Excerpt from Commentary on the Pentateuch This Scripture Commentary bears a high character in its own country. It has passed through several editions, and is regarded as a standard work of its kind. The notes of Von Gerlach can not be called learned. They do not make pretension to such a character. The work is rather of a popular than a scientific caste. It is intended to help towards the profitable devout read ing of Holy Scripture and the author of the annotations never loses sight of the practical application of the text, and yet the notes will be found to condense a great amount of Scriptural knowledge, 'as a patient reader who will examine them carefully is sure to find. The general meaning and bearing of different passages are usually explained with sufficient fulness. The portion of the work chosen for translation is the Penta teuch, which has been selected chiefly because commentaries in English on this part of Scripture are less accessible than on other books of the Bible. Should the present translation of the notes on the Book of Moses be considered useful, a version of those on the Minor Prophets will next appear. These latter deal rather more in explanation than those on the Pentateuch but, it is believed, few will use the notes of Von Gerlach in their study of the Bible, without finding their knowledge of God's word enlarged. The Translator may be allowed to add, as some proof of the estimation in which the work is held by Germans themselves, that Professor Ranke recommended it to him as a Bible com mentary which deserved to be better known by all educated Englishmen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.