till they arrived, in the 40th year, upon the borders of the Moabite. I believe it stands upon no better ground than the traditions of the Jews, and a misinterpretation of 1 Cor. x. 4, which St Jerome interprets to that effect. But St Chrysostom, with more sagacity observes, that the "following" there mentioned by the Apostle is to be understood of Christ, which seems to imply that he understood it not literally of the water from the rock.

Verse 16. "Because the Lord hath sworn that." For , read, with Castalio, without further emendation, DJ. "Because the hand of Jehovah is upon the standard. Jehovah will have war against Amalek from generation to generation." Mr Bates's attempt to explain the common reading is ingenious, but it is founded on the assumption of a fact not mentioned in the story. (See Parkhurst, .)

CHAP. Xviii. From the account which Moses gives of the first institution of Judges, in the first chapter of Deuteronomy, 6-18, compared with this chapter, the conclusion seems inevitable, that this visit of Jethro to Moses must have been made in the second year of the Exodus, just before the Israelites removed from Sinai to encamp in Paran, Numb. x. 11, 12.

CHAP. xix. 3. (See Kennicott's various readings.) "And thou shalt set bounds unto

Verse 12.

the people round about." The Samaritan reads, "And thou

,והגבלת את ההר סביב ואל העם תאמר

shalt draw a line all round the mountain, and say unto the people" For my read, with Houbi

מעלות,gant

Verse 25. To this 25th verse should be subjoined the words which we find out of their place in the first

את כל הדברים האלה,verse of the following chapter

וידבר אלהים לאמר : stand simply thus

and the first verse of the following chapter should

Verse 25. "So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them all these things."

CHAP. XX. 1. "And God spake, saying."

CHAP XXI. 6. shall bring him unto the judges.”προσάξει αὐτον προς το κριτηριον του θεου,

LXX.

Verses 7—11. This law relates only to virgins purchased of their parents. Other female slaves were upon equal footing with the men. (See Deut. xv. 17.)

Verse 8.

--"who hath betrothed her to himself" Rather, "who hath not betrothed her to himself—"

Verse 10. "And if he do not these three unto her-" i. e. if he fail in any one of the three things prescribed, namely, to send her back to her friends, for a ransom, or to give her in marriage to his son, if he marries her not himself, or, having married her himself, to neglect her for another wife.

Verse 13. ——" I will appoint him a place whi ther he shall flee." (See Numbers, xxxv. 13-29, and Deut. xix. 1—13.

Verse 22. -" and he shall pay as the judges determine ;" rather," and he shall pay it before the judges." So Houbigant. He was to pay down the mulct in open court.

CHAP. Xxii. 8, 9.

" unto the judges-before

the judges-whom the judges shall condemn❞—IOV του θεου-ενωπιον του θεου-ὁ ἁλους δια του θεου, LXX.

Verse 13. "then let him bring it for a witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn." Rather, "then let him conduct him [i. e. the owner] to the torn carcase, and he shall not make it good."

Verse 26. For 3 read, with Sam. and Hou

תשיבדה,bigant

Verse 27. For

, read, with Sam. and

,read הוא for לבדה and, after היא כסותו,Houbigant

with Houbigant, N.

13, & 17.)

(Compare Deut. xxiv. 12,

CHAP. Xxiii. 2.

a multitude"-" many."

Rather, in both places, "the great." (See Hou

bigant.)

Verse 5.

——“and wouldest forbear to help him,

thou shalt surely help him"-yn sy

.עמו

לו
מעוב
וחדלת

py. For Bochart would read, joining it to the latter clause. And certainly, without introducing the negative into the latter clause, it is inexpli

cable by any known sense of the word y. I

תעזוב עמו would read

לו

עזב לא

מעזוב

"then

thou shalt forbear to leave him to himself: Thou

shalt by no means leave him by himself." (Compare Deut xxii. 4.)

Verse 9.

ings."

-"the heart;" rather, "the feel

Verses 10, 11. Compare Lev. xxv. 1-7, and

Deut. xv. 1-18.

Verse 19. "The first of the first fruits," i. e. the first fruits of the Barley, which was the earliest corn. (See Parkhurst,

.)

Verse 27. -" and will destroy;" rather, "and will strike with a panic." To this effect the LXX., έκστησω.

CHAP. XXIV. 2. "And Moses alone shall come shall not come-neither shall-go up-" All these futures should be preterites. For Moses alone had approached to Jehovah, but they had not approached; neither had the people gone up with him. But Moses came back, &c. In these two verses, the 2d and 3d, we are told in what manner the laws contained in the two preceding chapters were delivered to the people. The five following verses relate the ceremony of a sacrifice, and a solemn covenant of obedience, which was performed the day after the delivery of these laws was finished. Then in the 9th, the history returns to what was done in consequence of the order mentioned in the first.

CHAP. XXVI. 1.

"with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them." Cunning work-igyασig ipavrov, LXX. Opere textili intertextis, Houbigant," interwoven work." The phrase describes tapestry.

Verse 4." in the coupling."

,בחברת For

read, with the Samaritan, an, as below, and again, chap. xxxvi. 11. By лn I understand not the place of joining, but the joined piece, the great sheet formed of the five breadths sewed together.. This whole verse should be thus rendered: " And