Bible Commentaries

Genesis 35:29 — Spent. He lived 42 years, after he had blessed Jacob. --- His people, in the bosom of Abraham, in limbo. --- Full of days, quite satisfied. Cedat uti conviva satur. (Hor.[Horace?] Sat. i. 1.) He was one of the brightest figures of Jesus Christ, on account of him miraculous birth, name, willingness to be sacrificed, marriage with a woman sought at a great distance, &c. (Calmet) --- Esau, who had always shewn a great regard for his father,

Exodus 12:9 — Abstin. 3.) The Hebrew term na occurs no where else, and may perhaps signify half-roasted or boiled, semicoctum. It cannot be inferred from this prohibition, that the Hebrews commonly lived on such food. --- In water, as the other victims usually were. (1 Kings ii. 13; 2 Paralipomenon xxxv. 13.) --- You shall eat, is not in the original, nor in the Septuagint. We may supply it, however, or "you shall roast all, head," &c., but in eating, you shall avoid breaking any bone, as the Septuagint

Exodus 34:29 — para los que perecen, 2 Corintios iv. 3. Los judíos están muy enojados con algunos cristianos, que han representado a Moisés con cuernos, como si, dicen, él fuera un diablo, o su esposa una adúltera. (Stacchus y Drusius.) &mdash el hombre, (cap. XXXII. 1,) al mostrar que Dios estaba con él. No habían aparecido antes, aunque él había conversado a menudo con el Señor; pero ahora, habiendo visto la gloriosa visión, se adhirieron a él durante el resto de su vida, particularmente cuando hizo cumplir las

Job 40:10 — afilados, mientras que el relincho, lomo, crin y cola, se parecen a los de un caballo. Se dice que su piel, cuando está seca, resiste incluso una bala de mosquete. (Button; Dict.) &mdash- Encontramos una buena descripción de este animal en Watson, p. 91. Pero el plural Bemoth, hembra (Haydock) "bestias", parece más aplicable al elefante, debido a su gran tamaño, como lo designan los griegos: theria, o Bellua, por los autores griegos y romanos. (Suidas.) (1 Macabeos vi. 35.) (Plinio, [¿Historia natural?]

Psalms 95:10 — de modo que parece probable, que estaban en el original, (Berthier) y desde entonces borrados por los judíos, de la Septuaginta, quienes los agregaron, (Worthington) por el espíritu de profecía. (Tournemina) &mdash No aparecen en el pasaje paralelo, (1 Paralipomenon) ni en la Vulgata, aunque se conservan en el breviario romano. (Calmet) &mdash- Lindan objeta esta perfidia de los judíos a los reformadores, sin reflexionar, que así condena la Vulgata. Genebrard opina que "la Septuaginta se inspiró para

Numbers 10:11 — at Haseroth, which were probably in that desert. Moses only specifies those encampments, where something memorable took place. He mentions none between Asiongaber and Cades, thought the length of the journey required many, Numbers xi. 34., and xiii. 1. (Calmet) --- Perhaps he only reckons those among the stations where the people continued a considerable time.

Numbers 11:15 — to some woman; and this absurd peculiarity is more absurdly accounted for, by saying that Moses was "so exasperated during this his address to the divine Being, as to be incapable of pronouncing both syllables!" The same mistake occurs [in] 1 Kings xxiv. 19. (Kennicott, i. 412.) God does not reprehend Moses as guilty of any disrespect or pusillanimity. (Haydock) --- The holy man prays with due submission to the will of the most High. (Worthington)

Numbers 13:23 — And came. The printed Hebrew has, "and he came:" but the Samaritan and all the versions, as well as some manuscripts, properly retain the plural, which the Massorets allow is right. (Kennicott, Diss. 1.) --- Enac, the founder of Hebron, and father of the giants of Chanaan, Josue xv. 13. The Greek word anax, "king," was perhaps derived from him, as also the famous Inachides, who settled in Greece, after they were driven out by Josue. (Grotius)

Numbers 27:13 — People, in limbo. (Menochius) --- He was not buried in the grave of his ancestors, but on some part of Mount Abarim, called Nebo, Deuteronomy xxxiv. 1, 6. (Haydock) --- Moses, hoping that this sentence of exclusion from the promised land might be only a threat, had earnestly besought God to let him enter. But being forbidden to speak of the matter any more, he understood that it was as irrevocable

