a Properly ſo called, as may be gathered from Joſ. 24; 12: Devut. 7;20: Hornets are of themſelves very troubleſome and miſchievous; but theſe it is very probable were like thoſe Egyptian Flies,Exod, 8. 21: of an extraordinary bigneſs and perniciouſneſs. Nor is it {trange that ſuch Creatures did drive many of thefe people from their Habitati- ons; for many Heathen Writers give us inſtances of ſome people driven from their Seats by Frogs, others by Mice, others by Bees and Waſps ; of which ſee Heredo1, Dioderus, Plin, lian, Juſtin, &Cc. 6-He names theſe three people, either for all the reſt, becauſe they were the moſt potent about the time of ſree!'s firſt entrance into Ca- naay, and gave them moſt trouble; or becauſe theſe three were more infeſted with Hornets than the other Nations, as being more nume- rous and dangerous.
29 * Twill notdrive them out from before thee in one year ; leſt the land become deſolate c, and the beaſt of the field multiply againft thee,
c Void of Inhabitants in a great meaſure, becauſe thy preſent aumber is not ſufficient to ocupy and manage their whole Land.
39 By little and little 1 will drive them out from be- fore thee, until thoube increaſed and inherit the land.
3r And* I will ſet thy bounds 4 from the Red-ſea, even unto the ſea of the Philiſtinese, and from the deſert funts the river g : for I will deliver the inhabi- tants of the land into your hand, and thou ſhalt drive them out before thee.
.d Compare this place with Gen. 15; 18: Numb: 34: 2; eC(i, e, The Mediterrancan or Mid-land Sea, upon whoſe Fas the $5 , the Philifines lay, f Of Egypt or Arabia; whereof See Gen, 16: 7: Exod, 15; 22; g To wit, Euphrares, as it is expreſſed Des. 1; 7; and #1: 24: Which is oft called the river by way of eminency. All within theſe bounds were given them by God, but upon Conditicng
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; let them eſpecially, keep their diſtance ; and what worſhip either
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which they manifeſtly broke, and therefore were for the moſt part confined to a much narrower compals. 32 * Thouſhalt make no covenant with them, NOT with their gods h. | hb To warſhip them, as they made a Covenant with Jehovah ta worſhip him. The ſenſe is, Thou ſhalt not engage thy ſelf either to the p2ople, or to their gods, bur fhalt root out borh» ; 33 They ſball nor dwell in thy land, leſt they make » Chap: thee fin againſt me : for if thou ſerve 3 their gods, * it 34: 123 will ſurely & be a ſnare / unto thee. 4 _ = # Or, for thou wilt ſerve ; this will be the fruit of thy cohabitati- 7 he ad on with them,thou wiltſt thereby be drawn to Idolatry. k Or,and aſ- J at mh ſuredly this will, I An occaſion of further ſin and utter ruin. Jud : 2:3* CHAP. XXIV. Moſes, Aaron,Nadab and Abihu, are commanded to appear before the Lure: __. 2 IWho was to come near the Lord, 2, 3. Moſes buildeth an altar, . and Pſal: 1<6. 12 pillars, 4. He ſends young men to ſacrifice wnto the Lord, 5, He ſprinkles 36: the Altar with the blood, 6. The Cruenant being read, the" people pro- miſe obedience, 7. The people are ſprinkled with bleed, Moſes and the El ' ders of Iſrael ſee the Lerd, 9, 10. God promiſes to give to Moſes two tables of ſtone, 12. Moſes and Jofhus ge up to the Mount, 13. Aaron and Hur Fook care for the peaple in the mean time, 14. Ged appeareth on the Arun like devouring fire, 15, 16. God's glory on the Mount, 17, Moſes remains there forty days and forty mghts- N D he faid unto Moſes, Come up 4 unto the LORD, thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu 6,
and ſeventy of the Elders of Iſracl c, and- worſhip ye afar. off d.
a Afrer thou haſt gone down and acquainted the people with my Will, and received their anſwer, then come up again. This ſenſe 1s gathered from the repeticion of this Command after that was done, : wer. 12; 6 Aaroaand his two eldeſt Sons whom by this ſpecial ho- nour and favour he prepared for that Office to which they were to be called, chap. 28. c Not the ſeventy Governours which were cho« ſen after rhis time, asappears from Num: 11: 24: compared with Num. 33: 16: bur ſeventy perſons ſele&ed by Moſes our of thoſe Rules choſen and mentiened Exod. 18: 25: and poſſibly theſe were the chief Heads of thoſe ſeveral Families, which went with Jacob into Egypt, which were about 70.. See Gen. 46: 26, 27: d Though they may come up into the Mount further than the people, yet do thou, and
da Chap:3: I5: Deut;7:8:
thou or they ſhall offer to me, ſhall be performed afar off from the . top of the Mountain, whither thou only ſhalt be admitted, and that —_ to pray te me, but only to receive Laws and Oracles from me. . DCE VEre 2,
i 2 And Moſes alone e ſhall come near the LORD 2
i but they ſhall not come nigh,neither ſhall the people go ; up with himf. | | e (i.e, ) Without the perſons now mentioned,though not with» out Joſhua his Miniſter, as ſome conceive from ver. 13; though even there Moſes ſeems to aſcend into the Mount withour Joſhus. f To any part of the Mount, as 4armm and Nadab, &c, did, but they ſhall | tarry at the bottom, Exod, 19; 12; 3 I And Moſes came g and told the people all the words ofthe LORD, and all the judgments : and all , ,,, _ h - , = * Chap: the people anſwered with one voice, and faid, * All ,*; the words, which the LORD hath ſaid, will we do 56. Verſe 7: Z£ Down from the Mount to the people, after he had received the Deut 5: Laws from God, h This they ſo readily and raſhly promiſe, becauſe 27; they were not ſenſible of their own weakneſs, and becauſe they did not underſtand the comprehenſiveneſs, and ſpirituality, and ſtrict neſs of God's Law, but thought ir conſiſted only in the external per« formances and abſtinences expreſſed, | : 4 And Moſes wrote ; all the words of the LORD, and roſe up carly in the morning, and builded an altar