Verse 1

daughters. Compare Numbers 26:33. Joshua 17:3.

Verse 2

door = entrance.

tabernacle = tent. Hebrew. "ohel. App-40.

Verse 3

died. Compare Numbers 26:64, Numbers 26:65.

Verse 4

Why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

Verse 6

spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.

Verse 7

shalt surely give. Hebrew "a giving thou shalt give". Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), for emphasis. See note on Genesis 26:28. This command obeyed in Joshua 17:4.

Verse 8

children = sons.

Verse 11

unto his kinsman. Compare note on Leviticus 18:6.

a statute of judgment: or, regulative statute. Compare Numbers 35:29.

as = according to what.

Verse 13

Aaron. Compare Numbers 20:24.

Verse 14

rebelled. Compare Numbers 20:24.

My commandment. Hebrew "My mouth". Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, "mouth" put for what is spoken by it.

water. Compare Exodus 17:7. Of another Meribah.

Verse 16

God = Elohim. God, the Creator of men and the spirits of men (Genesis 2:7), Who giveth the spirit to man, and takes it to Himself again (Ecclesiastes 12:7), and Who giveth all the gifts of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 14:12).

spirits. Plural of Hebrew. ruach. See App-9.

set = or visit: i.e. provide and appoint. man. Hebrew "ish. See App-14.

Verse 17

go out . . . go in. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), App-6, put for life in general, especially all official movements, and actions.

Verse 18

Joshua. See note on Exodus 17:9.

spirit. Hebrew. ruach (App-9). Put here by the Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the gifts of the Holy Spirit: here, a spirit of "wisdom" (Deuteronomy 34:9).

Verse 19

Eleazar the priest: because he had the breastplate with Urim and Thummim, and could alone give Joshua the decision or "judgment" of Jehovah.

Verse 21

he shall stand = take his stand. Hebrew. "amad, as Numbers 27:2.

counsel. Supply Ellipsis with the word "judgment" from next clause.

for = by.

after = for.

judgment = decision.

Urim = the Urim. See note on Ex. Numbers 28:30.

at his word = at the mouth: i.e. of the Urim.

word = commandment or instruction, "word" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for what is spoken by the mouth.

Verse 23

commanded = spake. See note on Numbers 1:1.

by the hand. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6:. by the instrumentality or agency of the hand.