NUMBERS.

I. Again the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina, in the tabernacle of the testimony, on the first day of the second month, in the second year of their coming out of the land

2 of Egypt, and said, Take ye the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, according to pedigrees, and according to the houses of their patriarchal families, and according to the num-

3 ber of their names, according to their poll, every male from twenty years old and upwards, every one who goeth out in the

4 army of Israel; review them with their army. Thou and Aaron shall review them, and with you there shall be of

5 the chiefs, one from each tribe. They shall be the chiefs of the patriarchal houses ; and these are the names of the men

6, wh(j shall attend you. Of the Reubenites, Elisur, son of Se-

7 dur; of the Symeonites, Salamiel, son of Surisadai; of the

8 children of Judas, Naasson, son of Aminadab; of the children of Issachar, Nathaniel, son of Sogar; of the Zabulonites, Eliab,

9 son of Chailon; of the children of Joseph—of the Ephraimites, 10 Elisama, son of Emiud; of the Manassitcs, Gamaliel, son of 11 Phadassur; of the Benjaminites, Abidon, son of Gadeoni; of

12 the Danites, Achiezer, son of Amisadai; of the Aserites, Pha-

13 giel, son of Echran; of the Gadites, Elisaph, son ofRaguel; of

14 the Nephthaleimites, Achire, son of Ainan. These are renowned men of the congregation, chiefs of the tribes according to

17 their patriarchal families, the chiliarchs of Israel. So Moses

18 and Aaron took these men, who were expressly named, and assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and marshalled them according to their pedigrees, according to their families, according to the number of their

19 names, from twenty years old and upwards, every male by their poll, as the Lord commanded Moses, and reviewed them in

20 the wilderness of Sina. And there were of the children of Reuben, Jacob's first bom, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of names by their poll—all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out

21 in the army, on the review of those of the tribe of Reuben, were forty six thousand five hundred.

22 And of the Symeonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards,

23 every one who went out in the army, on the review of them, of the tribe of Symeon, were fifty nine thousand three hundred.

26 And of the children of Judas, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll; all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every

27 one who went out in the army, on the review of those of the tribe of Judas, were seventy four thousand six hundred.

28 And of the Issacharites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all

29 the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Issa- char, were fifty four thousand four hundred.

30 And of the Zabulonites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their

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families, according to the number of their names by their poll,

31 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Zabulon, were fifty seven thousand four hundred.

32 And of the children of Joseph—Of the Ephraimites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old

33 and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five

34 hundred. And of the Manassites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according ^ the, houses of

35 their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, even- one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Manasses, were thirty two thousand two hundred.

36 And of the Benjaminites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll, all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one

37 who went out in the arm-, on a review of those of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty five thousand four hundred.

24 And of the Gadites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll,

25 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Oad, were forty five thousand six hundred and fifty.

38 And of the Danites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll,

39 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Qon, were sixty two thousand seven hundred.

40 And of the Aserites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll,

41 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Aser, were forty one thousand five hundred.

42 And of the Nephthaleimites, according to their pedigrees, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names by their poll,

43 all the males from twenty years old and upwards, every one who went out in the army, on a review of those of the tribe of Nephthaleim, were fifty three thousand four hundred.

44 This was the review which Moses and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel made. The chiefs were twelve, a man for every tribe. They were of the patriarchal houses of their re-

45 spective tribes. And the whole review of the Israelites, compre- 4G hending their army from twenty years old and upwards, every

one who wcrrf out to be marshalled in Israel, was six hundred

47 and three thousand five hundred and fifty. But the Lcvites of

48 the tribe of their father's house, were not reviewed among the

49 Israelites: for the Lord had spoken to Moses, saying, See that thou review not the tribe of Levi, nor take an account of them

50 among the children of Israel. But thou shalt set the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the utensils thereof, and over all the things which are in it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its utensils, and they shall minister

51 therein, and encamp about the tabernacle. And when the tabernacle is to remove, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, they shall set it up. And if any of another family come near, let him be put to

52 death. And when the Israelites encamp, every man in his station, and every man according to his command, with their ar-

53 my, let the Levites encamp before them, around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no lapse committed by the children of Israel; and that the Levites themselves may guard the tabernacle of the testimony.

54 And when the Israelites had done according to all that the II. Lord commanded Moses, then the Lord spoke to Moses and

2 Aaron, saying, Let the children of Israel encamp close to one another, by divisions, by standards, by the houses of their fu-

3 milies, facing the tabernacle of the testimony. All around it the Israelites shall encamp. And they who encamp first, towards the east, shall be the division of the camp of Judas with

4 their army; and the chief of the children of Judas shall be Naasson, son of Aminadtib; his urmy—even they who were re-

5 viewed, being seventy four thousand six hundred; and they who encamp adjoining, shall be the division of the tribe of Is- sachar, and the chief of the Issacharites shall be Nathaniel, son

G of Sogar; his army—even they who were reviewed, being fifty

7 four thousand four hundred; and they who encamp adjoining,

8 shall be the division of the tribe of Zabulon, and the chief of the Zabulonites shall be Eliab, son of Chailon; his army—even they who were reviewed, being fifty seven thousand four hun-

9 dred—all those of the camp of Judas who have been reviewed, amounting to one hundred and eighty six thousand four hundred, with their army, shall march in the van.

10 And their army on the south, shall be the divisions of the camp of Reuben, and the chief of the Reubenites shall be Eli-

11 sar, son of Sedur; his army, even they who have been review-

12 ed, being forty six thousand five hundred; and they who encamp adjoining him, shall be the division of the tribe of Symeon, and the chief of the Symeonites shall be Salamiel,

13 son of Surisadai; his army, even they who were reviewed, be-

14 ing fifty nine thousand three hundred ; and they who encamp

15 adjoining shall be the tribe of Gad; and the chief of the Gad- ites, shall be Elisaph, son of Raguel; his army, even they who were reviewed, being forty five thousand six hundred and

16 fifty. All those of the camp of Reuben who have been reviewed, amounting to one hundred and fifty one thousand four hundred and fifty, with their army, shall march as the second division.

17 Then shall move the tabernacle of the testimony, and the camp of the Levites, as the centre division of the camps. As they encamp so they shall take up their march, every man in his rank, according to their companies.

18 And on the west shall be the division of the camp of Ephraim, with their army; and the chief of the Ephraitnites

19 shall be Elisama, son of Emiud; his army, even they who

20 were reviewed, being forty thousand five hundred; and they who encamp adjoining, shall be the division of the tribe of Manasses, and the chief of the Manassites shall be Gamaliel,

21 son of Phadassur; his army, even they who were reviewed, be-

22 ing thirty two thousand two hundred; and they who encamp adjoining, shall be the division of the tribe of Benjamin; and the

23 chief of the Benjaminites shall be Abiclon, son of Gadconi; his army, even they who were reviewed, being thirty five thou-

24 sand four hundred. All those of the camp of Ephraim who have been reviewed, amounting to one hundred and eight thousand one hundred, with their army, shall march as the third division.

25 And on the north shall be the division of the camp of Dan;

26 with their army; and the chief of the Danites shall be Achiezcr, son of Amisadai; his army, even they who were rc-

27 viewed, being sixty two thousand seven hundred; and they who encamp adjoining him, shall be the tribe of Aser; and the

28 chief of the Aseritcs, shall be Phagiel, son of Echran; his army, even they who have been reviewed, being forty one thou-

29 sand five hundred: and they who encamp adjoining, shall be the division of the tribe of Nephthaleim, and the chief of the Neph-

SO thaleimites shall be Achire, son of Ainan; his army, even they who were reviewed, being fifty three thousand four hundred.

31 All those of the camp of Dan, who have been reviewed, amounting to one hundred and fifty seven thousand six hundred, shall march as the rear division.

32 This is the review of the children of Israel according to the houses of their families; the whole muster of the camps, com-

33 prehending their armies, being six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. But the Levites were not review-

34 ed among them, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the children of Israel did all that the Lord commanded Moses. So they encamped according to their divisions, and so they set out on their march, every one in his rank, according to their communities, and according to the houses of their families.

III. Abw this is the genealogy of Aaron and Moses.

2 On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses at mount Si- na, these were the names of Aaron's sons, Nadab his first

3 born, and Abiud, Eleazar and Ithamar. These were the names of Aaron's sons who were anointed priests, whose hands were

4 consecrated to minister in the priest'5*officc. But Nadab and Abiud died in the presence of the Lord, upon their offering strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina, and they had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar officiated as priests

5 with their father. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take G the tribe of Levi, and thou shalt present them before Aaron

7 the priest, and they shall minister to him, and keep his watches, and the watches of die children of Israel before the tabcr-

8 nacle of the testimony, to do the works of the tabernacle. Now that they may keep all the utensils of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the watches of the children of Israel, as far as they

9 respect all the works of the tabernacle; and that thou mayst give the Levites, to Aaron and his sons the priests; they are to be given to me as a gift from among the children of Israel.

10 And thou shalt set Aaron and his sons over the tabernacle of the testimony, and they shall keep watch over their priesthood, and all that appertain to the altar, and that are within the veil; and if any one of another family touch these, he shall be put to death.

11 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Behold I have

12 taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the first born males among the children of Israel. The Levites shall be the price of their redemption, and shall be mine;

13 for every first born belongcth to me. On the day when I smote every first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed for myself all the firstlings in Israel. The firstlings both of man and beast shall belong to me. I am the Lord.

14 Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sina,

15 saying, Review the children of Levi, according to the houses of their families, according to their communities. Review

1G them every male, from a month old and upwards. Accordingly Moscs and Aaron reviewed them, at the command of the Lord,

17 in the manner the Lord commanded them. Now these were the sons of Levi by their names, Gerson, Kaath, and Merari.

18 And these are the sons of Gerson, according to their commu-

19 nities; Lobeni and Semci. And these are the sons of Kaath according to their communities, Amram and Issaar, Chebron

20 and Oziel. And the sons of Merari, according to their communities, were Mooli and Mousi. These arc the communities of the Levites, according to the houses of their families.

21 To the Gersonites belong the community of the Lobcnites,

22 and the community of the Semeites. These are the communities of the Gersonites; and the review of them according to the number oT every male, from a month old and upwards—

on a review of them the number was seven thousand two

23 hundred. Now the Gersonites are to encamp behind the taber-

24 nacle, towards the west, and the chief of the head of the family of the community of the Gersonites, was Elisaph son of

25 Dacl. And the charge of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the testimony, was the tabernacle and the covering; and the

26 curtain of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony; and the hangings of the court; and the curtain of the gate, of%the court around the tabernacle; and the rest of the works thereof.

27 To the Kaathites belonged the community of the Amra- mites, and the cpmmunity of the Issaarites, and the community of the Chcbronites, and the community of the Ozielites.

28 These are the communities of the Kaathites according to the numeration; every male, from a month old and upwards,

29 amounted to eight thousand six hundred. The.se communities of the Kaathites, having the charge of the holy things, are to

30 encamp on the south side of the tabernacle; and the chief of the head family of the communities of the Kaathites was Eli-

31 saphan, son of Oziel; and their charge was the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary which were used in the priest's office; and the

32 veil, and all the works thereof. And the chief over the chiefs of the Levites, was Eleazar, the son of Aaron, set over them to superintend the watches of the holy things.

33 To the Meraritcs belonged the community of Mooli, and

34 the community of Mousi. These are the communities of the Merarites. The muster of them, comprehending every male from one month old and upwards, was six thousand two hun-

35 dred. And the chief of the head family of the community of the Meraritcs, was Suriel, the son of Abichail. They are to

36 encamp on the north side of the tabernacle; and the review of the watch of the Merarites, had the charge of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the bases there-

37 of, with all their appurtenances and works, and the pillars of the court round about, with their stakes and their cords.

38 They who encamp in front of the tabernacle of the testimony, towards the east, were Moses and Aaron, and their sons, who have the superintendancc of the watches of the sanctuary, for the purpose of guarding the things committed to the charge of the Israelites, and if any of another family touch them, he is to be put to death. »

39 The whole muster of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron reviewed, by the command of the Lord, according to their communities—all the males, from a month old and upwards, were twenty two thousand.

40 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Review all the male first bom of the children of Israel, from one month old

41 and upwards, and take the number by name. And thou shall take the Levites for me—I the Lord; instead of all the first born sons of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings of the cattle belonging to the children of

42 Israel. So Moses reviewed, in the manner the Lord com-

43 manded, all the male first bom among the Israelites; and all the first born males, numbered by name, from one month old and upwards, were twenty two thousand two hundred and se-

44 venty three. Whereupon the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

45 Take the Levites, instead of all the first bom of the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites. for the firstlings of their

46 cattle; and the Levites shall belong to me-—I the Lord. And as redemption money for the two hundred and seventy three,

47 of the first born, more than the Levites, thou shall take from the first born of the children of Israel, five shekels a poll. Ac- cording to the holy didrachm, thou shall receive twenty oboli

48 for a shekel. And thou shall give the money to Aaron and his sons, as the redemption of the overplus among the Israel-

49 ites. So Moses took the redemption money, for those who ex-

50 ceeded the redemption made by the Levites. From the first born of the children of Israel he took the money, amounting

51 to one thousand three hundred and sixty five shekels according to the holy shekel, and gave the redemption money for the overplus to Aaron and his sons, by ihe command of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

IV. Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying; Take

2 the sum of the Kaathites, apart from the Levites, according to their communities, according to the houses of their families,

3 from twenty five years and upwards, to fifty years, every one who goeth in to minister; to do all the services of the taberna-

4 cle of the testimonv. Now these are the services of the Kaa-

thites in the tabernacle of the testimony, a most sacred ser-

5 vice. When the camp is about to remove, Aaron shall go in with his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and with it cover the ark of the testimony, and put thereon the co-

6 vering of blue skins; and over it they shall spread a mantle,

7 wholly blue, and put in the staves. Then over the presence table they shall spread a mantle, all of purple; upon it, and upon the platters, and the censers, and the goblets, and the libation cups, with which he maketh libations; and the loaves which

8 are continually thereon shall be upon it. And they shall throw over it a scarlet mantle, and cover it, with a blue skin cover-

9 ing, and put in the staves to carry it. Then they shall take a blue mantle, and cover the candlestick which giveth light with its lamps, and its snuffers, and its tweezers, and all the oil ves-

10 sels, which they use in that service; and they shall put it, and all the utensils thereof, into a blue skin covering, and lay it on

11 the staves to carry it. They shall then cover the golden altar with a blue mantle, and spread over it a skin covering of blue,

12 and put in the staves thereof to carry it. And they shall take all the utensils used in the service, all with which they minister in the holies, and put them into a blue mantle, and cover them with a skin covering of blue, and lay them on staves to carry

13 them. Then they shall put the cover on the altar, and cover it

14 with a mantle, entirely of purple, and they shall lay thereon all the utensils with which they minister at it, namely the censers, and the flesh forks, and the cups, and the cover, and the vials, and all the utensils of the altar; and they shall throw over it a skin covering of blue, and put in the staves to carry it. Then they shall take a purple mantle, and cover the laver and its base; and put it in a skin covering of blue, and put it on the staves.

15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy things, and all the utensils, while the camp is removing, after this the sons of Kaath shall come in to carry them; but they shall not touch the holy things lest they die. These things the sons of Kaath shall take up in the tabernacle of the testimony.

16 The overseer, Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, shall liave the charge of the oil for light, and of the compound incense, and the daily sacrifice, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of the whole tabernacle, and all that are in it, in the sanctuary, in all

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17 the works thereof. And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,

18 saying, That you may not destroy this community of the tribe,

19 namely the Kaathites, from among the Levites, you must do this for them, that they may live and not die; When they go into the holy of holies, let Aaron and his sons go in before them; and they shall station them, every one according to what he is

20 to carry: And let them not go in abruptly, to view the holy things, so they shall not die.

