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1 GOD rebuketh the Sedition of Miriam and Aaron. 10 Miriam's Leprofy is healed at the Prayer of Mofes. 14 GOD commandeth her to be shut out of the Hoft.

Ver. 1 ND Miriam and Aaron fpake against Mofes, becaufe of the Ethiopian Woman whom he had married for he had married an Ethiopian Woman.

2 And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Mofes hath he not spoken alfo by us? And the LORD heard it.

3 (Now the Man Mofes was very meek, above all the Men which were upon the Face of the Earth.)

4 And the LORD fpake fuddenly unto Mofes, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation. And they three came out.

5 And the LORD came down in the Pillar of the Cloud, and stood in the Door of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron, and Miriam and they both came forth.

6 And he faid, Hear now my Words: If there be a Prophet among you, I the LORD will make myfelf known unto him in a Vifion, and will speak unto him in a Dream. 7 My Servant Mofes is not fo, who is FAITHFUL in all mine House.

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Heb. iii. 1 Wherefore, holy Brethren, PARTAKERS of the HEAVENLY CALLING, confider the APOSTLE and HIGH-PRIEST of our PROFESSION,

CHRIST JESUS;

2 Who was FAITHFUL to HIM that APPOINTED him, as alfo Moses was FAITHFUL in ALL his HOUSE.

8 With him will I fpeak Mouth to Mouth, even apparently, and not in dark Speeches; and the Similitude of the LORD fhall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my Servant Mofes ?

9 And the Anger of the LORD was kindled against them, and he departed,

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10 And the Cloud departed from off the Tabernacle, and behold, Miriam became leprous, white as Snow and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold, fhe was leprous.

II And Aaron faid unto Mofes, Alas, my LORD, I befeech thee, lay not the Sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have finned.

12 Let her not be as one dead; of whom the Flesh is half confumed, when he cometh out of his Mother's Womb.

13 And Mofes cried unto the LORD, faying, Heal her now, O GOD, I befeech thee.

14 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, If her Father had but fpit in her Face, fhould fhe not be afhamed feven Days? let her be fhut out from the Camp feven Days, and after that let her be received in again.

15 And Miriam was fhut out from the Camp feven Days, and the People journied not till Miriam was brought in again, 16 And afterward the People removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the Wilderness of Paran.

CHA P. XIII.

The Names, 17 Instructions, 21 and Acts of the Spies: 26 Their false Report.

Ver. 1 AND the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

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2 Send thou Men, that they may fearch the Land of Canaan, which I give unto the Children of Ifrael: of every Tribe of their Fathers fhall ye fend a Man, every one a Ruler among them.

3 And Mofes by the Commandment of the LORD, fent them from the Wilderness of Paran: all those Men were Heads of the Children of Ifrael.

21 So they went up and fearched the Land, from the Wilderness of Zin, unto Rehob, as Men come to Hamath. 22 And they afcended by the South, and came unto Hebron.

23 And they came unto the Brook of Efhcol, and cut down from thence a Branch with one Clufter of Grapes, and they bare it between two upon a Staff; and they brought of the Pomegranates, and of the Figs.

24 The Place was called the Brook Efhcol, because of the Clufter of Grapes which the Children of Ifrael cut down from thence.

25 And they returned from fearching of the Land after forty Days.

26 And they went and came to Mofes and to Aaron, and to all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael unto the Wilderness of Paran to Kadesh; and brought back Word unto them, and unto all the Congregation, and fhewed them the Fruit of the Land.

27 And they told him, and faid, We came unto the Land whither thou fenteft us, and furely it floweth with Milk and Honey; and this is the Fruit of it.

28 Nevertheless the People be STRONG that dwell in the Land, and the Cities are WALLED, and VERY GREAT: and moreover, we faw the CHILDREN of ANAK there.

30 And Caleb ftilled the People before Mofes, and faid, Let us go up at once, and poffefs it; for we are well ABLE to overcome it.

31 But the Men that went up with him, faid, We be NOT ARLE to go up against the People, for they are STRONGER

than we.

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32 And they brought up an EVIL REPORT of the Land which they had fearched, unto the Children of Ifrael, faying, The Land through which we have gone to fearch it, is a Land that eateth up the Inhabitants thereof; and all the People that we faw in it, äre Men of a GREAT STATURE.

26 Therefore he lifted up his Hand against them to overthrow them in

the Wilderness:

among the Nations, and to scatter 27 To overthrow their Seed alfo them in the Lands.

33 And there we faw the GIANTS, the SoNs of ANAK, which come of the Giants: and we were in our own Sight as GRASHOPPERS, and fo we were in their Sight.

CHAP. XIV.

11 The Murmurers threatened. 36 The Murmurers punished.

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Ver. 1 AND all the Congregation lifted up their Voice, and cried; and the People wept that Night.

2 And all the Children of Ifrael murmured against Mo

Heb. iii. 7 The HOLY GHOST faith, To day if ye will hear his Voice,

in the Provocation, in the Day of 8 HARDEN NOT your HEARTS, as Temptation in the Wilderness : proved me, and faw my Works forty 9 When your Fathers tempted me, Years,

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fes, and against Aaron; and the whole Congregation faid unto them, Would GOD that we had died in the Land of Egypt, or would GoD we had died in this Wilderness.

