PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Numbers
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 203,866 words · 574 reading sections
Numbers 18:7
Numbers 18:7 Ver. 7. Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office,.... Observe all the duties of it, and keep out others from intruding into it: for everything of the altar: both of incense and of burnt offering with respect to burning incense on the one, and offering sacrifices on the other;…
273 wordsSECTION 302Numbers 18:8
Numbers 18:8 Ver. 8. And the Lord spake unto Aaron,.... Having pointed out to him the duty of his office, he now informs him of the perquisites of it; or having told him what was his work, now what his wages, or what was his service, and now his maintenance: behold, I also have given thee the charge of my heave offer…
167 wordsSECTION 303Numbers 18:9
Numbers 18:9 Ver. 9. This shall be thine of the most holy things,.... For, as observed, there were some lighter and lesser holy things or sacrifices, and others superlatively so: and those are begun with, such as were [reserved] from the fire; those parts of sacrifices which were not burnt with fire on the altar of b…
255 wordsSECTION 304Numbers 18:10
Numbers 18:10 Ver. 10. In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it,.... Not in the holy of holies, eminently so called, nor in the holy place, for they were neither of them places to eat in; but in the tent of the congregation, as Aben Ezra, or court, as Jarchi; called most holy, in distinction from and in comparison o…
133 wordsSECTION 305Numbers 18:11
Numbers 18:11 Ver. 11. And this [is] thine,.... What follow, which appertained to the priests, are the less or lighter holy things: the heave offering of their gift: the right shoulder, given to the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of peace offerings, Le 7:32; according to Jarchi, it was what was lifted…
290 wordsSECTION 306Numbers 18:12
Numbers 18:12 Ver. 12. All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat,.... Or the "fat" {i} of them; the fat of anything being the best, see De 32:14;the firstfruits of them: the oil, and wine, and wheat:which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee; this Jarchi calls the great …
3,240 wordsSECTION 307Numbers 19:1
Numbers 19:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 19 This chapter contains a law for making a water for purification for sin, the ingredients of which are the ashes of a red heifer burnt, about which many things are observed, Nu 19:1; the use of the water made of them, to purify such as were unclean by the touch of a dead body, N…
201 wordsSECTION 308Numbers 19:2
Numbers 19:2 Ver. 2. This [is] the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded,.... By which it appears, that this law was not of the moral, but of the ceremonial kind, being called an ordinance, a statute, a decree of God, the King of kings; and which was founded not on any clear plain reason in the thing itse…
1,135 wordsSECTION 309Numbers 19:3
Numbers 19:3 Ver. 3. And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest,.... The son of Aaron; the Sagan of the priests, as the Targum of Jonathan calls him, the second or deputy priest; it was not to be given to Aaron, that he might not be defiled, though but for a small time, that so he might not be hindered in his offic…
253 wordsSECTION 310Numbers 19:4
Numbers 19:4 Ver. 4. And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,.... He took the blood in his left hand, and sprinkled it with the finger of his right hand, as Maimonides says {a}; and so the Targum of Jonathan, which says, he did not receive it into a vessel, but into the palm of his hand, and fro…
488 wordsSECTION 311Numbers 19:5
Numbers 19:5 Ver. 5. And [one] shall burn the heifer in his sight,.... Another priest, as the Targum of Jonathan, Eleazar looking on, as that expresses it; the Jews say {g}, that when the priest came to the mount of Olives, accompanied by the elders of Israel, before he burnt the cow, he dipped himself in a dipping pl…
288 wordsSECTION 312Numbers 19:6
Numbers 19:6 Ver. 6. And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,.... Another priest, according to the Targum of Jonathan; but it seems to design Eleazar the priest, and so, in later times, the same priest that burnt the cow took these things; the Jews say {h}, when he took them he said, is this ceda…
251 wordsSECTION 313Numbers 19:7
Numbers 19:7 Ver. 7. Then the priest shall wash his clothes,.... The Targum of Jonathan has it, "he that slew the cow,'' and Aben Ezra, the priest that burnt it; but it seems to mean Eleazar, the priest that sprinkled the blood, and by touching that was defiled and needed washing; and so the Jews {l} say, all that w…
345 wordsSECTION 314Numbers 19:8
Numbers 19:8 Ver. 8. And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water,.... In forty seahs of water, as the Targum of Jonathan: this shows that one different from this is designed in Nu 19:7; and that this is one distinct from him that sprinkled the blood, Nu 19:4; and bathe his flesh in water: in a like quanti…
123 wordsSECTION 315Numbers 19:9
