Numbers 20-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:26

And strip Aaron of his garments ,.... His priestly garments, as the Targum of Jonathan, and so Jarchi: and put them upon Eleazar his son ; thereby declaring him to be high priest in his father's stead: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there ; the phrase of gathering to his people is here explained of his dying. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:27

And Moses did as the Lord commanded ,.... Though it must be very cutting, distressing, and afflicting to him, to part with a brother so dear to him, and who had been so many years a companion of him, and a partner with him in the care and government of the people of Israel; but it being the Lord's will, he submits unto it, and faithfully and readily obeyed his orders, as he always did: and they went up into Mount Hor , in the sight of all the congregation; that is, Moses, Aaron, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:28

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments ,.... His priestly garments, which, very probably, were put on at the foot of the mountain, on purpose for the transaction of this affair, since they were not in common worn, but only when in service; the same hands that clothed Aaron with them at first, stripped him of them, and both were done at the command of God; as the stripping of those garments was a divesting Aaron of his office, so it was a figure of the disannulling of his priesthood, when... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 20:29

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead ,.... Not that they saw his dead body, but they perceived by the relation of Moses, and by various circumstances, as not seeing Aaron come down, whom they saw go up, and seeing Eleazar with Aaron's garments on him, and perhaps by tokens of mourning in Moses and Eleazar; so the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem say, they saw them come down from the top of the mountain, with their garments rent, and ashes on their heads, weeping and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20

The Israelites come to Zin, and Miriam dies, Numbers 20:1 . They murmur for want of water, Numbers 20:2-5 . Moses and Aaron make supplication at the tabernacle, and the glory of the Lord appears, Numbers 20:6 . He commands Moses to take his rod, gather the congregation together, and bring water out of the rock, Numbers 20:7 , Numbers 20:8 . Moses takes the rod, gathers the Israelites together, chides with them, and smites the rock twice, and the waters flow out plenteously, Numbers... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:1

Then came the children of Israel, etc. - This was the first month of the fortieth year after their departure from Egypt. See Numbers 33:38 , compared with Numbers 20:28 ; of this chapter, and Deuteronomy 1:3 . The transactions of thirty-seven years Moses passes by, because he writes not as a historian but as a legislator; and gives us particularly an account of the laws, ordinances, and other occurrences of the first and last years of their peregrinations. The year now spoken of was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:2

And there was no water for the congregation - The same occurrence took place to the children of Israel at Kadesh, as did formerly to their fathers at Rephidim, see Exodus 17:1 ; and as the fathers murmured, so also did the children. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:12

Because ye believed me not - What was the offense for which Moses was excluded from the promised land? It appears to have consisted in some or all of the following particulars: God had commanded him ( Numbers 20:8 ;) to take the rod in his hand, and go and Speak To The Rock, and it should give forth water. It seems Moses did not think speaking would be sufficient, therefore he smote the rock without any command so to do. He did this twice, which certainly in this case indicated a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:14

Sent messengers - unto the king of Edom - Archbishop Usher supposes that the king now reigning in Edom was Hadar, mentioned Genesis 36:39 . Thus saith thy brother Israel - The Edomites were the descendants of Edom or Esau, the brother of Jacob or Israel, from whom the Israelites were descended. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 20:17

We will go by the king's high-way - This is the first time this phrase occurs; it appears to have been a public road made by the king's authority at the expense of the state. read more

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