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6581 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 22.9 (Matthew Henry)
… Psalms 119:74 .
6582 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 33.16 (Matthew Henry)
… ?” Psalms 119:49. (2.) The most general promises are applicable to particular cases. “Thou saidst, I will do thee good; Lord, do me good in this matter.” He pleads also a …
6583 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 63.17 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 119:120. Who is able to stand before him, or dares resist him? (2.) To be thankful to God for the daily preservation of ourselves and our families: lying so …
6584 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 109.2 (Matthew Henry)
… Psalms 119:1-119:176. Observe here, (1.) The great rule of our obedience—God’s statutes and judgments. These we must keep to walk therein. We must keep them in our …
6585 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 110.26 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 119:6. Though in many instances the hand fails in doing what should be done, yet the eye observes all God’s statutes. We are not allowed to pick and choose …
6586 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.1 (Matthew Henry)
Israel was now to be formed into a commonwealth, or rather a kingdom; for “the Lord was their King” ( 1 Samuel 12:12 ), their government a theocracy, and Moses under …
6587 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.2 (Matthew Henry)
I. We have here a commission issued out for the numbering of the people of Israel; and David, long after, paid dearly for doing it without a commission. Here is,
6588 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.3 (Matthew Henry)
1. The date of this commission, Numbers 1:1. (1.) The place: it is given at God’s court in the wilderness of Sinai, from his royal palace, the tabernacle of the congregation …
6589 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.4 (Matthew Henry)
2. The directions given for the execution of it, Numbers 1:2, 1:3. (1.) None were to be numbered but the males, and those only such as were fit for war. None under twenty …
6590 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.5 (Matthew Henry)
3. Commissioners are named for the doing of this work. Moses and Aaron were to preside ( Numbers 1:3 ), and one man of every tribe, that was renowned in his tribe, and …
6591 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.6 (Matthew Henry)
II. Why was this account ordered to be taken and kept? For several reasons. 1. To prove the accomplishment of the promise made to Abraham, that God would multiply …
6592 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.7 (Matthew Henry)
We have here the speedy execution of the orders given for the numbering of the people. It was begun the same day that the orders were given, The first day of the …
6593 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.8 (Matthew Henry)
In the particulars here left upon record, we may observe, 1. That the numbers are registered in words at length (as I may say), and not in figures; to every one of the …
6594 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.9 (Matthew Henry)
We have here the sum total at the foot of the account; they were in all 600,000 fighting men, and 3550 over. Some think that when this was their number some months …
6595 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.10 (Matthew Henry)
Care is here taken to distinguish from the rest of the tribes the tribe of Levi, which, in the matter of the golden calf, had distinguished itself, Exodus 32:26. Note, Singular services shall be recompensed with singular honours. Now,
6596 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.11 (Matthew Henry)
I. It was the honour of the Levites that they were made guardians of the spiritualities; to them was committed the care of the tabernacle and the treasures …
6597 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 119.12 (Matthew Henry)
II. It was their further honour that as Israel, being a holy people, was not reckoned among the nations, so they, being a holy tribe, were not reckoned among other …
6598 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 132.19 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 119:49. “Lord, be and do according as thou hast spoken; for hast thou spoken, and wilt thou not make it good?” Three things God had solemnly made a declaration …
6599 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 158.17 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 119:128. Secondly, The having of these statutes and judgments set before them is the true and transcendent greatness of any nation or people. See Psalms …
6600 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 163.7 (Matthew Henry)
… , Psalms 119:120. 4. They had by their sin broken covenant with God, and forfeited all the privileges of the covenant, which Moses signified to them by breaking …