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18:1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's
house
with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and
thou and thy sons
with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
18:2 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy
father,
bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and
minister unto
thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before
the tabernacle
of witness.
18:3 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the
tabernacle:
only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and
the altar,
that neither they, nor ye also, die.
18:4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the
tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the
tabernacle:
and
a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
18:5 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge
of the
altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children
of Israel.
18:6 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among
the
children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for
the LORD, to do
the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:7 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's
office
for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall
serve: I
have given your priest's office unto you as a service of
gift:
and the
stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
18:8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee
the
charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of
the children
of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the
anointing,
and to
thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
18:9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the
fire:
every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and
every sin
offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which
they shall
render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
18:10 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat
it: it
shall be holy unto thee.
18:11 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all
the wave
offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them
unto thee, and to
thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for
ever:
every one
that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of
the
wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the
LORD, them
have I given thee.
18:13 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring
unto
the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house
shall eat
of it.
18:14 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
18:15 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they
bring
unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be
thine:
nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and
the
firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
18:16 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem,
according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels,
after the
shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the
firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy:
thou shalt
sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat
for an
offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and
as the
right shoulder are thine.
18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children
of
Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and
thy
daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a
covenant
of salt for
ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance
in their
land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am
thy part and thine
inheritance among the children of Israel.
18:21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth
in Israel
for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even
the service of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
18:22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
18:23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall
be a statute
for ever throughout your generations, that among the children
of Israel
they have no inheritance.
18:24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as
an heave
offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to
inherit:
therefore
I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall
have no
inheritance.
18:25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
18:26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take
of the
children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them
for your
inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for
the LORD,
even a tenth part of the tithe.
18:27 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as
though
it
were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the
winepress.
18:28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all
your
tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall
give
thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
18:29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of
the LORD,
of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of
it.
18:30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best
thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as
the increase
of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
18:31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households:
for it is
your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
18:32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved
from it
the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things
of the children
of Israel, lest ye die.
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19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
19:2 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath
commanded,
saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee
a red
heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and
upon which
never came
yoke:
19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring
her
forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his
face:
19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger,
and
sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the
congregation
seven times:
19:5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and
her
flesh,
and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
19:6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
and cast
it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his
flesh in
water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest
shall be
unclean until the even.
19:8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe
his
flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
19:9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the
heifer,
and
lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it
shall
be kept for
the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of
separation:
it
is a purification for sin.
19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his
clothes,
and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the
children of
Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for
a statute for
ever.
19:11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven
days.
19:12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the
seventh
day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the
third day, then
the seventh day he shall not be clean.
19:13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and
that soul
shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of
separation
was not
sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is
yet upon him.
19:14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all
that
come into the
tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven
days.
19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is
unclean.
19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the
open
fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall
be unclean
seven days.
19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of
the
burnt
heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put
thereto in a
vessel:
19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the
water,
and
sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and
upon
the persons
that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain,
or one
dead, or a grave:
19:19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on
the
third
day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he
shall purify
himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and
shall be
clean at even.
19:20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself,
that
soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he
hath defiled
the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath
not been sprinkled
upon him; he is unclean.
19:21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that
sprinkleth
the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that
toucheth
the
water of separation shall be unclean until even.
19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be
unclean;
and the
soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
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20:1 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation,
into
the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode
in Kadesh; and
Miriam died there, and was buried there.
20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they
gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
20:3 And the people chided with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God
that we
had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
20:4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this
wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
20:5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring
us in
unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of
figs,
or of vines,
or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto
the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon
their faces:
and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.
20:7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and
Aaron
thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and
it shall
give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water
out of the
rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts
drink.
20:9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before
the
rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch
you water
out of this rock?
20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock
twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the
congregation
drank, and
their beasts also.
20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed
me not,
to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore
ye shall
not bring this congregation into the land which I have given
them.
20:13 This is the water of Meribah, because the children of
Israel
strove
with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,
Thus
saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath
befallen
us:
20:15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt
a
long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
20:16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent
an
angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold,
we are in
Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will
not pass
through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we
drink of
the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high
way, we will not
turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed
thy borders.
20:18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come
out
against thee with the sword.
20:19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high
way:
and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for
it: I will
only, without doing any thing else, go through on
my feet.
20:20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out
against him
with much people, and with a strong hand.
