WE UTTERLY DESTROYED THEM. — Devoted them, made them _chêrem,_ as above (Deuteronomy 2:34).... [ Continue Reading ]
SIRION. — (_Sion_,Deut.448.) Sirion, or Shirion, and Shenir, are thought to have similar meanings. But the Targum inteprets Shenir as the “rock of snow.” Shirion, according to Gesenius, means “glittering like a breastplate.” It would not be safe to assert that the mention of the _Sidonian_ name of H... [ Continue Reading ]
SALCHAH. — “The present large town _Salkhâd,_ east of Bashan” (_Conder_). (See also _Giant Cities of Bashan,_ p. 75.)... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE REMNANT OF GIANTS — i.e., of the nation of Rephaim in these parts. (See Note on Genesis 14:5.) HIS BEDSTEAD. — The word may mean either bedstead or coffin. Both the word for “bedstead” and the word for “iron” have given rise to some discussion and difficulty. An iron bedstead and an iron coff... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAND OF GIANTS — i.e., of Rephaim.... [ Continue Reading ]
(13-17) Comp. Numbers 32:33, and Notes thereon,... [ Continue Reading ]
JAIR TOOK... UNTO THIS DAY. — The last words of this chapter seem to point to a later hand, as of Joshua, describing the completion of the conquest. The expression “unto this day” is characteristically common in Joshua, or in the editorial notes inserted throughout that book. (See _Introduction_ to... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNTO THE REUBENITES AND UNTO THE GADITES I GAVE. — The circumstances are detailed in Numbers 32. They desired the land for their cattle.... [ Continue Reading ]
This is a summary of the agreement made and described in Numbers 32:20 — -32. (See also Note on Joshua 1:12.)... [ Continue Reading ]
I COMMANDED JOSHUA AT THAT TIME.... THINE EYES HAVE SEEN. — “Thine eyes are the witnesses of all,” &c. The conquest of Sihon and Og, as well as that of Amalek, was to be impressed upon Joshua (comp. Exodus 17:14) as a precedent for his encouragement, and also for his instruction. It is remarkable th... [ Continue Reading ]
Here begins the second section according to the Jewish division, called “And I besought” (_vaeth channân_)_. _... [ Continue Reading ]
(23-28) AND I BESOUGHT THE LORD AT THAT TIME. — Two things Moses is recorded to have asked _for himself_ in the story of the exodus. The first is written in Exodus 33:18, “I beseech thee shew me thy glory;” the second is before us here. “O Lord GOD (Adonai Jehovah), thou hast begun to shew thy serva... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR YOUR SAKES. — Because “I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified” (Leviticus 10:3; Numbers 20:12); And also because the death of Moses and the succession of Joshua were “for a testimony of things to be spoken after,” a figure of things to come.... [ Continue Reading ]
NORTHWARD, AND SOUTHWARD. — Southward, literally, _Teman-ward._ The _negeb,_ or “south” of Palestine, is not named here.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE SHALL GO OVER. — Emphatic, _he it is that shall go over, and he it is that shall make them to inherit;_ not Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO WE ABODE IN THE VALLEY OVER AGAINST BETH-PEOR. — Moses’ burial-place, as appears by Deuteronomy 34:6. It is a significant finishing touch to the scene described above. This verse also concludes the recapitulation of Israel’s journey from Horeb (Deuteronomy 1:6) to the banks of Jordan, with which... [ Continue Reading ]