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"Take ye the sum of all the multitude of the children of Israel, in their kindreds and households of their fathers and number them by name all that are males, poll by poll,
The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?
If thou shalt kill all this people as they were but one man then the nations which have heard the fame of thee, will speak, saying,
I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth.
Among the children of Joseph: In Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; In Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;
from twenty years and above: even all that are able to go forth into war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them in their armies.
In Simeon, Shelumiel: the son of Zurishaddai;
And Israel dwelt in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,
And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses, because of his wife the Ethiopian which he had taken: for he had taken a Ethiopian to wife.
"And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: in Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur;
Have I conceived all this people, or have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, 'Carry them in thy bosom, as a nurse beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?'
And take every man his censer and put cense in them, and come before the LORD every man with his censer: two hundred and fifty censers, and Aaron with his censer."
In Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar;
he shall not make himself unclean at the death of his father, mother, brother or sister: For the abstinence of his God is upon his head.
"Let us go through thy land; We will not turn into thy fields nor into thy vineyards, neither drink of the water of the wells: but we will go along by the common way, until we be past thy country."
One law and one manner shall serve, both for you and for the stranger that dwelleth with you.'"
Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness and heave up himself as a lion; and shall not lie down again, until he have eaten of the prey and drunk of the blood of them that are slain!"
And four chariots and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari according unto their offices, under the hands of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
In Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni;
Where should I have flesh to give unto all this people? For they weep unto me saying, 'Give us flesh that we may eat.'
In Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;
And it came to pass the twentieth day of the second month in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the habitation of witness.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "If her father had spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out of the host seven days, and after that let her be received in again."
And Moses and Aaron took these men, above named,
"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say, 'If any man among you or your children after you be unclean by the reason of a corpse or is in the way far off, then let him offer Passover unto the LORD:
and gathered all the congregation together, the first day of the second month, and reckoned them after their birth and kindreds and houses of their fathers by name from twenty years and above, head by head;
In Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel;
These were councilors of the congregation and lords in the tribes of their fathers and captains over thousands in Israel.
then they shall knowledge their sins which they have done, and restore again the hurt that they have done in the whole, and put the fifth part of it more thereto, and give it unto him whom he hath trespassed against.
the fourteenth day of the second month at even, and eat it with sweet bread and sour herbs,
In Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran;
In Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan."
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
'Because the LORD was not able to bring in this people into the land which he swore unto them, therefore he slew them in the wilderness.'
Among the children of Gad, their generation in their kindreds and households of their fathers - when they were told by name, from twenty years and above, all that were mete for the war -
And when the host removeth, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the veil, and cover the ark of witness therewith,
as the LORD commanded Moses, even so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
And Sihon would give Israel no license to pass through his country, but gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. And he came to Jahaz and fought with Israel.
Among the children of Simeon, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when every man's name was told, of all the males from twenty years and above, whatsoever was meet for the war -
All the holy heave offerings which the children of Israel heave unto the LORD, I give thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, to be a duty forever. And it shall be a salted covenant forever, before the LORD: unto thee and to thy seed with thee."
And the children of Israel took their journey out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
But and if he that maketh the amends have no man to do it to, then the amends that is made shall be the LORD's and the priest's, beside the ram of the atonement offering wherewith he maketh an atonement for himself.
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD stand in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, she turned aside out of the way and went out into the field. And Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
Among the children of Judah, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - by the number of names, from twenty years and above, all that were able to war -
And they took every man his censer and put fire in them and laid cense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of witness, and Moses and Aaron also.
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, "Thou shalt have none inheritance in their land, nor part among them. For I am thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel.
Then bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness and gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the booty, and the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy five thousand sheep;
And I will come down and talk with thee there, and take of the spirit which is upon thee and put upon them, and they shall bear with thee in the burden of the people, and so shalt thou not bear alone.
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, for the office that pertained to them was holy, and therefore they must bear upon shoulders.
And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.
and let them leave none of it unto the morning nor break any bone of it. And according to all the ordinance of the Passover let them offer it.
Among the children of Issachar, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when their names were counted, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was apt for war -
And thus Edom denied to give Israel passage through his country; And Israel turned away from him.
And the people waxed unpatient, and it displeased the ears of the LORD. And when the LORD heard it, he was wroth, and the fire of the LORD burnt among them and consumed the uttermost of the host.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
and the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him and he is jealous over his wife, and she defiled; or haply the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he is jealous over his wife and she yet undefiled.
And Moses went out and told the people the saying of the LORD, and gathered the seventy elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Wherefore, if thou deal thus with me; kill me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thy sight: and let me not see my wretchedness."
In the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
Among the children of Zebulun, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers -after the number of names, from twenty years and above, whosoever was mete for the war -
and every man's hallowed things shall be his own, but whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be the priest's.'"
And Miriam was shut out of the host seven days: and the people removed not, till she was brought in again.
And behold, I have given the children of Levi the tenth in Israel to inherit, for the service which they serve in the tabernacle of witness,
These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called the name of Hosea, the son of Nun, Joshua.
"'And if it fortune that any man, by chance, die suddenly before him and defile the head of his abstinence, then must he shave his head the day of his cleansing: even the seventh day he shall shave it.
and shall put thereon a covering of taxus' skins and shall spread a cloth that is altogether of jacinth, above all, and put the staves thereof in.
So now let the power of my LORD be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
Ye shall not eat one day only, either two or five days, either ten or twenty days:
"'If any be unclean and sprinkle not himself, the same soul shall be destroyed from among the congregation: for he hath defiled the holy place of the LORD. And he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes.
And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the children of Israel put their hands upon the Levites.
and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what manner of cities they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents or walled towns;
And say unto the people, 'Hallow your selves against tomorrow, that ye may eat flesh, for ye have whined in the ears of the LORD saying: Who shall give us flesh to eat? For we were happy when we were in Egypt! Therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
And the same day that the habitation was reared up, a cloud covered it on high upon the tabernacle of witness: and at even there was upon the habitation, as it were the similitude of fire until the morning.
and a basket of sweet bread of fine flour mingled with oil and wafers of sweet bread anointed with oil with meat offerings and drink offerings that long thereto.
even the standard of the host of Judah removed first with their armies, whose captain was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
He that offered his offering the first day, was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.
And the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness.
And they went up and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men go to Hamath,
And the abstainer shall shave his head in the door of the tabernacle of witness and shall take the hair of his sober head and put it in the fire which is under the peace offering.
but even a month long, and until it come out at the nostrils of you, that ye be ready to parbreak: because that ye have cast the LORD aside which is among you, and have wept before him saying: Why came we out of Egypt?"
"Bring the tribe of Levi, and set them before Aaron the priest, and let them serve him and wait upon him -
and upon all the multitude - before the tabernacle of witness, to do the service of the habitation.
And all heave offerings of all the hallowed things which the children of Israel bring unto the priest, shall be the priest's,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
And his offering was: a silver charger, of a hundred and thirty sicles weight; and a silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle - both of them full of fine wheaten flour mingled with oil for a meat offering -
And Moses said, "Six hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, among which I am. And thou hast said, 'I will give them flesh and they shall eat a month long.'
and they shall spread upon them a covering of purple, and cover the same with a covering of taxus' skins, and put the staves thereof in.
And they smote him and his sons and all his people, until there was nothing left him. And they conquered his land.
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword and conquered his land, from Arnon unto Jabbok: even unto the children of Ammon. For the borders of the children of Ammon are strong.
and see the land, what manner thing it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, either few or many;
Of the first of your dough ye must give unto the LORD a heave offering, throughout your generations.
Shall the sheep and the oxen be slain for them to find them, either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together to serve them?"
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar, was Nethanel the son of Zuar.
"'This is the law of the abstainer, when the time of his abstinence is out; he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of witness
And when the cloud was taken up from of the tabernacle, then the children of Israel journeyed: and where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
And the LORD came down in a cloud and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders. And as the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied and did nought else.
Their light is out, from Heshbon unto Dibon! And we made a wilderness even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba!"
And so it was always, that the cloud covered it by day, and the similitude of fire by night.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulon, was Eliab the son of Helon.
The children of Joseph in their kindreds were: Manasseh and Ephraim.
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering and make an atonement for him, as concerning that he sinned upon the dead, and shall also hallow his head the same day
And the rascal people that was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to, and wept, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat?
And thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
And the princes offered unto the dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, and brought their gifts before the altar.
And they shall wait upon all the apparel of the tabernacle of witness, and upon the children of Israel, to do the service of the habitation.
If it chanced that the cloud abode any space of time upon the habitation, then they kept their tents at the mouth of the LORD: and they journeyed also at the commandment of the LORD.
And upon the shew-table, they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put thereon the dishes, spoons, flat pieces and pots to pour with, and the daily bread shall be thereon:
and when the cloud tarried still upon the habitation a long time, the children of Israel waited upon the LORD and journeyed not.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Is the LORD's hand waxed short? Thou shalt see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not."
And when ye trump the first time, the hosts that lie on the east parts shall go forward.
These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, when the LORD spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai,
And they removed from Eziongeber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
And the children of Israel removed from Kadesh and went unto mount Hor with all the congregation.
