z Or, pits, which any of you have digged for your private ule, to wit, without paying for it, verſe 19. Deut. 2. 6. but only of the waters of common rivers, which are free to all Paſſengers, and will not be prejudicial ro thee. ;
18 And Edom {aid unto him, Thou ſhalt not paſs by mes, leſt I come out againſt thee with the ſword.
a ( 5. e. ) Through my country,as thou defireſt : I will not ſuffer thee to do ſo: which was an a& of common policy toſecure them- ſelves from ſo numerous an ho#. : ;
19 And the children of [ſrael ſaid unto him b,We will
go by the high-way * And if Tand my cattel drink of thy water, then I will pay for itc: I will only ( with- out doing any thing elſe ) go through on my feer.
þ (5.e. ) Their Meſſengers replied unto them what here follows c For water was a ſcarce commodity in thoſe parts.
20 And he ſaid, thou thalt not go through- And Edom came out againſt him with much people, and with a ſtrong hand. 21 Thus Edomrefuſed to give Iſrael paſſage through his border 4: wherefore Iſrael turned away from him e. d But permitted them to goby their border, Deut: 2: 4, 8. Juag 11: 18: and furniſhed them with vicuals for their money, Deur- 2: 29. e According to Gods command, Dez. 2. 5. 22 And thechildren of Iſracl,eves the whole congre- * chap.33. gation, journeyed from *Kadeſh,and came unto mount 37- or f. fWhoſe inhabitants were then called Horims, Deut: 2: 12. and Eſau the Horite, Gen: 36: 20. 23 And the LORD ſpake unto Moſes and Aaron 1n mount Hor, by the coaſt of the land of Edom, ſaying, 24 Aaron ſhal be gathered unto his people : for he ſhal not enter into the land which I have given unto +Heb. the children of Iſrael, becauſe ye rebelled againft my j muy. words at the water of Meribah.
g This was one but not the only reaſon. God would not have
Moſes and Aaron to carry the people into Canaan, for this reaſon al- ſo, to ſignifie the, inſufficiency of the Moſaical Law and Aaronical Prieſthood to make them perfe&ly happy, and the neceflity of a berter, and ſo keep the Iſraelites from reiting in them ſo as to be taken off from their expeQation of Chriſt, and from the entertain- ment of him when he ſhould come.
* chap.33. 25 * Take Aaron and Eleazar his ſon, and . bring
38. them up unto mount Hor. Deut. 32» 26 And ſtrip Aaron of his garments h, and put them _ upon Eleazar his ſon i, and Aaronſhal be gathered unto
his people, and thal die there.
þ To wit,of his prieſtly garments, Exod.28:2:Levit:8:7,8,9.in token of his reſignation of his ofice. See the like 1ſa: 22: 15, 19, 20, 21. i By way of admiſſion and inauguration of him to his office.
27 And Moſes did as the LORD commanded : and they went up into mount Hor, in the fight of all the congregation &, |
k Thar their hearts might be more affe&ed with their loſs of ſo great a pillar, and that they all mighr be witneſſes of the tranflati- on of the Prieſthood from Aaron to Eleazar, and therefore might give him the honour due to him. :
25 And Moſes ſtripped Aaron of his garments, and
Deur.1o. put them upon Eleazar his ſon, and * Aaron died there 6. and 32.7 in the rop of the mount : and Moſes and Eleazar came
os down from the mount.
I To wit, in mount Hor. Obj. He died in Moſer, Deut. 10. 6. Anſw. Moſera was the general name of the place where that ſtation was, and mount Hor is a particular place in it, where he died, and was buried alſo, Deur. 10. 6. k
29 And when all the congregation ſaw m that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days », ever all thehouſe of Iſrael.
m (i.e. ) Underſtood by the relation of Moſes and Eleazar, and by other ſigns. So ſeeing 1s uſed, Gen. 42. 1. As 7. 12. n The time of publick and ſolemn mourning for great perſons. See Der. 34. 8.
CHAR XXL The Canaanites fizht againſt Iſrael, and take ſome of them Priſoners, x. Through God's aſſiſtance they overcome them, and deſtroy their cities, 2, 3. The people murmur, 4, 5. Areplagued with fiery Serpents, 6. They repent, 7. A brazen Serpent erefed, to which they look, and are healed, 8, g. They journey, 10--16. Their Hynm for water given at Beer, 17. They ſue for paſſage to the Amorites : are denied : fight them: overcome, and dwell in their cities, 18--26. Proverbial ſayings concerning it, 27--30. Og King of Baſhan, his ſons, and all his people, are killed by the Iſraelites, * chap.33, ard rheir Land poſſeſs'd by them, 33=--35-
ND when * 7 King Arad theCanaanite a, which
40. bs ow. Foe dwelt in the ſouth b, heard tell that Iſrael came
ef drad. by the way of the ſpies c, then he fought againſt Iſrael, Joſ.12-14. and took ſome of them priſoners «, | Jud. 1.16. |
E R S. Chap. XXL.