Sidon their neighbour was famous among the heathens for its plen- | , £ (3. e. ) The ſouth quarter of the land of Judah, which is towards ty of braſs, and Sarepta 1s thought to have its name from the braſs the ſalt ſea, which is deſcribed Num. 34. 3, 4, 5. Joſ. 15. 1, 2, 3, 4+ and iron, which were melted there in great quantity, Compare Deur. | * the weſtern quarter of Judah was deſcribed in the words next fore- 8.9. Or 3. The ſtrength of its ſituation, and ſo ſome antient; and | $228: hOr, in which lies Jericho : which was in the Tribe of Ben- | \noderns render the words, thy habitation or thy encloſure ſhall be iron | 199% # (7. e.) Jericho, ſo called both here and Juag. 1. 16. and 3.13. | and braſs, i. e. fortified as it were with walls and gates of ircn and | ? Chron. 28. 15. from the multitude of Palm-trees which were in braſs, being def-nded by the Sea on one fide, by their brethren on thoſe parts, as Joſephus and Strabo write, From whenceand the balm other ſides, asalſo by mountains and rivers. 0 (z.e. ) Thy ſtrength there growing it was called Jericho, which ſignifies, ogoriferous or ſhall not be diminiſhed with thine age, but thou ſhalt have the vi- | /»eet ſmeling. |
gour of youth even in thine old age ; thy Tribe ſhall grow ttrong- 4 And the LORD faid unto him, * This 5s the land
er and ſtronger- | which I ſware unto Abraham, unto Iſaac * Gen, 12 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeſurun, ho | jacob, ſaying, I will give it ——_—_ thy ſoeq 7 nm - 7. and 13. | 'Dent.rr
rideth upon the heaven p in thy help, and in his excel: | ſeq thee to ſee it with thine eyes &, but thou ſhalt not ws . — " JU =o age uds to ſuccour thee fi h by ſend DIO HE. ht
| WI PO CHE CLOMC'S ur Thee rom thence, by lend- | & To wit, by a miraculous power ſtrengthnins thy fro |
ing cu = 4cal5agpeny * Rowe” + + > nogry See > 18. 7, | king a clear repreſentation En eons. nor « Ana or ma= orkally DI wick areas Majeſty arhrell ed NT. 5 50 Moles the fervantof th e LORD died there in 3.31.
_ |, 27 The 0K Gods iby refuge r, and underneath s +5 =p of Moab /, according to the word of the _ are the everlaſting arms: and he ſhal thruſt out the ene- _— my/from before thee, and ſhal ſay, Deſtroy ther z. Pw Pe wane el oe Iſrael took from the Amorites,which all
7 Or, thy dwelling place. Compare Þſal. gr. 1. 5(7.e. ) Under thy 6 ind he ws breed "MR , hw | : arms to hold thee up, as my hands were once held up by Aaron and IN 4 VAUCyY 1n the land of Mo- |
Hur. He will ſupport and defend thee. Or the meaning is, Though ab, over againſt Beth-Peor : but no man knoweth of he dwellerh on high, yet he comes-down to the earth beneath to | his {epulchre » unto this day. , aſſiſt and deliver thee. 2 (7. e.) Shall give thee not only command | w (7.e. ) The Lord, laſt mentioned, buried him either immedi-
and commiſſion, but alſo power to deſtroy them : for Gods ſaying | ately, or by the miniſt fA : : 5sdoing, hiswor I comes with powey. Jaying my” 42 RY = _ - "— 7 _ whereof Michael was the Chief
: ) Of th icul 2 | 28 * Ifrael then ſhal dwell in ſafety alone « ; thefoun- | ley where he was buried: which God "O, amg 1 > un oahyreddceng Fer? 2.6. tain of Jacob E: hi all be upon a land of corn and wine : | vent their Superſtition and Idolatry, to which he knew their great
alſo his heavens y (hal drop down dew. 1 r;ong 1 _ _ bart 5 —_ OR endeavoured to have
u Fither 1. Though they be alone, and have no confederates . chaet about it, Jude ver. 9. And defend them, but 5 all the world againſt th:m, yer my Gngle _ God would _ endure the worſhip of the Relicks or Tomb prore&ion ſhall be Gifficient for them. © Or 2. Diſtia& and "a. -.O , porn - Oy rs as Moſes was, it 1s ridiculous to think God ed from all other nations, with whom I will not have them to G: rg, LE , ” Re TY g1ven to any of the ſucceeding mingle themſelves. See Numb: 23: 9: Ezra 9.1, 2. x(7.e.) The aints who were ſo far inferior to him. 2 poſteriry of Jacob, which flowed from him as waters from a Foun- 7 And Moſes Was an hundred and twenty years old +Heb.. tain, in great abundance. Compare Pſal: 68: 26: 1a: 48: 1. The | when he died : his &Ye Was not dim. nor his 4 natural welft ; Fountain 1s here put for the Rzver or Streams which flow from it, as | force Þ abated o, V9 ages 23 400A Ath + Heb ft Pſal; 103; 10; as the Rooz is put for the Branch, 2 Chron; 22; 16; n Iſa: | -
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Peep nd the children of Iſrael wept for 2oſes in the
plains of Moab thirty days p 3 ſo the days of weeping and mourning for Moſes were ended. _ |
> Which was the uſual time of mourning for perſons of high place andeminency. See Gen: 50. 3, 10. Numb, 20. 29: For others {even days ſufficed. =
9 And Joſhua the ſon of Nun was full of the ſpirit of Wiſdomg: for Moſes had laid his hands upon him r, and the children of Iſrael hearkened unto him, and didas the LORD cemmanded Moles. 5
9 And other gifts and graces too, as appears from the Hiſtory, but #iſzom is mentioned as being moſt neceſſary for the Govern- ment to which he was now called. » Which God had oppointed as a ſign to Moſes and Joſbua and the Jraeliter, that this was the per- ſon whom he had appointed and qualified for his great work. See Numb. 27. 18, &c. Compare Gene 48. 10. Numb. 8. 19. ;
10 And there aroſe not a Prophet ſince in Iſrael like
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unto Moſes s, whom the LORD knew face to face t: s In the priviledges here following. # (i. e.) Whom God did ſo freely and familiarly and frequently converſe with. See on Exed. 33.11, Numb. 12. 8, Dent. 5. 4. 11: In all the ſigns «, and the wonders which the LORD ſent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh,
and to all his ſervants, and to all his land. | |
# This is to be joyned, Either r. With the words immediately foregoing, as an eminent inſtance wherein God did know or ac= knowledge and own or converſe ſo familiarly with Moſes, namely in the working of all his ſigns and wonders in Egypt, where God ſpake to him ſo oft, and ſometimes even in Pharaoh's preſence, and anſwered his requeſts, ſo particularly and pun&tually, whether he called for vengeance or for deliverance. Or, 2. With the more remote words, there was none like unto Moſes in regard of all the ſigns, &c, the words, whom the Lord knew face to face, coming in by way. of Parentheſis.