Exodus 25:5
26:14shittim wood.26:15,26,37; 27:1; 36:20 Exodus 25:10
an ark.{Aron} denotes a chest, or coffer, in general; but is applied particularly to the chest or ark in which the testimony or two tables of the covenant were laid up; on the top of which was the propitiatory or mercy seat; and at the end of which were the cherubim of gold; between whom the visible sign of the presence of God appeared as seated upon his throne. 37:1-3; De 10:1-3; 2Ch 8:11; Heb 9:4; Re 11:19 Exodus 25:23
a table.37:10-16; 40:22,23; Le 24:6; Nu 3:31; 1Ki 7:48; 1Ch 28:162Ch 4:8,19; Eze 40:41,42; Heb 9:2shittim wood.{Shittim} wood is probably the acacia Nilotica. St. Jerome says, that the {shittim} wood grows in the deserts of Arabia, and is like white thorn, as to its colour and leaves; but the tree is so large as to furnish very long planks. The wood is hard, tough, and extremely beautiful. It is thought he means the black acacia, because that is the most common tree in the deserts of Arabia. It is of the size of a large mulberry tree. The spreading branches and larger limbs are armed with thorns, which grow three together. The bark is rough; and the leaves are oblong, standing opposite each other. The flowers, though sometimes white, are generally of a bright yellow; and the fruit, which resembles a bean, is contained in pods like those of the lupin. "The acacia," says Dr. Shaw, "being by much the largest and most common tree in the deserts," (Arabia Petræa,) we have some reason to conjecture that the {shittim} wood was the wood of the acacia, especially as its flowers are of an excellent smell; for the {shittah} tree is, in Isa 41:19, joined with the myrtle and other fragrant shrubs. It may be remarked, that of the two Hebrew names, {shittim} is masculine, and {shittah} feminine. So Mr. Bruce says, "the male is called {saiel;} from it proceeds the {gula} Arabic, on incision with an axe." Numbers 25:1-9
1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry.6 Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi.10 God therefore gives him an everlasting priesthood.16 The Midianites are to be vexed. Shittim.33:49; Jos 2:1; 3:1; Mic 6:5the people.31:15,16; Ec 7:26; 1Co 10:8 they called.Ex 34:15,16; Jos 22:17; 1Ki 11:1-8; Ps 106:28; Ho 9:10; 1Co 10:201Co 10:27,28; 2Co 6:16,17; Re 2:14bowed.Ex 20:5; 23:24; Jos 23:7,16; 1Ki 19:18 joined.5; De 4:3,4; Jos 22:17; Ps 106:28,29; Ho 9:10the anger.Jos 22:17; Jud 2:14,20; Ps 90:11; Jer 17:4 all the heads.14,15,18; Ex 18:25; De 4:3; Jos 22:17; 23:2and hang.Dr. Kennicott remarks, that the Samaritan and Hebrew texts must be united to make the sense of this verse complete: "And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto all the heads of the people; and let them slay the men that were joined to Baal-peor; and hang them up before the Lord, against the sun," etc. De 13:6-9,13,15; 21:23; 2Sa 21:6,9; Es 7:9,10that the fierce.11; De 13:17; Jos 7:25,26; Ps 85:3,4; Jon 3:9 judges.Ex 18:21,25,26Slay ye.Ex 22:20; 32:27,28; De 13:6,9,13,15; 17:3-5; 1Ki 18:40 a Midianitish.14,15; 22:4; 31:2,9-16in the sight of Moses.15:30,31; De 29:19-21; Jer 3:3; 8:12; 36:23; 42:15-18; 43:4-7Jer 44:16,17; 2Pe 2:13-15; Jude 1:13weeping.Jud 2:4; Ezr 9:1-4; 10:6-9; Isa 22:12; Eze 9:4-6; Joe 2:17 Phinehas.Ex 6:25; Jos 22:30,31; Jud 20:28a javelin.1Sa 18:10,11; 19:9 thrust.5,11; Ps 106:29-31So the plague.16:46-48; 2Sa 24:25; 1Ch 21:22 St. Paul reckons only 23,000: Moses includes in the 24,000 he names, the 1,000 men who were slain in consequence of the judicial examination, (ver. 4,) as well as the 23,000 who died of the plague; while St. Paul only refers to the latter. 4,5; 16:49,50; De 4:3,4; 1Co 10:8 Joshua 2:1
1 Rahab receives and conceals the two spies sent from Shittim.8 The covenant between her and them.23 Their return and relation. sent. or, had sent. Shittim.Nu 25:1; 33:49to spy secretly.Nu 13:2,17-21; Jud 18:2,14,17; Mt 10:16; Eph 5:5even Jericho.5:10; 6:1-24harlot's house.Though the word {zonah} generally denotes a prostitute, yet many very learned men are of opinion that it should be here rendered an innkeeper or hostess, from {zoon,} to furnish or provide food. In this sense it was understood by the Targumist, who renders it, {ittetha pundekeetha,} "a woman, a tavern-keeper," and so St. Chrysostome, in his second sermon on Repentance, calls her [pandokeutria.] The Greek [porné,] by which the LXX. render it, and which is adopted by the Apostles, is derived from [pernaó,] to sell, and is also supposed to denote a tavern keeper. Among the ancients, women generally kept houses of entertainment. Herodotus says, "Among the Egyptians, the women carry on all commercial concerns, and keep taverns, while the men continue at home and weave." The same custom prevailed among the Greeks. 6:17,25; Mt 1:5Rachab.21:31; Heb 11:31; Jas 2:25lodged. Heb. lay.
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