{"id":4809,"date":"2022-09-24T00:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T05:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-numbers-3340\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T00:50:51","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T05:50:51","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-numbers-3340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-numbers-3340\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 33:40"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 40<\/strong>. A fragmentary statement strangely inserted, perhaps originally as a marginal note by a scribe. See on <span class='bible'>Num 21:1-3<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Ver. 40-44. <strong>And King Arad the Canaanite<\/strong>,&#8230;. Or the king of Arad the Canaanite:<\/p>\n<p><strong>which dwelt in the land of Canaan, he heard of the coming of the children of Israel<\/strong>; towards the land of Canaan, in order to possess it, and he came out and fought with them, and was vanquished; see<\/p>\n<p> <span class='bible'>Nu 21:1<\/span>, this was when Israel was at Mount Hor; from whence they departed to Zalmonah, twenty eight miles from the mount; and from thence to Punon, which was twenty more; and so to Oboth, which was twenty four miles from Punon: and thence<\/p>\n<p><strong>to Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab<\/strong>, which was sixteen miles, see <span class='bible'>Nu 21:9<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Verses 40-49:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the death of Aaron, there was conflict with Arad, a king of one of the Canaanite tribes, Nu 21:1-3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zalmonah <\/strong>is not mentioned in any other passage. This may have been the site of the incident of the brazen serpent, Nu 21:14-19.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.03em'><strong>Punon, <\/strong>possibly the same as Ge 36:41.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.03em'><strong>Oboth. <\/strong>. Ije-abarim, see Nu 21:10, 11.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:1.08em'>lim, a site east of Jordan not otherwise identified.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dibon-gad, <\/strong>possibly the same as Nahaliel or Bamoth, Nu 21:19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Amon-diblathaim, <\/strong>likely the same as Beth-diblathaim. This town is identifed in Jer 43:22 as belonging to Moab, and was located near to Dibon, Nebo, and Kiriathaim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The mountains of Abarim, <\/strong>also called &#8220;the top of Pisgah,&#8221; Nu 21:20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nebo, <\/strong>the name of a city and also of a mountain, see Nu 27:12.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beth-jesimoth, <\/strong>meaning &#8220;house of wastes,&#8221; the southwest boundary of the territory of Sihon, near where Jordan empties into the Dead Sea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abel-shittim, <\/strong>&#8220;meadow of the acadias,&#8221; also known as &#8220;Shittim,&#8221; Nu 25:1; Mic 6:5. Its exact site is unknown. The Talmud identifies it as located about twelve miles north of the mouth of Jordan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plains of Moab, <\/strong>the site of Israel&#8217;s final encampment before crossing Jordan to enter Canaan.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 40.  And king Arad the Canaanite.  Although Moses gives no account of a battle, yet he briefly revives the recollection of the previous history; as much as to say, that in this part of their journey the Israelites at length met with their enemy, since they then began to fight with one of the nations of Canaan. In a word, the meaning is, that this was the beginning of their warfare, when the land which God had promised them as an inheritance was about to be occupied. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Calvin&#8217;s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(40) <strong>And King Arad . . . <\/strong>See <span class='bible'>Num. 21:1<\/span>, and Note.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> <strong> 40<\/strong>. <strong> <\/strong> <strong> King Arad <\/strong> A place, and not a person. <span class='bible'>Num 21:1<\/span>, note.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Whedon&#8217;s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> &lsquo;And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.&rsquo; <\/p>\n<p> At this same time had come the Canaanite king of Arad who, living in &lsquo;the South&rsquo; (the Canaanite part of the Negeb, compare <span class='bible'>Gen 12:9<\/span>), had &lsquo;heard of the coming of the children of Israel&rsquo; and hoped to drive them away (<span class='bible'>Num 21:1-3<\/span>). There is, in the way that this is put, the indication that the arrival of Israel was news which put fear in the hearts of the Canaanites (compare <span class='bible'>Num 14:14<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Deu 2:25<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Exo 15:14-16<\/span>). <\/p>\n<p> Thus the writer deliberately once more puts us in touch with the history described earlier, which he has deliberately neglected in the middle section. History has, as it were recommenced <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>king Arad. Compare Num 21:1-3. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Num 21:1-3, Num 21:4-9<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 40. A fragmentary statement strangely inserted, perhaps originally as a marginal note by a scribe. See on Num 21:1-3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Ver. 40-44. 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