: : ; 'h3 © clauſe | 5» and happineſs, which thou haſt above all other people, which _ och wp "ag = = (rm; Ea parry | pupae di thou doſt not obtain either by or for thy own wiſdom or ſtrength ance from Bafhan, even atthe other end of the Land,and therefore we goodneſs. Or, Thy moſt excellent ſword, 7. e. Thy ſtrength and the this ſeems too great a leap for him, and if he did leap fo far he - ta -4 all thy paſt or approaching ViRories. |! ( 5. e. ) Shall be ſhould rather be ſaid to take hisleap from his own lot in the South ES as to all their vain hopes and confidenccs of deſtroying of Canaan, and thence to leap not from Baſban, but to Baſban, to fall n ee eatery. themſelves, wherher grounded upontheir own num- upon his "Enemies there : bur it rather is a continuation of the Me- Fry and vaJour and ſtrong holds, or upon old Propheſies and pre- mphor, and belongs to the Lim, which is ſaid to leap from Baſhan, yy rt of ſucceſs, or upon their idols. Or, ſhall lie unto thee, 7. e. becauſe there were many and fierce Lions in thoſe parts, ſee Judg. nies ene mg "_ Nao — » be done but feignedly 14. 5. whence they uſed to come forth to prey, and their manner "7 y ang AS THIS Phrale er ed, Pſal: 18: 44: and 66: 3: & was to leap upon the prey. 1: 15. Poſſibly this may deſign the lies and frauds which the Gi-
_ ; p ; . beonites would uſe to deceive them, Joſ: 9:4. Þ 7. e. be 23 And of Naphral he ſaid, O Naphtali ſatisfied due their greateſt princes, and their "ata "ul geo _ : with favour g, and fall with the blefling of the LORD 5: | and their Idols, Temples, and Worſhip. - poſſeſs thou the weſt and the ſouth z. Fr C H A P. XXXIV,. g Either 1. With Gods favour, as it follows: Or 2. With mens | Moſer from Mount Nebo wieweth the Land, 1==-4., He dieth there, 5. Mis favour or good-will, his carriage being peaceable, courteous and Burial, 6. Hisage, 7. Thirty days mourning for him, 8, Joſhua ſuc* obliging, as isintimated, Ger. 49. 21. according to the common | ceederh him, 9. The praiſes of Moſes, 10==-12. Tranſlation; fee the notes there. h (7. e.) Seated 1n a pleaſant and AN D Moſes went up 4 from the plainsof Meab, un- fertile and happy ſoil ; ſuch as Galilee, ( in which their ſhare Jay ) to the mountain of Nebob to the top of {| ÞiC, eminently was, as Joſephus and others report. # Or, zhe Sea and the has ; . k p of || Fiſgah, | Or, th - South. This is not to be underſtood of the places, that his lot ſhould tat zs Over againſt J ericho: and the LORD ſhewed hell” <6 fall there ; for he was rather in the Eaſt and North of the Land ; him * all the land of Gilead c unto Dan d. * chap. 4, | but of the pleaſures and commodities of the Wef or of the Sea, a In compliance with Gods will that he ſhould then and there 27. which were conveyed to him from his neighbour Zebulun; and of | refignup his foul ro God. b Of which fee Num: 27: 12: and 32: 38: zbe South, i.e. fromthe ſouthern tribes and parts of Canaan, which | & Der. 32. 49. c Whereof Moſes had as yer ſeen and era, 7a were brought tohim down the River Joraan,and both ſorts of com- | a ſmall part. Of this Land ſee Gen: 31: 21: Numb. 32. 1, 19, &c modities were given him in exchange for the fruits of his rich ſoil | 4 To that city which after Moſes his death was called Dan, Joſ. 19. which he had in great abundance. 47. Juag. 18. 29. So that here is an anticipation. But it ſeems moſt 24 Andof Alher he ſaid, Let Aſber be bleſſed with | probable, and is commonly believed,that this chapter was not writ- children & ; let him be acceptable to his brethren 7, and ten by Moſes but by Elegzar or Joſbua or Ezra or ſome other man of
_—_— * qaÞ | God diretted herein by the Holy Ghoſt ; this being no more im- let him dip his foot in oi] wry Maſe 0 1k peachment to the divine authority of this chapter, wa hs n- k He ſhall have numerous and thole ftrong an ealthful and man is unknown, which alſo is the lot of ſome other Books of *Dent, x. comely Children. Or,ſhall be bleſſed or praiſes of or above the ſens, i. e. | Scripture, than itis to the authority of the AQs of the K; $ the other Sons of Iſrae!, or his brethren, as it here follows, 7» e. His "4. Sg A
- portion —_ fall in ITRE par 3 whgee By may have the bene- = _—_ that they are Written or Printed by ſome unknown
-fits both of his own fat ſoil, and of the Sea, by his neighbours, 7y- . :
-rus and Sidon. 1 By his ſweet diſpoſition and winning | —INs _ -* 2g all Napheali e and the land of Ephr aim,and Ma- communication of his excellent commodities to his brethren he | 29 eh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmoſt ſea F.
ſhall gain their affe&tions. » He ſhall have ſuch plenty of Oil thar e (7.e.) The land of Naphrali, which together with Dan, was in he may not only waſh his face bur his feet alſo in ir. Or, the fatneſs the North of Canaan, as Ephraim and Manaſſch.were in the mid-land and fertility of his Country may beexpreſſed by Oil, as Fob 29. 6. | P75, and Judah on the South, and the Sea on the Weſt. So theſe
'And ſo it agrees with Jacobs bleffing ot him, Gen. 49- 20. parts lying ia the ſeveral quarters are put forall the reſt. He ſtood Tor under 25 | Thy ſhoes ſhall be iron and braſs » : and as thy in the Eaſt and ſaw alſo Gilead, which was in the Eaſtern part of the | hy ſboes days fo ſhall thy ſtrength "mg land, and thence he ſaw the North and South and Weſt. LENS
ſhall be iron »y, This may note, either 1: Their ot Kernel] by which they hehe vere ap on which was the utmoſt bound of the land of pro- ſhould be able to tread down and cruſh their enemies, as Chriſts . |
feet for this very reaſon are ſaid to be of braſs, Revel. 1. 15. Or,2. | 3 And the ſouth g, and the plain of the valley of Je- The Mines of Iron and Copper,which were in their portion, whence | * icho h, the city of palm-trees z, unto Zoar.