21 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,, Take the sum

22 of the Gersonites—of them also according to the houses of their

23 families, according to their communities. Review them, from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, every one who goeth in to minister—to do his work in the tabernacle of

24 the testimony. The sen ice of the community of the Gerson-

25 ites is the same, namely to serve and to carry. They shall car- ry the skin coverings of the tabernacle of the testimony with its covering, the upper covering of blue which is upon it, and the curtain of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and

26 the hangings of the court, both all that are for the tabernacle of the testimony, and those about it, and all the sacred imple-

27 ments which are used in the holy service. They shall act under the direction of Aaron and his sons, whatever may be the service of the Gersonites, in all their services, and in all their works. So thou shalt review them by name, having respect to

28 all the burdens to be carried by them. This is the service of the Gersonites in the tabernacle of the testimony, and the super- intendance of them shall be by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

29 With regard to the Merarites, review them according to SO their communities, according to the houses of their families—

review them from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age; every one who goeth in to do the. works of the taber-

31 nacle of the testimony, to take charge of those things to be carried by them, according to all their works for the tabernacle of the testimony, namely the capitals of the tabernacle, and the bars, and the pillars thereof, the bases thereof, and the bases and pillars for the veil, and for the curtain

32 of the door of the tabernacle, and the pillars of the court round about, with their bases, and the pillars for the curtain of the gate of the court, with their bases, and their pins, and their cords, and all .the implements thereof, and all their services— review them by name, and all the implements which are to be

33 under their charge, and to be carried by them. This service of the community of the Merarites, in all their works, for the tabernacle of the testimony, shall be under the superintendance of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

34 Accordingly Moses and Aaron, and the chiefs of Israel, reviewed the Kaathites according to their communities, ac-

35 cording to the houses of their families, from twenty five years old, and upwards, to fifty years of age, every one who went in to minister, and do service for the tabernacle of the testimony;

36 and the number of them, according to their communities, was

37 two thousand seven hundred and fifty. This was the muster of the community of the Kaathites, comprehending every one who performed service for the Jabernacle of the testimony, as

38 Moses and Aaron reviewed them, at the command of the, Lord, by the hand of Moses. ,

Then the Gersonites were reviewed according to their communities, according to the houses of their families, from twenty

39 five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, comprehending every' one who went in to serve, and perform works for the

40 tabernacle of the testimony. And the muster of them, according to their communities, according to the houses of their fa-

41 milies, was two thousand six hundred and thirty. This was the review of the community of the Gersonites, comprehending every one who performed service for the tabernacle of the testimony, whom Moses and Aaron reviewed, at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

42 Then was reviewed the community of the Merarites, according to their communities, according to the houses of their

43 families, from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, comprehending every one who went in to perform the holy

44 works of the tabernacle of the testimony; And the muster of them according to their communities, according to the houses

45 of their families, was three thousand two hundred. This was the muster of the community of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron reviewed, at the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

46 All the Levites who were reviewed, whom Moses with

47 Aaron and the chiefs of Israel reviewed by communities, by the houses of their families, from twenty five years, and upwards, to fifty years of age, comprehending every one who went in for the performance of works and for the business of

48 carrying for the tabernacle of the testimony; even all who were reviewed, were eight thousand five hundred and eighty. At the command of the Lord, by the hand of Moses, he reviewed them, man by man, for their works, and for the things which they were to carry. They were reviewed in the manner the Lord commanded Moses.

V. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Give orders to the

2 children of Israel, and let them send out of the camp every one who is a leper, and every one who hath a gonorrhea, and

3 every one who is defiled by the dead; whether male or female, send them out of the camp, thaj they may not defile their camps

4 in which I am present among them. Whereupon the children of Israel did so. They sent them away out of the camp, as die

5 Lord commanded Moses. And when they had done so, the

6 Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and say, When a man or a woman shall commit any sin incident to man; or by inadvertency overlook or commit a tres-

7 pass, that person shall confess the sin which he or she hath committed, and make compensation for the trespass. Adding one fifth to the principal, he shall give it to the person against

8 whom the trespass hath been committed. And if the man hath no kinsman to whom compensation can be made, the compensation, being given to the Lord, shall belong to the priest, over and above the ram of atonement, with which he shall make

9 atonement for him. And every dedication—whatever the children of Israel shall dedicate, and bring for the Lord, shall be for the priest—even every one's hallowed things shall be his;

10 let who will give, they shall belong to the priest.

11 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the

12 children of Israel, and thou shall say to them, If any man's

13 wife transgress, and actually despise him; and any person lie widi her carnally, and it escape the notice of her husband, and it be hid, and she be polluted, though there be no witness

14 against her, and she be not caught in the act; and a spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be polluted; or a spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he

15 be jealous of his wife, though she be not polluted, the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as a gift for her the tenth of an ephah of barley meal; but he shall pour no oil on it, nor lay any frankincense on it; for it is a sacrifice of jealousy—a sacrifice of remembrance, to bring into remem-

16 brance a sin. And the priest shall bring her forward, and set

17 her before the Lord. Then the priest shall take pure spring water, in an earthen vessel, and having taken up some of the dust which is on the floor of the tabernacle of the testimony,

18 the priest shall put it in the water. And the priest shall present the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman's head. Then he shall put the sacrifice of remembrance—the sacrifice of jealousy into her hands; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of discovery over which an impreca-

19 tion is to be made; and the priest shall adjure the woman, and say to her, If no man hath lain with thee; ifthou hast not transgressed, so as to be defiled, while under the jurisdiction of thy husband; be thou uninjured by this water of discovery, over which

20 an imprecation is to be made: but ifthou hast transgressed, being a married woman, or art polluted, and any person besides thy hus-

21 band hath lain with thee, (then the priest shall adjure the woman with solemn imprecations, and the priest shall say to the woman) the Ijord make thee a curse and an imprecation in the midst of thy people, by causing thy thigh to rot, and thy belly

22 to be inflamed. Let this water over which this imprecation is made, go into thy belly, to inflame thy belly, and rot thy thigh.

23 And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and dip it in the water of disco-

24 very, over which the imprecation was made, and-shall cause the woman to drink the water of discovery, over which the imprecation was made. And the water of discovery, over which

25 the imprecation was made, shall go into her—(The priest shall take the sacrifice of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and lay

26 the sacrifice before the Lord, and offer it on the altar; and when the priest shall have taken a handful of the sacrifice, the memorial of it, and offered it on the altar, after this he shall cause the

27 woman to drink the water) and it shall come to pass that if she be defiled, and escape the notice of her husband, when the water of discovery, over which the imprecation was made, shall go into her, it shall inflame her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the

28 woman shall be a curse among her people. But if the woman be not polluted, and be pure, she shall be uninjured, and shall con-

29 ceive seed. This is the law of jealousy, when a woman who is married transgressetn and is polluted; or when a spirit ofjea-

30 lousy cometh on a man. When he is jealous of her, and shall set his wife before the Lord, the priest shall do to her all that this law directeth; so shall the man be free from sin, and the woman shall bear her iniquity.

VI. Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the

2 children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When a man or a woman shall make a solemn vow to preserve the strictest purity for the Lord, they must abstain from wine, and strong

3 drink. Such a one shall not drink vinegar made of wine, nor vinegar made of strong drink; nor shall such a one drink any thing made of the grape; nor eat any grapes, fresh pulled, or

4 dryed, all the days of the vow. From every thing produced from the grape, including wine; from the pulp to the stone,

5 such a one shall abstain all the days of the purification. A razor shall not come upon" his head, until the days which he hath

6 vowed to the Lord be fulfilled. Being hallowed, he shall let the hair of his head grow all the days of his vow to the Lord.

7 He shall not come near any dead body. For a father or a mother, or for a brother or a sister, if they chance to die, he shall

8 not defile himself; for the vow of his God is on his head. All

9 the days of his vow he shall be holy to the Lord. And if any one die suddenly by him, the head of his vow will be immediately defiled, he shall therefore shave his head on the day when

10 he is cleansed. On the seventh day it shall be shaved, and on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle doves, or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doors of the tabernacle of the tes-

11 timony; and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the failures of which he hath been guilty

12 by the dead. And on that day he shall hallow his head which was consecrated to the Lord, for the days of his vow, and bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: And the

former days shall not be counted, because the head of his

13 vow was defiled. Now this is the law of him who liath made

14 the vow—When the days of his vow are fulfilled; he shall bring to the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony and present as his gift to the Lord, a lamb of the first year without blemish for a whole burnt ottering, and a ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, for a sin offering, and a ram without blemish for

15 an offering of thanksgiving, and a basket of unleavened bread, of fine flour—the loaves tempered with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and their sacrifice of flour and their

16 libation: and the priest shall offer them before the Lord. When he hath offered the sin offering and the whole burnt offering,

17 he shall then offer the ram, the sacrifice of thanksgiving to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread. And when the priest hath offered the sacrifice thereof, and the libation thereof,

18 then he who made the vow shall have the head of his vow shaved at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, and shall lay the hairs on the fire which is under the sacrifice of thanksgiv-

19 ing. And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder from the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and lay them on the hands of him who made the vow,

20 after he hath shaved his consecrated head; and the priest shall offer these as a dedication laid on hands before the Lord. It shall be consecrated for the priest, over and above the breast, which was dedicated by being laid on hands, and the shoulder which was dedicated by setting it apart. And after these things,

21 he who made the vow may drink wine. This is the law for him who hath made the vow—who may have vowed to the Lord—his gift to the Lord for his vow, besides what he may be able to do more, according to the nature of the vow which he may have made, according to the law of strict purity.

22 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to

23 Aaron and his sons and say, In this manner you shall bless

24 the children of Israel, saying, The Lord bless thce and keep

25 thee—The Lord make his countenance to shine upon thee,

26 and be gracious to thee—The Lord lift up his countenance

27 upon thce, and give thee peace. So they shall put my name on the children of Israel; and I the Lord will bless them.

VII. Now on the day when Moses finished the rearing up of the tabernacle, he anointed it, and hallowed it, and all the imple-

2 ments thereof; and the altar, and all its utensils; and when he had anointed them, and hallowed them, the chiefs of Israel, the twelve chiefs of the houses of their head familes who were the chiefs of the tribes, the same who attended at the review;,

3 made an offering, and brought as their gifts before the Lord, six covered waggons, and twelve oxen, a waggon from two

4 chiefs, and an ox from each one. And when they had brought

5 them before the Lord, the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Receive them from them, and they shall be for the works of the service of the tabernacle of the testimony; and thou shalt give them to the Levites, to each community according to their

6 service. So Moses, having taken the waggons and the oxen,

7 gave them to the Levites—he gave two "waggons and four ox-

8 en to the Gersonites, according to their service; and four waggons and eight oxen, he gave to the Merarites, according to

9 their service, by Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. But to the Kaathites he gave none, because they having the sacred services of the sanctuary, are to carry on their shoulders.

10 The chiefs tendered also an offering for the dedication of the altar, on the day he anointed it. But when the chiefs brought their gift over against the altar, at some distance from

11 it, the Lord said to Moses, One chief a day. Let them bring forward, every chief his gifts on his day, for the dedication of

12 the altar. So he who brought forward his gifts on the first day," .

13 was Naasson, son of Aminadab chief of the tribe of Judas; and he offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, mix. ed up with oil, for a sacrifice; one censer, of ten shekel* of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and oae kid of the goats fora sin offering, and for a sacrifice of-thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs-of the first year. This was the gift of Naasson, son of Aminadab.

18 On the second day Nathaniel, son of Sogar, the chief of the tribe of Issachar made his offering; and he presented as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels «,ftefr the. hply shekel, both full of fine flour, miked up with oil for a sacrifice ; one censer of ten shekels of gold full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb-of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Nathaniel son of Sogar. t

24 On the third day the chief of the Zabulonites, Eliab, son of Chailon, offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid

". of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Eliab, son of Chailon.

30 Qn the fourth day the chief of the Reubenites, Elisur son of Sedur, offered as his gift one silver charger the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the" holy shekel, both full of finejiour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one ceriser of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering; one kid of "' , the goats for a sin .offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, tw,o heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisur son of Sedur.

36 On the fifth day the chief of the Symeonites, Salamiel, son

. of Surisadai, offered as his gift one silver charger, the weight

V,-JO(f.which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy .shekels after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour

. * made up. with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of

gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram,

-one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one

" kid pf the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanks-

;. giving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs

* of the first year. This was the gift of Salamiel, son of Surisadai. ;42.. J3n the sixth day the chief of the Gadites, Elisaph son of : Ragvel, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one cenler often shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the .herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, fyve rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisaph, son of Raguel.

48 Qn'the" seventh day the chief of the Ephraimites, Elisama,, son of Emiud, offere4 as his gift one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred ancf thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer often shekels of gold,, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and, for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Elisama, son of Emiud.

54 On the eighth day the chief of the children of Manasses, Gamaliel, son of Phadassur, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil for a sacrifice, one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he- goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Gamaliel, son of Phadassur. f -'(

60 On the ninth day the chief of the Benjaminites, Abidan, son of Gadeoni, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flqur made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of two shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull of the herd, one ram., one lamb of the first year for a whole burnt offering; and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice ofjihanks- giving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs.

of the first year. This was the gift of Abidan, son of GadeonL 66 On the tenth day, the chief of the Danites, Achieser, son of Amisadai, offered as his gift, one silver charger the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine .flour, made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense ; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five^ams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Achieser, son of Amisadai. 72 On the eleventh day, the chief of the Aserites, Phagael, son of Echran, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels; one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour, made up with oil, fora sacrifice ; one censer often shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering; and one kid of the goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Phagael, son of Echran. 78 On the twelfth day, the chief of the Nephthaleimites, Achire * son of Ainan, offered as his gift, one silver charger, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver cup of seventy shekels, after the holy shekel, both full of fine flour made up with oil for a sacrifice; one censer of ten shekels of gold, full of incense; one young bull from the herd, one ran*, one lamb of the first year, for a whole burnt offering; and one kid of the'goats for a sin offering; and for a sacrifice of thanksgiving, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe lambs of the first year. This was the gift of Achire, son of Ainan.

84 This was the dedication of the altar, when he anointed it, from the chiefs of the Israelites, twelve silver chargers, twelve

85 silver cups, twelve censer's of gold, each charger one hundred and thirty shekels, and each cup seventy shekels, all the silver

86 of these vessels, two thousand four hundred shekels, and the shekels were after the holy shekel; twelve golden censers, full of incense; all the gold of the censers was one hundred and

87 twenty shekels. All the cattle for the whole burnt offering

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were twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve lambs of the first year, with theirsacrifices of flour and their libations ; and 83 twelve kids of the goats for the sin offering. All the cattle for * . the sacrifice of thanksgiving, were twenty four heifers, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty ewe lambs of the first year, without .. f blemish. This was the dedication of the altar.

89 After, filling his own hands, and after the anointing, when '_' 4 Moses went into the tabernacle of the testimony to speak to the Lord, he heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him, from above the propitiatory, which is over the ark of the testimony, between the two cherubims, and he answered him, and the VIII. Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to Aaron, and thou 2 shalt say to him, When thou hast put on the side lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in a range with the front of the 3 candlestick. And Aaron did so. On each side, on a range with the front of the candlestick, he lighted the lamps thereof 4 as the Lord commanded Moses. Now the workmanship of the candlestick was of solid gold; both its stem, and its lillies, were of one solid piece. He had made the candlestick according to the pattern which the Lord shewed Moses.

5 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take the Le-

6 vites from among the children of Israel, and purify them. And

7 in this manner thou shalt perform their purification. Thou shalt sprinkle them with the water of purification, and a razor shall pass over their whole body, and they shall wash their clothes,

8 and they will be clean. Then they shall take a young bull from the herd, with his sacrifice, to wit, fine flour mixed up with oil:

and thou shalt take a yearling bull from the herd for a sin of-

9 fering, and bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the testi-

10 mony, and assemble all the congregation of Israel's sons, and present the Levites before the Lord. And the sons of Israel

11 shall lay their hands on the Levites; and Aaron shall set the Levites apart before the Lord, as a gift from the sons of Israel; and they shall be set apart to perform the works of the Lord.

