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8 And the LORD said to Moses, “Make yourself a fiery serpent; and set it up for a sign, so that as many as are bitten may look upon it and live.”
9 So Moses made a serpent of brass and set it up for a sign. And when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brass and lived.
10 And the children of Israel departed from there and pitched in Oboth.
11 And they departed from Oboth and pitched in Ije Abarim, in the wilderness (which is before Moab, on the east side).
12 They moved from there and pitched upon the river of Zared.
13 They departed from there and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness and comes out of the borders of the Amorites (for Arnon is the border of Moab, between the Moabites and the Amorites).
14 Therefore it shall be spoken in the Book of the Battles of the LORD what thing He did in the Red Sea, and in the rivers of Arnon,
15 and at the stream of the rivers that go down to the dwelling of Ar and lie upon the border of Moab.
16 And from there they turned to Beer, where the well is that the LORD said to Moses, “Assemble the people and I will give them water.”
17 Then Israel sang this song, “Rise up, well! All of you sing it!
18 “The Princes dug this well! The captains of the people dug it, even the lawgiver with their sticks!” And from the wilderness they came to Mattanah,
19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,
20 and from Bamoth in the valley that is in the plain of Moab to the top of Pisgah that looks toward Jeshimon.
21 Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying,
22 “Let me go through your land. We will not turn aside into the fields, nor into the vineyards, nor drink of the waters of the wells. We will go by the king’s way until we are past your country.”
23 But Sihon gave Israel no license to pass through his country. Rather, Sihon assembled all his people and went out against Israel into the wilderness. And he came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.
24 But Israel struck him with the edge of the sword and conquered his land, from Arnon to the Jabbok, up to the children of Ammon (for the border of the children of Ammon was strong).
25 And Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all its villages.
26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who had previously fought against the king of the Moabites and had taken all his land out of his hand, up to Arnon.
27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs, say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and repaired.
28 “For a fire has gone out of Heshbon—a flame from the city of Sihon—and has consumed Ar of the Moabites and the lords of Bamoth in Arnon.
29 “Woe be to you, Moab! O people of Chemosh, you are undone! He has allowed his sons to be pursued and his daughters to be in captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites.
30 “Also, their empire is lost from Heshbon to Dibon. And we have destroyed them to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba.”
31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32 And Moses sent to search out Jazer. And they took the towns belonging to it and rooted out the Amorites who were there.
33 And they turned and went up toward Bashan. And Og, the king of Bashan, came out against them—he and all his people—to fight at Edrei.
34 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him. For I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.”
35 Therefore they struck him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was no one left him. So they conquered his land.
22 Afterward, the children of Israel departed and pitched on the plain of Moab, on the other side of Jordan from Jericho.
2 Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And the Moabites were very afraid of the people, because they were many. And Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 Therefore, Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now shall this multitude lick up all who are around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” And Balak, the son of Zippor, was King of the Moabites at that time.
5 Therefore, he sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor (which is by the river of the land of the children of his folk), to call him, saying, “Behold, a people have come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the Earth and lies next to me.
6 “Please come now, therefore, and curse this people for me (for they are stronger than me) so it may be that I shall be able to strike them and to drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom You bless is blessed; and he whom You curse shall be cursed.”
7 And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of the soothsaying in their hand. And they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak,
8 who answered them, “Stay here tonight, and I will give you an answer as the LORD shall say to me.” So, the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9 Then God came to Balaam, and said, “What men are these with you?”
10 And Baalam said to God, “Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent word to me, saying,
11 “‘Behold, a people comes out of Egypt and covers the face of the Earth. Come now, curse them for my sake, so it may be that I shall be able to overcome them in battle and to drive them out.’”
12 And God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them or curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Return to your land. For the LORD has refused to allow me to go with you.”
14 So the princes of Moab rose up and went to Balak, and said, “Balaam has refused to come with us.”
15 Still, Balak sent more Princes, even more honorable than they,
16 who came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak, the son of Zippor, ‘Please do not be deterred from coming to me.
17 “‘For I will promote you to great honor and will do whatever you say to me. Please come, therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
18 And Balaam answered, and said to the servants of Balak, “Even 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.
19 “But now, please stay here tonight, so that I may know what more the LORD will say to me.”
20 And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise up. Go with them. But you shall only do that thing which I shall say to you.”
