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The Holy
Bible
Numbers
Chapter 1
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, on the first day of
the second month, in the second
year after they were come out of
the land of Egypt, saying,
2 Take ye the sum of all
the congregation of the children
of Israel, after their families,
by the house of their fathers,
with the number of their names,
every male by their polls;
3 From twenty years old
and upward, all that are able to
go forth to war in Israel: thou
and Aaron shall number them by
their armies.
4 And with you there shall
be a man of every tribe; every
one head of the house of his
fathers.
5 And these are the names
of the men that shall stand with
you: of the tribe of Reuben;
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the
son of Zurishaddai.
7 Of Judah; Nahshon the
son of Amminadab.
8 Of Issachar; Nethaneel
the son of Zuar.
9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the
son of Helon.
10 Of the children of
Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the
son of Ammihud: of Manasseh;
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the
son of Gideoni.
12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the son
of Ammishaddai.
13 Of Asher; Pagiel the
son of Ocran.
14 Of Gad; Eliasaph the
son of Deuel.
15 Of Naphtali; Ahira the
son of Enan.
16 These were the renowned
of the congregation, princes of
the tribes of their fathers,
heads of thousands in Israel.
17 And Moses and Aaron
took these men which are
expressed by their names:
18 And they assembled all
the congregation together on the
first day of the second month,
and they declared their pedigrees
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, by
their polls.
19 As the LORD commanded
Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
20 And the children of
Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by
their generations, after their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number
of the names, by their polls,
every male from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
21 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Reuben, were forty and
six thousand and five
hundred.
22 Of the children of
Simeon, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, those
that were numbered of them,
according to the number of the
names, by their polls, every male
from twenty years old and upward,
all that were able to go forth to
war;
23 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Simeon, were fifty and
nine thousand and three
hundred.
24 Of the children of Gad,
by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war;
25 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Gad, were forty and five
thousand six hundred and
fifty.
26 Of the children of
Judah, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
27 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Judah, were threescore
and fourteen thousand and six
hundred.
28 Of the children of
Issachar, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
29 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Issachar, were fifty and
four thousand and four
hundred.
30 Of the children of
Zebulun, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
31 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and
seven thousand and four
hundred.
32 Of the children of
Joseph, namely, of the children
of Ephraim, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
33 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Ephraim, were forty
thousand and five hundred.
34 Of the children of
Manasseh, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
35 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Manasseh, were thirty
and two thousand and two
hundred.
36 Of the children of
Benjamin, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
37 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Benjamin, were thirty
and five thousand and four
hundred.
38 Of the children of Dan,
by their generations, after their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war;
39 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Dan, were threescore and
two thousand and seven
hundred.
40 Of the children of
Asher, by their generations,
after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according
to the number of the names, from
twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to
war;
41 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Asher, were forty and
one thousand and five
hundred.
42 Of the children of
Naphtali, throughout their
generations, after their
families, by the house of their
fathers, according to the number
of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war;
43 Those that were
numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and
three thousand and four
hundred.
44 These are those that
were numbered, which Moses and
Aaron numbered, and the princes
of Israel, being twelve men: each
one was for the house of his
fathers.
45 So were all those that
were numbered of the children of
Israel, by the house of their
fathers, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war in Israel;
46 Even all they that were
numbered were six hundred
thousand and three thousand and
five hundred and fifty.
47 But the Levites after
the tribe of their fathers were
not numbered among them.
48 For the LORD had spoken
unto Moses, saying,
49 Only thou shalt not
number the tribe of Levi, neither
take the sum of them among the
children of Israel:
50 But thou shalt appoint
the Levites over the tabernacle
of testimony, and over all the
vessels thereof, and over all
things that belong to it: they
shall bear the tabernacle, and
all the vessels thereof; and they
shall minister unto it, and shall
encamp round about the
tabernacle.
51 And when the tabernacle
setteth forward, the Levites
shall take it down: and when the
tabernacle is to be pitched, the
Levites shall set it up: and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall
be put to death.
52 And the children of
Israel shall pitch their tents,
every man by his own camp, and
every man by his own standard,
throughout their hosts.
53 But the Levites shall
pitch round about the tabernacle
of testimony, that there be no
wrath upon the congregation of
the children of Israel: and the
Levites shall keep the charge of
the tabernacle of testimony.
54 And the children of
Israel did according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses, so did
they.
Chapter 2
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
2 Every man of the
children of Israel shall pitch by
his own standard, with the ensign
of their father's house: far off
about the tabernacle of the
congregation shall they
pitch.
3 And on the east side
toward the rising of the sun
shall they of the standard of the
camp of Judah pitch throughout
their armies: and Nahshon the son
of Amminadab shall be captain of
the children of Judah.
4 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
threescore and fourteen thousand
and six hundred.
5 And those that do pitch
next unto him shall be the tribe
of Issachar: and Nethaneel the
son of Zuar shall be captain of
the children of Issachar.
6 And his host, and those
that were numbered thereof, were
fifty and four thousand and four
hundred.
7 Then the tribe of
Zebulun: and Eliab the son of
Helon shall be captain of the
children of Zebulun.
8 And his host, and those
that were numbered thereof, were
fifty and seven thousand and four
hundred.
9 All that were numbered
in the camp of Judah were an
hundred thousand and fourscore
thousand and six thousand and
four hundred, throughout their
armies. These shall first set
forth.
10 On the south side shall
be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their armies:
and the captain of the children
of Reuben shall be Elizur the son
of Shedeur.
11 And his host, and those
that were numbered thereof, were
forty and six thousand and five
hundred.
12 And those which pitch
by him shall be the tribe of
Simeon: and the captain of the
children of Simeon shall be
Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
13 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
fifty and nine thousand and three
hundred.
14 Then the tribe of Gad:
and the captain of the sons of
Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of
Reuel.
15 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
forty and five thousand and six
hundred and fifty.
16 All that were numbered
in the camp of Reuben were an
hundred thousand and fifty and
one thousand and four hundred and
fifty, throughout their armies.
And they shall set forth in the
second rank.
17 Then the tabernacle of
the congregation shall set
forward with the camp of the
Levites in the midst of the camp:
as they encamp, so shall they set
forward, every man in his place
by their standards.
18 On the west side shall
be the standard of the camp of
Ephraim according to their
armies: and the captain of the
sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
19 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
forty thousand and five
hundred.
20 And by him shall be the
tribe of Manasseh: and the
captain of the children of
Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the
son of Pedahzur.
21 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
thirty and two thousand and two
hundred.
22 Then the tribe of
Benjamin: and the captain of the
sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan
the son of Gideoni.
23 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
thirty and five thousand and four
hundred.
24 All that were numbered
of the camp of Ephraim were an
hundred thousand and eight
thousand and an hundred,
throughout their armies. And they
shall go forward in the third
rank.
25 The standard of the
camp of Dan shall be on the north
side by their armies: and the
captain of the children of Dan
shall be Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
26 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
threescore and two thousand and
seven hundred.
27 And those that encamp
by him shall be the tribe of
Asher: and the captain of the
children of Asher shall be Pagiel
the son of Ocran.
28 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
forty and one thousand and five
hundred.
29 Then the tribe of
Naphtali: and the captain of the
children of Naphtali shall be
Ahira the son of Enan.
30 And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were
fifty and three thousand and four
hundred.
31 All they that were
numbered in the camp of Dan were
an hundred thousand and fifty and
seven thousand and six hundred.
They shall go hindmost with their
standards.
32 These are those which
were numbered of the children of
Israel by the house of their
fathers: all those that were
numbered of the camps throughout
their hosts were six hundred
thousand and three thousand and
five hundred and fifty.
33 But the Levites were
not numbered among the children
of Israel; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
34 And the children of
Israel did according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses: so they
pitched by their standards, and
so they set forward, every one
after their families, according
to the house of their
fathers.
Chapter 3
1 These also are the
generations of Aaron and Moses in
the day that the LORD spake with
Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And these are the names
of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the
firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
3 These are the names of
the sons of Aaron, the priests
which were anointed, whom he
consecrated to minister in the
priest's office.
4 And Nadab and Abihu died
before the LORD, when they
offered strange fire before the
LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai,
and they had no children: and
Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in
the priest's office in the sight
of Aaron their father.
5 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
6 Bring the tribe of Levi
near, and present them before
Aaron the priest, that they may
minister unto him.
7 And they shall keep his
charge, and the charge of the
whole congregation before the
tabernacle of the congregation,
to do the service of the
tabernacle.
8 And they shall keep all
the instruments of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and the
charge of the children of Israel,
to do the service of the
tabernacle.
9 And thou shalt give the
Levites unto Aaron and to his
sons: they are wholly given unto
him out of the children of
Israel.
10 And thou shalt appoint
Aaron and his sons, and they
shall wait on their priest's
office: and the stranger that
cometh nigh shall be put to
death.
11 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
12 And I, behold, I have
taken the Levites from among the
children of Israel instead of all
the firstborn that openeth the
matrix among the children of
Israel: therefore the Levites
shall be mine;
13 Because all the
firstborn are mine; for on the
day that I smote all the
firstborn in the land of Egypt I
hallowed unto me all the
firstborn in Israel, both man and
beast: mine shall they be: I am
the LORD.
14 And the LORD spake unto
Moses in the wilderness of Sinai,
saying,
15 Number the children of
Levi after the house of their
fathers, by their families: every
male from a month old and upward
shalt thou number them.
16 And Moses numbered them
according to the word of the
LORD, as he was commanded.
17 And these were the sons
of Levi by their names; Gershon,
and Kohath, and Merari.
18 And these are the names
of the sons of Gershon by their
families; Libni, and Shimei.
19 And the sons of Kohath
by their families; Amram, and
Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
20 And the sons of Merari
by their families; Mahli, and
Mushi. These are the families of
the Levites according to the
house of their fathers.
