to it. For this offence both of them the high priest, and Joshua, who had were prevented entering the promised already been marked out for his sucland. The Hebrews were not yet cessor, and ten princes pertaining to allowed to enter Canaan, but were the tribes concerned, should divide ordered to take a long circuit to the it according to the proportion of the eastward. From Kadesh, Moses sent tribes and their families, Numb. xx. to the king of Edom, and requested a-xxxvi. free passage through his territories, The eleventh month of the 40th which was, through jealousy, most un-year of the Hebrew travels was now be generously and peremptorily refused. gun. Moses finding that no interSoon after Aaron's death in mount cession could procure God's admisHor, the Hebrews were harassed sion of him into the promised land, by Arad, king of Hormah; but they and knowing that his end drew near, quickly prevailed against him. Fiery rehearsed to the Hebrews in a summaserpents too, bit them for despising ry manner what God had done for the manna; but they were miracu- them, and a number of the laws he lously healed, by looking at a bra- had given them, with some additional zen serpent lifted up on a pole. God ones, and caused them to renew their did not permit Moses to attack the solemn covenant with God; and set Moabites or Ammonites; but when before them the manifold blessings they came to the borders of the east-which would attend their obedience, ern Canaanites, ruled by Sihon and and curses that would follow on their Og, these kings came against the Is- wickedness. He left a written copy raelites in battle; their troops were of his law, to be placed at the side routed, themselves killed, and their of the ark: and ordered the reading country seized.-After winding to of it to the people at their public the west for some time, the Hebrews meetings, especially on the year of encamped in Shittim, on the east of release. After giving Joshua a soJordan. Here Balaam in vain at-lemn charge with respect to his betempted to curse them; here the haviour; he composed an elegant Midianitish women seduced many hymn, that represented the excellenof them to whoredom and idolatry.cy of God, and their duty to him, Moses ordered 1000 of the idolaters and their danger if they apostatized to be put to death, and a plague from it. He then blessed the tribes cut off 23,000 more. Moses then of Israel; that of Simeon, perhaps numbered the people, and found that because chief compliers with the none of those capable of war when Midianitish whoredom and idolatry, they came out of Egypt, but Caleb only excepted; and concluded with a and Joshua, were alive. Here too, lofty commendation of God, as the Moses received some new laws, con- source of their happiness. This becerning offerings, feasts, vows, and ing finished, he went up to the top the marriage of daughters falling of Pisgah, where God strengthened heirs to their father, and cities of his eyes to take a clear view of the refuge. He punished the Midian- whole of the western Canaan. His ites with almost utter extinction; di- natural strength was noway abated, vided the territories he had taken but, perhaps, in a trance of wonder from the Ammonites to the tribes at the goodness of God, he breathed of Reuben, Gad, and part of Manas-out his last; and to hinder the Heseh, on condition that they would go brews from idolizing his relics, the over Jordan, and assist their brethren Lord buried him in the valley over to conquer the rest of Canaan; and against Beth-peor; but his grave he appointed three of their cities for could never be found. refuge. God pointed cut to him seems, thought to have discovered the borders of Canaan westward of his body; but Michael the archangel Jordan, and directed, that Eleazar prevented it, and solemnly charged Satan, it Satan to give up his attempt.-Mó- his Jewish, Antichristian, and other ses and Elias appeared to our Savi- enemies, it is confirmed! How exour on the holy mount: and if Mo- tensive his office! What a marvelses then resumed his natural body, lous deliverer, that frees us from we can hardly forbear thinking he worse than the Egyptian tyranny, sin, must now wear it as glorified in Satan, the world; and of Heathenheaven, Deut. i.-xxxiv. Matt. xvii.ism and Popery! What a marvel1-6. Besides the five books ascrib-lous provider of spiritual food, hided to him, Moses also wrote the den manna, and living water, for 90th Psalm. It has been pretended his people! What a glorious leader, that these five books were not writ- who opens a safe passage through ten by him; but as the Holy Ghost every difficulty; and by power and always ascribes them to him, and prayer subdues every enemy, and sometimes calls them by his name, brings his faithful people, not merethe pretence is absurd, Josh. viii. ly to the border, but to the enjoy 34. 1 Kings ii. 3. 2 Chron. xxiii. ment of their promised rest! 18. and xxv. 4. and xxxiv. 