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ing the ark unto his house, yet durst he not, saying, How
and in what manner should the ark of the Lord enter into
my dwelling ? And when Dara 1S received the ark, his state
of poverty ceased and he became rich, as it is said, 19 The
Lord blessed the house of Dara n the Chaldaean, 2()
that he had, because of the ark of the Lord .
For
and all
who shall
even draw nigh unto an altar with little fear and be safe?
King Uzziah 21
also coveted the outward form 22 of the
priesthood, for verily it is a thing
to be desired. Yet where
fore do I call to mind a single man, that alone suffered
through the Holy Ghost ? Did not the most of the sixty
myriads which followed Moses die through the Holy Ghost?
As the Israelites said unto Moses, 23 We are become few and
are perished , because that the earth had swallowed up
Dathan and Abiram with their men. This befell them be
cause that they had desired the honour of the priesthood.
Korah 24 also and his multitude, in all two hundred men,
died in wrath before the Lord, as it is written 23 , To
him
that hath shall be given, that he may have abundance; but
from him that hath not, the little that he hath shall be
taken away .
For
God would teach us the fear that belongeth
unto the altar and unto all the vessels that are upon the
altar. It is said, 20 The Lord spoke thus with Moses and
Eleazar saying, Take the brazen vessels, which have been
brought before the Lord, from the midst of the men that
R f. 95^ vvere burned, * because they had sanctified (them)/ with a
sinful soul. Bring them before the Lord .
// Mp. Kedar, Mv. Kedara. / R. they had sanctified themselves.
8 For A(2eHatp&, cf. Holmes-Parsons. 2 Sam. VI. 12.
20 A misreading of reWx7o<;, cf. Xer$x7o^ cod. 92 (Holmes-Parsons).
2 2 Chr. XXVI. 16.
"
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<r*>5/**. Cf. Can. Hippol. 6.
Num. XVII. 12. M Num. XVI. i ff. Mat. XXV. 29.
* Num. XVI. 3638.