The sabbathbreaker stoned. B. C. 1490. Lev. 4. 27, 23. b Lev. 4. 95. c ver. 15. ↑ Heb. doth. NUMBERS. and their sin offering before the LORD, 26 And it shall be forgiven all the 27 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. 28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an forgiven him. C 29 Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the chil#Deut 17. 12 dren of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. PR. 19. 13. Heb. 10. 26. 2 Pet 2 10. 1 Heb, with e high hand • 2 Sem. 12 9. Prov. 13. 13. (Les. 5. L Ez. 12. 20. Ex. 31. 14. The rebellion of Korah, &c. 40 That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. CHAPTER XVI. The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 23 a B. C. 1490. o Lev. 11. 44, 45. Rom. 12. 1. Col. 1. 22. 1 Pet. 1. 15,16. ch. 26. 9. & 27. 3. Jude 11. atonement for him; and it shall be NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, about 1471. 30 ¶ But the soul that doeth aught presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; 'his iniquity shall be upon him. e g 32¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they 1535. 2,3 found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. Lev. 24. 12 33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. 34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35 And the LORD said unto MoEx SL 1, 15. ses, The man shall be surely put to death all the congregation shall *stone him with stones without the * Lev. 24. 14. 1 Kings 21.13. Acta 7.52. Matt. 23.5. camp. 36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. 37 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of IsDeut 22 12 rael, and bid 'them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: 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 holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: 9 Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath 'sep-1 arated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the 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 against him? Lev. 21. 6, 7, 8, 12, 15. h Ex. 28. 1. ch. 17. 5. 1 Sam. 2. 23. Ps. 105. 26. i ch. 3. 10. Lev. 10. 3. & 21. 17, 18. Ez. 40. 46. & 44. 15, 16. 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 and all thy company be1 Sam. 12. 3, fore the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: 7. Their punishment. came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. B. C. about 1471. € Ex. 3. 12 Deut. 18. 22. Zech. 2. 9, 11. & 4. 9. John 5. 36. Heb. as every man dieth. d ch. 24. 13. Jer.23.16. Ez. 13.17. John 5. 30. & 6. 38. † Heb. create a creature, Is. 45. 7. 30 But if the LORD make fa new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have Job 31. 3. provoked the LORD. e Ex. 20. 5. & 32. 34. Job 35. 15. Is. 10, 3. Jer. 5. 9. 18. 28. 21. g ver. 33. Ps. 55. 15. 31 And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all ch. 26. 10. & these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 27.3. Deut 11.6. Ps. 106. 17. & ch. 26. 11. 1 Chr. 6. 22, 37. 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that apper-i See ver. 17. tained unto Korah, 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. k ch. 11. 1. Ps. 106. 18. 35 And there came out a fire from Lev. 10. 2 the LORD, and consumed 'the two hundred and fifty men that offered 1 ver. 17. incense. 36 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. 38 The censers of these "sinners Prov. 20. 2 against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. 39 And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: Hab. 2. 10. 0 ch. 17. 10 & 26. 10. Ez. 14. 8. 2 Chr. 26. 18. 40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, Pthat no stranger, which is Pch. 3. 10. not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 T But on the morrow all the q ch. 14. 2. Ps. 106. 25. The plague is stayed. B. C. NUMBERS. congregation of the children of Israel about 1471. murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. Ex. 40. 34 * ver. 19. ch. 20. 6. ! ver. 21, 24 ver. 22 ch. 21.6. 1 Lev. 10. . 1 ch. 1. 58. & &e 19. & 11. $3. & 18.5.1 Chr. 27.4 Pa 106.29. a Ex. 25. 22. & 24, 42, 43. & 90.96. b ch. 16. 5. 42 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. 43 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. 44 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And "they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: * for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. 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, besides 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. God commandeth the tribes to bring their rods. 8 Only Aaron's rod flourisheth. 10 It is kept for a token against the rebels. C Aaron's rod flourisheth. B. C. cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they about 1471. murmur against you. 6 T And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of 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. 7 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. 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. c ch. 16. 11. † Heb. a rod foron prince, a for prince. d Ex. 38. 21. ch. 18. 2. Acta 7. 44. e Heb. 9. 4. f ch. 16. 