Numbers 17 - Introduction
_AARON'S ROD BRINGS FORTH BLOSSOMS AND FRUIT IN THE TABERNACLE, AND IS ORDERED BY GOD TO BE KEPT FOR A TOKEN AGAINST THE REBELS._ _Before Christ 1471._... [ Continue Reading ]
_AARON'S ROD BRINGS FORTH BLOSSOMS AND FRUIT IN THE TABERNACLE, AND IS ORDERED BY GOD TO BE KEPT FOR A TOKEN AGAINST THE REBELS._ _Before Christ 1471._... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE OF EVERY ONE OF THEM A ROD— The minds of a considerable number of the people having been poisoned by the insinuations of Korah and his accomplices, against Aaron and his family upon the account of the priesthood, God is pleased to add another signal miracle, in confirmation of his priest's auth... [ Continue Reading ]
WHERE I WILL MEET WITH YOU— _Ubi ego vobis praesens adesse soleo, where I am accustomed to meet with you._ Horeb.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS BUDDED, AND BROUGHT FORTH BUDS, &C.— i.e. as Bishop Patrick ingeniously observes, in some places there was an appearance of buds coming forth: in some, those buds were fully thrust out; in others, they were opened into blossoms; in other parts, knotted and grown into almonds; and all this in the... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER COMETH—NEAR UNTO THE TABERNACLE—SHALL DIE— i.e. "We are now convinced, and firmly believe, that whosoever cometh near to the tabernacle, to officiate as a priest, without the divine appointment, shall certainly be struck dead by the hand of God." Nothing can more strongly paint the conster... [ Continue Reading ]