21 Of Gershon was the
family of the Libnites, and the
family of the Shimites: these are
the families of the
Gershonites.
22 Those that were
numbered of them, according to
the number of all the males, from
a month old and upward, even
those that were numbered of them
were seven thousand and five
hundred.
23 The families of the
Gershonites shall pitch behind
the tabernacle westward.
24 And the chief of the
house of the father of the
Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the
son of Lael.
25 And the charge of the
sons of Gershon in the tabernacle
of the congregation shall be the
tabernacle, and the tent, the
covering thereof, and the hanging
for the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation,
26 And the hangings of the
court, and the curtain for the
door of the court, which is by
the tabernacle, and by the altar
round about, and the cords of it
for all the service thereof.
27 And of Kohath was the
family of the Amramites, and the
family of the Izeharites, and the
family of the Hebronites, and the
family of the Uzzielites: these
are the families of the
Kohathites.
28 In the number of all
the males, from a month old and
upward, were eight thousand and
six hundred, keeping the charge
of the sanctuary.
29 The families of the
sons of Kohath shall pitch on the
side of the tabernacle
southward.
30 And the chief of the
house of the father of the
families of the Kohathites shall
be Elizaphan the son of
Uzziel.
31 And their charge shall
be the ark, and the table, and
the candlestick, and the altars,
and the vessels of the sanctuary
wherewith they minister, and the
hanging, and all the service
thereof.
32 And Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest shall be chief
over the chief of the Levites,
and have the oversight of them
that keep the charge of the
sanctuary.
33 Of Merari was the
family of the Mahlites, and the
family of the Mushites: these are
the families of Merari.
34 And those that were
numbered of them, according to
the number of all the males, from
a month old and upward, were six
thousand and two hundred.
35 And the chief of the
house of the father of the
families of Merari was Zuriel the
son of Abihail: these shall pitch
on the side of the tabernacle
northward.
36 And under the custody
and charge of the sons of Merari
shall be the boards of the
tabernacle, and the bars thereof,
and the pillars thereof, and the
sockets thereof, and all the
vessels thereof, and all that
serveth thereto,
37 And the pillars of the
court round about, and their
sockets, and their pins, and
their cords.
38 But those that encamp
before the tabernacle toward the
east, even before the tabernacle
of the congregation eastward,
shall be Moses, and Aaron and his
sons, keeping the charge of the
sanctuary for the charge of the
children of Israel; and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall
be put to death.
39 All that were numbered
of the Levites, which Moses and
Aaron numbered at the commandment
of the LORD, throughout their
families, all the males from a
month old and upward, were twenty
and two thousand.
40 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Number all the firstborn
of the males of the children of
Israel from a month old and
upward, and take the number of
their names.
41 And thou shalt take the
Levites for me (I am the LORD)
instead of all the firstborn
among the children of Israel; and
the cattle of the Levites instead
of all the firstlings among the
cattle of the children of
Israel.
42 And Moses numbered, as
the LORD commanded him, all the
firstborn among the children of
Israel.
43 And all the firstborn
males by the number of names,
from a month old and upward, of
those that were numbered of them,
were twenty and two thousand two
hundred and threescore and
thirteen.
44 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
45 Take the Levites
instead of all the firstborn
among the children of Israel, and
the cattle of the Levites instead
of their cattle; and the Levites
shall be mine: I am the LORD.
46 And for those that are
to be redeemed of the two hundred
and threescore and thirteen of
the firstborn of the children of
Israel, which are more than the
Levites;
47 Thou shalt even take
five shekels apiece by the poll,
after the shekel of the sanctuary
shalt thou take them: (the shekel
is twenty gerahs:)
48 And thou shalt give the
money, wherewith the odd number
of them is to be redeemed, unto
Aaron and to his sons.
49 And Moses took the
redemption money of them that
were over and above them that
were redeemed by the Levites:
50 Of the firstborn of the
children of Israel took he the
money; a thousand three hundred
and threescore and five shekels,
after the shekel of the
sanctuary:
51 And Moses gave the
money of them that were redeemed
unto Aaron and to his sons,
according to the word of the
LORD, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
Chapter 4
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
2 Take the sum of the sons
of Kohath from among the sons of
Levi, after their families, by
the house of their fathers,
3 From thirty years old
and upward even until fifty years
old, all that enter into the
host, to do the work in the
tabernacle of the
congregation.
4 This shall be the
service of the sons of Kohath in
the tabernacle of the
congregation, about the most holy
things:
5 And when the camp
setteth forward, Aaron shall
come, and his sons, and they
shall take down the covering
vail, and cover the ark of
testimony with it:
6 And shall put thereon
the covering of badgers' skins,
and shall spread over it a cloth
wholly of blue, and shall put in
the staves thereof.
7 And upon the table of
shewbread they shall spread a
cloth of blue, and put thereon
the dishes, and the spoons, and
the bowls, and covers to cover
withal: and the continual bread
shall be thereon:
8 And they shall spread
upon them a cloth of scarlet, and
cover the same with a covering of
badgers' skins, and shall put in
the staves thereof.
9 And they shall take a
cloth of blue, and cover the
candlestick of the light, and his
lamps, and his tongs, and his
snuffdishes, and all the oil
vessels thereof, wherewith they
minister unto it:
10 And they shall put it
and all the vessels thereof
within a covering of badgers'
skins, and shall put it upon a
bar.
11 And upon the golden
altar they shall spread a cloth
of blue, and cover it with a
covering of badgers' skins, and
shall put to the staves
thereof:
12 And they shall take all
the instruments of ministry,
wherewith they minister in the
sanctuary, and put them in a
cloth of blue, and cover them
with a covering of badgers'
skins, and shall put them on a
bar:
13 And they shall take
away the ashes from the altar,
and spread a purple cloth
thereon:
14 And they shall put upon
it all the vessels thereof,
wherewith they minister about it,
even the censers, the fleshhooks,
and the shovels, and the basons,
all the vessels of the altar; and
they shall spread upon it a
covering of badgers' skins, and
put to the staves of it.
15 And when Aaron and his
sons have made an end of covering
the sanctuary, and all the
vessels of the sanctuary, as the
camp is to set forward; after
that, the sons of Kohath shall
come to bear it: but they shall
not touch any holy thing, lest
they die. These things are the
burden of the sons of Kohath in
the tabernacle of the
congregation.
16 And to the office of
Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest pertaineth the oil for the
light, and the sweet incense, and
the daily meat offering, and the
anointing oil, and the oversight
of all the tabernacle, and of all
that therein is, in the
sanctuary, and in the vessels
thereof.
17 And the LORD spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
18 Cut ye not off the
tribe of the families of the
Kohathites from among the
Levites:
19 But thus do unto them,
that they may live, and not die,
when they approach unto the most
holy things: Aaron and his sons
shall go in, and appoint them
every one to his service and to
his burden:
20 But they shall not go
in to see when the holy things
are covered, lest they die.
21 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
22 Take also the sum of
the sons of Gershon, throughout
the houses of their fathers, by
their families;
23 From thirty years old
and upward until fifty years old
shalt thou number them; all that
enter in to perform the service,
to do the work in the tabernacle
of the congregation.
24 This is the service of
the families of the Gershonites,
to serve, and for burdens:
25 And they shall bear the
curtains of the tabernacle, and
the tabernacle of the
congregation, his covering, and
the covering of the badgers'
skins that is above upon it, and
the hanging for the door of the
tabernacle of the
congregation,
26 And the hangings of the
court, and the hanging for the
door of the gate of the court,
which is by the tabernacle and by
the altar round about, and their
cords, and all the instruments of
their service, and all that is
made for them: so shall they
serve.
27 At the appointment of
Aaron and his sons shall be all
the service of the sons of the
Gershonites, in all their
burdens, and in all their
service: and ye shall appoint
unto them in charge all their
burdens.
28 This is the service of
the families of the sons of
Gershon in the tabernacle of the
congregation: and their charge
shall be under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
29 As for the sons of
Merari, thou shalt number them
after their families, by the
house of their fathers;
30 From thirty years old
and upward even unto fifty years
old shalt thou number them, every
one that entereth into the
service, to do the work of the
tabernacle of the
congregation.
31 And this is the charge
of their burden, according to all
their service in the tabernacle
of the congregation; the boards
of the tabernacle, and the bars
thereof, and the pillars thereof,
and sockets thereof,
32 And the pillars of the
court round about, and their
sockets, and their pins, and
their cords, with all their
instruments, and with all their
service: and by name ye shall
reckon the instruments of the
charge of their burden.
33 This is the service of
the families of the sons of
Merari, according to all their
service, in the tabernacle of the
congregation, under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
34 And Moses and Aaron and
the chief of the congregation
numbered the sons of the
Kohathites after their families,
and after the house of their
fathers,
35 From thirty years old
and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one that entereth into
the service, for the work in the
tabernacle of the
congregation:
36 And those that were
numbered of them by their
families were two thousand seven
hundred and fifty.
37 These were they that
were numbered of the families of
the Kohathites, all that might do
service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, which Moses and
Aaron did number according to the
commandment of the LORD by the
hand of Moses.
38 And those that were
numbered of the sons of Gershon,
throughout their families, and by
the house of their fathers,
39 From thirty years old
and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one that entereth into
the service, for the work in the
tabernacle of the
congregation,
40 Even those that were
numbered of them, throughout
their families, by the house of
their fathers, were two thousand
and six hundred and thirty.
41 These are they that
were numbered of the families of
the sons of Gershon, of all that
might do service in the
tabernacle of the congregation,
whom Moses and Aaron did number
according to the commandment of
the LORD.
42 And those that were
numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari, throughout their
families, by the house of their
fathers,
43 From thirty years old
and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one that entereth into
the service, for the work in the
tabernacle of the
congregation,
44 Even those that were
numbered of them after their
families, were three thousand and
two hundred.
