PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Numbers
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 203,866 words · 574 reading sections
Numbers 7:6
Numbers 7:6 Ver. 6. And Moses took the wagons and the oxen,.... Of the princes, as he was directed: and gave them unto the Levites; the Gershonites and Merarites; for, as for the Kohathites, they had no part of them, for a reason after given, Nu 7:9.…
49 wordsSECTION 122Numbers 7:7
Numbers 7:7 Ver. 7. Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,.... The eldest son of Levi: according to their service; which was to bear and take care of the curtains, coverings, hangings and rails of the tabernacle; and which, when carrying from place to place, it was proper they should be covered fr…
93 wordsSECTION 123Numbers 7:8
Numbers 7:8 Ver. 8. And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari,.... All the remaining wagons and oxen, which were double the number given to the Gershonites: according unto their service; being much heavier than theirs, having all the boards, pillars, sockets, pins; cords, &c. to bear and carry: thu…
147 wordsSECTION 124Numbers 7:9
Numbers 7:9 Ver. 9. But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none,.... Being all disposed of to the sons of Gershon and Merari: the reason of which follows, because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders; as the ark with the mercy seat, and cherubim, the shewbread…
88 wordsSECTION 125Numbers 7:10
Numbers 7:10 Ver. 10. And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar,.... For setting it apart to sacred use and service, even the altar of burnt offering; or rather after it had bean sanctified and set apart, when it began to be made use of for sacrifice: in the day that it was anointed; with the anointing oil,…
157 wordsSECTION 126Numbers 7:11
Numbers 7:11 Ver. 11. And the Lord said unto Moses,.... For before this was said to him, even what follows, Moses knew not, as the same writer observes, how they should offer, in what order, whether according to their birth, or whether according to the journeying of their camps, or whether they should offer together, …
176 wordsSECTION 127Numbers 7:12
Numbers 7:12 Ver. 12. And he that offered his offering on the first day,.... Was he whose standard was pitched first, at the east, to the rising sun: and this was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah; who was the prince and captain of that tribe, though the title is not here given him, as to the rest o…
150 wordsSECTION 128Numbers 7:13
Numbers 7:13 Ver. 13. And his offering [was] one silver charger,.... Or dish, like one of those used in the shewbread table to hold the bread in, only they were of gold, this of silver, and belonged to the altar of burnt offering; the use of which might be to hold the meat offering in, as it may seem from the latter p…
225 wordsSECTION 129Numbers 7:14
Numbers 7:14 Ver. 14. One spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, &c. Its weight was according to the shekels, its matter of gold; it weighed four ounces, one drachm, and nine grains, and was worth about seven pounds and ten shillings of our money: full of incense; this looks as if this spoon was designed for the golden alta…
109 wordsSECTION 130Numbers 7:15
Numbers 7:15 Ver. 15. One young bullock,.... Of three years old, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem: one ram; of two years old, as the same Targums: one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering; of which see Le 1:3.…
45 wordsSECTION 131Numbers 7:16
Numbers 7:16 Ver. 16. One kid of the goats for a sin offering. Though these offerings of the princes were by way of thanksgiving, and to express their joy and gladness at the erection of the tabernacle, its altars, and the service thereof; yet as this might not be without sin, which attends the best and purest perform…
89 wordsSECTION 132Numbers 7:17
Numbers 7:17 Ver. 17. And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,.... So that here were all sorts of offerings on this occasion, meat and drink offerings, burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings: and for the latter were brought two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year; the reason why s…
541 wordsSECTION 133Numbers 7:18
Numbers 7:18 Ver. 18. On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer. See Nu 1:8.…
23 wordsSECTION 134Numbers 7:19
Numbers 7:19 Ver. 19. He offered [for] his offering one silver charger,.... See Gill on "Nu 7:13".…
19 wordsSECTION 135Numbers 7:20
Numbers 7:20 Ver. 20. One spoon of gold of ten [shekels], full of incense. See Gill on "Nu 7:14".…
21 wordsSECTION 136Numbers 7:21
Numbers 7:21 Ver. 21. One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering. See Gill on "Nu 7:15".…
26 wordsSECTION 137Numbers 7:22
Numbers 7:22 Ver. 22. One kid of the goats for a sin offering.See Gill on "Nu 7:16". Numbers 7:23Ver. 23. And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,....See Gill on "Nu 7:17".Nethaneel the son of Zuar; see Nu 1:8. Numbers 7:24Ver. 24. On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, [did offer].…
