Hi and welcome to
His Words Are Life
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today to
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read the word of God.
When we were last together
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we were reading in the
book of Numbers the story
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of the Israelites and when Moses
sent the spies into the Land
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and they came back
with the report that -
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ten of the reported that
the land was full of giants
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and they were not able to take
it. Two of them said, Yes we can
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do it. The Lord is with
us. And the Lord grew angry
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with the Israelites who doubted
and forgot how He had blessed
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them and worked wonders and
miracles for them so many times
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before. It's a lesson for me
and a lesson for each of us that
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when the troubles - when the
things that are bothering us, or
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the situations of our
life seem like giant obstacles
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that we don't see a way to
overcome. That we should not
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forget what God has done for us
in the past. But we can look at
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those times in the past when
He has intervened for us and
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blessed us and we know
that He is taking care of us
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in whatever we are facing right
now. Before we start to read
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let's pray together. Dear Jesus,
thank you so much for these
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words that bring us not
just life but abundant life.
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Please help us to bless your
name and not forget a single
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one of your benefits to each one
of us. You've loved us so much.
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You've surrounded us with
mercy and grace. You've given us
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blessings beyond number. Help
us now as we read the stories
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of the Israelites and
Your children in years gone by,
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that it will be to us a lesson
of blessing in what we're facing
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right now; that we will look
to You always and trust You to
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deliver us in Your timing.
We love you so much. Thank you
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for loving us. Amen
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We are reading in the book of
Numbers, and we are in chapter
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15, starting with verse 29.
This is the King James Version.
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Ye shall have one law for him
that sinneth through ignorance,
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both for him that is born
among the children of Israel,
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and for the stranger
that sojourneth among them.
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But the soul that doeth
aught presumptuously, whether he
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be born in the land or a
stranger, the same reproacheth
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the Lord; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his people.
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Because he has despised the word
of the Lord, and hath broken His
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commandment, that soul shall
utterly be cut off; his iniquity
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shall be upon him. And while the
children of Israel were in the
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wilderness, they found a man
that gathered sticks upon the
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Sabbath day. And they
that found him gathering sticks
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brought him unto Moses and Aaron
and unto all the congregation.
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And they put him in ward,
because it was not declared
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what should be done to him.
And the Lord said unto Moses,
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The man shall be surely put
to death: all the congregation
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shall stone him with
stones without the camp.
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And all the congregation brought
him without the camp and stoned
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him with stones, and he died;
as the Lord commanded Moses.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children
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of Israel and bid them that they
make them fringes in the borders
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of their garments throughout
their generations, and that they
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put upon the fringe of
the borders a ribbond of blue:
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and it shall be unto you for a
fringe, that ye may look upon it
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and remember all the
commandments of the Lord
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and do them; And that ye seek
not after your own heart in your
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own eyes after which ye use
to go a-whoring: that ye may
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remember and do all my
commandments, and be holy
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unto your God. I am the Lord
your God which brought you out
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of the land of Egypt, to be your
God. I am the Lord your God.
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Continuing to read in the book
of Numbers. This is chapter 16
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This is the King James Version.
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Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the
son of Kohath, the son of Levi
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and Dathan and Abiram, the sons
of Eliab, and On, the son of
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Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men
and they rose up before Moses,
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with certain of the
children of Israel, 250 princes
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of the assembly, famous in
the congregation, men of renown:
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and they gathered themselves
together against Moses
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and against Aaron, and said unto
them, ye take too much upon you,
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seeing all the congregation
are holy, every one of them,
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and the Lord is among
them: Wherefore then, lift ye up
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yourselves above the
congregation of the Lord?