21 So Balaam rose up early and saddled his donkey and went with the Princes of Moab.
22 And the wrath of God was kindled, because he went and the Angel of the LORD stood against him in the way as he rode upon his donkey. And his two servants were with him.
23 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD stand in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, the donkey turned off the road and went into the field. But Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back on the road.
24 Again, the Angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall on one side and a wall on the other.
25 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she thrust herself into the wall and hit Balaam’s foot against the wall. Therefore, he struck her again.
26 Then the Angel of the LORD went further and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn, to the right or the left.
27 And when the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam. Therefore, Balaam was very angry and struck the donkey with a staff.
28 Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me now three times?”
29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me! I wish there were a sword in my hand, for would I kill you now!”
30 And the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey which you have ridden upon since your first time to this day? Have I ever done this to you?” Who said, “No.”
31 And the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam. And he saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand. Then he bowed himself and fell flat on his face.
32 And the Angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you now struck your donkey three times? Behold, I came out to oppose you because your way is not straight before me.
33 “But the donkey saw me and has turned from me now three times. Otherwise, if she had not turned from me, I would surely have killed you already and saved her life.”
34 Then Balaam said to the Angel of the LORD, “I have sinned. For I wish that you did not stand in the way against me. Now, therefore, if it displeases you, I will turn home again.”
35 But the Angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men. But what I say to you, that shall you speak.” So, Balaam went with the Princes of Balak.
36 And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meet him, to a city of Moab which is on the border of Arnon, on the outermost coast.
37 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send for you to call you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not indeed able to promote you to honor?”
38 And Balaam answered Balak, “Lo, I have come to you. And can I now say anything? The Word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
39 So Balaam went with Balak. And they came to the city of Huzoth.
40 Then Balak offered bullocks and sheep and sent some of them to Balaam and to the Princes who were with him.
41 And the next day, Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Baal, so that from there he might see the furthermost part of the people.
23 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams.”
2 And Balak did as Balaam said. And Balak and Balaam offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your Burnt Offering. And I will go, if the LORD will come meet me. And whatever He shows me, I will tell you.” So he went forth alone.
4 And God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, “I have prepared seven altars and have offered a bullock and a ram upon every altar.”
5 And the LORD put an answer in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak and say the same.”
6 So, when he turned to him, lo, he stood by his Burnt Offering (he and all the princes of Moab).
7 Then he uttered his parable, and said, “Balak the King of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, ‘Come, curse Jacob for my sake. Come, and detest Israel.’
8 “How shall I curse where God has not cursed? Or how shall I detest where the LORD has not detested?
9 “For from the top of the rocks I saw him, and from the hills I beheld him. Lo, the people shall dwell by themselves and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 “Who can tell 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.”
11 Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies. And behold, you have blessed them altogether.”
12 And he answered, and said, “Must I not be careful to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth?”
13 And Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, and you shall see only the outer part of them and shall not see them all. Therefore, curse them out of that place, for my sake.”
14 And he brought him into Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
15 Afterward, he said to Balak, “Stand here by your Burnt Offering, and I will meet the LORD yonder.”
16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put an answer in his mouth, and said, “Go again to Balak, and say this.”
17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his Burnt Offering, and the princes of Moab with him. So Balak said to him, “What has the LORD said?”
18 And he uttered his parable, and said, “Rise up Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor!
19 “God is not as man, that He should lie; nor as the son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and shall not do it? And has He spoken, and shall not accomplish it?
20 “Behold, I have received Commandment to bless. For He has blessed. And I cannot alter it.
21 “He sees no iniquity in Jacob or transgression in Israel. The LORD his God is with him, and the joyful shout of a King is among them.
22 “God brought them out of Egypt, their strength as a unicorn.
23 “For there is no sorcery in Jacob, nor soothsaying in Israel. According to this time it shall be said of Jacob, and of Israel, ‘What has God wrought?’
24 “Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion, and lift himself up as a young lion. He shall not lie down till he eats of the prey, and till he drinks the blood of the slain.”
25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse nor bless them at all.”
26 But Balaam answered, and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘All that the LORD speaks, that must I do?’”
27 Again Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will bring you to another place if it pleases God that from there you may curse them for my sake.”
28 So Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon.
29 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Make seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bullocks for me here, and seven rams.
