Then set they forward from Kadesh, - and the sons of Israel. all the assembly, came in to Mount Hor.

Then brake they up from Mount Hor, by way of the Red Sea, to go round the land of Edom, - and the soul of the people became impatient because of the way,

So then the people spake against God and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt, to die in the desert? for there is neither bread nor water, and our soul, doth loathe this contemptible bread!

Then said Yahweh unto Moses - Make thee a like serpent, and put it upon standard, - and it shall come to pass, that, any one who is bitten, as soon as he seeth it, shall live.

So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon the standard, - and it came to pass - that if the serpent had bitten any man, as soon as he directed his look unto the serpent of bronze, he lived.

And the bottom of the ravines, that extendeth toward the dwelling of Ar, - And adjoineth to the boundary of Moab,

A well! - princes digged it, Nobles of the people, delved it, With a sceptre, With their staves. And, from the desert, to Mattanah;

and from Mattanah, to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel, to Bamoth;

and, from Bamoth of the valley, which is in the field-country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, - which over-looketh Jeshimon.

And Sihon suffered not Israel to pass through his boundary, but Sihon gathered together all his people, and came forth to meet Israel, towards the desert, and entered Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

Woe to thee, Moab, Thou art lost, O people of Chemosh, - He hath given up his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto the king of the Amorites, Sihon.

And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured the villages thereof, - and dispossessed the Amorites that were there.

Then turned they, and went up by the way of Bashan, - and Og, king of Bashan, came forth to meet them - he and all his people, to give battle at Edrei.

Then said Yahweh unto Moses - Do not fear him, for into thy hand, have I delivered him and all his people, and his land, - Therefore shalt thou do unto him, as thou didst unto Sihon king of he Amorites, who was dwelling in Heshbon.

So he sent messengers unto Balaam son of Boor, to Pethor which was by the river of the land of the sons of his people to call him, - saying Lo! a people, hath come forth out of Egypt Lo! he hath covered the eye of the land, Yea he, is tarrying over against me.

Now, therefore, do come, I pray thee curse me this people. For stronger, he is than I, If peradventure I prevail, we shall smite him, That I may drive him out of the land, - For I know that, he whom thou dost bless, is to be blessed, And the whom thou dost curse, is to be cursed.

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.

So the princes of Moab arose, and came in unto Balak, - and said, Balaam refused to come with us.

Then added Balak again, - to send princes, more and weightier than these.

And they came in unto Balaam, - and said unto him - Thus, said Balak son of Zipper, Do not be withheld, I pray thee from coming unto me:

For I will honour, thee, exceedingly, and all that thou shalt say unto me, will I do. Do come therefore I pray thee oh revile me this people.

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.

Now, therefore abide here, I pray you even ye, - for the night, - that I may get to know what further Yahweh may be speaking with me.

And God came in unto Balaam, by night, and said unto him - If, to call thee, the men have come in, arise go with them, - But only, the thing that I shall speak unto thee, that, shalt thou do.

Then kindled the anger of God, because he was going, and the messenger of Yahweh stationed himself in the way, to withstand him, - as he was riding upon his ass, his two young men being with him.

And the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road with his drawn sword in his hand, so the ass turned aside out of the road and went into the field, - and Balaam smote the ass, to make her turn back into the road.

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 Yahweh opened the mouth of the ass, - and she said unto Balaam - What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me, these three times?

Then said the ass unto Balaam - Am not I thine own ass on which thou hast ridden all thy life, until this day? Have I, been wont, to do unto thee, thus? And he said, Nay!

And the messenger of Yahweh said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass, these three times? Lo! I, myself, am come forth to withstand thee, because headlong was thy way before me.

And the ass hath seen me, and hath turned aside at ray presence these three times: Unless she had turned aside from my presence, yea now even thee, had I slain, but, her, had I suffered to live.

Then said Balaam unto the messenger of Yahweh - I have sinned, for I knew not, that, thou, wast stationed to meet me in the road, - Now, therefore, if it be displeasing in thine eyes, I must get me back again.

And Balak heard that Balaam, was coming, - so he went forth to meet him unto a city of Moab which was upon the boundary of Arnon, which was in the utmost part of the boundary.

