Hi, and welcome back
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
going to be reading from the
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book of Numbers. It's one of my
favorite stories coming up and
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Before we start,
let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank you so much
for the lessons that come alive
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as we hear these words and the
principles in these lessons that
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can apply to each one of us
today. And so as we read today,
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the story of your children
as you led them through the
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wilderness and toward the
promised land, as we read the
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story of the spies, help us
to not look at what we can see
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the giants in our life, of
trouble or despair, let us look
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at the power of You to
deliver us from those giants,
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and to lead us safely to
the promises and the fulfillment
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that you have
promised each one of us.
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We love you so much and
thank You for loving us. Amen
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When we left off in Numbers,
Moses had just called together
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the twelve spies, one for
each tribe, and he had sent them
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to check out the land
where God was bringing them,
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and to bring back a report.
Picking up the story now in
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chapter 13 of Numbers, verse 23.
This is the King James Version.
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And they came to the brook of
Eshcol, and cut down from thence
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a branch with one cluster of
grapes, and they bare it between
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two upon a staff; and they
brought of the pomegranates,
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and of the figs. The place
was called the brook of Eschcol,
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because of the cluster of grapes
which the children of Israel
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cut down from thence. And they
returned from searching of the
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land after 40 days. And they
went and came to Moses and to
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Aaron and to all the
congregation of the children
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of Israel, unto the wilderness
of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought
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back word unto them, and
unto all the congregation
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and showed them the fruit
of the land. And they told him
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and said, We came unto the
land whither thou sendest us
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and surely it floweth with milk
and honey, and this is the fruit
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of it. Nevertheless the people
be strong that dwell in the land
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and the cities are walled, and
very great: and moreover we saw
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the children of Anak there. The
Amalekites dwell in the land of
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the south: and the Hittites,
and the Jebusites, and the
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Amorites dwell in the mountains;
and the Canaanites dwell by the
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sea and by the coast of Jordan.
And Caleb stilled the people
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before Moses and said, Let
us go up at once and possess it;
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for we are well able to overcome
it. But the men that went up
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with him said, We be not able
to go up against the people;
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for they are stronger than
we. And they brought up an evil
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report of the land which they
had searched, unto the children
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of Israel, saying, The land
through which we have gone to
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search it, is a land that eateth
up the inhabitants thereof;
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and all the people that we saw
in it are men of a great stature
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And there we saw the giants:
the sons of Anak, which come of
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the giants. And we were in
our own sight as grasshoppers,
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and so we were in their sight.
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We are continuing now in chapter
14 of the book of Numbers.
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This is the King James Version.
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And all the congregation
lifted up their voice and cried;
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and the people wept that night.
And all the children of Israel
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murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole
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congregation said unto them,
Would God that we had died in
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land of Egypt! or would God
we had died in this wilderness!
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And wherefore hath the
Lord brought us unto this land
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to fall by the sword, that our
wives and our children should be
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a prey? Were it not better
for us to return unto Egypt?
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And they said, one to
another, Let us make a captain
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and let us return unto Egypt.
Then Moses and Aaron fell on
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their faces before all the
assembly of the congregation
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of the children of Israel.
And Joshua, the son of Nun,
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and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
which were of them that searched
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the land, rent their clothes.
And they spake unto all the
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company of the children of
Israel saying, The land which we
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passed through to search
it, is an exceeding good land.
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If the Lord delight in us, then
He will bring us into this land,
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and give it us; a land which
floweth with milk and honey,
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only rebel not ye against
the Lord, neither fear ye
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the people of the land;
for they are bread for us:
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their defense is departed from
them, and the Lord is with us:
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fear them not. But all the
congregation bade stone them
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with stones. And the glory
of the Lord appeared in the
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tabernacle of the congregation
before all the children of
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Israel. And the Lord said unto
Moses, How long will this people
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provoke me? And how long will
it be ere they believe me, for
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all the signs which I
have showed among them?
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I will smite them with a
pestilence, and disinherit them,
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and will make of thee a greater
nation and mightier than they.
