For the tribe idea and the other of making inheritance of land a governing matter, the Israelites would seem to have paid dearly. And there is danger still in the attempt to make a nation cohere on any mere territorial basis. It is the spirit, the fidelity to a common purpose, and the pervasive enthusiasm that give real unity. If these are wanting, or if the general aim is low and material, the security of families in the soil may be exceedingly mischievous. At the same time the old feeling is proved to have a deep root in fact. Territorial solidarity is indispensable to a nation; and the exclusion of a people from large portions of its land is an evil intolerable. Christianity has not done its work where the Church, the teacher of righteousness, is unconcerned for this great matter. How can religion flourish where brotherhood fails? And how can brotherhood survive in a nation when the right of occupying the soil is practically denied? First among the economic questions which claim Christian settlement is that of land tenure, land right. Christianity carries forward the principles of the Mosaic law into higher ranges, where justice is not less, but more--where brotherhood has a nobler purpose, a finer motive.
Aaron, 16; character of, 29; and his sons, 32; complains of Moses' marriage, 137; rod of, 198, 207; intercession of, 207; close of his life, 235.
Aaronites, support of, 215.
Abstinence, pledge of, 60.
Agag, 307.
Alliances with Christianity, 114.
Amalekites, 312.
Amorites, 157, 253; defeat of, by Israel, 255.
Anak, sons of, 157.
Angel of the Lord, 281.
Arabah, Wady, 244.
Arad, King of, 178, 243.
Ark, the, 44; borne before the host, 116.
Arnold, Matthew, 304.
Art, claimed for God, 95.
Assemblies, calling of, 96.
Atonement, for omissions, 184; great day of, 356.
Azazel, 355.
Baal-peor, festival of, 314.
Baals, the, 295.
Balaam, reputation of, 261; name of, 262; his knowledge of Jehovah, 267; refuses to go to Moab, 268; his error, 273; the critical, 283; first parable of, 292; prayer of, 296; second parable of, 300; third parable of, 305; fourth parable of, 309; end of, 320; like Absalom, 322.
Balak, in anxiety, 261; and Balaam, 288; his sacrifices, 290; bewildered, 305.
Bashan reduced, 255.
Bible, the Word of God, 163; statements of, 281.
Blessing, the, of Aaron, 67; of Moses, 116.
Blood revenge, 400.
Boehme, Jacob, quoted, 69.
Boundaries of land, 390.
Brazen serpent, the, 248; symbolism connected with, 249.
Browning, R., quoted, 275, 294.
Caleb, one of the spies, 151; honoured, 173.
Camp, arrangement of the, 27.
Canaan, to be explored, 152; reported on, 157.
Canaanites admitted to fellowship, 183; to be driven out, 389.
Candelabrum, 78; symbolism of, 79.
Censers, the two hundred and fifty, 198, 205.
Census, the first, 18; of all men, 20; results of, 22; the second, 323.
Ceremonial duties, use of, 47.
Chaldean soothsaying, 263.
Chittim, 306, 312.
Christ, the Light, 83; the historical, 88; Revealer of God, 92; the True Leader, 109; sin-bearing of, 126; sole headship of, 210; the Healer, 249; did Balaam prophesy of? 310.
Christian, law, rejection of, 187; life, ignorant criticism of, 158; limitations of, 393; nation, duty of a, 160.
Church, position of the, 20; a national, 21; and the irresolute, 107; helpers of the, 113; perils of, 115; mistaken claims of, 176; unity of, 203.
Civilisation without morality, 372.
Cloud, the pillar of, 89; in Isaiah, 90; value of, as a symbol, 93.
Complaints of the Israelites, 119; against Providence, 119.
Conscience paltered with, 278.
Consciousness, the Divine, 327.
Convocation, holy, 352.
Covetousness, 272.
Daily worship, 345.
Dathan and Abiram, 195, 205.
Dead, defilement by the, 53, 220.
Death, conception of, 3; desired, 128; triumphed over, 238; tests faith, 337.
Delitzsch, Prof. F., quoted, 357.
Discipline, the finest, 238; of humanity, 325.
Disorder, social, 165.
Divination, 263.
Divine guidance, 268.
Division of land, 330.