be
used in the worship of the Sanctuary.

There were beautiful garments, also, for the priests, Aaron and his
sons, and for Aaron there was a wonderful breast-plate of gold set with
twelve precious stones, bearing the names of the twelve tribes of
Israel.

When all was finished, and the Tabernacle was set up, the cloud that
veiled the presence of the Lord came and covered it, and the glory of
the Lord filled it, so that Moses could not enter; but the Lord spoke
to him from the cloud, and told him how the priests should order the
worship of the Lord there.

Afterward, Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings for their sins,
and the sins of the people, in the way the Lord had commanded, and fire
from the Lord came down and consumed the offering.

When the people saw the answer of the Lord they fell on their faces
before him.

In the second month of the second year the cloud rose from over the
Tabernacle, and then the people knew it was time to go on their
Journey. So they took down the tent of the Tabernacle and put all
things in order for the journey. Each of the twelve tribes descended
from the twelve sons of Jacob marched by themselves, carrying banners,
and having captains. In the midst of them all marched the Levites
carrying the Ark and the different parts of the Tabernacle, and when
the cloud stood still, they stopped and set up the Tabernacle, while
the people formed their camp all around it in the order of their tribes.

Still the manna fell with the dew at night, and the people gathered it
in the morning, and when they tired of it, the Lord sent them quails
again.

Over and over the people complained and rebelled, but the Angel of the
Lord's Presence still hovered over them, and led them toward the
promised land. Forty years they were on the journey that was so easily
made by the sons of Jacob when they went back and forth to buy wheat in
the time of famine; and forty-two times did they encamp on the way, yet
the mercy of the Lord never failed them, and they were brought into
their own land at last. Then the cloud was no longer needed to go
before them, but long after, when they built a beautiful temple at
Jerusalem in which to put the sacred Ark of Testimony, the cloud came
again and filled the temple with the glory of the Lord.

CHAPTER XIII.

IN THE BORDERS OF CANAAN.

While the host of Israel was in camp at Paran, the Lord told Moses to
send men before them into Canaan to spy out t