30 And Balak did as Balaam had said and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
24 When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, then he did not go, as certain times before, to set divinations. But set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and looked upon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribe s. And the Spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he uttered his parable, and said, “Balaam, the son of Beor, has said, and the man whose eyes were shut up has said,
4 He who heard the words of God and who saw the vision of the Almighty and who fell and had his eyes opened, has said,
5 “How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your habitations, O Israel!
6 “As the valleys are they stretched forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the aloe trees which the LORD has planted, as the cedars beside the waters.
7 “The water drops out of His bucket, and His seed in many waters. And His King shall be higher than Agag. And His Kingdom shall be exalted.
8 “God brought him out of Egypt, his strength as a unicorn. He shall eat the nations, his enemies, and bruise their bones and shoot them through with his arrows.
9 “He crouches, lies down, as a young Lion, and as a Lion. Who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.”
10 Then Balak was very angry with Balaam and clapped his hands. So Balak said to Balaam, “I sent for you to curse my enemies. And behold, you have blessed them now three times.
11 “Therefore, now, flee to your place! I thought surely to promote you to honor. But lo, the LORD has kept you back from honor.”
12 Then Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
13 ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not surpass the Commandment of the LORD, to do good or bad of my own mind’? What the LORD shall Command, that same will I speak.
14 “And now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people shall do to your folk in the latter days.”
15 And he uttered his parable, and said, “Balaam, the son of Beor, has said, and the man whose eyes were shut up has said,
16 “He who has heard the words of God, and has the knowledge of the most High, and saw the vision of the Almighty, and has fallen and had his eyes opened, has said,
17 “I shall see him, but not now. I shall behold him, but not near. There shall come a Star of Jacob. And a Scepter shall rise from Israel and shall strike the coasts of Moab and destroy all the sons of Sheth.
18 “And Edom shall be possessed and Seir shall be a possession to their enemies. But Israel shall do valiantly.
19 “He also who shall have dominion shall be of Jacob and shall destroy the remnant of the city.”
20 And when he looked at Amalek, he uttered his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations. But his latter end shall come to destruction.”
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and uttered his parable, and said, “Strong is your dwelling place. And put your nest in the Rock.
22 “Nevertheless, the Kenite shall be spoiled until Asshur carry you away captive.”
23 Again, he uttered his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24 “The ships also shall come from the coasts of Kittim and subdue Asshur and shall subdue Eber. And he also shall come to destruction.”
25 Then Balaam rose up and went and returned to his place. And Balak also went his way.
25 Now while Israel stayed in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab,
2 who called the people to the sacrifice of their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to their gods.
3 And Israel was coupled to Baal of Peor. Therefore, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
4 And the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before the LORD, out in the Sun, so that the indignation of the LORD’s wrath may be turned from Israel.”
5 Then Moses said to the Judges of Israel, “Everyone kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”
6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought a Midianitish woman to his brothers, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, who wept before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the Congregation, and took a spear in his hand
8 and followed the man of Israel into the tent and thrust them both through, the man of Israel and the woman (through her belly). So, the plague ceased from the children of Israel.
9 And there died in that plague twenty-four thousand.
10 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
11 “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, has turned My anger away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for My sake among them. Therefore, I have not consumed the children of Israel in My jealousy.
12 “Therefore, say, ‘Behold, I give to him My Covenant of Peace.
13 “‘And he shall have it, and his seed after him — the Covenant of the Priest’s office, forever — because he was zealous for his God, and has made an atonement for the children of Israel.’”
14 And the name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianitish woman was Zimri, the son of Salu, prince of the family of the Simeonites.
15 And the name of the Midianitish woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, who was head over the people of his father’s house in Midian.
16 Again, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
17 “Harass the Midianites and strike them.
18 “For they trouble you with their craftiness, with which they have deceived you concerning Peor, and concerning their sister Cozbi, daughter of a Prince of Midian, who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.”
26 And so, after the plague, the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, saying,
2 “Count all the Congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and above, throughout their father’s houses, all that go forth to war in Israel.”
3 So Moses and Eleazar the Priest spoke to them in the plain of Moab, by Jordan, near Jericho, saying,
4 “From twenty years old and above you shall count the people,” as the LORD had commanded Moses and the children of Israel when they came out of the land of Egypt.
