- Numbers 19-36
- Chapter 19
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish,
and upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the
camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her
blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with
her dung, shall he burn:
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the
midst of the burning of the heifer.
- 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and
afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water,
and shall be unclean until the even.
9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without
the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of
Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean
until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that
sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be
clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be
clean.
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself,
defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because
the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; - his uncleanness
is yet upon him.
14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that
is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead
body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of
purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the
tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that
touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the
seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut
off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the
water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of
separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be
unclean until even.
- 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth
it shall be unclean until even.
- Chapter 20
- 1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin
in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried
there.
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people chided with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our
brethren died before the LORD!
4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we
and our cattle should die there?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil
place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is
there any water to drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD
appeared unto them.
7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and
speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou
shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation - and
their beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said
unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water
came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in
the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into
the land which I have given them.
13 This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and
he was sanctified in them.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother
Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the
Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath
brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of
thy border:
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or
through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the
king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, - until we have passed
thy borders.
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with
the sword.
19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my
cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing
else, go through on my feet.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people,
and with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned
away from him.
22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and
came unto mount Hor.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom,
saying,
24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I
have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water
of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be
gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of
all the congregation.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron
died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty
days, even all the house of Israel.
- Chapter 21
- 1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel
came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them
prisoners.
2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people
into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they
utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of
Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out
of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and
our soul loatheth this light bread.
6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much
people of Israel died.
7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against
the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.
And Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it
shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if
a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is
before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the
wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab,
between Moab and the Amorites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea,
and in the brooks of Arnon,
15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon
the border of Moab.
16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses,
Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of
the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth in the valley that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah,
which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards;
we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way,
until we be past thy borders.
23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all
his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto
Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was
strong.
25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites,
in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the
former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be
built and prepared:
28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath
consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that
escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste
even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the
Amorites that were there.
33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out
against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and
all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of
the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him
alive: and they possessed his land.
- Chapter 22
- 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this
side Jordan by Jericho.
2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed
because of the children of Israel.
4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are
round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor
was king of the Moabites at that time.
5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the
river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a
people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, - and they abide over
against me:
6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me:
peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the
land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, - and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination
in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the
LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
saying,
11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come
now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people:
for they are blessed.
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into
your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to
come with us.
15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let
nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest
unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his
house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less
or more.
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD
will say unto me more.
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee,
rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou
do.
21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of
Moab.
22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way
for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were
with him.
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his
hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote
the ass, to turn her into the way.
24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side,
and a wall on that side.
25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and
crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way
to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's
anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done
unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword
in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever
since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in
the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his
face.
32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these
three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from
me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou
stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back
again.
35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I
shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab,
which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore
camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say
any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with
him.
41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the
high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
- Chapter 23
- 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven
oxen and seven rams.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a
bullock and a ram.
3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the
LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to
an high place.
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have
offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou
shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the
princes of Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram,
out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not
defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people
shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me
die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine
enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in
my mouth?
13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence
thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them
all: and curse me them from thence.
14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven
altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak,
and say thus.
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of
Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou
son of Zippor:
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse
it.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the
LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against
Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God
wrought!
24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion:
he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD
speaketh, that I must do?
27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place;
peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven
bullocks and seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
- Chapter 24
- 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at
other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their
tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of
lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and
his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he
shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through
with his arrows.
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed
is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and
Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast
altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but,
lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto
me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the
commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD
saith, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what
this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man
whose eyes are open hath said:
16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High,
which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star
out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab,
and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and
Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that
remaineth of the city.
20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of
the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy
dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall
afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
- Chapter 25
- 1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the
daughters of Moab.
2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat,
and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel.
4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before
the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from
Israel.
5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined
unto Baalpeor.
6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a
Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the
children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up
from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the
man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children
of Israel.
9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away
from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed
not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting
priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of
Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish
woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he
was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of
Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which
was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
- Chapter 26
- 1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar
the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old
and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded
Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the
family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:
6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty
and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram,
which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the
company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that
company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a
sign.
11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of
Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of
Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of
them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the
Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the
family of the Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them,
threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of
Pua, the family of the Punites:
24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them,
threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of
Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of
them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat
Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the
family of the Helekites:
31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the
Shechemites:
32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the
Hepherites.
33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the
daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two
thousand and seven hundred.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the
Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the
Tahanites.
36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of
them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their
families.
38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of
Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of
Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of
them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the
Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were
threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of
Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family
of the Malchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of
them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the
Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were
numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand
seven hundred and thirty.
52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of
names.
54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less
inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were
numbered of him.
55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes
of their fathers they shall inherit.
56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon,
the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the
family of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the
Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the
Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare
to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.
60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a
month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because
there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the
children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered,
when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was
not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Chapter 27
- 1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son
of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these
are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah,
- and Milcah, and Tirzah.
2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and
all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered
themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and
had no sons.
4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no
son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an
inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their
father to pass unto them.
8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son,
then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's
brethren.
11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman
that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the
children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land
which I have given unto the children of Israel.
13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy
brother was gathered.
14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the
congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah
in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them
out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which
have no shepherd.
18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the
spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a
charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the
children of Israel may be obedient.
21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the
judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they
shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the
congregation.
22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation:
23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the
hand of Moses.
- Chapter 28
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my
sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in
their due season.
3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer
unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt
offering.
4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at
even;
5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part
of an hin of beaten oil.
6 It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour,
a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in
the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink
offering.
8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as
the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of
flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and
his drink offering.
11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two
young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock;
and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb;
for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third
part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt
offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the
continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread
be eaten.
18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work
therein:
19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two
young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you
without blemish:
20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye
offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;
21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual
burnt offering.
24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the
sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the
continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD,
after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:
27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young
bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;
28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock,
two tenth deals unto one ram,
29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;
30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they
shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.
