and against thee; pray unto the Lord that he take away the serpents from us :, and Mofes prayed for the people. And the Lord said unto Mofes, Make thee a fiery ferpent, and set it upon a pole : and it hall come to pass that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, Jhall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a ferpent bad bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived, LECTURE III. Numb. xxvii. 12–14.--And the Lord said unto Mofes, Get thee up into this, Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to fanctify me at the water before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin. LECTURE IV., Numb. xxxi. 1, 2.-And the Lord spake unto Mofes, saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites : afterwards shalt thou he gathered unto thy people. LECTURE V. Numb. xxxv. 9-15.-And the Lord spake unto Mofes, Saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, them, When ye be come over Jordan, into the land of Canaan ; then ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you ; that the Nayer may fee thither which killeth any person at unawares. And they foall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. And of these cities which ye shall give, fix cities Jhall ye have for refuge. Ye shall give three cities on this fide Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. These fix cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them ; that every one that killeth any person unawares may fice thither. LECTURE VI. History of Mofes. 70 Deut. i. 3.-And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Mofes spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them. LECTURE VII. 80 History of Moses. Deut. xxxi. 1–3.- And Mofes went and spake these words unto all Israel. And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day : I can no more go out and come in : also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Yordan. The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt polless them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord bath said. LECTURE LECTURE VIII. 92 Deut. xxxi. 7,8.–And Mofes called unto Yoshua, and faid unto him in the fight of all Ifrael, Be strong, and of a good courage : for thou must go with this people un to give them : and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. And the Lord, be it is that doth go before thee, he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee ; fear not, neither be dismayed. LECTURE IX. 105 Deut. xxxiii. 1. And this is the blessing wherewith Mo ses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before bis death. LECTURE X. History of Moses. 120 Deut. xxxiii. 1-And this is the blessing wherewith Mo ses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. LECTURE XI. 134 Deut. xxxiv. 1-6.-And Mofes went up from the plains that is over against Jericho. And the Lord jewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah unto the utmost sea, and the fouth, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I fware unto Abraham, unto Isaat, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy feed : I have cauf- ed thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. And he buried him in a valley, in the land of Moab, over Deut. xxxiv. 10-12.-And there arose not a prophet fince in Ifrael like unto Mofes, whom the Lord knew face to face : in all the higns and the wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his fervants, and to all his land, and in all Deut. xviii. 15–18. Acts iii. 22.-The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me : unto him ye shall heark. en. According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not bear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let Lord Juid unto me, They have well spoken' that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. For Mofes truly said unto the fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, him all ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. L E CTURE XIV. History of Moses. 174 Luke ix. 28-35.-And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter, and John, and Fames, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as be praycd, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and bis raiment was white and glistering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Mofes and Elias, who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter, and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jefus, Master, it is good for us to be here ; and let us make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Mofes and one for Elias : not knowing what he said. While he thus fpake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them : and they feared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, hear him. SACRED |