22<\/strong>. a year<\/em> ] Heb. ‘days.’ This sometimes means ‘a year’ (e.g. 1Sa 27:7<\/span>); but here it perhaps denotes only an indefinite period longer than a month.<\/p>\n A year – <\/B>literally, days, idiomatically a year Lev 25:29<\/span>, an expression equivalent to a full period, though not necessarily the period of a year.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 22<\/span>. Two days – a month – a year<\/B><\/I>] It was by the Divine counsel alone that they were directed in all their peregrinations: and from the above words we see that their times of tarrying<\/I> at different stations were very unequal.<\/P><\/p>\n Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle<\/strong>,…. Sometimes it tarried but half a day, sometimes a whole day, sometimes two days, at other times a whole month, and even a year; a full year, as the Targum of Jonathan and Aben Ezra; or a longer time, as the Vulgate Latin version, for in one place it tarried eighteen years, as Maimonides says g; some say h nineteen years, as in Kadeshbarnea:<\/p>\n remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not<\/strong>; so that, as the same writer observes, it was not because the children of Israel lost their way in the wilderness and wandered about, not knowing where they were, or which way they should go; hence the Arabians call the wilderness, the wilderness of wandering, nor that they were so long wandering in it as forty years, but because it was the will of God that should stay so long at one place, and so long at another, whereby their stay in it was protracted to such a length of time, according to his sovereign will:<\/p>\n but when it was taken up they journeyed<\/strong>; though they had continued ever so long, and their situation ever so agreeable.<\/p>\n g Moreh Nevoch. par. 2. c. 50. p. 512. h Seder Olam Rabba, c. 8. p. 24.<\/p>\n (22) Or a year.<\/strong>Literally, days <\/em>(comp. Gen. 4:3<\/span>; Gen. 40:4<\/span>, and Notes). If the rendering of the Authorised Version, a year, is correct, as it probably is, it will follow that these words could not have been written until after the first arrival at Kadesh (Num. 13:26<\/span>), and probably not until after the end of the wanderings in the wilderness. The elaborate manner in which the statement is made and repeated in almost identical terms shows the great importance which the writer ascribed to the Divine guardianship which was exercised over the Israelites, and to their submission to the miraculous guidance which was given to them.<\/p>\n 22<\/strong>. <\/strong> Two days, or a month, or a year <\/strong> The periods varied from a single night to eighteen years, the longest halt. The irregularities in the intervals of motion and rest kept the people always watchful for the signal and always in a state of readiness to obey. Thus they were in a school wherein were taught the important lessons of constant vigilance, implicit faith, unquestioning obedience, and perfect patience.<\/p>\n Num 9:22<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Or whether it were two days, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> But if the cloud stood, and remained upon the tabernacle for some days, or for a whole month, or for a longer interval, the children of Israel abode in their tents, &c. Houbigant. See his note. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>We have here, the miraculous pillar of the cloud resting on the tabernacle in the day of its erection: God gives them orders how to regulate their marches by the motions and guidance of it. <\/p>\n 1. They were to rest as the cloud rested, whether the time were long or short. God’s time is the best time: we may not run, till he calls. Faith will beget patient waiting upon God. 2. When the cloud moved by day or night, they were to be always ready, and begin their march. Note; <\/em>(1.) That we must have our tents struck by death is certain; the time when, uncertain: it becomes us, therefore, to be always prepared, that when God calls us out of the body, we may have nothing to do but to die. (2.) It will be comfortable to every true Israelite to see the cloud remove. This wilderness-state is not our rest; we look for a more abiding mansion in the skies. (3.) They were not to stay or encamp on the march, but by the direction of their guide. We must not desire to choose the place of our own abode; let God fix our habitation, and there contentedly let us pitch our tent. <\/p>\n How great was the favour thus visibly to have the presence of God among them, and to be under such a guardian and guide! Blessed be God, their mercies are our own, as to their substance; God’s word and spirit, and providence, lead us in his holy ways, and keep us safely journeying heavenward. And while we yield ourselves up to him without reserve, we may confidently exercise faith in our safe arrival at the promised land of everlasting glory. <\/p>\n Num 9:22 Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.<\/p>\n Ver. 22. When it was taken up they journeyed.<\/strong> ] In that wilderness of Arabia there were no beaten paths, no footsteps of passengers appeared; wherefore travellers there used to steer their course, as mariners at sea do, by a mathematical chart. But these Israelites went by a better direction. So do all saints. Heb 11:16 <\/p>\n abode. Compare Exo 40:34-38. <\/p>\n abode: Num 9:17, Num 1:54, Num 8:20, Num 23:21, Num 23:22, Exo 39:42, Exo 40:16, Exo 40:36, Exo 40:37, Deu 1:6, Deu 1:7, Deu 2:3, Deu 2:4, Psa 32:8, Psa 48:14, Psa 73:24, Psa 77:20, Psa 107:7, Psa 143:10, Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6, Act 1:4<\/p>\n Or [whether it were] two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. 22. a year ] Heb. ‘days.’ This sometimes means ‘a year’ (e.g. 1Sa 27:7); but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 9:22”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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