5 Reuben, was the firstborn of Israel. The children of Reuben were: Hanoch (of whom came the family of the Hanochites), Pallu (of whom came the family of the Palluites),
6 Hezron (the family of the Hezronites), Carmi (the family of the Carmites).
7 These are the families of the Reubenites. And they were forty-three thousand, seven hundred thirty in number.
8 And the son of Pallu was Eliab.
9 And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. This Dathan and Abiram were famous in the Congregation and strove against Moses and against Aaron in the assembly of Korah, when they strove against the LORD
10 and the Earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up with Korah when the Congregation died, at which time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, who were for a sign.
11 Nevertheless, all the sons of Korah did not die.
12 And the children of Simeon, after their families, were: Nemuel (of whom came the family of the Nemuelites), Jamin (of whom came the family of the Jaminites), Jachin (of whom came the family of the Jachinites),
13 Zerah (of whom came the family of the Zarhites, Shaul (of whom came the family of the Shaulites).
14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad, after their families, were: Zephon (of whom came the family of the Zephonites), Haggi (of whom came the family of the Haggites), Shuni (of whom came the family of the Shunites),
16 Ozni (of whom came the family of the Oznites), Eri (of whom came the family of the Erites),
17 Arod (of whom came the family of the Arodites), Areli (of whom came the family of the Arelites).
18 These are the families of the sons of Gad, according to their numbers, forty thousand five hundred.
19 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan. But Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
20 So, these were the sons of Judah after their families: Shelah (of whom came the family of the Shelanites, Perez (of whom came the family of the Parzites) Zerah (of whom came the family of the Zarhites).
21 And the sons of Perez were: Hezron (of whom came the family of the Hezronites), Hamul (of whom came the family of the Hamulites).
22 These are the families of Judah, after their numbers: seventy-six thousand five hundred.
23 The sons of Issachar, after their families were: Tola (of whom came the family of the Tolaites), Puah (of whom came the family of the Punites),
24 Jashub (of whom came the family of the Jashubites), Shimron (of whom came the family of the Shimronites).
25 These are the families of Issachar, after their numbers: sixty-four thousand three hundred.
26 The sons of Zebulun, after their families were: Sered (of whom came the family of the Sardites) Elon (of whom came the family of the Elonites), Jahleel (of whom came the family of the Jahleelites).
27 These are the families of the Zebulunites, after their numbers: sixty thousand five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph, after their families were: Manasseh and Ephraim.
29 The sons of Manasseh were: Machir (of whom came the family of the Machirites). And Machir begat Gilead. Of Gilead came the family of the Gileadites.
30 These are the sons of Gilead: Jeezer (of whom came the family of the Jeezerites), Helek (of whom came the family of the Helekites),
31 Asriel (of whom came the family of the Asrielites), Shechem (of whom came the family of Shechemites),
32 Shemida (of whom came the family of the Shemidaites), Hepher (of whom came the family of the Hepherites).
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.
34 These are the families of Manasseh, and the number of them: fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
35 These are the sons of Ephraim, after their families: Shuthelah (of whom came the family of the Shuthalhites), Becher (of whom came the family of the Bachrites), Tahan (of whom came the family of the Tahanites).
36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: Eran, of whom came the family of the Eranites.
37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim, after their numbers: forty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph, after their families.
38 These are the sons of Benjamin, after their families: Bela (of whom came the family of the Belaites), Ashbel (of whom came the family of the Ashbelites), Ahiram (of whom came the family of the Ahiramites),
39 Shupham (of whom came the family of the Shuphamites), Hupham (of whom came the family of the Huphamites).
40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman. Of Ard came the family of the Ardites, of Naaman the family of the Naamites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin, after their families and their numbers: forty-five thousand six hundred.
42 These are the sons of Dan, after their families: Shuham, of whom came the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan, after their households.
43 All the families of the Shuhamites were, after their numbers, sixty-four thousand four hundred.
44 The sons of Asher, after their families were: Jimna (of whom came the families of the Jimnites), Jesui (of whom came the family of the Jesuites), Beriah (of whom came the family of the Beriites).
45 The sons of Beriah were: Heber (of whom came the family of the Heberites), Malchiel (of whom came the family of the Malchielites).
46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.
