32 And w they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through ch.20.1,16. which we have gone to search

is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of 3 a

great stature.c

33 And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, y which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, z and so we were in their sight. CHAPTER XIV.

The people murmur.

NUMBERS, XIV. bly of the congregation of the B. C. 1490. children of Israel.

6 And Joshua, e the son of Nun,e ver.30,38. and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, f Deut. 10.15. which were of them that searched 2Sa.15.25. the land, rent their clothes: 22.20. Iki. 10.9. Ps. 147.11.

7 And they spake unto all the company of the chuldren of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.

8 If the LORD delight fin us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with g milk and honey.

Deut.9.23.
Deut.20.3.

k ch.24.8.
shadow,
Ps. 121.5.
7 Ge.48.21.
De.20.1-4.
31.6,8.

Ju. 1.22.
2Chr. 15.2.
32.8.
Ps.46.7,11.
Is.8.9.10.
41.10.
Anı.5.14.
Zec.8.23.
Rom.8.31.

10 But all the congregation bade stone them n with stones. And o the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation m Is.41.14. before all the children of Israel. 22 Ex.17.4.

9 Only rebel h not ye against the LORD, neither fear i ye the people of the land; for they are bread k for us: their 1 defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear m them not.

g ch.13.27.

11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provokep me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, g for all the signs which I have shewed among them?

o ch. 16. 19,42.

20.6.

p Zec.8.14.

Heb.3.16.

9 Ps. 106.24.

Juo. 12.37.

7 Ex.32.10.
& De.9.26-28.
t Deut. 32.27.
Eze.20.9,14.
u Jos.2.9, 10.
v Ex.33.11.
w ch.10.34.
Ex. 13.21,

Ps. 78.14.
y Deut.9.28.
Jes.7.9.
Mi.3.8.

Mat.9.6.8.
a Ex.34.6,7.
Mi.7.18.

c Ex.20.5.
Jer.23.2.

12 I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of r thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

13 And Moses s said unto the LORD, Then t the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them ;)

14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have u heard that thou, LORD, art among this people; that thou, LORD, art seen v face to face; and that thy cloud w standeth over them, and that thou z goest before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud,and in a pillar of a fire bynight. 15 Now, if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

Jam.5.16.

f Ps.72.19.
Is.66. 18, 19.
16 Because y the LORD was not 2 If they see.
able to bring this people into the g De.1.35,&c.
land which he sware unto them, h ch.32.11, 12.
therefore he hath slain them ini Mat. 17. 17.
the wilderness.
k Ex. 16. 12.

ch.1.45.
3 lifted up
my hand.
Ge. 14.22.
m Ps. 106.24.

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the
powerz of my LORD be great,accord-
ing as thou hast spoken, a saying,
18 The LORD is long-suffering, and
of great mercy, forgiving b iniquityn 1Cor. 10.5.
and transgression, and by no means 4 or, feed.
clearing the guilty, visiting c theo ch.32.13.
iniquity of the fathers upon the p Jer.3.1,2.
children unto the third and fourth q ch. 13.25.
generation.

Infidelity threatened.

19 Pardon, d I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even 1 until

d Ps.78.38.
1 or, hitherto.
e Ps. 106.23.

now.

20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned, according e to thy word: 21 But as truly as I live, all ƒ the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

2

g they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

24 But my servant Caleb, ħ because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long i shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against

me.

28 Say unto them. As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to

you:

29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,

30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land concerning which I 3 sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.m

32 But as for you, your carcases, n they shall fall in this wilderness.

33 And your children shall 4 wander in o the wilderness forty years, and bear your p whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

31 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty a days, (each day for a

The presumptuous smitten.

NUMBERS, XV. Law of meat and drink offerings. year) shall ye bear your iniquities, B. C. 1490. |ing, or a sacrifice in 1 performing a even forty years; and ye shall know my 5 breach r of promise:

vow, b or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, c to make a sweet savour d unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:

35 Is the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil t congregation, that are gathered together against me; in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

36 And the men u which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land.

37 Even those men, that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

ned.

41 And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment y of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. 42 Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

5 or, altering
of my
purpose.

Jer. 18.9,10.
La.3.31-33.

8 ch.23.19.

you,

3 And a will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offer-1

t ver.27.

u ch. 13.31,32.

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 to still.

39 And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel and the people mourned xy ver.25. greatly.

z 2Chr. 15.2.

a ch.10.33.

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 b ch.21.3. unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sin

Ju. 1.17.

v 1Cor. 10.10.
Heb.3.17.
Jude 5.

w ch.25.65.
Jos. 14.6,10.

x Ex.33.4.
Is.26.16.

