49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerices ; of * Shjl- lem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 Thele are the fami'ies of Naphrali, according to cheir families : and they that were numbred of them ere fourty and five thouſand, and four hundred. :
5I Theſe were the number of the children of Iſrael ſix hundred thouſand, and a thouſand ſeven hundred and thirty «. |
u Very nigh as many as there were before, and marvellouſly &id God at the ſame time manifeſt his juſtice in
cutting off ſo vaita number, and his mercy in givi
and numerous ſupply, and his truth in Rds A ans _ 52 And the LORD fſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 53 Unto cheſe x the land ſhall be divided z for an in-
herirance, according to the number of names z.
x To theſe families now mentioned. y By lor, werſe 55, The iand was divided into nine parts and an half, reſpe& being had in ſach diviſion to the goodneſs as well as to the largeneſs of the ſeveral portions, and the Jot gave each Tribe their part. & (7.e. ) Ofthe perſons, names being ott pur for perſons, as A#s x. 15. Phil, 2. 9. Rev. 3.4.and 11.13. The meaning is, that the ſhare of each Tribe wasdivided amonglit the ſeveral families, to ſome more, to ſome leſs according to the nur ber of the perſons of each family, Num.z3. 54. And withal, if one «f the lors or portions proved roo large or roo little for all the families and perſons cf that Tribe, in this caſe they might either give part of tizeir portion to another Tribe, as Simegx and Dan had parts of Judahs ſhare, 5:ſb. 19. 4, 40. or take away 2 part from the portion belonging to another Tribe :
of the fa-
Num. 1. 46. So wiſely
tance, and to few thou ſhalr fgive the leſs inheritance : to every one ſhall his inheritance be thole that were numbred of him 6.
2 Thou Moſes, partly by thy ſelf, fr he divided the land beyond Jurdaw ro the two Tribes and an half, and partly by thy ſucczilor Jojvua, whom thou ſhalt empower and command to do it. & Accor-
veing 20 years old, no regard being to be had either to any increaſe of the number by thoſe who came up to thar age between this time and the diviſion of the land, or to rhe dimiaution of this number by
| the {word of Canannites or other wile,
2 D 2 55 Nots
_ 44 * Ofthe children of Aſher after their families : of *; chro Jimna, the family of the Jimnites : of Jeſuir, the family 7: 30:
* 297 | | . . 54 * Io many thous thalt + give the more inheri- ;
_ Chap. XXVI. of Eran g,
g Called Edan or Hadan, x Chron. 7. 26. the letters Daleth and Re being alike in the Hebrew tongue, and therefore of+ changed, me
38 * The ſons of Benjamin 6 after their families : of *: Chron
7: 6;
n:
* Gen:
46: 24:)
1 Chron: 7:13;
*x Chron: 9: 335 Shallum,
Chap
33: 545
given, according to + Heb. _ multiply his inheritance. + Heb.
diminiſh his | ding to the. number of the tamilies and perſons now numbred and inheritance.
Chap. XXVII NUMB E K I. | Chap. KXVit.. c 5 Notwithſtanding, the land ſhall be * divided by | ther againſt the LORD * in the company of Korah « : *Chuc;,
IChap:33: _ ut WHEN - | ny Joſh: lot c:; according to the names of the tribes of their fa- | but died in kis own fin 4, and had no ſons.
hp rt 23. & thers « they ſhall inherit. :
| | a c Which Sn ſeem to have been caſt enly for the tribes, Kot 25 Wl! ſome would have it for the ſeveral families, for the diſtribution of it might poſſibly be accuſed to be guilty of this : Or 2. becauſe, he to them was left to the rulers wiſdom according to the rule now I | 1.1 tt nent perſon might be thoughe guilty of that rather than
given, verſe 54. Yet, if any Lot was too large for the IG, they |. .f any other, becauſe the great and famous men were more cencerned Ze might give up part of their Right to others, with the Rulers x64 in that rebellion than others ; Or 3. to gain the favour of Moſes, aginft 10. 2 ſent, as Judah gave 2 fhareto Simeon and to Dar within his Lot. 4 4m that rebellion was more particu/arly dire&.d, and more Mitt # (7. e.) The Lots ſhall go under the names of each Tribe or each deſperately proſecuted than any or'::r. Or 4. becauſe peradventur? 36.
Patriarch.
56 According to the lot ſhall the polleflion ther cf | that crime. Or, rather, 5. beczuſe that ſin, and, as it moy ſeem, be divided between many and few e. chatonly of all the ſins coinmitred in the wildernefs, was of fuch a
e (i.e. ) That ſhare, which ſhail by Lor fall to each Tribe, ſhall | flagitious nature, that God thought fir ro extend the puniſhment be diftribured to the ſeveral families and perſonsin ſuch proportions | notonly ro the perſons of thoſe rebels, bur Io ro their chiilren and Y * Gen: a6; 45 Their numbers ſhall require. Gaualies, Naws: THe 334 $02: HEE OEN SI or 2... _ fn ag er 57 X And theſe are they that were numbred of tne Fo): 7.24. Whence IT 1S noted as a ſtngulas priviiedoe granted to Tae l 6:16, 17, Levites : of Gerſhon the family of the Gerſhonites : of
y 18, 19. 'Kohath, the family of the Kohathites ; of Merari, the argument here more proper and powerful, that he did not die in it d _ family of the Merarites. _ ſin for which _— OY were to be cut off, and to ſole either O.1, I0. 4 : | cho : their livesor their 1nheritances, and therefore their claim wes more | Fs Theſe are the ſes cx che Levires f : the _ juſt. d Either 1. for that fin mentioned Numb: 14: which they call of the Libnites, the family © the Hebronites, the family | ;,.,;,, fo, in oppoſition not to the reſt of the people, for it was 2 of the Mahlites, the family of the Muſhites, the famil common ſin, but to his children, 7. e. the fin for which he alone was of the Korhites : and Kohath begat Amram. | to ſuffer inhis perſon and not in his poſterity, as God had ap:011:.:4, f Which are here numbred by themſelves, Lecauie they were nor Numb: I4: 33. Or rather 2. for his own pzrſona! ſins, foi ; . OE ie to have a diſtin& ſhare of the land, whence it is that rhey are nor | Were more properly his own ſins, 2. It was a truth, 2nd ca; v4 ved ſo diſtinaly and exzQly mentioned as the other Tribes, but confu- T _ ae hg pt opting Aly a + nn RS The a "ECBO . : f - 7 ( VC Calils
—_ E—_—_ ly, _ I Ng many prgceed here, Sec bur excluſion from the land of Canaan, and death ok by way Os
* Exod:2: _, And the name of Amrams wife wes * Jochebed, | <7'<4uence upon That,