291 'And in the seventh month, in the first of the month, a holy convocation ye have, ye do no servile work; a day of shouting it is to you; 2 and ye have prepared a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 3 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for the bullock, two-tenth deals for the ram, 4 and one-tenth deal for the one lamb, for the seven lambs; 5 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; 6 apart from the burnt-offering of the month, and its present, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations, according to their ordinance, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering to Jehovah. 7 'And on the tenth of this seventh month a holy convocation ye have, and ye have humbled your souls; ye do no work; 8 and ye have brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance, one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones they are for you, 9 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals for the bullock, two-tenth deals for the one ram, 10 a several tenth deal for the one lamb, for the seven lambs, 11 one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the sin-offering of the atonements, and the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations.
12 'And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month a holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work; and ye have celebrated a festival to Jehovah seven days, 13 and have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; thirteen bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year; perfect ones they are; 14 and their present, flour mixed with oil, three-tenth deals to the one bullock, for the thirteen bullocks, two-tenth deals to the one ram, for the two rams, 15 and a several tenth deal to the one lamb, for the fourteen lambs, 16 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. 17 'And on the second day twelve bullocks, sons of the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 18 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the sheep, in their number, according to the ordinance; 19 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and their libations. 20 'And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 21 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; 22 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation. 23 'And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 24 their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; 25 and one kid of the goats, a sin-offering, apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. 26 'And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 27 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; 28 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation. 29 'And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 30 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; 31 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. 32 'And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 33 and their present, and their libations, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; 34 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, its present, and its libation. 35 'On the eighth day a restraint ye have, ye do no servile work; 36 and ye have brought near a burnt-offering, a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance, to Jehovah; one bullock, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones; 37 their present, and their libations, for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, in their number, according to the ordinance; 38 and one goat, a sin-offering; apart from the continual burnt-offering, and its present, and its libation. 39 'These ye prepare to Jehovah in your appointed seasons, apart from your vows, and your free-will offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your presents, and for your libations, and for your peace-offerings.' 40 And Moses saith unto the sons of Israel according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
301 And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, 'This 'is' the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: 2 'When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.
3 'And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth, 4 and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. 5 'And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her. 6 'And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows 'are' on her, or a wrongful utterance 'on' her lips, which she hath bound on her soul, 7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established. 8 'And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which 'is' on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her. 9 'As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her. 10 'And if 'in' the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath, 11 and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her—he hath not disallowed her—then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established. 12 'And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established—her husband hath broken them—and Jehovah is propitious to her. 13 'Every vow and every oath—a bond to humble a soul—her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it; 14 and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which 'are' upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing; 15 and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.' 16 These 'are' the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, 'in' the house of her father.
311 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2 'Execute the vengeance of the sons of Israel against the Midianites—afterwards thou art gathered unto thy people.' 3 And Moses speaketh unto the people, saying, 'Be ye armed some of you for the host, and they are against Midian, to put the vengeance of Jehovah on Midian; 4 a thousand for a tribe—a thousand for a tribe, to all the tribes of Israel—ye do send to the host.' 5 And there are given out of the thousands of Israel a thousand for a tribe, twelve thousand armed ones of the host; 6 and Moses sendeth them, a thousand for a tribe, to the host, them and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the host; and the holy vessels, and the trumpets of the shouting, in his hand.
