Drama of life, 330.
Edom, territory of, 230; Israel debarred from, 231.
Egyptian worship, 43.
Eleazar, and Ithamar, 31; installed as high priest, 241.
Eldad and Medad, 130.
Elders, seventy, chosen, 128; became critics of Moses, 200.
Endeavour, law of, 324.
Enthusiasm of faith, 303.
Ethiopians, 136.
Ezekiel, Sabbath law of, 348.
Faithless is foolish, 161.
Family feast at new moon, 350.
Feast, of unleavened bread, 351; of Pentecost, 354; of tabernacles, 359.
"Fill the hand," 32.
First-born, number of, 36; sanctity of, 37.
First-fruits, day of, 354.
Freedom, illusory, 110; under Christianity, 209.
Future life, 5; seems dim, 154; right view of, 159.
Genealogies, 328.
Gentiles, 266.
Gershonites, 44.
Gifts to be proportionate, 181.
Girls saved alive, 366.
God, modern doubt of, 163; compassion of, 213; sole allegiance to, 274, 279; the Link of the generations, 326.
Goël, the, 55, 400.
Gospel, light of the, 82.
Government, the Divine, 187.
Greek tragedy, 2, 3.
Guardians of religion, 26.
Heave offering, 184.
Heaven no fable, 155.
Hebrew, the recoil of, from death, 4.
Heifer, the red, 217.
Hierarchy, establishment of, 208.
Hierocracy, 6, 363, 403.
High priest, memory of, 403; death of, 404.
Hobab the Kenite, 104; refuses to join Israel, 109; second appeal to, 111; his influence, 201.
Holiness, ideas of, 46.
Holy place, symbolism of, 79.
Homeborn, the, 181.
Hor, Mount, 234.
Hypocrisy, danger of, 281.
Impotence confessed, 285.
Iniquity, of tabernacle, 212; of priesthood, 214.
Insincerity, 270.
Inspiration, 13; of prophets, 143; of Moses, 144.
Intrusions on life, 232.
Irresolute, the, 107.
Isaiah, 213.
Israelites, the, separateness of, 7, 295; religion of, 9; a holy nation, 25; not hopeful, 156; disaffection of, at Kadesh, 160; Moses intercedes for, 169; punishment of, not inordinate, 171; defiant advance of, on Canaan, 174; refused way through Edom, 231; no enchantment with, 302; unable to convert, 319; their advantages, 324; purity of race, 328; religious enthusiasm of, 353.
Itinerary, 382.
Iye-abarim, 250.
Jealousy, water of, 56.
Jehovah, King and Judge, 5; authority of, 7; Guardian, 68; in pillar of cloud, 91; Protector of Israel, 117; His call to Israel, 123; communicates with Moses, 144; His "similitude," 146; pardons but punishes, 170; forbearance of, 225; worship of, 295; revealed to Moses, 335; all time dedicated to, 347.
Jethro, 104.
Jonah, 226.
Joshua, jealous for Moses, 132; one of the spies, 151; in practical command, 244; designation of, 339.
Journal theory, 11.
Judah in the van, 102.
Judgment of murmurers, 120.
Justice, impatient, 315; right course of, 316; and blood revenge, 401.
Kadesh, the tribes at, 103; mustering at, 222; position of, 384.
Kenites, the, 105, 266, 312.
Kibroth-hattaavah, 134.
Kiriath-huzoth, 290.
Kohathites, duties of, 42.
Korah, revolt of, 195; his claim, 196; doom of, 205.
Land law, 407.
Laymen, 202.
Leader, qualifications of a, 340.
Leaven banished from houses, 352.
Legislation in Numbers, 12.
Lepers, exclusion of, 48; their condition, 48; no pariahs, 51.
Leprosy, and moral disease, 49; cases of, 50; of Miriam, 147.
Levi, tribe of, separate, 7; service of 25; in Deuteronomy, 33.
Levites, admitted priests, 33; given to Aaron, 34; service of the, an atonement, 39; consecration of, 40; duties of, 42; revolt of, with Korah, 201; support of, 215; cities of, 396.
Levitical law, 8.
Liberality Christian, 75.
Life, close of, 235.
Lord's Supper, the, 86.
Manna, complained of, 121; glorified, 122.
March, order of, 97; of humanity, 98; in the wilderness, 101.
Marriage, laws, 58; of expedience, 280.
Meal and drink offerings, 180.
Merarites, duties of, 44.
Message, the Divine, 219.
Midianites, 261; plot of, against Israel, 313; to be vexed, 318; war with, 365; number of, 368.
Militarism in Numbers, 17.
Ministry, a, duties of, 212; provision for, 399.
Miriam, jealousy of, 136; punishment of, 147; death of, 223.
Mixed multitude, 121.
Moab, overrun by Amorites, 254; plains of, 260.
Moral severity, 370.
Morley, J., quoted, 88.
Moses, not hero of Numbers, 2; no priest, 6; reverence for, 16; his communion with God, 76; acted for Jehovah, 92; appeals to Hobab, 105; strain on, as leader, 125; prays for death, 128; magnanimity of, 133; position of, 142; and Isaiah, 146; represented God, 162; great offer to, 167; authority of, 203; coalition against, 204; and Korah, 204; and Dathan, 205; intercedes for Israel, 206; at the rock, 225; judgment of, 228; with Aaron at the last, 240; close of his life, 313; faith of, 336; his order as to Midianites, 367; rebukes Reuben and Gad, 374.