P143 Parash 39 Chukat Regulation
B’midbar/ Numbers 19:1-22:1
Numbers 20
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At this chapter begins the history of the 40 fortieth year (which was the last
year) of the Israelites' wandering in the wilderness. And since the beginning of
their second year, when they were sentenced to perform their quarantine in the
desert, there to wear away the tedious revolution of forty years, there is
little recorded concerning them till this last year, which brought them to the
borders of Canaan, and the history of this year is almost as large as the
history of the first year. This chapter gives an account of,
I.
The death of Miriam (Num_20:1).
II. The fetching of water out of the rock, in which observe,
1. The distress Israel was in, for want of water (Num_20:2).
2. Their discontent and murmuring in that distress (Num_20:3-5).
3. God's pity and power engaged for their supply with water out
of the rock (Num_20:6-9)
4. The infirmity of Moses and Aaron upon this occasion (Num_20:10,
Num_20:11).
5. God's displeasure against them (Num_20:12, Num_20:13).
III. The negotiation with the Edomites. Israel's request (Num_20:14-17),
and the repulse the Edomites gave them (Num_20:18-21).
IV. The death of Aaron the
high priest upon Mount Hor, the
installment of Eleazar in his room, and the
people's mourning for him (Num_20:22, etc.). |