« Ver " . . "0: 2, by fire « are their inheritance, * as he {aid unto them.
9 1. &« Moſes, as is expreſſed v. 33. z To wit, in the Land beyond |
Jordan, where yet a conſiderable part of the Levites were to-have their ſettled abode] This is mentioned as the reaſon both why Moſes
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by a Synecdoche are here put for all thoſe Sacrifices and Oblations, | including firſt Fruits and Tithes, which were affigned to the Levites; And this paflage is ſo oft repeated and urged, to prevent thoſe calumnies and injuries which God foreſavs the Levites were likely to meet with from the malice, envy, and covetouſneſs of their Bre- thren ; and to oblige allthe other Tribes to a chearful and conſcion- able giving to'the Levites their dues, to which they had as good a Right and Title, as they had to er ſeveral Poſleflions. 2
: 5 And Moſes gave unto the tribe of che children of Reuben inheritance according to their families 6.
> Dividing the inheritance into as _ parts as they had Fami- lies; Bur this 1s only ſpoken of the greater Families, for the leſſer Di- viſions or Diſtributions to the ſeveral ſmall Families, was done by inferior Officers, according to the Rules which Moſes gave them.
16 And their coaſi was from Aroer that is on'the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that 5s in the midſt of the river c, and all the plain by Medeba:
c Of which ſee Deut, 3. 16. and Jo. 12. 2, 17 Heſbbon 4, and all her Cities that are in the plain :
Dibon, and *Bamoth-baal e, and Beth-baal-meen f.
d This City ; and Dibon and 4taroth were upon the borders of Rex- ben and Gad, and therefore ſometimes are aſcribed to Revben, as here, and Numb, 32. 37. ſometimes to Gad, as Numb. 72. 34. 1 Chron. 6.81. by whom Heſbbor is ſaid to be given to the Levites, of. 21. 39. Poſ-
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18 And Jahazah, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, 19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethſhahar, in the mount of the valley p. | |
g In the Mountain bordering upon that Valley, which then was famcus among the J/raelites; whether that where Moſes-was buried, which was near to the place here following, Berhpeor, Deut. 34. 1, 6.
or ſome other. And this cauſe is thought to belong to all the Ci- ries now mentioned. |
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21 Andall the cities of the plain 6, and all the king-
Heſhbon, whom Moſes ſmote * with the princes of Mi- * dian &, Evi, and Rekem, and Zior, and Hur, and Reba, ? which were dukes of Sihon 7, dwelling in the countrey ws. L Oppoſed to the foregoing Cities of the Mountain of the Valley, i A Synecdochical expreſſion, for a great part of it ; in which ſenſe we rea:! of all Judea, and all the Region round about Jordan, Mat. 3. 5. and all Galilee, Mat.”4. 23. and many others. Or, which all were the King= doms of Sihon, 3.e. belonging to his Kingdom. The Hebrew con- junction and, 1s oft put for the relative particle which, as Judges 2. 21. Prov. 19. 1. Eccleſ. 6. 12. k Not in the ſame time or batte], as appears by comparing Numb. 21, 23, 24. with Numb, 33.8. butin the ſame manner. And they are here mentioned, partly becauſe they were ſlain not long after, and tupon this ſame occaſion, even their enmity againſt Jae; And partly becauſe of their relation and ſub- jettion to Show, as it here follows. ! Quzeft. How could they be ſo when they were Kings of Midian ? Numb. 31. 8. nſw. There were divers petty Kings in thoſe parts, which were ſubje& to greater Kings; and ſuch theſe were, bur are here called Dukes or Princes of S:hon, becauſe they were Subje& and Tributaries to him, and therefore did one way or other aſſiſt $:hox in this War, though they were not killed at this time. Ir is probable, that when $ihon deſtroy- ed thoſe Moabites which dwelt in theſe parts, he frighted the reſt of them, and with them their Neighbours and Confederates, the M:- aianites, into ſome kind of Homage or Tribute, , which they were \ willing to pay to him. » Heb. Inhabiting that Land, namely Midian, laſt mentioned ; whereby he ſignifies, that though they were ſab- jeCt to Sihon, yet they did not dwell in his Land, bur in another.
did the children of Iſrael lay with the ſword, among 25. them that were flain by them.
1 So he was in truth, though a Propher ( 2 Pc#. 2, 16.) in Title wViner. and Profeſſion. See Numb. 24. 25. |
23 And the border of the children of Reuben wa Jordan, and the border thereof 0: this was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and villages thereof.
o (7, e.) Thoſe Cities or Places which bordered Compare Numb. 34.6.
24 And Moles gave inheritance unto the Tribe of Gad, evi: unto the children of Gad, according to their fa- milies,
25 And their coaſt was Jazer, and all the cities of Gi» lead p, and half the land of the children of Ammon g, . unto Aroer 7, that 3s before Rabbah /:
? (7.e.) All the Cities of note and eminency ; all Cities proper- ly fo called, which it ſeems lay in that part of Gi/ead; And fo this may well agree with verſe: 31. where half the Countrey of Gilead is ' ſaid to be given to the Manaſſites; but there is no mention of any ; Cities there. q Not of that which now was theirs, for that chey were forbidden to meddle with, Deur. 2.9. bur of that which was anciently theirs, but taken from chem by the Amorites, Numb. 21. 26. from whom the Iſraelites took it, Judges. 11.15. + The border between them and Moab. { The chief City of the Ammonites, 2 Sam, r1*1.and :2. 26, 27. |
26 And from Heſhbonz unto Ramath-mizpeh «, and Betonim : and from Mahanaim x, unto the border of
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gave all that land to the Reubenites and Gadites and Manaſſites; And |
why 7oſbua ſhould divide the land only into nine parts and an halfaas way ſaid, v, 7, becauſe Levi was otherwiſe provided for. & Which
t Either exclafively or incluſively. See before on vaſe 17. r Cal led Ramoth-Gilead, or Ramoth in Gilead, Jo). 29, 8, and clic-where. | 2 4 & Ex+
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