$0. 12. 37 * Alfo the LORD was angry with me for your
& 27. 14+ ſakes r, ſaying, Thou alſo ſhalt not go in thither.
Ch: 3.26. 7 Upon occaſion of your wickedneſs and perverſeneſs, by which
and 4. 21. you provoked me to ſpeak unadviledly, Pal 106. 32, 33.
and 34.4 438 But Joſhua the ſon of Nun, which ſtandeth before thee 5s, he (ball go in thither ; Encourage him; for he ſhall cauſe Iſrael co inherit it.
s (i.e.) Whois now thy Miniſter and Servant, for ſuch are oft deſcribed by this phraſe, as 1 Kirgs x. 2, Dan: 1. 5, 19.
9 39 Moreover, your little ones, which ye ſaid ſhould
; LORD fſpake unto me: and we compaited mount Seir a
| 37- : ; ; oY we turned, and took our. journey into the wilderneſs, by the way of the Red-ſea, * as the
* Numbs k4 25. 1 many days 6. A 3 The mountainous Country of Seir or EJom: even for 38 years. 2 And the LORD ſpake unto me, ſaying, 3 Ye have compailed this mountain long enough, turn ye northward c. c Towards the land of the 4morites and Canaanites. . 1 4 And command thou the people, ſaying, * ye are to * Numb paſs through the coaſt «4 of your brethren, the children 29 14+ } of Efau, which dwell in Seir e, and they ſhall be afraid | of you f: take ye good heed unto your ſelves therefore. 4 Or, by, or near the coſt or border; For they did not paſs through
b Or, many years
their borders, as it is ſaid, Numb: 20. 21. And the particle B:th doth oft ſignifie by or near, as Gen: 37. 13. Jof: 5. 13. Fudg: 8. 5. Fer: 32.7. Thus that difference may be reconciled, which others re- concile thus, that they at firſt denyed ir, bur afterwards granted it. e Theſe words reſtrain the prohibition to theſe particular Chil dren of Eſau, for there were another ſort or branch of Eſau's Chil- dren, which were to be meddled with and deſtroyed, even the 4ma- lekites, Exod: 17. 14 Deut: 25. 17. who were Eſau's poſterity, Gen: 36. 12. f BurI charge you take no advantage of their fears, which you
w1ll be very apt to do. 5 Meddlenot with them f, for I will not give you of f Heb:
4 p - eventot, their land, F nonot ſo much as a foot-breadth, * becauſe tar 1 have given mount Seir unto Efau for a poiteflion. the ſole of
f To wit, in battel at this time. the fort,
6 Ye thall buy meat of them g for money, that ye may * Gen: 36| eat, and ye ſhall alſo buy water of them 6 for money, F. tha that they may drink. , Jolh:248
£ For though the Manna did yet rain upon them, they were not
| Gen: 26. 18. Numb: 21. 18.
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; 6, and 31. 7. Which experience of God's ſingular goodneſs to thee,
be a prey, and your children which in that day had no
knowledge between good and evil, they ſhall go in thi- | Moabites, neither contend with them in battel: for I will ther,and unto them will I give it, and they ſhal! poſſeſs ir.
f£ Acommon deſcription of the {tate of childhood, as 709% 4. £1.
not give thee of their land for a puilefton,becaulc lhave 34.
forbidden to buy other meats when they had opportunity, bur only were forbidden greedily to hunger after them when they could not obtain them. h For water in thoſe paits was ſcarce, and therefore private perſons did ſevera!ly dig pits for their particular uſe. See
7 Forthe LORD thy God hath bleſſed thee 5 in all the works of thy hand ; he knoweth & thy walking through this great wilderneſs:theſe forty years theLORD thy God hath been with thee, thou haſt lacked nothing.
7 By Gods bleſſing thou art able to buy thy conveniencies, and therefore thy theft and rapine will be inexculable, becauſe without any pretence of neceſſity. & Heb: He hath known, «. e. obſerved, or re- garded with careand kindneſs, which that word oft notes, as Pſal: r.
ſhould make thee truſt him ſtil}, and nor uſe any undire& and un- juſt praCtices to procure what thou wanteſt or deliceſt,
8 And when we pailed by from our brethren,the chil- dren of Eſau whichdwelt in Seir,through the way of the piain from Elah, and from Ezion-Gaber /, we turned m and palled by the way of the wilderneſs of Moab.
1 Of which fee Numb: 33. 35. which may be either thar place us pon the Red-ſea, 1 Kmgs g. 26. or anothe: of the fame name. »» To wit; from our direCt road which lay through Eons land.
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