20:21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his
border:
wherefore Israel turned away from him.
20:22 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
journeyed
from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
20:23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the
coast of
the land of Edom, saying,
20:24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not
enter into
the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because
ye
rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount
Hor:
20:26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son:
and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall
die
there.
20:27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into
mount Hor
in the sight of all the congregation.
20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon
Eleazar
his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount:
and Moses and
Eleazar came down from the mount.
20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they
mourned
for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
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21:1 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the
south,
heard
tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought
against
Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
21:2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt
indeed
deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy
their cities.
21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up
the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their
cities:
and he
called the name of the place Hormah.
21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to
compass
the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged
because
of the way.
21:5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore
have ye
brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there
is no
bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth
this
light
bread.
21:6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit
the
people; and much people of Israel died.
21:7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned,
for we
have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the
LORD, that he
take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the
people.
21:8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set
it
upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one
that is bitten,
when he looketh upon it, shall live.
21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and
it came
to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld
the serpent
of brass, he lived.
21:10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
21:11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the
wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
21:12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
21:13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon,
which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts
of
the Amorites:
for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the
Amorites.
21:14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What
he did
in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
21:15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling
of Ar,
and lieth upon the border of Moab.
21:16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is
the well
whereof the
LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will
give them
water.
21:17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
21:18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged
it, by
the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves.
And
from the
wilderness they went to Mattanah:
21:19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
21:20 And from Bamoth in the valley that is in the
country of Moab,
to
the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying,
21:22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the
fields, or
into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of
the
well: but
we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past
thy
borders.
21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his
border:
but
Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against
Israel into
the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against
Israel.
21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed
his
land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of
Ammon:
for the
border of the children of Ammon was strong.
21:25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all
the cities
of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof.
21:26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the
Amorites,
who had
fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land
out
of his
hand, even unto Arnon.
21:27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,
let the
city of Sihon be built and prepared:
21:28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city
of
Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords
of
the high places of
Arnon.
21:29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of
Chemosh:
he hath
given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity
unto Sihon
king of the Amorites.
21:30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and
we have
laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto
Medeba.
21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
21:32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof,
and drove out the Amorites that were there.
21:33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og
the king of
Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the
battle at
Edrei.
21:34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have
delivered him
into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt
do to him
as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at
Heshbon.
21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there
was
none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
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22:1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains
of
Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the
Amorites.
22:3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were
many:
and
Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
22:4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company
lick up
all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the
grass
of the field.
And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at
that
time.
22:5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to
Pethor,
which is by the river of the land of the children of his
people,
to call
him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
behold, they
cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:
22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are
too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that
we may smite them,
and that I may drive them out of the land: for I
wot
that he whom thou
blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with
the
rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam,
and spake
unto him the words of Balak.
22:8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring
you word
again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes
of Moab abode with
Balaam.
22:9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these
with
thee?
22:10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab,
hath
sent unto me, saying,
22:11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which
covereth
the face
of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall
be able to
overcome them, and drive them out.
22:12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt
not
curse the people: for they are blessed.
22:13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes
of Balak,
Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me
leave to go with
you.
22:14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and
said,
Balaam refuseth to come with us.
22:15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than
they.
22:16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the
son of
Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto
me:
22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do
whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray
thee, curse me this
people.
22:18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak
would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go
beyond the
word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
22:19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that
I may
know what the LORD will say unto me more.
22:20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the
men come
to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word
which
I shall
say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went
with
the princes of Moab.
22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel
of the
LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now
he was riding upon
his ass, and his two servants were with him.
22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and
his
sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of
the way, and went
into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into
the way.
22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a
wall
being on this side, and a wall on that side.
22:25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself
unto
the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and
he smote her
again.
22:26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow
place,
where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to
the
left.
22:27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under
Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the
ass with a staff.
22:28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
Balaam,
What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three
times?
22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me:
I would
there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
22:30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon
which
thou
hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day?
was
I ever wont to do
so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
22:31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of the
LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand:
and he bowed
down his head, and fell flat on his face.
22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou
smitten
thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to
withstand
thee, because
thy way is perverse before me:
22:33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times:
unless she
had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved
her alive.
22:34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for
I knew
not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now
therefore,
if it
displease thee, I will get me back again.
22:35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the
men:
but only
the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt
speak.
So Balaam
went with the princes of Balak.
