Ps. 19. 13. Heb. 10. 26. 2 Pet. 2. 10. † Heb. with a high hand.

e 2 Sam. 12.9. Prov. 13. 13.

f Lev. 5. 1. Ez. 18. 20.

g Ex. 31. 14.

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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.

32 ¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they 15. & 35. 2, 3. found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

h Lev. 24. 12.

i Ex. 31. 1, 15.

k Lev. 24. 14. 1 Kings 21.13. Acts 7. 58.

1 Deut. 22. 12. Matt. 23. 5.

m See Deut. 29. 19. Job 31. 7. Jer. 9. 14. Ez. 6. 9.

n Ps. 73. 27. & 106.39. James 4. 4.

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 Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall kstone him with stones without the

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 Israel, 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:

39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye mseek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use "to go a whoring:

B. C. 1490.

o Lev. 11. 44, 45. Rom. 12. 1. Col. 1. 22. 1 Pet. 1. 15,16.

a Ex. 6. 21. ch. 26. 9. & 27. 3. Jude11.

OW a Korah, the son of Izhar, about 1471. the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men :

2 And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congrega-b ch. 26. 9. tion, men of renown:

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c Ps. 106. 16.

much for you. d Ex. 19. 6.

3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, † Ye take | † Heb. It is too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? 4 And when Moses heard it, he fell fch. 14. 5. & upon his face:

e Ex. 29. 45. ch. 14. 14. & 35. 34.

20. 6.

5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will ever. 3. cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;

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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 :

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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: mand 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. 28. Ps. 105. 26. i ch. 3. 10. Lev. 10. 3. & 21. 17, 18. Ez. 40. 46. & 44. 15, 16.

1 Sam. 18. 23. ch. 3. 41, 45.

Is. 7. 13.

&8.14. Deut. 10. 8.

m Ex. 16. 8. 1 Cor. 3. 5.

q Gen 4.4, 5. r1 Sam. 12. 3.

Acts 20. 33.
2 Cor. 7. 2.

s ver. 6, 7.

14 Moreover, thou hast not brought us into Pa land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou + put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

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15 And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, a 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 :

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. ́

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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..

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 s 5 go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

h

B. C. about 1471.

c 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.

e Ex. 20. 5. & 32. 34. Job 35. 15. Is. 10. 3. Jer. 5.9.

f Job 31. 3. Is. 28. 21.

g ver. 33. Ps. 55. 15.

31 ¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all heh. 26. 10. & these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained 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.

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11.6. Ps. 106. 17.

i See ver. 17. & ch. 26. 11. 1 Chr. 6. 22,

37.

ch. 11. 1. Ps. 106. 18. I ver. 17.

35 And there came out a fire from k Lev. 10.2. the LORD, and consumed 'the two hundred and fifty men that offered 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 m "they are hallowed.

38 The censers of these "sinners 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:

m See Lev, 27, 28.

n Prov. 20. 2. Hab. 2. 10.

o ch. 17. 10. & 26. 10. Ez. 14.

8.

2 Chr. 26. 18.

40 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that 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.

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41 T But on the morrow all the

q ch. 14. 2. Ps. 106. 25.

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.

c ver. 27.

Luke 10. 7.

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 d Matt. 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 f Lev. 22. 2, 15. ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

1 Cor. 9. 13. 1 Tim. 5. 18. e Lev. 19. 8. & 22. 16.

a Deut. 21. 3.

1 Sam. 6. 7.

b Lev. 4. 12, 21. & 16. 27. Heb. 13. 11.

CHAPTER XIX.

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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.

Lev. 21. 1. ch. 5.2. & 9,6, 10. & 31. 19. Lam. 4. 14. Hag. 2. 13. † Heb. soul of

man.

k ch. 31. 19.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, 'defileth the 1 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

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14 This is the law, when a man

4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and e Lev. 4. 6. & sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times.

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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

d Ex. 29. 14.

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 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 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 whosoever 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.

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 :

m ver. 9. ch. 8.7.

n Lev. 7. 20. & 22.3.

18 And a clean person shall take rhyssop, and dip it in the water, and r 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 the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.