28 Say unto them, "As truly as I live, saith Heur. 3. 17. the LORD, 'as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: * See ver. 2. 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. ch. 13. 31, 1 Cor.10. 10. Hebr. S. 17. Jude 5. Josh. 14. 6, * ch. 26.65. 10. 39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: 'and the people mourn- 'Exod. 33. ed greatly. m 40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised for we have sinned. 4. m Deut. 1. 41. n 41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress "the commandment of the LORD? "ver. 25. but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. 2Chron. 24. 20. Deut.1.42. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away P2 Chron. from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. 15. 2. 44 But they presumed to go up unto the Deut. 1. hill top nevertheless the ark of the cove 43. CHAP. XV. 1 The law of the meat offering, and the drink offer ing. 14, 29 The stranger is under the same law. 17 The law of the first of the dough for an heave offering. 22 The sacrifice for sins of ignorance. 30 The punishment of presumption. 32 He that violateth the sabbath is stoned. 37 The law of fringes. ND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give and unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto Lev. 7. 16. the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in 18,21. † performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, parating. or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet Lev. 23. 8, savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the 12, 36. flock: Heb. se Lev. 27. 2. ch. 23. 19, 27.& 29.2, 8. 13. e 4 Then shall he that offereth his offering Deut. 16.10. unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a Exod.29.18. tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. *Gen. 8. 21. f Lev. 2. 1. & 6.14. * Exod. 29. 40. Lev. i h 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine Lev. 23. 13. for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with 1. 11. the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. ch. 28. 5. ich. 28. 7, 11. * ch. 28. 12, 14. 7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet 24 Then it shall be, if ought be com- *Lev. 4. 13. mitted by ignorance † without the knowledge + Heb. from of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offer- ver. 8, 9, ing, according to the || manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. y 2 25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: 26 And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. 10. Or, ordi nance. 7 See Lev. 4. 23. ch. 28. 15. Ezra 6. 17. & 8.55. a Lev. 4. 20. 27 And if any soul sin through igno- Lev. 4. 27, rance, then he shall bring a she goat of the 28. first year for a sin offering. C 28 And the priest shall make an atone- Lev. 4.55. ment for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the He that violated the sabbath is stoned. Before CHRIST 1490. d ver. 15. NUMBERS. LORD, to make an atonement for him; and d The rebellion of Korah, &c. ing against Moses and Aaron. 46 Aaron by in- a Before CHRIST cir. 1471. 29 Ye shall have one law for him that Kohath, the son of Levi, and Da- 21 TOW Korah, the son of Izhar, the son a Exod. 6. Heb. doth. † sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. e Deut. 17. 12. e than and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and 27.3. 30 But the soul that doeth ought † pre-men: + Ps. 19. 13. sumptuously, whether he be born in the land, Hebr.10.26. or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 1 Pet. 2. 10. f 2 Sam. 12. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandLev. 5. 1. ment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. Ezek. 18.20. ch. 26. 9. & Ecclus. 45. Jude 11. 2 And they rose up before Moses, with e 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face : 5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. h 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; ch. 26. 9. Ps. 106. 16. Ileb. It is much for a Exod. 19. c Exod. 29. 45. ch. 14. 14. & 35. 34. f. 14. 5. & 20. 6. 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it & 21.17,18. shall be that the man whom the LORD doth & 44.15, 16. choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: k 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, *1 Sam. 18. that the God of Israel hath 'separated you ai. 7. 15. from the congregation of Israel, to bring ch.38.414. you near to himself to do the service of the Deut. 10.. tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? 10 And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? 11 For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur TM Exod. 16. against him? 15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, 'Be thou ver. 6, 7, and all thy company 'before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: * 1 Sam. 12. 3,7. 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. 18 And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and "the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. 20 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, X 21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in y 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be Wroth with all the congregation? 23¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, Isai. 57. 16. saying, Zech. 12. 1. Hebr. 12.9. ⚫ Gen. 19. 12, 14. 2 Cor. 6. 17. 24 Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. 26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents 5.11 of these wicked men, and touch nothing of Rev. 18. 4. theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. 27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: Deut. 18.22 and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood Lech. 2.9, in the door of their tents, and their wives, and Jon 5.36. their sons, and their little children. •Exod.3.12. 10. & 4.9. Heb.create not sent me. a creature. f 31 And it came to pass, as he had made Ps. 55. 15. an end of speaking all these words, that the & 27.3. ground clave asunder that was under them: 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, 'See ver. 17. and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 38 The censers of these "sinners against Prov. 20. 2. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen & 26. 10. Ezek. 14. 8. 2 Chron. 26. 40 To be a memorial unto the children of 41 But on the morrow "all the congre- ch. 14. 2. 42 And it came to pass, when the con- r r 34. Ser. 19. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the ch. 20. 6. tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, t 30 But if the LORD † make a new thing, 45 Get you up from among this congre125.21 and the earth open her mouth, and swallow gation, that I may consume them as in a Isai. 45.7. Isai. them up, with all that appertain unto them, moment. And " they fell upon their faces. ver. 21, 24. " ver. 22. cb. 20.6. Aaron's rod buddeth. Before CHRIST cir. 1471. Before CHRIST cir. 1471. NUMBERS. The priests' and Levites' charge. 46 ¶ And Moses said unto Aaron, Take of Israel; and they looked, and took every T | a censer, and put fire therein from off the man his rod. altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atone*Lev 10. 6. ment for them: for there is wrath gone out 8. 19. & 11. from the LORD; the plague is begun. ch. 1. 53. & 33. & 18. 5. 1 Chron. 27. 24. Ps. 106. 29. X 47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the 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: f 10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the + rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 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. 11 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. 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 before the testimony, Exod. 25. where I will meet with you. 22. & 29.42, a 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. h e Hebr. 9.4. ch 16. 38. chit dren of re hellion, B ver. 5. 53. & 18. 4, 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near ch.1.51, unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: 7. shall we be consumed with dying? 43. & 0.36. 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's 4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and ch. 16.5. rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: keep the charge of the tabernacle of the conand I will make to cease from me the murmur-gregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: ings of the children of Israel, whereby they and a stranger shall not come nigh unto murmur against you. |