47 These are the families of the sons of Asher, after their numbers: fifty-three thousand four hundred.
48 The sons of Naphtali, after their families were: Jahzeel (of whom came the families of the Jahzeelites), Guni (of whom came the family of the Gunites),
49 Jezer (of whom came the family of the Jezerites), Shillem (of whom came the family of the Shillemites).
50 These are the families of Naphtali, according to their households and their number: forty-five thousand four hundred.
51 These are the numbers of the children of Israel: six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
52 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
53 “To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names.
54 “To the many you shall give more inheritance, and to the few you shall give less inheritance. Everyone shall be given his inheritance according to his number.
55 “Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. They shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.
56 “According to the lot shall its possession be divided between many and few.”
57 These also are the numbers of the Levites, after their families: Gershon (of whom came the family of the Gershonites), Kohath (of whom came the family of the Kohathites), Merari (of whom came the family of the Merarites).
58 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 Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
59 And Amram’s wife was called Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.
60 And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, because they offered strange fire before the LORD.
62 And their numbers were twenty-three thousand, all males from a month old and above (for they were not numbered among the children of Israel because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel).
63 These are the numbers of Moses and Eleazar the Priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plain of Moab, near Jordan, toward Jericho.
64 And among these there was not a man whom Moses and Aaron the Priest had numbered among the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.
65 For the LORD said to them, “They shall die in the wilderness.” So, there was not a man left of them, except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.
27 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the family of Manasseh, the son of Joseph (and the names of his daughters were these: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah)
2 and stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the assembly at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying,
3 “Our father died in the wilderness. And he was not among the assembly of those who were assembled against the LORD in the company of Korah, but died in his sin and had no sons.
4 “Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family because he has no son? Give us a possession among the brothers of our father.”
5 Then Moses brought their cause before the LORD.
6 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speak rightly. You shall give them a possession to inherit among their father’s brothers and shall turn the inheritance of their father to them.
8 “Also, you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall turn his inheritance to his daughter.
9 ‘And if he has no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.
10 ‘And if he has no brothers, you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.
11 ‘And if his father has no brothers, you shall give his inheritance to his next kinsman in his family. And he shall possess it. And this shall be to the children of Israel a Law of Judgment, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
12 Again, the LORD said to Moses, “Go up into the Mount of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given to the children of Israel.
13 “And when you have seen it, you shall be gathered to your people also, as Aaron your brother was gathered.
14 “For you were disobedient to My Word in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assembly to sanctify Me in the waters before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.”
15 Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,
16 “Let the LORD, God of the spirits, of all flesh, appoint a man over the Congregation,
17 “who may go out and in before them and lead them out and in, so that the Congregation of the LORD are not as sheep who have no shepherd.”
18 And the LORD said to Moses, “Take with you Joshua, the son of Nun, in whom is the Spirit. And put your hands upon him.
19 “And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation. And give him a commission in their sight.
20 “And give him some of your glory, so that all the Congregation of the children of Israel may obey.
21 “And he shall stand before Eleazar the Priest, who shall ask counsel for him by the judgment of Urim, before the LORD. At his word they shall go out. And at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him, and all the Congregation.”
22 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him. And he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation.
23 Then he put his hands upon him and gave him a commission, as the LORD had spoken by the hand of Moses.
28 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘You shall observe to offer to Me My offering in their due season, and My bread for My sacrifices, made by fire, for a sweet savor to Me.’
3 “Also, you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two lambs of a year old, without spot, daily, for a continual Burnt Offering.
4 ‘You shall prepare one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall prepare at evening,
5 ‘and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a Meat Offering, mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil.
6 ‘This shall be a daily Burnt Offering, as was made on Mount Sinai for a sweet savor. It is a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD.
7 ‘And its Drink Offering shall be a fourth of a hin for one lamb. Pour the Drink Offering to the LORD in the Holy Place.
8 ‘And the other lamb you shall prepare at evening. You shall prepare this as the Meat Offering of the morning, and as its Drink Offering, for an offering made by fire of sweet savor to the LORD.
9 ‘But on the Sabbath Day, you shall offer two lambs of a year old, without spot, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a Meat Offering, mingled with oil, and its Drink Offering.
10 ‘This is the Burnt Offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual Burnt Offering and Drink Offering.
