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I. THERE WAS THE ENORMITY OF THEIR SIN. It included false doctrine and sinful practices, between which there is a closer connection than is always recognised.

II. THERE WAS THE CHARACTER OF THE INSTIGATOR TO THE SIN. Balaam, "a strange mixture of a man."

III. THERE WAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE SIN PREVAILED. Among all classes.

IV. THERE WAS THE MISERY OCCASIONED BY THE SIN. To the guilty, to their connections, to the community.

V. THERE WAS THE DISHONOUR DONE TO GOD.

1. We should be zealous in religion.

2. Our zeal in contending against the sins of others should begin in zeal in contending against our own.

(George . Brooks.)

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KJV: And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

WEB: Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,