Bible Commentaries

Genesis 49:26 — exterminated, Judges 20:18-48." Its union with the tribe of Judah seems to be intimated in their joint conquests, expressed nearly in the same terms: "Judah went up from the prey;" "Benjamin devoured the prey." Moses in his parallel prophecy, Deuteronomy 33:12, confirms this by signifying that the sanctuary should be fixed in his lot, and that he should continue as long as the existence of the temple itself: - THE BELOVED OF THE LORD shall dwell with him in safety, And shall cover him all the day long,

Exodus 15:2 — 26:4. Our blessed Lord solemnly claims to himself what is intended in this Divine name יה JAH, John 8:58: "Before Abraham was, (γενεσθαι, was born,) εγω ειμι, I AM," not I was, but I am, plainly intimating his Divine eternal existence. Compare Isaiah 43:13. And the Jews appear to have well understood him, for then took they up stones to cast at him as a blasphemer. Compare Colossians 1:16-17, where the Apostle Paul, after asserting that all things that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and

Exodus 17:16 — their arms from the Egyptians, whose bodies were thrown on the shore after having been overwhelmed in the Red Sea. Thus, what was a judgment in the one case, was a most gracious providence in the other. Judgment on God's foes is mercy to his friends.3. Of the efficacy of prayer we have already had the most striking examples. He who has the spirit of prayer, has the highest interest in the court of heaven; and the only way to retain it, is to keep it in constant employment. Apostasy begins in the

Exodus 19:4 — the word נשר nesher does not mean the bird we term eagle; but a bird which the Arabs, from its kind and merciful disposition, call rachama, which is noted for its care of its young, and its carrying them upon its back. See his Travels, vol. vii., pl. 33. It is not unlikely that from this part of the sacred history the heathens borrowed their fable of the eagle being a bird sacred to Jupiter, and which was employed to carry the souls of departed heroes, kings, c., into the celestial regions. The Romans

Exodus 22:29 — Tibullus, in one of the most beautiful of his elegies: - Et quodcumque mihi pomum novus educat annus, Libatum agricolae ponitur ante deo. Flava Ceres, tibi sit nostro de rure corona Spicea, quae templi pendeat ante fores. Eleg., lib. i., eleg. i. ver. 13. "My grateful fruits, the earliest of the year, Before the rural god shall daily wait. From Ceres' gifts I'll cull each browner ear, And hang a wheaten wreath before her gate." GRAINGER. The same subject he touches again in the fifth elegy of the

Exodus 24:10 — are here mentioned, this can only be understood of the sapphirine basis or pavement, on which this celestial and indescribable glory of the Lord appeared. There is a similar description of the glory of the Lord in the Book of Revelation, Revelation 4:3: "And he who sat [upon the throne] was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald." In neither of these appearances was there any similitude or likeness of any thing

Exodus 28:17 — piedra preciosa de un verde muerto pálido, con una mezcla de amarillo, a veces de un amarillo fino; y de ahí que los antiguos la llamaran crisolita, por su color dorado. Actualmente es considerada por los mineralogistas como una variedad del zafiro. 3. CARBÚN, ברקת bareketh, de ברק barak, aclarar, brillar o resplandecer; una gema muy elegante de color rojo intenso, con una mezcla de escarlata. Por su color vivo y brillante recibió el nombre de carbunculus, que significa un pequeño carbón; y entre

Exodus 34:6 — Verse Exodus 34:6. And the Lord passed by - and proclaimed, The Lord, c. — It would be much better to read this verse thus: "And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed JEHOVAH," that is, showed Moses fully what was implied in this august name. Moses had

Exodus 4:31 — Verse Exodus 4:31. The people believed — They credited the account given of the Divine appointment of Moses and Aaron to be their deliverers out of their bondage, the miracles wrought on the occasion confirming the testimony delivered by Aaron.They bowed their

Exodus 8:16 — kinnim of the text may mean lice in the common acceptation of the term, and not gnats.1. Because those in question sprang from the dust of the earth, and not from the waters.2. Because they were both on men and cattle, which cannot be spoken of gnats.3. Because their name comes from the radix כון kun, which signifies to make firm, fix, establish, which can never agree to gnats, flies, c., which are ever changing their place, and are almost constantly on the wing.4. Because כנה kinnah is the term by

