the rebellions of Israel.

Before CHRIST 1451.

17

the tribe of Levi, 10 in hearkening unto Before Moses' suit for the people. 12 An exhorta- 1451. tion unto obedience.

T LORD

1491.

them before your eyes.

18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

19h For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was Exwroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.

Exod. 32. bai. 31.7

1 Numb.11.1, 35

20 And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.

21 And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.

22 And at Taberah, and at " Massah, Exod. 17. and at "Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.

1 Sumb. 11. 4. It

3. 14. 1.

23 Likewise when the LORD sent you Nem from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the command1062, ment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. 25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.

26 I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

27 Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:

u

28 Lest the land whence thou Exod. 32 broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. 29 Yet they are thy people and thine Seb. 1. 10. inheritance, which thou broughtest out 'by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm.

Ich. 4. 20. Kings 8.51. Pt. 35 7.

CHAP. X.

1 God's mercy in restoring the two tables, 6 in continuing the priesthood, 8 in separating

a

6 And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to "Mosera: there n Numb. 33. Aaron died, and there he was buried; o Numb. 20. and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.

7 "From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.

8 ¶ At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, 'to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, 'to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

9 "Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance, with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him.

10 T And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days U and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee.

An exhortation to obedience

CHRIST 1451.

by promises and threatenings.

Before

Ps. 24. 1.

i See Lev. 26. ch. 30.6.

Jer. 4. 4.

Rom. 2. 28,

29. Col. 2.11.

k ch. 9. 6, 13. 1 Josh. 22. 22. Ps. 136. 2. Dan. 2. 47. & 11. 36. m Rev. 17. 14. & 19. 16. n ch. 7.21.

necked.

19. 7. Job

10. 34. Rom.

6. Eph. 6. 9. Col. 3. 25.

1Pet. 1. 17.

p Ps. 68. 5. & 146. 9. q Lev. 19. 33, 34r ch. 6. 13. Mart. 4. 10. Luke 4. 8.

s ch. 11. 22. & 13. 4.

t Ps. 63. 11.

Ps. 22. 3.

Jer. 17. 14.

X 1 Sam. 12. 24. 2 Sain. 7.

seen.

21, 22.

y Gen. 46.27. Exod. 1.5. Acts 7. 14. 7 Gen. 15. 5. ch. 1. 10. & 28. 62.

2 ¶ And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,

3 And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land;

4 And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; "how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;

5 And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

6 And what he did unto Dathan and Ps. 196. 17. Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their housholds, and their tents, and all the

172

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Or, living substance which fol

lowed them. He was ich. 5. 3. &

great acts of the LORD which he did. 7 But your eyes have seen all the 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to k Josh. 1.6, possess it;

at their feet.

7. 19.

7.

& 5. 16.

9 And that ye may prolong your days Ich: 4.40. in the land, m which the LORD Sware unto Prov. 10. 27. their seed, "a land that floweth with milk n Exod. 3. 8. your fathers to give unto them and to mch.9.5. and honey.

10 ¶ For the land, whither thou goest. in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou Zecb. 14. sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

13¶ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken 'diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, 'to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, "the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil.

u

Lev. 26. 4.
Joel 2. 23-

James 5-7

15 And I will send grass in thy P104.14fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest 'eat and be full.

+ Heb. give. y ch. 6. 11. Jeel 2. 19.

Job 31. 27a ch. 8. 19.

your heart be not deceived, and ye turn 16 Take heed to yourselves, that 3ch 2018 aside, and serve other gods, and worship & 30. 17. them;

17 And then the LORD's wrath be b ch. 6. 15. heaven, that there be no rain, and that kindled against you, and he shut up the the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. my words in your heart and in your soul, 18 ¶ Therefore shall ye lay up these o ch. 6. 6. & and bind them for a sign upon your f ch. & §. hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

e

ch. 2. 25.

Exod. 23.

uch. 36. 1, 15. 19

1 ch. 25. 2.

y ch. 28. 15.

25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall 'lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

26" Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

27 A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:

28 And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

29 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, ch.1 that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.

Josh. 8.

ach. 6. 1.

tch. 4.10. tKings 8.40. (Exod. 34. 13 ch. 7.5

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.

32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

CHAP. XII.

I Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed. 5 The place of God's service is to be kept 16, 23 Blood is forbidden. 17, 20, 26 Holy things must be eaten in the holy place. 19 The Levite is not to be forsaken. 29 Idolatry is not to be enquired after. ΤΗ THESE are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, "all the days that ye live upon the earth.

a

2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye

shall

Before

Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed. possess served their gods, dupon CHRIST the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:

1451.

Or, inherit.

d 2 Kings 16.

4&17. 10,

11. Jer. 3. 6. e Numb. 33.

3 And ye shall toverthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, 52. Judg.2.2. and destroy the names of them out of down. that place.

+ Heb. break

4¶Ye shall not do so unto the LORD f ver. 31. your God.

g ver. 11. ch.

5 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your 6.2. Josh. tribes to put his name there, even unto g. 7. Kings his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come:

i

8.29

Chron. 7.

12. Ps. 78. 68.

h Lev. 17. 3,

4.

i ver. 17. ch.

6 And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill & offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:

and

7 And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye your housholds, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

14. 22, 23.

15. 19, 20.

ch. 14. 26, Lev. 23. 40. ch. 16. 11,14, & 27.7.

1 ver. 12, 18.

ན

15. & 26. 11..

10 But when "ye go over Jordan, and " ch. 11.31. dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; 11 Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow +

ver. 5, 14 ch. 14. 23. & &c. & 17. 23. 16 & 20. Josh. 18. 1. Kings 8. 29. Heb. the p ver. 7.

8. & 18. 6. &

Ps. 78. 68.

choice of your you's.

ch. 10. 9. 14.29.

12 And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as 'he hath no part nor inheritance with you. fer not thy burnt offerings in every place 13 'Take heed to thyself that thou of- Lev. 17.4. that thou seest:

14 But in the place which the LORD. ver. 11. shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.

15¶ Notwithstanding thou mayest kill ver. 21. and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: "the unclean and the

a ver. 22.

Blood is forbidden.

Before CHRIST 1451.

x ch. 14. 5. 15. 21.

y Geu. 9. 4. Lev. 7. 26.

17. 10. ch.

23, 24.

16' Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.

17 Thou mayest not eat within thy 1523.& ver. gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

z ver. 11, 12. & ch. 14. 23.

a ch. 14 27. Ecclus. 7.31.

18 But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

19 Take heed to thyself that thou + Heb. all forsake not the Levite + as long as thou livest upon thy earth.

thy days.

& 28. 14.

b

20 When the LORD thy God shall Gen. 15.18. enlarge thy border, as he hath promised Exod. 34. 24. thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

ch. 11. 24. & 19. 8.

38.

h Numb. 5.

9, 10. & 18.

19.

1 Sam. 1.

21, 22, 24.

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.

26 Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose:

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh.

28 Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God.

29 ¶ When the LORD thy God shall Josh. 23.4. cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou

2 And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, 22. Jer. 28 Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;

5 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD 24 Cor. 11. your God with all your heart and with 2.11. Res. all your soul.

19. 2 Thess.

13. 14. e 2 Kings 23.

4 Ye shall walk after the LORD your 3. 2 Chron. God, and fear him, and keep his com- 34-31. mandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. 5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath +spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

ken recolt LORD.

6 ¶ 'If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which 5+ Prov. & is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, 11 Sam. 18. saying, Let us go and serve other gods, 3 & 20.17which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;

8 Thou shalt "not consent unto him, Prov.1.10. nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

9 But "thou shalt surely kill him; ach 17-5