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Numbers 27
The case of Zelophehad's daughters determined, ver. 1-11.
Notice given to Moses of his death, ver. 12-14. His successor
provided. ver. 15-23.
Verse 2. By the door of the tabernacle - Nigh unto which it seems was
the place where Moses and the chief rulers assembled for the
administration of publick affairs, which also was very convenient,
because they had frequent occasion of recourse to God for his
direction.
Verse 3. In his own sin - For his own personal sins. It was a truth, and
that believed by the Jews that death was a punishment for mens
own sins.
Verse 4. Be done away - As it will be, if it be not preserved by an
inheritance given to us in his name and for his sake. Hence some
gather, that the first son of each of these heiresses was called by
their father's name, by virtue of that law, Deut. xxv, 6, whereby
the brother's first son was to bear the name of his elder brother,
whose widow he married. Give us a possession - In the land of
Canaan upon the division of it, which though not yet conquered,
they concluded would certainly be so, and thereby gave glory to
God.
Verse 10. No brethren - Nor sisters, as appears from ver. 8.
Verse 11. A statute of judgment - A statute or rule, by which the
magistrates shall give judgment in such cases.
Verse 12. Abarim - The whole tract of mountains was called Abarim,
whereof one of the highest was called Nebo, and the top of that
Pisgah.
Verse 13. Thou shalt be gathered unto thy people - Moses must die: but
death does not cut him off; it only gathers him to his people,
brings him to rest with the holy patriarchs that were gone before
him. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were his people, the people of his
choice, and to them death gathered him.
Verse 15. And Moses spake unto the Lord - Concerning his successor.
We should concern ourselves both in our prayers and in our
endeavours for the rising generation, that God's kingdom may be
advanced among men, when we are in our graves.
Verse 16. The Lord of the spirits of all flesh - God of all men: the
searcher of spirits, that knowest who is fit for this great
employment; the father and giver and governor of spirits, who
canst raise and suit the spirits of men to the highest and hardest
works.
Verse 17. Go out before them - That is, who may wisely conduct them in
all their affairs, both when they go forth to war, or upon other
occasions, and when they return home and live in peace. A
metaphor from shepherds, who in those places used not to go
behind their sheep, as ours now do, but before them, and to lead
them forth to their pasture, and in due time to lead them home
again.
Verse 18. The spirit - The spirit of government, of wisdom, and of the
fear of the Lord. Lay thy hand - By which ceremony Moses did
both design the person and confer the power, and by his prayers,
which accompanied that rite, obtain from God all the spiritual
gifts and graces necessary for his future employment.
Verse 19. Before all the congregation - That they may be witnesses of
the whole action, and may acknowledge him for their supreme
ruler. Give him charge - Thou shalt give him counsels and
instructions for the right management of that great trust.
Verse 20. Put some of thine honour - Thou shalt not now use him as a
servant, but as a brother and thy partner in the government, that
the people being used to obey him while Moses lived, might do it
afterward the more chearfully.
Verse 21. Who shall ask counsel for him - When he requires him to do
so, and in important and difficult matters. Of Urim - Urim is put
for both Urim and Thummim. Before the Lord - Ordinarily in the
tabernacle near the second veil setting his face to the ark. At his
word - The word of the Lord, delivered to him by the high priest.
Verse 22. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him - It had been
little to resign his honour to a son of his own. But with his own
hands, first to ordain Eleazar high-priest, and now Joshua chief
ruler, while his own children had no preferment at all, but were
left in the rank of common Levites: this was more to his glory
than the highest advancement of his family could have been. This
shews him to have had a principle which raised him above all
other lawgivers, who always took care to establish their families
in some share of the greatness themselves possessed.
Chapter 27:
| Darby
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| Matthew Henry
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| Wesley
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
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