. The Bible and its . 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 andequally abl
. The Bible and its . 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 andequally able to interpret Gods will. Moses rebuked themsadly, yet proposed meekly as ever, that the thing shouldbe tested, they should each take a censer of fire andapproach the tabernacle, then the Lord could chooseamong them. On the morrow this was done; and Godin his wrath bade Moses and Aaron stand aside from thefollowers of Korah. And there came out a fire from theLord and consumed the two hundred and fiftymen that offered s^ tKije Cartij ©ptm FROM THE BIBLICAL SERIES BY GUSTAVE DORE. And the earth opened her mouth, and sicallowed themup.—Num., 10, 32. THE rebellion of Korah was not confined to thepriesthood; the tribe of Reuben seem to have beenmuch involved in it. Their older princes wereperhaps dead; for new names are given to us as theirleaders, Dathan and Abiram. Possibly these youngermen sought to assert their birthriojht over the nation, aschiefs of the eldest tribe. At all events when Korah re-belled and Moses called on them for aid, they refused it,grumbling and asking if Moses meant to be altogethera prince over us. Also they declared that he was nofit leader, since he had not kept his promise to bring thepeople into a land of wealth and ease. Is it a small thingthat thou hast brought us up out of a land that flowethwith milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness ? Then Moses cried out to the rest of the people to sep-arate themselves hastily from Dathan and
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