45 These be those that
were numbered of the families of
the sons of Merari, whom Moses
and Aaron numbered according to
the word of the LORD by the hand
of Moses.
46 All those that were
numbered of the Levites, whom
Moses and Aaron and the chief of
Israel numbered, after their
families, and after the house of
their fathers,
47 From thirty years old
and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one that came to do
the service of the ministry, and
the service of the burden in the
tabernacle of the
congregation,
48 Even those that were
numbered of them, were eight
thousand and five hundred and
fourscore.
49 According to the
commandment of the LORD they were
numbered by the hand of Moses,
every one according to his
service, and according to his
burden: thus were they numbered
of him, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
Chapter 5
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of
Israel, that they put out of the
camp every leper, and every one
that hath an issue, and whosoever
is defiled by the dead:
3 Both male and female
shall ye put out, without the
camp shall ye put them; that they
defile not their camps, in the
midst whereof I dwell.
4 And the children of
Israel did so, and put them out
without the camp: as the LORD
spake unto Moses, so did the
children of Israel.
5 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
6 Speak unto the children
of Israel, When a man or woman
shall commit any sin that men
commit, to do a trespass against
the LORD, and that person be
guilty;
7 Then they shall confess
their sin which they have done:
and he shall recompense his
trespass with the principal
thereof, and add unto it the
fifth part thereof, and give it
unto him against whom he hath
trespassed.
8 But if the man have no
kinsman to recompense the
trespass unto, let the trespass
be recompensed unto the LORD,
even to the priest; beside the
ram of the atonement, whereby an
atonement shall be made for
him.
9 And every offering of
all the holy things of the
children of Israel, which they
bring unto the priest, shall be
his.
10 And every man's
hallowed things shall be his:
whatsoever any man giveth the
priest, it shall be his.
11 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
12 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them, If
any man's wife go aside, and
commit a trespass against
him,
13 And a man lie with her
carnally, and it be hid from the
eyes of her husband, and be kept
close, and she be defiled, and
there be no witness against her,
neither she be taken with the
manner;
14 And the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she be
defiled: or if the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be
jealous of his wife, and she be
not defiled:
15 Then shall the man
bring his wife unto the priest,
and he shall bring her offering
for her, the tenth part of an
ephah of barley meal; he shall
pour no oil upon it, nor put
frankincense thereon; for it is
an offering of jealousy, an
offering of memorial, bringing
iniquity to remembrance.
16 And the priest shall
bring her near, and set her
before the LORD:
17 And the priest shall
take holy water in an earthen
vessel; and of the dust that is
in the floor of the tabernacle
the priest shall take, and put it
into the water:
18 And the priest shall
set the woman before the LORD,
and uncover the woman's head, and
put the offering of memorial in
her hands, which is the jealousy
offering: and the priest shall
have in his hand the bitter water
that causeth the curse:
19 And the priest shall
charge her by an oath, and say
unto the woman, If no man have
lain with thee, and if thou hast
not gone aside to uncleanness
with another instead of thy
husband, be thou free from this
bitter water that causeth the
curse:
20 But if thou hast gone
aside to another instead of thy
husband, and if thou be defiled,
and some man have lain with thee
beside thine husband:
21 Then the priest shall
charge the woman with an oath of
cursing, and the priest shall say
unto the woman, The LORD make
thee a curse and an oath among
thy people, when the LORD doth
make thy thigh to rot, and thy
belly to swell;
22 And this water that
causeth the curse shall go into
thy bowels, to make thy belly to
swell, and thy thigh to rot: And
the woman shall say, Amen,
amen.
23 And the priest shall
write these curses in a book, and
he shall blot them out with the
bitter water:
24 And he shall cause the
woman to drink the bitter water
that causeth the curse: and the
water that causeth the curse
shall enter into her, and become
bitter.
25 Then the priest shall
take the jealousy offering out of
the woman's hand, and shall wave
the offering before the LORD, and
offer it upon the altar:
26 And the priest shall
take an handful of the offering,
even the memorial thereof, and
burn it upon the altar, and
afterward shall cause the woman
to drink the water.
27 And when he hath made
her to drink the water, then it
shall come to pass, that, if she
be defiled, and have done
trespass against her husband,
that the water that causeth the
curse shall enter into her, and
become bitter, and her belly
shall swell, and her thigh shall
rot: and the woman shall be a
curse among her people.
28 And if the woman be not
defiled, but be clean; then she
shall be free, and shall conceive
seed.
29 This is the law of
jealousies, when a wife goeth
aside to another instead of her
husband, and is defiled;
30 Or when the spirit of
jealousy cometh upon him, and he
be jealous over his wife, and
shall set the woman before the
LORD, and the priest shall
execute upon her all this
law.
31 Then shall the man be
guiltless from iniquity, and this
woman shall bear her
iniquity.
Chapter 6
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
When either man or woman shall
separate themselves to vow a vow
of a Nazarite, to separate
themselves unto the LORD:
3 He shall separate
himself from wine and strong
drink, and shall drink no vinegar
of wine, or vinegar of strong
drink, neither shall he drink any
liquor of grapes, nor eat moist
grapes, or dried.
4 All the days of his
separation shall he eat nothing
that is made of the vine tree,
from the kernels even to the
husk.
5 All the days of the vow
of his separation there shall no
rasor come upon his head: until
the days be fulfilled, in the
which he separateth himself unto
the LORD, he shall be holy, and
shall let the locks of the hair
of his head grow.
6 All the days that he
separateth himself unto the LORD
he shall come at no dead
body.
7 He shall not make
himself unclean for his father,
or for his mother, for his
brother, or for his sister, when
they die: because the
consecration of his God is upon
his head.
8 All the days of his
separation he is holy unto the
LORD.
9 And if any man die very
suddenly by him, and he hath
defiled the head of his
consecration; then he shall shave
his head in the day of his
cleansing, on the seventh day
shall he shave it.
10 And on the eighth day
he shall bring two turtles, or
two young pigeons, to the priest,
to the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation:
11 And the priest shall
offer the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt
offering, and make an atonement
for him, for that he sinned by
the dead, and shall hallow his
head that same day.
12 And he shall consecrate
unto the LORD the days of his
separation, and shall bring a
lamb of the first year for a
trespass offering: but the days
that were before shall be lost,
because his separation was
defiled.
13 And this is the law of
the Nazarite, when the days of
his separation are fulfilled: he
shall be brought unto the door of
the tabernacle of the
congregation:
14 And he shall offer his
offering unto the LORD, one he
lamb of the first year without
blemish for a burnt offering, and
one ewe lamb of the first year
without blemish for a sin
offering, and one ram without
blemish for peace offerings,
15 And a basket of
unleavened bread, cakes of fine
flour mingled with oil, and
wafers of unleavened bread
anointed with oil, and their meat
offering, and their drink
offerings.
16 And the priest shall
bring them before the LORD, and
shall offer his sin offering, and
his burnt offering:
17 And he shall offer the
ram for a sacrifice of peace
offerings unto the LORD, with the
basket of unleavened bread: the
priest shall offer also his meat
offering, and his drink
offering.
18 And the Nazarite shall
shave the head of his separation
at the door of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and shall take
the hair of the head of his
separation, and put it in the
fire which is under the sacrifice
of the peace offerings.
19 And the priest shall
take the sodden shoulder of the
ram, and one unleavened cake out
of the basket, and one unleavened
wafer, and shall put them upon
the hands of the Nazarite, after
the hair of his separation is
shaven:
20 And the priest shall
wave them for a wave offering
before the LORD: this is holy for
the priest, with the wave breast
and heave shoulder: and after
that the Nazarite may drink
wine.
21 This is the law of the
Nazarite who hath vowed, and of
his offering unto the LORD for
his separation, beside that that
his hand shall get: according to
the vow which he vowed, so he
must do after the law of his
separation.
22 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
23 Speak unto Aaron and
unto his sons, saying, On this
wise ye shall bless the children
of Israel, saying unto them,
24 The LORD bless thee,
and keep thee:
25 The LORD make his face
shine upon thee, and be gracious
unto thee:
26 The LORD lift up his
countenance upon thee, and give
thee peace.
27 And they shall put my
name upon the children of Israel;
and I will bless them.
Chapter 7
1 And it came to pass
on the day that Moses had fully
set up the tabernacle, and had
anointed it, and sanctified it,
and all the instruments thereof,
both the altar and all the
vessels thereof, and had anointed
them, and sanctified them;
2 That the princes of
Israel, heads of the house of
their fathers, who were the
princes of the tribes, and were
over them that were numbered,
offered:
3 And they brought their
offering before the LORD, six
covered wagons, and twelve oxen;
a wagon for two of the princes,
and for each one an ox: and they
brought them before the
tabernacle.
4 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
5 Take it of them, that
they may be to do the service of
the tabernacle of the
congregation; and thou shalt give
them unto the Levites, to every
man according to his service.
6 And Moses took the
wagons and the oxen, and gave
them unto the Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen
he gave unto the sons of Gershon,
according to their service:
8 And four wagons and
eight oxen he gave unto the sons
of Merari, according unto their
service, under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
9 But unto the sons of
Kohath he gave none: because the
service of the sanctuary
belonging unto them was that they
should bear upon their
shoulders.
10 And the princes offered
for dedicating of the altar in
the day that it was anointed,
even the princes offered their
offering before the altar.
11 And the LORD said unto
Moses, They shall offer their
offering, each prince on his day,
for the dedicating of the
altar.
12 And he that offered his
offering the first day was
Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of
the tribe of Judah:
13 And his offering was
one silver charger, the weight
thereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
were full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
14 One spoon of ten
shekels of gold, full of
incense:
15 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
16 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
17 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
18 On the second day
Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince
of Issachar, did offer:
19 He offered for his
offering one silver charger, the
weight whereof was an hundred and
thirty shekels, one silver bowl
of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
20 One spoon of gold of
ten shekels, full of incense:
21 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
22 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
23 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Nethaneel the son of
Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab
the son of Helon, prince of the
children of Zebulun, did
offer:
25 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
26 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
27 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
28 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
29 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Eliab the son of
Helon.