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And Moses said unto the Lord,
Then the Egyptians shall hear it
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for thou broughtest up this
people in thy might from among
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them and they will tell it
to the inhabitants of this land
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for they have heard that
Thou Lord art among this people,
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that thou, Lord, art seen
face to face, and that thy cloud
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standeth over them, and that
thou goest before them, by day
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time in a pillar of cloud,
and a pillar of fire by night.
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Now, if Thou shalt kill all
this people as one man, then the
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nations which have heard the
fame of thee will speak, saying,
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because the Lord was not able
to bring this people into the
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land which he sware unto them
and therefore he has slain them
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in the wilderness. Now I
beseech let the power of my Lord
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be great, according as
thou has spoken, saying,
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The Lord is longsuffering,
and of great mercy, forgiving
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iniquity and transgression, and
by no means clearing the guilty
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visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children
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unto the third and fourth
generation, pardon I beseech
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thee, the iniquity of
this people, according unto the
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greatness of Thy mercy. And as
thou hast forgiven this people,
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from Egypt, even until now. And
the Lord said, I have pardoned,
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according to thy word. But as
truly as I live, all the earth
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shall be filled with
the glory of the Lord.
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Because all those men
which have seen my glory
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and my miracles which I did
in Egypt, and in the wilderness,
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and have tempted me now
these ten times and have not
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hearkened to my voice; surely
they shall not see the land
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which I sware unto their fathers
neither shall any of them that
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provoked me see it. But my
servant Caleb, because he had
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another spirit with him and hath
followed me fully, him will I
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bring into the land whereinto
he went; and his seed shall
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possess it. Now the Amalekites
and the Canaanites dwelt in the
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valley. Tomorrow, turn you,
and get you into the wilderness
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by the way of the Red sea.
And the Lord spake unto Moses
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and unto Aaron, saying,
How long shall I bear with this
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evil congregation, which murmur
against me? I have heard the
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murmurings of the children
of Israel, which they murmur
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against me. Say unto them, As
truly as I live, saith the Lord
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as ye have spoken in mine
ears, so will I do to you:
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Your carcasses shall fall in
this wilderness; and all that
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were numbered of you,
according to your whole number,
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from 20 years old and upward,
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which have murmured
against me, doubtless
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these shall not come into the
land concerning which I sware
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to make you dwell therein,
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
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and Joshua, the son of Nun.
But your little ones, which ye
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said should be a prey, them
will I bring in, and they shall
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know the land which ye have
despised. But as for you, your
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carcasses, they shall
fall in this wilderness.
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And your children shall wander
in the wilderness forty years,
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and bear your whoredoms until
your carcasses be wasted in the
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wilderness. After the number
of the days in which ye searched
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the land, even forty days, each
day for a year, shall ye bear
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your iniquities, even 40 years.
And ye shall know my breach of
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promise. I the Lord have said, I
will surely do it unto all this
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evil congregation, that are
gathered together against me:
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in this wilderness, they shall
be consumed, and there they
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shall die. And the men, which
Moses sent to search the land
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who returned, and made all the
congregation to murmur against
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him, by bringing up a slander
upon the land, even those men
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that did bring up the evil
report upon the land, died by
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the plague before the
Lord. But Joshua the son of Nun
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and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
which were of the men that went
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to search the land, lived still.
And Moses told these sayings
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unto all the children of Israel.
And the people mourned greatly.
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And they rose up early in
the morning and gat them up into
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the top of the
mountain, saying, Lo, we be here
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and will go up unto the place
which the Lord hath promised:
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for we have sinned. And
Moses said, Wherefore now do ye
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transgress the commandment
of the Lord? but it shall not
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prosper. Go not up, for
the Lord is not among you;
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that ye be not
smitten before your enemies.
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For the Amalekites and the
Canaanites are there before you,
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And ye shall fall by the sword
because ye are turned away from
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the Lord, therefore the
Lord will not be with you.
