Aaron's rod flourisheth, - BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1471. NUMBERS, XVII. plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. 49 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. 50 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. CHAPTER XVII. 1 Aaron's rod among all the rods of the tribes only flourisheth. 10 It is left for a monument against the rebels. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. 3 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation Ex. 25.22. before the testimony, where I will meet with you. & 29.42, 43. 30. 36. bch. 16. 5. ch. 16. 11. for one 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. 6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of Heb. a rod their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. prince, a rod for one prince. 7 And Moses laid up the rods Ex. 38. 21. before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. ch. 18. 2. Acts 7. 44. 8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Moses brought out all the rods 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 Heb. 9. 4. Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again and is left for a monument. CHAPTER XVIII. 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 a ch. 17. 18. ND the LORD said unto Aaron, a Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear bEx. 28.38. 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 with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister See unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. 3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, b that neither they, nor ye also, die. 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: 'and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: 'that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. 6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. Gen. 29. 34. d ch. 3. 6, 7. e ch. 3. 10. ch. 3. 25, 31, 36. 8 ch. 16. 40. h ch. 4. 15. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of the altar, and P within the vail; and ye shall serve: p Heb. 9.8,6. 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. 8 T And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anoint The priests' and. NUMBERS, XVIII. ing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance Levites' portions. 20 ¶ And the LORD spake unto 10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. 11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of IsLev. 10.14. rael: 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. Deut. 18. 3. Lev. 22. 2, 3, 11, 12, 13. b Ex. 23. 19. Deut. 18.4. Neh. 10. 35, 36. 2 Heb. fat. ver. 29. Ex. 22. 29. dEx. 22. 29. & 23. 19. Lev. 27.28. g Ex. 13. 2. & 22. 29. Lev. 27. 26. ch. 3. 13. h Ex. 13. 13. & 34. 20. г 21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. t 22 Neither must the children of Neh. 10. 37. Israel henceforth come nigh the ta-12.44. bernacle of the congregation, "lest ch. 3. 7, 8. they bear sin, and die. t ch. 1. 51. ■ Lev. 22.9. 2 Heb. to die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their ch. 3. 7. 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 ver. 21. 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 they shall have & 14. 27, 29. no inheritance. 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 the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though 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 re-it were the corn of the threshingfloor, deemed from a month old shalt thou and as the fulness of the winepress. redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, Ex. 30.13.which is twenty gerahs. z ver. 20. Deut. 10. 9. & 18. 1. ■ Neh. 10. 38. b ver. 30. 8 Heb. fat. ver. 12. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall ⚫ ver. 27. be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is a your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved 10. d Matt. 10. Luke 10. 7. 1 Cor. 9. 13. 1 Tim. 5.18. & 22.16. • Lev. 19. & The water of separation. BEFORE CHRIST ctr. 1471. 1 Lev. 22. 2, 15. 3. NUMBERS, XIX. The law for the use of it. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, 'defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because m the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be un ם BEFORE CHRİST cir. 1471. 1 Lev.15. 31. m ver. 9. ch. 8. 7. AND the LORD spake unto Moses clean; his uncleanness is yet upon 7-20 and unto Aaron, saying, 2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no Deut. 21. blemish, and upon which never came yoke: 1 Sam. 6. 7. 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring b Lev. 14. 12, her bforth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: 21. & 16. 27. Heb. 13. 11. • Lev. 4. 6. & 16. 14, 19. Heb. 9. 13. 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: 5 And one shall burn the heifer in 4Ex. 29.14. his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall Lev. 4. 11, 12, Lev. 14. 4, 6, 49. Lev. 11. 25. & 15. 5. 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean shall Heb.9.13. gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them 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. h ver. 13, 20, 21. ch. 31. 23. I ver. 16. Lev. 21. 1. ch. 5. 2. & 9. 6, 10. & 31. 19. Lam. 4. 14. Haz. 2. 13. Heb. soul of man. ch. 31. 19. 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 2 Iman 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. 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall Lev. 14. 9. purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and 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. The people murmur for water. NUMBERS, XX. & 14. 37. & 16.32,35,49. * Ex. 17. 3. f 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congreh ch. 14.5.&gation, and they fell upon their 16. 4, 22, 45. faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 1 ch. 14. 10. k Ex. 17. 5. 7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it 1 Neh. 9. 15. shall give forth his water, and thou 78.1516 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. & & 114. 8. Is. 43. 20. & 48. 21. m ch.17.10. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the Ps. 106. 33. rock, and he said unto them, "Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? Ex. 17. 6. 1 Cor. 10. 4. 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. 12 T And the LORD spake unto t At mount Hor, Aaron 14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travel that hath 2 2 befallen us: W BEFORE CHRIST 1453. Judg. 11. 16, 17. t Deut. 2. 4, &c. & 23.7. Obad. 10.12. Heb. 15" How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyp-Ex. tians vexed us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the 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 I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. b с found us. 18. 8. u Gen. 46. 6. Acts 7. 15. w Ex. 12.40. Ex. 1. 11, Deut. 26.6. &c. Acts 7. 19. y Ex. 2. 23. & 3.7. Ex. 3. 2. & 14. 19. & 23. 20. & 33. 2. a See ch. 21. 22. Deut. 2.27. b Deut. 2. 6, 28. 17. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not Judg. 11. go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. d 2. 27, 29. 21 Thus Edom a refused to give & See Dent. Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned him. away from 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his p ch.27.14. Moses and Aaron, Because Pye be-son, and bring them up unto mount • Deut. 2. 4, 5,8. Judg.11.18. f ch. 33. 37. g ch. 21. 4. h Gen. 25.8. ch. 27. 13. & 31. 2. Deut. 32.50. ver. 12. 3 Heb. mouth. ch. 83. 33. Deut. 32.50. a ver. 5. Ex.8.8.8 1 Kings 13. Sam.12.19. 6. Acts 8. 24. P2 Kings 18. 4. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place 2 Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. h 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 m 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 prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And P Moses made a serpent of John 3. 14, brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had 15. Sihon is overcome. bitten any man, when he beheld the BEFORE serpent of brass, he lived. 10 And the children of Israel set forward, and a pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at 2 Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 8 r 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. CHRIST 1452. q ch. 33. 43. r ch. 33. 44. 2Or, Heaps of Abarim. Deut. 2.13. 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 the border of Moab, t ch. 22. 36. between Moab and the Amorites. t 14 Wherefore it is said in the Judg. 11. 18. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Deut. 29.7. Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Ja-Deut. 2.32. Judg.11.20. haz, and fought against Israel. 24 And'Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: |