22:36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet
him
unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon,
which is in the
utmost coast.
22:37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee
to call
thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not
able indeed to promote
thee to honour?
22:38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have
I now any
power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth
in my mouth, that
shall I speak.
22:39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
22:40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to
the
princes that were with him.
22:41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and
brought
him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see
the utmost
part of the people.
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23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare
me
here seven oxen and seven rams.
23:2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered
on
every altar a bullock and a ram.
23:3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I
will go:
peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever
he showeth me
I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
23:4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared
seven
altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and
a
ram.
23:5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto
Balak,
and thus thou shalt speak.
23:6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt
sacrifice,
he,
and all the princes of Moab.
23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath
brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,
Come,
curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall
I defy,
whom the LORD hath not defied?
23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I
behold
him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be
reckoned among the
nations.
23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part
of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let
my last end be
like his!
23:11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me?
I took thee
to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them
altogether.
23:12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that
which the
LORD hath put in my mouth?
23:13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another
place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see
but the utmost
part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me
them from thence.
23:14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of
Pisgah,
and
built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every
altar.
23:15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while
I meet
the LORD yonder.
23:16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,
Go
again unto Balak, and say thus.
23:17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering,
and
the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him,
What hath the LORD
spoken?
23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear;
hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of
man,
that
he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it?
or hath he
spoken, and shall he not make it good?
23:20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and
he
hath blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with
him,
and the shout of a
king is among them.
23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength
of an
unicorn.
23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is
there
any
divination against Israel: according to this time it shall
be said of
Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up
himself
as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of
the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
23:25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them
at all.
23:26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All
that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
23:27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee
unto
another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest
curse me
them from thence.
23:28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh
toward
Jeshimon.
23:29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and
prepare
me
here seven bullocks and seven rams.
23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a
ram on
every altar.
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24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel,
he went
not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set
his face
toward the wilderness.
24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in
his
tents
according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath
said,
and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision
of the
Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes
open:
24:5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O
Israel!
24:6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's
side,
as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and
as cedar
trees beside the waters.
24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall
be in
many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his
kingdom shall
be exalted.
24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the
strength
of
an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and
shall break their
bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion:
who shall stir
him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and
cursed is he that
curseth thee.
24:10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his
hands
together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to
curse mine enemies,
and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these
three
times.
24:11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote
thee unto
great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
24:12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers
which
thou sentest unto me, saying,
24:13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I
cannot
go
beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or
bad
of mine own
mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore,
and I will
advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the
latter days.
24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath
said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the
knowledge
of
the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a
trance, but having his eyes open:
24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not
nigh:
there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise
out of
Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all
the children
of Sheth.
24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession
for
his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall
destroy
him that remaineth of the city.
24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,
Amalek
was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall
be
that he
perish for ever.
24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
24:22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry
thee
away captive.
24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when
God
doeth this!
24:24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall
afflict
Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for
ever.
24:25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place:
and Balak
also went his way.
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25:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit
whoredom
with the daughters of Moab.
25:2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their
gods:
and the
people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
25:3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of
the LORD was
kindled against Israel.
25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people,
and
hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce
anger of the
LORD may be turned away from Israel.
25:5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his
men
that were joined unto Baalpeor.
25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto
his
brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the
sight of all
the congregation of the children of Israel, who were
weeping before the
door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
priest,
saw
it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a
javelin
in his
hand;
25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust
both of
them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her
belly.
So the
plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath
turned
my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous
for my sake
among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my
jealousy.
25:12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
25:13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the
covenant
of
an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God,
and made an
atonement for the children of Israel.
25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that
was
slain
with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a
prince
of a
chief house among the Simeonites.
25:15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was
Cozbi,
the
daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and
of a chief
house in
Midian.
25:16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25:17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
25:18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled
you in
the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter
of a prince of
Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague
for Peor's
sake.
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26:1 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto
Moses
and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
26:2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
from
twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house,
all that are
able to go to war in Israel.
26:3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains
of Moab
by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
26:4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and
upward;
as the
LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth
out of
the land of Egypt.
26:5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben;
Hanoch, of
whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the
family of the
Palluites:
26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the
family
of the
Carmites.
26:7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they
that
were
numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred
and
thirty.