Numbers 19:9 Ver. 9. And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer,.... A man, a clean priest, as the Targum of Jonathan; in later times great care was taken that the priest concerned in the burning of the red cow should be pure; he was separated from his own house seven days before the time, and e…
700 wordsSECTION 316Numbers 19:10
Numbers 19:10 Ver. 10. And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes,.... Whom the Targum of Jonathan calls a priest, though it does not seem necessary he should be one: and be unclean until the even; See Gill on "Nu 19:7"; and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger tha…
112 wordsSECTION 317Numbers 19:11
Numbers 19:11 Ver. 11. He that toucheth the dead body of any man,.... A man and not a beast, as Aben Ezra observes; for he that touched the dead body of a beast was unclean only until evening, Le 11:24; any man, Jew or Gentile, as the same writer notes: this is instanced in, as being the principal pollution, though no…
143 wordsSECTION 318Numbers 19:12
Numbers 19:12 Ver. 12. He shall purify himself with it,.... That is, with the ashes of the water of purification made of them: and this was to be done first on the third day; from the time of his touching the dead body. Aben Ezra intimates, that there is a secret or mystery in this and the following number seven; it …
226 wordsSECTION 319Numbers 19:13
Numbers 19:13 Ver. 13. Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself,.... With the ashes of the heifer, or water of purification, and so neglects the means which God has appointed for his cleansing: defileth the tabernacle of the Lord; that is, if he goes into it in his uncleanne…
303 wordsSECTION 320Numbers 19:14
Numbers 19:14 Ver. 14. This is the law when a man dieth in a tent,.... A tent is only mentioned, because the Israelites now dwelt in tents, as Aben Ezra remarks; otherwise the law holds equally good of an house as of a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days; the me…
125 wordsSECTION 321Numbers 19:15
Numbers 19:15 Ver. 15. And every open vessel,.... An earthen one, as the Targum of Jonathan; and so Jarchi interprets it; and Maimonides {r} observes, that this is only to be understood of an earthen vessel: which hath no covering bound upon it; a linen or a woollen cloth wrapped and tied about it:[is] unclean; the a…
1,505 wordsSECTION 322Numbers 20:1
Numbers 20:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 20 In this chapter is an account of the children of Israel coming to the wilderness of Zin, where Miriam died, and where wanting water they murmured, Nu 20:1, upon which Moses and Aaron applied to the Lord, who ordered Moses to speak to a rock, which should give forth water, and w…
648 wordsSECTION 323Numbers 20:2
Numbers 20:2 Ver. 2. And there was no water for the congregation,.... Which was so ordered, for the trial of this new generation, to see whether they would behave any better than their fathers had done in a like circumstance, the first year they came out of Egypt, Ex 17:1 and they gathered themselves together against…
77 wordsSECTION 324Numbers 20:3
Numbers 20:3 Ver. 3. And the people chode with Moses,.... Contended with him in a wrangling and litigious manner, showing no reverence nor respect unto his person on account of the dignity of his office, and the many favours they had received from him; and this at a time, when, instead of quarrelling with him, they sh…
212 wordsSECTION 325Numbers 20:4
Numbers 20:4 Ver. 4. And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness,.... The wilderness of Zin, whither by various marches and journeys, and through different stations, they were at length come: that we and our cattle should die there? with thirst; they seem to represent it, as if this w…
113 wordsSECTION 326Numbers 20:5
Numbers 20:5 Ver. 5. And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt,.... They represent that affair in such a light, as if they were forced out of Egypt by Moses and Aaron against their wills; or at least were overpersuaded by them to do what they had no inclination to, namely, to come out of Egypt; though they…
213 wordsSECTION 327Numbers 20:6
Numbers 20:6 Ver. 6. And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly,.... Like fugitives, as Aben Ezra; they fled from them through fear, lest they should rise and fall upon them, and stone them, as their fathers were ready to do in a like case, Ex 17:4. It is very likely this assembly gathered about the te…
249 wordsSECTION 328Numbers 20:7
Numbers 20:7 Ver. 7. And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Out of what was the token of his glory, which perhaps was the cloud, with an uncommon lustre and brightness in it: saying; as follows.…
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Numbers 20:8 Ver. 8. Take thy rod,.... The rod of miracles, as the Targum of Jonathan; not the rod of Aaron, miraculous for its blossom and fruit, as some Jewish writers think; but the rod of Moses, with which he had done many wonders in Egypt, and at the Red sea, and in the wilderness, and particularly by smiting the…
279 wordsSECTION 330Numbers 20:9
Numbers 20:9 Ver. 9. And Moses took the rod from before the Lord..... Which was laid up somewhere in the sanctuary, as well as the rod of Aaron, Nu 17:7: as he commanded him; being always faithful and obedient to him that appointed him.…
46 wordsSECTION 331Numbers 20:10
