THE BOOK OF
NUMBERS
CHAPTERS 19-27
1 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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:
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:
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:
5 And one shall
burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her
dung, shall he burn:
6 And the priest
shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of
the burning of the heifer.
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.
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.
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.
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.
11 ¶ He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be
unclean seven days.
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.
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.
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.
15 And every open
vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
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.
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:
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 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.
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.
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.
22 And whatsoever
the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it
shall be unclean until even.
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.
2 And there was
no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together
against Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people
chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our
brethren died before the LORD!
4 And why have ye
brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our
cattle should die there?
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.
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.
7 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
9 And Moses took
the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
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?
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.
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.
13 This is the
water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
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:
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:
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:
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.
18 And Edom said
unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the
sword.
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 And he said,
Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and
with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom
refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.
22 ¶ And the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
23 And the LORD
spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom,
saying,
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.
25 Take Aaron and
Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
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.
27 And Moses did
as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the
congregation.
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.
29 And when all
the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days,
even all the house of Israel.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
6 And the LORD
sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people
of Israel died.
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.
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.
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.
10 ¶ And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched
in Oboth.
11 And they
journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is
before Moab, toward the sunrising.
12
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
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.
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,
15 And at the
stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the
border of Moab.
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.
17
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
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:
19 And from
Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
20 And from Bamoth
in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah,
which looketh toward Jeshimon.
21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the
Amorites, saying,
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
27 Wherefore they
that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built
and prepared:
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.
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.
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.
31 Thus Israel
dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
32
And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof,
and drove out the Amorites that were there.
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.
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.
35 So they smote
him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and
they possessed his land.
1 ¶ And the children of Israel set
forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
2 And Balak the
son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 And Moab was
sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed
because of the children of Israel.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
9 And God came
unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?
10 And Balaam
said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
saying,
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.
12 And God said
unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for
they are blessed.
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.
14 And the
princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to
come with us.
15 ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more
honourable than they.
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:
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.
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.
19 Now therefore,
I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will
say unto me more.
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.
21 And Balaam
rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
39
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
40 And Balak
offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with
him.
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.
1 ¶ And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven
altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
2 And Balak did
as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar
a bullock and a ram.
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 sheweth me I will tell thee. And he
went to an high place.
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.
5 And the LORD
put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt
speak.
6 And he returned
unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of
Moab.
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.
8 How shall I
curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not
defied?
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.
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!
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.
12 And he
answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put
in my mouth?
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.
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.
15 And he said
unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
16
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again
unto Balak, and say thus.
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?
18 And he took up
his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me,
thou son of Zippor:
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?
20 Behold, I have
received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot
reverse it.
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.
22 God brought
them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
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!
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.
25 And Balak said
unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All
that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
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.
28 And Balak
brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me
here seven bullocks and seven rams.
30 And Balak did
as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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.
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.
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:
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:
5 How goodly are
thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
12 And Balaam
said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me,
saying,
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?
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.
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:
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:
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.
18 And Edom shall
be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel
shall do valiantly.
19
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy
him that remaineth of the city.
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.
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.
22 Nevertheless
the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up
his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
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.
25 And Balaam
rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
1 ¶ And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to
commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
2 And they called
the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed
down to their gods.
3 And Israel
joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Israel.
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.
5 And Moses said unto
the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
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.
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;
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.
9 And those that
died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
12 Wherefore say,
Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
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.
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.
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.
16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Vex the
Midianites, and smite them:
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.
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,
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.
3 And Moses and
Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan
near Jericho, saying,
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.
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:
6 Of Hezron, the
family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
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.
8 And the sons of
Pallu; Eliab.
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:
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.
11
Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
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:
13 Of Zerah, the
family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.
14
These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and
two hundred.
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:
16
Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:
17 Of Arod, the
family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites.
18 These are the
families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them,
forty thousand and five hundred.
19 The sons of
Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
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.
21 And the sons
of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
22 These are the
families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and
sixteen thousand and five hundred.
23 Of the sons of
Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the
family of the Punites:
24
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the
Shimronites.
25 These are the
families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore
and four thousand and three hundred.
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.
27 These are the
families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them,
threescore thousand and five hundred.
28 The sons of
Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.
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.
30 These are the
sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family
of the Helekites:
31 And of Asriel,
the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
32
And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, 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 those that were numbered of them,
fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
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.
36
And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the
Eranites.
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.
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:
39 Of Shupham,
the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
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.
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.
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.
43 All the
families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
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.
45 Of the sons of
Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the
Malchielites.
46
And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.
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.
48 Of the sons of
Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of
Guni, the family of the Gunites:
49
Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the
Shillemites.
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.
51 These were the
numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven
hundred and thirty.
52 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
53 Unto these the
land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
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.
55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names
of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
56 According to
the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
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.
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.
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.
60 And unto Aaron
was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the
LORD.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
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.
5 And Moses
brought their cause before the LORD.
6 And the LORD
spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
9 And if he have
no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
10 And if he have
no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.
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.
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.
13 And when thou
hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother
was gathered.
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.
15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
16 Let the LORD,
the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
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.
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;
19 And set him
before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.
20 And thou shalt
put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of
Israel may be obedient.
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.
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:
23 And he laid
his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded
by the hand of Moses.