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Deadly blades of fire shot out of the inner room of the tabernacle and plunged into Aaron's fleeing sons. much easier it would be to obtain coals at the campfire. Silently he picked up another censer and hurriedly joined his brother. Then the two rushed back with the glowing coals , relieved to find that Aaron still hadn't showed up . After a few minutes they realized the campfire coals were becoming ash-covered. If they weren't used right away , coals would have to be dug out from under the new fuel on the altar after all. Unwisely , they decided to make the delivery of live coals to the holy place , something only Aaron was to do. After leaving the fire in the holy place , a strong uneasiness seized them. They made a frantic rush for the door, but too late . Fingers of fire hissed out of the inner room and struck them lifeless under the curtains of the tabernacle entrance. (Leviticus 10:1-2.) A little later, when Aaron arrived, he was concerned to find nobody in sight, although fire was now beginning to burn vigorously on the altar. Across the court, in the doorway of the tabernacle, he then saw his sons lying motionless. He hurried to reach down to them. "Don't touch them!" Lesson in Obedience Aaron glanced up to see Moses approaching and motioning him away from the dead men . 11
The bodies of Nadab and Ablhu were removed to a distant spot far outside the ca mps of the Israelites. . "They died because they disobeyed God by bringing strange fire before Him and tryi ng to take over duties that were yours," Moses explain ed. "God warn ed them, and He means His warnings." Aaron stood in silent misery, gazing at the flame-blackened bodies. Finally he turned away, realizing that disobe dience had to bring pu nishme nt. In spite of the shock of his nephews' deaths, Moses lost no time in arra nging for bur ials, and for repl acements by Eleazar and Itham ar , Aaron's two ot her sons . "Don't mourn because of Nadab and Abihu ," Moses warned Aaron and the two other sons. "If you do, it would show that you feel God has dealt unjustly with them." (Leviticus 10:6-7.) People were sobered when th ey heard Nada b and Abihu had died by the direct hand of God. Even a fune ral wasn't to interfere with tabernacle ceremonies. Aaron had to carryon with his duties, and Eleazar and Ithamar had to start with theirs. T heir period of service began with a new ruling that pri ests on duty would have to abstain from wine and st rong dri nk, the excessive use of which could dull one's best judgment. It was possible th at such had happened with Nadab and Abihu . Serious even ts didn't necessarily steer matters smoothly. In one case of a goat being used as a sin offering for the people, Moses happened to go to the holy place to find nobody there. Neither was the goat that was to be eaten (at least in part). Moses then discove red that the goat had been completely burne d on the altar. He quickly found Eleazar and Ithamar. "Why was the offering left to burn?" he angrily asked . "Why wasn't it eate n in the holy place, as holy meat to bear the sins of the people?" (Verses 16·18. ) 12
Page 2 and 3: ThE BiBle STORY Volume II
Page 4 and 5: Table of Contents Introduction viii
Page 6 and 7: Chapter Fift y- one THE PROM ISED L
Page 8 and 9: the newborn infan t knows nothing a
Page 10 and 11: fill in, for purposes of clarity an
Page 12 and 13: CHAPTER T HI RT Y-ONE THE TABERNACL
Page 14 and 15: But there were some who had put off
Page 16 and 17: tabernacle was finished. It was set
Page 18 and 19: the laver and dressed in their prie
Page 20 and 21: Why Animal S a c r ifice s ? Aaron
Page 24 and 25: Embarrassed and feeling guilty, the
Page 26 and 27: paws with toes instead of hoofs. Ca
Page 28 and 29: The hog is also unfit lor food . ea
Page 30 and 31: ecognized. It simply lists all diff
Page 32 and 33: His mind and favors the eati ng of
Page 34 and 35: announced conflicted with the belie
Page 36 and 37: then could he approach God in the i
Page 38 and 39: do, and converted Gentiles shou ld
Page 40 and 41: The wic ke d wi ll be co nsumed by
Page 42 and 43: God prom ised Isr ael tha t if th e
Page 44 and 45: Resentment Leads to Anger There was
Page 46 and 47: and Zipporah. (Exodus 2:21-22; 3:1;
Page 48 and 49: CHAPTE R T HIRT Y·SIX ISRAEL BREAK
Page 50 and 51: did n't want uncl ean persons exist
Page 52 and 53: Moses went out to the waiti ng prin
Page 54 and 55: could use their knowledge of the de
Page 56 and 57: A CRY CHAPTER TH IRTY-SEVEN QUAIL F
Page 58 and 59: to doubt that manna was anything mo
Page 60 and 61: carefully picked men had arrived, M
Page 62 and 63: ground exhausted and ran about the
Page 64 and 65: ought out of the sky by using th e
Page 66 and 67: and critical, and that she was atte
Page 68 and 69: Aaron drew ba ck, horrified to see
Page 70 and 71: This knowledge came from the Keni t
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Josh ua and Cal eb saw th eir path
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CHA PTE R T HIRTY-N INE SCOUTS REPO
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have high, thick walls behind which
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grass hoppers in their sight. They
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having us slain by giants! Our wive
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CHAPTE R FORT Y MOB ATTACKS MOSES S
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hated. That is one year for every d
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people was moving north. This was t
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But by now a great number of the en
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of abundance of water, the presence