2 Kings 5:17 — Habakkuk, Habakkuk 2:6, calls silver and gold thick clay; and by terms of this kind it has been frequently denominated, both by prophets and heathen writers: "Tyrus heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets;" Zechariah 9:3. And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as stones; 2 Chronicles 1:15. Which is agreeable to the sentiments of the heathen: Χρυσος τις κονις εστι, και αργυρος, Gold and silver are only a certain kind of earth. - ARIST. Eth. Nicomach.Should it

Esther 6:1 — orders the chronicles of the kingdom to be read to him; and finds there the record concerning the discovery of the treason of the two eunuchs, made by Mordecai, 1, 2. He inquires whether Mordecai had been rewarded, and was answered in the negative, 3. At this time Haman arrives, in order to request the king's permission to hang Mordecai; and being suddenly asked what should be done to the man whom the king delighted to honour, supposing that himself must be meant, presented the ceremonial, 4-9.

Job 31:40 — Versículo Job 31:40 . Que crezcan cardos en lugar de trigo. Lo que significa la palabra חוח choach , que traducimos cardos , no podemos decirlo: pero como חח chach parece significar sujetar, agarrar como un anzuelo, enganchar , debe significar algún tipo de espina

Leviticus 25:55 — Jesus:1. Through him, he who was in debt to God's justice had his debt discharged, and his sin forgiven.2. He who sold himself for naught, who was a bondslave of sin and Satan, regains his liberty and becomes a son of God through faith in his blood.3. He who by transgression had forfeited all right and title to the kingdom of God, becomes an heir of God, and a joint heir with Christ. Heaven, his forfeited inheritance, is restored, for the kingdom of heaven is open to all believers; and thus, redeemed

Leviticus 27:29 — religious formality whatever was observed; nor any thing that could give the transaction even the most distant semblance of a sacrifice. In this way Jericho was commanded to be destroyed, Joshua 6:17, and the Amalekites, Deuteronomy 25:19; 1 Samuel 15:3: but in all these cases the people commanded to be destroyed were such sinners as God's justice did not think proper to spare longer. And has not every system of law the same power? And do we not concede such power to the civil magistrate, for the welfare

Isaiah 8:1 — asirios bajo el mando de asirios bajo Senaquerib, 8. El profeta asegura a los israelitas y a los sirios que sus intentos hostiles contra Judá se verán frustrados, 9, 10. Exhortación a no temer la ira de los hombres, sino a temer  el desagrado de Dios, 11-13. Juicios que sobrevendrán a los que no confíen en Jehová, 14, 15. El profeta procede a advertir a sus compatriotas contra la idolatría, la adivinación y otras prácticas pecaminosas similares, exhortándoles por la palabra de Dios, profesando en un bello

Numbers 19:2 — sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God!" Hebrews 9:13-14. As the principal stress of the allusion here is to the ordinance of the red heifer, we may certainly conclude that it was designed to typify the sacrifice of our blessed Lord.We may remark several curious particulars in this ordinance.1. A heifer

Numbers 27:7 — inheritance among the saints in light.2. These five virgins may be considered as the five wise virgins, (Matthew 25:1-10), who took oil in their vessels with their lamps, and consequently are types of those who make a wise provision for their eternal state.3. They are examples of encouragement to weak and destitute believers, who, though they are orphans in this world, shall not be deprived of their heavenly inheritance.4. Their names are mysterious; for Zelophehad, צלפחד TSELOPHCHAD, signifies the shadow

1 Corinthians 1:1 — epocha de Eusebio de la creación, o el usado en el Chronicon de Eusebio, y el Martirologio Romano, 4284. -Año del período juliano, 4764. -Año de la era Usheriana del mundo, o el usado en las Biblias en inglés, 4060. -Año de la era judía menor del mundo, 3816. -Año de la mayor era rabínica del mundo, 4415. -Año desde el diluvio, según el arzobispo Usher y la Biblia inglesa, 2404. -Año del Cali Yuga, o era india del Diluvio, 3158. -Año de Ifito, o desde el primer comienzo de los juegos olímpicos, 996. -Año

Joshua 1:18 — before any conquest was made in Canaan? We find, however, that they are not discouraged; he who gave them Moses, has now given them Joshua in his place; and they had now fully learned that if God be for them, none could be successfully against them.3. From all this we may learn, that when God has a great work to accomplish, he will provide himself suitable instruments; and though one which he has greatly honoured, appear to fail, we should know that he is not confined to work by that one alone.