Before CHRIST

eir. 171.

f ch. 16. 38.

The portion of the priests.

from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.

10 And the LORD said unto Moses, • Hebr. + Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the Terotrebels; "and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.

Heb.child

à ch. 1. 51,

53. & 18.47.

ch. 17. 13.

11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

15h Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

CHAP. XVIII.

1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The priests' portion. 21 The Levites' portion. 25 The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites portion.

A

ND the LORD said unto Aaron, * Thou and thy sons and thy father's Exod. 28. house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou See Gen. with thee, that they may be joined unto dth 36,7 thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.

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* ch. 3. 10.

7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for Hebr. 93, every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

81 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, 616 Behold, I also have given thee the charge ch of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every "trespass offering of their's, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

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+ Exod. 29. 29. & 40. 13,

Lev. 2. 2,3 t Lev. 4. 29, 27. 6. 25, Lev. 5. 1.

& 10. 12, 13.

& 7.7. & 10. 12. & 14. 13.

x Lev. 6. 16, 18, 26, 29. & 7.6

Exod. 29.

27, 28. Lev.

11 And this is thine; "the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offer-7-30, 34ings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: "every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

12 All the + best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.

15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a 1 Deut. 15. goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: "thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

n Exod.

18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the "wave breast and as the right 29. shoulder are thine.

7-31, 32, 34

p Lev. 2. 13. 2 Chron. 13. 5.

19 ° All the heave offerings of the holy ⚫ ver. 11. things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: Pit is a covenant of salt q Deut. 10.9. for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

& 12. 12. &

14. 27, 29. 18. 1, 2. Josh. 13. 14, 33. & 14-3 ver. 24, 96. Lev. 27. 30, 32. Neh. 10. 37. & 12. 44 Hebr. 7.5, 8,

20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their 16.5. Ezek. land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 And, behold, 'I have given the

The Levites' portion.

Before

CHRIST

s ch. 3.7,8.

t ch. 1. 51.

22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of u Lev. 22. 9. the congregation, "lest they bear sin, + Heb.to die. + and die.

x ch. 3. 7.

y ver. 21.

z ver. 20.

Dent. 10. 9.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, "Among the children of Israel

14.27,29. they shall have no inheritance.

& 18. 1.

25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for a Neh. 10.38. the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

b ver. 30.

28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all +Heb. fat. the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

ver. 12.

1 The water of separation made of the ashes of a red heifer. 11 The law for the use of it in purification of the unclean.

A

ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them & Hebr. 9. up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the 1 Lev. 15-31. LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation m ver. 9. ch. was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; "his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Lev. 7. 20.

& 22. 3.

Lev. 11.32

ch. 31. 20.

P ver. 11.

Heb. dust

t ver. 13.

Hag. 2. 13.

shall be clean at even.

20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

22 And "whatsoever the unclean person Lev. 155. toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

Water out of the rock.

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fore their eyes; and it shall give forth his Before water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

1 Neh. 9. 15. Ps. 78. 15, 16. 114. 8. Isai.

& 105. 41. &

43. 20. & 48.

21.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the m ch. 17. 10.

congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, "Hear now, ye n Ps. 106. 33. rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

Exod.17.6.

Deut. 8. 15.

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 1 Cor. 10. 4. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because Pye believed me not, pel p ch. 27. 14. to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Deut. 1. 37.

& 3. 26. & 32.

q Lev. 10. 3. & 36. 23. 38.16. 1 Pet. 3.15.

Ezek. 20. 41.

106. 32, &c.

13 This is the water of || Meribah; be-Deut. 33.8. cause the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travel that hath + befallen us:

W

Ps. 95. 8. & That is, Frod. See Judg. 11. Deut

17. 7.

t Deut. 2. 4, &c. & 23. 7. Obad. 10, 12.

Heb.found

us. Exod. a 18.8.

15 "How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

u Gen. 46.6.

Acts 7. 15. w Exod. 12.

x Exod. 1.11, 26.6. Acts 7.

16 And when we cried unto the LORD, 40% he heard our voice, and sent an angel, &c. Deut.' and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: 19 and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in y Exod. 2. 23. the uttermost of thy border:

a

& 3.7. z Exod. 3. 2.

23. 20. & 33

See ch. 21.

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through1419 thy country: we will not pass through 2. the fields, or through the vineyards, nei- 22. Deut. 2 ther will we drink of the water of the 27. wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

19 And the children of Israel said unto

him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then b Deut. 2. 6, I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

Of the fiery serpents.

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people: for he shall not enter into the h Gen. 25. 8. land which I have given unto the children ch. 27.13. & of Israel, because ye rebelled against my 32.50. + word at the water of Meribah.

31.2. Deut.

i ver. 12.

+ Heb.

mouth.

k ch. 33. 38.

Deut. 32. 50.

1 Exod. 29. 29, 30.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.

27 And Moses did as the LORD Commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 1 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his mech. 33-38. son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

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Deut. 10. 6. & 32.50.

• Exod. 8.

28. 1 Sam.

12. 19.

1 Kings 13.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses

6. Acts 8. 24. prayed for the people

pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

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4. John 3.

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, p2 Kings 18. and put it upon a pole, and it came to 14, 15. pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

q ch. 33. 43

Or, heaps

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and 'pitched at || Ije-abarim, in the wil-ch. 33.44derness which is before Moab, toward of Abarum. the sunrising.

12 From thence they removed, and Deut. 2. 13. pitched in the valley of Zared.

13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites; for Arnon is t ch. 22. 36 the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

Judg. 11. 18.

Or, Vaheb

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, || What he did in pe the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

u Deut. 2. 18, 29.

eth.

15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, "and + lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Heb. lea Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sang this song, † Spring y Exod. 15up, O well; || sing ye unto it:

x Judg. 9.

21.

1. Ps. 105. 2. & 106. 12.

Heb

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the for, answer direction of the lawgiver, with their 2 Isai. 33. 22. staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:

19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of || Pisgah, which looketh toward || Jeshimon.

21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

Heb. field. hir, the

hill. a ch. 23. 28. Or, the wilderness. b Deut. 2. 26, 27. Judg.

22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the ecch. 20. 17. vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel d Deut. 29. 7. to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness : and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Judget. 2.32 Israel.

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the child

Og is overcome.

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+ Heb.

daughters.

46.

Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the + villages thereof.

26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: Dit hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.

18. Isai. 15.1.

1 Judges 11.

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his 13. Jer. daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king

2 Kings 23.

of the Amorites.

a ch. 33.48.

b Judges 11.

25

15.

Exod 15

4 ch. 31. 8.

Josh. 13. 21.

e Deut. 23.

34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

ND the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 21 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Pt. 2 15 Balak the son of Zippor was king of the

12&249

Mic. 65

Jude 11.

Ber. 2. 14

fee ch. 23.

Moabites at that time.

5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to 'Pethor, which

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of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, † Heb. eye. and they abide over against me:

6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, * curse me this people; for they are too & ch. 23. 7. mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

7,8.

7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the re- h1 Sam. 9. wards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

8 And he said unto them, Lodge here i ver. 19. this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

ver. 20.

9 And God came unto Balaam, and k Gen. 20. 3. said, What men are these with thee?

10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure + I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than than they.

+ Heb. 1 against him.

shall prevail in fighting

1 ch. 23. 20. Rom. 11. 29.