with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

THE PRAYER OF MOSES FOR MIRIAM.

NUMBERS xii. 1, 9—13.

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, and the anger of the Lord was kindled against them; and the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow. And Aaron said unto Moses, I beseech thee lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O Lord, I beseech thee.

THE LORD'S ANSWER.

NUMBERS Xii. 14.

And the Lord said unto Moses, If her

father had but spit in her face, should she

not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

THE PRAYER OF MOSES.

NUMBERS XIV. 11-19.

And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a

pillar of fire by night. Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then thee nations which have heard the fame of the will speak, saying, because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.

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And now, I beseech thee, let the power

my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, The Lord is long suffering and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

THE LORD'S ANSWER.

NUMBERS xiv. 20, 21. .

And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word; but as truly as I live,

all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

THE PRAYER OF MOSES AND AARON, OCCASIONED BY THE REBELLION OF KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM.

NUMBERS XVi. 20-22.

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?

THE LORD'S ANSWER.

NUMBERS XVi. 23-32.

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abi

ram; and the elders of Israel followed him. And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me. But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground