• Lev. 14. 4, 6, 49.

'Lev. 11. 25. & 15. 5.

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6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

9 And a man that is clean shall Hebr. 9. 13. gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation it is a purification for sin.

h ver. 13, 20, 21.

ch. 31. 23.

ver. 16. Lev. 21. 1.

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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, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

11 He that toucheth the dead ch. 5. 2. & 9. body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

6, 10. & 31.
19.

Lam. 4. 14.
Hag. 2. 13.

2 Heb. soul of

man.

*ch. 31. 19.

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.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and Lev. 15. 31. purifieth not himself, 'defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that

m

The purification of the unclean.

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 him.

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14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into 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.

BEFORE CHRIST about 1471.

m ver. 9. ch. 8. 7. n Lev. 7. 20. & 22.3.

16 And whosoever toucheth one ver. 11. 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.

17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

2 Heb. dust. 4 ver. 9.

3 Heb. living waters shall

be given. Gen. 26. 19.

18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, Ps. 51. 7. and 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 ver. 13. the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

Exod. 17. 2. ch. 14. 2.

ch. 11. 1, 33. 16. 32, 35, 49.

& 14. 37. &

* Exod. 17. 3.

h ch. 14. 5. & 16. 4, 22, 45. ich. 14. 10.

Exod. 17. 5.

1 Neh. 9. 15. Ps. 78. 15,

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3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

7 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

8* Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and 'thou shalt 16. & 105.41. bring forth to them water out of the rock so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod m from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

& 114. 8. Isai. 43. 20. & 48. 21.

m ch. 17. 10.

Moses smiteth the rock.

now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

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11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came Exod. 17. 6. out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.

Deut. 8. 15. 1 Cor. 10. 4.

Deut. 1. 37. & 3. 26. & 32. 51.

12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because Pye ch. 27. 14. believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

r

Lev. 10. 3. Ezek. 20. 41. & 36. 23. & 38. 16.

1 Pet. 3. 15.

13 This is the water of 2 Meri-Deut. 33. 8. bah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travel that hath befallen us:

u

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Ps. 95. 8. & 106. 32, &c. 2 That is, Strife. See Exod. 17.7. 'Judg. 11. 16, 17.

+ 4, &c. & 23. 7. Obad. 10, 12. 3 Heb. found

Deut. 2. 42

us.

Exod. 18. 8. u Gen. 46. 6. Acts 7. 15.

15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyp-Exod. 12.40. tians vexed us, and our fathers:

* Exod. 1. 11, &c.

Deut. 26. 6.
Acts 7. 19.
Exod. 2. 23.
& 3. 7.

16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, be- Exod. 3. 2. & hold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

Aaron dieth upon mount Hor.

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4 See Deut. 2. 27, 29.

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8.

Deut. 2. 4, 5,
Judg. 11. 18.

fch. 33. 37.

8 ch. 21. 4.

h Gen. 25. 8. ch. 27. 13. & 31. 2.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

22 ¶ And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter Deut. 32. 50. into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because iye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

1 ver. 12. 2 Heb. mouth.

* ch. 33. 38. Deut. 32. 50.

1 Exod. 29. 29, 30.

1452.

m ch. 33. 38. Deut. 10. 6. & 32. 50.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.

27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

28 1And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and "Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they So Deut. 34. mourned for Aaron "thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

8.

1452. ☐ ch. 33. 40. See Judg. 1. 16.

b ch. 13. 21.

• Gen. 28. 20.

CHAPTER XXI.

1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brasen serpent. 10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is overcome, 33 and Og.

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8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And Moses made a serpent of 2 Kings 18. 4. brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 ¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth,

15.

4 ch. 33. 43.

naanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came bby the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

C

2 © And Israel vowed a vow unto Judg. 11. 30. the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my

29.

Deut. 2. 18, Heb. leaneth.

Judg. 9. 21.

y Exod. 15. 1. Ps. 105. 2. & 106. 12.

4 Heb. Ascend. 5 Or, answer.

2

15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, "and lieth upon the border of Moab.

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16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

17 Then Israel sang this song, *Spring up, O well; 'sing ye unto it:

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, Isai. 33. 22. by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh a toward Jeshimon.

6 Heb. field. "Or, The hill.

ch. 23. 28.

8 Or, The wilderness.

b Deut. 2. 26, 27.

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21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,

Judg. 11. 19. Saying,

c ch. 20. 17.

d Deut. 29. 7.

• Deut. 2. 32. Judg. 11. 20.

f Deut. 2. 33. & 29. 7. Josh. 12. 1, 2. & 24. 8. Neh. 9. 22. Ps. 135. 10,

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22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.

d

23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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24 And 'Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: 11. & 136. 19. for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

Amos 2. 9.

25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of