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Notes from Num 26
This book is called Numbers, from the numberings of the children of Israel, of which it gives an account. Once they were numbered at Mount Sinai, in the first year after they came out of Egypt, which we had an account of, ch. 1 and 2. And now a second time they were numbered in the plains of Moab, just before they entered Canaan, and of this we have an account in this chapter. We have,
I. Orders given for the doing of it (v. 1-4).
II. A register of the families and numbers of each tribe (v. 5-50), and the sum total (v. 51).
III. Direction given to divide the land among them (v. 52-56).
IV. The families and numbers of the Levites by themselves (v. 57-62).
V. Notice taken of the fulfilling of the threatening in the death of all those that were first numbered (v. 63-65), and to this there seems to have been a special regard in the taking and keeping of this account.
I. Orders given for the doing of it (v. 1-4).
II. A register of the families and numbers of each tribe (v. 5-50), and the sum total (v. 51).
III. Direction given to divide the land among them (v. 52-56).
IV. The families and numbers of the Levites by themselves (v. 57-62).
V. Notice taken of the fulfilling of the threatening in the death of all those that were first numbered (v. 63-65), and to this there seems to have been a special regard in the taking and keeping of this account.
Notes from Num 25
Israel, having escaped the curse of Balaam, here sustains a great deal of damage and reproach by the counsel of Balaam, who, it seems, before he left Balak, put him into a more effectual way than that which Balak thought of to separate between the Israelites and their God. "The Lord will not be prevailed with by Balaam's charms to ruin them; try if they will not be prevailed with by the charms of the daughters of Moab to ruin themselves.' None are more fatally bewitched than those that are bewitched by their own lusts. Here is,
I. The sin of Israel; they were enticed by the daughters of Moab both to whoredom and to idolatry (v. 1-3).
II. The punishment of this sin by the hand of the magistrate (v. 4, 5) and by the immediate hand of God (v. 9).
III. The pious zeal of Phinehas in slaying Zimri and Cozbi, two impudent sinners (v. 6-8, 14, 15).
IV. God's commendation of the zeal of Phinehas (v. 10-13).
V. Enmity put between the Israelites and the Midianites, their tempters, as at first between the woman and the serpent (v. 16, etc.).
I. The sin of Israel; they were enticed by the daughters of Moab both to whoredom and to idolatry (v. 1-3).
II. The punishment of this sin by the hand of the magistrate (v. 4, 5) and by the immediate hand of God (v. 9).
III. The pious zeal of Phinehas in slaying Zimri and Cozbi, two impudent sinners (v. 6-8, 14, 15).
IV. God's commendation of the zeal of Phinehas (v. 10-13).
V. Enmity put between the Israelites and the Midianites, their tempters, as at first between the woman and the serpent (v. 16, etc.).
Notes from Numbers 24
This chapter continues and concludes the history of the defeat of the counsels of Balak and Balaam against Israel, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts; and as great an instance it is of God's power over the children of men, and his favour towards his own children, as any of the victories recorded in the book of the wars of the Lord. What preparation was made the third time for the cursing of Israel we read of in the close of the foregoing chapter. In this chapter we are told,
I. What the blessing was into which that intended curse was turned (v. 1-9).
II. How Balak dismissed Balaam from his service thereupon (v. 10-13).
III. The predictions Balaam left behind him concerning Israel, and some of the neighbouring nations (v. 14, etc.).
I. What the blessing was into which that intended curse was turned (v. 1-9).
II. How Balak dismissed Balaam from his service thereupon (v. 10-13).
III. The predictions Balaam left behind him concerning Israel, and some of the neighbouring nations (v. 14, etc.).
Notes from Num 23
In this chapter we have Balak and Balaam busy at work to do Israel a mischief, and, for ought that appears, neither Moses nor the elders of Israel know any thing of the matter, nor are in a capacity to break the snare; but God, who keeps Israel, and neither slumbers nor sleeps, baffles the attempt, without any intercession or contrivance of theirs. Here is,
I. The first attempt to curse Israel.
1. The preparation made for it by sacrifice (v. 1-3).
2. The contrary instruction God gave Balaam (v. 4, 5).
3. The blessing Balaam was compelled to pronounce upon Israel, instead of a curse (v. 7-10).
4. The great disappointment of Balak (v. 11, 12).
II. The second attempt, in the same manner made, and in the same manner frustrated (v. 13-26).
III. Preparations made for a third attempt (v. 27-30), the issue of which we have in the next chapter.
I. The first attempt to curse Israel.
1. The preparation made for it by sacrifice (v. 1-3).
2. The contrary instruction God gave Balaam (v. 4, 5).
3. The blessing Balaam was compelled to pronounce upon Israel, instead of a curse (v. 7-10).
4. The great disappointment of Balak (v. 11, 12).
II. The second attempt, in the same manner made, and in the same manner frustrated (v. 13-26).
III. Preparations made for a third attempt (v. 27-30), the issue of which we have in the next chapter.
Notes from Num 22
At this chapter begins the famous story of Balak and Balaam, their attempt to curse Israel, and the baffling of that attempt; God's people are long afterwards told to remember what Balak the king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, that they might know the righteousness of the Lord, Mic. 6:5. In this chapter we have,
I. Balak's fear of Israel, and the plot he had to get them cursed (v. 1-4).
II. The embassy he sent to Balaam, a conjurer, to fetch him for that purpose, and the disappointment he met with in the first embassy (v. 5-14).
III. Balaam's coming to him upon his second message (v. 15-21).
IV. The opposition Balaam met with by the way (v. 22-35).
V. The interview at length between Balak and Balaam (v. 36, etc.).
I. Balak's fear of Israel, and the plot he had to get them cursed (v. 1-4).
II. The embassy he sent to Balaam, a conjurer, to fetch him for that purpose, and the disappointment he met with in the first embassy (v. 5-14).
III. Balaam's coming to him upon his second message (v. 15-21).
IV. The opposition Balaam met with by the way (v. 22-35).
V. The interview at length between Balak and Balaam (v. 36, etc.).
notes from Num 21
The armies of Israel now begin to emerge out of the wilderness, and to come into a land inhabited, to enter upon action, and take possession of the frontiers of the land of promise. A glorious campaign this chapter gives us the history of, especially in the latter part of it. Here is,
I. The defeat of Arad the Canaanite (v. 1-3).
II. The chastisement of the people with fiery serpents for their murmurings, and the relief granted them upon their submission by a brazen serpent (v. 4-9).
III. Several marches forward, and some occurrences by the way (v. 10-20).
IV. The celebrated conquest of Sihon king of the Amorites (v. 21-32), and of Og king of Bashan (v. 33-35), and possession taken of their land.
I. The defeat of Arad the Canaanite (v. 1-3).
II. The chastisement of the people with fiery serpents for their murmurings, and the relief granted them upon their submission by a brazen serpent (v. 4-9).
III. Several marches forward, and some occurrences by the way (v. 10-20).
IV. The celebrated conquest of Sihon king of the Amorites (v. 21-32), and of Og king of Bashan (v. 33-35), and possession taken of their land.
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