Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Numbers Chapter 9
Overview
Num 9:1, The passover is again commanded; Num 9:6, A second passover for the unclean or absent; Num 9:15, The cloud directs the removals and encampments of the Israelites.
am 2514, bc 1490, An, Ex, Is, 2, Abib
in the first month: The first fourteen verses of this chapter evidently refer to a time previous to the commencement of this book; but as there is no evidence of a transposition, it is better to conclude with Houbigant, that "it is enough to know, that these books contain an account of things transacted in the days of Moses, though not in their regular or chronological order." Num 1:1; Exo 40:2
keep: Exod. 12:1-20
his appointed: Num 28:16; Exo 12:6, Exo 12:14; Lev 23:5; Deu 16:1, Deu 16:2; Jos 5:10; Ch2 35:1; Ezr 6:19; Mar 14:12; Luk 22:7; Co1 5:7, Co1 5:8
the fourteenth: Ch2 30:2, Ch2 30:15
at even: Heb. between the two evenings, Exo 12:6 *marg. Heb 9:26
according to all the rites: Num 9:11, Num 9:12
they kept: Jos 5:10
according: Num 8:20, Num 29:40; Gen 6:22, Gen 7:5; Exo 39:32, Exo 39:42; Deu 1:3, Deu 4:5; Mat 28:20; Joh 15:14; Act 26:19; Heb 3:5, Heb 11:8
defiled: Num 5:2, Num 6:6, Num 6:7, Num 19:11, Num 19:16, Num 19:18; Lev 21:11; Joh 18:28
they came: Num 15:33, Num 27:2, Num 27:5; Exo 18:15, Exo 18:19, Exo 18:26; Lev 24:11
we may not offer: Num 9:2; Exo 12:27; Deu 16:2; Ch2 30:17-19; Co1 5:7, Co1 5:8
I will: Num 27:5; Psa 25:14, Psa 85:8; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Eze 2:7, Eze 3:17; Joh 7:17, Joh 17:8; Act 20:27; Co1 4:4, Co1 11:23; Heb 3:5, Heb 3:6
be unclean: Num 9:6, Num 9:7; Rom 15:8-19, Rom 16:25, Rom 16:26; Co1 6:9-11; Eph 2:1, Eph 2:2, Eph 2:12, Eph 2:13, Eph 3:6-9
yet he shall keep: Mat 5:24; Co1 11:28
fourteenth: Num 9:3; Exo 12:2-14, Exo 12:43-49; Ch2 30:2-15; Joh 19:36
and eat it: Exo 12:8
shall leave: Exo 12:10
break any bone: In the East, Belon says, he "met with shepherds who were roasting sheep whole, which they sold to travellers stuck upon sticks of willow tree. The entrails were taken out, and the body again sewed up." Exo 12:46; Joh 19:36
forbeareth: Num 15:30, Num 15:31, Num 19:13; Gen 17:14; Exo 12:15; Lev 17:4, Lev 17:10, Lev 17:14-16; Heb 2:3; Heb 6:6, Heb 10:26-29, Heb 12:25
because: Num 9:2, Num 9:3, Num 9:7
bear his sin: Num 5:31; Lev 20:20, Lev 22:9; Eze 23:49; Heb 9:28
Exo 12:48, Exo 12:49; Lev 19:10, Lev 22:25, Lev 24:22, Lev 25:15; Deu 29:11, Deu 31:12; Isa 56:3-7; Eph 2:19-22
on the day: Exo 40:2, Exo 40:18
the cloud: Num 14:14; Exo 14:19, Exo 14:20, Exo 14:24, Exo 33:9, Exo 33:10, Exo 40:34; Neh 9:12, Neh 9:19; Psa 78:14, Psa 105:39; Isa 4:5; Eze 10:3, Eze 10:4; Co1 10:1
Num 9:18-22; Exo 13:21, Exo 13:22, Exo 40:38; Deu 1:33; Neh 9:12, Neh 9:19; Psa 78:14, Psa 105:39; Isa 4:5, Isa 4:6; Co1 10:1; Co2 5:19; Rev 21:3; This cloud not only enlightened the Israelites, but also protected them, and was a continual pledge of God's presence and protection. To this manifestation of the Divine glory, the prophet Isaiah alludes, when he says (Isa 4:5), "The Lord will create upon every dwelling place of Mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night." God is the director, protector, and glory of his church.
when the cloud: Num 10:11, Num 10:33, Num 10:34; Exo 40:36-38; Psa 80:1, Psa 80:2; Isa 49:10; Joh 10:3-5, Joh 10:9
and in the: Exo 33:14, Exo 33:15; Psa 32:8, Psa 73:24; Joh 10:3, Joh 10:4, Joh 10:9
and at the: Num 9:20, Num 10:13; Exo 17:1; Jo2 1:6
as long as: Co1 10:1; There is no time lost, while we are waiting God's time. It is as acceptable a piece of submission to the will of God, to sit still contentedly when our lot requires it, as to work for him when we are called to it.
tarried long: Heb. prolonged
kept the: Num 1:52, Num 1:53, Num 3:8; Zac 3:7
abode: Heb. was, Neh 9:12, Neh 9:19
abode: Num 9:17, Num 1:54, Num 8:20, Num 23:21, Num 23:22; Exo 39:42, Exo 40:16, Exo 40:36, Exo 40:37; Deu 1:6, Deu 1:7, Deu 2:3, Deu 2:4; Psa 32:8, Psa 48:14, Psa 73:24, Psa 77:20, Psa 107:7, Psa 143:10; Pro 3:5, Pro 3:6; Act 1:4
they kept: Num 9:19; Gen 26:5; Jos 22:3; Eze 44:8; Zac 3:7; Some of the Levites may have been appointed to watch the moving of the pillar, and to give timely notice to the camp of its beginning to stir; and this is called "keeping the charge of the Lord." It is uncomfortable staying when God is departed, but very safe and pleasant going, when we see God go before us, and resting where he appoints us to rest.