Numbers 33:30
Ver. 30-31. And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. Thirty two miles from Hashmonah. In De 10:6 it is called Mosera; and according to the account there, they came hither from the following place, Benejaakan; probably they went first thither from Hashmonah, and then from Mosera or Moserot, and so to Benejaakan again, going backwards and forwards, so Jarchi; the distance of the two places was twenty four miles; for the further reconciliation this,See Gill on "De 10:6" and the Samaritan version there. Numbers 33:31Ver. 31. See Gill on "Nu 33:30". Numbers 33:32Ver. 32-37. And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. In the Targum Jonathan called Gudgod, as it is Gudgodah in De 10:7, where the remove to this place is said to be from Mosera; it was twenty miles from Benejaaken; from thence they went to Jotbathah, twenty four miles from Horhagidgad; and from thence to Ebronah, twenty miles more; and so to Eziongeber, of which see 1Ki 9:26 which was twenty eight miles from Ebrorah; and their next remove was to the wilderness of Zin, which was Kadesh, forty eight miles from Eziongeber; and from Kadesh they went to Mount Hor, forty eight miles more: which wasin the edge of the land of Edom; as Kadesh also was; see Nu 20:16. Numbers 33:33Ver. 33. See Gill on "Nu 33:32". Numbers 33:34Ver. 34. See Gill on "Nu 33:32". Numbers 33:35Ver. 35. See Gill on "Nu 33:32". Numbers 33:36Ver. 36. See Gill on "Nu 33:32". Numbers 33:37Ver. 37. See Gill on "Nu 33:32". Numbers 33:38Ver. 38. And Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor, at the commandment of the Lord,.... Delivered to Moses:and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of Egypt; not being suffered to go with them into the land of Canaan, because of his sin of unbelief at Kadesh, the last place from whence they came: in Mount Hor he died,on the first day of the fifth month; the month Ab, answering to part of July and part of August; so that he lived but four months after his sister Miriam; see Nu 20:1. Numbers 33:39Ver. 39. And Aaron was one hundred and twenty three years old when he died in Mount Hor. He was eighty three when he stood before Pharaoh, Ex 7:7, and forty years he had been with Israel since, which make this number; he was three years older than Moses. Numbers 33:40Ver. 40-44. And King Arad the Canaanite,.... Or the king of Arad the Canaanite:which dwelt in the land of Canaan, he heard of the coming of the children of Israel; towards the land of Canaan, in order to possess it, and he came out and fought with them, and was vanquished; see Nu 21:1, this was when Israel was at Mount Hor; from whence they departed to Zalmonah, twenty eight miles from the mount; and from thence to Punon, which was twenty more; and so to Oboth, which was twenty four miles from Punon: and thenceto Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab, which was sixteen miles, see Nu 21:9. Numbers 33:41Ver. 41. See Gill on "Nu 33:40". Numbers 33:42Ver. 42. See Gill on "Nu 33:40". Numbers 33:43Ver. 43. See Gill on "Nu 33:40". Numbers 33:44Ver. 44. See Gill on "Nu 33:40". Numbers 33:45Ver. 45. And they departed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibongad. Sixteen miles from Ijim; the remove from whence is said to be to the valley of Zared, Nu 21:12 in which Dibongad was, so called perhaps because rebuilt by Gad afterwards. Numbers 33:46Ver. 46. And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. Sixteen miles from Dibon, perhaps the same with Diblath, Eze 6:14, according to the account in Nu 21:16, &c. they went from hence to Beer, a place where they found a well, which gave it this name; and several other removes are mentioned there, which are not here, and which, perhaps, were small removes, and not properly stations. Numbers 33:47Ver. 47. And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim,.... Sixteen miles from Almondiblathaim; these were so called from passages near them over the river Jordan: and this station was pitchedbefore Nebo; one of those mountains, whither Moses went up and died. Numbers 33:48Ver. 48. And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab,.... Sixteen miles from Abarim, where all those things were transacted, which make the history of Balak and Balaam, Nu 22:1 and where the Israelites now were by Jordan near Jericho; not on that side Jordan where Jericho stood, but on the other; Jericho, according to Eusebius, was ten miles from Bethjesimoth, where Israel now were, as follows. Numbers 33:49Ver. 49. And they pitched by Jordan from Bethjesimoth, [even] unto Abelshittim, in the plains of Moab. Their camp reached twelve miles, as the Jews commonly say, which we may suppose was the distance of these two places, which were both in the plains of Moab; and the Jerusalem Targum is express for it, for mentioning Israel's encampment from Bethjesimoth to Abelshittim, it asks, how far is that? twelve miles: the latter is sometimes called Shittim, from the shittim wood which grew there, Nu 25:1 and here it has the addition of Abel to it, to signify mourning, from the mourning of the children of Israel on account of the plague, in which 24,000 persons died, Nu 25:1. Numbers 33:50Ver. 50. And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho,....See Gill on "Nu 33:48",See Gill on "Nu 22:1",saying; as follows. Numbers 33:51Ver. 51. Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... What was to be said, being what concerned the whole body of the people:when ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; near to which they now were, and Moses was about to leave them; and therefore it was the more necessary to give them some instructions and directions what they should do, when they were come into it. Numbers 33:52Ver. 52. Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you,.... Not at once, but gradually; and the sense is, that they should use their utmost endeavours wholly to extirpate them:and destroy all their pictures; their idolatrous ones; the pictures of their gods, or the statues and figured stones of them: the Targum of Jonathan interprets it,"all the temples of their worship;''and the Jerusalem Targum,"all their idols;''so called, as Jarchi notes, because they covered the floor with a pavement of marble stones, to worship upon them by the stretching out of their hands and feet, according to Le 26:1,and destroy all their molten images; of gold, silver, &c.and quite pluck down all their high places; their temples, groves, and altars built upon them. Numbers 33:53Ver. 53. And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein,.... Turn them out of their cities, towns, and houses, and inhabit them:for I have given you the land to possess it; who had a right to dispose of it, and a better title they needed not desire than the Lord could and did make them. Numbers 33:54Ver. 54. And ye shall divide the land by lot,.... What is said in this verse is the same with Nu 26:53, where it has been explained;See Gill on "Nu 26:53",See Gill on "Nu 26:54",See Gill on "Nu 26:55",See Gill on "Nu 26:56". Numbers 33:55Ver. 55. But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you,.... Should be remiss and careless about it, and indifferent to it, and not make use of the proper means to get rid of them, but, on the contrary, make covenants with them, and intermarry among them; or, however, become friendly to them, and suffer them to dwell among them:then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them; sparing their lives, and permitting them to dwell among them:shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides; which figurative expressions show that they should be very troublesome and distressing to them, even in their most tender and nearest concerns, and dearest relations, and which are explained and more properly expressed as follows:and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell; among other things by their wicked conversation, and by drawing them into sin through their ill examples, and so bring the displeasure of God upon them, and punishment for their evil doings. Numbers 33:56Ver. 56. Moreover, it shall come to pass,.... This being the case, they suffering the Canaanites to dwell among them, and they mingling with them, learning their works, and serving their gods: thatI shall do unto you as I thought I should do unto them; deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, who should carry them captive into other lands.
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