Numbers 20

Numbers 20:8-13

Rock] At Rephidim by Mount Sinai, Exod. XVII. 1,—7. being the eleventh Station of the Israelites, Num. XXXIII. 14. Moses with his miraculous Rod, struck the Rock in Horeb, in a due obedience to Gods commandment, and waters came forth: And he named the place Massah, and Meribah, Exod. XVII. 5, 6, 7. But at Kadesh in the Wildernesse of Zin, where Miriam died, being the thirty third Station, Num.

XXXIII. 36. Moses, with Aarons miraculous Rod (for he took it from before the Lord, as he commanded him), having his spirit provoked by the rebellious people, smiles the Rock twice without any such command, or commission to smite at all. And he, and Aaron likewise, speak unadvisedly with their lips, uttering words of passion and incredulity, and so rebelling against Gods commandment. And thereupon they not sanctifying the Lord in the eyes of the children of Israel; He was sanctified in them, by his excluding them from entrance into the Land of Canaan. And this also is called the water of Meribah, or Strife; as here, so Ch. XXVII. 14.

Psal. CVI. 32, 33.

Numbers 20:28

Aaron] Aaron, whose name may seem to signifie an Ark or Chest, dies seven moneths and seven dayes before Moses, at Mount Hor, (the Place called Mosera, Deut. X 6.) in the thirty fourth Station. For Aaron dying in the fourtieth year, fifth moneth, first day, Num. XXXIII. 38. And that compared with the moneths mourning for Moses, Deut. XXXIV. 8. and three dayes preparation to passe over Jordan, Josh.

I. 1. and Ch. III. 2. And their coming out of Jordan, on the first moneth, tenth day, Josh. IV. 19. Do shew that Moses died in the twelfth moneth, seventh day: And so seven moneths, and seven dayes after Aaron. In which short interval of time, many, and mighty things were done and atchieved; as among other things, Sihon, and Og, and their Kingdomes conquered; the Midianites almost destroyed; among whom Balaam was slaine, Josh.

XIII. 22. and the book of Deuteronomie written, Num. XXI. and XXXI. Deut. I. 1, 3.