The Bible and its . ents of the thirty-eight years between the first and the chapter twenty begins the story of the final year. Moses leads tiie Israelitesonce more toward Palestine; again they complain and rebel, until even Mosescries out in anger against them and in despair; and for this distrust of God, healso is condemned not to enter the land of promise. Miriams death is followedby Aarons. The Israelites in their advance come in contact with the peo)iles roundabout Palestine, and defeat them one after another; the victorious warriors fallinto sin and are reproved; a few


The Bible and its . ents of the thirty-eight years between the first and the chapter twenty begins the story of the final year. Moses leads tiie Israelitesonce more toward Palestine; again they complain and rebel, until even Mosescries out in anger against them and in despair; and for this distrust of God, healso is condemned not to enter the land of promise. Miriams death is followedby Aarons. The Israelites in their advance come in contact with the peo)iles roundabout Palestine, and defeat them one after another; the victorious warriors fallinto sin and are reproved; a few further laws are ])roelaiiiii(l, and then Mosesapjioints .Joshua as iiis successor and arranges for the division of the i)romisedland among the Israelites. The close of the l)ook up to thr sulcnui discourseswliicli Moses d<-liver(d to his jieoiile just before his deatli. Tiie book of Numbers thus tells of many scattered matters, bringing every-thing forward to Deuteronomy, the next and final section of The THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES CALLED Cljapter I 17 The number of every tribe. 47 The


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