Numbers 20:10 Ver. 10. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock,.... To which they were directed, and were to speak unto; before this they gathered not only the elders of the people, but as many of the congregation as could be well assembled together: and he said unto them; Moses, who wa…
274 wordsSECTION 332Numbers 20:11
Numbers 20:11 Ver. 11. And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice,.... At first it only brought out some drops, as Jarchi conjectures, and therefore Moses smote again, when it brought forth water plentifully: the Targum of Jonathan says, "at the first time it dropped blood, at the second t…
380 wordsSECTION 333Numbers 20:12
Numbers 20:12 Ver. 12. And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron,.... Out of the cloud, where his glory appeared, and still continued: because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel; that Moses and Aaron committed an evil which was displeasing to the Lord is certain, but what that was …
482 wordsSECTION 334Numbers 20:13
Numbers 20:13 Ver. 13. This is the water of Meribah,.... Or "strife": this is the name by which the water had in this place, and from this rock, was called; and which is the same name given to the place at Horeb, where a rock had been smitten, and water had flowed, as now, the first year they came out of Egypt; and to…
3,021 wordsSECTION 335Numbers 21:1
Numbers 21:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 21 This chapter gives an account of the defeat of King Arad, the Canaanite, Nu 21:1 of the murmurings of the children of Israel, because of difficulties in travelling round, the land of Edom, for which they were punished with fiery serpents, Nu 21:4 and how that upon their repenta…
589 wordsSECTION 336Numbers 21:2
Numbers 21:2 Ver. 2. And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord,.... The Israelites made supplication to the Lord for help against their enemies, and that he would give them victory over them, and made promises to him: and said, if thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand; certainly and entirely deliver them, so a…
157 wordsSECTION 337Numbers 21:3
Numbers 21:3 Ver. 3. And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel,.... In their prayers and vows; with acceptance heard, and answered them according to their wish: and delivered up the Canaanites: into their hands, gave them victory over them: and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; that is, "anathematize…
238 wordsSECTION 338Numbers 21:4
Numbers 21:4 Ver. 4. And they journeyed from Mount Hor,.... After the battle with the king of Arad, and the defeat of him: by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom; which lay by it, and from whence it had the name of the Red sea, Edom signifying red; and by the way of that the Israelites must needs go, …
323 wordsSECTION 339Numbers 21:5
Numbers 21:5 Ver. 5. And the people spake against God,.... Who went before them in the pillar of cloud and fire, for leading them in such a way; that is, against Christ, as the apostle has taught us to interpret it, 1Co 10:9, and is no inconsiderable proof of the deity of Christ; and so the Targum of Jonathan paraphra…
378 wordsSECTION 340Numbers 21:6
Numbers 21:6 Ver. 6. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people,.... Of which there were great numbers in the deserts of Arabia, and about the Red sea; but hitherto the Israelites were protected from them by the cloud about them, but sinning, the Lord suffered them to come among them, to punish them; these are …
595 wordsSECTION 341Numbers 21:7
Numbers 21:7 Ver. 7. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, we have sinned,.... Being bitten with serpents, and some having died, the rest were frightened, and came and made an humble acknowledgment of their sins to Moses: for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; murmuring at their being brought …
233 wordsSECTION 342Numbers 21:8
Numbers 21:8 Ver. 8. And the Lord said unto Moses,.... Out of the cloud; or, it may be, Moses went into the sanctuary, and there prayed, and the Lord answered him from between the cherubim: make them a fiery serpent; not a real one, but the likeness of one, one that should very much resemble the fiery serpents Israel…
217 wordsSECTION 343Numbers 21:9
Numbers 21:9 Ver. 9. And Moses made a serpent of brass,.... Which was the most proper metal to make it of, that it might resemble the fiery serpents, whether of a golden or scarlet colour: and Diodorus Siculus {d} speaks of some of the colour of brass, whose bite was immediately followed with death, and by which, if a…
372 wordsSECTION 344Numbers 21:10
Numbers 21:10 Ver. 10. And the children of Israel set forward,.... From Zalmonah, and came to Punon, which, according to the above writer, was twenty miles from it; though here indeed, some think, the brazen serpent was set up, here being, as before observed, brass mines to furnish with that metal: and pitched in Obo…
141 wordsSECTION 345Numbers 21:11
Numbers 21:11 Ver. 11. And they journeyed from Oboth,.... How long they stayed there is not certain: and pitched at Ijeabarim; which, according to Bunting {k}, was sixteen miles from Oboth; Jarchi says it was the way that passengers pass by Mount Nebo to the land of Canaan, and which divides between the land of Moab …