2,364 wordsSECTION 138Numbers 8:1
Numbers 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 8 In this chapter orders are given for the lighting the seven lamps of the candlestick, Nu 8:1; and for the consecration of the Levites to their office, by a purification of them, Nu 8:5; by a separation of them from the children of Israel, and the imposition of their hands on them…
177 wordsSECTION 139Numbers 8:2
Numbers 8:2 Ver. 2. Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him,.... It being his work to light the lamps, though, as Ben Gersom observes, it was not incumbent on an high priest alone to do this, for it also belonged to the sons of Aaron, who were common priests, Ex 27:21; though it is probable that as this was the first time …
398 wordsSECTION 140Numbers 8:3
Numbers 8:3 Ver. 3. And Aaron did so, he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick,.... As God had taken up his residence in the most holy place, as appears by the voice speaking from off the mercy seat, Nu 7:89; and sacrifices were begun to be offered in the outward court on the altar of burnt offering, …
131 wordsSECTION 141Numbers 8:4
Numbers 8:4 Ver. 4. And this work of the candlestick [was] of beaten gold,.... As it is also said to be; See Gill on "Ex 25:31"; and See Gill on "Ex 25:36": unto the shalt thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work; of which, see Ex 25:31; according unto the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses; when on…
111 wordsSECTION 142Numbers 8:5
Numbers 8:5 Ver. 5. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... the same time the order about lighting the lamps was given; and this section is joined to the former, Aben Ezra thinks, to show that Aaron employed himself in lighting the lamps, but in the rest of the services the Levites helped him, and stood before him to do wh…
104 wordsSECTION 143Numbers 8:6
Numbers 8:6 Ver. 6. Take the Levites from among the children of Israel,.... Among whom they were mixed, as were all the tribes mixed together as Aben Ezra says, before they took their journey from Mount Sinai; however, from hence forward, they were distinguished from Israelites, as they are both in Scripture and in Je…
286 wordsSECTION 144Numbers 8:7
Numbers 8:7 Ver. 7. And thus shall thou do unto them, to cleanse them,.... Or order Aaron to do unto them; the cleansing of the Levites was the work of Aaron, either by himself or by his order; in which he was a type of Christ, who is the refiner and purifier of the sons of Levi, Mal 3:3; sprinkle water of purifying …
537 wordsSECTION 145Numbers 8:8
Numbers 8:8 Ver. 8. Then let them take a young bullock,.... Of two years old, as the Jewish writers gather from the other in the next clause, being called the second; though the wise men say one of three years old is fit for such a sacrifice; nay, others say, if four or five years old; but the decision is according to…
180 wordsSECTION 146Numbers 8:9
Numbers 8:9 Ver. 9. And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation,.... Not without it, but within it, in the court of the tabernacle, at least at the door of it, where stood the altar of burnt offering, on which sacrifices for them were now to be offered: and thou shalt gather the whole a…
157 wordsSECTION 147Numbers 8:10
Numbers 8:10 Ver. 10. And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord,.... From the door of the tabernacle, to the altar of burnt offering, where the Lord was in some sense present to accept the sacrifices offered to him: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites; as were used to be put upon …
216 wordsSECTION 148Numbers 8:11
Numbers 8:11 Ver. 11. And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord,.... Or "wave" {r} them, as a wave offering, which was moved to and fro, backwards and forwards; not that they were actually so waved and moved to and fro by Aaron, which could not be done by him; though it is possible he might make such a motion …
222 wordsSECTION 149Numbers 8:12
Numbers 8:12 Ver. 12. And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bullocks,.... Or "on the head" {s}; on the head of everyone of them, as Aben Ezra, thereby, as it were, transferring their sins to them, for these were to make atonement for them, as the latter part of the verse shows; and this was a figur…
246 wordsSECTION 150Numbers 8:13
Numbers 8:13 Ver. 13. And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons,.... After atonement was made for them, as Aben Ezra observes; then they were presented to Aaron and his sons, to whom they were given to he their ministers, and assistants to them: and offer them [for] an offering unto the Lord: o…
101 wordsSECTION 151Numbers 8:14
Numbers 8:14 Ver. 14. Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel,.... By sprinkling the water of purification upon them; by offering sacrifices for them; by presenting them before the Lord, with the hands of the people of Israel put upon them; by offering and waving them before the Lord, an…
