Num 36:13 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 13. These are the commandments, &c. ] See these different terms analyzed and explained, Clarke "Le 26:15" . THUS ends the book of Numbers, containing a series of astonishing providences and events. Scarcely any piece of history in the sacred writings is better calculated to impress the mind of a serious reader with a sense of the goodness and severity of God. In every transaction his holiness and justice appear in closest union with his benevolence and mercy. From such a Being what have the wicked not to fear! From such a Father and Friend what have the upright not to hope! His justice requires him to punish iniquity, but his mercy inclines him to pardon all who truly repent and believe in the Son of his love. The journeyings of this people, from the time they left Egypt, exhibit a series of providential wonders . Every where , and in every circumstance , God appears: and yet there is no circumstance or occasion that does not justify those signal displays of his GRACE and his JUSTICE. The genuine history of God's providence must be sought for in this book alone; and as every occurrence happened as an example , we have authority to conclude that in every case where his own glory and the salvation of man are interested, he will interfere and give the fullest proofs that he is the same to-day that he was yesterday , and will continue unchangeable for ever and ever . Reader, are these matters ensamples to thee ? Art thou , like the Israelites, come into the plains of Moab, on the very verge of the promised land? Jordan alone separates thee from the promised inheritance. O, watch and pray, that thou come not short of the glory of God. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death ; see then that the sting of death, which is sin , be extracted from thy soul, that, being justified by Christ's blood, thou mayest be made an heir according to the hope of an eternal life. Amen, amen. "I will bring you into the WILDERNESS of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face, like as I pleaded with your fathers in the WILDERNESS of the land of Egypt. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and bring you into the bond of the covenant," . "He (Christ) is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance," . SECTIONS In the Book of Numbers, carried on from Leviticus, which ends with the THIRTY-THIRD. The THIRTY-FOURTH, called bemidbar , begins , and ends . The THIRTY-FIFTH, called nasa , begins , and ends . The THIRTY-SIXTH, called behaalothecha , begins , and ends . The THIRTY-SEVENTH, called shelach , begins , and ends . The THIRTY-EIGHTH, called korach , begins , and ends . The THIRTY-NINTH, called chukkath , begins , and ends . The FORTIETH, called balak , begins , and ends . The FORTY-FIRST, called pinechas , begins , and ends . The FORTY-SECOND, called mattoth , begins , and ends . The FORTY-THIRD, called masey , begins , and ends . MASORETIC Notes on NUMBERS. The number of verses in this book is 1,288, of which is the symbol: for aleph stands for 1,000, , resh for 200, phe for 80, and cheth for 8. The middle verse is Nu 17:20 . And the man's rod whom I shall choose shall blossom . (N. B. In our English Bibles this is .) Its pareshioth , or larger sections, are 10, expressed by the letters of the word badad , alone: The Lord ALONE did lead him , . daleth stands for 4, repeated here, 8, and beth for 2. Its sedarim , or Masoretic sections, are 32, expressed by the word leb, heart , : Create in me a clean HEART, O God ; in which word beth stands for 2, and lamed for 30. Its chapters are 36, expressed by the word lu , O ! : O that they were wise ! in which word lamed stands for 30, and vau for 6. The number of its open sections is 92; its close or shut sections , 66; together 158; expressed in the memorial word chelkecha: I am THY PORTION; in which word koph stands for 100, lamed for 30, caph for 20, and , cheth for 8. Though this sort of notations may appear trifling to some, yet to an upright Jew they were of much consequence. The very technical words used in such cases put him always in mind of something in which the glory of God and the happiness and salvation of his own soul were concerned. See the note at the end of Genesis, , and see the concluding notes on the Book of Deuteronomy. . Revised and corrected for a new edition, August 4th, 1827.-A. CLARKE.

‏ Numbers 36:13

Verse 13. These are the commandments, &c.] See these different terms analyzed and explained, Clarke "Le 26:15".