12 Then the Levites shall lay their hands on the head of the young bulls. And thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering, to make atonement

13 for them. Then thou shalt place the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron and before his sons, and give them as a gift

14 before the Lord. So thou shalt, separate the Levites from

among the children of Israel, and they shall belong to me. 15 And after this, the Levites shall go in to do the works of the

tabernacle of the testimony, when thou hast purified them, and

16 given them up before the Lord. Because they are solemnly given up to me from among the children of Israel; I have taken them for myself from among the children of Israel, instead of all the males who are the first born of their mothers.

17 Because every first born among the children of Israel, whether

18 of man or beast, belongeth to me (on the day when I smote all the first born in the land of Egypt, I hallowed them for myself) and I have taken the Levites instead of all the first

19 born among the children of Israel, and have given the as a gift to Aaron and his sons, from among the children

of Israel, to do the works of the children of Israel at the tabernacle of the testimony, and to make atonement for the children of Israel; therefore none among the children of Israel shall come near the Holies.

20 So Moses and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites as the Lord commanded Moses in respect to them.

21 Now when the children of Israel had done so to them, and the Levites were purified, and had washed their clothes, and Aaron had solemnly given them up in the presence of the

22 Lord, and had made atonement for them to purify them; and, after this, the Levites had gone in to perform their service in

the tabernacle of the testimony, in the presence of Aaron and his sons—when they had done thus for the Leyiies, as the Lord had commanded Moses in respect to them; then the Lord

23 spoke to Moses, saying, There is this further in respect to the-

24 Levites—from twenty five years and upwards, they shall go in

25 to perform service at the tabernacle of the. testimony; bul, after fifty years of age, they are to be withdrawn from the ser-

26 vice, and work no more. As brothers, they are to keep watch,
at the tabernacle of the testimony, but not to perform laborious work. In this manner thou shall dispose of the Levites
among their watches.

IX. Now in the second year after tbeir coming out of the land of
Egypt, in the first month, the Lord spoke to Moses in the

2 wilderness of Sina, saying, Give orders, and let the children of

3 Israel keep the passover in its appointed season. On the fourteenth day of this first month, towards evening, thou shall celebrate it in its season. According to its rites, and according to

4 its institution, thou shalt celebrate it* Accordingly Moses spoke to the children of Israel to keep the passover on the

5 fourteenth day of the first month, in the wilderness of Sina. And when the children of Israel were doing as the Lord com-

6 manded Moses, there were some men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, and could not keep the passover; so

f these men came to Moses and Aaron on that day, and said to

7 them, We are defiled by the dead body of a man, must we ~ therefore be deprived of the opportunity of offering our gift to

the Lord, in its appointed season, among the children of Israel:

8 whereupon Moses said to them, Stand here ; and I will hear 9 what the Lord will command concerning you. Then the Lord

, spoke to Moses, saying, Speak t<f the children of Israel, and

10 say, If any man among you, or among your posterity, happen to be defiled by the dead, or be on a far distant journey, he«

11 shall keep the passover to the Lord in the second month. On the fourteenth day they shall keep it towards evening. They

12 shall eat it with unleavened bread, and bitter herbs; they shall not leave any of it till the morning; nor shall they break a

13 bone of it.They shall keep it according to the ritual of the pass- over. And if any man be clean, and not on a distant journey, and fail to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from among his people; because he did not offer this gift to the

14 Lord, in its appointed time, sjuch a man shall bear his sin. And if there come to you a proselyte in your land, and he chuse to keep the-passover to the Lord, he must keep it according to its ritual,,and accordingto.its institution. You shall have one law for the proselyte, and for him born in the land.

15 Now on the day when the tabernacle was erected, the cloud covered the tabernacle—the house of the testimony: and in the evening there was over the tabernacle an appearance like tha^ °f fire> .which continued till the morning. Thus it was con-

16 tinually. The cloud covered it by day: and there was an ap-

17 pearance of fire during the night. And when the cloud ascended from the tabernacle, the Israelites thereupon began their

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march; and at what place soever the cloud halted there the Is-

18 raelites encamped. By the command of the Lord the Israelites were to encamp, and by the command of the Lord, they were to march. All the time the cloud overshadowed the taberna-

19 cle, the Israelites were to continue encamped. And when* the- cloud was continued over the tabernacle many days, the Israel-

20 ites were to keep the watch of their God, and not remove. And such was to be the case when the cloud overshadowed the tabernacle but a few days. At the command of the Lord, they were to encamp; and at the command of the Lord, they were to, /

21 march. And this Was to be the case when the cloud was from *. . evening till morning. When the cloud ascended in the morn- ning, they were to take up their march, whether it was day or

22 night. But while the cloud continued to overshadow it, even for a month or more, the Israelites were to continue encamped, and not remove.

23 Because at the command of the Lord, they were to moye$

and at the command of the Lord, by the ministry of Moses, ^ .j -. they kept the watch of the Lord; therefore the Lord spoke to!,* X. Moses, saying, Make for thy self two silver trumpets. Thou<'i %«.

2 shall make them of ductile silver, each beaten out of one piece. And they shall serve thee to assemble the congregation, and to

3 cause the camps to remove. When thou shalt blow with them, .

4 all the congregation shall assemble at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony ; but when one is blown", all the chiefs, the

5 .kaders of Israel, shall come to thee. When you blow an alarm,

<"> the c^mps on the east shall .begie their march; and when you, " * . blow a second alarm, the camps on the south shall begin their mareh; and whep you blow a third alarm, the camps on the west shall begin their march; and when you blow a fourth

7 alarm, the camps, on the north shall begin their march. They shall blow an alarm for their marching. And when you would assemble the" congregation, you are to blow with them, but not

8 an alarm. The sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. This shall be a perpetual ordinance for you, throughout

9 your generations. And when you go out to battle in your '-< _ land, against your enemies, who have risen up against you,

you shall sound these trumpets, that you may be brought into
remembrance before the Lord, and saved from your enemies.

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*.;{, 10 In the days of your rejoicings also, and^t your festivals, and

. "»u at your new moons, you shall blovV the trumpets, at )-our

. whole burnt offerings, and at your sacrifices of thanksgivings;

*«* *" * ySfld/it .shall be a calling of you into remembrance before the

.*"" */ Lofd-—I the Lord, your God.

^ .11 f Now-in the second-year, in the second month, on the twen-

'' tieth.iday of the month, the cloud ascended' from th'e tabernacle

12 of the testimony; whereupon the Israelites with their baggage,

..- , ^ marched through the wilderness of Sina, and the cloud halted

*^s»13 in the wilderness of PhaYan. When .the first had begun their

. > *..14 march—when the van, the division pf the cajnp pf.Judas, had

15 inarched, and at the head of.itNaasson son of Aminadab,'and

16: at the head of the army of the tribe of Issachar, Nathaniel son

of Sogar, and at the1 head of the army of the tribe of Zabulon,

17 Eliab son of Chailon; then were the Gersonites, and y^fe Mi6-^.. ra'rftes, having taken,down the tabernacle, to move on, carrj'^' ihg^he. tabernacle.. -And^ wheif the division of fhe canip pf "Reuoefi.bad march^ft'.^(rjth their army, and at the head of it Elisur son of Sedur; and at the head of the army of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel son of Surisadai; and at the head of the 21. army of the tribe of Gadi^h'saph'^oA of RaguelN .then were . the Kaathites^o move on,'carry ing the holy, thirigs, so that ..'^ -22 the tabernacle might be sjettip when they.amyed. Then wef-e * ^ to march the division of the^camp of Epkraim, with their ar- 23 my, and at;thehead of it Elis'ama son of Emiud; .anJ'at^hc * head of tKe.army of the tribe, of Manasses, Gamaliel sdft of ' 24 Phadai^ur; and at tlie-head m«the anny of the tribe pf Benja-

25 min, Abraan son of Gadeprii. And the division oTthe caitip' .', . of Dan -\vere. t6 march the last of all ,£he jpampSj with^dieir ajr-*,

26 jny, and at the«head of it Achiezer.son ofAmisadai; and'ai'rfie

27 head of the army of the tribe^ of Aserj Phagaelsbn of E^hran;

28 and at the .head of the^urn.y of the tojie of Nephthaleim,. Aohire son of Ainan. These were the armies of the Israelites.

29 Now when they began their march Moses.said to Obad,

son of Raguel the Madianite, the brother in law of Moses,- We are now on our march to the place which the Lord said, This I will give you. Come with us and we will deal well wjtlr thee; for the Lord hath 5poken»good things concerning Israel.

30 In reply to which,he saitt I cannot go, but must return to my

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must not leave us. Because thou hast been with us in the wilderness, therefore thou shalt be a senator among us, and

32 shalt share—if thou go with us, thou shalt indeed share ii\.aU those good things which the Lord will bestow upon us, and ' we will deal kindly with thee.

33 So they removed from the mount of the Lord, three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them the three days' journey, to look out for them a resting

35 place. And when the ark set forward Moses said, Arise, O ' Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered. Let them who hate thee

36 be put to flight. And when it halted he said, Return, O Lord, to the thousand myriads of Israel. . .

34 Now while the cloud was overshadowing them by day, ' as they marched out of the camp, the people were wickedly

XI. murmuring before the Lord,' and the Lord heard, and was provoked to wrath, and a fire" from the Lord was kindled'

2 among them, and was consuming part of-the camp,, whereupon the people crjed to Moses, and he prayed'to the Lord, and, V.

3 the fire ceased. So the .name of that place was called Burn-.: * ing, because a fire from the Lord had been kindled among them.

4 Again the mixed multitude which was among them had

a Iqnging desire," and even thft children of Israel sat down and .

5 -wept, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat. We recollect the

fish which we ate in Egypt fpr nothing; and the cucumbers, and * , the melons, and the .leeks, and the onions, and the" cloves of

6 garlick ; but now our soul is dried up, and our eyes behold

7 nothing but this manna. Now the manna was like a grain of coriander, and-its colour, was the colour of chrystal, and the

8 people went out, and gatheredit and ground it in mills, or beat ft in mortars, and boiled it in pots, *r«made it up into cakes to be baked on the hearth; and in sweetness its taste was that of a

9 sweet cake, made with.oil; and when the dew fell on the camp the manna came down with it. '. .

10 When Moses heard them weeping in their communities, . every one at his tent door, though the Lord was greatly provoked to wrath, and in the view" of Moses it was evil, yet

11 Moses said to the Lord, Why hast^tnou.afflicted thy servant; " votf 'i. H h

and why have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou

12 shouldst lay upon me the weight of this people? Have I conceived all this people? Or have I brought them forth, that thou sayest to me, Take them in thy bosom, and carry them, as a nurse would her sucking child, to the land which with

13 an oath thou hast promised to their fathers ? Whence can I have flesh to give to all this people? For they weep before me,

. 14 saying, Give us flesh that we may eat. I am not able alone to

15 bear this people. It is a burden too heavy for me. If thou deal thus with me, kill me outright, if I have found favour in

16 thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness. Whereupon the Lord said to Moses, Assemble before me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be elders of the people, and their scribes; and bring them to the tabernacle

17 of the testimony, and let them stand there with thee; and I will come down and talk with thee there, and I will take a portion of the spirit which is upon thee, and put it upon them; and they will help thee to bear the burden of this people,

18 so that thou shalt not bear them thyself alone. And thou shalt say to this people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and you shall eat flesh. Because you have wept before the Lord, saying, Who can give us flesh to eat? It is better for us to be in Egypt; therefore the Lord will give you flesh to

19 eat, and you shall eat flesh. You shall eat it, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten nor twenty days. You shall

20 eat it a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, because you have distrusted the Lord who is amongst you, and have wept in his presence, and said, Why did we come out of Egypt. Thereupon Moses

21 said, The people among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen, yet thou hast said, I will give them flesh to eat,

22 and they shall cat it a whole month. Must the flocks and the herds be slaughtered for them? Will even these suffice ? Or should all the fish of the sea be collected for them, would this be

23 sufficient for them? And the Lord said to Moses, Cannot the hand of the Lordfurnisha sufficiency? Thou shalt nowseewhe-

24 ther my word shall come to pass to thee or not. Then Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord. And when he had assembled seventy men from among the elders of the peopie, and placed them around the tabernacle, the Lord descend-

25 ed in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took a portion of the spirit which was upon him, and put it on the seventy elders. And

26 soon as the spirit rested on them, they prophesied. Now there were two who had not joined them, but were left in the camp. The name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other, Modad; and the spirit rested on them. They were of those who were written down, but they had not come to the taber-

27 nacle. And when they prophesied in the camp, there ran a

28 young man, who told Moses, saying, Eldad and Modad are prophesying in the camp. Upon which Joshua the son of Nave, who was the chosen attendant of Moses, addressing

29 him said, My lord Moses, forbid them. But Moses said to him, Thou shouldst not envy, on my account. O that the people of the Lord had all been made prophets when the Lord

30 put his spirit on these! Then Moses went into the camp, ac-

31 companied with the elders of Israel; and there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought a flock of quails from the sea, and drove them upon the camp, a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on that side, all around the camp about

32 two cubits from the ground^ *Vliereupon the people arose, and all that day, and all that ^°°ht, and all the next day, they gathered the flocks of quails," and he who gathered the fewest

33 collected ten cores. Though they had heated for themselves kilns all around the camp, the flesh was already between their teeth before it was quite dead. Whereupon the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the

34 people with a very great plague, so that the name of that place was called Monuments of longing desire; because they had there buried the people who had expressed such a longing desire.

35 From the Monuments of longing desire, the people removed XII. to Aseroth; and while they were at Ascroth, Mariam and

Aaron spoke against Moses, because of the Ethiopian woman

2 whom Moses had taken; because he had taken to wife an Ethiopian woman, therefore they said, Hath the Lord spoken

3 to Moses only ? Hath he not spoken to us also ? (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men on the earth,) And when the Lord heard, the Lord immediately said to Moses, and Aaron, and Mariam. Come forth you three to the ta-

4 bernacle of the testimony. And when they three came out to

5 the tabernacle of the testimony, the Lord descended in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of the testi-

6 mony, and Aaron and Mariam were called. And when they both came out he said to them, Hear my words. If there be a prophet among you to the Lord, I will make myself known to

7 him by a vision, and speak to him in sleep. Not so with respect

8 to my servant Moses. In all my house he is faithful. Mouth to mouth, I will speak to him personally, and not in dark sentences. He hath actually seen the glory of God. Why then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses.

9 And the wrath of the Lord was upon them, and the cloud withdrew from the tabernacle, and behold Mariam was le-

10 prous like snow. When Aaron looked on Mariam, and behold she was leprous, he said to Moses, O my lord, impute

11 not sin to us, because we have acted ignorantly—because we

12 have sinned, Let her not be as dead, as an abortive, for it de-

13 voureth the half of her flesh. Whereupon Moses cryed to the

14 Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her. And the Lord said to Moses, If her father iad spit in her face, would she not be ashamed seven days ? *ive her be set apart seven days,

15 without the camp, and after that let her come in. So Mariam was set apart without the camp, seven days, and the people did

CIII. not remove till Mariam was cleansed. And after this the people removed from Aseroth, and encamped in the wil-

2 derness of Pharan. And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Send men, and let them examine for thee the land of the Cha- nanites, which I am about to give to the children of Israel for a possession. Thou shalt send a man for every tribe; according to the communities of their patriarchal families, thou shalt send them, every one a leader among them.

