Lo! the people that hath come forth out of Egypt - he covereth the eye of the land. Now, do come, do revile me him, Peradventure I shall prevail in making war with him, And shall drive him out.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your own land, - For Yahweh hath refused to let me go with you.

And Balaam responded and said unto the servants of Balak, Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.

And the messenger of Yahweh went on further, and took his stand in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn to the right hand or to the left.

And Balak sacrificed herd and flock, - and sent unto Balaam, and unto the princes that were with him.

Who hath counted the dust of Jacob? Or who hath numbered the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my hereafter be like his!

Then took he up his parable and said, - Rise, Balak, and hear, Give ear unto me son of Zippor!

GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his:

How pleasing are thy tents, O Jacob, - Thy habitations, O Israel:

GOD having brought him forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his, - He eateth up nations that assail him And the bones of them, he breaketh And the loins of him, he crusheth:

He hath knelt - hath lain down, Like a strong lion, yea like a lioness, Who shall rouse him up? Such as bless thee are each one blessed, But, such, as curse thee, are each one cursed.

Though Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, yet could I not go beyond the bidding of Yahweh, to, do good or ill, out of my own heart, - what Yahweh shall speak, that, must I speak?

And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel, when they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

so shall it prove to be unto him and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age-abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory-covering over the sons of Israel.

for, besiegers, were they unto you, with their wiles wherewith they beguiled you, over the matter of Peor, - and over he matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was smitten in the day of the plague, over the matter of Peor.

Reckon ye up the sum of all the assembly of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upwards, by their ancestral houses, - every one able to go forth to war in Israel.

These, are the families of the Reubenites, - and they who were numbered of them were found to be - forty-three thousand, and seven hundred, and thirty.

Now, the sons of Pallu, were Eliab;

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

To Ozni, the family of the Oznites, - To Eri, the family of the Erites;

These, are the families of the sons of Gad, as to them who were numbered of them, - forty thousand and five hundred.

The sons of Judah, Er and Onan, - but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

These, are the families of Judah, as to them who were numbered of them, - seventy-six thousand, and five hundred,

These, are the families of Issachar. as to them who were numbered of them, - sixty-four thousand, and three hundred.

These are the families of the Zebulunites as to them who were numbered of them, - sixty thousand, and five hundred.

These are the sons of Gilead: Iezer, the family of the Iezerites, - To Helek, the family of the Helekites;

Now Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons, but only, daughters, - and, the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, were Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah Milcah, and Tirzah.

These, are the families of Manasseh, - and, they who were numbered of them, - fifty-two thousand, and seven hundred.

These are the sons of Ephraim by their families, To Shuthelah, pertained the family of the Shuthelahites, To Becher, the family of the Becherites, - To Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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

These, are the families of the sons of Ephraim, as to them who were numbered of them, - thirty-two thousand, and five hundred, These, are the sons of Joseph by their families.

And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman, - To Ard, pertained the family of the Ardites, To Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

These, are the sons of Benjamin by their families, - and they who were numbered of them, - were forty-five thousand and six hundred.

These, are the sons of Dan, by their families: To Shuham, pertained the family of the Shuhamites, - These, are the families of Dan by their families:

All the families of the Shuhamites, as to them who were numbered of them, were, sixty-four thousand, and four hundred.

These, are the families of the sons of Asher as to them who were numbered of them, - fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

These are the families of Naphtali, by their families, - and they who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand and four hundred.

These, are they who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred and lice thousand, - seven hundred and thirty,

For the large one, thou shalt make large his inheritance, and for the small one, thou shalt make small his inheritance, - unto each one, in proportion to them who were numbered of him, shall he given his inheritance.

And these, are they who were numbered of the Levites by their families, To Gershon, pertained the family of the Gershonites, To Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; To Merari, the family of the Merarites.

These, are the families of Levi - The family of the Libnites, The family of the Hebronites, The family of the Mahlites, The family of the Mushites, The family of the Korahites, - And, Kohath, begat Amram;

And, there were born to Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, - Eleazar and Ithamar;

And they who were numbered of them were found to be - twenty-three thousand, all the males from one month old and upwards - for they had not numbered themselves in the midst of the sons of Israel, because there was given unto them no inheritance, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

These, are they who were numbered by Moses, and Eleazar, the priest, - when they numbered the sons of Israel, in the waste plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho.

Our father, died in the desert, although, he, was not among the assembly that conspired against Yahweh, in the assembly of Korah, - but, in his own sin, died he; and sons, had he none.

Wherefore should the name of our father be withdrawn out of the midst of his family, because he had no son? Give ye unto us a possession, ill the midst of the brethren of our father.

A right thing, are the daughters of Zelophehad speaking: Thou shalt, surely give, them a possession for an inheritance, in the midst of the brethren of their father, - and shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass over unto them.

because ye resisted my bidding - in the desert of Zin when the assembly contended, - that ye should hallow me regarding the waters, before their eyes, - the same, were the waters of Meribah, of Kadesh in the desert of Zin.

Therefore shalt thou say to them. This, is the altar-flame, which ye shall offer unto Yahweh, - he-lambs a year old, without defect, two day, as a continual ascending-sacrifice.