14. MOTE. The Greek word Kag¶as Luke xvi. 29. The Jews too, have signifies any thing that is dry and unanimously ascribed them to him, light, as straw, stubble, chaff, or a as the penman of them; and so have little splinter of wood, &c. This, several of the Heathens. In the cha- and a beam, its opposite, were proracter of Moses, every thing is op- verbially used by the Jews, to denote, posite to that of an impostor: his the one, small infirmities; the other, narratives are faithful and disinterest-gross, palpable faults. A proud Phaed: he is everywhere the reverse of risee, or wicked hypocrite, may be flattery his miracles were wrought ready enough to observe and conbefore multitudes, and in things demn the upright in heart, for things wherein they could not be deceived. which are as painful to them as a Notwithstanding his loading them splinter in the eye would be, while with ceremonies, and representing he himself lives in the practice of them in a shameful light, the Jews abundantly greater evils, without extol him as almost a deity. The any proper uneasiness on that acMahometans likewise extol him, as count, Matt. vii. 3. . next to Jesus and Mahomet. Num- MOTH, a kind of insect which bers of the ancient Heathen spread insensibly consumes that in which it his renown; and much of what they takes up its lodging. Some moths ascribe to their god Bacchus, is reside in, and eat clothes: others thought to be the history of Moses lodge in, and eat flowers and leaves; blended with fable. and, it is said, perhaps without Moses was a distinguished type of ground, that some nestle in, and eat our Saviour. What a proper, nay, di- the very substance of walls. Some vine, child, was he! but how early moths wrap up themselves in a kind and often exposed to danger! To of silk, which they spin out of their what exile, reproach, contradiction own bowels.-Secret curses or judg of sinners, and murder, was he ex-ments, that insensibly consume men's posed! How amiable his qualities, character or estate, are likened to a his contempt of the pleasures, bo-moth, Isa. 1. 9. and li. 8. God likens nour, and wealth, of this world! his himself to a moth and rottenness, be compassion towards his injurious cause by his judgments he gradually brethren! his amazing meekness! and insensibly weakened the Jews, his noted fidelity, boldness, prudence, and rendered them contemptible, and zeal-How solemn and parti-Hos. v. 12. The wicked man buildcular his call to his work! and by eth his house as a moth: he builds it what multitudes of miracles in favour by covetousness and anxious care; of his people, and by what ruin on imagines his lot agreeable, but how & MOUNT, MOUNTAIN, HILL. That easily do the judgments of God burn or shake him out of it! Job xxvii. there were mountains before the 18. Man's beauty, glory, and wealth, flood, some think is manifest; for the waste like a moth; are secretly and waters are said to have covered the insensibly, but quickly, consumed, highest mountains, Gen. vii. 20. but those mountains were possibly occaPsal. xxxix. 11. sioned by the convulsions of the See FATHER. MOTHER. MOVE, (1.) To stir out of a earth; therefore this passage is no place, 2 Kings xxi. 8. (2.) To stir proof of it. It is certain that the flood Some have been since up, provoke, Deut. xxxii. 21. (3.) made great alterations in the form of To persuade, Josh. xv. 18. (4.) To the earth. stir up, and strengthen, Judg. xiii. cast up by earthquakes; and some 25. (5.) To assist in bearing, or are mere heaps of sand collected by to practise, Matt. xxiii. 4. (6.) the wind. Mountains are useful to To tremble, shake out of its place, produce minerals and herbage not Psal. xviii. 7. (7.) To raise up, found elsewhere; to keep off the move to and fro, Job xl. 17. (8.) east or north winds; to prevent the To terrify and discourage from doing vapourous exhalation of hot counany thing, Acts xx. 24. (9.) To be tries, and leaving them parched; and all in motion, Matt. xxi. 10. Acts to emit prodigious numbers of exxxi. 30. (10.) To be exceedingly cellent springs. Upon a careful inaffected with wonder and pity, Ruth spection, the mountains will in gei. 19. The Holy Spirit moved on the neral appear regularly disposed, as waters, when his creative influence various links in a chain that go prepared the waters for producing quite round the earth. fishes and fowls; and the earthy chain of them which begins in Iceparticles therewith mixed, to produce land, if not Greenland, and runs, herbs, grass, and trees, Gen. i. 2. with some interruption, through BriThe moving of my lips should assuage tain, Italy, Sicily, and through Afrimy grief; a free bewailing of my ca, &c. Another chain runs from the case should give me ease, Job xvi. 5. north of Tartary to the Cape of ComThe ways of a harlot are moveable; orin in the East-Indies. One of these she goes from place to place, that is continued on the other side of the her character may not be known; globe, in the mountains that run from she uses a thousand different arts to the south to the north of America. entice men to wickedness, and is Another chain of mountains runs quite inconstant in her temper and pre-across the above-mentioned country tended affection, Prov. v. 6. The from east to west, beginning near the motions of sin in our members, are east of China, and running westward the inward propensities of it stirring through Tartary, Media, Macedonia, us up to actual sin; and they are ir- Switzerland, France, &c. ritated occasionally by the precepts and threatenings of the law, Rom. vii. 5. To MOUNT, (1.) To grow great, xv. 5. There is a Canaan abounded with mountains and hills. In the middle of the country, to the west of Jordan, there was, the plain of Jezreel excepted, little else than a beautiful arrangement of The saints mount up, when hills from the north to the south, they are exercised in holy and hea- The east part of the country beyond venly desires, thoughts, meditations, Jordan was also one continued arhopes, conversation, Isa. xl. 31. The rangement of hills from north to Jews mounted up, went into dust, or south. On the north of Canaan were walked proudly, as the lifting up of the mountains Lebanon and Amana. smoke; i. e. however proud they On the east of Jordan, going southwere, they should quickly be scat-ward, were mount Hermon, Zion, fered, and fall into ruin, Isa. ix. 18. or Mizar, Gilead, Abraim, Nebo, |