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. INDEX VOLUME TO ENTIRE SERIES. _New York_: HODDER & STOUGHTON, _Publishers_ THE BOOK OF NUMBERS BY THE Rev. Robert A. Watson, M.A., D.D. AUTHOR OF "GOSPELS OF YESTERDAY," "JUDGES AND RUTH," "THE BOOK OF JOB," "IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE," ETC. HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY 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...