Annotations upon the Holy Bible — Volume 1 — Section 189

of th ture of it, wiz. the lifting up the hand, which is uſually pur for. ! all gods :* for inthe thing wherein they g dealt proud- * Chap:: 70RD. ſwearing, -and in that ſenſe is aſcribed both ro Men, as Gen: 14* 22. |.]y bz 2yas above them. ES Ne 10, 16,22. and to God, as Dew. 32: 40. . And this hand of God Hifred up up- | © F yjz. More clearly and by certain experience ; as that phraſe ſig- and 52 7: on his Throne, where His Majeſty doth peculiarly and glorioully | je Gm:22; 15. i Kings 17: 18, 24. For otherwife it is more than and 14:18 dwell, ſignifies that God ſwears by himſelf, as is ſaid, Hev. 6' 13. | probable, thar Jethro had the knowledge of the true God before this . And thus the Chaldeeand Arabick Interpreters underſtand it. Othe:s ; time,not only becauſe he was the great Grandchild of 4braham, but render the place thus, Becauſe the hand ( or, his' Hand, the pro= | 1 Lecauſe of his long converſation with a perſon of ſo great know= noun being here underſtood, as it frequently 1s in the Hebrew Lan- ledge, and wiſdom, and piety, as Moſes was. 2 Either 1. their falſe guige, of which ſeveral inſtances have been given before, 2. e. the | gods, who wrought ſtrange things in and by their Servants the Ma- hand of Amalek, which may eaſily be underſtood our of the follow- | 4 {9% yo conrended with Moſes,and proudly boaſted of their skill ing Clauſe in which Amalek is named ) was againſt the chrone of the * 1+ 4 whir inferior to that of Moſes, butatlait wereforced to yield Lord, i. e. was ſtretched out againſt God himlelf : for ſo, God : up the Cruſe, Exod.$.19.or rather, 2. the Egyptians, ſpoken of wer. 10. eſteems it, becauſe ir was done againſt that People among whom | 0 qeijr proudly, and ſcornfully, and ryrannically with the 1ſr2e- God had placed his Throne, or Seat, or Dwelling, accor dug to his ; Lites, but God ſhewed himſelf, to be above them, and above their Covenant made with them ; which alſo was well known to the ; py; though Pharaob would not own, him for his Superior, ( Exod: Amalekites by the Relation of their Progenitors, who in all probabi= | .. pv. 1; up his horn againſt God, and againſt his people : But liry had acquainted them with their own Rights, and with 7ac0's | the Torq brought that proud Prince upon his Linees, _ forced him Arts whereby he robbed Eſau, the Father of 4malek, ( Gen: 36. 15, ! oft ro confels his faults; and to become Supplicant to Moſes for de- 16.) of his Birthright and Bleſfing, and conſequently of the Land of , 1;yor.nce from the Plagues ; 4nd at laſt, when he continued incor Canaan,to which now God was bringing them, that he might plaat rigivle, he drowned him in the Sea. them there,and ſet up his Throne among them. And the Amalekites | $I / And Jerhro Moſes father-in-law took b a burht- doubtleſs heard, as the other Neighbours alſo did, in what a mira- | "ek Geri : q q' culous manner God hath brought them- out of Egypt, and over the ; ONEring and facrifices i for God: an , Aaron came, an Red-ſea. And they knew better than others, by Tradition from the Elders of Iſrael to eat bread k with Moſes father- their Parents, that God had promiſed Canaan to them, and now | in-law. before God 1. ' ,; © | Fe 2 they ſaw that he was condutting them thither, and therefore to}. p(7. « ) Gave, or offered ; as That Verb is uſed Pſal:68:18. com- prevent this, they now commence a War againſt them, and againſt | ,,r.q with xph: 4: 8: alſo Exod:25: 2: Which he did, that he might God or his Throne, whoſe Preſence with, and ConduRover them | publickly teſtify both his embracing of the true Religion, and his was moſt manifeſt ; which was a great aggravation oftheirSin And ' th,nkfujneſs to God for the great deliverance given to his people, this latter Tranſlation and Interpretation ſeems moſt probable, | ,p.0;, io himſelf and Family were concerned. And he took or x. becauſe it-exaQtly agrees with the Hebrew words, and the order ered theſe, tior.immediarly, or by himſelf, ( which would have in which they are placed. 