JOURNEYINGS FROM SINAI TO MOAB (NUMBERS 10:11 TO NUMBERS 22:1) After a stay at Sinai of nearly a year (cp. Numbers 10:11 with Exodus 19:1) the signal is given for the breaking up of the camp. This second division of the book of Numbers relates the wanderings in the wilderness, and covers a period ex... [ Continue Reading ]
TABERAH] 'burning.'... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MIXT MULTITUDE] see Exodus 12:38, where, however, a different word is used. FELL A LUSTING] longed for the delicacies of Egypt (Numbers 11:5). WEPT AGAIN] This may refer to the story in Exodus 16.... [ Continue Reading ]
MY WRETCHEDNESS] i.e. the failure of my attempts to lead this people: cp. the despairing complaint of Elijah in 1 Kings 19:4 and of Jeremiah in Jeremiah 15:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Later Jewish writers saw in this command of God the origin of their Sanhedrim, or Council of Seventy, who regulated the affairs of the nation in later times: cp. Mark 15:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
SANCTIFY] see Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY PROPHESIED] This does not mean that they were able to predict the future, but that they broke out into the praise of God, and declared His will and goodness, while in a state of spiritual exaltation and ecstasy: see on Exodus 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
WERE WRITTEN] enrolled among the seventy. The fact that Eldad and Medad also received the spirit shows that the spirit of God is not limited to certain places or individuals, and that He is no respecter of persons: cp. Acts 10:34; Acts 10:44;... [ Continue Reading ]
Cp. Mark 9:38; Mark 9:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
A good example of the magnanimity and unselfishness of Moses: see on Numbers 27:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO CUBITS _HIGH_ UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH] The simplest interpretation of these words is that the quails were flying at this height (about 3 ft.) above the ground, which allowed the people to capture them easily. Quails usually fly low, and with the wind (see on Exodus 16:13).... [ Continue Reading ]
A homer is about ten bushels. The quails were spread out to dry for preservation.... [ Continue Reading ]
The plague was probably due to surfeit: cp. Psalms 78:26; Psalms 106:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
KIBROTH-HATTAAVAH] 'the graves of lusting': this and HAZEROTH were between Sinai and Kadesh.... [ Continue Reading ]