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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Aaron was one hundred and twenty three years old when he died in Mount Hor. He was eighty three when he stood before Pharaoh, Exodus 7:7, and forty years he had been with Israel since, which make this number; he was three years older than Moses.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Ver. 40-44. And King Arad the Canaanite,.... Or the king of Arad the Canaanite: which dwelt in the land of Canaan, he heard of the coming of the children of Israel; towards the land of Canaan, in order to possess it, and he came out and fought with them, and was vanquished; see Numbers 21:1, this was when Israel was at Mount Hor; from whence they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Numbers 33:40].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Numbers 33:40].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Numbers 33:40].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
[See comments on Numbers 33:40].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they departed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibongad. Sixteen miles from Ijim; the remove from whence is said to be to the valley of Zared, Numbers 21:12 in which Dibongad was, so called perhaps because rebuilt by Gad afterwards.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. Sixteen miles from Dibon, perhaps the same with Diblath, Ezekiel 6:14, according to the account in Numbers 21:16, c. they went from hence to Beer, a place where they found a well, which gave it this name and several other removes are mentioned there, which are not here, and which,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim,.... Sixteen miles from Almondiblathaim; these were so called from passages near them over the river Jordan: and this station was pitched before Nebo; one of those mountains, whither Moses went up and died.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab,.... Sixteen miles from Abarim, where all those things were transacted, which make the history of Balak and Balaam, Numbers 22:1 and where the Israelites now were by Jordan near Jericho; not on that side Jordan where Jericho stood, but on the other; Jericho,...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they pitched by Jordan from Bethjesimoth, [even] unto Abelshittim, in the plains of Moab. Their camp reached twelve miles, as the Jews commonly say, which we may suppose was the distance of these two places, which were both in the plains of Moab; and the Jerusalem Targum is express for it, for mentioning Israel's encampment from Bethjesimoth...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan, near Jericho,.... [See comments on Numbers 33:48], [See comments on Numbers 22:1], saying; as follows.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... What was to be said, being what concerned the whole body of the people: when ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; near to which they now were, and Moses was about to leave them; and therefore it was the more necessary to give them some instructions and directions what they...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you,.... Not at once, but gradually; and the sense is, that they should use their utmost endeavours wholly to extirpate them: and destroy all their pictures; their idolatrous ones; the pictures of their gods, or the statues and figured stones of them: the Targum of Jonathan...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein,.... Turn them out of their cities, towns, and houses, and inhabit them: for I have given you the land to possess it; who had a right to dispose of it, and a better title they needed not desire than the Lord could and did make them.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ye shall divide the land by lot,.... What is said in this verse is the same with Numbers 26:53, where it has been explained; [See comments on Numbers 26:53], [See comments on Numbers 26:54], [See comments on Numbers 26:55], [See comments on Numbers 26:56].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you,.... Should be remiss and careless about it, and indifferent to it, and not make use of the proper means to get rid of them, but, on the contrary, make covenants with them, and intermarry among them; or, however, become friendly to them, and suffer them to dwell among them: then...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover, it shall come to pass,.... This being the case, they suffering the Canaanites to dwell among them, and they mingling with them, learning their works, and serving their gods: that I shall do unto you as I thought I should do unto them; deliver them up into the hands of their enemies, who should carry them captive into other lands.