And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and his sons, for they are given unto him of the children of Israel.
And let them take a bullock and his meat offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and another bullock shalt thou take to be a sin offering.
And Moses sent to search out Jazer, and they took the towns belonging thereto and conquered the Amorites that were there.
And Moses said unto Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We go unto the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it you.' Go with us and we will do thee good, for the LORD hath promised good unto Israel."
When the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she wrenched unto the wall and thrust Balaam's foot unto the wall, and he smote her again.
And Moses said unto the LORD, "Wherefore dealest thou so cruelly with thy servant? Wherefore do I not find favour in thy sight, seeing that thou puttest the weight of this people upon me?
Among the children of Dan, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - in the sum of names of all that was apt to war,
And the habitation was taken down: and the sons of Gershon and Merari went forth bearing the habitation.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, hard upon the coasts of the land of Edom, saying,
Then the standard of the host of the children of Ephraim went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elishama the son of Ammihud.
and he shall abstain unto the LORD the time of his abstinency, and shall bring a lamb of an year old for a trespass offering: but the days that were before are lost, because his abstinence was defiled.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons to wait on their priests' office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."
And Moses said unto him, "Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the LORD's people could prophesy, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them."
The children of Manasseh: Machir, of whom cometh the kindred of the Machirites. And Machir begat Gilead, of whom cometh the kindred of the Gileadites.
And let Aaron heave the Levites before the LORD, for a heave offering given of the children of Israel, and then let them be appointed to wait upon the service of the LORD.
And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses which he had chosen out, answered and said, "Master Moses, forbid them."
And there ran a young man and told Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the host."
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,
And if it happened that the cloud was upon the habitation from evening unto morning and 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.
from twenty years and above - were numbered in the tribe of Dan fifty seven thousand and seven hundred.
And Moses sent them forth to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, "Get you southward and go up into the high country:
But there remained two of the men in the host: the one called Eldad, and the other Medad. And the spirit rested upon them for they were of them that were written, but they went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the host.
We remember the fish which we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the cucumbers and melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
and all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day forward that the LORD commanded among your generation:
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon, was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
"Behold, I have taken the Levites, from among the children of Israel, for all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: so that the Levites shall be mine.
And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out against him unto a city of Moab that stood in the border of Arnon, which was the utmost part of his country.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the Levites shall do the service in the tabernacle of witness and bear their sin, and it shall be a law forever unto your children after you: But among the children of Israel they shall inherit none inheritance.
Then let her husband bring her unto the priest and bring an offering for her: the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal, but shall pour none oil thereunto, nor put frankincense thereon: for it is an offering of jealousy, and an offering that maketh remembrance of sin.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
when ought is committed ignorantly before the eyes of the congregation, then all the multitude shall offer a calf for a burnt offering to be a sweet savour unto the LORD, and the meat offering and the drink offering thereto, according to the manner: and a he-goat for a sin offering.
Unto him I speak mouth to mouth and he seeth the sight and the fashion of the LORD, and not through riddles. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the standard of the host of Reuben went forth with their armies, whose captain was Elizur the son of Shedeur.
and he shall bring his offering unto the LORD: a he-lamb of a year old without blemish for a burnt offering and a she-lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin offering, a ram without blemish also for a peace offering,
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Let the princes bring their offerings, every day one prince, unto the dedicating of the altar."
And they shall take a cloth of jacinth and cover the candlestick of light and her lamps and her snuffers, and firepans, and all her oil vessels which they occupy about it,
"Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'When ye be come in to the land whither I will bring you,
he shall abstain from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink, nor drink whatsoever is pressed out of grapes: and shall eat no fresh grapes neither yet dried, as long as his abstinence endureth.
And when Moses heard the people weep in their households every man in the door of his tent, then the wrath of the LORD waxed hot exceedingly: and it grieved Moses also.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
When they blow with them, all the multitude shall resort to thee, unto the door of the tabernacle of witness.
"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'If any man's wife go aside and trespass against him,
And Moses said, "Oh nay, leave us not, for thou knowest where is best for us to pitch in the wilderness: and thou shalt be our eyes.
"And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary and all things of the sanctuary, against that the host remove, then the sons of Kohath shall come in for to bear, and so let them not touch the sanctuary lest they die. And this is the charge of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of witness.
And Moses numbered them at the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Fear him not, for I have delivered him into thy hands with all his people and his land. And thou shalt do with him as thou didst with Sihon, the king of the Amorites which dwelt at Heshbon."
And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinned ignorantly with the sin offering before the LORD and reconcile him, and it shall be forgiven him.
"And when ye shall go to war in your land against your enemies that vex you, ye shall trump with the trumpets and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.
But if a man be clean and not let in a journey, and yet was negligent to offer Passover, the same soul shall perish from his people, because he brought not an offering unto the LORD in his due season: and he shall bear his sin.
And the people cried unto Moses, and he made intercession unto the LORD; and the fire quenched.
so that another man lie with her, fleshly; and the thing be hid from the eyes of her husband and is not come to light that she is defiled - for there is no witness against her, inasmuch as she was not taken with the manner -
And Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites: in Heshbon and in all the towns that long thereto.
Then the Kohathites went forward and bare the holy things, and the other did set up the habitation against they came.
But now our souls are dried away, for our eyes look on nothing else, save upon Manna."
And let the Levites put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and then offer them: the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.
And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar.
And they said, "Doth the LORD speak only through Moses? Doth he not speak also by us?" And the LORD heard it.
Also, when ye be merry in your feast days and in the first days of your months, ye shall blow the trumpets over your burnt sacrifices and peaceofferings, that it may be a remembrance of you before your God. I am the LORD your God."
"Command the children of Israel that they put out of the host all the lepers and all that have issues and all that are defiled upon the dead;
and the cloud departed from the tabernacle. And behold, Miriam was become leprous, as it were snow. And when Aaron looked upon Miriam and saw that she was leprous,
And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, was Abidan the son of Gedeoni.
"Make thee two trumpets of hard silver, that thou mayest use them to call the congregation together, and when the host shall journey.
And hindmost of all the host came the standard of the host of the children of Dan with their armies: whose captain was, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
And they called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
And next unto him shall the tribe of Issachar pitch; and Nethanel the son of Zuar captain over the children of Issachar:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And he said unto him, "I will not: but will go to mine own land and to my kindred."
Because all the firstborn are mine - for the same 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, and mine they shall be: for I am the LORD."
Of this manner were the journeys of the children of Israel, with their armies when they removed.
and shall put upon her and on all her instruments, a covering of taxus' skins, and put it upon staves.
And thou shalt separate the Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine:
and of Asriel the kindred of the Asrielites; and of Shechem cometh the kindred of the Shechemites;
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Oh, let her not be as one that came dead out of his mother's womb: for half her flesh is eaten away."
And when a stranger dwelleth among you and will offer Passover unto the LORD, according to the ordinance of Passover and manner thereof shall he offer it. And ye shall have one law both for the stranger and for him that was born at home in the land.'"
If any one soul sin through ignorance he shall bring a she-goat of a year old for a sin offering.
"Number the children of Levi in the houses of their fathers and kindreds, all that are males from a month old and above."
And both thou that art born one of the children of Israel and the stranger that dwelleth among you shall have both one law, if ye sin through ignorance.
And ye shall bear no sin by the reason of it, when ye have taken from it the fat of it: neither shall ye unhallow the hallowed things of the children of Israel, and so shall ye not die.'"
and let the priest conjure her with the conjuration of the curse, and say unto her: the LORD make thee a curse and a conjuration among thy people: so that the LORD make thy thigh rot, and thy womb to burst,
And it shall be reckoned unto you for your heave offering, even as though ye gave corn out of the barn or a full offering from the wine press.
And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
And they fell upon their faces, and said, "O most mighty God of the spirits of all flesh; one man hath sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?"
And it shall be forgiven unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that dwelleth among you: for the ignorance pertaineth unto all the people.
And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him unto Moses and Aaron and unto all the congregation:
Of all your gifts, ye shall take out the LORD's heave offering: even the fat of all their hallowed things.'
And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites.
he said unto Moses, "Oh I beseech thee my lord, put not the sin upon us which we have foolishly committed and sinned.
And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars and boke it in pans and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like unto the taste of an oilcake.
Be merciful I beseech ye therefore, unto the sin of this people according unto thy great mercy, and according as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even unto this place."
then when ye will eat of the bread of the land, ye shall give a heave offering unto the LORD.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher, was Pagiel the son of Ochran.
Among the children of Manasseh, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when the names of all that were apt to war were told,
And make the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and have them to be a heave offering unto the LORD.
These are the names of the sons of Aaron which were priests anointed and their hands filled to minister,
And these are the names of the children of Gershon in their kindreds: Libni and Shimei.
And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, in their generations, kindreds and houses of their fathers - when they were numbered every man by name, all that were males from twenty years and above, as many as were able to go forth in war -
And their meat and drink offerings unto the bullocks, rams and lambs, according to the manner.
And the children of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence come the kindreds of the Ardites and of the Naamites.
And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers.