11 ‘And at the beginning of your months, you shall offer a Burnt Offering to the LORD: two young bullocks and a ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without spot,
12 ‘and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a Meat Offering`, mingled with oil for one bullock, and two tenth deals of fine flour for a Meat Offering, mingled with oil for one ram,
13 ‘and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mingled with oil for a Meat Offering to one lamb, for a Burnt Offering of sweet savor. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
14 ‘And their Drink Offerings shall be half a hin of wine to one bullock, and a third of a hin to a ram, and a fourth of a hin to a lamb. This is the Burnt Offering of every month, throughout the months of the year.
15 ‘And one male goat for a Sin Offering to the LORD shall be prepared, besides the continual Burnt Offering and its Drink Offering.
16 ‘Also, the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the LORD.
17 ‘And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18 ‘On the first day shall be a Holy Convocation. You shall do no servile work.
19 ‘But you shall offer a sacrifice made by fire, for a Burnt Offering to the LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old. See that they are without blemish.
20 ‘And their Meat Offering shall be of fine flour, mingled with oil. Three tenths of an ephah shall you prepare for a bullock and two tenths for a ram.
21 ‘One tenth shall you prepare for every lamb, for the seven lambs,
22 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, to make an atonement for you.
23 ‘You shall prepare these besides the Burnt Offering in the morning, which is a continual burnt sacrifice.
24 ‘After this manner you shall prepare throughout all the seven days, for the maintaining of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savor to the LORD. It shall be done in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Drink Offering
25 ‘And on the seventh day, you shall have a Holy Convocation. You shall do no servile work.
26 ‘Also, on the day of your firstfruits, when you bring a new Meat Offering to the LORD, according to your weeks you shall have a Holy Convocation. And you shall do no servile work.
27 ‘But you shall offer a Burnt Offering for a sweet savor to the LORD: two young bullocks, a ram, and seven lambs of a year old,
28 ‘and their Meat Offering of fine flour, mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, two tenth deals to a ram,
29 ‘and one tenth of an ephah to every lamb throughout the seven lambs,
30 ‘and a male goat to make an atonement for you.
31 ‘You shall do this in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering. See that they are without blemish, with their Drink Offerings.’”
29 “‘Moreover, on the first day of the seventh month, you shall have a Holy Convocation. You shall do no servile work. It shall be a day of blowing the trumpets to you.
2 ‘And you shall make a Burnt Offering for a sweet savor to the LORD: one young bullock, one ram, seven lambs of a year old, without blemish.
3 ‘And their Meat Offering shall be of fine flour, mingled with oil—three tenths of an ephah to the bullock and two tenths of an ephah to the ram
4 ‘and one tenth to the lamb, for the seven lambs—
5 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, to make an atonement for you,
6 ‘in addition to the Burnt Offering of the month and its Meat Offering and the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and the Drink Offerings of the same, according to their manner, for a sweet savor. It is a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD.
7 ‘And you shall have, on the tenth day of the seventh month, a Holy Convocation. And you shall humble yourselves and shall not do any work.
8 ‘But you shall offer a Burnt Offering to the LORD, for a sweet savor: one young bullock, a ram, and seven lambs of a year old. See that they are without blemish.
9 ‘And their Meat Offering shall be of fine flour, mingled with oil, three tenths of an ephah to a bullock, two tenths to a ram,
10 ‘one tenth to every lamb, throughout the seven lambs,
11 ‘a male goat for a Sin Offering (in addition to the Sin Offering to make the atonement and the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings).
12 ‘And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you shall have a Holy Convocation. You shall do no servile work thereon, but you shall keep a Feast to the LORD for seven days.
13 ‘And you shall offer a Burnt Offering for a sacrifice made by fire of sweet savor to the LORD: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old. They shall be without blemish.
14 ‘And their Meat Offering shall be of fine flour, mingled with oil, three tenths of an ephah to every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenths to each of the two rams,
15 ‘and one tenth to each of the fourteen lambs,
16 ‘and one male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering, its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
17 ‘And the second day you shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish,
18 ‘with their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings for the bullocks, for the rams and for the lambs, according to their number, after the manner,
19 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering (in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings).
