the ears of all the congregation song, until they were ended. will Then he forsook God which made him, my And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Of the Rock that begat thee, thou art unmindful, erb, And hast forgotten God that formed thee. the era 4. And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, Because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. And he said, I will hide my face from I will see what their end shall be, Children in whom is no faith. ee; O that they were wise, That they understood this, the That they would consider their latter end! am, How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, hil- Except their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had shut them up For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges. days in the 7. And saying, Get Nebo, whic Jericho; an the children whither thou Aaron thy unto his pec the children the wildernes midst of the before thee; which I give 8. So Mos land of Moab the congregation vere ended. «God which made med the Rock of his begat thee, thou art ten God that formed Lord saw it, he abrovoking of his sons, hters. ll hide my face from eir end shall be, hase a thousand, 7. And the Lord spake unto saying, Get thee up into this mount Nebo, which is in the land of M Jericho; and behold the land of C the children of Israel for a possessi whither thou goest up, and be gath Aaron thy brother died in Mount unto his people: because ye tresp the children of Israel at the waters the wilderness of Zin; because ye midst of the children of Israel. Y before thee; but thou shalt not g which I give the children of Israel 8. So Moses the servant of the land of Moab, according to the wo buried him in a valley in the lan Beth-pe'or: but no man knoweth o day. And Moses was a hundred when he died: his eye was not di abated. And the children of Israe plains of Moab thirty days: so t mourning for Moses were ended. And Joshua the son of Nun was dom; for Moses had laid his hands dren of Israel hearkened unto hi commanded Moses. stricken in age: and ye have seen d hath done unto all these nations Lord your God is he that hath erefore unto yourselves, that ye Else if ye do in any wise go back, ant of these nations, even these now for a certainty, that the Lord ive out any of these nations from be snares and traps unto you, and nd thorns in your eyes, until ye I land which the Lord your God hold, this day I am going the way now in all your hearts and in all thing hath failed of all the good r God spake concerning you; all u, and not one thing hath failed red all the tribes of Israel to the elders of Israel, and for their es, and for their officers; and they e God. And Joshua said unto all e, fear the Lord, and serve him in ad put away the gods which your r side of the flood, and in Egypt; And if it seem evil unto you to e this day whom ye will serve ; -our fathers served, that were on 1, or the gods of the Amorites, in t as for me and my house, we will swered and said, God forbid that Lord, to se Now, theref 6. So Jos all these nations is he that hath rselves, that ye ny wise go back, ons, even these y, that the Lord ese nations from Os unto you, and r eyes, until ye Lord your God going the way hearts and in all of all the good erning you; all ing hath failed s of Israel to cers; ua said unto all d serve him in ods which your and in Egypt; il unto you to ye will serve; that were on e Amorites, in house, we will od forbid that you hurt, and consume you, afte good, And the people said unto serve the Lord. And Joshua said witnesses against yourselves that Lord, to serve him. And they Now, therefore, put away, said he, among you, and incline your hea OF ISRAEL. And the people Lord our God will we serve, and } 6. So Joshua made a covenant and set them a statute and an ordi Joshua wrote these words in the and took a great stone, and set that was by the sanctuary of the unto all the people, Behold, this unto us; for it hath heard all the he spake unto us: it shall be ther lest ye deny your God. So Josh every man unto his inheritance. these things, that Joshua the son o Lord, died, being a hundred and t LESSON X JOTHAM'S PAR [Judges viii. 33 1. AND it came to pass, as soon the children of Israel turned agai ais, tai 1 ali your Done and brethren spake of him in the ears chem all these words: and their Abim'elech; for they said, He is gave him threescore and ten pieces · of Ba'al-be'rith, wherewith Abimght persons, which followed him. ther's house at Oph'rah, and slew Jerubbaal, being threescore and one: notwithstanding, yet Jo'tham, obaal, was left: for he hid himself. em gathered together, and all the , and made Abimelech king by the s in Shechem. d it to Jotham, he went and stood izim, and lifted up his voice, and -m, Hearken unto me, ye men of hearken unto you. The trees noint a king over them; and they Reign thou over us. But the olive uld I leave my fatness, wherewith and man, and go to be promoted e trees said to the fig tree, Come But the fig tree said unto them, etness, and my good fruit, and go trees? Then said the trees unto reign over us. And the vine said e my wine, which cheereth God moted over the trees? es unto the bramble, Come thou, he bramble said unto the trees, If ng over you, then come and put 5. Then young ma 1. Now it ruled, that th man of Bethle Moab, he, and the man was and the nam Elim'elech, N |