rth, as is
evident from the word "firm" also. 2. Ezek. xii. 4: "And thou shalt
go forth at even in their sight, [Hebrew: kmvcai gvlh]." Several
interpreters agree that [Hebrew: mvca] here signifies the kind and mode
of the going forth. _Vatablus_ says, "It denotes the deportment of
him who goes forth, and means, Thou shalt go forth in sorrow, and
indignant." But it is better, with _Haevernick_, to refer it to the
time: "According to the goings forth of prisoners, at the time when
emigrants of this kind prefer to go forth from their places." 3. Num.
xxxiii. 2: "And Moses wrote down [Hebrew: at mvcaihM], 'the places of
their goings out.'" 4. Ps. xix. 7, it is said of the sun: [Hebrew: mqch
hwmiM mvcav], "from the end of the heaven is his going forth," which is
tantamount to--The end of the heaven is the place from which he goes
forth. 5. 1 Kings x. 28: [Hebrew: vmvca hsvsiM awr lvlmh mmcriM], which
_De Wette_ translates, "And the export of the horses which Solomon had,
(was) from Egypt." But a more accurate translation is, "And the place
of coming forth of the horses which Solomon had was Egypt," or, more
literally still, "from Egypt,"--a concise mode of expression for, "The
place from which the horses of Solomon came forth was Egypt,"--just as
in the preceding example. In proof of the signification, "action of
going out," _Ch. B. Michaelis_ refers, moreover, to 2 Sam. iii. 25,
where _De Wette_ translates, "Thou knowest Abner, the son of Ner; he
came to deceive thee, and to see thy going out and thy coming in, and
all that thou doest." But a more accurate translation would be, "The
place from which thou goest out, and to which thou art going;"
compare Ezek. xliii. 11. In all other passages--and these are rather
numerous--the signification "place of going out," or "that which goes
out," is quite obvious. Even _Caspari_ grants that the signification
"place of going out" has, _a priori_, the greatest probability in
its favour.--To this it may be added, that the signification "place
of going out" is recommended here, even by the contrast with what
precedes, inasmuch as there Bethlehem, is mentioned as the place from
which the Euler in Israel is to come forth. With this place of going
out, another and a higher one is contrasted. This contrast also shows
us how the [Hebrew: MN] [Pg 490] in [Hebrew: mqdM] and [Hebrew: mimi
evlM] must be understood, viz., in the same manner as [Hebrew: nN] in
[Hebrew: mmK]; for the evident referen