20 ‘Also, the third day, you shall offer eleven bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish,
21 ‘with their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the manner,
22 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
23 ‘And the fourth day, you shall offer ten bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish,
24 ‘their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the manner,
25 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
26 ‘On the fifth day also, you shall offer nine bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish,
27 ‘and their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the manner,
28 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
29 ‘And on the sixth day, you shall offer eight bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish,
30 ‘and their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the manner,
31 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
32 ‘On the seventh day also, you shall offer seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish,
33 ‘and their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the manner,
34 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
35 ‘On the eighth day, you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall do no servile work,
36 ‘but you shall offer a Burnt Offering, a sacrifice made by fire, for a sweet savor to the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish,
37 ‘their Meat Offering and their Drink Offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the manner,
38 ‘and a male goat for a Sin Offering, in addition to the continual Burnt Offering and its Meat Offering and its Drink Offering.
39 ‘These things you shall do for the LORD in your Feasts, in addition to your vows and your Free Offerings for your Burnt Offerings, and for your Meat Offerings, and for your Drink Offerings, and for your Peace Offerings.’”
30 Moses also spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has Commanded,
2 ‘Whoever vows a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a bond, he shall not break his promise, but shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 ‘If a woman also vows a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, in her father’s house, in the time of her youth,
4 ‘and her father hears her vow and bond (with which she has bound herself), and her father holds his peace concerning her, then all her vows shall stand and every bond with which she has bound herself shall stand.
5 ‘But, if her father forbids her the same day that he hears all her vows and bonds with which she has bound herself, they shall not be of value and the LORD will forgive her, because her father forbade her.
6 ‘And if she has a husband when she vows or pronounces anything with her lips (with which she binds herself)—
7 ‘if her husband heard it and holds his peace concerning her the same day he hears it—then her vow shall stand and her bonds with which she binds herself shall stand in effect.
8 ‘But if her husband forbids her the same day that he hears it, then shall he make her vow which she has made (and that that she has pronounced with her lips, with which she bound herself) of no effect. And the LORD will forgive her.
9 ‘But every vow of a widow, and of she that is divorced (with which she has bound herself) shall stand in effect with her.
10 ‘And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself straightly with an oath,
11 ‘and her husband has heard it and held his peace concerning her, not disallowing her, then all her vows shall stand. And every bond with which she bound herself shall stand in effect.
12 ‘But if her husband voided them the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her bonds shall stand in effect. Her husband has voided them. And the LORD will forgive her.
13 ‘Every vow and every oath or bond, made to humble the soul, her husband may establish it. Or, her husband may break it.
14 ‘But if her husband holds his peace concerning her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows and all her bonds which she has made. He has confirmed them because he held his peace concerning her the same day that he heard them.
15 ‘But if he breaks them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.’”
16 These are the Ordinances which the LORD Commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being young in her father’s house.
31 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. And afterward you shall be gathered to your people.”
3 And Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Some of you, arm yourselves for war. And let them go against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the LORD against Midian.
4 “A thousand of every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel shall you send to the war.”
5 So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelve thousand, prepared to war, of every tribe a thousand.
6 And Moses sent them to war, a thousand of every tribe. And he sent them with Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the Priest, to the war. And the holy instruments—that is, the trumpets to blow—were in his hand.
7 And they warred against Midian, as the LORD had Commanded Moses, and killed all the males.
8 They also killed the kings of Midian among those who were killed: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. And they killed Balaam, the son of Beor, with the sword.
9 But the children of Israel took the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and plundered all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their villages, with fire.
11 And they took all the plunder, and all the prey, both of men and beasts.
12 And they brought the captives, and that which they had taken, and the spoil, to Moses and to Eleazar the Priest and to the Congregation of the children of Israel, into the camp in the plain of Moab, which was by Jordan, toward Jericho.
13 Then, Moses and Eleazar the Priest and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the camp to meet them.
14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the army, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the war and battle.
15 And Moses said to them, “What? Have you saved all the women?
16 “Behold, these caused the children of Israel (through the counsel of Balaam) to commit a trespass against the LORD as concerning Peor. And there came a plague among the Congregation of the LORD.
17 “Now, therefore, kill all the males among the children, and kill all the women that have known man by carnal copulation.
18 “But all the female children that have not known carnal copulation, keep alive for yourselves.
19 “And you shall remain outside the camp for seven days, all who have killed any person and all who have touched any dead. And purify both yourselves and your prisoners on the third day and the seventh.
