Numbers 33:50-56 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,… I. THE IMPERATIVE COMMAND. 1. To utterly expel the inhabitants of Canaan. 2. To completely destroy all idolatrous objects and places. 3. To equitably divide the land. 4. The authority by which they were to do these things. II. THE SOLEMN WARNING. 1. Those whom they spared would become their tormentors. "Under these metaphors," says Dr. A. Clarke, "the continual mischief that should be done to them, both in soul and body, by these idolaters, is set forth in a very expressive manner. What can be more vexatious than a continual goading of each side, so that the attempt to avoid the one throws the body more forcibly on the other? And what can be more distressing than a continual pricking in the eye, harassing the mind, tormenting the body, and extinguishing the sight?" "That which we are willing should tempt us we shall find will vex us." 2. The God whom they disobeyed would disinherit them. (W. Jones.) Parallel Verses KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,WEB: Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, |
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