b Theſe were certain threeds or ends of their garments, ſtanding our a little further rhan the reſt of their garments, left theve fo: this uſe. c (7. e. ) In the four borders or quarters, as it 1s, Deut* 22: 12. Heb. wings, which 1s oft uled for the borders or ends, as Ruth 3:9. 1 Sam: i5: 27: and 24:5: Oc. d(1i.e.,) Of heir upper garment. or that wherewith they covered themſelves, as it is exprefled Dent: 22: 12. This was praCtiſed by the Pharitees in Chriſts rime, who are nored for making their borders Jarger than ordinary, Matrh: 23: 5: and by Chriſt himſclf, as may be gathered from Luke 8: 44. e To make 1 more obvious to the fight, and conſequently more ſerviceable to the uſe here mentioned. f Or, of a purple colour, as the Jewiſh Writers agree, whoſe opinion 1s the more conliderable, becauſe it was matter of conſtant praftice among them.
39 And it ſhall be unto you for a fringe g, that ye may look upon it, and remember þ all the. command- ments of the LORD, and do them : and that ye ſeek not z after your own heart, and your owneyes &, after which ye uſe to go a whoring 1:
gk (:.e. } the ribband, ſhall be unto you. 7. e. ſhall ſerve you for the tinge, to wir, to render it more vitible and notorious by its certain and remarkable and diſtin& colour, whereas the fringe withour this was of the ſame piece and colour with the garment, and therefore leis obſervable. Or, tr, (7. e. ) the ribband, Jha be in your fringes, or, put zo your Finger, faſtened to chem. h 'Tuat by looking upoa it
NUMBE KS | Chap. XVI.
+ you may remember; that your eye may affe& your mind and heart« ; Or, inquire n0t. for other rules or ways of ſerving me than I have preſcribed you. k( 7. e, ) Neither after the devices and inventions of your own minds or hearts, as Nadab and Abihs did when they offered ſtrange fire, and as you new did when you pretended to ſerve and pleaſe me by going up the hil and towards Canaan without and againſt my command ; nor after the examples or inventions of others which your eyes ſee, as you did when you were ſet upon worſhipping 2 calf after rhe manner of Egypt. 1( 7.e.) To depart from me, and ro prefer your own fancies b:ztore my commands, and to live only by preſent ſight or ſenſe, and not at all by faith in my promiſes.
40 That ye may remember, and do all my com- mandments, and be holy unto your God.
41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I a» the LORD your God m».
m Though I am juſtly diſpleaſed with you for your frequent and horrid rebellions, for-which alſo I will keep you 40 years in the Wildernels, yerT will not utterly caſt you off, but will continue ta be your God, to preſerve and provide for you there, and after that imme to bring you 1ato Canaan.
CHAP. XVI.
Korah, Dathan and Abiram, raiſe Seditim againſs Moſes and Aaron, j-—z, Moſes reproving them, 4— 11. Scenes for Darhan aid Abiram; their Refuſal and Anſwer, 1214. The manner of therr puniſhment, 1 5 enm_—_, Th perfumi'g Cenſers are kept fer a Memorial and Warning, 36 --+ —-——-:40. The people murmur againſt Moſes and Aaron, for which they ara conſumed by the plague, which Aaron by Moſes's Order ſtays, 41---50.
O W * Korah 4 the ſon of Izhar b, theſon of * Chap: Kohath the fon of Levi, and Dathan, and Abiram, 27: 33 che ſons of Eliab, and On the ſon of Peleth, ſons of Jude 21: Reuben c, took men d: a The firſt and chief author of this rebellion, ver: 21, Jude wer: 17, b Amrams brother, Exod: 6. 18: therefore Mo/es and he were Couſen germans. Moreover, Izhay was the ſecond -ſon of Kehath, whereas Eltzaphm, whom Moſes had preferred before him, and made prince” or ruler of the K1bathites, Num: 3: 30: was the fon of Uzziel, the fourth ſon of Kohath. This, the Jewiſh writers ſay, made him mal-contenr, which at laſt broke forth inro ſedition. c Theſe are drawn into confederacy with Korah, partly becauſe they were his next neighbours, both being encamped on the ſouth-ſide, and therefore could eaſily communicate counſels, par:ly in hopes ro recover their rights of prumogeniture, in which the Prieſthood was comprehended, which was given away from their father. 4 To wir, thoſe 250 mentioned verſe 2. In the H:brew there is nothing bur zook, and the Hibrew words are placed and may well be rendred thus, Now Korah———took both Dathan and Abiram, &c. or took Dathan, &c. the particle Yau bang here ſuperfluous, asirt is Gen: 8: 6. and elſewhere.
2 And they e role up f before. Moſes g, with certain of the children of Ifrae], two hundred and fifty princes
of che aſlembly, * famous .b in the congregation, men * Chap! of renown. 26: 9:
e(i.e.) Korah, Dathan and Abiram, laſt mentioned. f ( #. e. ) Ruth 4: Contpired together, and-put their ſedirious deſign in execution. g 11: 14: Nor privily and obſcurely, bar openly and boldly, not fearing nor regarding the preſence of Moſes, who was an Eye-witneſs of their conſpir.cy. þ For place and birth.
3 And * they i gathered themſelves together againſt * pg: Moſes, and againſt Aaron &, and ſaid unto them, f Ye 106: 16: | take too much upon you 1, ſeing all the congregation t Heb. it |
ho! f th d - 1s much are holy m, every one of them, and the LORDis among fir guy them 3 wherefore then lift ye up your ſelves o above?” the congregation of the LORD ?