30 On the fourth day
Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince
of the children of Reuben, did
offer:
31 His offering was one
silver charger of the weight of
an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
32 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
33 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
34 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
35 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,
prince of the children of Simeon,
did offer:
37 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
38 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
39 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
40 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
41 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day
Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince
of the children of Gad,
offered:
43 His offering was one
silver charger of the weight of
an hundred and thirty shekels, a
silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
44 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
45 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
46 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
47 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Eliasaph the son of
Deuel.
48 On the seventh day
Elishama the son of Ammihud,
prince of the children of
Ephraim, offered:
49 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
50 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
51 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
52 one kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
53 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Elishama the son of
Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day
offered Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur, prince of the children
of Manasseh:
55 His offering was one
silver charger of the weight of
an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary; both of them full of
fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
56 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
57 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
58 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
59 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan
the son of Gideoni, prince of the
children of Benjamin,
offered:
61 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
62 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
63 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
64 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
65 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
prince of the children of Dan,
offered:
67 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
68 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
69 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
70 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
71 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day
Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince
of the children of Asher,
offered:
73 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
74 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
75 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
76 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
77 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Pagiel the son of
Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day
Ahira the son of Enan, prince of
the children of Naphtali,
offered:
79 His offering was one
silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of
seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them
full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meat offering:
80 One golden spoon of ten
shekels, full of incense:
81 One young bullock, one
ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
82 One kid of the goats
for a sin offering:
83 And for a sacrifice of
peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs
of the first year: this was the
offering of Ahira the son of
Enan.
84 This was the dedication
of the altar, in the day when it
was anointed, by the princes of
Israel: twelve chargers of
silver, twelve silver bowls,
twelve spoons of gold:
85 Each charger of silver
weighing an hundred and thirty
shekels, each bowl seventy: all
the silver vessels weighed two
thousand and four hundred
shekels, after the shekel of the
sanctuary:
86 The golden spoons were
twelve, full of incense, weighing
ten shekels apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the
gold of the spoons was an hundred
and twenty shekels.
87 All the oxen for the
burnt offering were twelve
bullocks, the rams twelve, the
lambs of the first year twelve,
with their meat offering: and the
kids of the goats for sin
offering twelve.
88 And all the oxen for
the sacrifice of the peace
offerings were twenty and four
bullocks, the rams sixty, the he
goats sixty, the lambs of the
first year sixty. This was the
dedication of the altar, after
that it was anointed.
89 And when Moses was gone
into the tabernacle of the
congregation to speak with him,
then he heard the voice of one
speaking unto him from off the
mercy seat that was upon the ark
of testimony, from between the
two cherubims: and he spake unto
him.
Chapter 8
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto Aaron, and
say unto him, When thou lightest
the lamps, the seven lamps shall
give light over against the
candlestick.
3 And Aaron did so; he
lighted the lamps thereof over
against the candlestick, as the
LORD commanded Moses.
4 And this work of the
candlestick was of beaten gold,
unto the shaft thereof, unto the
flowers thereof, was beaten work:
according unto the pattern which
the LORD had shewed Moses, so he
made the candlestick.
5 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
6 Take the Levites from
among the children of Israel, and
cleanse them.
7 And thus shalt thou do
unto them, to cleanse them:
Sprinkle water of purifying upon
them, and let them shave all
their flesh, and let them wash
their clothes, and so make
themselves clean.
8 Then let them take a
young bullock with his meat
offering, even fine flour mingled
with oil, and another young
bullock shalt thou take for a sin
offering.
9 And thou shalt bring the
Levites before the tabernacle of
the congregation: and thou shalt
gather the whole assembly of the
children of Israel together:
10 And thou shalt bring
the Levites before the LORD: and
the children of Israel shall put
their hands upon the Levites:
11 And Aaron shall offer
the Levites before the LORD for
an offering of the children of
Israel, that they may execute the
service of the LORD.
12 And the Levites shall
lay their hands upon the heads of
the bullocks: and thou shalt
offer the one for a sin offering,
and the other for a burnt
offering, unto the LORD, to make
an atonement for the Levites.
13 And thou shalt set the
Levites before Aaron, and before
his sons, and offer them for an
offering unto the LORD.
14 Thus shalt thou
separate the Levites from among
the children of Israel: and the
Levites shall be mine.
15 And after that shall
the Levites go in to do the
service of the tabernacle of the
congregation: and thou shalt
cleanse them, and offer them for
an offering.
16 For they are wholly
given unto me from among the
children of Israel; instead of
such as open every womb, even
instead of the firstborn of all
the children of Israel, have I
taken them unto me.
17 For all the firstborn
of the children of Israel are
mine, both man and beast: on the
day that I smote every firstborn
in the land of Egypt I sanctified
them for myself.
18 And I have taken the
Levites for all the firstborn of
the children of Israel.
19 And I have given the
Levites as a gift to Aaron and to
his sons from among the children
of Israel, to do the service of
the children of Israel in the
tabernacle of the congregation,
and to make an atonement for the
children of Israel: that there be
no plague among the children of
Israel, when the children of
Israel come nigh unto the
sanctuary.
20 And Moses, and Aaron,
and all the congregation of the
children of Israel, did to the
Levites according unto all that
the LORD commanded Moses
concerning the Levites, so did
the children of Israel unto
them.
21 And the Levites were
purified, and they washed their
clothes; and Aaron offered them
as an offering before the LORD;
and Aaron made an atonement for
them to cleanse them.
22 And after that went the
Levites in to do their service in
the tabernacle of the
congregation before Aaron, and
before his sons: as the LORD had
commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so did they unto
them.
23 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
24 This is it that
belongeth unto the Levites: from
twenty and five years old and
upward they shall go in to wait
upon the service of the
tabernacle of the
congregation:
25 And from the age of
fifty years they shall cease
waiting upon the service thereof,
and shall serve no more:
26 But shall minister with
their brethren in the tabernacle
of the congregation, to keep the
charge, and shall do no service.
Thus shalt thou do unto the
Levites touching their
charge.
Chapter 9
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the first month of the
second year after they were come
out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
2 Let the children of
Israel also keep the passover at
his appointed season.
3 In the fourteenth day of
this month, at even, ye shall
keep it in his appointed season:
according to all the rites of it,
and according to all the
ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep
it.
4 And Moses spake unto the
children of Israel, that they
should keep the passover.
5 And they kept the
passover on the fourteenth day of
the first month at even in the
wilderness of Sinai: according to
all that the LORD commanded
Moses, so did the children of
Israel.
6 And there were certain
men, who were defiled by the dead
body of a man, that they could
not keep the passover on that
day: and they came before Moses
and before Aaron on that day:
7 And those men said unto
him, We are defiled by the dead
body of a man: wherefore are we
kept back, that we may not offer
an offering of the LORD in his
appointed season among the
children of Israel?
8 And Moses said unto
them, Stand still, and I will
hear what the LORD will command
concerning you.
9 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children
of Israel, saying, If any man of
you or of your posterity shall be
unclean by reason of a dead body,
or be in a journey afar off, yet
he shall keep the passover unto
the LORD.
11 The fourteenth day of
the second month at even they
shall keep it, and eat it with
unleavened bread and bitter
herbs.
12 They shall leave none
of it unto the morning, nor break
any bone of it: according to all
the ordinances of the passover
they shall keep it.
13 But the man that is
clean, and is not in a journey,
and forbeareth to keep the
passover, even the same soul
shall be cut off from among his
people: because he brought not
the offering of the LORD in his
appointed season, that man shall
bear his sin.
14 And if a stranger shall
sojourn among you, and will keep
the passover unto the LORD;
according to the ordinance of the
passover, and according to the
manner thereof, so shall he do:
ye shall have one ordinance, both
for the stranger, and for him
that was born in the land.
15 And on the day that the
tabernacle was reared up the
cloud covered the tabernacle,
namely, the tent of the
testimony: and at even there was
upon the tabernacle as it were
the appearance of fire, until the
morning.
16 So it was alway: the
cloud covered it by day, and the
appearance of fire by night.
17 And when the cloud was
taken up from the tabernacle,
then after that the children of
Israel journeyed: and in the
place where the cloud abode,
there the children of Israel
pitched their tents.
18 At the commandment of
the LORD the children of Israel
journeyed, and at the commandment
of the LORD they pitched: as long
as the cloud abode upon the
tabernacle they rested in their
tents.
19 And when the cloud
tarried long upon the tabernacle
many days, then the children of
Israel kept the charge of the
LORD, and journeyed not.
20 And so it was, when the
cloud was a few days upon the
tabernacle; according to the
commandment of the LORD they
abode in their tents, and
according to the commandment of
the LORD they journeyed.
21 And so it was, when the
cloud abode from even unto the
morning, and that the cloud was
taken up in the morning, then
they journeyed: whether it was by
day or by night that the cloud
was taken up, they journeyed.
22 Or whether it were two
days, or a month, or a year, that
the cloud tarried upon the
tabernacle, remaining thereon,
the children of Israel abode in
their tents, and journeyed not:
but when it was taken up, they
journeyed.
23 At the commandment of
the LORD they rested in the
tents, and at the commandment of
the LORD they journeyed: they
kept the charge of the LORD, at
the commandment of the LORD by
the hand of Moses.
Chapter 10
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Make thee two trumpets
of silver; of a whole piece shalt
thou make them: that thou mayest
use them for the calling of the
assembly, and for the journeying
of the camps.
