mightier than they, thoroforo were they to and comm:inclmcnts, o.nr\ ho.r\ represented conaicler in their heart and ncknowlerlge their conquest of the territory of Sihon o.nd thnt Jehovah nlono is God, o.nd thnt in the Og as o.n earnest of their ultimate pos- wido univorse thoro is no other. The apodosis in this sentenco begins o.t ver. 39, session of the whole land of the Amorites. and not as in tho Authorized Version, at By appointing these cities, Moses gave an "ho ch~eo," in ver. 37, nor o.t "brought example of obedience to God's injunction, thco" ns somo suggest. Beoouee he loved and, at the ea.me time, not only asserted on thy fathers, and chose hie [i.e. Abraham's] the part of Israel a right of proprietorship seed after him, and brought thee, etc.,-for nil this thou shalt T,eep his •tatutes, etc. In in this trans-Jordanic territory, but assumed his sight; lit_ero.lly, in his /f!r.e, i.e. in l_iis as certain that, on the other side of Jordan presence, by himself present w1t~_them; with also, the same right of proprietorship should specinl reference to Exod. xxxm. 14, whero be possessed o.nd exercised by Israel in the tho so.me word is used a.a here. Onkelos fulfilling of the whole law concerning cities has hero "by his Word," o.nd the ro.bbins of refuge (cf. eh. xix. I, etc.). That this explain it of "t~~ o.n,7el of hi~ presence, os it is said, Iso. lx11L 9 (Becha1, fol. 194 b ). section belongs properly to Numb. xxxv., Ver. 38:-As it is this day; as this day :xx:xvi., o.nd has been interpolated here by has shown, or os it hus como to pass this some later hand, is a pure assumption, for duy, in the ove1·throw, namely, of Sihon which there is no ground. and Og. Ver. 41.-0n this side Jordan; beyond Ver. 39.-Xnow therefore this day, and Jordan, more expressly defined a.s toward consider it in thine heart, etc.; literally, bring the 811n rising, viz. on the east of that river. back into thy heart. "Because we cannot Ver. 42.-Unawares; literally, in lack or lay hold of spiritual things in thought 1.llant of knowing (nl/~'1:;i:;i), i.e. uncon- instantly in o moment, God commands to make them to revert, i.e. o.gain o.nd again to sciously, unintentionally; in Numb. xxxv. recall them to the mind" (Bechai, fol. 31, 15, another word (;-i~;~:i, by mistake) is 19-l b). used, rendered in the Authorized Version Ver. 40.-Upon the earth,-ro.ther upon by "unwittingly;" in Josh. :x:x. 3, both the land (,11;>Jm)-which the Lord thy God words are used. In times past; literally, giveth thee for ever. The eommo. o.fter yesterday, three daya since, i.e. formerly, "thee" in the Authorized Version should heretofore (cf. Gen. x.xxi. 2; Exod. v. 8). be deleted. "The sum of this whole ex- . Ver. 43.-Names of the cities set o.part. hortation is (1) to o.cknowledge and lay to Bazer; LXX. /3alJ'op; one of the cities of the heart thut God is the o.lone God of the plain or to.hie-land of the Amorite~, on the universe, in heaven and on earth; hence east of Jordo.n (eh. iii. 10; Josh. :xx. 8), (2) to be obedient to his laws; and so (3) to afterwards a Levitical city in the tribe of have, as o. recompense, a happy continuance Reuben (Josh. xxi. 36). It is probably the in the beloved land" (Herxheimer). The Bosor of I Mace. v. 36; it has not been conclusion of the exhortation reverts to its identified with any existing locality, bnt beginning (comp. eh. v. 40 ;. ver. 1). the ruined heaps of Burazin to the east of Hesbli.n, or those of Berza in the same Vers. 41-43.