mi~c<l land (Numb. xxvii. 15-17); for tho Ver. 2G.-The Lord w11e wroth, etc. (er. eh. comman,l to givo II clmrgo to Joshua, in I. 37; Numb. xx. 12; xxvii. 13, M). Let it suffice that ofiicc, follows immecliotoly, os port of either 'fhou thee: literally, F/Tlo11gh for thee! i.o. hast so.id enough; say no more, or God's answer to Mosos' request (ver. 28), Be content; let what I ho.rn done, and the nncl tho oxpression "nt tl,at time" (vor. 23) grn.ce I havo given, be enough for lbcc 1comp. points bnclc to the charge of Moses to the use of this formula in Gen. xiv. 28; ,Toshun, as contompomneous with the otTer- Namb. xvi. 3; eh. i. 6: ii. 3). Keil nn,l in" of his prayer. In this prayer Moses others refer to 2 Cor. xii. 8, as" substantially equivalent," but the expreseion there seems n/pco.ls to who.t he hnd olrencly experienced to havo quite o different meaning and of God's favour to him, iu thot he hnd reference from that used here. begun to show him hie grentnes? o.nd hie Ver. 27.-Comp. Numb. xxvii. 12, or min-hty power. Tho reference 1s to the which this is a rhetorical amplification. \ictorics already achieved over lheAmorites; There the mount!lius of Abarim arc men- tioned : here Pisgah, the northern portion of (licso wero tokens of the Di vine power that range, is specified. The top of Pisgah; grnciomly manifested to Isroel, and Moses i.e. Mount Nebo (eh. xxxiv. J). West- appeals to them a.s strengthening his plea ward; literally, seaward, i.e. towarrls tho for further favours ( comp. the pleading, Mediterranean; northward (j1[)~•, hidden or Exod. xxxiii. 12, etc.). dark place, where darkness gathers, as op- Ver. 2'1.-0 Lord God. 0 Lord Jehotah. posed to the h1ight and sunny south) ; south- For what God, etc. (comp. Exod. xv. 11; ward, towards the right-hand quarter (11?'1:', Ps. Ixxxvi. 8; lxxxix. 6 : cxiii. 5, etc.). from l'!?:, the right hand; cf. Exod. xxvi. 18, "The contrast drawn between· Jehovah and " to the south towards tho right hand "); oLher gods does not involve the reality of eastward, towards the cl.awn or sunr:ising; heathen deities, but simply presupposes a cf. eh. iv. 47 (n-;i1!l, from n:,J to shine forth). belief in the existence of other gods, with- Ver. 28.-(Comp. eh. i.38; iii. 21; x.ui. 7; out deciding as to the truth of tlcat belief" Numb. xxvii. 23.) (Keil). Ver. 29.-In the valley over against :Beth- Ver. 25.-That goodly-mountain; not any peor; i.e. in the plains of Moab ( Arboth mountain specially, but the whole mountain Moab, Numb. xxii. l; cf. eh. iv. 46; elevation of Canaan, culminating in the xxxiv. 6). Beth-pc'or, i.e. the house or distant Lebanon, as it appeared to the eye temple ot' Pe'or, the Moabitish Baal. There of Moses from the lower level of the 'Ara.bah. was a hill Pe'or, in the Abarim range, nen.r 'fhis was "goodly," especially in contrast to which this town wa.s; it was opposite to with the add and sunburnt desert through Jericho, six Roman miles north of Libia.s which tho Israelites had passed; the hills (Eusebius); it was given to the tribe of gnve promise of streams that should cool Reuben (Josh. xiii. 20). _In passing from the air o.nd refresh and fertilize the land the historical recapitulation, Moses indi- (see eh. viii. 7, etc.). Moses longed to go over cates precisely the locality in which they if but to see this land, and to plant his foot were when this address WW! delivered. on it; but his r1;quest was not granted.
HOMILETICS.
Ch. ii. 24-iii. 11.-The last qf the giants, Though Israel was not allowed to plunder or in any way to behave uncourteously to peoples who permitted them to pass through their territory without obstruction, yet, if they were obstinately opposed, they were to maintain their ground, and to force a passage through. There are recorded here two conflicts of this kind, which were memorable in after-days, and which ga"° a colouring to the sanctuary songs (cf. Ps, cxxxvi.). Sihon, King of tbe Amorites, and Og, the King of Bashan, fought against the people of God, ,rnre utterly vanquished, and their land was taken possession of by those whose course they obstructed. We may find in this apparently unpromising theme a topic for pulpit teaching, which may fc~rnish instruction in the ways of God, of which we cannot afford to lose sig,ht. Either ol the two cases before us will equally avail for this purpose. \Ve propose to stutly the overthrow of Og, ancl the passing away of the last of the giants. Observe- !. 'l'IlERE IS SOMETHING OF MYSTERY AIJOU'l' THIS PASSAGE, WHICH WE PROPOSE 'l'O OLEAI\ UP. '!'here are three points respecting Og which, at first sight, haYe au aspect 4-8 THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY. [en. m. 1-20,