Numbers 21:18

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18 The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, [and] with their staves. And from the wilderness [they journeyed] to Mattanah;


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 18. For, as from himself, by primary truths, he is enabled to search the Word; and as from himself, from good affections to penetrate its mysteries; while the Lord Himself operates inwardly, and man co-operates outwardly; and thus for obscurity he receives enlightenment from the Lord.