Bible Commentaries

Genesis 10:6 — And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. Cush. — Ethiopians came of him. Psalms 7:1 . title Wicked Saul, for his black deeds, is called Cush. confer Jeremiah 13:23 Amos 9:7 Mizraim. — From whom came the Egyptians. Turks and Arabians call Egypt Mesra, or Masra, at this day. Chald. parap.

Genesis 33:20 — And he erected there an altar, and called it Elelohe-Israel. And he erected there an altar. — (1.) As a memorial of the promises, and a symbol of God’s presence; (2.) As an external profession of his piety; (3.) That he might set up God in his family, and season all his worldly affairs with a relish of religion.

Genesis 7:15 — And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life. And they went in unto Noah. — Of their own accord, by an instinct from God, whose hosts all creatures are called, for their (1.) number, (2.) order, (3.) obedience. See Trapp on " Genesis 6:20 "

Exodus 24:12 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. Tables of stone. — To show, (1.) The stony hardness of the people’s hearts; (2.) The lastingness of the law.

Exodus 28:40 — And for Aaron’s sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. Coats — (1.) Linen garments for innocency; (2.) Girdles for constancy and stability; (3.) Bonnets for safety from the rage of Satan and his instrumants; (4.) Breeches, for comely reverance in God’s service.

Exodus 32:15 — And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony [were] in his hand: the tables [were] written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other [were] they written. Written on both their sides. — See the like in other mystical books. Ezekiel 2:10 Revelation 5:1

Leviticus 1:10 — And if his offering [be] of the flocks, [namely], of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. A male without blemish. — But "cursed be the deceiver that hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto God a corrupt thing." Malachi 1:14

Leviticus 1:8 — And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that [is] on the fire which [is] upon the altar: In order upon the wood. — Showing that ministers must rightly divide, and dispose the word of God, 2 Timothy 2:15 and evidently set forth Christ crucified. Galatians 3:1

Leviticus 15:13 — And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. Bathe his flesh. — This taught them to run to that open fountain, that kings’ bath. Zechariah 13:1 Ezekiel 36:29

Leviticus 17:13 — And whatsoever man [there be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. Which hunteth. — Though he be as hungry as a hunter. See 1 Samuel 14:32-34 .

Leviticus 23:6 — And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. Eat unleavened bread. — To teach us to eat the Christian passover, not with the "old leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth." 1 Corinthians 5:8

Numbers 23:23 — Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Surely there is no enchantment. — No looking for signs of good luck, as Numbers 24:1 . The gates of hell shall not prevail against them.

Deuteronomy 12:1 — These [are] the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. These are the statutes. — Here Moses begins to comment upon the second commandment of the law. See Trapp on " Deuteronomy 6:1 "

Deuteronomy 13:13 — [Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Children of Belial. — Renegade are the worst of men. See 1 John 2:19 . Rabshakeh is held such a one; so Bertius, Tilenus, Staphilus, …

Deuteronomy 20:17 — But thou shalt utterly destroy them; [namely], the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: The Hivites and the Jebusites. — The Girgashites are not reckoned among the rest, as neither are they in Joshua 9:1 , haply because they accepted of conditions of peace.

Deuteronomy 21:3 — And it shall be, [that] the city [which is] next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, [and] which hath not drawn in the yoke; Shall take a heifer. — Signifying Christ, who is the propitiation for his people’s sins, 1 John 2:2

Deuteronomy 5:23 — And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, [even] all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; Even all the heads of your tribes. — These are called "all Israel," Deuteronomy 5:1 as being their representatives.

Deuteronomy 8:17 — And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of [mine] hand hath gotten me this wealth. My power. — As that great dragon of Egypt, lying at ease in the swollen waters of his Nile, saith, "My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself." Ezekiel 29:3 Habakkuk 1:16

3 John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. I have no greater joy — See Trapp on " 2 John 1:4 " Walk in truth — Not walk to the alehouse, walk about with tales to shed blood, walk after the flesh, as too many of our hearers do, to our singular heartbreak.

Revelation 20:1 — And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And I saw an angd — Constantine the Great, the Church’s male child, Revelation 12:5 . Having the key — Not that key, Revelation 9:1 , but another. A great chain — The succession of Christian emperors.