The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29
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Numbers. q .iSD
l. And when King Arao the Canasngte.
which dwell In the south. heard tell that
Israel came by the way Of the spies. the q
ne fought against Israel. arc took some OF
them prisone
And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord.
and said. IL thou wilt indeed deliver this
people into my hand. then ! Will utterly
Destroy their cities.
. And the Lord hearkered TO the voice
OF Israel. and delivered up the Canaanites.
arc they utterly destroyed thtm and their
siues; and be called the name OF the place
dormah.
q And they jorrreyec from Mount Hor
BY the way OF the Red SEA. 10 compass the
land OF Ecom: and the soul OF the psoise
Was much discouraged because OF the way
B. And the people spake against God. ard
against Moses. Wherefore have ye brought
Us up out OF Egypt to Gle IL the wlicerrs IS
Tor there Is no bread. neither - there any
water: and our soul Ioaiheth this Light
bread.
g. And the Lord sent fiery serpents among
the people. ano they BIT the people. and
much people OF Israel died
| 2. Therefore the people came to Moses.
and said. We have slEred, for We have
spoken against the Lord. and against thee.
pray unto the LORD, that lie take away the
serpents from u. Ard Moses prayed for
the people
s. And the LORD said unto Moses. Mako
thee fery serpent. ard set It upon pole:
and II shall come TO pass. that every one
mat IL bitten. when he .ooketh upon II.
shall live
g. And Moses made a serpent OF brass.
ard put II upon pole. and Il came TO pass.
that II serpent had bitten any mar, when
ne b.helo the serpent OF brass, he lived.
GOLDEN TEXT.-And as Moses lifted
up the serpent in the wilderness.
even SO must the SON of man he lifted
ups that whosoeyer believeth I'm Him
should not perish. but have eternal
hfe.-JOhn 3;if. 10.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
koran, Dathan and Abiram. Mum. xvi
Budding OF Aaron's rod ....... Mum XVII
sir OF Moses and Aaron.--... MIN. MILK
REFUSAL OF Ecom Nun. S.lf-I-
lean u aaron NUN. 49,
bltten by serpents....-.-.--....Nu Mum. 2I:l-3.
TfME.-B. {. is7i ard iss2.
PLAcE--Meribah. kadesh. Mount Hor
aEe The Arabah.
NOTES AND COMMENTS
The Wilderness Life.-The sentence
of the Lord was carried out, and for
10 years in all. the Israelites wan
dered in the Wilderness The genera
ton that was too cowardly TO fight
found graves in its solitudes Dur
ing that time the people led nomad-
&c shepherd life. with headquarters at
kadesh-barnea. Two Incidents only
are recorded which appear 10 belong
TO that period. Now we are to see
what was the temper of the new gen
Grafton.
korah. Dathan and ADRIAN. = The
lsraelites stayed near Kadesh- barnea
for SO years. living the life Of nomads,
with no permanent settlements, but
roaming far and wide with their cat
tie, as the Bedouin do to-day. Prob
ably the tabernacle was not moved
during all that time, but continued
to be the center of the theocra.ic
government. The movement Of Ko-
rah is another indication of the gen
eral feeling that the government Of
Moses was autocratic rather than
theocratic. Discipline had to be
maintained at any cost or the people
would fall apart into scattered and
helpless groups. and never be able to
conquer Canaan. Against the severity
of the punishment the people protest.
ed, blaming Moses and thus showing
that the spirit of rebellion was not
lead.
Budding of Aaron's Rod.-The Incl
dent recorded here is intended as a
guarantee of the Divine appointments
Of Aaron TO the priesthood. 1t pro-
duced the desired effect. and. rs II:
IL. - show. inundated the people.
The subsection of the people was Sc
cured by fear.
The Sin of Moses and Aaron -20:l
refers TO the gathering Of the peo-
pie. preparatory to moving on tn.
promised land. Kadesh is a we'll
watcred neighborhood. hut the dis
trict in which IL stands is arid. and
the people would have TO travel long
before reaching suitable water sup
ply. The sin Of Moses and Aaron is
somewhat obscure. some suppcsing IL
to have been impatient anger. others
finding it in an attempt to take 70 !
themselves the credit for the miracle. |
Refusal of Edom. - The hope of
Moses was for peaceful passage
through Edom. but the Edomites |
made SO curt refusal and so strong
show Of resistance that the people /
had to 60 about. thus gaining a far |
moro advantageous military position /
for the conquest
Bitten by Serpents--The Canaanite
king who attacked Israel did not need
to cross Edom. lie thought the peo-
pie intended TO come by way of his
territory. and attacked them in the
hope of preventing such movement
Utter destruction or devotion was
a religious sanction 10 the overthrow
OF city BY il nothing could be
kept for spoil. but everything. wheth-
er living OF inanimate. had 10 be de-
stroyed or sacrificed 10 God IL was
q brutal and bloody method of war
fare. The journey around Edom was
rough and difficult. ard it is no won
der that the people were discouraged.
But the murmuring was unreasonable
after all the wonderful deliverances
that had preceded il. Christ Himself
was familiar with this passage. and
drew from IL one of the Illustrations
with which His marvellous discourses
abounded (John 3:1D.