THUS ends the book of Numbers, containing a series of astonishing providences and events. Scarcely any piece of history in the sacred writings is better calculated to impress the mind of a serious reader with a sense of the goodness and severity of God. In every transaction his holiness and justice appear in closest union with his benevolence and mercy. From such a Being what have the wicked not to fear! From such a Father and Friend what have the upright not to hope! His justice requires him to punish iniquity, but his mercy inclines him to pardon all who truly repent and believe in the Son of his love.

The journeyings of this people, from the time they left Egypt, exhibit a series of providential wonders. Every where, and in every circumstance, God appears: and yet there is no circumstance or occasion that does not justify those signal displays of his GRACE and his JUSTICE. The genuine history of God's providence must be sought for in this book alone; and as every occurrence happened as an example, we have authority to conclude that in every case where his own glory and the salvation of man are interested, he will interfere and give the fullest proofs that he is the same to-day that he was yesterday, and will continue unchangeable for ever and ever. Reader, are these matters ensamples to thee? Art thou, like the Israelites, come into the plains of Moab, on the very verge of the promised land? Jordan alone separates thee from the promised inheritance. O, watch and pray, that thou come not short of the glory of God. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death; see then that the sting of death, which is sin, be extracted from thy soul, that, being justified by Christ's blood, thou mayest be made an heir according to the hope of an eternal life. Amen, amen.

"I will bring you into the WILDERNESS of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face, like as I pleaded with your fathers in the WILDERNESS of the land of Egypt. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and bring you into the bond of the covenant," Eze 20:35-37.

"He (Christ) is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance," Heb 9:15.

SECTIONS In the Book of Numbers, carried on from Leviticus, which ends with the THIRTY-THIRD.

The THIRTY-FOURTH, called bemidbar, begins Nu 1:1, and ends Nu 4:20.

The THIRTY-FIFTH, called nasa, begins Nu 4:21, and ends Nu 7:89.

The THIRTY-SIXTH, called behaalothecha, begins Nu 8:1, and ends Nu 12:16.

The THIRTY-SEVENTH, called shelach, begins Nu 13:1, and ends Nu 15:41.

The THIRTY-EIGHTH, called korach, begins Nu 16:1, and ends Nu 18:32.

The THIRTY-NINTH, called chukkath, begins Nu 19:1, and ends Nu 22:1.

The FORTIETH, called balak, begins Nu 22:2, and ends Nu 25:9.

The FORTY-FIRST, called pinechas, begins Nu 25:10, and ends Nu 30:1.

The FORTY-SECOND, called mattoth, begins Nu 30:2, and ends Nu 32:42.

The FORTY-THIRD, called masey, begins Nu 33:1, and ends Nu 36:13.

MASORETIC Notes on NUMBERS.

The number of verses in this book is 1,288, of which is the symbol: for aleph stands for 1,000, , resh for 200, phe for 80, and cheth for 8.

The middle verse is Nu 17:20. And the man's rod whom I shall choose shall blossom. (N. B. In our English Bibles this is Nu 17:5.)

Its pareshioth, or larger sections, are 10, expressed by the letters of the word badad, alone: The Lord ALONE did lead him, De 32:12. daleth stands for 4, repeated here, 8, and beth for 2.

Its sedarim, or Masoretic sections, are 32, expressed by the word leb, heart, Ps 51:12: Create in me a clean HEART, O God; in which word beth stands for 2, and lamed for 30.

Its chapters are 36, expressed by the word lu, O! De 32:29: O that they were wise! in which word lamed stands for 30, and vau for 6.

The number of its open sections is 92; its close or shut sections, 66; together 158; expressed in the memorial word chelkecha: I am THY PORTION; in which word koph stands for 100, lamed for 30, caph for 20, and , cheth for 8.

Though this sort of notations may appear trifling to some, yet to an upright Jew they were of much consequence. The very technical words used in such cases put him always in mind of something in which the glory of God and the happiness and salvation of his own soul were concerned. See the note at the end of Genesis, See Clarke on Ge 50:26, and see the concluding notes on the Book of Deuteronomy. See Clarke on De 34:10.

Revised and corrected for a new edition, August 4th, 1827.-A. CLARKE.