26:8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
26:9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is
that
Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation,
who
strove
against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when
they strove
against the LORD:
26:10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together
with
Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two
hundred and
fifty men: and they became a sign.
26:11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
26:12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the
family of the
Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites:
of Jachin, the family
of the Jachinites:
26:13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family
of the
Shaulites.
26:14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two
thousand
and two hundred.
26:15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the
family of
the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites:
of Shuni, the
family of the Shunites:
26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family
of the Erites:
26:17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family
of the
Arelites.
26:18 These are the families of the children of Gad according
to
those
that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
26:19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan
died
in the
land of Canaan.
26:20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the
family
of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the
Pharzites:
of Zerah, the
family of the Zarhites.
26:21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites:
of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
26:22 These are the families of Judah according to those that
were
numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five
hundred.
26:23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of
Tola,
the family
of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
26:24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the
family of
the Shimronites.
26:25 These are the families of Issachar according to those
that
were
numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
26:26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of
Sered,
the family
of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites:
of Jahleel, the
family of the Jahleelites.
26:27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to
those
that
were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and
Ephraim.
26:29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the
Machirites:
and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family
of
the Gileadites.
26:30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer,
the family
of the
Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
26:31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of
Shechem, the
family of the Shechemites:
26:32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of
Hepher, the
family of the Hepherites.
26:33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but
daughters:
and the
names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and
Noah,
Hoglah,
Milcah, and Tirzah.
26:34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were
numbered
of
them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
26:35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families:
of
Shuthelah,
the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of
the Bachrites:
of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
26:36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the
family
of the
Eranites.
26:37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according
to
those
that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five
hundred.
These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
26:38 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the
family of the
Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites:
of Ahiram, the family
of the Ahiramites:
26:39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the
family of
the Huphamites.
26:40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard,
the
family of the
Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
26:41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their
families:
and they that
were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and
six
hundred.
26:42 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of
Shuham,
the
family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of
Dan
after their
families.
26:43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were
numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and
four
hundred.
26:44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of
Jimna,
the family
of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the
Jesuites:
of Beriah, the
family of the Beriites.
26:45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the
Heberites:
of
Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.
26:46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
26:47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to
those
that
were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand
and
four
hundred.
26:48 Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of
Jahzeel,
the
family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the
Gunites:
26:49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the
family of the
Shillemites.
26:50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their
families:
and
they that were numbered of them were forty and five
thousand
and four
hundred.
26:51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six
hundred
thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
26:52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26:53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according
to
the number of names.
26:54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou
shalt
give the less inheritance: to every one shall his
inheritance
be given
according to those that were numbered of him.
26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according
to the
names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
26:56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided
between
many and few.
26:57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites
after
their
families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites:
of Kohath, the
family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the
Merarites.
26:58 These are the families of the Levites: the family
of
the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the
family of the
Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat
Amram.
26:59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter
of
Levi,
whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare
unto
Amram Aaron and
Moses, and Miriam their sister.
26:60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
26:61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before
the
LORD.
26:62 And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three
thousand,
all males from a month old and upward: for they were not
numbered among
the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given
them among
the children of Israel.
26:63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar
the
priest,
who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by
Jordan near
Jericho.
26:64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron
the
priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in
the
wilderness of Sinai.
26:65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the
wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save
Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
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27:1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the
son of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families
of Manasseh
the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his
daughters;
Mahlah,
Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
27:2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before
the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the
tabernacle
of
the congregation, saying,
27:3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company
of
them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the
company of
Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.
27:4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his
family,
because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a
possession
among the
brethren of our father.
27:5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
27:6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
27:7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely
give them a
possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and
thou shalt
cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
27:8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a
man die,
and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass
unto his
daughter.
27:9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto his
brethren.
27:10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance
unto
his father's brethren.
27:11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his
inheritance
unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall
possess
it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute
of judgment, as
the LORD commanded Moses.
27:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim,
and
see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
27:13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto
thy
people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
27:14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin,
in the
strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before
their eyes:
that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness
of
Zin.
27:15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
27:16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man
over the
congregation,
27:17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them,
and
which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the
congregation
of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
27:18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun,
a man
in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
27:19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the
congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
27:20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that
all
the
congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
27:21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel
for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at
his word shall they
go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and
all
the children
of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
27:22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took
Joshua,
and set
him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
27:23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the
LORD
commanded by the hand of Moses.
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