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And when Moses heard
it, he fell upon his face:
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And he spake unto Korah and
unto all his company, saying,
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Even tomorrow the Lord will shew
who are his, and who is holy;
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and will cause him to come near
unto him: even him whom he hath
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chosen will he cause to
come near unto him. This do,
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Take you censers, Korah, and
all his company; and put fire
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therein, and put incense in
them before the Lord tomorrow:
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And it shall be that the
man whom the Lord doth choose;
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he shall be holy: You take too
much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
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And Moses said unto Korah, Hear,
I pray you, ye sons of Levi
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seemeth it but a small thing
unto you that the God of Israel
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hath separated you from the
congregation of Israel, to bring
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you near to Himself to do
the service of the tabernacle
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of the Lord and to stand before
the congregation to minister
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unto them? And he hath brought
thee near to him, and all thy
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brethren the sons of Levi with
thee and seek ye the priesthood
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also? For which cause both thou
and all thy company are gathered
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together against the Lord?
And what is Aaron that ye murmur
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against him? And Moses sent to
call Dathan and Abiram, the sons
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of Eliab, which said, We will
not come up. Is it a small thing
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that thou hast brought us up out
of a land that floweth with milk
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and honey to kill us in the
wilderness, except thou make
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thyself altogether a prince
over us? Moreover thou hast not
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brought us into a land that
floweth with milk and honey, or
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given us inheritance of fields
and vineyards: wilt thou put out
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the eyes of these
men? We will not come up.
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Moses was very wroth and said
unto the Lord, Respect not thou
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their offering: I have not taken
one ass from them, neither have
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I hurt one of them. And Moses
said unto Korah, Be thou and all
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thy company before the
Lord, thou and they and Aaron,
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tomorrow. And take every man
his censer and put incense in it
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and bring ye before the Lord
every man his censer 250 censers
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Thou also and Aaron,
each of you his censer.
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And they took, every man
his censer and put fire in them,
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and laid incense
thereon, and stood in the door
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of the tabernacle of
the congregation with Moses
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and Aaron. And Korah gathered
all the congregation against
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them unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
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And the glory of the
Lord appeared unto all the
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congregation. And the Lord
spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
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saying, separate yourselves
from among this congregation,
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that I may
consume them in a moment.
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And they fell upon their faces
and said, O God, the God of the
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spirits of all flesh, shall one
man sin and wilt thou be wroth
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with all the congregation?
And the Lord spake unto Moses,
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saying, Speak unto the
congregation, saying, get you up
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from about the tabernacle
of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.
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And Moses rose up and
went unto Dathan and Abiram,
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and the elders of
Israel followed him.
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And he spake unto the
congregation, saying, Depart,
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I pray you from the tents
of these wicked men, and touch
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nothing of theirs lest ye
be consumed in all their sins.
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so they gat up from the
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan,
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and Abiram on every side,
and Dathan and Abiram came out
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and stood in the door of their
tents, and their wives and their
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sons and their little children.
And Moses said, Hereby ye shall
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know that the Lord hath sent
me to do all these works; for I
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have not done them of
mine own mind. If these men die
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the common death of all men,
or if they be visited after the
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visitation of all men;
then the Lord hath not sent me.
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But if the Lord make a new thing
and the earth open her mouth,
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and swallow them up with
all that appertain unto them,
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and they go down quick into the
pit; then ye shall understand
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that these men
have provoked the Lord.
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And it came to pass as he
had made an end of speaking all
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these words, that the ground
clave asunder that was under
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them: And the earth opened her
mouth, and swallowed them up,
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and their houses, and all the
men that appertained unto Korah
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and all their goods. They and
all that appertained to them,
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went down alive into the pit,
and the earth closed upon them:
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And they perished from
among the congregation.
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And all Israel that were
round about them fled at the cry
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of them: for they said, Lest
the earth swallow us up also.
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And there came out a fire from
Lord and consumed the 250 men
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that offered incense. And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
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speak unto Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest, that he take
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up the censers out of
the burning, and scatter thou
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the fire yonder;
for they are hallowed.
