46 And Moſes ſaid unto Aaron, Take a cenſer, and pur fire therein from off the Altar, and put on incenſe m, and go quickly unto the congregation », and make an artonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the LORD ; the piagne is begun o. |
m Which was a ſign of interceſſion, Pal: 141: 2. and was to be accompanicd with it, Luke 1. 9: 10. » With the incenſe, to ſtir up the peopl- to repentance and prayer to prevent their utter ruins This he might do up 'n this ext'ao:dinary occaſion, having Gods command for _ CI mough ordinarily :!ncen'e was t: be of fered only in the Tabernacle. o In cuting off th 6 den and miraculous ſtroke. T © PE I
47 And Aaron took as Moſes commanded, and ran into the midſt of the congregation p : and behold, the
plague was begun amonglt the people: and he put on incenſe, and mide an atonement for the people.
p Hazarling his own life to obey God and to do this wicked people good. 45 And he ſtood between the dead and the living q
s (i:e.) From the cloud, wherein the glory of the Lord appeared ' and the plague Was ſtay ed.
q Whereby it may ſeem that this plague, like that fire, Numb: 71: 1 began in the uttermoſt parts of the congregation, and ſo proceeded de:'r-ying one afrer another in an orderly thing which gave Aaron occaſion and dire&ion fo to place himſelf ; Mcdiatour to God on their behalf. » Sa
49 Now they that died in the plague.we thouſand and ſeven hundred, beſide Ss n_ prone bout the matter of Korah.
5o And Aaron returned unto Moſes unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : and the plague was ſtayed. CH AP. XVII 7
and the bloſſoming of his xod, 1=---=9. Commandaecth it to be laid up for a —_ po. ba 20 Rebels, 10. |
Toe People being terrified thereby, ſeek to Moſes for ſuccour oem TY :
A N D the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaving 2 Speak uno tlie Children of Iirae! a, and take of every one of them þ a rod c, according to the houſe of their fathers d, of all their Princes according to the houſe of their tathers, twelve rods : write thou every mans e name upon his rod. a That I may fully and finally fatisfie all their ſcruples, and rake
away all pretence and cauſe of mourmurinss.b Not of ever erſd . . : X N but of every Tiibe, as it follows. c Either an ordinary walking
; w hich the Princes crried ir their hands as tokens of their dignity and authority ; as may be ga-
thered from Numb: 21; 18; compared with Pjal; 110: 2. Jeremiah 48: 2B 3 16,
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| Chap. XVILL « N O M | 6.1,” d (5. e.) According to each family proceeding from the Puakenh A. AA of that Tribe. e (7. e.) Every Princes : for they being the firſt-born, and the chief of their Tribes might a- bove all others pretend to the Prieſthood, if it was communicable ro any of their tribes, and beſides each Prince repreſented and aU- <d for all his Trib* : ſo that this was a full deciſion of the whole queſtion. And this place feems to confirm, what was before ob- ſerved, that not only Korah and the Levites, but alſo thoſe of other Tribes conteſted with Moſes and Aaron about the Prieſthood,as that which belonged to all the congregation, they being all holy, as they faid, Numb: 16: 3. And. thou thalt write Aarons name fupon the rod of Levi ; for one rod ſhall be for the head of the houſe
of their fathers g.
Rather than Zevi's name, for that would have left the contro- verſie undecided between Aaron and the other Levites, whereas this would juſtifie the appropriation of the Prieſthood to Aaron: family. g (i.e. ) There ſhall be in this, as there 1s 1n all the other Tribes, only one rod, and that for the head of their Tribe, who 1s Aaron 1n this Tribe : whereas it might have been expe&ed rhat there ſhould have been two rods, one for Aaron, and another for his Compett- tours of the ſame Tribe: But Aarons name was ſufficient to derer- mine both the Tribe, and that branch or family of the Tribe, to 4 whom this dignity ſhould be aflixed. |
I® ExoJ: 4 And thou thalt lay them up 1n the tabernacle of the #25: 22. congregation,before the teftimony þ X where 1 will meet LM with yOu 5. | ts |
h (5. e.) Before the ark of the teſtimony, either mediately,cloſe by the vail behind which the Ark ſtood : or rather immediately, within the vail in the moſt holy place, cloſe by the Ark, as may be gathered by comparing this place with wer. 19. and with Heb: 9: 4. 7 And manifeſt my mind to you for the ending of this diſpute.
5 And it ſhall come co paſs, zhat che mans rod whom I ſhall chooſe, ſhall blofſom : and I will make to ceaſe from me the mournings of the children of Ifrael, where- by they murmur againſt you. ; | W + He: .. $ And Moſes ſpake unto the children of Iſrael, and WF rod fer one EVETY One of their princes gave him + a rod a piece, for Wy prince, - each prince one, according to their fathers houſes, even Hy rod for ore twelve rods:andthe rod of Aaron was among their rods h. \ Wi þ (i. «) Was laid up with the reſt, being either one of the
twelve, as the Hebrews affirm, or the thirteenth, as others think; .
7 And Moſes laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witneſs,
8 And it came to paſs, that on the morrow Moſes went into the tabernacle of witneſs /, and behold, the red of Aaron for the houſe of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed bloſſoms, and yeilded
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1 Into the moſt holy place, which he might ſafely do under the prote&ion of Gods command,though otherwiſe none bur the Hi gh- prieſt might enter there, and that once in a year. m This being,
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9 And Moſes brought out all the rods from before the
LORD;unto all the Chi!dren of Ifrael : and tiey looked, *Heb:9:4: and took every man his rod. ; 10 And the LORD ſaid unto Moſes, * Bring Aarons +Heb:ch;1. Tod again before the teſtimony, to be kept for a roken dren of re« againit the + rebels,and thou ſhalt quite take away their beliom. murmurings from me, that they die not . |
» For if after all theſe warnings and prohibitions, backt with ſuch miracles and judgments, they ſhall uſurp the Prieſtzood, they ſhall aſſuredly die for it.
it And Moſes did ſo: as the LORD commanded him, ſo did he. |
12 And the children of Iſrael ſpake unto Moſes ſay- ing, Behold, we dic, we periſh, we all periſh s.