3 So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Pharan, by the

4 command of the Lord. All the men were principal officers of the children of Israel, and these were their names—Of the tribe of Reuben, Samuel, son of Zachur; of the tribe of Sy- meon, Saphat, son of Suri; Of the tribe of Judas, Chaleb, son of Jephonne; of the tribe of Issachar, Ilaal, son of Joseph; of the tribe of Ephraim, Ause, son of Nave; of the tribe of Ben-

jamin, Phalti, son of Raphu ; of the tribe of Zabulon, Gudiel, son of Sudi; of the tribe of Joseph—of the Manassites, Gad- di, son of Susi; of the tribe of Dan, Amiel, son of Gamali; of the tribe of Aser, Sathur, son of Michael; of the tribe of Nephthaleim, Nabi, son of Sabi; of the tribe of Gad, Gudiel, son of Makchi.

16 These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land : (now Moses had surnamed Ause, son of Nave,

17 Joshua.) And upon sending them to view the land of Chanaan,

18 Moses said to them, Having gone up through this wilderness, you shall go up to the mountain, and view the land, of what sort it is; and the people who are settled in it, whether they be

19 strong or weak ; whether few or many; and what sort of a country it is in which they are settled, whether it is good or bad; and what sort of cities they inhabit, whether they dwell

20 in cities with walls, or without walls; and what the quality of the soil is, whether rich or poor; and whether there are trees there, or not. And having made a strict examination, you will bring with you some of the fruits of the land: (for their days, it being then the spring season, would reach to the time of the first ripe

21 grapes.) So they went up, and viewed the country from the

22 wilderness of Sin, as far as Roob on the way to Aimath. Then they went up, on a course parallel with the front of the desart ; then turned down to Chebron, where were the Achimans and the Sessians, and the Thelamins, descendants of Enaeh. Now

23 Chebron was built seven years before Tanis in Egypt. And having come to the valley of grapes, and viewed it, they cut there a branch with a cluster of grapes on it, and carried it on

24 poles, with some pomegranates and figs: and they called the name of that place, Valley of Grapes ; because of the bunch

25 of grapes which the children of Israel cut there. And having viewed the land, they set out thence on their return, after forty

26 days, and journeying on came to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation of the Israelites in the wilderness of Pharan Kades, and made report to them and to all the congregation,

27 and shewed them the fruit of the land. And they gave him a minute detail and said, We went to the country to which thou didst send us, a land flowing with milk and honey, and this

28 is the fruit of it. But nevertheless because the nation which inhabiteth it is bold and the cities strong, defended with walls, and very large, and we have seen there the race of Enach; and

29 the Amalekites dwell in the land to the south, and the Chet- tites, and-the Evites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, inhabit the hilly country ; and the Chananites dwell on the sea

30 shore, and along the river Jordan—(Here Chaleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, We have only to go up, and

31 we shall possess it, for we are stronger than they. But the men who went up with him said) We will not go up; for we are not able to go up against that nation ; for it is much more power-

32 ful than we arc. And they gave an astonishing account of the land which they had viewed, to the children of Israel, saying, The land through which we passed to view it, is a land which devoureth them who dwell therein; and all the people

33 which we saw are men of immense stature. There indeed we XIV. saw the giants, and we were before them like grasshoppers—indeed we were nothing else before them. Upon this, all the congregation, raising their voices, shouted aloud, and

2 the people wept that whole night. And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or even

3 in this wilderness ! If we must die, why doth the Lord lead us into that land to fall in battle ? Our wives and our children will be for a prey. Now therefore it is better for us to return

4 to Egypt. Then they said to one another, Let us appoint a

5 leader, and return to Egypt. Upon this Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the congregation of the children of Is-

6 rael, and Joshua the son of Nave, and Chaleb the son of Je- phonne, two of them who had viewed the land, rent their

7 clothes, and spoke to all the congregation of the Israelites, say-

8 ing, The land which we viewed is indeed a most excellent land. If the Lord delighteth in us, he will lead us to that land,

9 and give it to us. It is a land flowing with milk and honey. Only rebel not against the Lord, and you need not be afraid of the people of the land, for they are food for us. For their time

10 is over, and the Lord is with us. Fear them not. And when all the congregation ordered to stone them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud, over the tabernacle

11 of the testimony, to all the children of Israel. And the Lord said to Moses, How long shall this people provoke me ? And how long will they disbelieve me, notwithstanding all the mi,

12 racles which I have done among them? Let me smite them with pestilence and destroy them, and I will make thee and the house of thy father a great nation and much more numes-

13 rous than this. Thereupon Moses said to the Lord, Though Egypt may publish that thou by thy mighty power didst bring

14 this people out from among them—Nay though all the inhabitants of this land have heard that thou the Lord art among this people—that they with their eyes may behold thee, O Lord, exposed to view; and that thy cloud hath stood over them, and that thou marchest before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; yet when thou shalt destroy this

15 people as one man, then will all the nations who have heard of

16 thy name speak, saying, Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which, with an oath, he promised

17 them, he hath destroyed them in the wilderness. Now therefore let thy power, O Lord, be exalted. As thou hast spoken, saying, " The Lord is long suffering, abundant in mercy and

18 true, taking away iniquities, transgressions and sins; and, when he will not by purification clear the guilty, retributing the sins of fathers on children to the third and fourth generation,"

19 forgive the sin of this people according to thy great mercy, as thou hast been gracious to them from Egypt even to this time.

20 Then the Lord said to Moses, I am merciful to them accord-

21 ing to thy word. But as I live, and my name liveth, and the

22 glory of the Lord shall fill the whole earth; because all these men, who have seen my glory, and the wonders which I have done in Egypt, and in this wilderness, have actually tempted

23 me now the tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice, they indeed shall not see the land which I, with an oath, promised their fathers. But with regard to their children who are here with me—as many as have not known good or evil—every one who is too young to- be taught by experience, to them I

24 will give the land. As for all them who have provoked me, they shall not see it; But with regard to my servant Chaleb, be- cause there was a different spirit in him, and he followed me, him I will bring into the land to which he went, and his seed

25 shall inherit it. Now the Amalekites and the Chananites dwell

in that valley, turn therefore to-morrow, and remove into the wilderness by the way to the Red sea.

26 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

27 How long shall I bear with this wicked congregation? I have heard what they murmur before me—the murmuring of the Israelites which they have uttered concerning you, Say to

28 them, As I live, saith the Lord, As you have spoken in my

29 hearing, so will I actually do to you. In this wilderness your carcasses shall fall—the whole review of you—even all of you who have been reviewed, from twenty years old, and upwards, who

30 have murmured against me. None of you shall come into that land, respecting which I stretched forth my hand to cause you to dwell therein, save only Chaleb son of Jephonne, and Jqshua

31 son of Nave. But as for your children, which you said would be for a prey, them I will bring into the land, and they shall

32 inherit that land which you have rejected. Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and in this wilderness your children shall

33 be fed forty years. They shall bear your whoredom until your

34 carcasses are consumed in the wilderness. According to the number of days in which you explored the land, counting each of the forty days a year, you shall bear your sins forty years, and shall know the vengeance of my wrath. I the Lord

35 have spoken. In this manner I will assuredly deal with this

36 wicked congregation, which hath risen up against me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die, with those men whom Moses sent to view the land, and who, on their return, murmured against it before the congregation,

37 to raise an evil report concerning it. Now the men who spoke

38 ill against the land were struck dead before the Lord, and Joshua son of Nave and Chaleb son of Jephonne alone survived of all the men who had gone to view the land.

39 When Moses rehearsed these words to all the children of Is-

40 rael, the people mourned exceedingly, and rising early the next morning they went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, here we are, we will go up to the place which the Lord

41 hath said, for we have sinned. Though Moses said, Why do you transgress the command of the Lord? Things will not

42 prosper with you. Do not go up, for the Lord is not with you.

43 You will therefore fall before the face of your enemies. Be-

cause the Amalekites and the Chananites are there before you, you will therefore fall by the sword. Because you have turned back, and disobeyed the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be

44 among you. Notwithstanding this, they obstinately went up to the top of the mountain; but the ark of the covenant of the

45 Lord, and Moses, did not depart out of the camp. And the Amalekites and the Chananites, who were in ambush on the mountain, came down, and drove them back, and smote them even to Ermon. So they returned to the camp.

XV. Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the

2 children of Israel, and thou shall say to them, When you are

3 come into the land of your habitation, which I give you, and thou wilt offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, whether it be an offering of homage, or a sacrifice to magnify a vow, or a free will offering; or at your festivals, to make a smell of fra-

grance to the Lord; if they be from the herds or the flocks, he

4 who bringeth his gift to the Lord must also bring for a sacrifice of flour, the tenth of an ephah of fine flour, made up with

5 the fourth of an hin of oil—and for a libation you shall pour the fourth of an hin of wine upon the whole burnt offering, or. upon the sacrifice; for every lamb you shall do this, as an of-

6 fering of homage, a smell of fragrance for the Lord: But for a ram, when you offer one, for a whole burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, thou shall offer two tenths of fine flour, made up with

7 the third of an hin of oil, for a sacrifice: and for a libation you shall offer a third of an hin of wine, for a smell of fragrance to

8 the Lord. And if you make your offering from the herds, for a whole burnt offering, or for a sacrifice to magnify a vow, or

9 for an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord; he who offereth must bring, with the young bull, three tenths of fine flour mix-

10 ed up with the half of an hin of oil, for a sacrifice; and the half of an hin of wine for a libation, as an offering of homage, a

11 smell of fragrance for the Lord. Thus thou shall do for every young bull, or for every ram, or for every lamb, or kid of the

12 goats. According to the number which you offer, thus you

13 shah1 do for every one, according lo their number. Every one born in the land shall prepare these things in this manner, when he makcth offerings of homage for a smell of fragrance for the

14 Lord. And if there be a proselyte among you in your land, or

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whoever there may be among your generations, who will make an offering of homage, a smell of fragrance for the Lord, in the same manner as you do, so shall he do. The congregation is the Lord's.

15 There shall be one law for you, and for the proselytes among you is a perpetual law for your generations. As you are, so shall

16 the proselyte be before trie Lord. There shall be one law, and one rule of rectitude for you and for the proselyte settled among you.

17 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the chil-

18 dren of Israel, and thou shall say to them, When you come to the land to which I am conducting you, this must be done.

19 When you are about to eat of the bread of the land, you shall

20 set apart a separate portion as a dedication to the Lord. As the first fruits of your dough you shalt set apart a loaf for this

21 separate portion. As a dedication from the threshing floor, so shall you set this apart, as the first portion of your dough, and you shall give it to the Lord as a dedication throughout your

22 generations. And when you shall be guilty of a failure, and shall not have performed all these commands which the Lord

23 hath delivered to Moses—even all that the Lord hath enjoined on you by the ministry of Moses, from the day the Lord gave them in charge to you, and thenceforward throughout your

24 generations, then shall this be done. If, escaping the notice of the congregation, it hath been done inadvertently, the whole congregation shall offer a young bull from the herd, without blemish, for a whole burnt offering, for a smell of fragrance for the Lord, with its sacrifice, and its libation, according to the rule prescribed, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.

25 And the priest shall make atonement for the whole congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them. Because it was done through inadvertency, and they have brought their gift, an offering of homage to the Lord for their

26 sin before the Lord, for their involuntary acts; therefore forgiveness shall be extended to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, even to the stranger settled among you;

27 because it was an act of ignorance in the whole people. And if any individual sin ignorantly, he shall bring a she-goat of

28 the first year for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an

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atonement for the person who hath been guilty through igno-

29 ranee, and hath sinned inadvertently before the Lord. In making atonement for him who shall act inadvertently, there shall be the same law for the stranger among the children of Israel, and for the proselyte who hath joined them and sinned inad-

30 vertently, as for them. But if any person, whether a native or a proselyte, shall presumptuously transgress, he provoketh

31 God; that person shall be cut off from among his people. Because he hath despised the statute of the Lord, and hath broken his commandments, that person shall be blotted out: his sin shall be upon him.

32 When the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they

33 found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. And they who found him gathering wood on the sabbath day, brought him before Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation of

34 the children of Israel; and they committed him to custody, for it had not been determined what should be done to him.

35 Whereupon the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Let the man be put to death. Let all the congregation stone him with stones.

36 So all the congregation led him out of the camp, and the whole congregation stoned him with stones without the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

37 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the chil-

38 dren of Israel, and thou shalt say to them. Let them make for themselves tufts on the corners of their mantles, throughout all their generations; and on the tufts at the corners you shall put a blue ribbon, and have it on the tufts, that when

39 you see them you may remember all the commands of the Lord, and do them, and not turn aside after your imaginations, and your own eyes, by following of which you have gone a

40 whoring—that you may remember, and do all my commands,

41 and be dedicated to your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. I the Lord am your God.

XVI. When Kore son of Issaar, son of Kaath, son of Lcvi,

spoke, backed by Dathan and Abiron, the son of Eliab, and

2 by Aun, son of Phaleth, son of Reuben,—when they rose up

against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the sons of

Israel, leaders of the congregation, eminent for counsel and

3 men of renown—when they rose in a body against Moses and Aaron, and said, Be it known to you that the whole congregation are holy, and the Lord is among them. Why then do

4 you set yourselves against the congregation of the Lord? Moses, upon hearing this, fell on his face, and spoke to Kore,

5 and to all his company, saying, God hath seen and known who are his, and who are holy, and hath brought them near

6 to himself. Even those whom he chose he hath brought near to

7 himself. Do this. Take for yourselves censers, thou Kore, and all you his company; and put fire therein, and lay incense

8 thereon before the Lord to-morrow. And let the man whom the Lord hath chosen be the holy man. Let this suffice you, ye sons of Levi. Moreover, Moses said to Kore, Hearken to

9 me, ye sons of Levi; Is this a small thing to you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from among the congregation of Israel, and brought you near to himself, to perform the holy services of the tabemacle of the Lord, and to attend before

10 the tabernacle to perform them ? He hath indeed brought thec near, and all thy brethren the children of Levi with thee. And do

11 you seek in this manner to officiate also as priests—Thou and all this thy company who are tumultuously assembled before God ? As for Aaron, who is he that you murmur against him ?

12 Then Moses sent for Dathan and Abiron, the sons of Eliab ;

13 but they said we will not go up. Is it a small matter that thou hast been bringing us up to a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in this wilderness, that thou tyrannisest over us?

14 Thou art a chief! And thou hast brought us to a land flowing with milk and honey! and hast given us a portion of land,

15 and vineyards ! Fain wouldst thou put out the eyes of these men ! We will not go up. Upon this Moses was greatly in- censed, and said to the Lord, Respect not their sacrifice. I have not taken from any of them an object of desire, nor have

161 injured any of them. Then Moses said to Kore, Hallow thy company and be ready before the Lord, thou and Aaron and

17 they, to-morrow. And take every one his censer, and put in- cense thereon, and present before the Lord, every one, his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also and Aaron, each

18 his censer. And when every one had taken his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense on it, and Moses and Aaron stood

19 at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony; and Kore had collected against them all his company, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, the glory of the Lord appeared to

20 the whole congregation. And the Lord spoke to Moses and

21 Aaron saying, Separate yourselves from among this congre-

22 gation, and I will consume them all at once. At this they fell on their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits even, of all flesh ! If one man hath sinned, is the wrath of the Lord

23 against the whole congregation ? Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the congregation, and say, Withdraw all

24 around from the congregation of Kore. Accordingly Moses,

25 arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron; and all the elders of

26 Israel accompanied him. And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Separate yourselves from the tents of these wicked men, and touch not any of the things which belong to them,

27 lest you be consumed with them in their sins. And when they had drawn back, all around, from the tent of Kore, Dathan and Abiron came out, and stood at the doors of their tents,

28 with their wives and their children, and their attendants. And Moses said, By this you shall know that the Lord hath sent

29 me to do all these works, and that they are not of myself.—If these men die the common death of all men; or if their visitation be according to the visitation of all men, the Lord

30 hath not sent me: but if the Lord demonstrate by a miracle, and the earth opening its mouth, shall swallow up them and their households, and their tents, and all that belong to them; and they go down alive to the mansion of the dead; then you

31 will know that these men have provoked the Lord. And when he had made an end of speaking all these words, the earth was

32 rent under them; and the earth opened; and it swallowed up them, and their households, and all the men who were with

33 Kore, and all their cattle. And they, and all that belonged to them, went down alive to the mansion of the dead, and the

34 earth covered them. And they were destroyed from among the congregation. And all the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry; for they said, Perhaps the earth may swallow

35 us up. And there went forth a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men, who were offering incense!

