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Title: The Bible and its story..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Brewer, Julius August, 1877-1953, joint ed
Subjects: Bible
Publisher: New York, F. R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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hem. He declared that not oneman among them, save only Joshua and Caleb, shouldever enter that Promised Land. For forty days hadthe Israelites hesitated while their spies explored Palestine;now for forty years should they wander in the wilderness.Every grown man who had resisted the will of God, shouldperish there; only their children, whom in their fear theyhad cried out would perish, those little children should besaved, and should enter Palestine at last. Even in this matter the stubborn Israelites thought tomatch themselves against God. Whereas before they hadfeared to advance, now on hearing His decision they in-sisted on going forward from Kadesh. Moses forbadethem, the fiery cloud went not forward with them, theark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed notout of the camp. Yet the men of Israel marched on.Then the inhabitants of the land met them and drove themback with great slaughter, so that the survivorsfled to the camp to the protectionof Moses and the ark. 11-78
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jr z^. i ®l)e J^ebellion of i&oraf) BY ALESSANDRO FILIPPI, CALLED BOTTICELLI, THEFLORENTINE ARTIST, DIED 1515. Ye take too much xtpon you, ye sons of Levi.—Num., 16, 7. FOR thirty-eight years the miserable Israelites wan-dered aimlessly through the wilderness, a drearytime of which no definite record has been left us.God was training the people to be a race of strong andhardy men, instead of weak and sensual cowards. Oneby one those who were too old to learn, or too sunk inevil, died or were slain. Only occasional glimpses ofthose weary years are shown us. At one time a sabbathbreaker was stoned to death. At another INIoses had toface a serious rebellion inspired by the priesthood, theLevites, the very men whom he had specially raised up tobe Gods ministers. Many of the Levites under the leadership of one, namedKorah, gathered themselves together against Moses andagainst Aaron, and said unto them. Ye take too much uponyou. All the priests, they declared, were equally holy andeq

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