And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And the LORD spake at once unto Moses, unto Aaron and Miriam, "Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of witness." And they came out all three.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, was Ahira the son of Enan.
and let him take holy water in an earthen vessel and of the dust that is in the floor of the habitation, and put it into the water.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron,
And of this manner ye shall heave a 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 unto Aaron the priest.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom cometh the kindred of the Belaites; and of Ashbel cometh the kindred of the Ashbelites; and of Ahiram, the kindred of the Ahiramites;
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the fields of Moab by Jordan nigh unto Jericho, saying,
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 went out both of them.
And when the multitude was gathered against Moses and Aaron, they looked toward the tabernacle of witness; And behold, the cloud had covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "The man shall die: let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host."
And the priest shall set the wife before the LORD and uncover her head, and put the memorial of the offering in her hands which is the jealousy offering, and the priest shall have bitter and cursing water in his hand, and he shall conjure her and shall say unto her:
And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south of the land of Canaan, heard that the children of Israel were come.
Among the children of Asher, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when they were summed by name, from twenty years and above, all that were apt to war -
and this bitter cursing water go into the bowels of thee, that thy womb burst and thy thigh rot. And the wife shall say: Amen, Amen.
"Speak unto children of Israel and say unto them, 'When either man or woman appointeth to vow a vow of abstinence, for to abstain unto the LORD,
"'And the priest shall write this curse in a bill and wash it out in the bitter water.
And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of jacinth, and put on her staves.
And Moses gave unto the children of Gad and of Reuben, and unto the half 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 that belonged unto the cities thereof in the coasts of the country round about.
for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel.
And the captain of the most ancient house among the Gershonites, was Eliasaph the son of Lael.
and after that, let them go and do the service of the tabernacle of witness. Cleanse them and wave them,
and for peace offerings two oxen, five rams, five he-goats and five lambs of a year old. And this was the gift of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And of Kohath came the kindred of the Amramites and the kindred of the Izharites and of the Hebronites and of the Uzzielites: And these are the kindreds of the Kohathites.
and shall offer the ram for a peace offering unto the LORD with the basket of sweet bread, and the priest shall offer also his meat offering and his drink offering.
If but one trumpet blow only, then the princes which are heads over the thousands of Israel shall come unto thee.
And when Moses had full set up the habitation and anointed it and sanctified it and all the apparel thereof, and had anointed and sanctified the altar also and all the vessels thereof:
And as long as the vow of his abstinence endureth, there shall no razor nor shears come upon his head, until his days be out which he fasteth unto the LORD, and he shall be holy and shall let the locks of his hair grow.
and of Shephupham the kindred of the Shephuphamites; and of Hupham the kindred of the Huphamites.
And when ye trump the second time, then the hosts that lie on the south side shall take their journey: for they shall trump when they take their journeys.
And ye shall eat it in all places, both ye and your households, for it is your rewards for your service in the tabernacle of witness.
And when he hath made her drink the water, if she be defiled and have trespassed against her husband, then shall the cursing water go into her and be so bitter, that her womb shall burst and her thigh shall rot, and she shall be a curse among her people.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But and if thou hast gone aside behind thine husband and art defiled and some other man hath lain with thee, beside thine husband -
"Speak unto Aaron and his sons, saying, 'Of this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them:
and their office was to keep the ark, the table, the candlestick and the altar, and the holy vessels to minister with, and the veil with all that served thereto.
And they shall take all the things which they occupy to minister with in the holy place, and put a cloth of jacinth upon them and cover them with a covering of taxus' skins and put them on staves.
And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the fields of Moab fast by Jordan nigh to Jericho.
But thou shalt appoint the Levites unto the habitation of witness, and to all the apparel thereof and unto all that longeth thereto. For they shall bear the tabernacle and all the ordinance thereof, and they shall minister it and shall pitch their tents round about it.
And the captain in the most ancient house of the kindreds of the Kohathites, was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel;
And the sum of them - when all the males were told, from a month old and above - were seven thousand and five hundred.
And they removed from Dibongad, and lay in Almondiblathaim.
"For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself:
And they shall take away the ashes out of the altar, and spread a scarlet cloth thereon:
and the priest shall wave them unto the LORD, which offering shall be holy unto the priest with the wavebreast and heaveshoulder: and then the abstainer may drink wine.
whether they be males or females ye shall put them out of the host, that they defile not the tents among which I dwell."
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary."
And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
- that is, to wit, the half that pertained unto the congregation - was three hundred thousand and thirty seven thousand and five hundred sheep;
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets and shall have them and it shall be a law unto you forever and among your children after you.
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites which Sihon had fought before with the king of the Moabites, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
And the kindred of the children of Kohath, pitched on the south side of the dwelling.
And the office of the children of Gershon, in the tabernacle of witness, was the habitation and the tent with the covering thereof and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness,
This is the law of the abstainer which hath vowed his offering unto the LORD for his abstinence, besides that his hand can get. And according to the vow which he vowed, even so he must do in the law of his abstinence.'"
And they removed from Jotbathah, and lay at Abronah.
And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the host: even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Among the children of Benjamin, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - by the tale of names, from twenty years and above of all that were mete for war -
and bade them, "Take the sum of the children of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - from thirty years and above until fifty,
If ye oversee yourselves and observe not all these commandments which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
And Moses took of this half that pertained unto the children of Israel: one of every fifty, both of the women and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites which waited upon the habitation of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
and the hangings of the court, and the curtain of the door of the court: which court went round about the dwelling, and the altar, and the cords that pertained unto all the service thereof.
And Balaam answered and said unto Balak, "Told not I thee, saying, 'All that the LORD biddeth me, that I must do?'"
And the priest shall bring him before the LORD and offer his sin offering and his burnt offering,
Then they departed from mount Hor toward the reed sea: to compass the land of Edom. And the souls of the people fainted by the way.
then let the priest take the jealousy offering out of the wife's hand, and wave it before the LORD, and bring it unto the altar:
Then the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram and one sweet cake out of the basket and one sweet wafer also and put them in the hand of the abstainer after he hath shaven his abstinence off,
Ye shall give a cake of the first of your dough unto a heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the barn, even so ye shall heave it.
This is the law of jealousy, when a wife goeth aside behind her husband and is defiled,
And the number of all the males from a month old and above, was eight thousand and six hundred: which waited on the holy place.
And they came unto the river of Eshcol and they cut down there a branch with one cluster of grapes and bare it upon a staff between twain, and also of the pomegranates and of the figs of the place.
And this do unto them when thou cleansest them: sprinkle water of purifying upon them and make a razor to run along upon all the flesh of them, and let them wash their clothes, and then they shall be clean.
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, shall have the charge to prepare oil for the lights and sweet cense, and the daily meat offering and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the dwelling and of all that therein is, both over the sanctuary and over all that pertaineth thereto."
And if she be not defiled but is clean, then she shall have no harm, but that she may conceive.
If no man have lain with thee, neither hast gone aside and defiled thyself behind thy husband, then have thou no harm of this bitter, cursing water.
And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did unto the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses.
Moreover he shall eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, no not so much as the kernels or the husk of the grape.
And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, "What have I done unto thee, that thou smitest me thus three times?"
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
"Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, 'When thou puttest on the lamps see that they light all seven upon the forefront of the candlestick.'"
from twenty and above - were numbered in the tribe of Manasseh thirty two thousand and two hundred.
and put about it, the firepans, the fleshhooks, the shovels, the basins, and all that belongeth unto the altar, and they shall spread upon it a covering of taxus' skins, and put on the staves of it.
These are the children of Benjamin in their kindreds, and in number forty five thousand and six hundred.
And the Levites purified themselves, and washed their clothes. And Aaron waved them before the LORD, and made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
And the angel of the LORD went and stood in a path between the vineyards, where was a wall on the one side and another on the other.
For of all those men which have seen my glory and my miracles which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now this ten times and have not hearkened unto my voice,
and he shall take a handful of the memorial offering and burn it upon the altar, and then make her drink the water.
or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, so that he is jealous over his wife: then he shall bring her before the LORD, and the priest shall minister all this law unto her,
And this is the service of the kindred of the children of the Gershonites in the tabernacle of witness, and their wait shall be in the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
Among the children of Joseph, first among the children of Ephraim, their generation, in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when the names of all that were apt to the war were told, from twenty years and above -
"This shall be the manner of the Levites: from twenty five years upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the tabernacle of witness,
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the city of Sihon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites and the men of the hills of Arnon!
"And thou shalt number the sons of Merari in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers -
"Destroy not the tribe of the kindreds of the Kohathites, from among the Levites.
"Take the sum of the children of Gershon, in the houses of their fathers and in their kindreds -
In the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.
and the work of the candlestick was of stiff gold: both the shaft and the flowers thereof. And according unto the vision, which the LORD had showed Moses, even so he made the candlestick.
But thus do unto them that they may live and not die, when they go unto the most holy place. Aaron and his sons shall go in and put them, every man unto his service and unto his burden.
And the angel said unto Balaam, "Go with the men: but in any wise, what I say unto thee, that say." And Balaam went with the lords of Balak.
