6<\/strong>. what he did unto Dathan and Abiram<\/em> ] The severity of God’s discipline was not only shown to Israel’s enemies, but in the midst of all Israel<\/em> to rebellious Israelites. Without such a recollection, the description of that discipline, especially in view of the alarm it was fitted to inspire, would not be complete. This answers Steuern.’s argument that the verse is secondary, on the grounds that there was no reason to mention specially this one out of all the divine punishments inflicted on Israel, and that with the phrase in the midst of all Israel<\/em> the people are not directly addressed, and that the form of the discourse is thus broken. On the contrary, as shown above, the phrase suits the speaker’s purpose, cp. Deu 17:4<\/span>; Deu 17:7<\/span>, Deu 23:16<\/span> (17). The event is described in Numbers 16, a passage compounded of JE and P (see Numbers<\/em> in this series). This verse partly repeats the phraseology of JE, with some variations (e.g. a different verb for opened<\/em>), cp. Num 16:1<\/span> b<\/em>, Num 16:26-27<\/span> b<\/em> ( tents<\/em>), Num 16:30<\/span> ( all that appertained unto them<\/em>), Num 16:32<\/span> a<\/em>. And, like JE, D mentions Dathan and Abiram alone as the victims of the judgement. Instead of them P mentions Korah. This is another illustration of the consistency with which D follows JE, and was either ignorant of, or deliberately ignored P. It is interesting that Sam. adds to D’s statement ‘and all the men belonging to Korah.’<\/p>\n See the margin. literally, every living thing at their feet. The expression does not mean their goods, which would be included in their households and tents, but their followers Num 16:32<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Deu 11:6<\/span><\/p>\n And what He did unto Dathan and Abiram.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n The spirit of revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n Moses recalls the revolt against his authority in the wilderness. It took place in conjunction with the revolt of Korah (Num 17:1-13<\/span>). The point which Moses emphasises is the revolt against Divinely constituted authority, and the result thereof. At the head of the civil rebellion were the sons of Reuben, Dathan and Abiram. As descendants of the first-born of Israel they grudged Moses his lofty position. They allied themselves with the Levitical revolt, and under the cloak of asserting the universal priesthood of the people (Num 16:3<\/span>) led many to follow them into the vortex of revolution. This insurrection against the Divinely ordered religious and political order threatened the very existence of Israel. God therefore visited the rebels with special Divine judgment, and the nation was saved. This episode in Israels history gives us a glimpse of the motives which underlie most revolutionary movements. In these–<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>The revolutionaries profess ardent desires for the commonweal, for freedom–to save the enslaved community, etc. Liberty, equality, etc., is their cry, war against tyranny and oppression. They seek to play the role of unselfish friends of the people.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>But in their depths such movements are mostly dominated by selfishness. In the revolt here referred to Korah was simply an ambitious Levite, hypocritical and selfish. The Reubenites were moved by tribal ambition. Selfishness, ambition, special interests were the moving springs of this as of other revolutions.<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>The revolution of Dathan and Abiram took its rise first on an ecclesiastical ground; but the political movement was not far behind the ecclesiastical. Men with widely differing opinions joined in opposing constituted authority. The cry for illumination is speedily followed by that for so-called freedom.<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Revolution is not accompanied by penitence. It never seeks the ground of its complaints in the faults of the people themselves.<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>Most revolutions are dominated by some phrase or party cry. Here it was: All the people are holy. The power of the partial truth in it lay in Gods Word: Ye shall be to Me . . . an holy nation. But God had appointed leaders in Church and State, therefore it was against His authority Dathan and Abiram rebelled.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>The deepest fulfilment lies in the future–in the days of antichrist. Then the political and ecclesiastical order will be overturned–when antichrist comes offering promise of deliverance from all ecclesiastical and political ills.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>But the punishment meted out to Dathan and Abiram with their fellow rebels shall fall more fiercely on antichrist (Rev 19:20<\/span>).<\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>A veil, however, overhangs this future. Still there are experiences in history which prepare us to understand what shall be. The French Revolution is a striking example. It was not merely a revolt of ruled against rulers. It was first a spiritual revolution. Scepticism had loosened religious authority, and the political crisis speedily followed, as in the rebellion of Korah. So in France ambitious leaders shrieked of liberty, etc. The whole foundations of order were overturned. Then from the Revolution rose one who had no law but his own will. He trod men under his feet; for twenty-five years the storm raged. Here was a faint experience of what will be in the times of antichrist. A respite has been given; but he who has eyes may conceive somewhat of the trend of that great future revolt.