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flain, was Cozbi the Daughter of Zur; he was Head over a People, and of a chief Houfe in Midian.

16 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

17 Vex the Midianites, and fmite them.

18 For they vex you with their Wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the Matter of Peor, and in the Matter of Cozbi, the Daughter of a Prince of Midian their Sifter, which was flain in the Day of the Plague for Peor's Sake.

CHAP. XXVI.

Ifrael numbred. 52 The Inheritance of the Land divided. Ver. 1 ND it came to pafs after the Plague, that the LORD fpake unto Mofes, and unto Eleazar the

Son of Aaron the Prieft, faying,

2 Take the Sum of all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael, from twenty Years old and upward, throughout their Father's Houfe, all that are able to go to War in Ifrael.

51 These were the numbred of the Children of Israel, fix hundred thousand and a thoufand feven hundred and thirty.

63 These are they that were numbred by Mofes and Eleazar the Priest, who numbred the Children of Ifrael in the Plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

64 But among thefe, there was not a Man of them whom Mofes and Aaron the Prieft numbred, when they numbred the Children of Ifrael in the Wilderness of Sinai.

65 For the LORD had faid of them, They fhall furely die in the Wildernefs. And there was not left a Man of them, fave Caleb the Son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the Son of Nun.

CHAP. XXVII.

6 The Law of Inheritance.

12 Mofes being sold of his Death,

fueth for a Succeffor. 18 Joshua is appointed.

Ver. 12

the LORD faid Mofes, te

into this Mount Abarim, and fee the Land

which I have given unto the Children of Ifrael.

13 And when thou haft feen it, thou alfo fhalt be ga

thered

thered unto thy People, as Aaron thy Brother was gathered.

14 For ye have rebelled against my Commandment (in the Defert of Zin, in the Strife of the Congregation) to fanctify me at the Water, before their Eyes: that is the Water of Meribah in Kadefh in the Wilderness of Zin

15 And Mofes fpake unto the LORD, faying,

16 Let the LORD the GOD of the Spirits of all Flefh, fet a Man over the Congregation,

17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the Congregation of the LORD be not as Sheep which have no Shepherd.

18 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Take thee Joshua the Son of Nun, a Man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine Hand upon him.

19 And fet him before Eleazar the Prieft, and before all the Congregation and give him a Charge in their Sight.

20 And thou fhalt put fome of thine Honour upon him, that all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael may be obedient.

21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the Priest, who shall afk Counsel for him, after the Judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his Word fhall they go out, and at his Word they fhall come in, both he, and all the Children of Ifrael with him; even all the Congregation.

22 And Mofes did as the LORD commanded him and he took Joshua and fet him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation.

23 And he laid his Hands upon him, and gave him a Charge, as the LORD commanded by the Hand of Mofes.

CHA P. XXXII.

1 The Reubenites and Gadites fue for their Inheritance on that Side Jordan: 6 Mofes reproveth them: 16 They offer him Conditions to his Content: 33 Mofes affigneth them the Land: 39 They conquer it.

CHAP.

CHAP. XXXIII.

Two and forty Journeys of the Ifraelites. 50 The Canaanites are to be destroyed.

Ver. 38 AND the Commandment of the LORD, and died Aaron the Priest went up into Mount Hor,

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there in the fortieth Year after the Children of Ifrael were come out of the Land of Egypt, in the firit Day of the fifth Month.

39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three Years old, when he died in Mount Hor.

50 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, in the Plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, faying,

51 Speak unto the Children of Ifracl, and fay unto them, When ye are paffed over Jordan, into the Land of Canaan;

52 Then ye fhall drive out all the Inhabitants of the Land from before you, and deftroy all their Pictures, and destroy all their molten Images, and quite pluck down all their high Places.

53 And ye fhall difpoffefs the Inhabitants of the Land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the Land to poffefs it.

54 And ye fhall divide the Land by Lot for an Inheritance among your Families, and to the more ye shall give the more Inheritance, and to the fewer ye fhall give the lefs Inheritance every Man's Inheritance fhall be in the Place. where his Lot falleth, according to the Tribes of your Fathers ye fhall inherit.

