Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Ver. 2. When ye be come into the land.] God, who in the midst of judgment remembereth mercy, and suffereth not his whole wrath to arise, seals up his love again to these recent revolters: and although he led them in and out, backward and forward, in that terrible wilderness, as if he had been treading a maze; yet he here gives them new directions what to do, when they, that is their children, came into the land of Canaan. Yea, he further tells them that he will smell a sweet savour of the herd, and of the flock; and is pleased to enlarge and explain some laws formerly delivered, in token of his reconciliation to them. So he renewed his favour to his relapsed spouse, now returning unto him, Song of Solomon 5:3 ; Song of Solomon 6:4,5 , &c. and to his disciples, that had basely forsaken him, by giving them a new commission to execute the ministerial function. Joh 20:21