107 wordsSECTION 152Numbers 8:15
Numbers 8:15 Ver. 15. And after that shall the Levites go in,.... Not into the sanctuary, where only the priests entered, much less into the most holy place, where only the high priest went, and that but once a year, in neither of which places the Levites had anything to do, but into the court of the tabernacle: to d…
180 wordsSECTION 153Numbers 8:16
Numbers 8:16 Ver. 16. For they [are] wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel,.... All of them, entirely, and most certainly; or, "given, given" {u}, which is repeated for the confirmation of it; or because of their being twice given, first to the Lord by the children of Israel, and then by the Lord to A…
151 wordsSECTION 154Numbers 8:17
Numbers 8:17 Ver. 17. For all the firstborn of the children of Israel [are] mine, [both] men and beasts,.... Not only in common with other of his creatures, but in a special respect on account of his signal deliverance of them; they were his, as Jarchi expresses it, by the line of judgment, or rule of justice and equi…
1,469 wordsSECTION 155Numbers 9:1
Numbers 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 9 In this chapter the command for keeping the passover is repeated, and it was accordingly kept, Nu 9:1; but some persons being defiled and disqualified for observing it, Moses inquires of the Lord, on their solicitation, what should be done in such a case, Nu 9:6; when it was orde…
337 wordsSECTION 156Numbers 9:2
Numbers 9:2 Ver. 2. Let the children of Israel also keep the passover,.... Though this ordinance was enjoined the people of Israel, and observed by them at the time of their coming out of Egypt, and had been since repeated, Le 23:5; yet without a fresh precept, or an explanation of the former, they seemed not to be ob…
107 wordsSECTION 157Numbers 9:3
Numbers 9:3 Ver. 3. In the fourteenth day of this month,.... The first month, the month Nisan or Abib, answering to part of our March: at even ye shall keep it, in his appointed season: between the two evenings, Ex 12:6; and even if it fall on the sabbath day, as Jarchi; and this was a sabbath day, according to the J…
205 wordsSECTION 158Numbers 9:4
Numbers 9:4 Ver. 4. And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. The time now drawing nigh for the observation of it, it being now almost a year since their coming out of Egypt.…
41 wordsSECTION 159Numbers 9:5
Numbers 9:5 Ver. 5. And they kept the passover on the fourteenth, day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai,.... No mention is made of keeping the feast of unleavened bread seven days, only of the passover, which indeed was only enjoined at this time, though the feast of unleavened bread used to follow…
248 wordsSECTION 160Numbers 9:6
Numbers 9:6 Ver. 6. And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds, "who died by them suddenly,'' whereby pollution was contracted, see Nu 6:9; though perhaps this was a whole house or family, one of which was dead, and so all were defiled, being in the place w…
317 wordsSECTION 161Numbers 9:7
Numbers 9:7 Ver. 7. And those men said unto him,.... To Moses, who was the chief magistrate, though Aaron was the high priest. Jarchi says, they were both sitting together when the men came, and put the question to them, but it was not proper to speak to one after another; for if Moses knew not, how should Aaron know?…
420 wordsSECTION 162Numbers 9:8
Numbers 9:8 Ver. 8. And Moses said unto them, stand still,.... Where they were; Aben Ezra says, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you; as it was a singular case, of which there had been no instance before, Moses would not determine anything about …
113 wordsSECTION 163Numbers 9:9
Numbers 9:9 Ver. 9. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... From between the cherubim, after he had laid the case before him, and he gave him an answer: saying; as follows.…
32 wordsSECTION 164Numbers 9:10
Numbers 9:10 Ver. 10. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying,.... Not to the men only that came to Moses for advice, but to the body of the people; for the answer of the Lord concerned them all, and carried in it a rule to be observed in the like case, and others mentioned, in all succeeding ages, as long as the pa…
329 wordsSECTION 165Numbers 9:11
Numbers 9:11 Ver. 11. The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it,.... The mouth Ijar, as the Targum of Jonathan, which answers to part of our April and part of May; so that there was a month allowed for those that were defiled to cleanse themselves; and for those on a journey to return home and …
193 wordsSECTION 166Numbers 9:12
Numbers 9:12 Ver. 12. They shall leave none of it unto the morning,.... None of the flesh of the passover lamb, what was left was to be burnt with fire, Ex 12:10; nor break any bone of it; the same was enjoined, See Gill on "Ex 12:46"; according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it: as when obser…
113 wordsSECTION 167Numbers 9:13
