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CHAP. IX.

Before CHRIST 1490.

The passover commanded again. 12 'And the Levites shall lay their | tion, to keep the charge, and shall do no hands upon the heads of the bullocks: service. Thus shalt thou do unto the and thou shalt offer the one for a sin of- Levites touching their charge. fering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.

13 And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. 14 Thus shalt thou separate the vites from among the children of Israel: 36 and the Levites shall be mine.

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CHAP. IX.

The passover is commanded again. 6 A
second passover allowed for them that were
unclean or absent. 15 The cloud guideth
the removings and encampings of the Is-
raelites.

Le-Ahe wilderness of Sinai, in the first
ND the LORD spake unto Moses in

15 And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse v. 11, 13 them, and offer them for an offering.

16 For they are wholly given unto me 31 from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.

Exod. 1312, 13, 15b313Lake 2. 23.

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17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.

18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

19 And I have given the Levites as ta gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

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20 And Moses,and Aaron,and all the congregation of the children of Israel, didto the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. 21 'And the Levites were purified, and ver. 11, 12. they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.

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25 And from the age of fifty years they are shall cease waiting upon the service the fare thereof, and shall serve no more: 26 But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congrega

of the service.

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z ch. 1.53.

a Exod. 12.1, &c. Lev. 23.

month of the second year after they were
come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Let the children of Israel also keep
the passover at his appointed season.
3 In the fourteenth day of this month,
at even, ye shall keep it in his appoint- +
ed season: according to all the rites of it,
and according to all the ceremonies Exod. 12. 6.
thereof, shall ye keep it.

4 And Moses spake unto the child-
ren of Israel, that they should keep the
passover.

ch. 28. 16. Heb. be twoeveninge.

Deut. 16.1, 2.

tween the

5 And they kept the passover on the bJosh.5. to. fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

6 And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

7 And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

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8 And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will e ch. 27. 5command concerning you.

9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

2, 15.

11 'The fourteenth day of the second faChron.30 month at even they shall keep it, and eat g Exod. 12.8. it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

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12 They shall leave none of it unto h Exod. 12. the morning, nor break any bone of it: i Exod. 12. according to all the ordinances of the 16: John 19. passover they shall keep it.

36.
k Exod. 12.

43.

1 Gen.

13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut Exod. 17. 14. off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD m ver. 7. in his appointed season, that man shall "bear his sin.

14 And if a stranger shall sojourn

n ch. 5. 31.

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p Exod. 40. 34. Neh. 9. 12, 19. Ps. 78. 14.

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15 ¶ And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testi21. & 40.38 mony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.

q Exod. 13.

r Exod. 40. 36. ch. 10. 11, 33. 34. Ps. 80. 1.

16 So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

17 And when the cloud 'was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

18 At the commandment of the LORD

the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they $1 Cor. 10.1. pitched: 'as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

+ Heb. prolonged.

t ch. 1.53.

& 3.8.

19 And when the cloud + tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.

20 And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.

21 And so it was, when the cloud +Heb. was. tabode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

22 Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, u Exod. 40. the children of Israel "abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

36, 37.

x ver. 19.

23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

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The use of the silver trumpets.

Before

that thou mayest use them for the call- CHRIST ing of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

1490.

a Isai. 1. 13.

Joel 2. 15.

3 And when they shall blow with b Jer. 4. 5. them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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21. ch. 1. 16.

4 And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of e Exod. 18. the thousands of Israel, shall gather them- &7.2 selves unto thee.

5 When ye blow an alarm, then the ch. 2.3camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the ch. 2. 10. south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, 'ye shall blow, but shall not sound an alarm.

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8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

9 And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.

10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you "for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.

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11 And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken from off the tabernacle of the testimony. 12 And the children of Israel Ptook p Exod. 40. their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the 'wilderness of Paran.

13 And they first took their journey 'according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

36. ch. 2. 9,

16, 24, 31. ch. 1. 1. & 9.

q Exod. 19.1.

5.

r Gen. 21.

21. ch. 12. 16. Deut. 1. 1.

& 13. 3. 26.

s ver. 5. 6. ch. 2. 34.

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ch. 2. 3, 9

14¶ In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was "Nahshon the son of Ammin- u ch. 1.7.

adab.

15 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

16 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

17 And the tabernacle was taken cb. 1. 51.

down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, 'bearing the y tabernacle.

31. & 7. 6, T

8.

2 ch. 2. 10,

18 And the standard of the camp 16.

The order of the Israelites' march.

CHRIST 1490.

The people lust for flesh.

CHRIST 1490.

CHAP. XI. Before of Reuben set forward according to their | LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; Before armies: and over his host was Elizur the and let them that hate thee flee before thee. son of Shedeur. 36 And when it rested, he said, Return O LORD, unto the many thousands of + Heb. ten Israel.

ach. 4415 &73

1 That is, the frilan it and the Merrides:

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19 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

20 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

21 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and || the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

CHAP. XI.