And Balak said unto Balaam: Did I not, send, unto thee, to call thee? Wherefore didst thou not come unto me? Am I not in very deed, able to honour thee?

And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up the high places of Baal, - and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, - and Balak and Balaam caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

Then said Balaam unto Balak: Station thyself by thine ascending-sacrifice, and let me go my way - peradventure Yahweh may come and meet me, and what thing soever he may show me, I will tell thee. So he went his way to a bare height.

And God came unto Balaam, - so he said unto him The seven altars, have I built in a row, and have caused to ascend, bullock and a ram on each altar.

Surely from the head of the rocks, do I see him, Yea, from the hills, do I observe him, - Lo! a people, who alone doth dwell, And among the nations, he doth not reckon himself.

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 said Balak unto Balaam, What hast thou done for me? To revile mine enemies, I summoned thee, and lo! thou hast kept on blessing.

And he answered and said, - Was it not to be so that whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?

And he took him to the field of Zophim, unto the head of Pisgah, - and built seven altars, and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

Then said he to Balak, Station thyself here by thine ascending-sacrifice, - while, I, meet him yonder.

Lo! to bless, have I received command , - And I will bless, nor will I take it back.

And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak, - Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do?

And Balak did as Balaam said, - and caused to ascend a bullock and a ram on each altar.

And when Balaam saw that it was good in the eyes of Yahweh to bless Israel, he went not as at other times to invoke enchantments, - but set towards the desert, his face.

So Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel, dwelling, according to his tribes, - then came upon him the Spirit of God;

Then kindled the anger of Balak against Balaam, and he smote together his hands, - and Balak said unto Balaam - To revile my foes, I called thee, And lo! thou hast kept on blessing, these three times.

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?

Now, therefore, behold me! going to my own people, - Come now! let me advise thee, what this people shall do unto thy people in the after-part of the days.

So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes, - But, Israel, is doing valiantly;

And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said - The beginning of nations, - Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.

When, ships, come from the coast of the isles, And humble Assyria, and humble the Hebrew, - And he too, is even to perish?

And Israel remained among the acacias, - and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab;

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.

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

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.

Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, - the sons of Reuben, To Hanoch, pertained the family of the Hanochites; To Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

To Hezron, the family of the Hezronites, - To Carrel, the family of the Carmites.

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.

and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up - with Korah also, when the assembly died, - when the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a warning;

The sons of Simeon, by their families, To Nemuel, pertained the family of the Nemuelites, To Jamin, the family of the Jaminites, - To Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:

To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites, - To Shaul, the family of the Shaulites:

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

The sons of Gad, by their families, To Zephon, pertained the family of the Zephonites; To Haggi, the family of the Haggites, - To Shuni, the family of the Shunites;

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

To Arod, the family of the Arodites, - To Arelites, the family of the Arelites:

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

And so, as to the sons of Judah, by their families, it was found that - To Shelah, pertained the family of the Shelanites, To Perez, the family of the Perezites, - To Zerah, the family of the Zerahites;

And, as to the sons of Perez, it was found that - To Hezron, pertained the family of the Hezronites, - To Hamul, the family of the Hamulites:

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

The sons of Issachar, by their families, Unto Tola, pertained the family of the Tolaites, - To Puvah, the family of the Puvites;

To Jashub, the family of the Jashubites, - To Shimron, the family of the Shimronites:

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

The sons of Zebulun, by their families, To Sered, pertained the family of the Seredites, To Elon, the family of the Elonites, - To Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites:

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

The sons of Manasseh, To Machir, pertained the family of the Machirites, and, Machir, begat Gilead, - To Gilead, pertained the family of the Gileadites.

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

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.

The sons of Benjamin by their families, To Bela, pertained the family of the Belaites, To Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites, - To Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

To Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites, - To Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

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 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.

The sons of Asher, by their families: To Imnah, pertained the family of the Imnites, To Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites, - To Beriah, the family of the Beriites;

To the sons of Beriah, To Heber, pertained the family of the Heberites, To Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites;

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

The sons of Naphtali, by their families, To Jahzeel, pertained the family of the Jahzeelites; To Guni, the family of the Gunites:

To Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; To Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.

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.

and the name of the wife of Amram, was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt, - and she bare to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister:

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