BY THE

Rev. Robert A. Watson, M.A., D.D.

AUTHOR OF
"GOSPELS OF YESTERDAY," "JUDGES AND RUTH," "THE BOOK OF
JOB," "IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE," ETC.

HODDER & STOUGHTON

NEW YORK

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY


CONTENTS

I
page
INTRODUCTORY[1]
II
THE CENSUS AND THE CAMP[18]
1. The Mustering: ch. i. 1-46
2. The Tribe of Levi: ch. i. 47-54
3. The Camp: ch. ii
III
PRIESTS AND LEVITES[29]
1. The Priesthood: ch. iii. 1-10
2. The First-born: ch. iii. 11-13, 40-51
3. Levitical Service: chs. iii. 14-39, iv
IV
DEFILEMENT AND PURGATION[46]
1. Exclusion from the Camp: ch. v. 1-4
2. Atonement for Trespass: ch. v. 5-10
3. The Water of Jealousy: ch. v. 11-31
V
NAZIRITISM: THE BLESSING OF AARON[59]
Ch. vi.
VI
SANCTUARY AND PASSOVER[73]
1. The Offerings of the Princes: ch. vii
2. The Candelabrum: ch. viii. 1-4
3. The Passover: ch. ix. 1-14
VII
THE CLOUD AND THE MARCH[89]
1. The Guiding Cloud: ch. ix. 15-23
2. The Silver Trumpets: ch. x. 1-10
3. The Order of March: ch. x. 11-28
VIII
HOBAB THE KENITE[104]
Ch. x. 29-36
IX
THE STRAIN OF THE DESERT JOURNEY[119]
Ch. xi
X
THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON[136]
Ch. xii
XI
THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT[151]
Chs. xiii., xiv. 1-10
XII
THE DOOM OF THE UNBELIEVING[167]
Ch. xiv
XIII
OFFERINGS: SABBATH-KEEPING: DRESS[179]
Ch. xv
XIV
KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM[195]
Chs. xvi, xvii
XV
TITHES AND CLEANSINGS[212]
Chs. xviii., xix
1. Duties and Support of the Ministry
2. Water of Purification
3. Defilement by the Dead
XVI
SORROW AND FAILURE AT KADESH[222]
Ch. xx
XVII
THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN[243]
Ch. xxi
XVIII
BALAAM INVOKED[260]
Ch. xxii. 1-19
XIX
BALAAM ON THE WAY[276]
Ch. xxii. 20-38
XX
BALAAM'S PARABLES[290]
Chs. xxii. 39-xxiv. 9
XXI
THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR[309]
Chs. xxiv. 10-xxv. 18
XXII
A NEW GENERATION[323]
Chs. xxvi., xxvii
XXIII
OFFERINGS AND VOWS[343]
1. The Sacred Year: chs. xxviii., xxix
2. The Law of Vows: ch. xxx
XXIV
WAR AND SETTLEMENT[365]
1. The War with Midian: ch. xxxi
2. Settlement: ch. xxxii
XXV
THE WAY AND THE LOT[382]
Chs. xxxiii., xxxiv
XXVI
THE CITIES OF REFUGE[396]
Chs. xxxv., xxxvi
INDEX[409]