Christ; His People's Portion and Object

I do not know whether you have ever been struck with it, but it is very remarkable that the 20th of Numbers begins with death and ends with death, and it is more remarkable still, that in both beginning and end it is death in the same family; Miriam, the sister of Aaron, closes her eyes in death at the commencement of it; and Aaron, the priest, the brother of Miriam, lays aside his official garments and closes his eyes upon the scene, in the end of it. It is a perfect chapter of wilderness histo…