36 Then the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, the son of Aaron, Gather up the brasen censers from among

37 them who were burned; but as for die strange fire, scatter it

38 there. Because they have hallowed the censers of these sinful men with their lives, therefore make them up into thin plates, as a cover for the altar. Because they were presented before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed, and made a sign for the

39 children of Israel. So Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, took the brasen censers which they who were burned up had

40 presented; and of them made a cover for the altar, a memorial to the children of Israel, that none of another family, who is not of the seed of Aaron, should come near to present incense before the Lord, lest he be like Kore, and his confederacy, as the Lord spoke to him by the ministry of Moses.

41 On the next day, when the people murmured against Mo-

42 ses and Aaron, saying, You have slain the people of the Lord— when, in their insurrection against Moses and Aaron, the congregation were rushing upon the tabernacle of the testimony,

43 the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared: And Moses went in, with Aaron, in front of the tabernacle of the

44 testimony, and the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,

45 Withdraw from among this congregation, and I will destroy

46 them all at once. Whereupon they fell on their face. And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put therein fire from the altar, and throw incense on it, and carry it with all haste to the camp, and make atonement for them; for wrath is gone forth from the presence of the Lord, and hath begun to slay

47 the people. So Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran into the congregation; (Now the destruction among the people had already begun) and he threw on the incense, and

48 made atonement for the people, and stood between the dead

49 and the living; and the plague ceased. Now they who died by the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died on the account of Kore.

50 When Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the taber- XVII. nacle of the testimony, and the plague had ceased, the

2 Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and take of them a staff—a staff for every house of patriarchal families—from all the chiefs of the respective houses of patri-

3 archal families twelve staves; and write every one's name on his staff; and on the staff of Levi write Aaron's name; for he is one staff. The chief of the house of the head family in every

4 tribe shall give; and thou shall lay them in the tabernacle of

5 the testimony, over against the testimony. By these I will there make myself known to thee; and it shall come to pass, that the staff of the man whom I will chuse, shall bloom; and I will remove from me this murmuring of the children of Israel, which

6 they murmur against you. So Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all the chiefs gave him, every one a staff—for every chief a staff, according to the houses of their patriarchal fami-

7 lies, twelve staves, with Aaron's staff among theirs. And Moses laid the staves before the Lord in the tabernacle of the tes-

8 timony. And on the next day when Moses went in, with Aaron, into the tabernacle of the testimony, behold Aaron's staff, for the house of Levi, had bloomed, and brought forth a bud, and

9 had shot forth blossoms, and produced almonds. And Moses brought out all the staves from the presence of the Lord, before all the children of Israel. And when they saw and had

10 taken, every one his staff, the Lord said to Moses, Lay up Aaron's staff again before the testimonies, to be kept as a sign for the children of these rebellious men; and let their murmur-

11 ing cease from me that they may not die. So Moses and Aaron

12 did as the Lord commanded Moses. And when they had done so, the sons of Israel spoke to Moses* saying, Behold, we have been wasted, we have been destroyed, we have been cut off

13 suddenly; every one who toucheth the tabernacle of the Lord XVIII. dieth. Must we all die? whereupon the Lord spoke to

Aaron, saying, Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father,

2 shall bear the sins of the holy things; and thou, and thy sons, shall bear the sins of your priesthood; take therefore to thyself thy brethren, the tribe of Levi, the community of thy father, and let them be joined to thee, and perform holy service for thee.

3 While thou, and thy sons with thee, are before the tabernacle of the testimony, they shall keep guard for thee, and guard the tabernacle of the testimony: but let them not approach to the holy utensils, nor to the altar, lest they die, and you with them.

4 They shall be joined with thee, and shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony, according: to all the holy services of the tabernacle, and none of another family shall come to thec.

5 And you shall keep the charge of the holy things, and of the altar, so that there shall not be wrath among the children of Is-

6 rael. I have indeed taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel, as a gift presented to the Lord to

7 perform the services of the tabernacle of the testimony; therefore thou, and thy sons with thee, shall keep your priesthood, as far as the altar is concerned, and what is within the veil; and you shall perform these services as a privilege of your priesthood ; and any one of another family who approacheth shall be put to death.

8 Moreover the Lord said to Aaron, Behold I have given you the charge of the separated portions taken from all the dedications made to me by the children of Israel. To thee I

9 have given them fora reward; and to thy sons after thee. Let this therefore be your perpetual due from the hallowed dedications of the homage offerings—from all their gifts, and from all their sacrifices, and from all their trespass offerings, and from all their sin offerings. Whatever they give me, a portion of the hallow-

10 ed things shall be for thee and thy sons. In the holy place of the holies you shall eat them. Every male, namely, thou and

11 thy sons shall eat them. They shall be hallowed to thee. You shall have also a portion from the dedications which the Israelites make by setting apart, and from all the dedications made by being laid on hands—These I have given to thee, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, as an everlasting due.

12 Every one in thy house, who is clean, may eat these. Every dedication of oil, and every dedication of wine, every dedication of food of all kinds which they give to the Lord, these I

13 have given to thee. All the first fruits in their land, which they bring for the Lord, shall belong to thee. Every one in thy

14 house, who is clean, may eat these. Every thing which is de-

15 voted by the children of Israel shall belong to thee. And every firstling of all flesh, which they bring for the Lord, whether of man or beast, shall belong to thee: but the first born of man shall be redeemed, and thou shalt cause them to redeem the

16 firstlings of all cattle which are not clean. Now the redemption of the former, at a month old, shall be the set price of five she-

17 kels after the holy shekel, which is twenty oboli: but the first-

lings of kine, and the firstlings of sheep, and the firstlings of goats, thou shalt not suffer them to redeem. They are hallowed ; therefore thou shalt pour out their blood before the altar, and offer their suet as an offering of homage, for a smell of fra-

18 grance for the Lord. And the flesh shall be for thee. Like the dedicated breast, and like the right shoulder, it shall be thine.

19 Every dedication of holy things, which the children of Israel set apart for the Lord, I have given to thee, and thy sons, and thy daughters, as an everlasting due. It is a covenant of salt for ever, before the Lord, with thee and thy seed after thee.

20 Moreover the Lord said to Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, nor shalt thou have a portion among them; for I am thy portion, and thy inheritance, among the

21 children of Israel. And behold I have given the Levites all the

22 tenth in Israel, as a portion for their services. Inasmuch as they are to perform service at the tabernacle of the testimony, and the children of Israel are no more to come to the tabernacle of

23 the testimony, to bear a sin which incurreth death, but the Levites themselves are to perform the service of the tabernacle, and to bear their sins, this shall be a perpetual due for their generations, and they shall have no inheritance among the chil-

24 dren of Israel. Because I have given the Levites for their portion the tithes of the children of Israel, which they set apart for the Lord, as a dedication, therefore I have said to them, they shall have no lot of inheritance among the Israelites.

25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Thou shalt speak to the Levites and say to them; When you take from the chil-

26 dren of Israel the tenth which I have given you from them for

27 a lot of inheritance, you shall set apart from it, as a dedication for the Lord, a tenth of the tenth; and these dedications of yours shall be reckoned to you as corn from the threshing

28 floor, and as a dedication from the press. Thus you shall acquit yourselves of all the dedications of the Lord—of all your

29 tenths which you receive from the children of Israel. And you shall give the dedication set apart from it for the Lord to Aaron the priest. From all your gifts you shall set apart a dedication for the Lord, and from all the first fruits, the hallowed

30 part of it. Moreover thou shalt say unto them, When you set apart the first fruits of it, then it shall be reckoned to the Le-

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vites as produce from the threshing floor, and as produce from

31 the press. And you may eat it every where, you and your households. Because it is your wages for your services which

32 you perform at the tabernacle of the testimony ; therefore you shall not bear sin by reason of it, because you have set apart the first fruits of it. But you must not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die.

XIX. Again the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, This is the purification of the law in respect to all the things

2 which the Lord hath enjoined, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and let them bring thee a red heifer, without blemish, which hath no spot in her, and on which there hath

3 never been put a yoke. And thou shalt give her to Eleazar the priest; and they shall lead her out of the camp, to a clean

4 place, and kill her in his presence. And Eleazar shall take some of the blood thereof, and shall sprinkle, over against the front of the tabernacle of the testimony, some of the blood

5 thereof, seven times. Then they shall burn her in his sight; C and when her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, and dung,

are burned, the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the midst of the cinders of

7 the heifer. Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and wash his whole body with water, and, after that, he shall come into

8 the camp. And the priest shall be unclean until the evening. And he who burned her shall wash his clothes, and wash his

9 body with water, and be unclean until evening. And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them without the camp, in a clean place, and water of sprink-, ling shall be kept in store for the congregation of Israel. It is

10 a purification. And he who gathereth up the ashes of the heifer, shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even-

11 ing. And it shall be for the children of Israel, and for the proselytes who have joined them, an everlasting ordinance, that whoever toucheth the dead body of a man shall be unclean

12 seven days. He shall be purified on the third, and on the seventh day, then he shall be clean: but if he be not purified on

13 the third, and on the seventh day, he shall not be clean. If any person, who hath touched the dead, die, without being purified, he hath defiled the tabernacle of the Lord; that soul shall be blotted out from among Israel. Because the water of sprink-

14 ling hath not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean. His impurity is still in him. This also is the law, that if any man die in a house, every one who goeth into the house, and all the things

15 in the house, shall be unclean seven days. And every open ves-

16 sel which hath not a cover fastened on it, is unclean. And every one who, in the open field, toucheth one slain, or dead,

17 or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Now, for one who is unclean, they shall take some of the

18 burnt ashes of the purification, and pour spring water thereon, in a vessel; and a man who is clean shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the house, and on the vessels, and on the persons who may be in the house, and on him who hath touched a human bone, or a man who

19 hath been slain, or one dead, or a grave. The clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day. And on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and

20 be unclean until evening. And whoever shall be defiled, and not purified, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation, because he hath defiled the holy things of the Lord. Because the water of sprinkling hath not been sprinkled on him, he is un-

21 clean. And it shall be an everlasting statute for you, that he who sprinkleth the water of sprinkling, shall wash his clothes; and he who toucheth the water of sprinkling shall be unclean

22 until evening: and whatever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean ; and the person who toucheth it shall be unclean until evening.

XX. When the children of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Sin, in the first month, the people took up their abode at Kades; and there Mariam died, and there she

2 was buried. And there being no water for the congregation,

3 they assembled tumultuously against Moses and Aaron; and the people reviled Moses, and said; O! that we had died in the

4 destruction of our brethren before the Lord ! Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, io

5 kill us and our cattle ? Why is this ? Have you brought us out of Egypt, that we might come to this vile place—a place where no seed can be sown, where there are no fig trees, nor

6 vines, nor pomegranates, nor even water to drink ? Where- upon Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the congregation, to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and fett on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them.

7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take thy staff, and as-

8 semble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother; and speak to that rock before them, and it will give its water. And you shall bring water for them from that rock, and give drink

9 to the congregation, and their cattle. So Moses took the staff

10 which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded. And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation, at some distance over against the rock, and he said to them, Hear me, ye rebels!

11 Can we bring water for you out of this rock ? Then Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock twice with the staff, and there gushed out much water, so that the congregation,

12 and their cattle, drank. Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you have not believed, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, therefore you shall not lead this congre-

13 gation into the land which I have given them. This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel uttered reproaches before the Lord, and he was hallowed among them.

14 Then Moses sent messengers from Kades, to the king of Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest

15 all the trouble that hath befallen us. Our fathers went down in-

16 to Egypt, and we have sojourned in Egypt many years. And when the Egyptians ill treated us and our fathers, we cried to the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to our voice; and having sent a messenger he hath brought us out of Egypt, and we are

17 now at Kades, a city on the extremity of thy borders. Let us pass through thy land. We will not march through the fields, nor vineyards, nor drink water out of thy cisterns. We will march along the king's high way, and will not turn aside to the right, nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass through me. If

19 thou attempt it, I will come out to meet thee in battle. Whereupon the children of Israel said, Let us pass through along the mountains, and if I, or my cattle drink of thy water, I will make thee compensation. Grant but this. It is but a small

20 matter. Let us march through along the mountain. But he

said, Thou shalt not pass through me. And Edom came out

21 to meet him with a great multitude, and a strong hand. As Edom would not grant Israel a passage through his borders,

22 therefore they turned aside from him; and having removed from Kades, the Israelites—the whole congregation came to mount Hor.

23 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron at mount Hor, on the borders of the land of Edom, saying, Let Aaron be

24 gathered to his people. For you shall not enter the land which I have given the children of Israel for a possession, because

25 you provoked me at the water of strife. Take Aaron thy brother, and Eleazar his son, and make them go up to mount

26 Hor, in the view of the whole congregation, and strip Aaron of his robes, ana put them on Eleazar his son : and let Aaron be

27 composed, and die there. So Moses did as the Lord commanded him.—And having taken them up to mount Hor, in

28 the view of the whole congregation, he stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died on the top of the mount. And Moses and Eleazar came down

29 from the mount. And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days.

XXI. When the Chananite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in front of the wilderness, heard that Israel was coming by the

2 way of Atharim, he made war on Israel, and took some of them prisoners; whereupon Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will

3 devote them and their cities to destruction. And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up these Cha- nanites into their hands, and they anathematised them and their cities, and called the name of that place Anathema.

4 Now when they had removed from mount Hor, by the way to the Red sea, and were marching round the land of Edom, the people became dispirited in the march, and spoke

5 against God, and against Moses, saying, Why hast thou brought us out of Egypt to kill us in this wilderness; for we have neither bread, nor water, and our soul loatheth this

6 light food. Whereupon the Lord sent the most deadly ser-

7 pents among the people, and they bit the people. And when many of the children of Israel died, the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee ; pray therefore to the Lord,

8 and let him take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed to the Lord for the people, and the Lord said to Moses, Make thee a serpent, and put it on a standard ; and it shall come to pass that when a serpent biteth a man, every one who is bit-

9 ten shall live by looking at that. So Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it on a standard, and it came to pass that when a serpent bit a man, he looked up to that serpent, and lived.

10 And the Israelites removed, and encamped at Oboth; and

11 having removed from Oboth, they encamped at Achelgai, on the borders of the desart, which is in front of Moab, towards

12 the rising of the sun. And removing from that place, they encamped in the vale of Zared, from which they removed, and

13 encamped on the banks of Arnon, in the wilderness, on the borders of the Amorites; for Arnon is the boundary of Moab,

14 between Moab and the Amorites. For this cause it is said in a book,

The war of the Lord burned Zoob and the vales of Arnon,

15 And made the vales the habitation of Er; And he adjoineth the borders of Moab.

16 Thence they came to Well; this is the well concerning which the Lord said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will

17 give them water to drink. Then sung Israel this song to the well,

Begin to him the alternate song of the well.

18 Chiefs digged it: the kings of nations hewed it out, In their reign when they ruled over them.

19 And from Well they moved on to Manthanaiem; and from

20 Manthanaeim to Naaliel; and from Naaliel to Bamoth; and from Bamoth to Nepe, which is in that plain of Moab bordering on the craggy cliff, namely, that which looketh towards the wilderness.