And there went forth a wind from the LORD and brought quails from the sea and let them fall about the host, even a day's journey round about on every side of the host, and two cubits high upon the earth.
and what manner of land it is, whether it be fat or lean, and whether there be trees therein or not. And be of a good courage, and bring of the fruits of the land." And it was about the time that grapes are first ripe.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
At the mouth of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the mouth of the LORD they pitched. And as long as the cloud abode upon the habitation, they lay still,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
from thirty years and above, until fifty, all that are able to go forth in war - for to do service in the tabernacle of witness.
and at fifty they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall labour no more:
And after that, they went in to do their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron and his sons. And according as the LORD had commanded Moses as concerning the Levites, even so they did unto them.
And Aaron did even so, and put the lamps upon the forefront of the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses,
And his offering which he brought was: a silver charger of a hundred and thirty sicles weight; and a silver bowl of seventy sicles, of the holy sicle -
then the princes of Israel, heads over the houses of their fathers which were the lords of the tribes that stood and numbered,
And they departed from Abronah, and lay at Eziongeber.
that the children of Israel henceforth come not nigh the tabernacle of witness, and bear sin and die.
And Balak said unto Balaam, "Come, I pray thee; I will bring thee yet unto another place: so peradventure it shall please God that thou mayest curse them there."
And this is the service of the kindred of the Gershonites, to serve and to bear.
They shall bear the curtains of the dwelling and the roof of the tabernacle of witness and his covering and the covering of taxus' skins that is on high above upon it, and the hanging of the door of the tabernacle of witness:
but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron their father.
two chariots and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon according unto their office.
The third day, Eliab, the son of Helon, the chiefest among the children of Zebulun, brought his offering.
both full of fine wheaten flour mingled with oil for a meat offering - and a golden spoon of ten sicles, full of cense;
from thirty years and above unto fifty, all that is able to go forth in war - to do the service of the tabernacle of witness.
And the children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth Aroer,
And at the mouth of Aaron and his sons, shall all the service of the children of the Gershonites be done, in all their charges and in all their service, and ye shall appoint them unto all their charges that they shall wait upon.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
and the hanging of the court and the hanging of the gate of the court that is round about the dwelling and the altar, and the cords of them, and all the instruments that serve unto them and all that is made for them.
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day.
but shall minister unto their brethren in the tabernacle of witness, and there wait, but shall do no more service. And see that thou do after this manner unto the Levites in their waiting times."
"Take it of them and let them be to do the service of the tabernacle of witness, and give them unto the Levites, every man according unto his office."
"Let Aaron be put unto his people, for he shall not come into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel: because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water of strife.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of witness, the first day of the second month, and in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth, shall be unclean. And the soul that touched it, shall be unclean until the evening.'"
Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say: "Go to Heshbon and let the city of Sihon be built and made ready!
and for peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats and five lambs of one year old. And this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
"The children of Israel shall pitch: every man by his own standard, with the banners of their father's houses, away from the presence of the tabernacle of witness.
And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam was wroth and smote the ass with a staff.
And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi; and Dathan and Abiram, the son of Eliab; and On the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben,
And Caleb stilled the murmur of the people against Moses, saying, "Let us go up and conquer it, for we be able to overcome it."
and they ascended unto the south and came unto Hebron: where Ahiman was, and Sheshai and Talmai; the sons of Anak. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
And they went and came to Moses and Aaron and unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran: even unto Kadesh, and brought them word and also unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
But and if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand, that these men have railed upon the LORD."
offered and brought their gifts before the LORD: six covered chariots and twelve oxen, two and two a chariot and an ox every man, and they brought them before the habitation.
"Speak unto the congregation, and say, 'Get you away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'"
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD or swear an oath and bind his soul, he shall not go back with his word: but shall fulfill all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
And Moses took the chariots and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites:
And the LORD talked with Moses, saying,
The fourth day, Elizur, the son of Shedeur, chief lord among the children of Reuben, brought his offering.
there shall not one see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that railed upon me, see it.
But and if ye will not do so, behold, ye sin against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.
And a he-goat for a sin offering, beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.
At the mouth of the LORD they rested, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. And thus they kept the watch of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
"'And the soul that doth ought presumptuously, whether he be an Israelite or a stranger, the same hath despised the LORD. And that soul shall be destroyed from among his people,
And when king Arad the Cananite, which dwelt in the south parts, heard tell that Israel came by the way that the spies had found out: he came and fought with Israel and took some of them prisoners.
and for peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats and five lambs of one year old.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And it chanced that certain men which were defiled with a dead corpse, that they might not offer Passover the same day, came before Moses and Aaron the same day,
"Speak unto the children of Israel and bid them, that they make them guards upon the quarters of their garments throughout their generations, and let them make the guards of ribbons of Jacinth.
And his offering was: a silver charger of a hundred and thirty sicles weight; and a silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle - and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering -
And the children of Israel removed, and pitched in the fields of Moab, on the other side of Jordan, by Jericho.
But when the cloud tarried two days or a month or a long season upon the habitation, as long as it tarried thereon, the children of Israel kept their tents and journeyed not. And as soon as the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
And when the tabernacle goeth forth, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is pitched, they shall set it up: for if any stranger come near, he shall die.
And his gift was: a silver charger of a hundred and thirty sicles weight; and a silver bowl of seventy sicles of the holy sicle - and both full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering -
For the tithes of the children of Israel which they heave unto the LORD, I have given the Levites to inherit. Wherefore I have said unto them, 'Among the children of Israel ye shall inherit none inheritance.'"
even the fourteenth day of this month at even they shall keep it in his season, according to all the ordinances and manners thereof."
come in to the land over which I lifted mine hand to make you dwell therein - save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
Now, therefore, slay all the men-children and the women that have lain with men, fleshly.
Your carcasses shall lie in this wilderness, neither shall any of these numbers which were numbered from twenty years and above of you which have murmured against me
But my servant Caleb, because there is another manner spirit with him, and because he hath followed me unto the utmost: him I will bring into the land which he hath walked in, and his seed shall conquer it,
And then the tribe of Zebulun; with Eliab the son of Helon, captain over the children of Zebulun:
And the angel of the LORD went further and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn, either to the righthand or to the left.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, shall they of the standard of the host of Judah pitch with their arms; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain over the sons of Judah:
and they offered Passover the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: and did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
And this ye shall do besides the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering: and they shall be without spot, with their drink offerings.
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that boweth toward the wilderness.
And the people stood up all that night and on the morrow, and gathered quails. And he that gathered the least, gathered ten homers full. And they killed them round about the host.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But God was angry because he went. And the angel of the LORD stood in the way against him. And he rode upon his ass and two servants with him.
And Moses said unto them, "Tarry, that I may hear what the LORD will command you."
and said, "We are defiled upon a dead corpse, wherefore are we kept back that we may not offer an offering unto the LORD in the due season, among the children of Israel?"
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, "Wherefore smitest thou thine ass this three times? Behold, I came out to resist thee, for the way is contrary unto me,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
"Speak unto the Levites and say unto them, 'When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you of them to your inheritance, ye shall take a heave offering of that same for the LORD: even the tenth of that tithe.
And the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam that he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand. And he bowed himself and fell flat on his face.
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Make thee a serpent and hang it up for a sign, and let as many as are bitten look upon it and they shall live."
And there we saw also giants, the children of Anak which are of the giants. And we seemed in our sight as it were grasshoppers and so we did in their sight."
And Moses bade the children of Israel that they should offer Passover,
Wherefore it is spoken in the book of the war of the LORD, "Go with a violence, both on the river of Arnon
And with you shall be, of every tribe, a head man in the house of his father.
And Moses made a serpent of brass and set it up for a sign. And when the serpents had bitten any man, he went and beheld the serpent of brass and recovered.
Woe be to thee, Moab! O people of Chemosh, ye are forlorn! His sons are put to flight and his daughters brought captive unto Sihon, king of the Amorites!
And they told him, saying, "We came unto the land whither thou sendedst us, and surely it is a land that floweth with milk and honey and here is of the fruit of it.
and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods.
Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, which stung them: so that much people died in Israel.
The children of Reuben and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattle,
And he spake unto the congregation, saying, "Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins."
"Speak unto the children of Israel, whether it be man or woman, 'When they have sinned any manner of sin which a man doeth wherewith a man trespasseth against the LORD, so that the soul hath done amiss:
And your children shall wander in this wilderness forty years and suffer for your whoredom until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And then they turned and went up toward Bashan. And Og, the king of Bashan, came out against them, both he and all his people, to war at Edrei.
And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them,
"And on the south side, the standard of the host of Reuben shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur:
and the ass saw me and avoided me three times: or else, had she not turned from me, I had surely slain thee and saved her alive."
And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
"How long shall this evil multitude murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel which they murmur against me.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Gather unto me seventy of the elders of Israel, which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them unto the tabernacle of witness, and let them stand there with thee.
after the number of the days in which ye searched out the land forty days, and every day a year: so that they shall bear your unrighteousness forty years, and ye shall feel my vengeance.
And the whole multitude of the children of Israel, came into the desert of Zin in the first month, and the people dwelt at Kadesh. And there died Miriam, and was buried there.
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, "Thus sayeth thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that hath happened us,
And Balaam said unto the Ass, "Because thou hast mocked me! I would that I had a sword in mine hand, that I might now kill thee."
And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the multitude.