Numbers 9:13 Ver. 13. But the man that [is] clean,.... Free from any pollution by a dead body, or the like: and is not in a journey; in a distant country; for if he was on a journey in his own nation, he ought to return and attend the passover, which all the males from the several parts of the land were obliged unto;…
306 wordsSECTION 168Numbers 9:14
Numbers 9:14 Ver. 14. And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the Lord,.... Then he must become a proselyte of righteousness, and be circumcised, or otherwise be might not eat of the passover, Ex 12:48; Ben Gersom interprets this of the second passover, and of a proselyte that was no…
183 wordsSECTION 169Numbers 9:15
Numbers 9:15 Ver. 15. And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up,.... Which was the first day of the first month in the second year of the people of Israel's coming out of Egypt, Ex 40:1; the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony; that part of the tabernacle in which the testimony wa…
289 wordsSECTION 170Numbers 9:16
Numbers 9:16 Ver. 16. So it was alway,.... Night and day, as long as the people of Israel were in the wilderness, see Ex 13:21; the cloud covered it [by day]: the phrase, "by day", is not in the text, but is easily and necessarily supplied from Ex 40:38; and as it is in the Targum of Jonathan, and in the Septuagint, …
1,249 wordsSECTION 171Numbers 10:1
Numbers 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 10 This chapter gives an account of the directions given for making two silver trumpets, and of the use of them, the ends and purposes for which they were to be made, Nu 10:1; and of the time of taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle, and of the removal of the camp of Israel f…
181 wordsSECTION 172Numbers 10:2
Numbers 10:2 Ver. 2. Make thee two trumpets of silver,.... A metal very valuable and precious, durable, and fit for sound; only two are ordered, Aaron having but two sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, who were to blow with them, Nu 10:8; for though Moses's order is, "make thee", or for thee, yet not for his own use, but for t…
739 wordsSECTION 173Numbers 10:3
Numbers 10:3 Ver. 3. And when they shall blow with them,.... With both the trumpets, in an even and continued sound, that is, the sons of Aaron: all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation; to hear what was to be said unto them: blowing both the trumpets togeth…
98 wordsSECTION 174Numbers 10:4
Numbers 10:4 Ver. 4. And if they blow [but] with one [trumpet],.... With only one of them, or but once, with one sounding, and that an even one as before: then the princes, [which are] the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee: and they only or alone, as Aben Ezra: by this token, or by t…
133 wordsSECTION 175Numbers 10:5
Numbers 10:5 Ver. 5. When ye blow an alarm,.... Making a broken, uneven, and quavering sound, which is called a "tara-tan-tara": then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward; the camps of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, which lay to the east of the tabernacle, at the front of it; see Nu 1:3; this was to b…
77 wordsSECTION 176Numbers 10:6
Numbers 10:6 Ver. 6. When ye blow an alarm the second time,.... Another "tara-tan-tara": then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey; the camps of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad, which were encamped on the south side of the tabernacle, Nu 2:10; and, as Josephus {k} says, at the third sounding of the a…
165 wordsSECTION 177Numbers 10:7
Numbers 10:7 Ver. 7. But when the congregation is to be gathered together,.... At the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and not to move in separate camps or bodies one after another: you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm; blow with an even and uninterrupted sound, and not with a broken and quaver…
114 wordsSECTION 178Numbers 10:8
Numbers 10:8 Ver. 8. And the sons of Aaron the priests shall blow with the trumpets,.... Eleazar and Ithamar, the one with the one and the other with the other, there being at first but two, as there were but two priests; but in Solomon's time there were an hundred twenty priests, and as many trumpets, 2Ch 5:12; hence…
162 wordsSECTION 179Numbers 10:9
Numbers 10:9 Ver. 9. And when ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you,.... That enters in to invade it, to besiege cities, and distress the inhabitants of it: then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets: a "tara-tan-tara" with both of them, to call the several tribes together to join against…
289 wordsSECTION 180Numbers 10:10
Numbers 10:10 Ver. 10. Also in the day of your gladness,.... When they should return from the enemy's country conquerors, or have vanquished the enemy that came against them into their own land, and so would fix a day of rejoicing, like the days of Purim, and the seven days when Hezekiah rejoiced, as Aben Ezra observe…
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