Explanation of Numbers 3:40
By Henry MacLagan
Verse 40. And further still, there is revelation from the Lord by Divine Truth, or the Divine Law, that the man of the Spiritual Church should know from the Lord, his quality as to faith, which is first with him in the order of time, even from its commencement to the acquisition of charity, by careful self-examination.
Deuteronomy 33:8-11
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Of Levi he said, "Your Thummim and your Urim are with your godly one, whom you proved at Massah, with whom you strove at the waters of Meribah;
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who said of his father, and of his mother, 'I have not seen him;' Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he know his own children: For they have observed your word, and keep your covenant.
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They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, and Israel your law. They shall put incense before you, and whole burnt offering on your altar.
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Yahweh, bless his substance. Accept the work of his hands. Strike through the hips of those who rise up against him, of those who hate him, that they not rise again."