20 “Also, you shall purify every garment and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.”
21 And Eleazar the Priest said to the men of war which went to the battle, “This is the Ordinance of the Law which the LORD Commanded Moses.
22 “As for gold, and silver, brass, iron, tin, and lead —
23 “all that may abide the fire — you shall make it go through the fire. And it shall be clean. Still, it shall be purified with the water of purification. And all that is not subject to the fire, you shall cause to pass by the water.
24 “You shall also wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you shall come into the camp.”
25 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
26 “Take the sum of the plunder that was taken, both of persons and of cattle, you and Eleazar the Priest, and the chief fathers of the Congregation.
27 “And divide the plunder between the soldiers that went to the war, and all the Congregation.
28 “And you shall take a tribute to the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle, one of every five hundred from the people and from the cattle and from the donkeys and from the sheep.
29 “You shall take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the Priest, as a Heave Offering to the LORD.
30 “But from the half of the children of Israel you shall take one, taken out of fifty, of the people, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the sheep, of all the livestock. And you shall give them to the Levites, who are in charge of the Tabernacle of the LORD.”
31 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest did as the LORD had Commanded Moses.
32 And the remainder — the rest of the plunder which the men of war had taken — was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
33 and seventy-two thousand cattle,
34 and sixty-one thousand donkeys,
35 and thirty-two thousand people, in all, of women who had lain by no man.
36 And the half — the part of those who went out to war, touching the number of sheep — was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred.
37 And the LORD’s tribute from the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
38 And there were thirty-six thousand cattle, of which the LORD’s tribute was seventy-two.
39 And there were thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, of which the LORD’s tribute was sixty-one.
40 And sixteen thousand people, of which the LORD’s tribute was thirty-two people.
41 And Moses gave the tribute from the LORD’s offering to Eleazar the Priest, as the LORD had Commanded Moses,
42 and from the half of the children of Israel, which Moses divided from the men of war.
43 For the half that pertained to the Congregation was three hundred thirty- seven thousand five hundred sheep,
44 and thirty-six thousand cattle,
45 and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
46 and sixteen thousand people.
47 Moses, I say, took from the half that pertained to the children of Israel, (one taken out of fifty) of the persons, and of the cattle, and gave them to the Levites, who have the charge of the Tabernacle of the LORD, as the LORD had Commanded Moses.
48 Then the captains who were over thousands of the army — the captains over the thousands and the captains over the hundreds — came to Moses,
49 and said to Moses, “Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our authority, and there lacks not one man of us.
50 “We have, therefore, brought a present to the LORD — what every man found of jewels of gold, bracelets, and chains, rings, earrings, and ornaments of the legs — to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.”
51 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold from them, and all wrought jewels.
52 And all the gold from the offering that they offered up to the LORD (of the captains over thousands and hundreds) was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
53 The men of war had plundered, every man for himself.
54 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold from the captains over the thousands, and over the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a memorial of the children of Israel before the LORD.
32 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had an exceedingly great multitude of cattle. And they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattle.
2 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the Priest and to the Princes of the Congregation, saying,
3 “Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 “country which the LORD struck before the Congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle. And your servants have cattle.”
5 “Therefore,” they said, “if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and do not bring us over Jordan.”
6 And Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to war and you stay here?
7 “Therefore, now, you discourage the heart of the children of Israel to go over into the land which the LORD has given them?
8 “Your fathers did the same when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
9 “For when they went up all the way to the river of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they would not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
10 “And the LORD’s wrath was kindled the same day, and He swore, saying,
11 ‘None of the men who came out of Egypt from twenty years old and above shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me,
12 ‘except Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun. For they have constantly followed the LORD.’
13 “And the LORD was very 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, was consumed.
14 “And behold, you have risen up in your father’s place, offspring of sinful men, to increase the fierce wrath of the LORD toward Israel.
15 “For if you turn away from following Him, He will yet again leave them in the wilderness. And you shall destroy all this folk.”
16 And they went near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our sheep, for our cattle, and cities for our children.
17 “But we ourselves will be ready, armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. But our children shall dwell in the defensed cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 “We will not return to our houses until the children of Israel have inherited, every man his inheritance.
19 “Nor will we inherit with them beyond Jordan and on that side, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this side, Jordan, eastward.”
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