21 Now Moses had sent messengers to Seon, king of the

22 Amorites, with a message of peace, saying, Let us pass through thy land. We will march by the highway; we will not turn aside into the fields, nor into the vineyards ; nor will we drink water out of thy wells. Let us march along the king's highway,

23 until we pass thy borders. But Seon would not grant Israel a passage through his territories. He indeed assembled all his people, and went out to the wilderness, to attack Israel, and

24 came to Jessa, and drew up in array against Israel. Where- upon Israel smote him with the slaughter of the sword, and took possession of his land, from Arnon to Jabok, even to the

25 Ammanites ; for Jazer is the boundary of the Ammanites. So Israel took all those cities; and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Hesebon, and in all those under the same do-

26 minion with it; for Hesebon was the city of Seon the king of the Amorites. He indeed had made war on a former king of Moab, and had taken all his land from Aroer to Arnon ; for this cause the poets say,

27 Come to Hesebon that it may be rebuilded,
And that the city of Seon may be inhabited.

28 For a fire went forth from Hesebon—
And a flame from the city of Seon;
Which devoured even to Moab—
Which devoured the pillars of Arnon.

29 Alas! for thee O Moab!

Thou wast undone, O people of Chamos!
Their sons were delivered up to save their lives;
And their daughters were captives to Seon, king of the
Amorites,

30 And their seed was destroyed from Hesebon even to

Daibon.
And against Moab their wives rekindled a fire.

31 And when Israel had taken possession of all the cities of the

32 Amorites: Moses sent to view Jazer, and they took it, and all

33 the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites who were there. Then they turned and went up by the way of Basan, And when Og king of Basan came out to meet them, he and all his people, for battle at Adraim, the Lord said to Moses,

34 Be not afraid of him; for into thy hands I will deliver him, and all his people, and all his land; And thou shalt do to him, as thou hast done to Seon, the king of the Amorites, who dwelt

35 at Hesebon. So he smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was not one left to be taken alive. And they took possession of their land.

XXII. When the Israelites had removed, and pitched their tents on the west of Moab, along the Jordan, over against Je-

2 richo; and Balak, son of Sepphor, had seen all that Israel had

3 done to the Amorites, though Moab was exceedingly afraid of the people because they were numerous, yet Moab was incensed at the sight of the Israelites, and said to the Senate of

4 Madiam, Now will this congregation lick up all around us, as

5 the ox licketh up the grass of the field. Now Balak, son of Sepphor, was at that time king of Moab, he therefore had sent messengers to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pathoura, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to invite him. to come to him, saying, Behold there is a people come out of Egypt; and lo! they have covered the face of this land, and art

6 settled down near me. Now therefore come, curse for me this people; for they are stronger than I. Perhaps I may be able to smite'some of them, and drive them out of this land: for I know that they whom thou blessest are blessed, and they whom thou

7 cursest are cursed. So the ambassadors of Moab, and the ambassadors of Madiam, went with the rewards of divination in their

8 hands, and when they came to Balaam, and rehearsed to him the words of Balak, he said to them, Tarry here this night, and I will

9 give you an answer according to what the Lord shall say to me. So the chiefs of Moab tarried with Balaam. And God came to Ba-

10 laam, and said to him, What would these men with thee? And Balaam said to God, Balak son of Sepphor, king of Moab, hath

11 sent them to me, saying, Behold there is a people come out of Egypt, who have covered the face of this land, and they are settled down near me; now therefore come and curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out

12 of this land. Thereupon God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not

13 go with them, nor curse that people, for they are blessed. So when Balaam arose in the morning, he said to the chiefs of Balak, Return speedily to your Lord, for God doth not permit

14 me to go with you. And the chiefs of Moab arose, and went to Balak, and said to him, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

15 Then Balak sent again other princes, more in number, and of

16 greater dignity than them, and they went to Balaam and said to him, Thus saith Balak, the son of Sepphor, I entreat thee delay

17 not to come to me, for I will promote thee to great honour.

and do for thee whatever thou sayest; therefore come, curse

18 this people for me. In reply to which Balaam said to the princes of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot transgress the word of the Lord God, to do

19 any thing, small or great, of my own mere will. Now therefore tarry you also here this night, that I may know what the Lord

20 will further say to me. And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, If these men come to call thee, arise and go

21 with them: but what I say to thee, that thou shalt do. Whereupon Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his ass, and

22 went with the princes of Moab. And God was angry, because he went of himself to him; and the angel of God arose to stop him on the way. Now he was mounted on his ass, and had two

23 servants with him. And when the ass saw the angel of God standing opposite, in the way, with a drawn sword in his hand, the ass turned aside out of the way into the field; at which he

24 struck the ass with his staff, to turn her into the road. Then the angel of God took a station between the rows of the vines,

25 there being a hedge on this side, and a hedge on that. And when the ass saw the angel of God, she threw herself against the wall, and bruised Balaam's foot against the wall. Where -

26 upon he struck her again. Then the angel of God again retired, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no turning,

27 to the right, or to the left. And when the ass saw the angel of God, she lay down under Balaam; at which Balaam was inflamed with wrath, and gave the ass a severe blow with the

28 staff. Thereupon God opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee that thou hast cor-

29 reeled me this third time? And Balaam said to the ass, because thou hast mocked me, and had I a sword in my hand I should

30 now have run it through thee. And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not the ass on which thou hast ridden from thy youth even to this day? Did I ever through stubbornness, do such a

31 thing as this to thee. And he said, No. Then God opened the eyes of Balaam; and when he saw the angel of the Lord standing opposite, in the way, with a drawn sword in his hand, he

32 bowed down, and fell flat on his face. And the angel of God said to him, Why didst thou strike thy ass three times? Behold I came out to stop thee, because thy journey is not seemly

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33 in my sight, and the ass, seeing me, turned aside from me these three times. And had she not turned aside from me I should now have killed thee; but I would have preserved her alive.

34 Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned inadvertently ; for I did not know that thou stoodest in the way against me. Now therefore, if it is not agreeable to thee, I will

35 turn back. And the angel of God said to Balaam, Go with these men; but whatever word I speak to thee be careful to

36 deliver tliat. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. And when Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which is on Arnon, which is a

37 part of the boundary. And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send for thee? Why then didst thou not come to me? Am not

38 I able to promote thee to honour? And Balaam said to Balak, Behold now I am come to thee, shall I be able to say any thing? Whatever word God shall put in my mouth, that I will speak.

39 So Balaam went with Balak, and when they came to the cities

40 of Sheepcots, Balak sacrificed sheep, and young bulls, and

41 sent them to Balaam, and the princes with him. And early next morning Balak took Balaam, and led him up to the top of the pillar of Baal, and from it shewed him some part of the peo-

XXIII. pie. Whereupon Balaam said to Balak, Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven young bulls,

2 and seven rams. And when Balak had done as Balaam had ordered him; and had offered a bull, and a ram, on each altar, then Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will

3 advance on. If God appear to me by any occurrence, whatever he shall shew me I will tell thee. So Balak stood by his sacri-

4 fice. And Balaam went to inquire of God: and as he was going straight forward, God appeared to Balaam: And Balaam said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and offered a young bull,

5 and a ram, on each altar. And God put a word in the mouth of Balaam, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt say.

6 So he returned to Balak. Now he was standing by his whole

7 burnt offerings, and all the princes of Moab with him; And a spirit of God came upon Balaam, and he took up his parable, and said,

I am called from Mesopotamia by Balak—

By the king of Moab, from the mountains of the east,

Come, saith he, Curse Jacob for me,
And, come, for me devote Israel.

8 How can I curse him, whom the Lord doth not curse ? Or how devote him whom God devoteth not?

9 For from the top of mountains I can see him;
Even from hills I can observe him,

Behold he shall dwell, as a people by themselves,
And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who hath accurately scanned the seed of Jacob ?
Who can count the communities of Israel ?

May my soul depart among the souls of the righteous !
And my offspring be as the seed of these !

11 At this Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me ?

12 I sent for thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast pronounced a blessing. And Balaam said to Balak, Must I not

13 be careful to speak what God hath put in my mouth ? Then Balak said to him, Come with me to yet another place, from which thou shalt not have a full view of them. Thou shalt see only a part of them, and not view them all; and curse them for

14 me from that place. So he took him to a watch tower of the field on the top of a craggy cliff, and built there seven altars. And

15 when he had offered a bull, and a ram, on each altar, Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will advance on, to in-

16 quire of God. And God met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

17 So he returned to him. Now he was standing by his whole burnt offering', and all the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What hath the Lord spoken ? Whereupon he took up his parable, and said,

18 Stand up Balak and hear;

Listen attentively as a witness, thou son of Sepphor!

19 God is not like a man to be deceived;
Nor like a son of man to be threatened.
When he hath spoken, will he not perform ?
When he shall speak, will he not stand to it ?

20 Behold I am constrained to bless!
Bless I will. Indeed I cannot avoid it.

21 There shall be no calamity in Jacob ; Nor shall misery be seen in Israel.

The Lord their God is with them ;
The glories of princes are among them.

22 The God who hath brought them out of Egypt,
Is to them like the glory of a unicorn.

23 For there is no augury used by Jacob—
Nor divination among Israel.

In due season it shall be told to Jacob,
And to Israel, what God will execute.

24 Behold the people will rouse like a young lion;
And, like an old lion, exult with pride.

They will not go to rest till they devour prey—
Until they have drunk the blood of the slain.

25 Upon this Balak said to Balaam, Thou shalt neither with curses, curse them for me; nor shalt thou with blessings bless

26 them. In reply to which Balaam said to Balak, Did I not tell

27 thee saying, Whatever God shall speak, that I must do. Then Balak said to Balaam, Come let me take thee to another place, that, if it please God, thou mayst curse them for me from it.

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Phogor, which extendeth

29 into the wilderness. And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven young bulls, and

30 seven rams. And when Balak had done as Balaam ordered XXIV. him, and had offered a bull, and a ram, on every altar,

Balaam, seeing that it was good in the sight of the Lord to bless Israel, did not go, as was customary with him, to look

2 for omens; but turned his face towards the wilderness. And when Balaam raised his eyes, and saw Israel encamped by tribes, a spirit of God came upon him, and he took up his parable, and said,

3 Balaam son of Beor saith—

The man who seeth according to truth saidi—

4 It is the saying of him, who hath heard the oracles of the

Almighty—

Who in sleep hath seen a vision of God—whose eyes were opened.

5 How beautiful are thy houses, Jacob! Thy tents, O Israel!

6 Like shady forests, and like gardens by a river ! And like tents which the Lord hath pitched ! And like cedars by streams of water.

7 There shall come forth a man from his seed,
And he shall rule over many nations :

And a kingdom greater than Gog's shall be raised up;
And his kingdom shall be enlarged.

8 God hath led him out of Egypt,
His glory is like that of the unicorn;

He will eat up the nations of his enemies;
And he will exhaust their fatness,
And pierce his enemy with his darts.

9 Couching down, he is gone to rest, like a lion-
Yes like a young lion; who dare rouse him ?
Blessed are they who bless thee,

And they .who curse thee are already cursed.

10 At this Balak was inflamed with wrath against Balaam, and clapped his hands. And Balak said to Balaam, I sent for thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast blessed them a third

11 time. Now therefore flee to thy own place. Ithought topromote thee to honour. But the Lord hath now deprived thee of that

12 glory. Whereupon Balaam said to Balak, Did I not tell thy mes-

13 'sengers whom thou sentest to me, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot transgress the word of the Lord, to do either good or evil, of my own mere'will. Whatever

14 God may order that I will speak. And now, behold, I am quickly to return to my own place: come, let me inform thee

15 what this people will do to thy people, in the latter days. Then taking up his parable, he said,

Balaam son of Beor saith—

It is the saying of a man who is a true seer,

16 Who heareth the oracles of God,

And hath knowledge from the Most High—
Who in sleep hath seen a vision of God, and whose eyes
were opened.

17 I can point to him, though he is not no*v;
I hail him happy tho' he is not near.

A star will arise out of Jacob—
There shall rise up a man out of Israel,
And he will smite the princes of Moab,
And plunder all the sons of Seth:

18 And Edom shall be an inheritance,

And Esau, his enemy, shall be a heritage.
Though Israel hath done valiantly ;

19 Yet one shall be raised up out of Jacob,

Who will destroy him who escaped from a city.

20 Then having taken a view of Amalek he took up his parable and said,

Amalek is the head of nations ;
But their seed shall be destroyed.

21 Then having taken a view of the Kenite, he took up his parable and said,

Strong is thy dwelling place.

But though thou hast built thy nest upon a rock—

22 And though Beor hath crafty chickens ; The Assyrians will captivate thee.

23 Then looking at Og he took up his parable and said,

Oh ! Who can live when God will order such things!

24 For bands of Kitians will issue forth, And afflict Assur, and afflict Hebrews :

And they themselves shall likewise be destroyed.

25 Then Balaam arose, and went away, with a view to return to his own place, and Balak repaired home.

XXV. ' While Israel abode at Sattin, the people profaned them-

2 selves to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab, who invited them to the sacrifices of their idols; and the people ate of their sacrifices, and worshipped their idols, and Israel con-

3 secrated himself to Belphegor. Whereupon the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and the Lord said to Moses,

4 Take all those leaders of the people and make a public example of them, for the Lord, in the face of the sun; so shall

5 the wrath of the Lord be turned away from Israel. Then Moses said to the tribes of Israel, Kill ye, every one, him of his

6 family, who hath consecrated himself to Belphegor. And behold there came a man of the children of Israel, who conducted his brother to a Madianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and before all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tabernacle of the testi-

7 mony. Upon seeing this, Phineas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, started up from among the congregation, and

8 taking a javelin in his hand, went after the man—the Israelite, into the bed chamber, and ran them both through, the man, the

9 Israelite, quite through, and the woman into her belly. Where-

upon the plague stopped from the children of Israel. Now they

10 who had died of the plague were twenty four thousand. And

11 the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Phineas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath stayed my wrath from Israel, by shewing a zeal for me among them, so that in my jealousy I have not utterly consumed the children of Israel. Therefore say,

12 Behold I give him the covenant of peace. It shall be to, him,

13 and to his seed after him, an everlasting covenant of the priest's office, because he shewed a zeal for his God, and made

14 atonement for the children of Israel. Now the name of the man—-the Israelite, who was slain with the Madianitish woman, was Zambri, son of Salmon, the chief of the patriarchal

15 house of of the Symeonites; and the name of the Madianitish woman, who was slain, was Chasbi, a daughter of Sour, the chief of the clan of Ommath, which is the head family of Ma- diam.

16 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the

17 children of Israel, and say, Treat as enemies the Madianites, and smite them, for they are acting as enemies against you, with craftiness, in all their attempts to beguile you by means of Phogor, and by means of Chasbi, the daughter of a prince

1 of Madiam, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague, on account of Phogor.

XXVI. And, after the plague, the Lord spoke to Moses, and

2 Eleazar the priest, saying, Take the sum of the whole congregation of Israel, from twenty years old and upwards, according to the houses of their families, every one who goeth out to war

3 in Israel. Upon which, orders were issued by Moses, and Eleazar the priest, at Araboth-Moab, on the Jordan over

4 against Jericho, saying, From twenty years old and upwards, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Now these were the sons of Israel who came out of Egypt.

5 Reuben, Israel's first born. And the sons of Reuben, Enoch, and the community of the Enochites; to Phallus be-

6 longed the community of the Phalluites; to Asron, the community of the Asronites; to Charmi, the community of the

7 Charmites—These are the communities of Reuben, and the

muster of them was forty three thousand seven hundred and

8 thirty. Now of the PhaUuites, Eliab was chief, and the sons of

9 Eliab were Namuel; and Dathan, and Abiron. These were the head families of the congregation. These were they who conspired against Moses and Aaron, in the company of Kore,

10 in tne insurrection against the Lord. And the earth, opening its mouth, swallowed them up with Kore, at the time when his company died—when the fire consumed the two hundred and

11 fifty, and they were made a sign; but the children of Kore died not.

12 And the children of Symeon were, the community of the Symeonites; from Namuel, the community of the Namuelites;

13 from Jam in, the community of the Jaminites; from Jachin, the community of the Jachinites; from Zara, the community of the Zaraites; from Saul, the community of the Saulites.