3 And when they shall blow
with them, all the assembly shall
assemble themselves to thee at
the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
4 And if they blow but
with one trumpet, then the
princes, which are heads of the
thousands of Israel, shall gather
themselves unto thee.
5 When ye blow an alarm,
then the camps that lie on the
east parts shall go forward.
6 When ye blow an alarm
the second time, then the camps
that lie on the south side shall
take their journey: they shall
blow an alarm for their
journeys.
7 But when the
congregation is to be gathered
together, ye shall blow, but ye
shall not sound an alarm.
8 And the sons of Aaron,
the priests, shall blow with the
trumpets; and they shall be to
you for an ordinance for ever
throughout your generations.
9 And if ye go to war in
your land against the enemy that
oppresseth you, then ye shall
blow an alarm with the trumpets;
and ye shall be remembered before
the LORD your God, and ye shall
be saved from your enemies.
10 Also in the day of your
gladness, and in your solemn
days, and in the beginnings of
your months, ye shall blow with
the trumpets over your burnt
offerings, and over the
sacrifices of your peace
offerings; that they may be to
you for a memorial before your
God: I am the LORD your God.
11 And it came to pass on
the twentieth day of the second
month, in the second year, that
the cloud was taken up from off
the tabernacle of the
testimony.
12 And the children of
Israel took their journeys out of
the wilderness of Sinai; and the
cloud rested in the wilderness of
Paran.
13 And they first took
their journey according to the
commandment of the LORD by the
hand of Moses.
14 In the first place went
the standard of the camp of the
children of Judah according to
their armies: and over his host
was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
15 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Issachar was Nethaneel the son of
Zuar.
16 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Zebulun was Eliab the son of
Helon.
17 And the tabernacle was
taken down; and the sons of
Gershon and the sons of Merari
set forward, bearing the
tabernacle.
18 And the standard of the
camp of Reuben set forward
according to their armies: and
over his host was Elizur the son
of Shedeur.
19 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Simeon was Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
20 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of Gad
was Eliasaph the son of
Deuel.
21 And the Kohathites set
forward, bearing the sanctuary:
and the other did set up the
tabernacle against they came.
22 And the standard of the
camp of the children of Ephraim
set forward according to their
armies: and over his host was
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
23 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of
Pedahzur.
24 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Benjamin was Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
25 And the standard of the
camp of the children of Dan set
forward, which was the rereward
of all the camps throughout their
hosts: and over his host was
Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
26 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Asher was Pagiel the son of
Ocran.
27 And over the host of
the tribe of the children of
Naphtali was Ahira the son of
Enan.
28 Thus were the
journeyings of the children of
Israel according to their armies,
when they set forward.
29 And Moses said unto
Hobab, the son of Raguel the
Midianite, Moses' father in law,
We are journeying unto the place
of which the LORD said, I will
give it you: come thou with us,
and we will do thee good: for the
LORD hath spoken good concerning
Israel.
30 And he said unto him, I
will not go; but I will depart to
mine own land, and to my
kindred.
31 And he said, Leave us
not, I pray thee; forasmuch as
thou knowest how we are to encamp
in the wilderness, and thou
mayest be to us instead of
eyes.
32 And it shall be, if
thou go with us, yea, it shall
be, that what goodness the LORD
shall do unto us, the same will
we do unto thee.
33 And they departed from
the mount of the LORD three days'
journey: and the ark of the
covenant of the LORD went before
them in the three days' journey,
to search out a resting place for
them.
34 And the cloud of the
LORD was upon them by day, when
they went out of the camp.
35 And it came to pass,
when the ark set forward, that
Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and
let thine enemies be scattered;
and let them that hate thee flee
before thee.
36 And when it rested, he
said, Return, O LORD, unto the
many thousands of Israel.
Chapter 11
1 And when the people
complained, it displeased the
LORD: and the LORD heard it; and
his anger was kindled; and the
fire of the LORD burnt among
them, and consumed them that were
in the uttermost parts of the
camp.
2 And the people cried
unto Moses; and when Moses prayed
unto the LORD, the fire was
quenched.
3 And he called the name
of the place Taberah: because the
fire of the LORD burnt among
them.
4 And the mixt multitude
that was among them fell a
lusting: and the children of
Israel also wept again, and said,
Who shall give us flesh to
eat?
5 We remember the fish,
which we did eat in Egypt freely;
the cucumbers, and the melons,
and the leeks, and the onions,
and the garlick:
6 But our soul is dried
away: there is nothing at all,
beside this manna, before our
eyes.
7 And the manna was as
coriander seed, and the colour
thereof as the colour of
bdellium.
8 And the people went
about, and gathered it, and
ground it in mills, or beat it in
a mortar, and baked it in pans,
and made cakes of it: and the
taste of it was as the taste of
fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell
upon the camp in the night, the
manna fell upon it.
10 Then Moses heard the
people weep throughout their
families, every man in the door
of his tent: and the anger of the
LORD was kindled greatly; Moses
also was displeased.
11 And Moses said unto the
LORD, Wherefore hast thou
afflicted thy servant? and
wherefore have I not found favour
in thy sight, that thou layest
the burden of all this people
upon me?
12 Have I conceived all
this people? have I begotten
them, that thou shouldest say
unto me, Carry them in thy bosom,
as a nursing father beareth the
sucking child, unto the land
which thou swarest unto their
fathers?
13 Whence should I have
flesh to give unto all this
people? for they weep unto me,
saying, Give us flesh, that we
may eat.
14 I am not able to bear
all this people alone, because it
is too heavy for me.
15 And if thou deal thus
with me, kill me, I pray thee,
out of hand, if I have found
favour in thy sight; and let me
not see my wretchedness.
16 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Gather unto me seventy men
of the elders of Israel, whom
thou knowest to be the elders of
the people, and officers over
them; and bring them unto the
tabernacle of the congregation,
that they may stand there with
thee.
17 And I will come down
and talk with thee there: and I
will take of the spirit which is
upon thee, and will put it upon
them; and they shall bear the
burden of the people with thee,
that thou bear it not thyself
alone.
18 And say thou unto the
people, Sanctify yourselves
against to morrow, and ye shall
eat flesh: for ye have wept in
the ears of the LORD, saying, Who
shall give us flesh to eat? for
it was well with us in Egypt:
therefore the LORD will give you
flesh, and ye shall eat.
19 Ye shall not eat one
day, nor two days, nor five days,
neither ten days, nor twenty
days;
20 But even a whole month,
until it come out at your
nostrils, and it be loathsome
unto you: because that ye have
despised the LORD which is among
you, and have wept before him,
saying, Why came we forth out of
Egypt?
21 And Moses said, The
people, among whom I am, are six
hundred thousand footmen; and
thou hast said, I will give them
flesh, that they may eat a whole
month.
22 Shall the flocks and
the herds be slain for them, to
suffice them? or shall all the
fish of the sea be gathered
together for them, to suffice
them?
23 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed
short? thou shalt see now whether
my word shall come to pass unto
thee or not.
24 And Moses went out, and
told the people the words of the
LORD, and gathered the seventy
men of the elders of the people,
and set them round about the
tabernacle.
25 And the LORD came down
in a cloud, and spake unto him,
and took of the spirit that was
upon him, and gave it unto the
seventy elders: and it came to
pass, that, when the spirit
rested upon them, they
prophesied, and did not
cease.
26 But there remained two
of the men in the camp, the name
of the one was Eldad, and the
name of the other Medad: and the
spirit rested upon them; and they
were of them that were written,
but went not out unto the
tabernacle: and they prophesied
in the camp.
27 And there ran a young
man, and told Moses, and said,
Eldad and Medad do prophesy in
the camp.
28 And Joshua the son of
Nun, the servant of Moses, one of
his young men, answered and said,
My lord Moses, forbid them.
29 And Moses said unto
him, Enviest thou for my sake?
would God that all the LORD's
people were prophets, and that
the LORD would put his spirit
upon them!
30 And Moses gat him into
the camp, he and the elders of
Israel.
31 And there went forth a
wind from the LORD, and brought
quails from the sea, and let them
fall by the camp, as it were a
day's journey on this side, and
as it were a day's journey on the
other side, round about the camp,
and as it were two cubits high
upon the face of the earth.
32 And the people stood up
all that day, and all that night,
and all the next day, and they
gathered the quails: he that
gathered least gathered ten
homers: and they spread them all
abroad for themselves round about
the camp.
33 And while the flesh was
yet between their teeth, ere it
was chewed, the wrath of the LORD
was kindled against the people,
and the LORD smote the people
with a very great plague.
34 And he called the name
of that place Kibroth-hattaavah:
because there they buried the
people that lusted.
35 And the people
journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah
unto Hazeroth; and abode at
Hazeroth.
Chapter 12
1 And Miriam and Aaron
spake against Moses because of
the Ethiopian woman whom he had
married: for he had married an
Ethiopian woman.
2 And they said, Hath the
LORD indeed spoken only by Moses?
hath he not spoken also by us?
And the LORD heard it.
3 (Now the man Moses was
very meek, above all the men
which were upon the face of the
earth.)
4 And the LORD spake
suddenly unto Moses, and unto
Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out
ye three unto the tabernacle of
the congregation. And they three
came out.
5 And the LORD came down
in the pillar of the cloud, and
stood in the door of the
tabernacle, and called Aaron and
Miriam: and they both came
forth.
6 And he said, Hear now my
words: If there be a prophet
among you, I the LORD will make
myself known unto him in a
vision, and will speak unto him
in a dream.
7 My servant Moses is not
so, who is faithful in all mine
house.
8 With him will I speak
mouth to mouth, even apparently,
and not in dark speeches; and the
similitude of the LORD shall he
behold: wherefore then were ye
not afraid to speak against my
servant Moses?
9 And the anger of the
LORD was kindled against them;
and he departed.
