The Lord portraying the DEUT. XXXIII:20-21- Thomas Jefferson was of the 19¶ Gad a troop shall overcome Tribe of Gad. -From Webber. him: but he shall overcome at the last. *Deut. 33:20-21 and Gen. 49:19-"He executed the Justice of the Lord and his Judgments with Israel." The dominant HEART-CHARACTER of the Personality of Gad in action. The troop Dan with his procedure, precedents and technical decisions of the law makes it impossible for Gad to execute "the Justice of the Lord, and his Judgments with Israel" in the year 1918. Ps. 147:11-The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in her mercy. Ps. 57:7-11-7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. 8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. 10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. 1 SAM. XI:1-15-B. C. 1095 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, the * 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite and hewed them in pieces, and came up, and encamped against sent them throughout all Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of coasts of Israel by the hands of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a messengers, saying, messengers, saying, Whosoever covenant with us, and we will cometh not forth after Saul and serve thee. 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 3 And the elders of Jabesh said. unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. 4 Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. 5 And behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. 6 And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. 8 And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To-morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And it to the men of Jabesh; and they the messengers came and shewed were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. 11 And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morningwatch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which re *1 Sam. 11:1-Jabesh-gilead is inhabited by the Tribe of Gad. ined were scattered, so that two thrust me through, and abuse me. them were not left together. 12 ¶ And the people said unto muel, Who is he that said, Shall ul reign over us? bring the men, at we may put them to death. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armourbearer 13 And Saul said, There shall saw that Saul was dead, he fell t a man be put to death this likewise upon his sword, and died y: for today the LORD hath with him. rought salvation in Israel. 14 Then said Samuel to the peoe, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, nd renew the kingdom there. 15 And all the people went to ilgal; and there they made Saul ing before the LORD in Gilgal; nd there they sacrificed sacrifices f peace offerings before the LORD; nd there Saul and all the men of srael rejoiced greatly. AM. XXXI:1-13-B. C. 1056 1 Now the Philistines fought gainst Israel: and the men of Isael fled from before the Philisines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines followed mard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's sons. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. 7 And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. 3 And the battle went sore 10 And they put his armour in against Saul, and the archers hit the house of Ashtaroth: and they him; and he was sore wounded of fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. the archers. 4 Then said Saul unto his ar- 11 And when the inhabitants mourbearer, Draw thy sword, and of Jabesh-gilead heard of that thrust me through therewith: lest which the Philistines had done to these uncircumcised come and Saul; 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. 13 And they took their bones. and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. GEN. XLVIII:15-20-B. C. 1689 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. 17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. 18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. |