Deuteronomy 1:10; Genesis 24:60; Psalms 90:13-17
Each forward movement and each rest of the ark was made to bear a sacramental character. The one betokened the going forth of God against His enemi...
Numbers 10:33-36 (JE). The Movements of the Ark. Here the Ark is not regarded as carried in the middle of the column (as in Numbers 10:21 ), b...
These two verses are marked Hebrew Manuscripts by "inverted Nuns", i.e. the Hebrew letter (n) inverted and used as brackets, to show that Numbers...
36. And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord. By thus praying he also exhorts the people to be patient, lest the weariness which arose fr...
DISCOURSE: 149 MOSES’ PRAYER AT THE REMOVAL AND RESTING OF THE ARK Numbers 10:35-36 . And it came to past, when the ark set forward, that Moses...
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. Return, O Lord, unto the many thousands of Israel - These were the wo...
Return, O Lord, unto, &c.— There being nothing for unto in the Hebrew, some approve the version of the Septuagint; return, O Lord, [i.e. t...
And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee fl...
Journeyings from Sinai to moab ( Numbers 10:11 to Numbers 22:1 ) After a stay at Sinai of nearly a year (cp. Numbers 10:11 with Exodus 19:1 )...
(35-36) And it came to pass... — It appears from these words that the marches of the Israelites began and ended with prayer, a significant lesson t...
HOBAB THE KENITE Numbers 10:29-36 THE Kenites, an Arab tribe belonging to the region of Midian, and sometimes called Midianites, sometimes Amal...
“Come Thou with Us” Numbers 10:17-36 The invitation of Moses to Hobab is one that we may all give to our friends: “We are journeying to the pla...
The use of trumpets in the history of the people is full of interest and here we find instructions concerning it. They were intended to call the peop...
This prayer of Moses is in the spirit of prophecy. As if he had said, When the LORD goeth before his people their enemies shall be scattered. And whe...
REFLECTIONS HERE, my soul, let me pause a little, and in the relation of the silver trumpet service, calling the LORD'S people to the assembly of hi...
And when it passed ,.... The ark, and the cloud over it: he said ; Moses stood and prayed, as before, according to the above Targums, in the follo...
Return, O Lord , &c. Let thy divine presence in the cloud take up its fixed residence over the ark, for the safety of this thy people whom thou...
TWO SILVER TRUMPETS (vs.1-10) We have seen in the cloud and the fire the providential guidance of God over His people. Yet we are not left to dep...
Moses's Request to Hobab. B. C. 1490. ...
Or, give rest , i.e. a safe and quiet place, from enemies and dangers.
The Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh Leads The Way ( Numbers 10:33-36 ). Ahead of the fighting contingents went the Ark of the Covenant of Yahweh. It...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 10:1-10 . Instructions for signalling the movements of the camp are properly inserted here as one of the nec...
Numbers 10:35-36 The words of the text were the morning and evening prayer of the children of Israel. I. Prayer is the best means of reminding ou...
Numbers 10:2 . Two trumpets, for the two sons of Aaron. We also read that one hundred and twenty priests had each of them a trumpet. 2 Chronicles...
When the ark set forward. .. and when it rested. The march: -- I. This has been the watchword of the church of God in all ages. The people of...
EXPOSITION THE ACTUAL DEPARTURE FROM SINAI ( Numbers 10:33-4 ). Numbers 10:33 And they departed. These words mark the moment...
Hobab Persuaded to Join the Host
And when it rested, when the cloud sank to the earth upon reaching a new station, and the ark was deposited on the spot where the Tabernacle was to b...
Return — Or, give rest, that is, a safe and quiet place, free from enemies and dangers.
36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousandsb of Israel.