10 And the cloud departed
from off the tabernacle; and,
behold, Miriam became leprous,
white as snow: and Aaron looked
upon Miriam, and, behold, she was
leprous.
11 And Aaron said unto
Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech
thee, lay not the sin upon us,
wherein we have done foolishly,
and wherein we have sinned.
12 Let her not be as one
dead, of whom the flesh is half
consumed when he cometh out of
his mother's womb.
13 And Moses cried unto
the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O
God, I beseech thee.
14 And the LORD said unto
Moses, If her father had but spit
in her face, should she not be
ashamed seven days? let her be
shut out from the camp seven
days, and after that let her be
received in again.
15 And Miriam was shut out
from the camp seven days: and the
people journeyed not till Miriam
was brought in again.
16 And afterward the
people removed from Hazeroth, and
pitched in the wilderness of
Paran.
Chapter 13
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Send thou men, that they
may search the land of Canaan,
which I give unto the children of
Israel: of every tribe of their
fathers shall ye send a man,
every one a ruler among them.
3 And Moses by the
commandment of the LORD sent them
from the wilderness of Paran: all
those men were heads of the
children of Israel.
4 And these were their
names: of the tribe of Reuben,
Shammua the son of Zaccur.
5 Of the tribe of Simeon,
Shaphat the son of Hori.
6 Of the tribe of Judah,
Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
7 Of the tribe of
Issachar, Igal the son of
Joseph.
8 Of the tribe of Ephraim,
Oshea the son of Nun.
9 Of the tribe of
Benjamin, Palti the son of
Raphu.
10 Of the tribe of
Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of
Sodi.
11 Of the tribe of Joseph,
namely, of the tribe of Manasseh,
Gaddi the son of Susi.
12 Of the tribe of Dan,
Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
13 Of the tribe of Asher,
Sethur the son of Michael.
14 Of the tribe of
Naphtali, Nahbi the son of
Vophsi.
15 Of the tribe of Gad,
Geuel the son of Machi.
16 These are the names of
the men which Moses sent to spy
out the land. And Moses called
Oshea the son of Nun
Jehoshua.
17 And Moses sent them to
spy out the land of Canaan, and
said unto them, Get you up this
way southward, and go up into the
mountain:
18 And see the land, what
it is; and the people that
dwelleth therein, whether they be
strong or weak, few or many;
19 And what the land is
that they dwell in, whether it be
good or bad; and what cities they
be that they dwell in, whether in
tents, or in strong holds;
20 And what the land is,
whether it be fat or lean,
whether there be wood therein, or
not. And be ye of good courage,
and bring of the fruit of the
land. Now the time was the time
of the firstripe grapes.
21 So they went up, and
searched the land from the
wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as
men come to Hamath.
22 And they ascended by
the south, and came unto Hebron;
where Ahiman, Sheshai, and
Talmai, the children of Anak,
were. (Now Hebron was built seven
years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23 And they came unto the
brook of Eshcol, and cut down
from thence a branch with one
cluster of grapes, and they bare
it between two upon a staff; and
they brought of the pomegranates,
and of the figs.
24 The place was called
the brook Eshcol, because of the
cluster of grapes which the
children of Israel cut down from
thence.
25 And they returned from
searching of the land after forty
days.
26 And they went and came
to Moses, and to Aaron, and to
all the congregation of the
children of Israel, unto the
wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh;
and brought back word unto them,
and unto all the congregation,
and shewed them the fruit of the
land.
27 And they told him, and
said, We came unto the land
whither thou sentest us, and
surely it floweth with milk and
honey; and this is the fruit of
it.
28 Nevertheless the people
be strong that dwell in the land,
and the cities are walled, and
very great: and moreover we saw
the children of Anak there.
29 The Amalekites dwell in
the land of the south: and the
Hittites, and the Jebusites, and
the Amorites, dwell in the
mountains: and the Canaanites
dwell by the sea, and by the
coast of Jordan.
30 And Caleb stilled the
people before Moses, and said,
Let us go up at once, and possess
it; for we are well able to
overcome it.
31 But the men that went
up with him said, We be not able
to go up against the people; for
they are stronger than we.
32 And they brought up an
evil report of the land which
they had searched unto the
children of Israel, saying, The
land, through which we have gone
to search it, is a land that
eateth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that
we saw in it are men of a great
stature.
33 And there we saw the
giants, the sons of Anak, which
come of the giants: and we were
in our own sight as grasshoppers,
and so we were in their
sight.
Chapter 14
1 And all the
congregation lifted up their
voice, and cried; and the people
wept that night.
2 And all the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron: and the whole
congregation said unto them,
Would God that we had died in the
land of Egypt! or would God we
had died in this wilderness!
3 And wherefore hath the
LORD brought us unto this land,
to fall by the sword, that our
wives and our children should be
a prey? were it not better for us
to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to
another, Let us make a captain,
and let us return into Egypt.
5 Then Moses and Aaron
fell on their faces before all
the assembly of the congregation
of the children of Israel.
6 And Joshua the son of
Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of them
that searched the land, rent
their clothes:
7 And they spake unto all
the company of the children of
Israel, saying, The land, which
we passed through to search it,
is an exceeding good land.
8 If the LORD delight in
us, then he will bring us into
this land, and give it us; a land
which floweth with milk and
honey.
9 Only rebel not ye
against the LORD, neither fear ye
the people of the land; for they
are bread for us: their defence
is departed from them, and the
LORD is with us: fear them
not.
10 But all the
congregation bade stone them with
stones. And the glory of the LORD
appeared in the tabernacle of the
congregation before all the
children of Israel.
11 And the LORD said unto
Moses, How long will this people
provoke me? and how long will it
be ere they believe me, for all
the signs which I have shewed
among them?
12 I will smite them with
the pestilence, and disinherit
them, and will make of thee a
greater nation and mightier than
they.
13 And Moses said unto the
LORD, Then the Egyptians shall
hear it, (for thou broughtest up
this people in thy might from
among them;)
14 And they will tell it
to the inhabitants of this land:
for they have heard that thou
LORD art among this people, that
thou LORD art seen face to face,
and that thy cloud standeth over
them, and that thou goest before
them, by day time in a pillar of
a cloud, and in a pillar of fire
by night.
15 Now if thou shalt kill
all this people as one man, then
the nations which have heard the
fame of thee will speak,
saying,
16 Because the LORD was
not able to bring this people
into the land which he sware unto
them, therefore he hath slain
them in the wilderness.
17 And now, I beseech
thee, let the power of my Lord be
great, according as thou hast
spoken, saying,
18 The LORD is
longsuffering, and of great
mercy, forgiving iniquity and
transgression, and by no means
clearing the guilty, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the
children unto the third and
fourth generation.
19 Pardon, I beseech thee,
the iniquity of this people
according unto the greatness of
thy mercy, and as thou hast
forgiven this people, from Egypt
even until now.
20 And the LORD said, I
have pardoned according to thy
word:
21 But as truly as I live,
all the earth shall be filled
with the glory of the LORD.
22 Because all those men
which have seen my glory, and my
miracles, which I did in Egypt
and in the wilderness, and have
tempted me now these ten times,
and have not hearkened to my
voice;
23 Surely they shall not
see the land which I sware unto
their fathers, neither shall any
of them that provoked me see
it:
24 But my servant Caleb,
because he had another spirit
with him, and hath followed me
fully, him will I bring into the
land whereinto he went; and his
seed shall possess it.
25 (Now the Amalekites and
the Canaanites dwelt in the
valley.) To morrow turn you, and
get you into the wilderness by
the way of the Red sea.
26 And the LORD spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27 How long shall I bear
with this evil congregation,
which murmur against me? I have
heard the murmurings of the
children of Israel, which they
murmur against me.
28 Say unto them, As truly
as I live, saith the LORD, as ye
have spoken in mine ears, so will
I do to you:
29 Your carcases shall
fall in this wilderness; and all
that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number,
from twenty years old and upward,
which have murmured against
me,
30 Doubtless ye shall not
come into the land, concerning
which I sware to make you dwell
therein, save Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of
Nun.
31 But your little ones,
which ye said should be a prey,
them will I bring in, and they
shall know the land which ye have
despised.
32 But as for you, your
carcases, they shall fall in this
wilderness.
33 And your children shall
wander in the wilderness forty
years, and bear your whoredoms,
until your carcases be wasted in
the wilderness.
34 After the number of the
days in which ye searched the
land, even forty days, each day
for a year, shall ye bear your
iniquities, even forty years, and
ye shall know my breach of
promise.
35 I the LORD have said, I
will surely do it unto all this
evil congregation, that are
gathered together against me: in
this wilderness they shall be
consumed, and there they shall
die.
36 And the men, which
Moses sent to search the land,
who returned, and made all the
congregation to murmur against
him, by bringing up a slander
upon the land,
37 Even those men that did
bring up the evil report upon the
land, died by the plague before
the LORD.
38 But Joshua the son of
Nun, and Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, which were of the men
that went to search the land,
lived still.
39 And Moses told these
sayings unto all the children of
Israel: and the people mourned
greatly.
40 And they rose up early
in the morning, and gat them up
into the top of the mountain,
saying, Lo, we be here, and will
go up unto the place which the
LORD hath promised: for we have
sinned.
41 And Moses said,
Wherefore now do ye transgress
the commandment of the LORD? but
it shall not prosper.
42 Go not up, for the LORD
is not among you; that ye be not
smitten before your enemies.
43 For the Amalekites and
the Canaanites are there before
you, and ye shall fall by the
sword: because ye are turned away
from the LORD, therefore the LORD
will not be with you.
44 But they presumed to go
up unto the hill top:
nevertheless the ark of the
covenant of the LORD, and Moses,
departed not out of the camp.
45 Then the Amalekites
came down, and the Canaanites
which dwelt in that hill, and
smote them, and discomfited them,
even unto Hormah.