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who wanted to be priests or who wan
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"You have started something you wil
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live till tom orrow, then you can k
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People and tents were trampled in t
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God's doing. Otherwise, they should
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last moment to spare the people. If
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CHAPTER FORTY-TH REE ON TO CANAAN A
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forced to promote the principle of
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As soon as they entered the sacred
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mood as he thought of all the insol
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ock to dip into the cool wate r, bu
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hardship s in their efforts to come
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sandsto ne moun tain to its height
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CHAPTE R FORTY-FIVE WAR WITH TH E A
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coming Savior who would be beaten a
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hidden Israelite soldiers waited un
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and the land east of the Jordan Riv
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CH APTER FORT Y-SIX KING'S RANSOM T
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As Balaam later watc hed the carava
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given up the idea of hearing from h
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obeying God by joining the caravan
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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN BALAAM'S FOUR P
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" \ brought you here to curse Israe
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young lion that doesn't rest until
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Now take your servants and get out
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mountainous problem. More and more
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ite and Midiani te women and their
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1:34-35.) However, Moses, Eleazar a
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"Joshua shall succeed you," God tol
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withdraw my protect ion from Israel
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The other two parts swung out to ri
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try? God put a plague on us because
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that t he soldiers had br ought in
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quickly take over the vacant cities
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CHAPTE R FORTY- NINE THE CONSTITUTI
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maliciously moved the beam wit h th
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Faithful saving of the second tithe
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accident and from your enemies. I s
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Moses then pronoun ced a lengthy bl
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elders and officers who sadly gazed
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sudden trip over the Jordan and int
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A few soldiers huddled in groups in
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Before leaving the room where the t
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family, J oshua readil y agreed to
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them at the edge of the river. They
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carried by Levites in the center of
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leaders were greatly concerned by t
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east wall. When he saw the growing
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of calamities. Some, in an effort t
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The walls of Jericho swa yed crazil
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C HAPTE R FIFTY -THREE ONE MAN'S SI
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temptati on, wha t with the great w
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Instead of standing their ground .
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his head. "I was tramping through t
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C HAPTER FIFTY -FOU R CONQUEST OF B
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vanquish the dr ead ed enemy th at
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What was more likely to impress the
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The strangers refu sed to reveal th
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C HA PTE R FIFT Y-F IVE "AND THE SU
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One of the Hivit e c ities that mad
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His altar. You have no choice but t
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came God's answer. "Not one man of
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·-::.'; ;:';.·.·.i ... " . to Su
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stones rumbling down from above and
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Index AARON budd ing of his rod , 9
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