But, on the sabbath day, two he-lambs a year old without defect, and two-tenths of fine meal as a meal-offering, overflowed with oil and the drink-offering thereof:

And in the beginnings of your months, shall ye bring near an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without defect;

And as their drink-offerings, half a hin, shall be to a bullock and the third of a hin to a ram, and the fourth of a hin to a lamb, of wine, - This, is the ascending-sacrifice of a month in its month, for the months of the year.

but ye shall bring near - as an altar-flame - an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh, - two choice bullocks and one ram, - and seven he-lambs a year old, without defect, must they be for you;

And on the day of firstfruits when ye bring near a new meal-offering unto Yahweh, in your weeks, a holy convocation shall there be unto you, no laborious work, shall ye do;

but ye shall bring near as an ascending-sacrifice, for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, two choice bullocks one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old;

Therefore shall ye offer, as an ascending-sacrifice for a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, one choice bullock one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old without defect;

And on the tenth of this seventh month, a holy convocation, shall there be unto you, - when ye shall humble your souls, - no work, shall ye do;

but ye shall bring near, as an ascending-sacrifice unto Yahweh a satisfying odour, one choice bullock one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old, without defect, shall they be for you;

Then shall ye bring near as an ascending-sacrifice - an altar-flame of a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, - thirteen choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect, shall they be;

And on the second day, twelve choice bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;

And on the third day, eleven bullocks two rams, - and fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;

And on the fourth day, ten bullocks, two rams, - fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;

And on the fifth day, nine bullocks two rams, - fourteen he-lamb, a year old without defect;

And on the sixth day, eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without defect;

And on the seventh day, seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old, with-out defect:

but ye shall bring near - as an ascending-sacrifice, an altar-flame of a satisfying odour, unto Yahweh - one bullock, one ram, - seven he-lambs a year old, without defect:

These, shall ye offer unto Yahweh in your appointed seasons, - besides your vow-offerings and your freewill offerings - as your ascending-sacrifices, and as your meal-offerings, and as your drink-offerings and as your peace-offerings.

When, a man, shall vow a vow unto Yahweh, or swear an oath to bind a bond upon his soul, he shall not break his word, - according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth, shall he do.

and her father shall hear her vow or her bond which she bindeth upon her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her, then shall all her vows stand, and every bond which she hath bound upon her soul shall stand.

But, if her father forbade her, in the day when he heard, none of her vows or her bonds which she hath bound upon her soul, shall stand, - and, Yahweh, will pardon her, because her father forbade her.

But, if she, belonged to a husband, when her vows were taken upon her, - or a rash utterance fell from her lips, wherewith she put a bond upon her soul;

But if, on the day her husband heard, he forbade her, then shall he have made of none effect her vow that is upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she put a head upon her soul, - and, Yahweh, I will pardon her.

But as for the vow of a widow, or of a woman divorced, whatsoever she hath bound on her soul, shall stand against her.

But, if in the house of her husband, she vowed, or bound a bond upon her soul. with an oath;

But if her husband, did make, them, of none effect, on the day he heard, nothing which came forth out of her lips - of her vows, or of the bond of her soul, shall sand, - her husband, made it of none effect, and Yahweh, will pardon her:

As for any vow, or any oath of binding, to humble ones soul, her husband, may make it stand, or, her husband, may make it of none effect.

But if her husband do hold his peace, at her, from day to day, then shall he cause all her vows to stand, or all her bonds which are upon her, - cause them to stand, because he held his peace at her, on the day when he heard.

These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in the house of her father.

So Moses spake unto the people saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war, and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon Midian.

A thousand from each tribe, - of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send forth unto the war.

And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe, - twelve thousand, armed for war.

And Moses sent them a thousand of each tribe to the war, - them, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary, and the alarm trumpets, in his hand.

So they made war upon Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses, and slew every male:

and brought in unto Moses and unto Eleazar the priest and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel - the captives and the booty, and the spoil unto the camp, - unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

Then was Moses sore displeased with the officers of the force, - the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds who were coming in from the warring host.

Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days, - whosoever hath killed a person and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day and on the seventh day ye and your captives,.

Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses:

And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and be clean, - and after-wards, shall ye come into the camp.

and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host, - and all the rest of the assembly.

Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh - from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred, - of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses and of the flock:

and said unto Moses, Thy servants have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand, - and there is not missed from among us, a man!

Therefore have we brought near an offering unto Yahweh, what, each man, hath found - articles of gold, ankle chains and bracelets, rings earrings and buckles, - to put a propitiatory-covering over our souls before Yahweh.

Then said Moses unto the sons of Gad and unto the sons of Reuben, - Shall, your brethren, go into the war, and ye, settle down here?

Thus, did your fathers, - when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea, to view the land,

Lo! therefore, ye have arisen in the room of your fathers, brood of sinful men, - to heap up yet more upon the heat of the anger of Yahweh, towards Israel.

Then came they near unto him, and said, Folds, for flocks, would we build for our cattle, here, - and cities for our little ones;

but, we, would arm ourselves promptly, before the sons of Israel, until that we have brought them into their place, - so should our little ones remain in the fortified cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.

We would not return unto our houses, - until the sons of Israel have possessed themselves each man, of his inheritance.

For we would not inherit with them, over the Jordan, and onwards, - because our inheritance hath come unto us on this side the Jordan towards sunrise.