Chapter 15
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
When ye be come into the land of
your habitations, which I give
unto you,
3 And will make an
offering by fire unto the LORD, a
burnt offering, or a sacrifice in
performing a vow, or in a
freewill offering, or in your
solemn feasts, to make a sweet
savour unto the LORD, of the
herd, or of the flock:
4 Then shall he that
offereth his offering unto the
LORD bring a meat offering of a
tenth deal of flour mingled with
the fourth part of an hin of
oil.
5 And the fourth part of
an hin of wine for a drink
offering shalt thou prepare with
the burnt offering or sacrifice,
for one lamb.
6 Or for a ram, thou shalt
prepare for a meat offering two
tenth deals of flour mingled with
the third part of an hin of
oil.
7 And for a drink offering
thou shalt offer the third part
of an hin of wine, for a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
8 And when thou preparest
a bullock for a burnt offering,
or for a sacrifice in performing
a vow, or peace offerings unto
the LORD:
9 Then shall he bring with
a bullock a meat offering of
three tenth deals of flour
mingled with half an hin of
oil.
10 And thou shalt bring
for a drink offering half an hin
of wine, for an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
11 Thus shall it be done
for one bullock, or for one ram,
or for a lamb, or a kid.
12 According to the number
that ye shall prepare, so shall
ye do to every one according to
their number.
13 All that are born of
the country shall do these things
after this manner, in offering an
offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
14 And if a stranger
sojourn with you, or whosoever be
among you in your generations,
and will offer an offering made
by fire, of a sweet savour unto
the LORD; as ye do, so he shall
do.
15 One ordinance shall be
both for you of the congregation,
and also for the stranger that
sojourneth with you, an ordinance
for ever in your generations: as
ye are, so shall the stranger be
before the LORD.
16 One law and one manner
shall be for you, and for the
stranger that sojourneth with
you.
17 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
18 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and say unto them,
When ye come into the land
whither I bring you,
19 Then it shall be, that,
when ye eat of the bread of the
land, ye shall offer up an heave
offering unto the LORD.
20 Ye shall offer up a
cake of the first of your dough
for an heave offering: as ye do
the heave offering of the
threshingfloor, so shall ye heave
it.
21 Of the first of your
dough ye shall give unto the LORD
an heave offering in your
generations.
22 And if ye have erred,
and not observed all these
commandments, which the LORD hath
spoken unto Moses,
23 Even all that the LORD
hath commanded you by the hand of
Moses, from the day that the LORD
commanded Moses, and henceforward
among your generations;
24 Then it shall be, if
ought be committed by ignorance
without the knowledge of the
congregation, that all the
congregation shall offer one
young bullock for a burnt
offering, for a sweet savour unto
the LORD, with his meat offering,
and his drink offering, according
to the manner, and one kid of the
goats for a sin offering.
25 And the priest shall
make an atonement for all the
congregation of the children of
Israel, and it shall be forgiven
them; for it is ignorance: and
they shall bring their offering,
a sacrifice made by fire unto the
LORD, and their sin offering
before the LORD, for their
ignorance:
26 And it shall be
forgiven all the congregation of
the children of Israel, and the
stranger that sojourneth among
them; seeing all the people were
in ignorance.
27 And if any soul sin
through ignorance, then he shall
bring a she goat of the first
year for a sin offering.
28 And the priest shall
make an atonement for the soul
that sinneth ignorantly, when he
sinneth by ignorance before the
LORD, to make an atonement for
him; and it shall be forgiven
him.
29 Ye shall have one law
for him that sinneth through
ignorance, both for him that is
born among the children of
Israel, and for the stranger that
sojourneth among them.
30 But the soul that doeth
ought presumptuously, whether he
be born in the land, or a
stranger, the same reproacheth
the LORD; and that soul shall be
cut off from among his
people.
31 Because he hath
despised the word of the LORD,
and hath broken his commandment,
that soul shall utterly be cut
off; his iniquity shall be upon
him.
32 And while the children
of Israel were in the wilderness,
they found a man that gathered
sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him
gathering sticks brought him unto
Moses and Aaron, and unto all the
congregation.
34 And they put him in
ward, because it was not declared
what should be done to him.
35 And the LORD said unto
Moses, The man shall be surely
put to death: all the
congregation shall stone him with
stones without the camp.
36 And all the
congregation brought him without
the camp, and stoned him with
stones, and he died; as the LORD
commanded Moses.
37 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
38 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and bid them that they
make them fringes in the borders
of their garments throughout
their generations, and that they
put upon the fringe of the
borders a ribband of blue:
39 And it shall be unto
you for a fringe, that ye may
look upon it, and remember all
the commandments of the LORD, and
do them; and that ye seek not
after your own heart and your own
eyes, after which ye use to go a
whoring:
40 That ye may remember,
and do all my commandments, and
be holy unto your God.
41 I am the LORD your God,
which brought you out of the land
of Egypt, to be your God: I am
the LORD your God.
Chapter 16
1 Now Korah, the son of
Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son
of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram,
the sons of Eliab, and On, the
son of Peleth, sons of Reuben,
took men:
2 And they rose up before
Moses, with certain of the
children of Israel, two hundred
and fifty princes of the
assembly, famous in the
congregation, men of renown:
3 And they gathered
themselves together against Moses
and against Aaron, and said unto
them, Ye take too much upon you,
seeing all the congregation are
holy, every one of them, and the
LORD is among them: wherefore
then lift ye up yourselves above
the congregation of the LORD?
4 And when Moses heard it,
he fell upon his face:
5 And he spake unto Korah
and unto all his company, saying,
Even to morrow the LORD will shew
who are his, and who is holy; and
will cause him to come near unto
him: even him whom he hath chosen
will he cause to come near unto
him.
6 This do; Take you
censers, Korah, and all his
company;
7 And put fire therein,
and put incense in them before
the LORD to morrow: and it shall
be that the man whom the LORD
doth choose, he shall be holy: ye
take too much upon you, ye sons
of Levi.
8 And Moses said unto
Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons
of Levi:
9 Seemeth it but a small
thing unto you, that the God of
Israel hath separated you from
the congregation of Israel, to
bring you near to himself to do
the service of the tabernacle of
the LORD, and to stand before the
congregation to minister unto
them?
10 And he hath brought
thee near to him, and all thy
brethren the sons of Levi with
thee: and seek ye the priesthood
also?
11 For which cause both
thou and all thy company are
gathered together against the
LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye
murmur against him?
12 And Moses sent to call
Dathan and Abiram, the sons of
Eliab: which said, We will not
come up:
13 Is it a small thing
that thou hast brought us up out
of a land that floweth with milk
and honey, to kill us in the
wilderness, except thou make
thyself altogether a prince over
us?
14 Moreover thou hast not
brought us into a land that
floweth with milk and honey, or
given us inheritance of fields
and vineyards: wilt thou put out
the eyes of these men? we will
not come up.
15 And Moses was very
wroth, and said unto the LORD,
Respect not thou their offering:
I have not taken one ass from
them, neither have I hurt one of
them.
16 And Moses said unto
Korah, Be thou and all thy
company before the LORD, thou,
and they, and Aaron, to
morrow:
17 And take every man his
censer, and put incense in them,
and bring ye before the LORD
every man his censer, two hundred
and fifty censers; thou also, and
Aaron, each of you his
censer.
18 And they took every man
his censer, and put fire in them,
and laid incense thereon, and
stood in the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation
with Moses and Aaron.
19 And Korah gathered all
the congregation against them
unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation: and the
glory of the LORD appeared unto
all the congregation.
20 And the LORD spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
21 Separate yourselves
from among this congregation,
that I may consume them in a
moment.
22 And they fell upon
their faces, and said, O God, the
God of the spirits of all flesh,
shall one man sin, and wilt thou
be wroth with all the
congregation?
23 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
24 Speak unto the
congregation, saying, Get you up
from about the tabernacle of
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
25 And Moses rose up and
went unto Dathan and Abiram; and
the elders of Israel followed
him.
26 And he spake unto the
congregation, saying, Depart, I
pray you, from the tents of these
wicked men, and touch nothing of
theirs, lest ye be consumed in
all their sins.
27 So they gat up from the
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram, on every side: and Dathan
and Abiram came out, and stood in
the door of their tents, and
their wives, and their sons, and
their little children.
28 And Moses said, Hereby
ye shall know that the LORD hath
sent me to do all these works;
for I have not done them of mine
own mind.
29 If these men die the
common death of all men, or if
they be visited after the
visitation of all men; then the
LORD hath not sent me.
30 But if the LORD make a
new thing, and the earth open her
mouth, and swallow them up, with
all that appertain unto them, and
they go down quick into the pit;
then ye shall understand that
these men have provoked the
LORD.
31 And it came to pass, as
he had made an end of speaking
all these words, that the ground
clave asunder that was under
them:
32 And the earth opened
her mouth, and swallowed them up,
and their houses, and all the men
that appertained unto Korah, and
all their goods.
33 They, and all that
appertained to them, went down
alive into the pit, and the earth
closed upon them: and they
perished from among the
congregation.
34 And all Israel that
were round about them fled at the
cry of them: for they said, Lest
the earth swallow us up also.
35 And there came out a
fire from the LORD, and consumed
the two hundred and fifty men
that offered incense.
36 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
37 Speak unto Eleazar the
son of Aaron the priest, that he
take up the censers out of the
burning, and scatter thou the
fire yonder; for they are
hallowed.
38 The censers of these
sinners against their own souls,
let them make them broad plates
for a covering of the altar: for
they offered them before the
LORD, therefore they are
hallowed: and they shall be a
sign unto the children of
Israel.
39 And Eleazar the priest
took the brasen censers,
wherewith they that were burnt
had offered; and they were made
broad plates for a covering of
the altar:
40 To be a memorial unto
the children of Israel, that no
stranger, which is not of the
seed of Aaron, come near to offer
incense before the LORD; that he
be not as Korah, and as his
company: as the LORD said to him
by the hand of Moses.
