190 LEVITICUS IX-THE LORD ACCEPTS THE OFFERINGS 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. 11 And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. 12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. 13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. 14 And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. 15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. 16 And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. 17 And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning. 18 He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, 19 And the fat of the bullock and the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: 20 And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: 21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. 22 And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. 24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the Jacob Prophesies FROM THE BIBLICAL SERIES BY GERHARD HOET. + "And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days."-Gen., 49, 1. Τ' HE LAST great scene of Jacob's life, the closing picture of Genesis, is of the death of Jacob and the mighty prophecy which he chanted upon his deathbed. Knowing that his end was come, he called his sons around him, and to each he told the future which was in store for their descendants through many generations. Of Reuben, the eldest, he said, "Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel." The race of Judah was to be a "lion's whelp," producing kings and law givers. Benjamin was to bring forth warriors, to "raven as a wolf." The chief glory, however, was reserved for Joseph. "The blessings of thy father have prevailed . the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren." unto Having finished his remarkable foretelling, Jacob died; and Joseph, securing leave of Pharaoh, went up into Palestine with all his brothers and buried their father in the family cave at Hebron. Then the twelve returned again into Egypt, where Joseph ruled the land until his death. He also passed away with a prophecy for his brothers on his lips: "I die; and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land into the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." Yet for a time the Israelites continued to |