Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
14. Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon.
14. Ideirco dicetur in narratione praeliorum Jehovae, Vaheb in Suphah, et torrentes ad Arnon.
15. And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab,
15. Et decursum torrentium, qui pergit ut quiescat in Ar, et recumbit in termino Moab.
16. And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
16. Illinc in Beer. Is est puteus de quo dixerat Jehova ad Mosen, Congrega populum, et dabo illis aquam.
17. Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
17. Tunc cecinit Israel carmen hoc, Ascende Beer, canite ei.
18. The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah;
18. Puteus quem loderunt principes, loderunt eum principes populi cum legislatore baculis suis. Et e deserto in Mathanah.
19. And from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
19. Et e Mathanah in Nahaliel: et de Nahaliel in Bamoth.
20. And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
20. Et de Bamoth Hagaie, quae est in regione Moab, in vertice coilis, et respicit contra faciem deserti, (vel, Gessimon.)
4. And they journeyed from mount Hor. This also is narrated in their praise, that they bore the weariness of a long and circuitous march, when they were already worn down by their wanderings for forty years. Moses, therefore, tells us that, since God had forbidden them to pass the borders