41 But on the morrow all
the congregation of the children
of Israel murmured against Moses
and against Aaron, saying, Ye
have killed the people of the
LORD.
42 And it came to pass,
when the congregation was
gathered against Moses and
against Aaron, that they looked
toward the tabernacle of the
congregation: and, behold, the
cloud covered it, and the glory
of the LORD appeared.
43 And Moses and Aaron
came before the tabernacle of the
congregation.
44 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
45 Get you up from among
this congregation, that I may
consume them as in a moment. And
they fell upon their faces.
46 And Moses said unto
Aaron, Take a censer, and put
fire therein from off the altar,
and put on incense, and go
quickly unto the congregation,
and make an atonement for them:
for there is wrath gone out from
the LORD; the plague is
begun.
47 And Aaron took as Moses
commanded, and ran into the midst
of the congregation; and, behold,
the plague was begun among the
people: and he put on incense,
and made an atonement for the
people.
48 And he stood between
the dead and the living; and the
plague was stayed.
49 Now they that died in
the plague were fourteen thousand
and seven hundred, beside them
that died about the matter of
Korah.
50 And Aaron returned unto
Moses unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
and the plague was stayed.
Chapter 17
1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children
of Israel, and take of every one
of them a rod according to the
house of their fathers, of all
their princes according to the
house of their fathers twelve
rods: write thou every man's name
upon his rod.
3 And thou shalt write
Aaron's name upon the rod of
Levi: for one rod shall be for
the head of the house of their
fathers.
4 And thou shalt lay them
up in the tabernacle of the
congregation before the
testimony, where I will meet with
you.
5 And it shall come to
pass, that the man's rod, whom I
shall choose, shall blossom: and
I will make to cease from me the
murmurings of the children of
Israel, whereby they murmur
against you.
6 And Moses spake unto the
children of Israel, and every one
of their princes gave him a rod
apiece, for each prince one,
according to their fathers'
houses, even twelve rods: and the
rod of Aaron was among their
rods.
7 And Moses laid up the
rods before the LORD in the
tabernacle of witness.
8 And it came to pass,
that on the morrow Moses went
into the tabernacle of witness;
and, behold, the rod of Aaron for
the house of Levi was budded, and
brought forth buds, and bloomed
blossoms, and yielded
almonds.
9 And Moses brought out
all the rods from before the LORD
unto all the children of Israel:
and they looked, and took every
man his rod.
10 And the LORD said unto
Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again
before the testimony, to be kept
for a token against the rebels;
and thou shalt quite take away
their murmurings from me, that
they die not.
11 And Moses did so: as
the LORD commanded him, so did
he.
12 And the children of
Israel spake unto Moses, saying,
Behold, we die, we perish, we all
perish.
13 Whosoever cometh any
thing near unto the tabernacle of
the LORD shall die: shall we be
consumed with dying?
Chapter 18
1 And the LORD said
unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and
thy father's house with thee
shall bear the iniquity of the
sanctuary: and thou and thy sons
with thee shall bear the iniquity
of your priesthood.
2 And thy brethren also of
the tribe of Levi, the tribe of
thy father, bring thou with thee,
that they may be joined unto
thee, and minister unto thee: but
thou and thy sons with thee shall
minister before the tabernacle of
witness.
3 And they shall keep thy
charge, and the charge of all the
tabernacle: only they shall not
come nigh the vessels of the
sanctuary and the altar, that
neither they, nor ye also,
die.
4 And they shall be joined
unto thee, and keep the charge of
the tabernacle of the
congregation, for all the service
of the tabernacle: and a stranger
shall not come nigh unto you.
5 And ye shall keep the
charge of the sanctuary, and the
charge of the altar: that there
be no wrath any more upon the
children of Israel.
6 And I, behold, I have
taken your brethren the Levites
from among the children of
Israel: to you they are given as
a gift for the LORD, to do the
service of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
7 Therefore thou and thy
sons with thee shall keep your
priest's office for every thing
of the altar, and within the
vail; and ye shall serve: I have
given your priest's office unto
you as a service of gift: and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall
be put to death.
8 And the LORD spake unto
Aaron, Behold, I also have given
thee the charge of mine heave
offerings of all the hallowed
things of the children of Israel;
unto thee have I given them by
reason of the anointing, and to
thy sons, by an ordinance for
ever.
9 This shall be thine of
the most holy things, reserved
from the fire: every oblation of
theirs, every meat offering of
theirs, and every sin offering of
theirs, and every trespass
offering of theirs, which they
shall render unto me, shall be
most holy for thee and for thy
sons.
10 In the most holy place
shalt thou eat it; every male
shall eat it: it shall be holy
unto thee.
11 And this is thine; the
heave offering of their gift,
with all the wave offerings of
the children of Israel: I have
given them unto thee, and to thy
sons and to thy daughters with
thee, by a statute for ever:
every one that is clean in thy
house shall eat of it.
12 All the best of the
oil, and all the best of the
wine, and of the wheat, the
firstfruits of them which they
shall offer unto the LORD, them
have I given thee.
13 And whatsoever is first
ripe in the land, which they
shall bring unto the LORD, shall
be thine; every one that is clean
in thine house shall eat of
it.
14 Every thing devoted in
Israel shall be thine.
15 Every thing that
openeth the matrix in all flesh,
which they bring unto the LORD,
whether it be of men or beasts,
shall be thine: nevertheless the
firstborn of man shalt thou
surely redeem, and the firstling
of unclean beasts shalt thou
redeem.
16 And those that are to
be redeemed from a month old
shalt thou redeem, according to
thine estimation, for the money
of five shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary, which is twenty
gerahs.
17 But the firstling of a
cow, or the firstling of a sheep,
or the firstling of a goat, thou
shalt not redeem; they are holy:
thou shalt sprinkle their blood
upon the altar, and shalt burn
their fat for an offering made by
fire, for a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
18 And the flesh of them
shall be thine, as the wave
breast and as the right shoulder
are thine.
19 All the heave offerings
of the holy things, which the
children of Israel offer unto the
LORD, have I given thee, and thy
sons and thy daughters with thee,
by a statute for ever: it is a
covenant of salt for ever before
the LORD unto thee and to thy
seed with thee.
20 And the LORD spake unto
Aaron, Thou shalt have no
inheritance in their land,
neither shalt thou have any part
among them: I am thy part and
thine inheritance among the
children of Israel.
21 And, behold, I have
given the children of Levi all
the tenth in Israel for an
inheritance, for their service
which they serve, even the
service of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
22 Neither must the
children of Israel henceforth
come nigh the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest they bear sin,
and die.
23 But the Levites shall
do the service of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and they
shall bear their iniquity: it
shall be a statute for ever
throughout your generations, that
among the children of Israel they
have no inheritance.
24 But the tithes of the
children of Israel, which they
offer as an heave offering unto
the LORD, I have given to the
Levites to inherit: therefore I
have said unto them, Among the
children of Israel they shall
have no inheritance.
25 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
26 Thus speak unto the
Levites, and say unto them, When
ye take of the children of Israel
the tithes which I have given you
from them for your inheritance,
then ye shall offer up an heave
offering of it for the LORD, even
a tenth part of the tithe.
27 And this your heave
offering shall be reckoned unto
you, as though it were the corn
of the threshingfloor, and as the
fulness of the winepress.
28 Thus ye also shall
offer an heave offering unto the
LORD of all your tithes, which ye
receive of the children of
Israel; and ye shall give thereof
the LORD's heave offering to
Aaron the priest.
29 Out of all your gifts
ye shall offer every heave
offering of the LORD, of all the
best thereof, even the hallowed
part thereof out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt
say unto them, When ye have
heaved the best thereof from it,
then it shall be counted unto the
Levites as the increase of the
threshingfloor, and as the
increase of the winepress.
31 And ye shall eat it in
every place, ye and your
households: for it is your reward
for your service in the
tabernacle of the
congregation.
32 And ye shall bear no
sin by reason of it, when ye have
heaved from it the best of it:
neither shall ye pollute the holy
things of the children of Israel,
lest ye die.
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 chode
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
highway, 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 Ije-abarim,
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
Kirjath-huzoth.
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
sheweth 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 Baal-peor: 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
Baal-peor.
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 father's
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 woman
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
Kadesh-barnea 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 Beth-nimrah, and
Beth-haran, fenced cities: and
folds for sheep.
37 And the children of
Reuben built Heshbon, and
Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and
Baal-meon, (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
Havoth-jair.
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
Pi-hahiroth, which is before
Baal-zephon: and they pitched
before Migdol.
8 And they departed from
before Pi-hahiroth, 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 Kibroth-hattaavah.
17 And they departed from
Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped
at Hazeroth.
18 And they departed from
Hazeroth, and pitched in
Rithmah.
19 And they departed from
Rithmah, and pitched at
Rimmon-parez.
20 And they departed from
Rimmon-parez, 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
Bene-jaakan.
32 And they removed from
Bene-jaakan, and encamped at
Hor-hagidgad.
33 And they went from
Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in
Jotbathah.
34 And they removed from
Jotbathah, and encamped at
Ebronah.
35 And they departed from
Ebronah, and encamped at
Ezion-gaber.
36 And they removed from
Ezion-gaber, 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 Ije-abarim,
in the border of Moab.
45 And they departed from
Iim, and pitched in
Dibon-gad.
46 And they removed from
Dibon-gad, and encamped in
Almon-diblathaim.
47 And they removed from
Almon-diblathaim, 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 Beth-jesimoth even
unto Abel-shittim 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
Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to
Hazar-addar, 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 Hazar-enan:
this shall be your north
border.
10 And ye shall point out
your east border from Hazar-enan
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 Mahlal, 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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