2. It makes. the Coherence more clear , femme a preſumptuous and unwarrantable Attion for a ſtranger to than our Tranſlation doth, the former part of the verſe-containing yn errake in the Church of {{-ae!) but by thoſe who were appointed a reaſon of the latter, to wit, of that ſevere Curſe and everlaſting to do it; in which ſenſe David is ſaid to have ſacrificed, 2 Sam:24:25: War denounced «XN malek, beeauſe. they attempred by force , ,,q Solomon, 1 Kings 8:63: and all thoſe who brought their Offerings to overthrow God's Throne and People, and that with ſo many | +, the prieſts to offer for them. 5 To wit, of Thankſgiving,as isex- aggravating circumſtances ; of which ſee Dewt: 25; 17, 18. preſſed Exod: 24: 25. for part of theſe the Offercrs, with others,did - C H A P. . XVIIL eat, Levit: 7. 15. whereas no man _mighteart of the burnt-offerings, RO Res EY | Zevit:1:9; k(7. e.) To feaſt together of rhe remainders of the Sa- Fethro cometh to Moſes with his wife, and his children ; their names, | ccifices. 1 Either before the cloudy Pillar ; or. rather, before' the Ya 4. Moſes \Coing to meet his father, does obeiſance, 7 and re- | Altar,andin the place of publick Worſhip ; for ſome ſuch place un- lates to him God's providence, 8. Jethro's joy and thankſgiving, 9, | qoubredly they had, though the Tabernacle was nor yer built ; and 19. Confeſſeth God's power therein, 11. Jethro ſacrificeth. 12. Moſes's | that was the place appointed for ſuch Feaſts. See Deus: 12:7: and Judging the people, 13, diſliked by his father, 14. Moſes's anſwer, 15, 27: 7: 1 Chron: :29: 21: Pſal: 116: 17. . 16. Jethro's advice, 19-----=23, Moſes hearkening to his father, 24. þ {22 | chuſeth able men for rulers,-25. mho always judged the people, 26. Jethro's | 13 And it came to paſs on the morr ow, that Moſes | | departure, 27. rs far ro judge the people 2 : and the people ſtood by * Chap:2: JJ den * Jethro the Prieſt of Midian, Moſes father- | Moſes from the morning unto the evening. 721 16s in-law, heard of all that God had done for Mo- m As a Civil Magiſtrate,by hearing and determining Cauſesand ſes, and for Iſrael his people, and 5ha: the LORD had | Controverſies ariſing among the people. ; brought Iſrael out of Egypt: . 14 And when Moſes father-1n-law ſaw all that he did 2 Then Jethro, Moſes father-in-law, took Zipporah, | ©2 the people, ſaid, Whar is this thing that thou doeſt Moſes wife, after he had ſent her back 4, unto the people? Why fitteſt thou thy ſelf alone, and a From the. way to Egypt, upon the occaſion mentioned Exod: 4. all the people ſtand by thee fr om morning unto even ' 24, 25. and becauſe he found by experience that ſhe was likely to IF And Moſes faid unro his father-in- law, Becauſe: hinder him from,or diſcourage him in the diſcharge of his great and | + the people come unto me to enquire of God ». 'f Lev:24: : dangerous Office, and to give an ilt example to > wa Iſraelites. n (i:e: ) Of the mind and will of God, both as to hiis Worſhip 12- :Chap:2. 3 And her two ſons, of which che * name of che | anq Service, and as to.their mutual duties to one another, See Num:15: _. he; ONE Was + Gerſhom, for he ſaid, I have been an alien | : $2: 9: 9. bb, | je. _ TO 5, in a ſtrange land ; 16 When they have a matter they come unto me,and thee. __ 4 And the name of the other was + Eliezer, for the | I judge berween + one and another, and I'do'make:t Heb: #