"Only see that thou number not the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel.
and also the Amalekites and Canaanites which dwell in the low countries. Tomorrow turn you and get you into the wilderness: even the way toward the reed sea."
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Make me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."
And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation.
And he said, "Hear my words. If there be a prophet of the LORD's among you, I will show myself unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
And all the numbers of the children of Israel, in the houses of their fathers, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete for the war in Israel,
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched, unto the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we have gone through, to search it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabiters thereof, and the people that we saw in it are men of stature.
And the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Heber the son of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh, of the kindreds of Manasseh the son of Joseph - whose names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah -
Also, the first day of the seventh month shall be a holy feast unto you, and ye shall do no laborious work therein. It shall be a day of trumpet blowing unto you.
'The LORD is long yer he be angry, and full of mercy, and suffereth sin and trespass, and leaveth no man innocent, and visiteth the unrighteousness of the fathers upon the children, even upon the third and fourth generation.'
And the people spake against God and against Moses, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, for to die in the wilderness? For here is neither bread nor water, and our souls loatheth this light bread."
In Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon.
For there is no sorcerer in Jacob, nor soothsayer in Israel. When the time cometh, it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'What God hath wrought!'
And the LORD said unto Moses, "How long shall this people rail upon me, and how long will it be, yer they believe me, for all my signs which I have showed among them?
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.
So that all they that pertain unto the host of Judah, are a hundred thousand eighty six thousand and four hundred in their companies: and these shall go in the forefront, when they journey.
because he hath despised the word of the LORD and hath broken his commandments, that soul therefore shall perish and his sin shall be upon him.'"
and strip Aaron out of his vestments and put them upon Eleazar his son, and let Aaron be put unto his people and die there."
And they gat them from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with their wives, their sons and their children.
And the LORD said unto Aaron, "Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in the holy place. And thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in your priesthood.
Among the children of Naphtali, their generation in their kindreds and houses of their fathers - when their names were told, from twenty years and above, whatsoever was mete to war -
These are the children of Ephraim in their kindreds: Shuthelah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Shuthelahites; and Becher, of whom cometh the kindred of the Becherites; and of Tahan cometh the kindred of the Tahanites.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun in whom there is spirit, and put thine hands upon him,
And the ass said unto Balaam, "Am not I thine ass which thou hast ridden upon since thou wast born unto this day? Was I ever wont to do so unto thee?" And he said, "Nay."
Nevertheless, the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great, and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
Tell them that the LORD sayeth, 'As truly as I live, I will do unto you even as ye have spoken in mine ears.
And Moses said, "Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind:
And the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs that are yearlings and pure.
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."
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and behold, the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
And when the ark went forth, Moses said, "Rise up LORD and let thine enemies be scattered, and let them that hate thee flee before thee."
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, "Now this company hath licked up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up the grass of the field." And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, the interpreter, which dwelt upon the river of the land of the children of his folk; to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt which covereth the face of the earth and lie even hard by me.
And there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered cense.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, yer it was chewed up, the wrath of the LORD waxed hot upon the people, and the LORD slew of the people an exceeding mighty slaughter.
The river was called Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down there.
From the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall dwell by himself and shall not be reckoned among other nations.
Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,
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.
Then Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD and said, "If thou wilt give this people into our hands, we will destroy their cities."
And fast by him shall the tribe of Simeon pitch; and the captain over the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai:
"This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commandeth, saying, 'Speak unto the children of Israel and let them take thee a red cow without spot wherein is no blemish, and which never bare yoke upon her.
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."
And they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, "Ye have done enough. For all the multitude are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why therefore heave ye yourselves up above the congregation of the LORD?"
And behold, one of the children of Israel went in against his brethren, and joined himself to a Midianitish woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the multitude of the children of Israel as they were weeping in the door of the tabernacle of witness.
And the women were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's part was thirty two souls.
"'And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that shed it.
The Amalekites dwell in the south country, and the Hittites, Jebusites and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea and along by the coast of Jordan."
And your children, which ye said should be a prey: them I will bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have refused,
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Build me here seven altars and provide here seven oxen and seven rams."
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man in his own company and every man by his own standard throughout all their hosts.
And the people took their journey from the graves of lust unto Hazeroth, and bode at Hazeroth.
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes
"Speak unto the children of Israel and take of them, for every principal house, a rod, of their princes over the houses of their fathers: even twelve rods, and write every man's name upon his rod.
And the LORD spake unto Aaron, "Behold, I have given thee the keeping of mine heave offerings in all the hallowed things of the children of Israel. And unto thee I have given them unto anointing and to thy sons: to be a duty forever.
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, "Behold, we are destroyed and all come to nought:
Whosoever slayeth, shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses. For one witness shall not answer against one person to put him to death.
"On the west side, the standard and the host of Ephraim shall lie with their companies; and the captain over the sons of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud:
and of Shemida cometh the kindred of the Shemidites; and of Hepher cometh the kindred of the Hepherites.
And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest which shall ask counsel for him, after the manner of the light, before the LORD: And at the mouth of Eleazar shall both he and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation, go in and out."
And the half which was the part of them that went out to war was: three hundred thousand and thirty seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father take with thee, and let them be joined unto thee and minister unto thee. And thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
and all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. And the whole congregation said unto them, "Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, either we would that we had died in this wilderness.
The water shall flow out of his bucket and his seed shall be many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag; and his kingdom shall be exalted.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And on the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high place of Baal, and thence he saw unto the utmost part of the people.
And the day of your first fruits when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD in your weeks, shall be a holy feast unto you:
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned: for I wist not that thou stoodest in the way against me. Now therefore if it displease thine eyes, I will turn again."
And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
In the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
And the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against thee: make intercession to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us." And Moses made intercession for the people.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
"Take the staff and gather, thou and thy brother Aaron, the congregation together; and say unto the rock, before their eyes, that he give forth his water. And thou shalt bring them water out of the rock and shalt give the company drink, and their beasts also."
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD commandeth.
So that all the number that pertain unto the host of Reuben, are a hundred thousand, fifty one thousand, four hundred and fifty, with their companies: and they shall be the second in the journey.
Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD by the reason of Peor: and there followed a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
And Moses, at the commandment of the LORD, sent forth out of the wilderness of Paran such men as were all heads among the children of Israel, whose names are these:
And Moses said unto the LORD, "Then the Egyptians shall hear it, for thou broughtest this people with thy might from among them.
And the fifteenth day of the seventh month shall be a holy day and ye shall do no laborious work therein, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD of seven days long.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of witness to speak with him, he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of witness: even from between the two cherubims he spake unto him.
and lift up his eyes and looked upon Israel as he lay with his tribes, and the spirit of God came upon him.
And on the Sabbath day, two lambs of a year old apiece and without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereto.
And the priest shall make an atonement for all the multitude of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was ignorance. And they shall bring their gifts unto the offering of the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD for their ignorance.
And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel, and the people took great sorrow.
When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD that he should bless Israel, he went not as he did twice before to fetch soothsaying, but set his face toward the wilderness,
Moreover, there was no water for the multitude, wherefore they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
"Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned mine anger away from the children of Israel, because he was jealous for my sake among them; that I had not consumed the children of Israel in my jealousy.
"And the tabernacle of witness, with the host of the Levites, shall go in the midst of the hosts: as they lie in their tents, even so shall they proceed in the journey, every man in his quarter about their standards.
And Moses lift up his hand with his staff and smote the rock two times, and the water came out abundantly, and the multitude drank and their beasts also.
"Give the children of Israel a charge, and say unto them that they take heed to offer unto me the offering of my bread in the sacrifice of sweet savour, in his due season.
Nebo, Baalmeon - and turned their names - and Sibmah also: and gave names unto the cities which they built.
"Send men out to search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers, a man; and let them all be such as are rulers among them."
And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,
And the eighth day shall be the conclusion of the feast unto you, and ye shall do no manner laborious work therein.
And on the morrow all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "Ye have killed the people of the LORD."
These are the numbers which Moses and Aaron numbered with the twelve princes of Israel: of every house of their fathers, a man.
And Moses and Eleazar came down out of the mount. And all the house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.
And Moses took off Aaron's clothes and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there in the top of the mount.
And the tribe of Gad also; and the captain over the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel:
And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, "Hear, ye rebellious, must we fetch you water out of this rock?"
And on the morrow, Moses went in to the tabernacle: and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi was budded and bare blossoms and almonds.
In the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
The children of Israel departed from Rameses the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow after Passover and went out with a high hand in the sight of all Egypt,
And they called the name of the place, the graves of lust: because they buried the people that lusted there.
God that brought him out of Egypt is as the strength of an unicorn unto him, and he shall eat the nations that are his enemies and break their bones and pierce them through with his arrows.
Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!"
This is the law of the man that dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
died for their bringing up that evil slander upon it, and were plagued before the LORD.
And it will be told to the inhabiters of this land also, for they have heard likewise, that thou the LORD art among this people, and that thou 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 cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
These are the journeys of the children of Israel which went out of the land of Egypt with their armies under Moses and Aaron.
Moreover ye shall take none amends for the life of the murderer, which is worthy to die: But he shall be put to death.
And he began his parable and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said; and the man that hath his eye open hath said;
And if thou go with us, look what goodness the LORD showeth upon us, the same we will show upon thee."