1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer. 4 The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna. 10 Moses complaineth of his charge. 16 God divideth his burden unto seventy elders. 31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah.

thousand thousands.

a Deut. 9. 22.

22 And the standard of the camp of AND when the people || complained, Or, were as

Seever the children of Ephraim set forward acbch. 28, cording to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

24.

ech. 2. 25, 21. Josh.6.9.

+Heb. These. d ch. 2. 34

• Exod. 2.

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23 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

24 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

25¶ And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.

27 And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

28 +Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

29¶ And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the f Gen. 12. 7. place of which the LORD said, 'I will give 1.16 it you: come thou with us, and we will Gen. 32 do thee good: for the LORD hath spo6,7,8 ken good concerning Israel.

* 4 11.

12. Excil 3

iJust 23. 15.

30 And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

31 And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

32 And it shall be, if thou go with us, Judg. 1.16. yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.

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34 And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, "Rise up,

tit displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

3 And he called the name of the place || Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

4 ¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them+fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also †wept again, and said, 'Who shall give us flesh to eat?

5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

6 But now "our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and1the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

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9 And "when the dew fell upon camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

101 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and "the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou 'swarest unto their fathers?

13'Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

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14 I am not able to bear all this peo- 18. ple alone, because it is too heavy for me.

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a ver. 25. Gen. 11. 5. &

19. 20.

b 1 Sam. 10.

16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and " officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand

there with thee.

17 And I will come down and talk 18.21. Exod. With thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it 6. 2 Kings 2. upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

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Neh. 9. 20.
Jsai. 44-3-
Joel 2. 28.

10.

d Exod. 16.7.

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18 And say thou unto the people, Exod. 19. Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept din the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? "for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

e ver. 5. Acts 7.39.

f Ps. 78. 29. & 106. 15.

of days.

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

20 But even a whole month, until it +Heb.month come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, g ch. 21. 5. and have wept before him, saying, & Why came we forth out of Egypt?

h Gen. 12. 2. Exod. 12. 37.

1. 46.

21 ¶ And Moses said, "The people, & 38, 26. ch. among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

i See 2 Kings 7.2. Matt.

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be 15-33. Mark slain for them, to suffice them? or shall 8.4. John & all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

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k Isai. 50. 2. & 59. 1.

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31 And there went forth a wind Exod. 16. from the LORD, and brought quails from 27, 28. & 105 the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, teb, as it and as it were a day's journey on the of a day. other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

52 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten "homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves i round about the camp.

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1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and
10 Miriam's leprosy is healed at
the prayer of Moses. 14 God commandeth
her to be shut out of the host.

25 And the LORD said unto Moses, * Is AND Miriam and Aaron spake against

the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt

1 ch. 23. 19. see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

Ezek. 12. 25& 24.14

m ver. 16.

n ver. 17. ch. 12.5

o See aKings 2. 15.

10. 5, 6, 10.

24 ¶ And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and "gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.

25 And the LORD "came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon p See 1 Sam. them, "they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But there remained two of the men 23. Acts 2 in the camp, the name of the one was El11.Cor. dad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they 20. 26. Jer. were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp.

& 19. 20, 21,

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q See 1 Sam.

36.5.

27 And there ran a young man, and

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Miriam's leprosy healed.

Before CHRIST 1490.

i Ps. 105. 26.

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The names of the spies.

CHAP. XIII. k 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel Before faithful in all 1mine house. the son of Sodi.

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8 With him will I speak "mouth to k Hebr. 3. 2, mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were 11. Det ve not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

11 Tim. 3. 15

m Exod. 31.

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a 1 Cor. 13.

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9 And the anger of the LORD was kinExat dled against them; and he departed.

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10 ¶ And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, "behold, Miriam became 'leprons, white as snow: and Aaron raking looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.

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+ Chron, 26. 23, 2

11 And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, 'lay not the sin Pro.. 22. upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

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15 And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

16 And afterward the people reLe moved from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

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17¶ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go & ver. 21. up into the mountain:

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h Gen. 14. 10. Judg. 1.

18 And see the land, what it is; and 9, 19. the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

19 And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

20 And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.

iNeh. 9. 25, 34. 14.

35. Ezek.

Deut. 31.

6, 7, 23.

Josh. 15. 1.

28.

21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zinch. 34. 3. untom Rehob, as men come to Hamath. m Josh. 19. 22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where " Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of 13, 14. Judg. Anak, were. (Now 'Hebron was built AND the LORD spake unto Moses, seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

1 The names of the men who were sent to
search the land. 17 Their instructions. 21
Their acts. 26 Their relation.

saying,

2* Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness D119 of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.

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25 And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

a cluster of

26 ¶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'unto the wil-ver. 3. derness of Paran, tot Kadesh; and brought tch. 20. back word unto them, and unto all the 33-36. Deut. congregation, and shewed them the fruit 14. of the land.

16. & 32.8. &

1. 19. Josh.

27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with "milk and Exod. 3. 8. honey; and this is the fruit of it.

& 33-3-
x Deut. 1. 25

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