and against thee; pray unto the Lord that he take away the ferpents from us, and Mofes prayed for the people. And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Make thee a fiery fer- pent, and fet it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, fball live. And Mofes made a ferpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent Numb. xxvii. 12—14.—And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Get thee up into this Mount Abarim, and fee the land which I have given unto the children of Ifrael. And when thou haft feen it, thou alfo fhalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. For ye rebelled against my commandment in the defert of Zin, in the ftrife of the congregation, to fanctify me at the water before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Ka- defb, in the wilderness of Zin. them, When ye be come over Jordan, into the land of Ca- naan; then ye fhall appoint you cities, to be cities of ref- uge for you; that the flayer may flee thither which kill- eth any perfon at unawares. And they fhall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manflay- er die not, until he ftand before the congregation in judg- ment. And of thefe cities which ye shall give, fix cities fhall ye have for refuge. Ye shall give three cities on this fide Jordan, and three cities fhall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. Thefe fix cities fhall be a refuge, both for the children of Ifrael, and for the ftranger, and for the fojourner among them; Deut. i. 3. And it came to pass in the fortieth year, the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Mofes fpake unto the children of Ifrael, according unto Deut. xxxi. 1-3.-And Mofes went and spake these words unto all Ifrael. And he faid unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day: I can no more go out and come in: alfo the Lord hath faid unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy thefe nations from before thee, and thou shalt poffefs them: Deut. xxxi. 7, 8.-And Mofes called unto Fofbua, 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 the land which the Lord hath fworn unto their fathers to give them and thou shalt caufe 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 forfake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed. Deut. xxxiii. 1.-And this is the bleffing wherewith Mo- bim all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manaffeh, and all the land of Judah unto the utmost fea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm-trees, unto Zoar. And the Lord faid unto him, This is the land which I fware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, faying, I will give it unto thy feed: I have caufed thee to fee it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Mofes the fervant 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 against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his fepulchre unto this day. LECTURE Hiftory of Mofes. 148 Deut. xxxiv. 10-12.-And there arofe not a prophet fince in Ifrael like unto Mofes, whom the Lord knew face to face in all the figns and the wonders which the Lord fent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his fervants, and to all his land, and in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Mofes fhewed in the fight of all Ifrael. 酪 XIII. Hiftory of Mofes. 163 Deut. xviii. 15-18. Acts iii. 22.-The Lord thy God will raife up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me: unto him ye shall hearken. According to all that thou defiredft of the Lord thy God in Horeb, in the day of the affembly, faying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me fee this great fire any more, that I'die not. And the Lord Lord faid 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 fpeak unto them all that I fhall command him. For Mofes truly faid unto the fathers, A Prophet fhall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me, him fhall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. LECTURE History of Moses. 174 Luke ix. 28-35.—And it came to pass about an eight days after thefe fayings, he took Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and gliftering. And behold there talked with him two men, which were Mofes and Elias, who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease, which he fhould accomplish at Jerufalem. But Peter, and they that were with him, were heavy with fleep: 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 faid 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 faid. 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, faying, This is my beloved Son, hear him. XIV. SACRED |