14 These communities of Symeon, from the muster of them, were twenty two thousand two hundred.

19 And the sons of Judas were Er and Aunan, but Er and

20 Aunan died in the land of Chanaan, so that these were the children of Judas, according to their communities—from Selom,

21 the community of the Selomites; from Phares, the community of the Pharesites; from Zara, the community of the Zaraites. And the Pharesites were—from Asron, the community

22 of the Asronites ; from Jamun, the community of the Jamu- nites. These communities of Judas, according to the review of them, were seventy six thousand five hundred.

23 And the children of Issachar were, according to their communities—from Thola, the community of the Tholaites; from Phua, the community of the Phuaites; from Jasub, the com-

24 munity of the Jasubites; from Samram, the community of the

25 Samramites. These communities of Issachar, from the review of them, were sixty four thousand four hundred.

26 The children of Zabulon were, according to their communities—from Sared, the community of the Saredites; from Allon, the community of the Allomtes ; from Allel, the com-

27 munity of the Allelites. These communities of Zabulon, from the review of them, were sixty thousand five hundred.

15 The children of Gad, by their communities, were—from Saphon, the community of the Saphonhes; from Aggi, the

16 community of the Aggites; from Suni, the community of the Sunites; from Azeni, the community of the Azenites; from

17 Addi, the community of the Addites; from Aroadi, the community of the Aroadites; from Ariel, the community of the

18 Arielites ; these communities of the children of Gad, from the review of them, were forty thousand five hundred.

44 The children of Aser, by their communities, were—from Jamin, the community of the Jaminites; from Jesu, the community of the Jesuites; from Baria, the community of the

45 Bariaites; from Chober, the community of the Choberites;

46 from Melchiel, the community of the Melchielites; now the

47 name of Aser's daughter was Sara: these communities of Aser were from the review of them, fifty three thousand four hundred.

28 The children of Joseph by their communities were—Ma-

29 nasses and Ephraim. The children of Manasses were from Machir, the community of the Machirites. Galaad also being a son of Machir, from Galaad, the community of the Galaad-

30 ites. And these also were Galaadites, from Achiezer, the community of the Achiezerites; from Cheleg, the community

31 of the Chelegites; from Esriel, the community of the Esriel-

32 ites; from Sychem, the community of the Sychemites; from Symaer, the community of the Symaerites; and from Opher,

33 the community of the Opherites. Now Salpaad the son of Opher had no sons; but he had daughters, and these were the names of Salpaad's daughters, Maala and Nua, and Egla, and

34 Melcha, and Thersa. These communities of Manasses were, from the review of them, fifty two thousand seven hundred.

35 And these were the children of Ephraim, from Suthala, the community of the Suthalites; from Tanach, the community

36 of the Tanachites; these also were Suthalites—from Eden, the

37 community of the Edenites ; these communities of Ephraim were from the review of them, thirty two thousand five hundred. These were the communities of Joseph, by their communities.

38 The children of Benjamin, according to their communities were—of Bale, the community of the Balites; of Asuber,

39 the community of the Asuberites ; of Jachiran, the community of the Jachiranites; of Sophan, the community of the So-

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40 phanites; now Adar and Noeman being sons of Bale—of Adar, was the community of the Adarites; and of Noeman,

41 the community of the Noemanites. These Benjaminites, according to their communities were, from the review of them, forty five thousand five hundred.

42 And the children of Dan, according to their communities, were of Same, the community of the Sameites. These were the

43 communities of Dan, according to their communities. All the communities of the Sameites were, according to the review of them, sixty four thousand four hundred.

48 The children of Nephthaleim, by their communities, were— of Asiel, the community of the Asielites; of Gauni, the com-

49 munity of the Gaunites; of Jeser, the community of the Je-

50 serites; of Sellem, the community of the Sellemites. These communities of Nephthaleim were from the review of them, forty five thousand four hundred.

51 This muster of the Israelites was six hundred and one thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Among these let

53 the land be divided, that they may inherit it, by the number of

54 names. To those who are many, thou shalt enlarge the inheritance; and to them who are few, thou shalt give the less inheritance. To every one, as they have been reviewed, their inheritance shall be given. Among these names the land shall

55 be parcelled out, by lot. They shall inherit according to the

56 tribes-of their patriarchal families. By lot thou shalt parcel out their inheritance, to the many .and the few.

57 .Now these were the children of Levi, according to their communities—of Gerson, the community of the Gersonites ; of Kaath, the community of the Kaathites; of Merari, the com-

58 munity of the Merarites. These are also communities of the children of Levi—the community of the Lobenites, the community of the Chebronites, the community of the Korites, the

59 community of the Musites. And Kaath begot Ambram, whose wife's name was Jochabed, a daughter of Levi and she bore these for Levi in Egypt—She bore by Ambram, Aaron, and

6<"> Moses, and Mariam their sister. And to Aaron were bom Na-

'ab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar. But Nadab and

bind died when they presented strange fire l)edbre the Lord.

62 in the wilderness of Sina. From the review of them, they were twenty three thousand, including every male, from a month old and upwards; for they were not reviewed among the children of Israel; because there was no portion given them among the

63 children of Israel. Now this was the review of Moses and Ele- azar the priest, who reviewed the Israelites at Arabeth-Moab,

64 on the Jordan, over against Jericho; and among them there was not a man of those who had been reviewed by Moses and Aaron, when they reviewed the Israelites in the wilderness of Sina.

65 Because the Lord said to them, they shall assuredly die in the wilderness; therefore there was not one of them left, save Cha- leb son of Jephonne, and Joshua son of Nave.

XXVII. Then came the daughters of Salpaad, son of Opher, son of Galaad, son of Machir, of the community of Manasses,

2 one of the sons of Joseph (now these were their names; Maala, and Nua, and Egla, and Melcha, and Thersa) and standing before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the chiefs, and before the whole congregation, at the door of the

3 tabernacle of the testimony, they said, Our ladier died in the wilderness, but he was not among the congregation which conspired against the Lord, in the assembly of Kore. Because he

4 died for his own sin, and had no sons, let not the name of our father be blotted out from among his community. Seeing he hath not a son, give us a possession among our father's bre-

.*> thren. Whereupon Moses laid their case before the Lord.

6 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, The daughters of Sal-

7 paad have spoken right. Thou shall give them the possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers, and vest in them

8 their father's lot. And thou shalt say to the children of Israel, If any man die, and hath no son, you shall vest his inheritance

9 in his daughter; and if he hath no daughter, you shall give his

10 inheritance to his brother; and if he hath no brothers, you shall

11 give his inheritance to his father's brother; and if there be no brothers of his father, you shall give the inheritance to one of his house, who is the nearest of kin to him, of his tribe, that he may inherit what belonged to him. And this shall be to the children of Israel a rule of decision, as the Lord commanded Moses.

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, Go up that mountain which

is on the bank of the Jordan—that mount Nabo, and take a view of the land of Chanaan, which I give to the children of Is-

13 rael, by a possessory right. And when thou hast seen it, thou shall be gathered to thy people, as Aaron thy brother was ga-

14 thered on mount Hor, because you transgressed my command in the wilderness of Sin. When the people resisted the hallowing of me, you did not hallow me at the water before them. (This alludeth to the water of strife at Kades in the widerness.)

15 Upon this Moses said to the Lord, Let the Lord, the God of

16 the spirits, and of all flesh, look out a man to be set over this congregation, who shall go out before them, and come in before

17 them; and who shall lead them out, and bring them in; so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like a flock which

18 hath no shepherd. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take as thy associate Joshua, son of Nave, a man who hath a spirit in him, and thou shalt lay thy hands on him, and set him,

19 before Eleazar, the priest, and give him a charge before the whole congregation, and give a charge before them concerning

20 him. And thou shalt put some of thy glory on him, that the

21 children of Israel may hearken to him. And he shall stand before Eleazar, the priest, and they shall ask him the determination of the manifestations before the Lord. And at his command they shall go out; and at his command he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation, shall come in.

22 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and having taken Joshua, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation, and laid his hands on him, and made him his associate, as the Lord commanded Moses.

XXVIII. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Give a charge

2 to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, You shall observe to bring me my gifts, my oblations, my homage offer-

3 ings for a smell of fragrance at my festivals. Moreover thou shalt say to them, These are the homage offerings which you shall present to the Lord—two lambs, of the first year, with-

4 out blemish, every day, for a continual whole burnt offering— the one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other in

5 the evening; and for a sacrifice of flour, thou shalt offer the tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed up with the quarter of

6 an bin of oil. It is the continual whole burnt offering, which was instituted at mount Sina, for a smell of fragrance for the

7 Lord: and for the libation thereof, thou shalt offer, with the first lamb, a quarter of an hin of wine. In the holy place thou shalt

8 pour out as a libation the choicest wine to the Lord. And towards evening thou shalt offer the other lamb, with the like sacrifice, and the like libation; for a smell of fragrance for the- Lord.

9 And on the day of the sabbaths, you shall bring two lambs of the first year, without blemish, and two tenths of fine flour mixed up with oil, for a sacrifice, together with a libation, as

10 the sabbath whole burnt offering, for every sabbath, over and above the continual whole burnt offering with its libation.

11 And at the new moons you shall offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram, se-

12 ven lambs, of the first year, without blemish, three tenths of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for each bull, and two tenths of

13 fine flour, mixed up with oil, for the ram, and a tenth of fine flour, mixed up with oil, for every lamb, as a sacrifice for a

14 smell of fragrance—an homage offering for the Lord: and their libation shall be, the half of an hin of wine for each bull; and the third of an hin for the ram; and the fourth of an hin for every lamb. This shall be the whole burnt offering, month af-

15 ter month, for all the months of the year—Also a kid of the goats, for a sin offering. This, with its libation, shall be offered to the Lord, over and above the continual whole burnt offering.

16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month,

17 shall be the passover to the Lord, and on the fifteenth day of the month skill commence the festival thereof. Seven days you

18 shall eat unleavened bread. Now, this first day shall be solemn-

19 ly set apart for you. You shall not do any kind of sacrificial service; but you shall bring for whole burnt offerings—for an offering of homage to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven lambs of the first year. You must see that they

20 are without blemish. And their sacrifice shall be fine flour, mixed up with oil, three tenths for each bull, and two tenths

21 for the ram, and thou shalt prepare a tenth for every one of the

22 seven lambs; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make

23 atonement for you; over and above the Avhole burnt offering which is to be made every morning, and which is a continual

24 whole burnt offering. After this manner you shall make*daily offerings, during the seven days, as a gift—an offering of homage, for a smell of fragrance, to the Lord: Over and above the continual whole burnt offering, thou shalt offer it with its

25 libation. And the seventh of these days shall be solemnly set apart for you. On it you shall do no sacrificial work.

26 And on the day of new things when you bring for the Lord the new sacrifice of the weeks, there shall be a solemn festival

27 for you. You shall not do any kind of sacrificial service; but you shall bring, as whole burnt offerings, for a smell of fragrance to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram,

28 seven lambs, of the first year,'without blemish, with their sacrifice of fine flour mixed up with oil—three tenths for each bull, and two tenths for the ram, and one tenth for every of the se-

29 ven lambs; and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering, to make

30 atonement for you. Over and above the continual whole burnt

31 offering, you shall offer me the sacrifice of these (and see that they be without blemish) together with the libations thereof.

XXIX. And in the seventh month on the first day of the month, there shall be a solemn festival for you. You shall do

2 no sacrificial work. It shall be to you a day of alarm. And

3 you shall offer as whole burnt offerings—for a smell of fragrance to the Lord, one young bull from the herd;, one ram, seven lambs, of the first year, without blemish, writh their sa-

4 orifice—fine flour mixed up with oil—three tenths for the bull, and two tenths for the ram, and a tenth for every one of

5 the seven lambs; and a kid of the goats, for a sin offering, to

6 make atonement for you, over and above the whole burnt offerings of the new moon, with their sacrifices and their libations, and the continual whole burnt offering. And their sacrifices, and their libations, shall be according to what is prescribed for them, for a smell of fragrance to the Lord.

7 And the tenth of this month shall be a solemn day set apart for you, on which you shall afflict your souls, and do no kind

8 of work. But you shall offer, as whole burnt offerings for a smell of fragrance for the Lord—as offerings of homage to the Lord, one young bull from the herd, one ram, seven lambs of 9 the first year (you shall see that they be without blemish) with

10 their sacrifice—fine flour mixed up with oil; three tenths for the bull, and two tenths for the ram, and a tenth for every one

11 of the seven lambs; and a kid of the goats, for a sin offering, to make atonement for you, over and above the sin offering of the atonement, and the continual whole burnt offering. And the sacrifice of this, and the libation of this, shall be according to what is prescribed, for a smell of fragrance—an offering of homage to the Lord.

12 And on the fifteenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a solemn festival set apart for you. You shall do no sacrificial

15 work. And you shall celebrate this festival to the Lord seven days. And you shall bring, for whole burnt offerings—for an offering of homage—for a smell of fragrance to the Lord, on the first day, thirteen young bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year, (they shall be without ble-

14 mish) with their sacrifices—fine flour mixed up with oil— three tenths for every one of the thirteen bulls, and two tenths

15 for each of the two rams, and one tenth for every one of the

16 fourteen lambs; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole burnt offerings with their sa-

17 crifices and their libations. And on the second day, twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year, with-

18 out blemish, with their sacrifice and their libation, for the bulls and the rams, and the lambs, according to their number agree -

19 ably to what is prescribed for them ; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole burnt

20 offerings, with their sacrifices and their libations. And on the third day, eleven young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs

21 of the first year, without blemish, with their sacrifices and their libations, for the bulls, and the rams, and the lambs, according to their number, agreeably to what is prescribed for

22 them; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole burnt offerings, with their sacrifices and

23 their libations. And on the fourth day, ten young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year, without blemish, with

24 their sacrifices and their libations, for the bulls and the rams, and the lambs, according to the number of them agreeably to what

25 is prescribed for them; and a kid of the -goats for a sin offer-

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ing, over and above the continual whole burnt offerings, with

26 their sacrifices and their libations. And on the fifth day, nine young bulls, two rams, fourteen- lambs of tHe first year, with-

27 out blemish, with their sacrifices and their libations; for the bulls and the rams, and the lambs, according to the number

28 of them agreeably to what is prescribed for them; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole burnt offerings, with their sacrifices and their libations.

29 And on the sixth day, eight young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year, without blemish, with their sacrifices

30 and their libations; for the bulls, and the rams, and the lambs, according to the number of them agreeably to what is prescrib-

31 ed for them; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole burnt offerings, with their sacrifices

32 and their libations. And on the seventh day, seven young bulls; two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year, without

33 blemish, with their sacrifices and their libations; for the bulls and the rams, and the lambs, according to the number of them

34 agreeably to what is prescribed for them; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole

35 burnt offerings, with their sacrifices and their libations. And on the eighth day, you shall close the festival. On that day you

36 shall not do any kind of sacrificial work. But you shall bring for whole burnt offerings—for a smell of fragrance; for offerings of homage to the Lord, one young bull, one ram, seven lambs

37 of the first year, without blemish, with their sacrifices and their libations, for the bull, and the ram, and the lambs, according to the number of them, agreeably to what is prescribed for

38 them; and a kid of the goats for a sin offering, over and above the continual whole burnt offerings, with their sacrifices and their libations.