Deuteronomy 14:1 — Be ye. Hebrew, "you are," &c. It may be connected with the preceding chapter. --- Cut, as the barbarians and infidels do, who have no hope, 1 Thessalonians iv. 12., and Leviticus xix. 29. --- Dead idols, Adonis, &c. The Arabs and Saracens cut the hair on the forepart of the head only, and so did the ancient Scotch monks, in imitation, as they pretended, of St. John. The Egyptians cut

Deuteronomy 16:18 — Magistrates, (magistros,) "masters;" people learned in the law, who may assist the judges with their counsel in any emergency. Hebrew shotrim, "officers, heralds, lictors," &c., chap. i. 15. (Haydock) --- Bonfrere (in Exodus xviii. 25,) thinks that these were the judges set over each tribe, or else the assessors of the judges. (Menochius) --- The Rabbins mention three tribunals of the Jews: 1. The Sanhedrim, consisting of seventy judges,

Deuteronomy 2:11 — descendants, and inhabited the same country, which they had occupied in the days of Abraham, chap. iii. 2. (Calmet) --- They lost much of their power in the war of Sodom. Some of them fled into the land of the Philistines, and established themselves there, 1 Kings xxi. 16. As these gigantic nations had been overthrown, as well as the Horrhites, when God formerly gave their territories to Moad and to Esau, (Haydock) so the Hebrews may be assured, that nothing will be able to resist their power, while He

Deuteronomy 23:2 — Mamzer, &c. The author of the Vulgate adds the explication of mamzer, which only occurs again, Zacharias ix. 6. It may in both places denote a stranger, or one of a different religion from the Jews, as Jephte was the son of a prostitute, (Judges xi. 1,) and yet became a judge of Israel. But strangers, as long as they professed a false religion, could not be entitled to the privilege of Jewish citizens; and even after they had relinquished their false worship, they were bound to wait ten whole generations,

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 — Un aguijón de mi carne, [1] un ángel, o un mensajero de Satanás, para abofetearme. La palabra latina significa cualquier cosa que pinche o pique, la palabra griega un palo afilado o pálido: habla por metáfora, como también cuando dice que me abofetee; es decir, causando grandes

Joshua 11:1 — Jabin, "the intelligent," was perhaps the common name of the kings of Asor, the most powerful city in the northern parts of the country, (ver. 10.; Calmet) not far from the Cæsarea, (Menochius) which was built by Philip, where Lais stood before. (Haydock) --- Josue burnt Asor to the ground; but it was rebuilt by the Chanaanites, and a powerful king reigned here, and subjugated the Israelites

Joshua 13:3 — Egypt. Hebrew, "from the Shicor, (or Sichor) which is on the face, (or over-against) Egypt." Jeremias (ii. 18,) informs us that this river was in Egypt which is not true of the torrent of Rhinocorure; which the Septuagint and many commentators, understand in this place to be the boundary fixed for the promised land. Strabo, &c., attribute that torrent

Joshua 2:18 — CAPITULO DOS. Ver 1. Enviado, o como muchos traducen, "había enviado", como si Josué hubiera despedido a los espías inmediatamente después de que terminó el luto de Moisés, (Calmet) el 1 de Nisán. El segundo día examinaron la ciudad y se vieron obligados a huir por la

Joshua 5:25 — CHAPTER V. Ver 1. Chanaan. These occupied the countries situated on the Mediterranean sea, as far as Egypt: the Amorrhites dwelt nearer to the lake of Sodom. The whole country is divided between these two nations, including that territory which the Philistines had seized,

Joshua 7:1 — their own inability to conquer without the divine protection, and were forced to humble themselves. (Haydock) --- Chastisements are the marks of God’s displeasure, though they frequently proceed also from his clemency. --- Achan is called Achar, 1 Paralipomenon ii. 7. These five persons occupy the space of 265 years; so that they must have been 50 or 55 years old, when they had children.

Revelation 1:4-6 — John to the seven churches,[1] afterwards named; and by them, to be understood of all churches, bishops, and people in the like dispositions. --- From him, who is, who was, and who is to come. As these words are only applied, and applicable to him, who is truly God and eternal,