4,297 wordsSECTION 346Numbers 22:1
Numbers 22:1 INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 22 The children of Israel being come into the plains of Moab, put the king of Moab into a panic, who expressed his fears to the elders of Midian, Nu 22:1 and sent for Balaam the soothsayer to curse the people of Israel, but he, upon consulting the Lord refused to come, Nu 22:5, on…
396 wordsSECTION 347Numbers 22:2
Numbers 22:2 Ver. 2. And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. The word "Amorites" being particularly pointed, shows, as Aben Ezra observes, that Sihon and Og are both meant, and that there were not among the kings of the land of Canaan any so great as they; wherefore when Balak, who wa…
142 wordsSECTION 348Numbers 22:3
Numbers 22:3 Ver. 3. And Moab was sore afraid of the people,.... Lest they should enter into their country and do to them as they had done to Sihon and Og, and their countries; on this account the king of Moab, his nobles, and the people of the land, were in an exceeding great panic, which was a fulfilling of the prop…
283 wordsSECTION 349Numbers 22:4
Numbers 22:4 Ver. 4. And Moab said unto the elders of Midian,.... Whom the king of Moab sent for to consult with what to do in the present case, for the good and safety of both people; for, according to the Targum of Jonathan, they were one people and one kingdom unto this time, at least had been confederates, by what…
419 wordsSECTION 350Numbers 22:5
Numbers 22:5 Ver. 5. He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor,.... In consequence of the consultation held by the king of Moab with the elders of Midian; and very probably through a motion of theirs, and by advice they gave, Balak dispatched messengers of both people to the person here described by his…
569 wordsSECTION 351Numbers 22:6
Numbers 22:6 Ver. 6. Come now, therefore, I pray thee,.... To my country, city, and court: curse me this people; by imprecations on them; and which being attended with various rites and ceremonies, brought calamities on persons, which men of Balaam's character were supposed to have power to do: for they are too migh…
341 wordsSECTION 352Numbers 22:7
Numbers 22:7 Ver. 7. And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Midian, departed,.... By which it appears that they were princes and nobles; for such the elders were, that were sent on this errand to Balaam; and that they were some of both people, Midian and Moab, that went upon it, see Nu 22:14 which shows, that if th…
288 wordsSECTION 353Numbers 22:8
Numbers 22:8 Ver. 8. And he said unto them, lodge here this night,.... Which shows that he was at once inclined to do their business for them, and would readily engage in it if he could be permitted; and it looks as if it was in the night season that he got knowledge of things, either in dreams, or by familiar spirits…
373 wordsSECTION 354Numbers 22:9
Numbers 22:9 Ver. 9. And God came unto Balaam,.... In a dream very probably, as he did to Abimelech and Laban, Ge 20:3: and said, what men are these with thee? who lodged with him that night. This he said, not as ignorant who they were, or from whence they came, or what they came about; but in order to lead on to a d…
91 wordsSECTION 355Numbers 22:10
Numbers 22:10 Ver. 10. And Balaam said unto God,.... In answer to the question he put to him: Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me; these men, and a message by them: saying; as follows.…
41 wordsSECTION 356Numbers 22:11
Numbers 22:11 Ver. 11. Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt,.... In this, and the following part of the verse, he faithfully and punctually relates the words of Balak to him by his messengers, as well knowing he could not deceive the omniscient God, or hide anything from him, though he could deceive men; and co…
79 wordsSECTION 357Numbers 22:12
Numbers 22:12 Ver. 12. And God said unto Balaam, thou shalt not go with them,.... Which is a denial of the first thing Balak requested, "come now, therefore", &c. Nu 22:6 thou shall not curse the people; which was the principal thing desired, and in order to which he was solicited to go with the messengers; but this …
131 wordsSECTION 358Numbers 22:13
Numbers 22:13 Ver. 13. And Balaam rose up in the morning,.... With the impression of the dream upon his mind, and of what had passed between God and him in it:and said unto the princes of Balak; which shows what the elders were that were sent, of what honour and dignity, and may include both those of Moab and of Midia…
6,050 wordsSECTION 359Numbers 23:1
Numbers 23:1 INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 23 This chapter gives an account of the sacrifices offered by Balak and Balaam, and how God met Balsam, and put a word into his mouth, which he delivered in the presence of the king of Moab and his princes, Nu 23:1, the substance of which are, the separate state and condition of Is…
453 wordsSECTION 360Numbers 23:2
Numbers 23:2 Ver. 2. And Balak did as Balaam had spoken,.... Ordered seven altars to be built, and prepared seven bullocks and rams for sacrifice: and Balak and Balsam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram; both seem to be concerned in offering the sacrifices; Balak, though a king, it being usual for kings to be…
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