And the tenth day of that same seventh month shall be a holy feast unto you, and ye shall humble your souls and shall do no manner work therein.
And they slew the kings of Midian among other that were slain; Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba: five kings of Midian. And they slew Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
And all the whole multitude bade stone them with stones. But the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of witness, unto all the children of Israel.
And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and died there, even in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the first day of the fifth month.
"And the standard and the host of Dan shall lie on the north side with their companies; and the captain over the children of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai:
If the LORD have lust to us, he will bring us into this land and give it us, which is a land that floweth with milk and honey.
And Moses sent them - a thousand of every tribe, with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest - to war, and the holy vessels and the trumpets to blow with, in his hand.
And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.'
Then Israel sang this song: "Arise up, well! Sing thereto! The well which the rulers digged, and the captains of the people; with the help of the lawgiver, and with their staves!"
"'If any man smite another with a weapon of iron that he die, then he is a murderer, and shall die for it.
And the elders of Moab went with the elders of Midian, and the reward of the soothsaying in their hands. And they came unto Balaam and told him the words of Balak.
And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up out of the company and took a weapon in his hand,
One ordinance shall serve both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger. And it shall be an ordinance forever among your children after you, that the stranger and ye shall be like before the LORD.
He beheld no wickedness in Jacob, nor saw Idolatry in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, and the tromp of a king among them.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
But in any wise, rebel not against the LORD. Moreover fear ye not the people of the land, for they are but bread for us. Their shield is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not therefore."
And Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a censer and put fire therein out of the altar, and pour on cense, and go quickly unto the congregation and make an atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the LORD, and there is a plague begun."
All that breaketh the matrix of all flesh that men bring unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine. Neverthelater, the firstborn of man shall be redeemed, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shall be redeemed.
If a damsel vow a vow unto the LORD and bind herself, being in her father's house and unmarried:
And the guard shall be unto you to look upon it, that ye remember all the commandments of the LORD and do them: that ye seek not a way after your own hearts and after your own eyes, for to go a whoring after them:
And the LORD heard the voice of Israel, and delivered them the Canaanites. And they destroyed both them and their cities, and called the place Hormah.
And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and put out the Amorites that were therein.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
and spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will show who is his and who is holy, and will take them unto him, and whomsoever he hath chosen, he will cause to come to him.
and Amram's wife was called Jochebed; a daughter of Levi, which was born him in Egypt. And she bare unto Amram, Aaron, Moses and Miriam their sister.
And fast by him, the tribe of Manasseh; and the captain over the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur:
and will offer an offering upon the fire unto the LORD, whether it be a burnt offering or a special vow or freewill offering or if it be in your principal feasts to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the oxen or of the flock:
Then Moses said unto Korah, "Be thou and all thy company before the LORD: both thou, they, and Aaron tomorrow.
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 of which the LORD said, for we have sinned."
And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, of which the LORD's part was sixty one.
to be a remembrance unto the children of Israel, that no stranger which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer cense before the LORD, that he be not made like unto Korah and his company: as the LORD said unto him by the hand of Moses.
And the tribe of Benjamin also; and the captain over the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeoni:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, came down and smote them and hewed them: even unto Hormah.
And they departed thence and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which river is in the wilderness, and cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
and spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, "The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good land.
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can go no further than the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
"The land of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,
And the men which Moses sent to search the land, and which - when they came again - made all the people to murmur against it, in that they brought up a slander upon the land;
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
stood up before Moses, with other of the children of Israel: two hundred and fifty, heads of the congregation, and councilors, and men of fame.
And the ancient heads of the children of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the kindred of the children of Joseph, came forth and spake before Moses and the princes which were ancient heads among the children of Israel,
Reuben, the eldest son of Israel. The children of Reuben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hanochites; and of Pallu, cometh the kindred of the Palluites;
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Stand by the sacrifice, while I go to know whether the LORD will come and meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me, I will tell thee." And he went forthwith.
And he looked on Amalek and began his parable, and said, "Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly."
and he shall have it and his seed after him, even the covenant of the priest's office forever, because he was jealous for his God's sake and made an atonement for the children of Israel.'"
But and if ye will not drive out the inhabiters of the land before you, then those which ye let remain of them, shall be thorns in your eyes and darts in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
And Moses was angry with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands and over hundreds, which came from war and battle,
This is the water of strife, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified upon them.
and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering, and offer with the burnt offering or any other offering when it is a lamb.
In the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Lo, I am come unto thee. But I can say nothing at all, save what God putteth in my mouth that must I speak."
And one that is clean, shall go and take up the ashes of the cow, and put them without the host in a clean place, where they shall be kept to make sprinkling water for the multitude of the children of Israel: for it is a sin offering.
And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the fields, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave: shall be unclean seven days.
And in the first day of your months, ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and a ram, and seven lambs of a year old without spot,
and said unto Moses, "Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD against the sun, that the wrath of the LORD may turn away from Israel."
And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also."
And let the priest take cypress wood, and Hyssop and purple cloth, and cast it upon the cow as she burneth.
even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee."
But the Levites shall pitch round about the habitation of witness, that there fall no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel, and the Levites shall wait upon the habitation of witness."
Come now a fellowship, and curse me this people. For they are too mighty for me, so peradventure I might be able to smite them and to drive them out of the land. For I know that whom thou blessest shall be blessed, and whom thou cursest shall be cursed."
And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things.
In the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
"And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, there shall be six cities of franchise which ye shall give to that intent that he which committeth a slaughter, may fly thither. And to them ye shall add forty two cities more:
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Bring Aaron's rod again before the witness to be kept for a token unto the children of rebellion, that their murmurings may cease from me, that they die not."
In the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock.
In the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.
And the LORD spake unto Moses in the fields of Moab by Jordan over against Jericho, saying,
And Moses and Aaron went from the congregation unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and fell upon their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
But all the women-children that have not lain with men, keep alive for yourselves.
And ye shall offer a burnt offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram and seven yearling lambs without spot.
and the man whose eye is open hath said; he hath said, which heareth the words of God and seeth the visions of the almighty, which falleth down and his eyes are opened:
The ships shall come out of the coast of Kittim and subdue Assyria and subdue Eber, and he himself shall perish at the last."
"Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterward be gathered unto thy people."
And Balak did as Balaam said. And Balak and Balaam offered on every altar an ox and a ram.
And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, and so they pitched with their standards, and so they journeyed: every man in his kindred, and in the household of his father.
And speak unto the children of Israel saying, 'If a man die and have no son, ye shall turn his inheritance unto his daughter.
And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregation of the multitude of the children of Israel.
And say unto them, "This is the offering which ye shall offer unto the LORD: two lambs of a year old without spot, day by day, to be a burnt offering perpetually.
And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, so that your south quarter shall be from the side of the salt sea eastward,
And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
And their meat and drink offerings unto the bullocks, rams and lambs, according to their number and to the manner.
And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers which they that were burnt had offered, and beat them and fastened them upon the altar,
And the LORD was angry with Israel, and made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD were consumed.
And if there be a stranger with you or be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD: even as ye do, so he shall do.
Then we cried unto the LORD and he heard our voices, and sent an angel and hath fetched us out of Egypt. And behold, we are in Kadesh, a city hard by the borders of thy country:
And fast by him shall the tribe of Asher pitch; and the captain over the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran:
And all the multitude brought him without the host and stoned him with stones, and he died as the LORD commanded Moses.
then thou shalt bring unto an ox, a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half a hin of oil.
and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab in the top of Pisgah which boweth toward the wilderness.
In the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye will fall upon the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, and therefore the LORD will not be with you."
The children of Asher in their kindreds were: Imnah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Imnites; and Ishvi, of whom cometh the kindred of the Ishvites; and of Beriah cometh the kindred of Beriites.
Whosoever toucheth any person that dieth and sprinkleth not himself, defileth the dwelling of the LORD: and therefore that soul shall be rooted out of Israel, because he hath not sprinkled the sprinkling water upon him, he shall be unclean, and his uncleanness shall remain upon him.
which called the people unto the sacrifice of their gods. And the people ate, and worshipped their gods,
And Moses spake unto the folk, saying, "Harness some of you unto war, and let them go upon the Midianites and avenge the LORD of the Midianites.
And God came to Balaam by night and said unto him, "If the men come to fetch thee, rise up and go with them: but what I say unto thee, that only thou shalt do."
"'All that are of yourselves shall do these things after this manner, when he offereth an offering of sweet savour unto the LORD.
And the LORD put a saying in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Go again to Balak and say on this wise."
And they shall take for an unclean person, of the burnt ashes of the sin offering, and put running water thereto into a vessel.
All the number that pertained unto the host of Ephraim, were a hundred thousand eight thousand and a hundred in their hosts: and they shall be the third in the journey.
Then, let him that offereth his offering unto the LORD, bring also a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil,
And Moses waxed very angry and said unto the LORD, "Turn not unto their offerings. I have not taken so much as an ass from them, neither have vexed any of them."
We have therefore brought a present unto the LORD: what every man found of jewels of gold: chains, bracelets, rings, earrings and spangles, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD."