55 But if ye will not drive out the Inhabitants of the Land from before you, then it fhall come to pafs, that those which ye let remain of them fhall be Pricks in your Eyes, and Thorns in your Sides, and fhall vex you in the Land wherein ye dwell.

56 Moreover, it fhall come to pafs, that I fhall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

IN

N this Book of NUMBERS is concluded the Hiftory of the Hebrews, from their Deliverance out of Egypt, to the laft Year of their Migration in the Wilderness.

In this and the former Books is contained a very particu lar and diftinct Relation of the many Trials and Tempta

tions that this People pa Ted through, while they were kept in a Defert, living d ily upon miraculous Bread and Water, having the vifible Appearance of the Cloud by Day, to fhade them from the fcorching Beams of the Sun, and a Pillar of Fire by Night.

By the Movement of thefe, their March was directed; but notwithstanding all the tremendous Appearances of the Divine Majesty upon Mount Sinai, and their miraculous Support by Manna rained every Day from Heaven, and a River ftruck from a Rock, that followed them in this parched Defert, upon the leaft Diftrefs or Difficulty, this People fell into continual Murmurings, Defpondencies, Unbelief, and Rebellions, and fo far PROVOKED the Displeasure of their ALMIGHTY DELIVERER, that but Two of the vast Multitude that came out of Egypt, were permitted to enter into the promised Land.

In reading this wonderful Hiftory, it ought to be confidered, that our SAVIOUR and the Apoftles have in many Inftances applied thefe to the State of the Chriftian Church; which is fummed up in

I COR. X.

Ver. 1MOREOVER, Rr how that ALL our FATHERS

OREOVER, Brethren, I would not that ye

were under the CLOUD, and all paffed through the Sea; 2 And were all BAPTIZED unto MOSES in the CLOUD, and in the SEA;

3 And did all EAT the fame SPIRITUAL MEAT;

4 And did all DRINK the fame SPIRITUAL DRINK: (For they drank of that SPIRITUAL ROCK that followed them and that Rock was CHRIST.)

5 But with many of them GOD was NOT well PLEASED: for they were oVERTHROWN in the Wilderness.

6 Now THESE THINGS were our EXAMPLES, to the Intent we should NOT LUST after evil Things, as they also lufted.

7 Neither be ye IDOLATERS, as were fome of them; as it is written, The People fat down to eat and drink, and rofe up to play.

8 Neither let us commit FORNICATION, as fome of them committed, and fell in one Day three and twenty thoufand,

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9 Neither

9 Neither let us TEMPT CHRIST, as fome of them also tempted, and were DESTROYED of SERPENTS.

10 Neither MURMUR ye, as fome of them also murmured, and were deftroyed of the Destroyer.

11 Now all THESE THINGS happened unto them for ENSAMPLES: and they are WRITTEN for our ADMONITION, upon whom the ENDS of the WORLD are come.

12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he STANDETH, take HEED left he FALL.

13 There hath no Temptation taken you, but fuch as is common to Man: but GoD is faithful, who will not fuffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the TEMPTATION alfo make a Way to ESCAPE, that ye may be ABLE to BEAR it,

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from Idolatry. 15 I speak as to wife Men: judge ye what I fay.

ROM. XI.

Ver. 11 Say then, Have they ftumbled that they should fall? GOD forbid but rather through their Fall SALVATION is come unto the GENTILES, for to provoke them to Jealousy.

12 Now if the Fall of them be the Riches of the World, and the diminishing of them the Riches of the Gentiles: how much more their Fulness?

13 For I speak to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine Office.

14 If by any means I may provoke to Emulation them which are my Flesh, and might fave fome of them.

15 For if the CASTING AWAY of them be the reconciling of the World; what fhall the receiving of them be, but Life from the Dead?

16 For if the First-fruit be holy, the Lump is also holy : and if the Root be holy, fo are the Branches.

17 And if fome of the Branches be broken off, and thou being a WILD-OLIVE-TREE, wert graffed in amongst them, and with them partakeft of the Root and Fatnefs of the Olive-tree;

18 Boaft not against the Branches: but if thou boaft, thou bearest not the Root, but the Root thee.

19 Thou wilt fay then, The Branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.

20 Well;

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