<\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Let us ask, guided by Gods Word, what revolts in Church and State will lead to. What is the meaning of much of so-called progress and freedom? If the Son shall make you free, etc. (Joh 8:36<\/span>). What is culture if not found in Christs Gospel?–this is the only culture of eternal worth. Modern progress does not always mean progress in righteousness.<\/p>\n 2. <\/strong>Do not let the hollow phrases of the modern age influence us. In Gods Word the madness of rebellion, its falseness and hypocrisy are seen, and its terrible end. The way of righteousness is conformity to the Divine order. The sin of participation in rebellion must be shunned. Those who stand on the side of revolution, of the antichristian age, or (in the future) of antichrist, lay themselves open to the punishment of the rebellious Reubenites. (W. Grashoff.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 6<\/span>. What he did unto Dathan, &c.<\/B><\/I>] See the notes on Nu 16:24-33<\/span>.<\/P><\/p>\n In their possession, <\/B>Heb. at their feet<\/I>, i.e. under their power, Psa 8:6<\/span>, which followed them, or belonged to them. <\/P> <\/p>\n And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben<\/strong>,…. When they with Korah and his company quarrelled with Moses and Aaron about the priesthood, Nu 16:1<\/span>, how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up; the history of which see in<\/p>\n Nu 16:30<\/span><\/p>\n and their households and their tents<\/strong>; not their houses and their tents, as the Septuagint and some other versions; for though the word signifies houses, and is often used for them, yet here it must signify families, their wives, and children; since they had no houses, but dwelt in tents, all which were swallowed up with them:<\/p>\n and all the substance that was in their possession<\/strong>; gold, silver, cattle, household goods, and whatever they were possessed of:<\/p>\n or was at their feet<\/strong> c; or which followed them, their living creatures; or was for them, as Aben Ezra interprets it; for, their use, service, and necessity: and this was done<\/p>\n in the midst of all Israel<\/strong>; openly and publicly, they beholding it, as follows; and therefore should be rendered, “before all Israel” d; and, besides, the tents of Dathan and Abiram, Reubenites, were not in the midst of Israel.<\/p>\n c “quae erat in pedibus eorum”, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. d “coram omni Israele”, Noldius, p. 212. No. 975.<\/p>\n (6) What he did unto Dathan and Abiram. . . .<\/strong>See Numbers 16<\/span>. It is impossible to separate the rebellion of Korah <\/em>from that of Dathan and Abiram, <\/em>and seeing that the whole point of Korahs rebellion was the priesthood, <\/em>it is difficult to see how the writer of Deuteronomy could be ignorant of any priesthood save that of the whole tribe of Levi. The object of Korans rebellion was to abolish the distinction between a Kohathite <\/em>and a priest, 6<\/strong>. <\/strong> What he did unto Dathan and Abiram <\/strong> Korah is not here mentioned, though in Numbers xvi the destruction of Korah and his company is recorded as well as that of Dathan and Abiram. Keil suggests that Korah is omitted out of regard to the feelings of his kindred who were then living. Another suggestion to account for the omission is that the rebellion was sufficiently characterized by the two names Dathan and Abiram. There is the same omission of Korah in Psa 106:17<\/span>: “The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.” Moses is not giving a full history of the misdeeds of the people. Nor does he mention all the rebellions. He is not writing as an annalist, he is talking as a prophet, and he introduces the historical incidents to add force to his admonitions. <\/p>\n The substance in their possession <\/strong> Literally, the living thing which was at their feet. <\/em> Undoubtedly it means all their servants. In Num 16:32<\/span>, all the men that belonged to Korah <\/em> is the correct rendering of the Hebrew expression, and is analogous to this.<\/p>\n Deu 11:6 And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:<\/p>\n Ver. 6. Dathan and Abiram.<\/strong> ] Who were Reubenites; and therefore discontented, say the Jewish doctors, because the birthright was taken from Reuben, for his incest, and given to Judah and Joseph. Korah is here, though not mentioned yet, neither excluded nor excused.<\/p>\n Dathan and Abiram. Compare Numbers 16. <\/p>\n substance = living things. <\/p>\n he did unto: Num 16:1, Num 16:31-33, Num 26:9, Num 26:10, Num 27:3, Psa 106:17 <\/p>\n substance: or, living substance which followed them <\/p>\n in their possession: Heb. at their feet <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Th 5:21 – hold<\/p>\n And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that [was] in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 6. what he did unto Dathan and Abiram … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 11:6”<\/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-5223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223","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=5223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5223"}],"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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I. <\/strong>Vice decks herself in the appearance of virtue.<\/p>\n
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