When Moses heard it, he fell upon his face
And their redemptions shall be at a month old, valued at five sicles of silver, of the holy sicle." A sicle maketh twenty Geras.
And from thence they came to Bear, which is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, "Gather the people together, that I may give them water."
These are the kindreds of Manasseh, in number fifty two thousand and seven hundred.
I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make of thee a greater nation and a mightier than they."
and the Moabites were sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and abhorred the children of Israel.
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto the city of Huzoth.
And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they answered, "We will not come.
Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel to bring you to him, to do the service of the dwelling place of the LORD, and to stand before the people to minister unto them?
And he brought him into a plain field where men might see far, even to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered an ox and a ram on every altar.
In the tribe of Joseph, in the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.
see that ye drive out all the inhabiters of the land before you, and destroy their imaginations and all their images of metal, and pluck down all their altars built on hills:
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed me continually.'
And when the ark rested, he said, "Return LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel."
He hath taken thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the office of the priest also.
The name of the Israelite which was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a lord of an ancient house among the Simeonites.
"Take the number of all the multitude of the children of Israel from twenty years and above throughout their fathers' houses, all that are able to go to war in Israel."
'None of the men that came out of Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, because they have not continually followed me:
"Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'When ye be come into the land of your habitation which I give unto you,
And they said, one to another, "Let us make a captain and return unto Egypt again."
And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling.
And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain. And then descend and go out at the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
How shall I curse whom God curseth not? And how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not?
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
But the children of Judah in their kindred were: Shelah of whom cometh the kindred of the Shelanites; and of Perez cometh the kindred of the Perezites; and of Zerah cometh the kindred of the Zerahites.
while the Egyptians buried all their firstborn which the LORD had smoten among them. And upon their gods also the LORD did execution.
for they have troubled you with their wiles with thee, which they have beguiled you, through Peor and through their sister Cozbi the daughter of a lord in Midian, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake."
And the children of Issachar in their kindreds were: Tola, of whom cometh the kindred of the Tolaites: and Puvah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Punites;
And the children of Gad in their kindreds were: Zephon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Zephonites; and of Haggi, cometh the kindred of the Haggites; and of Shuni, cometh the kindred of the Shunites;
And these are the children of Shuthelah: Eran, of whom cometh the kindred of the Eranites.
And God said unto Balaam, "Thou shalt not go with them, neither curse the people: for they are blessed."
all the fat of the oil, of the wine and of the corn: their first fruits which they give unto the LORD that have I given unto thee.
And now behold, I go unto my people: come let me show thee, what this people shall do to thy folk in the latter days."
'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot pass the mouth of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind. What the LORD sayeth, that must I speak.'
And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon,
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them the towns of Jair.
And Balaam said unto God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
And let the priest wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water, and then come into the host, and the priest shall be unclean unto the evening.
And Moses said, "Wherefore will ye go on this manner beyond the word of the LORD? It will not come well to pass:
And they departed from Succoth and pitched their tents in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
And Moses wrote their goings out by their journeys at the commandment of the LORD: even these are the journeys of their goings out.
Wherefore brought ye us out of Egypt, to bring us into this ungracious place, which is no place of seed nor of figs nor vines nor of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink?"
For ye were disobedient unto my mouth in the desert of Zin in the strife of the congregation, that ye sanctified me not in the water before their eyes." That is the water of strife in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.
And a he-goat for a sin offering, beside the daily burnt offering and his meat and drink offerings.
And Balak was wroth with Balaam, and smote his hands together, and said unto him, "I sent for thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou hast blessed them this three times,
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean the third day and the seventh day. And the seventh day he shall purify himself and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening.
And this shall be thine: the heave offering of their gifts, throughout all the wave offerings of the children of Israel, for I have given them unto thee and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, to be a duty forever: and all that are clean in thy house, shall eat of it,
And they journeyed from Rissah and pitched at Kehelathah.
and according to their lot thou shalt divide their land, both to the many and to the few."
And the sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, councilors in the congregation, which strove against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD.
And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites.
And they went near him and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our sheep and for our cattle, and cities for our children:
And Balak said unto Balaam, "What hast thou done unto me? I fetched thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou blessest them!"
And the name of the Midianitish woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur and head over the people of an ancient house in Midian.
which may go in and out before them, and to lead them in and out, that the congregation of the LORD be not as a flock of sheep without a shepherd."
"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 cities of the Levites, suburbs round about them.
And these six free cities shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for him that dwelleth among you, that all they which kill any person unawares, may flee thither.
Mahela, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, and were married unto their fathers' brothers' sons,
And Nobah went and took Kenath with the towns longing thereto, and called it Nobah after his own name.
And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all the princes gave him for every prince over their fathers' houses, a rod: even twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among the rods.
And they departed from Oboth and lay at Iyeabarim in the wilderness, which is before Moab on the east side.
And Balak said unto him, "Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place: whence thou shalt see them, and shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all and curse me them there."
and went after the man of Israel into the whorehouse, and thrust them through: both the man of Israel and also the woman even through the belly of her. And the plague ceased from the children of Israel.
And they removed from Etham and turned unto the entering of Hiroth which is before Baalzephon, and pitched before Migdol.
And every daughter that possesseth any inheritance among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the kindred of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his father,
and shall fetch a compass from the south up to Akrabbim, and reach to Zin. And it shall go out on the south side of Kadesh Barnea, and go out also at Hazaraddar, and go along to Azmon.
These are the kindreds of Asher, in number fifty three thousand and four hundred.
And they came to Balaam and told him, "Thus sayeth Balak, the son of Zippor: 'Oh, let nothing let thee to come unto me,
And let him that gathereth the ashes of the cow, wash his clothes, and remain unclean until evening. And this shall be unto the children of Israel and unto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a manner forever.
And he took up his parable and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! And hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor!
and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
Wait therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel:
These are the commandments and laws which the LORD commanded through Moses, unto the children of Israel in the fields of Moab upon Jordan nigh unto Jericho.
And he said, "Ye shall not go through." And Edom came out against him with much people and with a mighty power.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the tribe of Naphtali also; and the captain over the children of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan:
When thou offerest an ox to a burnt offering or in any special vow or peace offering unto the LORD,
And they departed from before Hiroth and went through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
Wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land to fall upon the sword, that both our wives, and also our children should be a prey? Is it not better that we return unto Egypt again?"
And the lords of Moab rose up and went unto Balak and said, "Balaam would not come with us."
These are the sums of the children of Israel in the houses of their fathers, even all the numbers of the hosts with their companies: six hundred thousand three thousand five hundred and fifty.
And the children of Israel said unto him, "We will go by the beaten way: and if either we or our cattle drink of thy water, we will pay for it, we will do no more but pass through by foot only."
And his rod whom I chose, shall blossom: So I will make cease from me the grudgings of the children of Israel which they grudge against you."
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the lords that were with him.
And let them be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nigh unto you.
And Balak said unto Balaam, "Did I not send for thee, to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not unto me? Thinkest thou that I am not able to promote thee unto honour?"
and on the river's head, which shooteth down to dwell at Ar, and leaneth upon the coasts of Moab."
And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and within the veil. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests' office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh nigh, shall die."
And the children of Simeon in their kindreds were: Nemuel, of whom cometh the kindred of the Nemuelites; Jamin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Jaminites; Jachin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Jachinites;
for the censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel."
And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh and he dwelt therein.
and he hath said, that heareth the words of God and hath the knowledge of the most high and beholdeth the vision of the almighty, and when he falleth down hath his eyes opened:
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, "Go and slay those men that joined themselves unto Baal- Peor."
and put his hands upon him and give him a charge, as the LORD commanded through the hand of Moses.
Seemeth it a small thing unto thee that thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness; but that thou shouldest reign over us also?
And they removed from the reed sea and lay in the wilderness of Zin.
And Moses said unto Korah, "Hear, ye children of Levi:
And he said unto Balak, "Stand here, by thy sacrifice, while I go yonder."
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: for what is Aaron, that ye should murmur against him?"
came and stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and before the lords and all the multitude in the door of the tabernacle of witness, saying,
go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not slain before your enemies.
These are the kindreds of Naphtali in their generations, in number forty five thousand and four hundred.
"Get you from this congregation, that I may consume them quickly." And they fell upon their faces.
let us go a good fellowship through thy country: we will not go through the fields nor through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the fountains: but we will go by the highway and neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy country."
And ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD, two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old without spot,
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Iyeabarim in the borders of Moab.
And Moses told the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD commanded him.
If she had a husband when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lips wherewith she bound her soul,
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 on the souls that were there, and upon him that touched a bone or a slain person or a dead body or a grave.
"Our father died in the wilderness, and was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the congregation of Korah: But died in his own sin, and had no sons.
And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully.
This, therefore, doeth the LORD: 'Command the daughters of Zelophehad, saying: let them be wives to whom they themself think best, but in the kindred of the tribe of their fathers shall they marry,
for the tribe of the children of Reuben have received, in the households of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad in their fathers' households; and the half tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance -
And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the judge of blood, and shall restore him again unto the franchised city whither he was fled. And he shall bide there unto the death of the high priest which was anointed with holy oil.
