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GENESIS. By Rev. Prof. Marcus Dods, D.D.

EXODUS. By Very Rev. G. A. Chadwick, D.D., Dean of Armagh.

LEVITICUS. By Rev. S. H. Kellogg, D.D.

NUMBERS. By Rev. R. A. Watson, D.D.

DEUTERONOMY. By. Rev. Prof. Andrew Harper, B.D.

JOSHUA. By Rev. Prof. W. G. Blaikie, D.D., LL.D.

JUDGES AND RUTH. By Rev. R. A. Watson, D.D.

FIRST SAMUEL. By Rev. Prof. W. G. Blaikie, D.D., LL.D.

SECOND SAMUEL. By same author.

FIRST KINGS. By F. W. Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury.

SECOND KINGS. By same author.

FIRST AND SECOND CHRONICLES. By Rev. Prof. W. H. Bennett.

EZRA, NEHEMIAH, and ESTHER. By Rev. Prof. W. F. Adeney.

JOB. By Rev. R. A. Watson, D.D.

PSALMS. In 3 vols. Vol. I., Chapters I.-XXXVIII.; Vol. II.,
Chapters XXXIX.-LXXXIX.; Vol. III., Chapters XC.-CL. By Rev.
Alexander Maclaren, D.D.

PROVERBS. By Rev. R. F. Horton, D.D.

ECCLESIASTES. By Rev. Samuel Cox, D.D.

SONG OF SOLOMON and LAMENTATIONS. By Rev. Prof. W. F. Adeney.

ISAIAH. In 2 vols. Vol. I., Chapters I.-XXXIX.; Vol. II.,
Chapters XL-LXVI. By Prof. George Adam Smith, D.D., LL.D.

JEREMIAH. Chapters I.-XX. With a Sketch of his Life and Times. By
Rev. C. J. Ball.

JEREMIAH. Chapters XXI.-LII. By Rev. Prof. W. H. Bennett.

EZEKIEL. By Rev. Prof. John Skinner.

DANIEL. By F. W. Farrar, D.D., Dean of Canterbury.

THE TWELVE (minor) PROPHETS. In 2 vols. By Rev. George Adam
Smith, D.D., LL.D.

NEW TESTAMENT VOLUMES

ST. MATTHEW. By Rev. J. Monro Gibson, D.D.

ST. MARK. By Very Rev. G. A. Chadwick, D.D., Dean of Armagh.

ST. LUKE. By Rev. Henry Burton.

GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN. In 2 vols. Vol. I., Chapters I.-XI.; Vol.
II., Chapters XII.-XXI. By Rev. Prof. Marcus Dods, D.D.

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. In 2 vols. By Rev. Prof. G. T. Stokes,
D.D.

ROMANS. By Rev. Handley C. G. Moule, D.D.

FIRST CORINTHIANS. By Rev. Prof. Marcus Dods, D.D.

SECOND CORINTHIANS. By Rev. James Denney, D.D.

GALATIANS. By Rev. Prof. G. G. Findlay, D.D.

EPHESIANS. By same author.

PHILIPPIANS. By Rev. Principal Robert Rainy, D.D.

COLOSSIANS and PHILEMON. By Rev. Alexander Maclaren, D.D.

THESSALONIANS. By Rev. James Denney, D.D.

PASTORAL EPISTLES. By Rev. A. Plummer, D.D.

HEBREWS. By Rev. Principal T. C. Edwards, D.D.

ST. JAMES and ST. JUDE. By Rev. A. Plummer, D.D.

ST. PETER. By Rev. Prof. J. Rawson Lumby, D.D.

EPISTLES OF ST. JOHN. By Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, Lord Bishop of
Derry.

REVELATION. By Prof. W. Milligan, D.D.

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CONTENTS

I

PAGE

INTRODUCTORY 1

II

THE CENSUS AND THE CAMP 18
1. The Mustering: ch. i. 1-46
2. The Tribe of Levi: ch. i. 47-54
3. The Camp: ch. ii

III

PRIESTS AND LEVITES 29
1. The Priesthood: ch. iii. 1-10
2. The First-born: ch. iii. 11-13, 40-51
3. Levitical Service: chs. iii. 14-39, iv

IV

DEFILEMENT AND PURGATION 46
1. Exclusion from the Camp: ch. v. 1-4
2. Atonement for Trespass: ch. v. 5-10
3. The Water of Jealousy: ch. v. 11-31

V

NAZIRITISM: THE BLESSING OF AARON 59
Ch. vi.

VI

SANCTUARY AND PASSOVER 73
1. The Offerings of the Princes: ch. vii
2. The Candelabrum: ch. viii. 1-4
3. The Passover: ch. ix. 1-14

VII

THE CLOUD AND THE MARCH 89
1. The Guiding Cloud: ch. ix. 15-23
2. The Silver Trumpets: ch. x. 1-10
3. The Order of March: ch. x. 11-28

VIII

HOBAB THE KENITE 104
Ch. x. 29-36

IX

THE STRAIN OF THE DESERT JOURNEY 119
Ch. xi

X

THE JEALOUSY OF MIRIAM AND AARON 136
Ch. xii

XI

THE SPIES AND THEIR REPORT 151
Chs. xiii., xiv. 1-10

XII

THE DOOM OF THE UNBELIEVING 167
Ch. xiv

XIII

OFFERINGS: SABBATH-KEEPING: DRESS 179
Ch. xv

XIV

KORAH, DATHAN, AND ABIRAM 195
Chs. xvi, xvii

XV

TITHES AND CLEANSINGS 212
Chs. xviii., xix
1. Duties and Support of the Ministry
2. Water of Purification
3. Defilement by the Dead

XVI

SORROW AND FAILURE AT KADESH 222
Ch. xx

XVII

THE LAST MARCH AND THE FIRST CAMPAIGN 243
Ch. xxi

XVIII

BALAAM INVOKED 260
Ch. xxii. 1-19

XIX

BALAAM ON THE WAY 276
Ch. xxii. 20-38

XX

BALAAM'S PARABLES 290
Chs. xxii. 39-xxiv. 9

XXI

THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR 309
Chs. xxiv. 10-xxv. 18

XXII

A NEW GENERATION 323
Chs. xxvi., xxvii

XXIII

OFFERINGS AND VOWS 343
1. The Sacred Year: chs. xxviii., xxix
2. The Law of Vows: ch. xxx

XXIV

WAR AND SETTLEMENT 365
1. The War with Midian: ch. xxxi
2. Settlement: ch. xxxii

XXV

THE WAY AND THE LOT 382
Chs. xxxiii., xxxiv

XXVI

THE CITIES OF REFUGE 396
Chs. xxxv., xxxvi

INDEX 409