Numbers 21:18

Num 21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness [they went] to Mattanah:

Ver. 18. The princes digged the well. ] Called therehence Beerelim, i.e., the well of the mighty ones. Isa 15:8 Nunquam vilior erat annona Romae, quam cum terram colerent iidem qui remp. regerent: quasi gauderet terra laureato vomere scilicet, et aratore triumphali. a

With their staves. ] Those ensigns of their honour they made to be instruments of the common good. See the Epist. Dedicat. set before my notes upon John.

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