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(Numbers 36) that his daughters should not marry out of their father's tribe; and this
was afterwards made a general law.
(^47) That the sacrifices prescribed in Leviticus 23:17-21 were not the same as those in
Numbers 28:26-31, is not only established by the unanimous testimony of Jewish
tradition, but appears from a comparison of the differences between the sacrifices
ordained in these two passages. Thus the feast of weeks or "of first-fruits" had threefold
sacrifices - the ordinary daily, the ordinary festive, and the special festive sacrifice.
(^48) For details as to the manner in which these feasts were observed at the time of Christ,
I have to refer the reader to my book on The Temple: its Ministry, and Services at the
Time of Christ.
(^49) Numbers 32:1 speaks of "the Land of Jazer and of Gilead." "Jazer," or "Jaazer"
(Numbers 21:32) was a town on the way between Heshbon in the south and Bashan in
the north. It gave its name to the district, and was probably specially mentioned by the
Reubenites as perhaps the township east of Jordan nearest to the camp of Israel. It is
supposed to be the modern Seir -almost in a line with Jericho, east of the Jordan.
(^50) These are not "Hazzeroth," but rubble walls for sheep, made of loose stones.
(^51) These cities were rebuilt before the apportionment of the country among these two
and a half tribes. This appears from the fact that, for example, Dibon and, Aroer were
built by "the children of Gad" (Numbers 32:34, 35), but afterwards allocated to Reuben
(Joshua 13:16, 17).
(^52) Each of these two series is marked by a special preface - the first, Numbers 33:50; the
second, Numbers 35:1.
(^53) Very varied interpretations of these two difficult verses have been proposed. That
adopted in the text is in accordance with Jewish tradition, and the most simple, while it
meets all the requirements of the text.
(^54) Perek 2 of the Mishnic tractate Maccoth treats on this subject, and expounds at length
the application of this law.
(^55) We translate literally.
(^56) Literally: Enough (sufficient) for thee.
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