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But they presumed to go up unto
the hill top: nevertheless the
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ark of the covenant of the Lord,
and Moses, departed not out of
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camp. Then the Amalekites came
down and the Canaanites which
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dwelt in that hill, and smote
them, and discomfited them,
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even unto Hormah.
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Continuing in the book of
Numbers this is chapter 15,
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The King James Version.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses
saying, speak unto the children
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of Isreal, and say unto them,
When ye be come into the land
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of your habitations,
which I give unto you,
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and will make an
offering by fire unto the Lord,
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a burnt offering or a
sacrifice in performing a vow,
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or any freewill offering, or
in your solemn feasts, to make a
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sweet savour unto the Lord,
of the herd, or of the flock.
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Then shall he that offereth his
offering unto the Lord bring a
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meat offering of a tenth deal
of flour mingled with the fourth
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part of an hin of oil. And the
fourth part of an hin of wine
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for a drink offering shalt thou
prepare with the burnt offering
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or sacrifice, for one lamb.
Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare
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for a meat offering two tenth
deals of flour mingled with the
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third part of an hin of oil. And
for a drink offering thou shalt
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offer the third part of an hin
of wine, for a sweet savour unto
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the Lord. And when thou
preparest a bullock for a burnt
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offering, or for a
sacrifice in performing a vow,
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or peace offerings unto
the Lord then shall he bring
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with a bullock a meat offering
of three tenth deals of flour
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mingled with an half an hin
of oil. And thou shalt bring
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for a drink offering half an hin
of wine, for an offering made
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by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the Lord.
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Thus shall it be done for one
bullock, or for one ram, or for
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a lamb, or a kid. According to
the number that ye shall prepare
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so shall ye do to every
one according to their number.
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All that are born of the country
shall do these things after this
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manner, in offering an offering
made by fire, of a sweet savour
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unto the Lord. And if a stranger
sojourn with you or whosoever be
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among you in your generations,
and will offer an offering made
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by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the Lord as ye do,
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so he shall do.
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One ordinance shall be both
for you of the congregation, and
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also for the stranger
that sojourneth with you, and
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an ordinance forever in your
generations: as ye are so shall
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the stranger be before the Lord.
One law, one manner shall be for
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you and for the stranger
that sojourneth with you.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children
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of Israel and say unto
them, When ye come into the land
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whither I bring you then it
shall be that when ye eat of the
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bread of the land, ye shall
offer up an heave offering unto
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the Lord. Ye shall offer up a
cake of the first of your dough
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for an heave offering. As
ye do the heave offering of the
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threshing floor
so shall ye heave it.
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Of the first of your dough
ye shall give unto the Lord an
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heave offering
in your generations.
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And if ye have erred, and not
observed all these commandments,
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which the Lord hath spoken unto
Moses, even all that the Lord
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hath commanded you by the hand
of Moses, from the day that the
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Lord commanded Moses
and henceforward among your
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generations, then it shall be if
aught be committed by ignorance
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without the
knowledge of the congregation,
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that all the congregation
shall offer one young bullock,
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for a burnt offering for a
sweet savour unto the Lord,
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with his meat offering and
his drink offering, according
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to the manner, and one kid
of the goats for a sin offering.
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And the priest shall
make an atonement for all
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the congregation of
the children of Israel,
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and it shall be forgiven
them; for it is ignorance:
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and they shall bring their
offering, a sacrifice made by
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fire unto the Lord, and their
sin offering before the Lord,
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for their ignorance.
And it shall be forgiven all
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the congregation of the children
of Israel, and the stranger that
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sojourneth among them; seeing
all the people were in ignorance
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And if any soul sin through
ignorance, then he shall bring
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a she goat of the first year for
a sin offering, and the priest
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shall make an atonement for
the soul that sinneth ignorantly
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when he sinneth by ignorance
before the Lord, to make an
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atonement for him; and
it shall be forgiven him.
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Thank you for joining with
me today to read God's word.
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Please join with me next time to
hear the words of life. Goodbye.
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