Numbers 33

Now these were the Jews' near neighbors, and hated them deadly: these were the remainder of the nations which the Israelites had spared, although the Lord had expressly commanded them to be wholly rooted out. The people's infidelity was the cause why the Lord suffered this remna…

3. It is a tree of long continuance, and keeps long green; hence (Psalm 92:12, 14) it is said of the righteous, they shall flourish like the palm tree; therefore (Joel 1:12) it is an evidence of great drought, when the palm tree withers. 4. They were looked on as most fit to be…