Henry writes on Joshua 21,
"It had been often said that the tribe of Levi should have "no inheritance with their brethren,’’ no particular part of the country assigned them, as the other tribes had, no, not the country about Shiloh, which one might have expected to be appropriated to them as the lands of the church; but, though they were not thus cast into a country by themselves, it appears, by the provision made for them in this chapter, that they were no losers, but the rest of the tribes were very much gainers, by their being dispersed. We have here, I. The motion they made to have their cities assigned them, according to God’s appointment (v. 1, v. 2). II. The nomination of the cities accordingly out of the several tribes, and the distribution of them to the respective families of this tribe (v. 3-8). III. A catalogue of the cities, forty-eight in all (v. 9-42). IV. A receipt entered in full of all that God had promised to his people Israel (v. 43-45)."
On Mark, he writes,
"What we read of the sufferings of Christ, in the foregoing chapter, was but the prologue or introduction; here we have the completing of them. We left him condemned by the chief priests; but they could only show their teeth, they could not bite. Here we have him, I. Arraigned and accused before Pilate the Roman governor (v. 1-5). II. Cried out against by the common people, at the instigation of the priests (v. 6-14). III. Condemned to be crucified immediately (v. 15). IV. Bantered and abused, as a mock-king, by the Roman soldiers (v. 16-19). V. Led out to the place of execution with all possible ignominy and disgrace (v. 20-24). VI. Nailed to the cross between two thieves (v. 25-28). VII. Reviled and abused by all that passed by (v. 29-32). VIII. Forsaken for a time by his father (v. 33-36). IX. Dying, and rending the veil (v. 37, v. 38). X. Attested and witnessed to by the centurion and others (v. 39-41). XI. Buried in the sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea (v. 42-47)."
And on the Psalm,
"The first and last of the psalms have both the same number of verses, are both short, and very memorable. But the scope of them is very different: the first psalm is an elaborate instruction in our duty, to prepare us for the comforts of our devotion; this is all rapture and transport, and perhaps was penned on purpose to be the conclusion of these sacred songs, to show what is the design of them all, and that is to assist us in praising God. The psalmist had been himself full of the praises of God, and here he would fain fill all the world with them: again and again he calls, "Praise the Lord, praise him, praise him,’’ no less than thirteen times in these six short verses. He shows, I. For what, and upon what account, God is to be praised (v. 1, v. 2), II. How, and with what expressions of joy, God is to be praised (v. 3-5). III. Who must praise the Lord; it is every one’s business (v. 6). In singing this psalm we should endeavour to get our hearts much affected with the perfections of God and the praises with which he is and shall be for ever attended, throughout all ages, world without end."
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