Annotations.
MOses went up] as God commanded him, Deu. 32. 49. plaines of Moab] in the wilder∣nesse [unspec 1] where Israel pitched, and where Moses had explained all this Law unto them. See Num. 22. 1. Deut. 1. 1. 5. The Greeke retaineth the Hebrew name, Araboth Moab. mount Nebo] or, of Nebo, that from thence hee might view the holy land, as Iohn from an high mountaine was shewed the holy Ierusalem, Rev. 21. 10. and Ezekiel like∣wise before him, Ezek. 40. 2. Nebo was the name of a mountaine, and of a Citie by it, which was gi∣ven for a possession to the Reubenites, Numb. 32. 37, 38. 1 Chron. 5. 3, 8. Pisgah] in Greeke, Phasga: in Chaldee, Ramatha: so named of the highnesse of it: See Deut. 3. 27. Ierecho] in Greeke Iericho, a Citie within the land of Canaan, which the Israelites first conquered, by faith causing the wall to fall downe, Ios: 6. Heb. 11. 30. See after on vers. 3. caused him to see] as in vers. 4. or, shewed him, as the Greeke translateth. from Gilead] in Greeke, the land of Galaad: But Galead was on the outside of Iordan, and given to Reuben, Gad, and halfe Manasseh, Deut. 3. 12. 13. being conquered by Moses himselfe; so that there was no need to view that, but from that Countrey forward hee viewed all the rest. Therefore the Hebrewes expound the word Eth, by Min, From; saying, From Gilead which was on the outside of Iordan, towards the Sunne rising, where in Moses was standing; unto Dan, which is the border of the land of Israel, as it is written, from Dan even to Beersheba, (1 Sam. 3. 20.) Chazku∣ni on Deut. 34. Others referre it to a spirituall vi∣sion of things to be done after in this Countrey; as Ionathan in his Thargum paraphraseth, The Word of the Lord shewed him all the Mighties of the land; the valiant acts which should be done by Iephthe of Gilead, and the victories of Samson son of Manoah of the tribe of Dan. Likewise Sol. Iarchi expoundeth it, He shewed him the sonnes of Dan committing ido∣latry, as it is written (in Iudg. 18. 30.) and the sons of Dan set up the graven image: and he shewod him Samson, that should come out of him for a Saviour. By Dan here we are to understand Leshem or Laish, a Citie in the furthest part of the land Northward, called also Dan, Ios. 19. 47. Iudg. 18. 27, 29.
Vers. 2. all Naphthali] in Greeke, all the land of [unspec 2] Nephthali, which lay also Northward in Galilee, Matth. 4. 15. of Ephraim and Manasseh] meaning the halfe tribe of Manasseh that dwelt within lordan; this was in the middest of the land in Samaria: see Ios. 16. and 17. 7,—11. of Iu∣dah] which was the Southerne part of the Coun∣trey, Ios. 15. 1. &c. for the land was farre more long than broad: and by naming these few chiefe countries, he implieth all the rest with them. These also in Thargum Ionathan, and Sol. Iarchi, are ap∣plied to the captaines of the house of Naphtali, that were joyned with Barak, and the Kings which Iosua the sonne of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, should kill; and the valiant acts of Gedeon sonne of Ioash, of the tribe of Manasseh, and all the Kings of Israel, and kingdome of the house of Iudah, that should rule in the land, untill the Sanctuary should be destroyed at the last. the hindmost] or, utmost sea, that is, the maine sea, which was the Westerne coast: see the notes on Deut. 11. 24.
Vers. 3. the south] in Greeke, the wildernesse: [unspec 3] the utmost Cities of the tribe of the sonnes of Iu∣dah, towards the coast of Edom, described in Ios. 15. 21. &c. So in Num. 34. 3. your south quarter shall be from the wildernesse of Zin, along by the coast of Edom, &c. Thus Moses viewed the land after the order that Abraham did at the first: see Genes. 12. 6, 7, 8, 9. with the Annotations there. God here sheweth Moses all the kingdomes, and glory of Canaan, from an high mountaine, for his com∣fort and strengthening of his faith, who saw the promises a farre off, saluted them, and died, as did his godly forefathers, Heb. 11. 9. 13. On the con∣trary, the Deviil taketh Christ up into an excce∣ding high mountaine, & sheweth him all the king∣domes of the world, and the glory of them, to draw