_AND WHEN KING ARAD THE CANAANITE, WHICH DWELT IN THE SOUTH, HEARD TELL THAT ISRAEL CAME BY THE WAY OF THE SPIES; THEN HE FOUGHT AGAINST ISRAEL, AND TOOK SOME OF THEM PRISONERS._ King Arad the Canaanite, х_ HA-KªNA`ªNIY_ (H3669) _ MELEK_ (H4428) _ `ARAAD_ (H6166)] - the Canaanite king of Arad; an a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISRAEL VOWED A VOW UNTO THE LORD, AND SAID, IF THOU WILT INDEED DELIVER THIS PEOPLE INTO MY HAND, THEN I WILL UTTERLY DESTROY THEIR CITIES._ Israel vowed a vow. Made to feel their own weakness, they implored the aid of Heaven, and, in anticipation of it, devoted the cities of this king to futu... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD HEARKENED TO THE VOICE OF ISRAEL, AND DELIVERED UP THE CANAANITES; AND THEY UTTERLY DESTROYED THEM AND THEIR CITIES: AND HE CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE HORMAH._ And they utterly destroyed them and their cities - х_ WAYACHAREEM_ (H2763), devoted to destruction; Septuagint, anathematis... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY JOURNEYED FROM MOUNT HOR BY THE WAY OF THE RED SEA, TO COMPASS THE LAND OF EDOM: AND THE SOUL OF THE PEOPLE WAS MUCH DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OF THE WAY._ They journeyed from mount Hor. On being refused the passage requested, they returned through the Arabah, "the way of the Red Sea," to Elath... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PEOPLE SPAKE AGAINST GOD, AND AGAINST MOSES, WHEREFORE HAVE YE BROUGHT US UP OUT OF EGYPT TO DIE IN THE WILDERNESS? FOR THERE IS NO BREAD, NEITHER IS THERE ANY WATER; AND OUR SOUL LOATHETH THIS LIGHT BREAD._ Our soul loatheth this light bread - i:e., bread without substance or nutritious q... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SENT FIERY SERPENTS AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND THEY BIT THE PEOPLE; AND MUCH PEOPLE OF ISRAEL DIED._ The Lord sent fiery serpents, х_ HANªCHAASHIYM_ (H5175) _ HASªRAAPIYM_ (H8314); Septuagint, tous opheis tous thanatountas] - deadly serpents. That part of the desert where the Israelites no... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE THE PEOPLE CAME TO MOSES, AND SAID, WE HAVE SINNED, FOR WE HAVE SPOKEN AGAINST THE LORD, AND AGAINST THEE; PRAY UNTO THE LORD, THAT HE TAKE AWAY THE SERPENTS FROM US. AND MOSES PRAYED FOR THE PEOPLE._ We have sinned. The severity of the scourge and the appalling extent of mortality broug... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SET FORWARD, AND PITCHED IN OBOTH._ The children of Israel set forward - along the eastern frontier of the Edomites, encamping in various stations. PITCHED IN OBOTH, х_ 'OBOT_ (H88), waterskins; Septuagint, Oobooth]. It appears (Numbers 33:44) that this place, which wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY JOURNEYED FROM OBOTH, AND PITCHED AT IJEABARIM, IN THE WILDERNESS WHICH IS BEFORE MOAB, TOWARD THE SUNRISING._ Pitched at Ije-abarim, х_ Bª-`IYEEY-HAA-`ABAARIYM_ (H5863)] - at the heaps or mounds, probably covered with ruins, of Abarim: a name descriptive generally of the highland region... [ Continue Reading ]
_FROM THENCE THEY REMOVED, AND PITCHED IN THE VALLEY OF ZARED._ Pitched in the valley of Zared, х_ ZAARED_ (H2218)] - torrent bed or Wady of Zared (woody), now Wady el-Ahsy [Septuagint, eis pharanga zared], forming the natural boundary which separates Edom (now Jelab) from the northern kingdom of M... [ Continue Reading ]
_FROM THENCE THEY REMOVED, AND PITCHED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ARNON, WHICH IS IN THE WILDERNESS THAT COMETH OUT OF THE COASTS OF THE AMORITES: FOR ARNON IS THE BORDER OF MOAB, BETWEEN MOAB AND THE AMORITES._ Pitched on the other side of Arnon - now el-Mojib, which springs from a fountain near Kul'at... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE IT IS SAID IN THE BOOK OF THE WARS OF THE LORD, WHAT HE DID IN THE RED SEA, AND IN THE BROOKS OF ARNON,_ Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord. A fragment or passage is here quoted from a historical poem, descriptive of the wars of the Israelites, principally with a vi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AT THE STREAM OF THE BROOKS THAT GOETH DOWN TO THE DWELLING OF AR, AND LIETH UPON THE BORDER OF MOAB._ And at the stream of the brooks х_ Wª'ESHED_ (H793) _ HANªCHAALIYM_ (H5158)] - and at the pouring out of the torrents; i:e., the ravines of the mountains, through which the torrents issuing u... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FROM THENCE THEY WENT TO BEER: THAT IS THE WELL WHEREOF THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, GATHER THE PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND I WILL GIVE THEM WATER._ From thence they went to Beer - i:e., a well. The name was probably given to it afterward, as it is not mentioned, Numbers 33:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ISRAEL SANG THIS SONG, SPRING UP, O WELL; SING YE UNTO IT:_ Then Israel sang. This beautiful little song was in accordance with the wants and feelings of traveling caravans in the East, where water is an occasion both of prayer and thanksgiving. From the princes using their official rods only... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PRINCES DIGGED THE WELL, THE NOBLES OF THE PEOPLE DIGGED IT, BY THE DIRECTION OF THE LAWGIVER, WITH THEIR STAVES. AND FROM THE WILDERNESS THEY WENT TO MATTANAH:_ By the direction of the lawgiver, х_ BIMªCHOQEEQ_ (H2710)] - by a staff or sceptre (cf. Genesis 49:10; Psalms 60:9). The word someti... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FROM MATTANAH TO NAHALIEL: AND FROM NAHALIEL TO BAMOTH:_ And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah. Our translators seem, by supplying the words, "they went," to have regarded this passage as containing an enumeration of the principal encampments of Israel during their progress through the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND FROM BAMOTH IN THE VALLEY, THAT IS IN THE COUNTRY OF MOAB, TO THE TOP OF PISGAH, WHICH LOOKETH TOWARD JESHIMON._ Bamoth, х_ UWMI-BAAMOWT_ (H1120) _ HAGAYª'_ (H1516)] - heights or high places in the gorge or narrow glen (cf. Numbers 22:41; Joshua 13:17; Isaiah 15:2). THAT IS IN THE COUNTRY OF... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISRAEL SENT MESSENGERS UNTO SIHON KING OF THE AMORITES, SAYING,_ Israel sent messengers unto Sihon ... - (see the notes at Numbers 20:17.) The place from which the messengers were sent was Kedemoth - i:e., eastward (see the note at Deuteronomy 11:26). The rejection of their respectful and paci... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISRAEL SMOTE HIM WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, AND POSSESSED HIS LAND FROM ARNON UNTO JABBOK, EVEN UNTO THE CHILDREN OF AMMON: FOR THE BORDER OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON WAS STRONG._ Israel ... possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon. The brook х_ NAACHAL_ (H5157)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISRAEL TOOK ALL THESE CITIES: AND ISRAEL DWELT IN ALL THE CITIES OF THE AMORITES, IN HESHBON, AND IN ALL THE VILLAGES THEREOF._ Israel dwelt in all the cities - such as Beth-gamul, Bozrah, Kerioth, etc. (Jeremiah 48:21), after exterminating the inhabitants, who were previously doomed (Deuteron... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR HESHBON WAS THE CITY OF SIHON THE KING OF THE AMORITES, WHO HAD FOUGHT AGAINST THE FORMER KING OF MOAB, AND TAKEN ALL HIS LAND OUT OF HIS HAND, EVEN UNTO ARNON._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEREFORE THEY THAT SPEAK IN PROVERBS SAY, COME INTO HESHBON, LET THE CITY OF SIHON BE BUILT AND PREPARED:_ WHEREFORE THEY THAT SPEAK IN PROVERBS, х_ HAMOSHªLIYM_ (H4911)] - parables, sententious sayings; also songs, poems, 'the members of which, by the laws of parallelism, consisted of two hemisti... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS ISRAEL DWELT IN THE LAND OF THE AMORITES._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TURNED AND WENT UP BY THE WAY OF BASHAN: AND OG THE KING OF BASHAN WENT OUT AGAINST THEM, HE, AND ALL HIS PEOPLE, TO THE BATTLE AT EDREI._ They turned, and went up by the way of Bashan - a name given to that district from the richness of its soil (now Batanea or El Bottein); a hilly regio... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES, FEAR HIM NOT: FOR I HAVE DELIVERED HIM INTO THY HAND, AND ALL HIS PEOPLE, AND HIS LAND; AND THOU SHALT DO TO HIM AS THOU DIDST UNTO SIHON KING OF THE AMORITES, WHICH DWELT AT HESHBON._ The Lord said ... Fear him not. This was a necessary encouragement, because his gig... [ Continue Reading ]