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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;

4

Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

5

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.

6

Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

7

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.

8

Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

9

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

10

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

11

And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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

Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

15

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.

16

Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

17

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.

18

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.

19

One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.

20

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.

21

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.

22

Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.

23

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

24

Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

25

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.

26

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.

27

And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

28

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.

29

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.

30

Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

31

All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.

32

These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

33

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.

34

The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

35

Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

36

Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan.

37

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

38

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.

39

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;

40

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:

41

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

42

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

43

These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.

44

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

45

As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.

46

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.

47

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;

48

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.

49

And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

50

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.

51

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.

52

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;

53

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.

54

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

55

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.

56

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:

57

A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

58

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

59

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,

60

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

61

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.

62

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.

63

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.

64

And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

65

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.

66

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;

67

Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

68

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.

69

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

70

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:

71

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.

72

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.

73

Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

74

Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.

75

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;

76

And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his.

77

And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.

79

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

80

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.

81

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

82

And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

83

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.

84

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.

85

And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

86

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

87

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.

88

And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

89

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

90

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

91

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;

92

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.

93

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.

94

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.

95

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.

96

And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

97

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:

98

So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

99

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.

100

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?

101

And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

102

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

103

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.

104

And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

105

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

106

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:

107

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.

108

And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

109

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.

110

So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

111

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.

112

And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

113

Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

114

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?

115

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.

116

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:

117

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.

118

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.

119

We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

120

So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

121

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

122

The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

123

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.

124

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?

125

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

126

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.

127

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.

128

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.

129

One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

130

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:

131

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.

132

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.

133

When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward.

134

These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

135

And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

136

And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.

137

And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

138

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.

139

And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

140

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.

141

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.

142

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?

143

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;

144

And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle.

145

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

146

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.

147

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.

148

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.

149

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!

150

Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

151

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.

152

And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

153

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

154

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,

155

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.

156

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

157

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:

158

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.

159

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:

160

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;

161

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

162

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;

163

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.

164

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

165

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.

166

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.

167

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

168

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.

169

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?

170

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

171

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

172

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,

173

And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

174

And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.

176

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:

177

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,

178

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.

179

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.

180

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

181

And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

182

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

183

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.

184

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.

185

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.

186

And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.

187

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.

188

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.

189

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.

190

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.

191

And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

192

And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

193

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;

194

And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.

195

And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.

196

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

197

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.

198

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.

199

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

200

And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

201

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

202

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.

203

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:

204

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.

205

And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

206

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.

207

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.

208

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

209

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.

210

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

211

And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.

212

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.

213

Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

214

And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.

215

Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.

216

And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

217

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,

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Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

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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.

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And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.

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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.

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All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body.

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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.

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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.

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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;

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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.

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And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

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And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

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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?

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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.

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And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.

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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.

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Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.

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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran.

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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;

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And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.

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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office.

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And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

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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;

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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:

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And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

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One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:

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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.

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And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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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.

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And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

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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:

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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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:

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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

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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;

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And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

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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.

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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.

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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:

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And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

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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:

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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.

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And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD:

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And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

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And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:

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And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.

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But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm.

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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.

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And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.

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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.

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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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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.

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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.

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And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.

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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;

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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.

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Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

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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.

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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.

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The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.

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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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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.

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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:

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Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

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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.

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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:

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And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

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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.

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And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

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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.

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And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim.

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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.

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And sixteen thousand persons;)

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And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

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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.

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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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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.

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And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.

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But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

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This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

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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.

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(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

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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.

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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.

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The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.

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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,

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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.

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And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

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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.

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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;

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Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

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And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

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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.

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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.

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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

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And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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.

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This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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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:

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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.

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On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:

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All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.

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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?

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.

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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

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And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.

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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.

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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred.

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These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

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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.

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One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

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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.

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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;

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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.

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Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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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.

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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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

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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;

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The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

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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:

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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.

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As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

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Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

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Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

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And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

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Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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.

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One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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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.

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And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:

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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.

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And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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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:

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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:

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Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them.

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And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber.

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Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

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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.

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This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

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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,

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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.

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Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:

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On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:

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One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:

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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.

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And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

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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.

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And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

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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.

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And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

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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.

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Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.

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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.

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And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

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And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:

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On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:

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Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:

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Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

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And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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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.

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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

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And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

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And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.

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Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

434

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.

435

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.

436

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

437

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

438

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:

439

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:

440

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:

441

Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

442

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

443

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.

444

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.

445

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:

446

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.

447

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.

448

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.

449

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

450

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,

451

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.

452

Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun.

453

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

454

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.

455

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

457

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.

458

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.

459

Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.

460

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

461

And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

462

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.

463

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

464

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

465

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.

466

And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you.

467

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?

468

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:

469

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

470

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

471

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.

472

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.

473

And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

474

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.

475

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.

476

And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.

477

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,

478

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

479

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.

480

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.

481

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.

482

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.

483

And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

484

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;

485

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.

486

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;

487

And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

488

For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying,

489

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.

491

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:

492

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.

493

And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.

494

But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them.

495

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

496

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.

497

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.

498

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.

499

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.

500

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.

501

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.

502

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:

503

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.

504

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.

505

And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

506

Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:

507

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

508

(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.

509

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

510

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.

511

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.

512

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;

513

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.

514

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.

515

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.

516

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.

517

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.

518

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

519

Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.

520

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!

521

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?

522

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.

523

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.

524

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.

525

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.

526

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.

527

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.

528

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.

529

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;

530

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.

531

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;

532

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.

533

Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

534

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.

535

Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

536

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.

537

And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:

538

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.

539

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.

540

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.

541

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.

542

And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.

543

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:

544

And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

545

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

546

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.

547

The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

548

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.

549

And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

550

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.

