Bible, Englisle. Elestina, 1810,
SACRED HISTORY,

SELECTED FROM

THE SCRIPTURES;

WITH

ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS,

PARTICULARLY CALCULATED

TO FACILITATE THE STUDY

OF THE

HOLY SCRIPTURES

IN

SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES.

SIXTH EDITION.

VOL. II.

BY MRS. TRIMMER.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, F. AND C. RIVINGTON, ST.
PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD; AND J. HATCHARD,

PICCADILLY.

Bryer, Printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

CONTENTS

TO VOL. II.

SECT

ECT. I. The Israelites worship the golden calf. Moses

breaks the tables of the testimony. The Israelites slay

the idolaters.

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Sect. II. Moses desires to behold the glory of God.

name of the Lord proclaimed. A covenant male be-

twixt God and the Israelites.

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Sect. Il. The people offer free-will offerings towards the ta-

bernacle. The tabernacle and its appurtenances des-

cribed.

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Sect. IV. The setting up of the tabernacle, Aaron and his

sons consecrated to the priesthood.

Sect. V. The first service in the temple.

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Sect. VI. Of the solemn festivals. The political laws of the

Jewish nation. Their dress, punishments, &c.

Sect. VII. Nadab and Abihu use strange fire in the sacrifices,

and are destroyed by the Lord.

Sect. VIII. The wonderful increase of the people of Israel.

They are numbered by Moses and Aaron. The order

of their encampments and marching.

Sect. IX. The prince's offerings towards the tabernacle ser-

vice.

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sent.

Sect. XII. Aaron and Miriam murmur against Moses. Mi-

riam punished, and restored.

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Sect. X. The passover kept, The Lord in a pillar of a cloud
guideth the Israelites. The prayers offered by Moses.
The journeying of the people of Israel.

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Sect. XI. The people provoke the Lord at Taberah. His fire

consumes many of them, Manna loathed, Quails

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