3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this Land, to fall by the Sword, that our Wives and our Children fhould be a Prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

4 And they faid one to another, Let us make a Captain, and let us return into Egypt.

5 Then Mofes and Aaron fell on their Faces before all the Affembly of the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael.

6 And Joshua the Son of Nun, and Caleb the Son of Jephunneh, which were of them that fearched the Land, rent their Cloaths.

7 And they fpake unto all the Company of the Children of Ifrael, faying, The Land which we paffed through to fearch it, is an exceeding good Land.

8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this Land, and give it us; a Land which floweth with Milk and Honey.

To Wherefore I was grieved with that Generation, and faid, They do alway err in their Heart; and they have not known my Ways.

It So I SWARE in my Wrath, They fhall not enter into my REST.

12 TAKE HEED, left there be in any of you an EVIL HEART of UNBELIEF, in DEPARTING from the LIVING GOD. while it is called, To-day; left any 13 But exhort one another daily of you be HARDNED through the DECEITFULNESS of SIN.

14 For we are made PARTAKERS of CHRIST, if we hold the Beginning of our Confidence ftedfaft unto the End.

Is While it is faid, To-day, if ye will hear his Voice, HARDEN not your HEARTS, as in the PROVOCATION. did PROVOKE: howbeit, not all that

16 For fome when they had heard,

came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 But with whom was he grieved forty Years? was it not with them that had finned, whofe CARCASES FELL in the Wilderness.

18 And to whom fware he that they should NOT ENTER into his REST, but to them that BELIEVE NOT.

19 So we fee that they could not ENTER IN, because of UNBELIEF. left a Promife being left us of ENTRING into his REST, any of you fhould feem to come fhort of it.

Heb iv. 1 Let us therefore FEAR,

2 For unto us was the GOSPEL preached, as well as unto them; but the WORD preached did NOT PROFIT them, not being mixed with FAITH in

them that heard it.

3 For we which have BELIEVED, do enter into REST, as he faid, As I have swORN in my WRATH, if they fhall enter into my REST.

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that fome muft enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached,

entred not in, because of UNBELIEF.

II Let us LABOUR therefore to enter into that REST, left any Man fall after the fame EXAMPLE OF UNBELIEF,

Philip.iv. 13 I can do ALL THINGS through CHRIST, which STRENGTH

NETH me.

9 m Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the People of the Land; for they are Bread for us: their FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST,

1 Pet. i. 3 BLESSED be the GOD and

Defence

Defence is departed from which according to his ABUNDANT

them, and the LORD is with us: Fear them not.

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10 But all the Congregation bad ftone them with Stones and the Glory of the LORD appeared in the Tabernacle of the Congregation before all the Children of Ifrael.

II And the LORD faid unto Mofes, How long will this People provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the Signs which I have fhewed among them?

12 I will fmite them with the Peftilence, and difinherit them, and will make of thee a greater Nation, and mightier than they.

13 And Mofes faid unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians fhall hear it (for thou, broughteft up this People in thy Might from among them)

14 And they will tell it to the Inhabitants of this Land: for they have heard that thou, LORD, art among this People, that thou LORD art feen Face to Face, and that thy

MERCY, hath begotten us again unto a LIVELY HOPE, by the RESURRECTION of JESUS CHRIST from the Dead.

4 To an INHERITANCE INCORRUP

TIBLE, and UNDEFILED, and that FAD

ETH NOT AWAY, RESERVED IN HEAVEN

for you.

s Who are KEPT by the PowER of GOD through FAITH unto SALVATION, ready to be revealed in the laft Time.

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoyce, though now for a Seafon (if Need nifold TEMPTATIONS. be) ye are in Heaviness through ma

7 That the TRYAL of your FAITH being much more precious than that of Gold that perifheth, though it be tried with Fire, might be found unto PRAISE, and HONOUR, and GLORY, at the appearing of JESUS CHRIST.

1 John v. 4. What foever is born of GOD, overcometh the World: and this is the VICTORY that OVERCOMETH the WORLD, even our FAITH.

s Who is he that overcometh the World, but he that BELIEVETH that JESUS is the Son of GOD?

Rev. iii. 21 To him that OVERCOMETH will I grant to str with me in my THRONE, even as I also OVERCAME, and am SET down with my

FATHER on his THRONE.

Ephef. vi. 10 Finally, my Brethren, be STRONG in the LORD, and in the

POWER of his MIGHT.

11 Put on the whole ARMOUR of GOD, that ye may be able to stand against the WILES of the DEVIL.

and Blood, but against Principalities, and againft Powers, against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World, against fpiritual Wickedness in high

12 For we wreftle not against Flesh

Places.

Cloud ftandeth over them, and that thou goeft before them, by Day-time in a Pillar of a Cloud, and in a Pillar of Fire by Night.

15 Now if thou fhalt kill all this People as one Man, then the Nations which have heard the Fame of thee, will speak, faying,

16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this People into the Land which he fware unto them, therefore he hath flain them in the Wilderness.

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