(CHAP. 15.) a Lev.1.2,3.

1 separating,

Lev.27.2.

43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: be- b Lev.7.16. cause z ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

22.18,21.

44 But they presumed to go up unto the hill-top; nevertheless the ark a of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

45 Then the Amalekites came
down, and the Canaanites which
dwelt in that hill, and smote them,
and discomfited them, even unto
Hormah.b
g Lev.7.11.
CHAPTER XV.
The law of the meat offering, and the heh.28.12,
drink offering.

&c.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses,

saying,

c Lev.23.8,12.

d Ex.29.18.

e Ex.29.40.
Lev.23.13.

f ch.28.5,&c.
Lev.14.10.

ich.XXVIII.

2 Speak unto the children of Is-k ver.29. rael, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto!

ch 9.14.
Ex. 12.49.

1 De. 26.1,&c.

4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering e of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. f

5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with 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.

7 And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or g peace offerings unto the LORD:

Sacrifice for sins of ignorance.

NUMBERS, XVI. 19 Then it shall be, that, when ye| B. C. 1490. eat of the bread of the land, m ye shall offer up an heave offering m Jos.5.11, unto the LORD.

12.

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of n Pr.3.9,10. then first of your dough for an o Lev.23.10. heave offering: as ye do the heave p Lev.4.2,&c. offering o of the threshing-floor, so 2 from the

shall ve heave it.

eyes.

The rebellion of Korah,
lift ye up yourselves above the
congregation of the LORD?
4 And when Moses heard it, he ƒ ƒ ch.14.5.
fell upon his face:
20.6.
g Le.21.6,&c.
h Heb. 12.14.

i ch.17.5.

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; g and wilt cause him h to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near k unto him.

NUMBERS, XVI.

Dathan, and Abiram. B. C. 1490. | 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 Aa

6 This do Take you censers,
Korah, and all his company;
7 And put fire therein, and put
incense in them before the LORD
to morrow and it shall be that
the man whom the LORD doth
choose, he shall be holyl ye take
too much upon you, m ye sons of
Levi.

k ch.3.10.

ron.

Lev. 10.3.
21.17,18.
Eze.10.46.

19 And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the 44. 15, 16. Congregation: and w the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

1 Ep.1.4.

m Heb.5.4.

14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth 8 with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou 2 put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

n ver. 13.
Is.7.13.

o ch.3.41,45.

8.14. Deut. 10.8.

p Ex. 16.8.

8 And Moses said unto Korah,
Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a small n thing
unto you, that the God of Israel 9 ver.9.
hath separated o you from the con- Ex.2.14.
gregation of Israel, to bring yous Ex.3.8.
near to himself to do the service of
the tabernacle of the LORD, and to
stand before the congregation to
minister unto them?

Lev.20.24.
2 bore out.

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 v
all thy company are gathered to-
gether against the LORD: and pw
what is Aaron, that ye murmur
against him?
12

And Moses sent to call Da-
than and Abiram, the sons of
Eliab which said, We will not
come up:

13 Is q it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of the land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince r over us?

1Sam.8.7. Acts 5.4. 1Cor.3.5.

t Ge.4.5.

u

Is. 1.10-15.

ISam. 12.3. Acts 20.33. 2Cor.7.2.

1Sam. 12.7.

ch.14.10.

x ver.45.
Rev. 18.4.
y Heb. 12,28,
29.

z ch.14.5.

a ch.27.16.

27 So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.

Job 12.10. Ec. 12.7. Is.57.16. Zec. 12.1. Heb. 12.9. b Ge. 18.32. Jos.7.1,&c. Rom.5.18. c Ge. 19.12, 14. Is.52.11.

29 If these men die 3 the common death of all men, or if they be 2Cor.6.17. visited after the visitation f of all men; then the LORD hath not sent

1Ti.5.22.
Rev. 18.4.

15 And Moses was very wroth,
and said unto the LORD, Respect id Ex.3.12.
not thou their offering: Iu have
not taken one ass from them, nei-
ther have I hurt one of them.
16 And Moses said unto Korah,
Be thou and all thy company be-
fore the LORD, thou, and they, and
Aaron, to morrow:

Zec.2.9.
Jno.5.36.
e Jer.23.16.
3 as every
man dieth.
f Is. 10.3.

4 create a
creature.

Job.31.3.

17 And take every man his cen-
ser, and put incense in them, and h ver.33.
bring ye v before the LORD, every
man his censer, two hundred and

Ps.55.15.

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