These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. The mansions. These mansions, or journeys of the children of Israel from Egypt to the land of promise, were figures, according to the Fathers, of the steps and degrees by which Christians, leaving sin, are to advance from virtue to virtue, till they come to the heavenly mansions, after this life, to see and enjoy God. Challoner.—Conduct. Lit. “hand.” Aaron died before they came to the last of these 42 stations, or encampments. Bible.—The observance of the law, and the true worship of God, can alone insure us eternal happiness, and enable us to sing Holy, and so forth Saint Jerome ep. ad Fab. Worthington.