The Bible Educator, Ed. by E.H. Plumptre (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...of that period when, on Moses entreating that after he should have been gathered to his people, God would not leave the congregation without a ruler and a guide, he is, by God's command, solemnly set apart, by laying on of Moses' hands, as his successor. "The Lord said unto Mosos, Take thee Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is tho spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a cliargo in their sight" (Numb, xxvii. 18, 19). But though thus recognised as Moses' successor, divinely commissioned to bring the children of Israel into the Promised Land, he was not to be Moses' equal. It was only "some" of his "honour" that he was to put upon him (ver. 20). There was one point in which his inferiority was very strongly marked. Moses enjoyed unrestricted personal intercourse with God, "face to face." This privilege was denied to Joshua. Eleazar, the high priest, was to be his medium of communication with God. Joshua was to bring his matters to the priest, and he was to inquire of God for him, through tho ordinary means of obtaining tho knowledge of God's will. "He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord" (ver. 21). Even unrestrained independence of action was not allowed him. "At his (Eleazar's) word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both ho, and all the children of Israel with him." In all other respects Joshua was to be what Moses had been to the children of Israel: "according as they had hearkened unto Moses in all things, so were they to hearken unto him, and to fear him as they feared Moses all the days of his life" (Josh...