- Chapter 29
- 1 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy
convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.
2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock,
one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
3 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a
bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
6 Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt
offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner,
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
7 And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye
shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock,
one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
9 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a
bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
10 A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
11 One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the
continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye
shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:
13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they
shall be without blemish:
14 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto
every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams,
15 And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs:
16 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his
meat offering, and his drink offering.
17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of
the first year without spot:
18 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and
for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
19 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and
the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings.
20 And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish;
21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and
for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
22 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
23 And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish:
24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for
the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
25 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his
meat offering, and his drink offering.
26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without spot:
27 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and
for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
28 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
29 And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish:
30 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and
for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
31 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
32 And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year
without blemish:
33 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and
for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
34 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
35 On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:
36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the
lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
38 And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat
offering, and his drink offering.
39 These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your
freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your
drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
40 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
- Chapter 30
- 1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel,
saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he
shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her
father's house in her youth;
4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her
father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond
wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of
her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her,
because her father disallowed her.
6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips,
wherewith she bound her soul;
7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then
her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her
vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her
soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their
souls, shall stand against her.
10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all
her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then
whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her
soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or
her husband may make it void.
14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he
establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them,
because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall
bear her iniquity.
16 These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife,
between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.
- Chapter 31
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto
thy people.
3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let
them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the
war.
5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe,
twelve thousand armed for war.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his
hand.
7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all
the males.
8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi,
and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor
they slew with the sword.
9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones,
and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with
fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the
priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains
of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth
to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands,
and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit
trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the
congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath
known man by lying with him.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for
yourselves.
19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and
whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third
day, and on the seventh day.
20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats'
hair, and all things made of wood.
21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the
ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;
22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall
be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that
abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water.
24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward
ye shall come into the camp.
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar
the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
27 And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went
out to battle, and between all the congregation:
28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul
of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the
sheep:
29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of
the LORD.
30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the
persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give
them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six
hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep.
33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying
with him.
36 And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three
hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
37 And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore
and twelve.
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was
threescore and one.
40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two
persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the
priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.
42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and
thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
44 And thirty and six thousand beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand persons;)
47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and
of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the
LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
48 And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and
captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses:
49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are
under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of
jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement
for our souls before the LORD.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of
thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty
shekels.
53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of
hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the
children of Israel before the LORD.
- Chapter 32
- 1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of
cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the
place was a place for cattle;
2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar
the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and
Nebo, and Beon,
4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for
cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto
thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your
brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
7 And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the
land which the LORD hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.
9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the
heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had
given them.
10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward,
shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they
have not wholly followed me:
12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have
wholly followed the LORD.
13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the
wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the
LORD, was consumed.
14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to
augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and
ye shall destroy all this people.
16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle,
and cities for our little ones:
17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have
brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities
because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every
man his inheritance.
19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our
inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD
to war,
21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his
enemies from before him,
22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be
guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession
before the LORD.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin
will find you out.
24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath
proceeded out of your mouth.
25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy
servants will do as my lord commandeth.
26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the
cities of Gilead:
27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as
my lord saith.
28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and
the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass
with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be
subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in
the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath
said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of
our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours.
33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben,
and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the
Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, - with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names
unto the cities which they builded.
39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and
dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.
41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them
Havothjair.
42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after
his own name.
- Chapter 33
- 1 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of
Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the
LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.
3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first
month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand
in the sight of all the Egyptians.
4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them:
upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the
wilderness.
7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before
Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into
the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in
Marah.
9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of
water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.
11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the
people to drink.
15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.
28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.
31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.
32 And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad.
33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.
36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is
Kadesh.
37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of
Edom.
38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died
there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of
Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.
39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of
the coming of the children of Israel.
41 And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.
45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.
46 And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.
47 And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before
Nebo.
48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near Jericho.
49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of
Moab.
50 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan
into the land of Canaan;
52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy
all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their
high places:
53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have
given you the land to possess it.
54 And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the
more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less
inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth;
- according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall
come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and
thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
- Chapter 34
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan;
(this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan
with the coasts thereof:)
3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom,
and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin:
and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to
Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings
out of it shall be at the sea.
6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall
be your west border.
7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount
Hor:
8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the
goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan:
this shall be your north border.
10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:
11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the
border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt
sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall
inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half
tribe:
14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and
the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received
their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan
near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the
priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh,
Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.
26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan.
27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.
28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.
29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of
Israel in the land of Canaan.
- Chapter 35
- 1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of
their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for
the cities round about them.
3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their
cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from
the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on
the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the
north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: - this shall be to them
the suburbs of the cities.
6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for
refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye
shall add forty and two cities.
7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities:
them shall ye give with their suburbs.
8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel:
from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give
few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance
which he
- inheriteth.
9 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into
the land of Canaan;
11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may
flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die
not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
13 And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the
land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the
stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person
unawares may flee thither.
16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the
murderer shall surely be put to death.
17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a
murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is
a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall
slay him.
20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;
21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be
put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.
22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without
laying of wait,
23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that
he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood
according to these judgments:
25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood,
and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and
he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, - which was anointed with the holy
oil.
26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge,
whither he was fled;
27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and
the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high
priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of
his possession.
29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations
in all your dwellings.
30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses:
but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of
death: but he shall be surely put to death.
32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that
he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and
the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him
that shed it.
34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD
dwell among the children of Israel.
- Chapter 36
- 1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir,
the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before
Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:
2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to
the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel,
then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be
put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: - so shall it be taken from
the lot of our inheritance.
4 And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be
put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their
inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying,
The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.
6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad,
saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their
father shall they marry.
7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for
every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of
his fathers.
8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of
Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children
of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of
the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were
married unto their father's brothers' sons:
12 And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and
their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of
Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
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