Num 14:9, 23:24, Deu 7:1 | TSK | STEP | Only rebel. neither. are bread. defence. Heb. shadow.{Tzillam,} a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the Parallel Passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, "May the shadow {zulli} of thy prosperity be extended." "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers." And in an elegant distich, "May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow {zullikem} eternally." The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is {zil ullah,} shadow of God. the Lord. fear them not.

Numbers 14:9

Only rebel.

De 9:7,23,24; Isa 1:2; 63:10; Da 9:5,9; Php 1:27

neither.

are bread.

defence. Heb. shadow.{Tzillam,} a metaphor highly expressive of protection and support in the sultry eastern countries. (See the Parallel Passages.) The Arabs and Persians use the same word to express the same thing; using the expressions, "May the shadow {zulli} of thy prosperity be extended." "May the shadow of thy prosperity be spread over the heads of thy well-wishers." And in an elegant distich, "May your protection never be removed from my head; may God extend your shadow {zullikem} eternally." The loftiest and most esteemed title of the sultan, says Thornton, because given him by the kings of Persia, is {zil ullah,} shadow of God.

Ps 91:1; 121:5; Isa 30:2,3; 32:2; Jer 48:45

the Lord.

Ge 48:21; Ex 33:16; De 7:21; 20:1-4; 31:6,8; Jos 1:5; Jud 1:22

2Ch 13:12; 15:2; 20:17; 32:8; Ps 46:1,2,7,11; Isa 8:9,10; 41:10

Mt 1:23; Ro 8:31

fear them not.

Isa 41:14

Numbers 23:24

as a great.

24:8,9; Ge 49:9; De 33:20; Ps 17:12; Pr 30:30; Isa 31:4; Am 3:8

Re 5:5

he shall.

24:17; Ge 49:27; Da 2:44; Mic 5:8,9; Zec 10:4,5; 12:6; Re 19:11-21

Deuteronomy 7:1

1 All communion with the nations is forbidden;

5 for fear of idolatry;

6 for the holiness of the people;

9 for the nature of God in his mercy and justice;

17 for the assuredness of victory which God will give over them.

the Lord.

4:38; 6:1,10,19,23; 9:1,4; 11:29; 31:3,20; Ex 6:8; 15:7; Nu 14:31

Ps 44:2,3; 78:55

the Hittites.With respect to the situation of these nations in the land of Canaan, Calmet remarks, that the Canaanites chiefly inhabited Phoenecia; the Hittites, the mountains south of the promised land; the Hivites, mount Ebal, and Gerizim, and towards Hermon; the Girgashites, beyond Jordan, towards the lake of Gennesareth, the Jebusistes, about Jerusalem; the Amorites, the mountains west of the Dead Sea, and part of the land of Moab; and that the Perizzites were probably not a distinct nation, but villagers scattered through the country.

Ge 15:18-21; Ex 23:28; 33:2

greater.

4:38; 4:1-3; 20:1