Numbers 2:1
CONTENTS As the former Chapter contained an account of the numbering of Israel; so in this, here is the divine appointment for the arranging the people into distinct and separate battalions, and tribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONTENTS As the former Chapter contained an account of the numbering of Israel; so in this, here is the divine appointment for the arranging the people into distinct and separate battalions, and tribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
Even in this appointment, where we might least expect to find the Lord Jesus, methinks among the standards of Israel, I discern him who is said to be set up as the Lord's standard to the people. Isaiah 49:22. And is not Jesus that very standard, which the Holy Ghost, it is said, shall lift up, when... [ Continue Reading ]
Doth not the warlike state of Israel, in this appointment, represent the warlike condition of all true soldiers of Jesus! Hence the church is represented as terrible as an army with banners. Song 1-8. I think it more than probable, that the usage among warriors in the subsequent ages of the world, o... [ Continue Reading ]
I only beg to detain the Reader, with general observations on those verses, because the leading doctrine of each belongs equally to all. The order observed in those appointments, manifests the Lord to be a God of order. And as it is he which hath fixed the bounds of our habitation, what a precious t... [ Continue Reading ]
If the Reader would know the reason of this detachment of the Levites, let him consult Joshua 18:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS SEE, my soul, thy God and Saviour is himself thy standard, ensign, and banner! Behold how he is lifted up to draw thee unto him! Lord give me grace and a discerning eye, to view thee in thy person character, and office as the standard of my Father's house! Let me behold thee in thy fait... [ Continue Reading ]