-APPOINTMENT OF THREE district, may mark its site. Bamoth in CITIES OF REFUGE BEYOND JORDAN. A short Gilead; probably the so.me as Ro.moth- historical notice is here inserted, probably mizpeh (Josh. :xiii. 26); it lay to the north- because it was during the interval between west of Philadelphia (Rubbo. or Ro.bbath- the· first and second addresses of Moses Ammon, hod. Ammli.n), on the Jabbok ('Onom.,' s.11." Ro.mmoth" and" Remmoth"); that he co.nied into effect the Divine com- a Levitical city in the tribe of Gad (Josh. mand to appoint cities of refuge for the :xxi. 38), hod. Es Salt, six hours from Aromin munslayer (Numb. xxxv. 9, etc.; cf. Exod. (Von Raumer, Porter). Golan in Basha.n. xxi. 13). This notice, therefore, is here in Eusebius identifies this with Gaulon, a very its proper place in the order of the narra- lo.rire villaae in Botanma, from which the s~ounding region had its no.me, viz. tive. That Moses should, just at this stage, Gaulonitis, 1,od. Jofon (' Onom.,' s.11. "Gau- have made this appointment wo.s fitting lon "); it was a Levitical city in the_ trib~ o.nd proper, seeing he had been urging on of Manasseh (Josh. x:xi. 27; 1 Chron. VL 71): the people obedience to the Divine statutes it h11s not beeu identified. 76 TRE noo:K. OF DEUTERONOMY. [Clt, IV, 25.-49,
PART II. SE CON D ADD RE SS OF MOSE S. CHAPTER IV. 44-CHAPTER XXVI. 19. Tms o.ddrese is introduced by a general and confirmed by God ; the word used l1ere notice of who.t is to form the subject of it, (T1\1V,, plu. of r,:iV.) occurs ouly in Deule- Tiz. the Law, with a more especial descrip- ronomy (here and eh. vi. 17, 20) and in the tion of tho,t in its different parts, as con- Psalms. Statutes and judgments (cf. eh. sisting of ordinances, statutes, and rights ; iv. 1). After they came forth out of Egypt; "i.e. not immediately after their exit, but, together with a reference to the place and as ver. 46 shows, when they wei'fi already time when this address was delivered. beyond Jordan" (Hc1·xheimer); literally, Yer. 44.-This is the Law-the Torah- in thei'.r coming out; i.e. during the process whioh Moses set before the children of of their po.ssing from Egypt to Canaan; Israel. "He meaneth that which hereafter more exactly defined by what follows. followeth; so this belongeth to the next Ver. 46.-In the valley (cf. eh. iii. 29). In chapter, where the repetition of the lo.we the land of Sihon ; on gl'Ound already cap- begins" (Ainsworth); cf. eh. ver. 1; vi. l; tured and possessed by Isro.el ( cf. eh. ii. 32- Lev. vi. 9 ; vii. 1, etc. 36; iii. 1-17; ver. 48; cf. eh. iii. 9, 12-17), Yer. 45.-Testimonies; ordinances o.ttested
HOMILETICS. Vers. 25-28.-Pena,llies of disobedience and a,postacy, (See Homiletics, eh. xxviii.)
Vers. 29-31.-Punishment not rejection. (See Homiletics, eh. xxx. 1-5.)
Vers. 32-36.-Israel's peculiar greatness. (See Homiletics, eh. iv. 11-20; v. 6; xxriii. 29.)
Vers. 37, 38.-The dispossession of the Canaanites. (See Homiletics, eh. i. 1-8.)
Vers. 39, 40.-Loyalty to God the basis of national prosperity and of family happiness. (See Homiletics, eh. iv. 1-4 and 5-9.)
V ers. 41-43.-The cities of refuge. (See Homiletics, eh, xix.)
Vers. 44, 45.-The Law: its value, (See Homiletics, eh. v. 22-33.)
Vers. 44-49.-Tlie territory of Sihon and Og occupied by other,. (See Homildir.s, eh. ii. 24-iii. 1-11.)