7 And they war against Midian, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses, and slay every male; 8 and the kings of Midian they have slain, besides their pierced ones, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and Balaam son of Beor, they have slain with the sword. 9 And the sons of Israel take captive the women of Midian, and their infants; and all their cattle, and all their substance, and all their wealth they have plundered; 10 and all their cities, with their habitations, and all their towers, they have burnt with fire. 11 And they take all the spoil, and all the prey, among man and among beast; 12 and they bring in, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the company of the sons of Israel, the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto the camp, unto the plains of Moab, which 'are' by Jordan, 'near' Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the company, go out to meet them, unto the outside of the camp, 14 and Moses is wroth against the inspectors of the force, chiefs of the thousands, and chiefs of the hundreds, who are coming in from the host of the battle. 15 And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female? 16 lo, they—they have been to the sons of Israel, through the word of Balaam, to cause a trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and the plague is in the company of Jehovah. 17 'And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain; 18 and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves. 19 'And ye, encamp ye at the outside of the camp seven days—any who hath slain a person, and any who hath come against a pierced one, ye cleanse yourselves on the third day, and on the seventh day—ye and your captives; 20 and every garment, and every skin vessel, and every work of goats' 'hair', and every wooden vessel, ye yourselves cleanse.'
21 And Eleazar the priest saith unto the men of the host who go in to battle, 'This 'is' the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses: 22 only, the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 every thing which may go into fire, ye cause to pass over through fire, and it hath been clean; only, with the water of separation it is cleansed, and all that may not go into fire, ye cause to pass over through water; 24 and ye have washed your garments on the seventh day, and have been clean, and afterwards ye come in unto the camp.'
25 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 26 'Take up the sum of the prey of the captives, among man and among beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers of the company; 27 and thou hast halved the prey between those handling the battle who go out to the host and all the company; 28 and thou hast raised a tribute to Jehovah from the men of war, who go out to the host, one body out of five hundred, of man, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock; 29 from their half ye do take, and thou hast given to Eleazar the priest—the heave-offering of Jehovah. 30 'And from the sons of Israel's half thou dost take one possession out of fifty, of man, of the herd, of the asses, and of the flock, of all the cattle, and thou hast given them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.' 31 And Moses doth—Eleazar the priest also—as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. 32 And the prey, the residue of the spoil which the people of the host have spoiled, is of the flock six hundred thousand, and seventy thousand, and five thousand; 33 and of the herd two and seventy thousand; 34 and of asses one and sixty thousand; 35 and of human beings—of the women who have not known the lying of a male—all the persons 'are' two and thirty thousand. 36 And the half—the portion of those who go out into the host—the number of the flock is three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, and seven thousand and five hundred. 37 And the tribute to Jehovah of the sheep is six hundred five and seventy; 38 and the herd 'is' six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah 'is' two and seventy; 39 and the asses 'are' thirty thousand and five hundred, and their tribute to Jehovah 'is' one and sixty; 40 and the human beings 'are' sixteen thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah 'is' two and thirty persons. 41 And Moses giveth the tribute—Jehovah's heave-offering—to Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses. 42 And of the sons of Israel's half, which Moses halved from the men who war— 43 and the company's half is, of the flock three hundred thousand, and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred; 44 and of the herd six and thirty thousand; 45 and of asses thirty thousand and five hundred; 46 and of human beings sixteen thousand— 47 Moses taketh from the sons of Israel's half the one possession from the fifty, of man and of beast, and giveth them to the Levites keeping the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.
48 And the inspectors whom the thousands of the host hath, (heads of the thousands and heads of the hundreds), draw near unto Moses, 49 and they say unto Moses, 'Thy servants have taken up the sum of the men of war who 'are' with us, and not a man of us hath been missed; 50 and we bring near Jehovah's offering, each that which he hath found, vessels of gold—chain, and bracelet, seal-ring, 'ear'-ring, and bead—to make atonement for ourselves before Jehovah.' 51 And Moses receiveth—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from them, every made vessel, 52 and all the gold of the heave-offering which they have lifted up to Jehovah is sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from heads of the thousands, and from heads of the hundreds; 53 (the men of the host have spoiled each for himself); 54 and Moses taketh—Eleazar the priest also—the gold from the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they bring it in unto the tent of meeting—a memorial for the sons of Israel before Jehovah.
91 And he said to them, 'Verily I say to you, That there are certain of those standing here, who may not taste of death till they see the reign of God having come in power.'
