Bible Commentary

And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: 3. an offering by fire ] A general term covering … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:3”

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, To the Israelites of the younger generation is conveyed the hope that the nation should yet enter into the land of promise. The ordinances that follow are more likely to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:2”

And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 1 16. Meal-offerings and Libations. These are to accompany both private and public sacrifices, and are arranged according to a fixed scale as follows ( ephah = c. 1 bushel; hin = c. 1 gallon): Meal. Oil. Wine. With every lamb 1/10 ephah. hin. hin. With every ram … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:1”

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah. 45. which dwelt in that hill country ] See on Num 14:25. Hormah ] lit. ‘the Hormah’; but it occurs here only with the article. A town or district in the south of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:45”

But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. 44. the ark of the covenant of Jehovah ] The words ‘of the covenant’ are probably a gloss by a Dt. writer. There is no evidence in J … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:44”

For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you,…. Having removed from the valley, Nu 14:25; or else had detached a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:43”

Go not up, for the LORD [is] not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. Go not up, for the Lord [is] not among you,…. And therefore could not expect success, for victory is of the Lord; the Targum of Jonathan adds, “the ark, and the tabernacle, and the cloud of glory … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:42”

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. The commandment of the Lord; either that command, Go not up, &c., which, though in this place mentioned after, yet may seem to have gone before their transgression, by comparing this place with Deu 1:42,43; or that … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:41”

And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. 40. the top of the mountain ] Perhaps a particular hill in the south of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:40”

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. 39. Moses told these words ] i.e. those contained in Num 14:27-35. 39b 45. Having heard their sentence (in Num 14:21-25), the people made an attempt to gain Jehovah’s favour by marching up to the hills in the Negeb, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 14:39”