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The censers of these sinners
against their own souls, let
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them make them broad plates
for a covering of the altar:
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for they offered them before
the Lord, therefore they are
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hallowed: and they shall be a
sign unto the children of Israel
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and Eleazar the priest took the
brazen censers, wherewith they
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that were burnt had offered;
and they were made broad plates
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for a covering of the altar: to
be a memorial unto the children
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of Israel, that no stranger,
which is not of the seed of
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Aaron come near to offer incense
before the Lord; that he be not
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as Korah and as his company: as
the Lord said to him by the hand
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of Moses. But on the morrow all
the congregation of the children
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of Israel murmured against Moses
and against Aaron, saying, ye
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have killed the people of
the Lord. And it came to pass
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when the congregation was
gathered against Moses and
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against Aaron, that they looked
toward the tabernacle of the
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congregation and behold, the
cloud covered it and the glory
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of the Lord appeared. And
Moses and Aaron came before the
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tabernacle of the congregation
and the Lord spake unto Moses
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saying, get you up from among
this congregation, that I may
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consume them as in a moment.
And they fell upon their faces.
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And Moses said unto Aaron, Take
a censer and put fire therein
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and from off the altar and
put on incense and go quickly
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unto the congregation, and
make and atonement for them:
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for there is wrath gone out
from the Lord; and the plague is
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begun. And Aaron took
as Moses commanded, and ran
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into the midst of the
congregation and behold
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the plague was begun among the
people. And he put on incense,
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and made an atonement for
the people. And he stood between
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the dead and the living.
And the plague was stayed.
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Now they that died in the plague
were 14,700, beside them that
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died about the matter of Korah.
And Aaron returned unto Moses
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unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation,
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and the plague was stayed.
We are continuing to read in
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the book of Numbers.
We're on chapter 17, and
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this is the King James Version.
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And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying, Speak unto the children
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of Israel, and take of every one
of them a rod, according to the
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house of their fathers, of all
their princes according to the
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house of their fathers, twelve
rods. Write thou every man's
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name upon his rod. And thou
shalt write Aaron's name upon
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the rod of Levi: for one
rod shall be for the head of the
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the house of their fathers. And
thou shalt lay them up in the
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tabernacle of the congregation
before the testimony
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where I will meet with
you. And it shall come to pass
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that the man's rod whom I
shall choose shall blossom.
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And I will make to cease from me
the murmurings of the children
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of Israel, whereby
they murmur against you.
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And Moses spake unto
the children of Israel
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and every one of their
princes gave him a rod apiece,
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for each prince one, according
to their fathers' houses,
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even 12 rods. And the rod
of Aaron was among their rods.
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And Moses laid up the rod before
the Lord in the tabernacle
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of witness. And it came to pass,
that on the morrow Moses went
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into the tabernacle of witness.
And behold, the rod of Aaron
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for the house of Levi was
budded and brought forth buds,
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and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded almonds.
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And Moses brought out all
the rods from before the Lord
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unto all the children of Israel:
and they looked, and took
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every man his rod. And the Lord
said unto Moses, bring Aaron's
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rod again before the testimony
to be kept for a token against
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the rebels; and thou shalt
quite take away their murmurings
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from me, that they die not.
And Moses did so as the Lord
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commanded him, so did he.
And the children of Israel
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spake unto Moses, saying,
Behold we die, we perish,
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we all perish.
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Whosoever cometh any thing near
unto the tabernacle of the Lord
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shall die. Shall we
be consumed with dying?
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Continuing to read in the book
of Numbers, This is chapter 18,
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This is the King James Version.
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And the Lord said unto
Aaron, Thou and thy son
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and thy father's house with thee
shall bear the iniquity of the
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sanctuary: and thou and thy
sons with thee shall bear the
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iniquity of your priesthood.
And thy brethren also of the
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tribe of Levi, the tribe of
thy father, bring thou with thee
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that they may be joined unto
thee and minister unto thee:
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But thou and thy sons with
thee shall minister before the
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tabernacle of witness.
And they shall keep thy charge
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and the charge of all the
tabernacle: only they shall not
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come nigh the vessels of
the sanctuary and the altar,
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that neither they nor ye also,
die. And they shall be joined
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unto the and keep the
charge of the tabernacle of the
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congregation for all the
service of the tabernacle.
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And a stranger shall
not come nigh unto you.
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Thank you for being with
me today to read the bible
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please join me
again next time. Goodbye.
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