2 And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them, 3 and his garments became glittering, white exceedingly, as snow, so as a fuller upon the earth is not able to whiten 'them'. 4 And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answering saith to Jesus, 'Rabbi, it is good to us to be here; and we may make three booths, for thee one, and for Moses one, and for Elijah one:' 6 for he was not knowing what he might say, for they were greatly afraid. 7 And there came a cloud overshadowing them, and there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, 'This is My Son—the Beloved, hear ye him;' 8 and suddenly, having looked around, they saw no one any more, but Jesus only with themselves. 9 And as they are coming down from the mount, he charged them that they may declare to no one the things that they saw, except when the Son of Man may rise out of the dead; 10 and the thing they kept to themselves, questioning together what the rising out of the dead is. 11 And they were questioning him, saying, that the scribes say that Elijah it behoveth to come first. 12 And he answering said to them, 'Elijah indeed, having come first, doth restore all things; and how hath it been written concerning the Son of Man, that many things he may suffer, and be set at nought? 13 But I say to you, That also Elijah hath come, and they did to him what they willed, as it hath been written of him.'
14 And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them, 15 and immediately, all the multitude having seen him, were amazed, and running near, were saluting him. 16 And he questioned the scribes, 'What dispute ye with them?' 17 and one out of the multitude answering said, 'Teacher, I brought my son unto thee, having a dumb spirit; 18 and wherever it doth seize him, it doth tear him, and he foameth, and gnasheth his teeth, and pineth away; and I spake to thy disciples that they may cast it out, and they were not able.' 19 And he answering him, said, 'O generation unbelieving, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I suffer you? bring him unto me;' 20 and they brought him unto him, and he having seen him, immediately the spirit tare him, and he, having fallen upon the earth, was wallowing—foaming. 21 And he questioned his father, 'How long time is it since this came to him?' and he said, 'From childhood, 22 and many times also it cast him into fire, and into water, that it might destroy him; but if thou art able to do anything, help us, having compassion on us.' 23 And Jesus said to him, 'If thou art able to believe! all things are possible to the one that is believing;' 24 and immediately the father of the child, having cried out, with tears said, 'I believe, sir; be helping mine unbelief.' 25 Jesus having seen that a multitude doth run together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, 'Spirit—dumb and deaf—I charge thee, come forth out of him, and no more thou mayest enter into him;' 26 and having cried, and rent him much, it came forth, and he became as dead, so that many said that he was dead, 27 but Jesus, having taken him by the hand, lifted him up, and he arose. 28 And he having come into the house, his disciples were questioning him by himself—'Why were we not able to cast it forth?' 29 And he said to them, 'This kind is able to come forth with nothing except with prayer and fasting.'
(Read Mark 9:1-13)
Here is a prediction of the near approach Christ's kingdom. A glimpse of that kingdom was given in the transfiguration of Christ. It is good to be away from the world, and alone with Christ: and how good to be with Christ glorified in heaven with all the saints! But when it is well with us, we are apt not to care for others, and in the fulness of our enjoyments, we forget the many wants of our brethren. God owns Jesus, and accepts him as his beloved Son, and is ready to accept us in him. Therefore we must own and accept him as our beloved Saviour, and must give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Christ does not leave the soul, when joys and comforts leave it. Jesus explained to the disciples the prophecy about Elias. This was very suitable to the ill usage of John Baptist.
(Read Mark 9:14-29)
The father of the suffering youth reflected on the want of power in the disciples; but Christ will have him reckon the disappointment to the want of faith. Very much is promised to our believing. If thou canst believe, it is possible that thy hard heart may be softened, thy spiritual diseases may be cured; and, weak as thou art, thou mayest be able to hold out to the end. Those that complain of unbelief, must look up to Christ for grace to help them against it, and his grace will be sufficient for them. Whom Christ cures, he cures effectually. But Satan is unwilling to be driven from those that have been long his slaves, and, when he cannot deceive or destroy the sinner, he will cause him all the terror that he can. The disciples must not think to do their work always with the same ease; some services call for more than ordinary pains.
