uſually expreſſed in the deſcription of borders, either in Scripture or other Authors, becauſe here was an eminent City of the Moabites in the middle of this River,which by this curious and exa& deſcrip- tion is excepted from their poſſeſſion, as God would haye it to be. » The meaning ſeems to be this, And the border, to wit, of their Land, was, which verb ſubſtantive is common!y underſtood, or went forth, (as the phraſe is, Joſ. 15, 6, 7, &c ) from thence, to wit, from the River Arnon, even unto the River Jabbok, for ſo indeed their border &id proceed. 5 Obje#. This was the border between them and the Manaſfes, as is evident. and therefore not the border of the Ammonites, ': Anſw. It bordered upon the Manaſites in one part, and upon the Ammonites 1n another part, to wit, in that part which is remoter from Jordan, and ſo both are t:ue. i7 The plain 7 alſo, and !ordan,and the coaſt zb-reef from Chinnereth «,even unto the ſea of the plain x even | the ſalt ſea, || under A{hdoth Pifg1h y eaſtward. | Or,under | 5 The Low Countrey towards Jordan. u Of wiich ſee on Numb. the ſprings | 34.11. Joſ. 12:3. x (5. e. ) That falr Sea, as it here follows, which of P:[gah, before that dreadful conflagration was a goodly plain, called rhe or the hill. | _ of Jordan, Gen. 13. 10. y The proper name ofa Ciry,of which, j Jo). 13. 20. Fe. | : | 18 And I commanded you & at that time, ſaying, The LORD your God hath given you this iand ro ha. ſeſs it : * ye (hall-paſs over armed before your breth:en, * Numb: the children of Iſrael, all :hat are F meer for the war s. 32: 20. z To wit, the Reubenites and Gadites mentioned, v. 16. to whom t Heb./one he now tu:ns his ſpeech by an Apoitrophe. # In ſuch number as of 2997. your brethren ſhall judge neceffary. See Joſh. r. 14, and 4; 13, 19 But your wives, and your little ones, and your. cattel ( for I know that ye have much catcel) ſhall abide in your cities, which I have given you. 20 Until the LORD hath given reſt 6 unto your bre- thren, as well as unto you, and wnril they aifo poſſeſs the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan : and then ſhall ye * return every man +Jye,2.47 | unto his poſſeflion which I have given you. | b A peaceable and fixed poſſeſſion. 2T. And * I commanded Joſhua at that time, ſaying, + num; Thine eyes have ſeen all that the LORD your God hath 27+ 18. done unto theſe two kings: ſo ſhall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou paſleft. 22 Ye ſhall nor fear them 3 for the LORD your God he ſhall fight for you. 23 And I beſought the LORD at that time, ſaying, 24 O LORD God, thou haſt beguv to ſhew thy ſer- | vant thy greatneſs,and thy mighty hand: for * what God , p, 1.96. | is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to g_ and * | thy works, and according to thy might ? 89. 6+
25 I pray thee let me go overc, and ſee the good land that is beyond Jordan,chat goodly mountain Fo and Lebanon e. | | c For he ſuppoſed Gods threatning might be conditional and re- verſible, as many others were. 4 Or, that blefſid monntain,which the Jews not improbavly underſtand of that mountain onwhich theTem= ple was to be built. For as Moſes deſired and determin<d to prepare an habitation for Gz0d,Exed:;15:2.and knew very well that God would chuſe a certain place for his habitation,and to put his name there,Deut.12.5. So he alſo knew tat it was the manner both of the true worſhip- pers of God and of Idolaters to worſhip their God in high-places,and _ particularly that Abraham did worſhip God in the mount of Moria, Gen: 22: 2. and therefore did either reaſonably conjeQure that God would chuſe ſome certain mountain for the place of his habiration, or poſlibly underſtood by revelation that in that very mount of Moria, where Abraham performed that eminent and glorious a& of worſhip, there alſo the children of Abraham ſhould bave their place of conſtant and ſertled worſhip. This he ſeems to call that moun: ain, emphatically and eminently, that which was much in Moſes his tioughts, tzough not in his eye, and zhe bleſſed ( as the Hebrew rob oft ſignifies) or the goodly mountain. Or, the mountain may be here put for the mountainous count!ies, as that word is oft uſed, as Ger, 36. 9. Numb. 13. 29. and23.7. Deut.1.7. fo. 10.6.and 11. 16,2+:, &c. And itis known that a great part of the glory and beauty and pro- fir of this Country lay in its Hills or Mountains. See Dez. rr. rr. and 33.15. And that goodly mountain may by an Enallage of the num«. ber be put for thoſe goodly mountains in Canaan, which were many. Thus alſo he proceeds gradually in this deſire and deſcription,and prays that he may ſee in general the good land that is beyond Jordan, and then particularly, the goodly mountains of it, and eſpecially that famous mount of Lehbanon,which was ſo celebrated from irs tall and large. Cedars,and other Trees and excellent Plants. See Pſal. 29, 5: and 104. 16. 1a. 2. 13. and 14. 8. 26 But the LORD * was wroth with me for your « (qa. | fakes f, and would not hear me : and the LORD faid 0: 12. | unco me, Let ic ſuffice thee g, ſpeak no more unto me and 27:34 | ; of this matrer. | Ch:1:37. | fBy occaſion of your fins which provoked me to unadviſed words & 32 514 i and carriages, Pjal: 1c6. 32, 33: See Numb: 20: 12. Deut. 23. 2. || and 34:4. 2 Thar this is my pleaſure and unaltetable reſolution. Compare » Cor: 12: 8, 9g. 27 * Get thee up into the top of || Piſgah þ, and lift + Numb: up thine eyes; weltward,atzd northward,and fouchward, 27: 12- { and eaſtward, and behold jr with thine eyes: for chou !, 72, ; ſhalt not go over this Jordan. - h Of which fee on Numb: 29: 12. #5 Towards the Land of Canaan ' and its ſeveral quarters. 28 But * charge Joſhua &, and encourage him, and * yy; ſtrengthen him /: for he ſhall go over m: before this peo- 27:18. { ple, and he ſhall cauſe them to inheric the land which { thou ſhalt ſee,
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