Scripture
Numbers 27
8 passages from 7 books in the Christian Reader library reference Numbers 27.
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Why did God reckon the tribe of Levi for the firstborn (Numbers 3:12)? Why did he appoint that the prince should ask counsel of God by the priest (Numbers 27:21)? Why did the Lord show by that miracle of Aaron's rod flourishing, that he had chosen the tribe of Levi to minister b…
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16. That a man pursued by his Enemy to death, may be delivered with the death of his pursuer (Deuteronomy 25:12). 17. That the rights of Inheritances be determined according to the Law (Numbers 27:8, 9, 10, 11). § 18 These are the Precepts which they gather out of the Law, as Af…
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The first was about the unclean that would keep the Passover (Numbers 9:7, 8). The second about the daughters of Zelophead, who claimed their inheritance (Numbers 27:4, 5). The third about the blasphemer (Leviticus 24).
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The meaning then is explained in the words following, if there be any that executes judgment, that is, if there be a magistrate, a public man, that's the man I mean. So in Numbers 27:16, we find the word to signify a Magistrate, Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh,…
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It is a title often given to God in Scripture, that he is the God of the Spirits of all Flesh. If they had a magistrate to choose, they go to God (Numbers 27:16): Let the Lord, the God of the Spirits of all Flesh, set a man over the congregation. If a judgment to be averted (Num…
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In questions about moral things, sins and duties, the Priests are to give answer from the Law. As for that judgement of Urim spoken of in Numbers 27:21, which was by way of Oracle, the high Priest having Vrim and Thummim about him giving answers in God's name, which were of infa…
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These things being laid, the arguments against traduction are these. First, the testimonies of Holy Scripture, calling God the Father of spirits, as our natural parent the father of our bodies (Job 33:4; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Isaiah 57:16; Numbers 16:22; Numbers 27:16; Hebrews 12:9…
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Thirdly, by dreams (Job 33:14-15; Genesis 40:8). Fourthly, by Urim and Thummim (Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 30:7-8). Fifthly, by signs (Genesis 32:24; Exodus 13:21).
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