Bible Commentaries

Genesis 25:24 — And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, [there were] twins in her womb. And when her days to be delivered. — Which fell out fifteen years before Abraham’s death, to his great comfort, no doubt. God doth for his, his best at last. There were twins in her womb. — See Song of Solomon 4:2 ,Isaiah 66:8 .

Exodus 10:14 — And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous [were they]; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. And the locusts went up. — As a formidable army. See a graphical description of a like plague threatened in Joel 2:4-11 .

Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: And the Lord, … — See Psalms 105:39 Isaiah 4:5-6 . God protects, directs, and every way suits the necessities of his people.

Exodus 20:18 — And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw [it], they removed, and stood afar off. They removed, …, — viz., From the hill foot, where they stood and trembled. Deuteronomy 4:11 They feared and fled. Man is ζωον φιλοζωον , Aristot. a creature that would fain live.

Exodus 26:3 — The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [other] five curtains [shall be] coupled one to another. Shall be coupled together. — These curtains were coupled with loops; so should Christians by love. "My dove is but one: the daughters saw her and blessed her." Song of Solomon 6:9 See Ephesians 2:21-22 ; Ephesians 4:16 .

Leviticus 11:11 — They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcases in abomination. They shall be even an abomination. — To teach us, that nothing is lawful, no not for our common use, unless it be "sanctified by the word of God and prayer." 1 Timothy 4:5 Acts 10:35

Leviticus 18:8 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father’s nakedness. It is thy father’s nakedness. — For "the wife hath not power over her own body, but the husband": 1 Corinthians 7:4 and when her chastity is assaulted, she should say, saith Chrysostom, Non est corpus meum, sed mariti, My body is not mine, but my husband’s.

Leviticus 23:13 — And the meat offering thereof [shall be] two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD [for] a sweet savour: and the drink offering thereof [shall be] of wine, the fourth [part] of an hin. Two tenth deals. — This was double to the ordinary proportion, Numbers 15:4 because on such an occasion.

Leviticus 4:26 — And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. All his fat. — See Leviticus 4:19 . The fat was burnt, saith one, because, among other things, it signified duricordium, hard heartedness. Psalms 119:70

Numbers 23:27 — And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. Peradventure it will please God. — Heb., It will be right in the eyes of God. Never think it, man. "He is not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness." Psalms 5:4

Numbers 24:21 — And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. The Kenites, — i.e., The Midianites, Judges 1:16 ; Judges 4:11 mingled among the Amalekites, 1 Samuel 15:6 for whom they are, and fare the worse, as Hamath did for Damascus. Zechariah 9:2

Numbers 3:10 — And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. And the stranger. — Though a Levite, yet if not of Aaron’s seed. Numbers 18:3 Hebrews 5:4 Let this be thought upon by our too bold intruders into the work of the ministry.

Deuteronomy 28:60 — Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. All the diseases of Egypt. — Which what they were, see Exodus 8:2 ; Exodus 8:16 ; Exodus 8:21 ; Exodus 9:3 ; Exodus 9:9 ; Exodus 9:15 ; Exodus 9:18 ; Exodus 10:4 ; Exodus 10:21 ; Exodus 11:5

Deuteronomy 32:24 — [They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. Burnt with hunger. — Which makes men’s visages blacker than a coal. Lamentations 4:8 With burning heat, — i.e., With the burning carbuncle, or plague sore. See Habakkuk 3:5 .

Deuteronomy 9:19 — For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. For I was afraid. — Moses was more troubled for the people than the people were for themselves; so was Daniel for Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel 4:10 and Nahum for the Chaldeans. Nahum 3:16

Deuteronomy 9:2 — people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and [of whom] thou hast heard [say], Who can stand before the children of Anak! The children of Anak. — Hence seems to come the Greek word, Aναξ , for a king; for these great men were looked upon as so many little kings. See Trapp on " Genesis 6:4 "

Joshua 3:11 — Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. Behold the ark of the covenant, even the Lord of heaven and earth. — Where the ark is, and where the ordinances are, there God is: hence the ark is called God’s face, Psalms 105:4 yea, God’s self. Psalms 132:5

Joshua 6:8 — And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. And the ark of the covenant. — Called also the ark of the testimony. Joshua 4:16 Exodus 25:16

Judges 4:3 — And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. He mightily oppressed the children of Israel. — See Judges 4:2 . In the Canaanites the same wickedness prospereth that is punished in Israel. Our very profession hurteth us, if we be not innocent.

Judges 6:3 — And [so] it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; And so it was, when Israel had sown. — This was threatened, Deuteronomy 28:14-68 but not believed till it befell them, and the proverb John 4:37 verified, "One soweth, and another reapeth."