38. † Heb. children of rebellion. g ver. 5. 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13h Whosoever cometh any thingh ch. 1. 51, 53. near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? CHAPTER XVIII. The charge of the priests and Levites. 8 The priests' portion. 21 The Levites' portion. 25 The heave offering to the priests out of the Levites' portion. & 18. 4, 7. a ch. 17. 13. AND the LORD said unto Aaron, AND the LORD spake unto Moses, thou and thy sons with thee shall 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 before the testimony, where I will meet with you. a 5 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to o ver. 5. ch. S. 10. 7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for P Heb. 9. 3, 6. every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: 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¶ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, q Lev. 6. 16,13, 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 Ex. 29. 29. & by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. 26. & 7. 6, 32. ch. 5. 9. 40. 13, 15. • Lev. 2. 2, 3. & 10. 12, 13. t Lev. 4. 22, 27. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every 'meat offering of theirs, and every 'sin offering of theirs, and every "trespass ofu Lev. 5. 1. &fering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. & 6. 25, 26. 7. 7. & 10. 12. & 14. 13. 12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they Neh. 10. 35, shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. 36. c Ex. 22. 29. d Ex. 22. 29. & 26. Lev. 2. 14. 23. 19. & 34. ch. 15. 19. ⚫ ver. 11. g Ex. 13. 2. & 22. 29. Lev. 13. 13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth the 27. 26. ch. 3. 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. h Ex. 13. 13. & 34. 20. k The portion of the Levites. of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. m 17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD. t ch. 1. 51. 22 Neither must the children of ch. 3. 7, 8. Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, " lest they bear sin, tand die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. u Lev. 22. 9. t Heb. to die. x ch. 3. 7. 24 But the tithes of the children of y ver. 21. Israel, which they offer as a 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 no inheritance. 25 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 ver. 20. Deut. 10. 9. & 14. 27, 29. & 18. 1. a Neh. 10. 38. 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 a heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave offering b ver. 30. shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave offering unto the LORD of all your b tithes, which ye receive of the children about 1471. of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. Heb. fat, ver. 12. ver. 27. Luke 10. 7. 1 Cor. 9. 13. 1 T 5. 13. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall 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 Mar 10. 10. it is 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 from it the best of it: neither shall Lev. 222,15. ye 'pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. • Lev. 19. 8. & 22.16 a Dent 21. 3. 1 Sam. € 7. Lev. 4. 12, 21. & 16. 27. Heb. 13. 11. CHAPTER XIX. The law for the use of it. B. C. the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it about 1471. is a purification for sin. h ver. 13, 20, 21. ch. 31. 23. 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, i ver. 16. and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man 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. Lev. 21. 1. ch. 5. 2. & 9.6, 10. & 31. 19. Lam. 4. 14. Hag. 2. 13. + Heb. soul of man. ch. 31. 19. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, 'defileth the Lev. 15. 31. tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; "his uncleanness is yet upon The water of separation. 11 The law for the use of it him. in purification. 14 This is the law, when a man AND the LORD spake unto Moses dieth in a tent all that come into 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 blemish, and upon which never came yoke. a 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her "forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face : 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and Lev. 4.6.&sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times. 16. 14, 19. Heb. 9. 13, 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, Lev. 4. 11, 12 and her blood, with her dung, shall 4 Ex. 29. 14. the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And Pwhosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. m ver. 9. ch. 8.7. n Lev. 7. 20. & 22.3. o Lev. 11. 32. ch. 31. 20. P ver. 11. † Heb. dust. q ver. 9. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and trunning water shall be put Heb. living thereto in a vessel: waters shall be given, Gen. 26. 19. 18 And a clean person shall take Thyssop, and dip it in the water, and Ps. 51. 7. sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 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 thet ver. 13. LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual |
