And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
Ver. 13. Went forth to meet them.] As Melchisedec went forth to meet Abraham returning with victory; Gen 14:18 as Archbishop Hubert met our Richard I returning from the Holy Land, (as they called it,) both of them first falling to the earth, rose again and ran into each other's arms, comforting themselves with mutual embraces, and weeping with joy. a
a Speed, Hist., fol. 540.