And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half a hin of wine, that is an offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
ye shall build cities which shall be privileged towns for you: that he which slayeth a man unawares, may fly thither.
And God came unto Balaam, and Balaam said unto him, "I have prepared seven altars, and have offered upon every altar, an ox and a ram."
And write Aaron's name upon the staff of Levi: for every headman over the houses of their fathers shall have a rod.
take five sicles of every piece, after the sicles of the holy place; twenty geras; the sicles.
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian prisoners, and their children; and spoiled all their cattle, their substance and their goods.
So that the whole number, of all that pertained unto the host of Dan, was a hundred thousand fifty seven thousand and six hundred. And they shall be the last in the journey with their standards."
And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood upon his finger, and sprinkle it straight toward the tabernacle of witness seven times.
But and if her father forbid her the same day that he heareth it, none of her vows nor bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall be of value, and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father forbade her.
These are the kindreds of the children of Ephraim, in number thirty two thousand and five hundred. And these are the children of Joseph in their kindreds.
Neverthelater, thou shalt be a burning to Kain, until Assyria take thee prisoner."
This is the service of the kindreds of the sons of Merari in all their service in the tabernacle of witness by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."
And unto a ram thou shalt offer a meat offering of two tenth deals of flour, mingled with the third part of a hin of oil,
This shall be thine of most holy sacrifices: All their gifts, throughout all their meat offerings, sin offerings and trespass offerings which they bring unto me. They shall be most holy unto thee and unto thy sons.
The children of Judah: Er and Onan, which died in the land of Canaan.
And this is the charge, that they must wait upon in all that they must serve in the tabernacle of witness: The boards of the dwelling, and the bars, pillars, and sockets thereof,
And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her without the host and cause her to be slain before him.
"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 your inheritance; the land of Canaan with all her coasts.
And from mount Hor, ye shall compass and go unto Hamath, and the end of the coast shall be at Zeded,
And Edom answered him, "See thou come not by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword."
And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.
Ye shall send unto the war a thousand of every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel."
"Speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them, 'When ye are come over Jordan into the land of Canaan,
And the office of the sons of Merari was the boards of the dwelling and the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof and all that served thereto:
These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites.
If he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
And shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and shall go out at the sea.
And Moses put the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
And the whole sum of the Levites which Moses and Aaron numbered, at the commandment of the LORD - throughout their kindreds, even of all the males of a month old and above - was twenty two thousand.
And put of thy praise upon him that all the company of the children of Israel may hear.
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and of Reuben, "Shall your brethren go to war and ye tarry here?
"Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of the women and of cattle: thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the ancient heads of the congregation.
The vow of a widow and of her that is divorced, and all that they have bound their souls withal, shall stand in effect with them.
Moreover, thou hast brought us unto no land that floweth with milk and honey, neither hast given us possessions of fields or of vines. Either wilt thou pull out the eyes of these men? We will not come."
And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign:
And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and lodged at the graves of lust.
And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the multitude numbered the sons of the Kohathites in their kindreds and houses of their fathers,
I, the LORD, have said that I will do it unto all this evil congregation that are gathered together against me: even in this wilderness ye shall be consumed, and here ye shall die."
And they removed from Elim and lay fast by the reed sea.
These are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahlites, the kindred of the Mushites, the kindred of the Korahites. Kohath begat Amram,
for I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I am the LORD God."
And the people chode with Moses and spake, saying, "Would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the LORD.
And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
And they pitched upon Jordan, from Bethjeshimoth unto the plain of Shittim in the fields of Moab.
The children of Zebulun in their kindreds were: Sered, of whom cometh the kindred of the Seredites; and Elon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Elonites; and of Jahleel, cometh the kindred of the Jahleelites.
and do fire therein and put cense thereto before the LORD tomorrow: And then whomsoever the LORD doeth chose, the same is holy. Ye make enough to do, ye children of Levi."
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.
And the number of them - when all the males from a month old and above was told - drew unto six thousand and two hundred.
"All vows and oaths that bind to humble the soul, may her husband establish or break.
And ye shall offer a burnt offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD: thirteen bullocks two rams and fourteen lambs which are yearlings and pure,
And when the free year cometh unto the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe where they are in, and so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers."
But if her husband hold his peace from one day unto another, then he establisheth all her vows and bonds which she had upon her, because he held his peace the same day that he heard them.
'Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt and covereth the face of the earth: come now therefore and curse me them, that so peradventure I may be able to overcome them in battle, and to drive them out.'"
And ye shall offer a burnt offering of a sweet savour unto the LORD: one young bullock and one ram and seven lambs of a year old apiece that are pure.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the lords of the congregation went out of the host against them.
And the fifteenth day of the same month shall be a feast, in which seven days men must eat unleavened bread.
And they departed from Iyeabarim and pitched in Dibongad.
And the LORD said unto Moses, "Number all the firstborn that are males among the children of Israel, from a month old and above, and take the number of their names.
and until the land be subdued before the LORD, then ye shall return and be without sin against the LORD and against Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
And thereto the tenth part of an Ephah of flour for a meat offering mingled with beaten oil, the fourth part of a hin:
and her husband heard it and held his peace and forbade her not: then all her vows and bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stand.
from twenty years and above, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of Israel that came of Egypt were:
The children of Naphtali in their kindreds were: Jahzeel, of whom came the kindred of the Jahzeelites; and Guni, of whom came the kindred of the Gunites;
And he shall purify himself with the ashes the third day and then he shall be clean the seventh day. And if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day, he shall not be clean.
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
And Moses said unto them, "If ye will do this thing, that ye will go all harnessed before the LORD to war,
And let them wait upon thee and upon all the tabernacle: only let them not come nigh the holy vessels and the altar, that both they and ye also die not.
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.
And the drink offering of the same: the fourth part of a hin unto one lamb, and pour the drink offering in the holy place, to be good drink unto the LORD.
"But on the forefront of the habitation and before the tabernacle of witness eastward, shall Moses and Aaron and his sons pitch and wait on the sanctuary in the stead of the children of Israel. And the stranger that cometh nigh shall die for it."
for whosoever cometh nigh the dwelling of the LORD, dieth. Shall we utterly consume away?"
The fifth day, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, chief lord among the children of Simeon, offered,
And if he afterward break them, he shall bear her sin himself."
behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among children of Israel, to be yours, as gifts given unto the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of witness.
These are the kindreds of the Simeonites, in number twenty two thousand and two hundred.
But and if he pushed him by chance and not of hate, or cast at him with any manner of thing and not of laying of wait,
And ye shall measure without the city, and make the utmost border of the east side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the south side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the west side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the north side: two thousand cubits also. And the city shall be in the midst. And these shall be the suburbs of their cities.
And this shall be your north quarter: ye shall compass from the great sea unto mount Hor.
Zerah of whom cometh the kindred of the Zerahites; Shaul of whom cometh the kindred of the Shaulites.
And he said unto them, "Tarry here all night and I will bring you word, even as the LORD shall say unto me." And the lords of Moab abode with Balaam.
And the LORD met Balaam and put words in his mouth, and said, "Go again unto Balak and thus say."
And the children of Israel removed from Rameses and pitched in Succoth.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the lords of Balak, "Get you unto your land, for the LORD will not suffer me to go with you."
And he shall cause the cow to be burnt in his sight: both skin, flesh and blood, with the dung also.
and to a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, to be a sweet savour unto the LORD.
and now get thee quickly unto thy place. I thought that I would promote thee unto honour, but the LORD hath kept thee back from worship."
And for the redeeming of the two hundred and seventy three which are more than the Levites in the firstborn of the children of Israel,
And Moses and Aaron went before the tabernacle of witness.
And yet the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.
and her husband heard it and held his peace thereat the same day he heard it: Then her vows and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stand in effect.
And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Zin, and set up their tents in Dophkah.
The eighth day, offered Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, the chief lord of the children of Manasseh.
And of Hezron, cometh the kindred of the Hezronites; and of Carmi, cometh the kindred of the Carmites.
The seventh day, Elishama, the son of Ammihud, the chief lord of the children of Ephraim, offered.
And Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran unto the congregation: and behold, the plague was begun among the people, and he put on cense, and made an atonement for the people.
These are the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between the father and his daughter, being a damsel in her father's house.
and they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
And the children of Perez were Hezron, of whom cometh the kindred of the Hezronites: and of Hamul cometh the kindred of the Hamulites.
And lodge without the host seven days, all that have killed any person and all that have touched any dead body, and purify both yourselves and your prisoners; the third day and the seventh.
Now when any of the sons of the tribes of Israel take them to wives, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put unto the inheritance of the tribe in which they are and shall be taken from the lot of our inheritance.
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched among the children of Jaakan.
And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation,
But they were blinded to go up into the hilltop: Neverthelater, the ark of the covenant of the LORD and Moses departed not out of the host.
The first day shall be a holy feast, so that ye shall do no manner of laborious work therein.
And all the kindreds of the Shuhamites were in number sixty four thousand and four hundred.
These are the children of Dan in their kindreds: Shuham, of whom cometh the kindred of the Shuhamites. These are the kindreds of Dan in their generations.
And Moses and Eleazar the priest told them in the fields of Moab by Jordan, fast by Jericho,