551

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.

552

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.

553

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:

554

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.

555

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?

556

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.

557

And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.

558

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.

559

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.

560

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.

561

And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.

562

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.

563

And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

564

And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:

566

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.

567

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.

568

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

569

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.

570

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.

571

And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

572

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.

573

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:

574

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.

575

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

576

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!

577

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.

578

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

579

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.

580

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:

581

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.

582

And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

583

Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.

584

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.

585

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

586

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.

587

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

588

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.

589

And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

590

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.

591

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.

592

And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;)

593

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:

594

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

595

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.

596

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.

597

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:

598

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:

599

And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

600

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.

601

And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

602

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.

603

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.

604

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.

605

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.

606

And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

607

And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

608

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.

609

Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.

610

And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

611

On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein:

612

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.

613

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.

614

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

615

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.

616

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.

617

Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.

618

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?

619

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.

620

And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

621

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.

622

And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

623

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.

624

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!

625

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.

626

Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.

627

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.

628

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.

629

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.

630

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

631

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

632

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.

633

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:

634

But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.

635

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.

636

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.

637

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.

638

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.

639

And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.

640

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.

641

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.

642

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.

643

Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:

644

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.

645

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.

646

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;

647

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.

648

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.

649

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

650

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.

651

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.

652

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.

653

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;

654

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:

655

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.

656

And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

657

And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

658

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

659

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

660

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

661

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.

662

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.

663

And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

664

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:

665

And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

666

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.

667

And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

668

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.

669

And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,

670

And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.

671

Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.

672

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

673

Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah.

674

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.

675

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.

676

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.

677

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.

678

Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

679

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,

680

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

681

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:

682

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:

683

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:

684

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.

685

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.

686

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.

687

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.

688

And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.

689

This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.

690

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.

691

Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.

692

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.

693

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.

694

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.

695

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;

696

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.

697

And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.

698

And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.

699

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.

700

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.

701

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.

702

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.

703

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.

704

Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.

705

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.

706

And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.

707

And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

708

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

709

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.

710

Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.

711

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.

712

Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.

713

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

714

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.

715

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

716

But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

717

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:

718

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:

719

And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

720

Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

721

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

722

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.

723

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.

724

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

725

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.

726

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:

727

And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

728

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:

729

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:

730

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.

731

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.

732

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:

733

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.

734

And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

735

Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.

736

And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

737

Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.

738

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.

739

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:

740

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

741

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.

742

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.

743

And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

744

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.

745

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.

746

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.

747

And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

748

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.

749

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:

750

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.

751

Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:

752

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

753

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.

754

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.

755

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.

756

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.

757

And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face:

758

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.

759

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.

760

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

761

These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

762

I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

763

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

764

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.

765

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up:

766

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?

767

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.

768

Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.

769

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:

770

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

771

And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.

772

And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

773

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.

774

Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

775

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:

776

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,

777

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

778

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.

779

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:

780

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

781

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

782

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

783

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.

784

For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

785

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.

786

Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

787

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:

788

And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

789

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

790

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.

791

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.

792

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?

793

And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

794

And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair.

795

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

796

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.

797

And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.

798

And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

799

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.

800

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.

801

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.

802

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

803

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.

804

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.

805

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.

806

And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

807

According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.

808

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:

809

Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

810

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.

811

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

812

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.

813

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

814

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.

815

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.

816

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.

817

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.

818

For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons:

819

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

820

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.

821

And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.

822

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.

823

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.

824

And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

825

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.

826

And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:

827

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.

828

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:

829

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.

830

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

831

And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

832

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.

833

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred.

834

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.

835

And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

836

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

837

Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.

838

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

839

And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:

840

And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

841

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

842

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?

843

Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.

844

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

845

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.

846

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.

847

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.

848

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

849

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.

850

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?

851

And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.

852

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.

853

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:

854

Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

855

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.

856

And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

857

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:

858

And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

859

And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

860

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?

861

And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

862

And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:

863

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

864

For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?

865

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,

866

Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.

867

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.

868

Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

869

Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

870

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:

871

And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab.

872

And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

873

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

874

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:

875

And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

876

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.

877

And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

878

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.

879

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:

880

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.

881

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.

882

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.

883

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.

884

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.

885

This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;

886

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:)

887

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.

888

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.

889

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:

890

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.

891

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.

892

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

893

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.

894

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.

895

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.

896

The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

897

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,

898

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:

900

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:)

901

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:

902

And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

903

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.

904

Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.

905

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

906

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,

907

And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred.

908

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.

909

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.

910

From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

911

And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

912

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.

913

And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.

914

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.

915

And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

916

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?

917

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:

918

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

919

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.

920

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.

921

And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.

922

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

923

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,

924

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.

925

And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

926

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.

927

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.

928

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

929

And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

930

And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

931

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.

932

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.

933

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.

934

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.

935

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

936

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:

937

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.

938

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.

939

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.

940

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:

941

And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.

942

And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

943

And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad.

944

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.

945

And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham:

946

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.

947

And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

948

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.

949

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.

950

Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:

951

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.

952

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

953

And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

954

And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

955

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.

956

And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.

957

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.

958

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.

959

Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

960

On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:

961

But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

962

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.

963

These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

964

But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

965

The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;

966

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.

967

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

968

Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

969

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.

970

And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

971

And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

972

And thirty and six thousand beeves,

973

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.

974

And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:

975

And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

976

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.

977

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;

978

And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.

979

But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.

980

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.

981

And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

982

And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

983

On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:

984

Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

985

On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:

986

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.

987

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.

988

And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

989

And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

990

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.

991

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.

992

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land.

993

And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan.

994

And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

995

And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

996

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.

997

In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:

998

All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.

999

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.

1000

And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,