z If you be Prophets, as you pretend, yet know there is a diffe= rence among Prophets, nor do I put equal authority and honour upon all of them. k Whereby God repreſents things to the mind of a Prophet when he is awake, as Gen: 15. 1. and 46. 2. Dan: 8. 18. and 10.8. I By which God manifeſts his mind to them in a dream, as Gen: 20. 3. an4 28. 12.
7 My ſervant Moſes is not fo, * whos faithful in all , Saks ©: mine houſe m. . TOTP
» (i.e) Whom T have ſet over all my houſe, 7. e. My Church ** and people, and therefore over you, and who hath diſcharged his Office fairhfuily, and nor partially and ſelf-ſcekingly, as you falſly accuſe him.
8 With him will I ſpeak * mouth to mouth », even apparently o, and not in dark ſpeeches p, and the ſimi- + p,,g. licude of the LORD g, ſhall he behold : wherefore then ;1. x5. were not ye afraid to ſpeak againſt my ſervant r Moſes?
2 (7. e.) Diſtinaly, by an articulate voice; immediatly not by an interpreter, nor by ſhaddows and repreſentations in his fancy,as it 1s in viſions and dreams; and familiarly. This is called peaking face to face, 2 Epiſt: of Joh: ver: 12. and 3 Epiſt: wer: 14. +0 lJainly and certainly. p Not in parables, fimilitudes, riddles, dark re- ſemblances; as by ſhewing a boiling pot, an Almond Tree, &c, to Je- remy, a charior with wheels, &c. to Ezekiel. q Not the face or cſ- ſence of God. which no man can ſee and Jive, Exod: 33. 20. it be- ing inviſible, Col: 1. 15. and never ſeen by man, John 1. 18. but ſome lingular manifeſtation of his glorious preſence, as Exod: 33.
IT, 20, &c. and 34. 5, &Cc. Deut: 34. 10. Yea the Son of God ap= peared to him in an humane ſhape, which he took up for a time, that he might give him a fore-taſte of his future incarnation. r Who is ſo in ſuch an eminent and extraordinary manner.
' 9 And the anger of the LORD was kindled againſt them, and he departed 5s.
s From the door of the Tabernacle, in token of his great diſ-
pleaſure, not waiting for their anſwer, and judging them unworth of any further diſcourſe. ing F
10 And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle *, and * behold, Miriam became leprous s, white as ſnow * Denr-
x : and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold, ſhe 24. g. Was leprouse | FF;
# Nor from the whole Tabernacle, for then they muſt have re- moved, but from that partof the Tabernacle, whither it was come, to that part which was dire&ly over the Mercy-ſcat, where it con- ftantly abode. « She, and not Aaroy, either becauſe ſhe was firſt or chief in the tranſgreſſion; or becauſe God would not have his wor= ſhip either interrupted or diſhonoured, which it muſt have been, if Aaron had been Jeprous. x This kind of leproſie was the moſt virulent and incureable of all, See Exod: 4. 6. 2 Kings 5, 27. ' Ic
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I four Moſes endeavours to get Hobab his Father-in-Law along with
him, 29-="-32. Moſes his Prayer and Bleſſing when the Ark was remo-
wed and ſet down again, 33=-==36. AND the LOKD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying,
2 Make thee two trumpets « of filver b : of .an whole piece c ſhalt thou make them, that thou mayeſt uſe them for the calling of the aſſembly, and for the journeying of the camps.
a For Aaron's two Sons: though afterwards the number of the trumpets was much increaſed, as the number of the Prieſt: alſo was. See 2 Chron 5.12. Theſe trumpets were ordained, both for ſignification of the great dury of Miniſters, to wit, to preach the word ; and for uſe, as here follows. þ A meta] pu'e and precious and giving a clear ſound. « See Exod: 25: 31, Numb: 8: 4.
2 And when * they 4 ſhal blow with them e, al! the aſſembly ſhal aſſemble themſelves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
d (i.e. ) The Prieſts by comparing this with verſe 8. e(7.e.) With both of them, by comparing this with the next verſe.
4 And if they blow but with one irumper, then the princes which are heads of the thouſands of 7irael, (bal gather themſelves unto thee. :
5 When ye blow an alarm e, then the camps that lie on the ecaſt-part, ſhal go forward.
e To wit, once, as appears from werſe 6.
6 When ye blow an alarm the ſecond time, then the camps that lie on the ſouth-ſide, ſhal take their journey: they ſhal blow analarm for their journeys f-
f As a ſign for them to march forward, and conſequently for the reſt to follow them, which iseaſily underſtood'out of thele words.
7 But when the congregationis to be gathered toge- ther, ye thal blow: but ye ſhall not ſound an alarm.
8 And the ſons of Aaron,the prieſts, ſha) blow with the trumpets g : and they ſhall be to you for an ordi- nance forever throughout your generations.
g To oblige them to the greater regard and obſervance, asif God himſelf had called them.
9 And ifye go to war in your land againſt the ene- my that oppretteth you, then ye ſhal blow an alarm with the trumpets þ, and ye ſhal be remembred before the LORD your Gcd, and ye ſhal be ſaved from your enemies z.
h Which was pra&iſed accordingly. See Numb. 31. 6. 2 Chron. 13. 12. i If you uſe this ordinance of God with truſt and dependance upon God for help, which condition is neceſſarily to be underſtood from divers other Scriptures, where it is exprefled.
* ch:29:1. 10 Alſo * inthe days of your gladneſs &,and in your 1 Chr0:15: ſolemn days /, and in the beginnings of your months — Ek ;. m, ye ſhal blow with the trumpets over your burnt-of- 1:.&7. 6. ferings, and over the ſacrifices of your peace-ofterings, & 29. 26: that they may beto you for a memorial before your God _ 3*'0: 3: IT am the LORD your God.
ch, 12. þ (#. e. ) Days appointed for rejoycing and thankſgiving to God, 35- either for former mercies, or for ſucceeding deliverances, as Efth, 9+ 18, &c. Compare Hof. 2. 11. / Your ſtated and conſtant feſtivals. -m Of which ſee, Pſal: 81: 3. n Thar God may remember you for good to accept and bleſs you, as that phraſe oft ſignifies.