39 These you shall offer to the Lord at your festivals, over and above your vows, and your free will offerings, and your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your libations,

40 and your offerings of thanksgiving. So Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded him. *

XXX. Moreover Moses spoke to the chiefs of the tribes of the 2 children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. If any man vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with a solemn promise concerning his soul, he shall not break his word. Whatever hath proceeded from his

3 mouth he shall do. And if a woman vow to the Lord, or bind

4 herself with a solemn promise, in her father's house, in her youth; and her father hear her vows, and her promises with which she hath bound her soul, and hold his peace at her; all her vows, and all the promises with which she bound her soul,

5 shall stand. They shall be binding on her. But if her father expressly disapprove on the day he heareth her vows and the promises, with which she hath bound her soul, they shall not stand. And the Lord will acquit her because her father hath

6 disallowed her. And if she be married, and vows be upon her;

7 according to the opening of her lips—with what promises soever she may have bound her soul, if her husband shall hear, and hold his peace at her on the day when he heareth, so shall all her vows stand, and the promises shall stand with which

8 she hath bound her soul. But if her husband expressly disallow her on the day when he shall hear, none of her vows, and none of-the obligations with which she hath bound her soul, shall be binding, because her husband disallowed her. And

9 the Lord will acquit her. But the vows of a widow, or of one divorced—whatever vows she may have made to bind her

10 soul, shall stand against her. And if her vow, or the obligation with which she bound her soul with an oath, be made in

11 her husband's house; and her husband shall hear, and hold his peace at her, and not disallow her; all her vows and all her promises with which she hath bound her soul shall stand

12 against her. But if her husband on the day when he heareth, actually disannul all that may have proceeded out of her lips, of what nature soever her vows may be, or the obligations with which she bound her soul, they shall not be binding on her. Her husband hath made them void, and the Lord will

13 acquit her. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her

14 soul, her husband may establish, or make void. And if he hold his peace at her, day after day, he shall establish upon her all her vows, and confirm the obligations upon her, because he held

15 his peace at her on the day he heard them. And if her hus-

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band disannul them after the day when he heard, he shall

bear the sin of this. 16 These are the judgments which the Lord gave in charge to

Moses, between a husband and wife, and between a father

and a daughter in her youth, in her father's house. XXXI. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Avenge the

2 cause of the children of Israel on the Madianites, and after-

3 ward thou shalt be gathered to thy people. Whereupon Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you and array them before the Lord, against Madian, to pour ven-

4 geance from the Lord on Madian—a thousand from every

5 tribe. You shall send them out of all the tribes to be drawn up in array. So out of the thousands of Israel they numbered a thousand from a tribe—twelve thousand. They were armed

6 for close engagement. And Moses sent these—a thousand from every tribe; and with the army composed of them, Phi- neas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, with the holy instruments—the trumpets for sounding a charge, in their hands.

7 And they drew up in array against Madian, as the Lord com-

8 manded Moses, and slew every male; and in the slaughter they slew the kings of Madian, Evin, and Rokon, and Sur, and Ur,

9 and Robok, the five kings of Madian. They slew also Balaam, son of Beor, with the sword among their slain. And having taken for a prey the women of the Madianites, and their furniture, and their cattle, and all their goods, and spoiled their ar-

10 my, and burned all their cities in which they dwelt, and all their

11 sheepcots, with fire, and taken all the prey thereof, and all the

12 spoils thereof, both of man and beast, they brought to Moses, and Eleazar, and to all the Israelites, the captives, and the spoils, and the prey, to the camp at Araboth-Moab, on the Jor-

13 dan, over against Jericho. And when Moses went out, accompanied with Eleazar the priest, and all the chiefs of the con-

14 gregation, to meet them without the camp, Moses was an-

15 gry at the officers of the army—at the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, who came from the war. And

16 Moses said to them, Why have you saved all the women alive? For they, by the direction of Balaam, were the cause of Israel's apostatizing, and transgressing the commands of the

17 Lord, for the sake of Phogor: and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord. Now therefore kill every male among the captives. Kill also every woman, who hath lain

18 with man. But save alive, for yourselves, every captive among the women, who hath not known a man. And abide without

19 the camp seven days. Every one who hath slain, or who hath touched one slain, must be purified on the third day, and on

20 the seventh day, including yourselves and your captives. And you must purify every covering, and every vessel made of skin, and every hair cloth, and every utensil of wood.

21 Then Eleazar the priest, said to the men of the army, who came from the war, This is the ordinance of the law, which

22 the Lord gave in charge to Moses, Besides the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and the lead, and the tin, every thing which can pass through fire must be purified by

23 fire ; but the rest are to be purified by the water of purification only. Whatever cannot pass through fire must pass

24 through water. And on the seventh day you must wash your clothes, and you shall be clean; and after that you may come into the camp.

25 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take the sum of

26 the captivated prey both of man and beast; thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the con-

27 gregation. And you shall divide the prey between the warriors

28 who went to battle, and the whole congregation. And you shall set apart as a tribute to the Lord, from the warriors who went out to battle, one in five hundred from the captives, and from the beasts, namely, the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses.

29 These you shall take from their half, and give to Eleazar the

30 priest, as a portion set apart for the Lord. And from the children of Israel's half thou shalt take one in fifty of the captives, and of the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses—of all these beasts. And these thou shalt give to the Levites, who keep

31 the watch at the tabernacle of the Lord. So Moses and Eleazar

32 the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. And the whole amount of the booty which the warriors had taken, was, of

33 sheep six hundred and seventy five thousand; of cattle seven-

34 ty two thousand, and sixty one thousand asses; and of the

35 human species, namely, of the women who had not known

36 man, all the souls were thirty two thousand. So that the half which was the share of those who went to war, was, from the number of sheep, three hundred and thirty seven thousand

37 five hundred; of which the tribute for the Lord was six hun-

38 dred and seventy five; and of cattle, thirty six thousand,

39 of which the tribute for the Lord was seventy two; and of asses,

40 thirty thousand five hundred, of-which the tribute for the Lord was sixty one; and the human beings were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for the Lord was thirty two.

41 And this tribute for the Lord, this dedication made to God by setting it apart, Moses gave to Eleazar the priest as the

42 Lord commanded Moses. And from the half belonging to the children of Israel, between whom and the warriors Moses had made the division; now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred sheep, thirty six thousand cattle, thirty thousand five hundred asses, and

47 of human beings, sixteen thousand—from this half, be.- longing to the children of Israel, Moses took one in fifty, of man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.

48 Then all the officers over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came to

49 Moses, and said to him, Thy servants have taken an account of all the warriors who were with us, and there is not one of

50 them missing. We have therefore brought, as every man chanced to find a jewel of gold, either a necklace, or a bracelet, or a ring, or an ornament for the right arm, or a chain, to

51 make atonement for us before the Lord. So Moses and Eleazar the priest, received from them the gold—all the wrought

52 jewels; and the whole amount of the gold, the dedication which they set apart for the Lord, was, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This they received from the cap-

53 tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds. Of the spoil, which the warriors made every man for himself, Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thou-

54 sands, and the captains of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the testimony, to be a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

XXXII. Now the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, had a great multitude of cattle, and having taken a view of the country of Jazer, and the region of Galaad, and seen that it

2 was a place fit for stock, the Reubenites and the Gadites came to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the chiefs of the

3 congregation and said, Atarodi, and Daibon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabo, and

4 Baian, the land which the Lord delivered up before the children of Israel, is a land fit for raising stock, and thy servants

5 have cattle; if therefore, said they, we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a posses-

6 sion, and cause us not to cross the Jordan. Whereupon Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, Must your bre-

7 thren go to war, and you sit still here ? Besides, why do you divert the thoughts of the Israelites from crossing over into the

8 land which the Lord giveth them ? Did not your fathers do so, when I sent them from Kades-Barne to view the land?

9 When they had passed through the valley of grapes, and viewed the land, they discouraged the heart of the Israelites from

10 going to the land which the Lord gave them; and the anger

11 of the Lord was kindled that day, and he sware saying, These men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upwards, who know good and evil, shall not see the land, which I with an oath promised to Abraham, and Isaak, and

12 Jacob ; (for they have not followed me) save Chaleb, son of Jephonne, who separated himself from them, and Joshua, son

13 of Nave, because they followed the Lord. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he led them about in the

^wilderness forty years, until all that generation, who had done

14 evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. Behold you are risen up in your fathers' stead, a set of sinful men, to augment

15 the wrath of the Lord against Israel. For by turning away from him, to cause him to leave you still in the wilderness, you will transgress against the whole congregation.

16 . Upon this they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepcots here for our cattle, and cities for our families, but

17 we ourselves, completely arme£j will march in the van before

18 the children of Israel, until we bring them to their place. Our families indeed must dwell in walled cities, because of the inhabitants of the land, that we may not be under a necessity of returning to our houses, until the children of Israel are

19 parcelled out, every one in his possession. Moreover we will not take a share with them of the land beyond the river Jordan, because we have got our share on the eastern side of the Jordan.

20 Then Moses said to them, If you will act agreeably to what you say—if you will arm yourselves for battle before the Lord,

21 and every one, completely armed, will cross the Jordan before the Lord, until his enemy be crushed before him, and the land

22 subdued before the Lord, after this you shall return, and be guiltless before the Lord, and acquitted by Israel, and this land

23 shall be your possession before the Lord. But if you do not act in this manner, you will sin against the Lord, and you

24 shall be sensible of your sin, when evils overtake you. Build therefore cities for your families, and sheepcots for your cat-

25 tie, and perform what hath proceeded out of your mouth. And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad spake to Moses, say-

26 ing, Thy servants will do as our Lord commandeth; our families, and our wives, and our cattle, shall remain in the cities

27 of Galaad; but we thy servants will cross over, all armed, and ar-

28 rayed for battle before the Lord, as our lord saith. Then Moses convened with them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, son of Nave, and the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the tribes of Israel,

29 and said to them, If the Reubenites and the Gadites cross the Jordan with you, every one armed for battle before the Lord, when you shall have subdued the land before you, you

30 shall give them the land of Galaad for a possession. But if they decline to cross with you, armed for battle before the Lord; you shall drive before you their families, and their wives, and their cattle, into the land of Chanaan, and they shall have a

31 portion with you in the land of Chanaan. And the Reubenites and the Gadites answered, saying, All that our lord saith to

32 his servants we will do. We will cross over, completely armed before the Lord, into the land of Chanaan, and you shall

33 give us our possession on this side of the Jordan. So Moses gave them, namely, to the Gadites and the Reubenites, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses, one of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and the cities, with the bounda-

34 ries thereof, even the cities of the land round about. And the

35 Gadites rebuilt Daibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, and Sophar,

36 and Jazer, and raised these, namely, Namram and Baithara,

37 fenced cities, and folds for sheep. And the Reubenites rebuilt Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham, and Beelmeon, which

38 they enclosed all around, and Sebama; and they named the

39 cities which they rebuilt after their own names. Now a descendant of Machir, son of Manasses, had gone to Galaad, and

40 taken it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt there. So Moses gave Galaad to the community of Machir, son of Manas-

41 ses, and they dwelt there. And Jair, of the tribe of Manasses, went and took their sheepcots, and called them the sheep-

42 cots of Jair. And Nabau went and took Kaath, and its villages, and called them Naboth after his own name.

XXXIII. Now these are the encampments of the Israelites. When they came out of the land of Egypt, with their army,

2 by the ministry of Moses and Aaron, Moses committed to writing their removals and encampments, by the command of the Lord, and these are the encampments of their march.

3 They removed from Ramesses, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the next morning after the passover, the Israelites came out with a high hand, in the

4 sight of all the Egyptians, while they were burying their dead —all those whom the Lord had smitten—even all the first born of the land of Egypt. When the Lord had executed

5 vengeance on their gods, the children of Israel, removing

6 from Ramesses, encamped at Sokchoth. And removing from Sokchoth, they encamped at Bouthan, which is a part of

7 the wilderness. And they removed from Bouthan, and encamped at the mouth of Eirath, which is over against Beelsep-

8 phon. They encamped also over against Magdolus. And they removed from over against Eirath, and crossed through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and having marched three days' journey through the wilderness, they encamped at

9 Bitterness. And they removed from Bitterness, and came to Ailam. Now at Ailam there were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees. So they encamped there by the water.

10 And they removed from Ailam, and encamped by the Red

11 sea. And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped m

12 the wilderness of Sin. And they removed from the wilderness

13 of Sin, and encamped at Raphaka. And they removed from

14 Raphaka, and encamped at Ail us. And they removed from Ailus and encamped at Raphadin, where there was no water

15 for the people to drink. And they removed from Raphadin,

16 and encamped in the wilderness of Sina. And they removed from the wilderness of Sina, and encamped at The monu-

17 ments of longing desire. And they removed from The monu-

18 ments of longing desire, and encamped at Aseroth. And they

19 removed from Aseroth, and encamped at Rathama. And they removed from Rathama, and encamped at Remmon-Phares.

20 And they removed from Remmon-Phares, and encamped at

21 Lebona. And they removed from Lebona, and encamped at

22 Ressan. And they removed from Ressan, and encamped at

23 Makellath. And they removed from Makellath, and encamp-

24 ed at Saphan. And they removed from Saphan, and encamp.

25 ed at Charadath. And they removed from Charadath, and en-

26 camped at Makeloth. And they removed from Makeloth, and

27 encamped at Kataath. And they removed from Kataath, and

28 encamped at Tarath. And they removed from Tarath, and en-

29 camped at Mathekka. And they removed from Mathekka, and

30 encamped at Selmona. And they removed from Sehnona, and

31 encamped at Masuruth. And they removed from Masuruth,

32 and encamped at Banaia. And they removed from Banaia,

33 and encamped at the mountain of Gadgad. And they removed from the mountain of Gadgad, and encamped at Etebatha.

34 And they removed from Etebatha, and encamped at Ebrona.

35 And they removed from Ebrona, and encamped at Gesion-

36 Gaber. And they removed from Gesion-Gaber, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. And they removed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in the wilderness of Pharan,

37 this is Kades. And they removed from Kades, and encamp-

38 ed at Or, the mountain bordering on the land of Edom. And Aaron the priest went up at the command of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year of the children of Israel's coming out of Egypt, in the fifth month, the first day of the

1 39 month. And Aaron was a hundred and twenty three years old

40 when he died at mount Or. And the Chananite king of Arad, whose fixed abode was in the land of Chanaan, received intelligence when the children of Israel were marching in. And

41 they removed from mount Or, and encamped at Selmona. Asnd

43 they removed from Selmona, and encamped at Phino. And

44 they removed from Phino, and encamped at Oboth. And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Gai, on the borders

45 of Moab. And they removed from Gai, and encamped at

46 Daibon-gad. And they removed from Daibon-gad, and en-

47 camped at Gelmon-deblathaim. And they removed from Gel- mon-deblathaim, and encamped on the mountains Abarim, over

48 against Nabo. And they removed from the mountains Abarim, and encamped on the west of Moab, by the Jordan, opposite to Jericho.

49 And when they were encamped on the Jordan, from Aisi-

50 moth to Belsa, which is on the west of Moab, the Lord spoke to Moses on the west of Moab by the Jordan, in front of Jericho,

51 saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, You are now going to cross the Jordan into the land of

52 Chanaan. You shall destroy all those who dwell in that land, from before you, and demolish their obelisks, and utterly destroy their molten images, and all their pillars you shall demo-

53 lish. And when you have destroyed all the inhabitants of that land, you shall dwell therein; for I have given you their land by lot, and you shall divide their land, by lot, among your

54 tribes. To those who are more numerous you shall give a larger possession ; and to those who are fewer in number you shall give a smaller possession. On whatever place any one's name falleth, there shall be his possession. According to the

55 tribes of your families you shall possess it. But if you do not destroy the inhabitants of the land from before you, it will come to pass, that those of them whom you shall leave, will be thorns in your eyes, and darts in your sides, and your mortal enemies

56 in the land wherein you dwell. And it will come to pass that I will deal with you as I determined to deal with them.

XXXIV. Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses saying, Give a

1 charge to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them,

' 2 You arc about to enter the land of Chanaan. This you shall

have for an inheritance, even the whole land of Chanaan, with

3 its borders. And your southern border shall be, from the wil-

4 derness of Sin, until it joineth Edom. And your boundaries on the south shall be, from a part of the salt sea on the east, and that boundary shall encompass you on the south, to the

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ascent of Acrabin, and shall pass on to Ennak, and run along south of Kades-barne and come to the sheepcot of Arad, and

5 pass along by Asemona: and from Asemona the boundary shall wind round along the brook of Egypt, and its termination

6 shall be the sea. Then you shall have the sea for a boundary. The great sea shall bound you: this shall be your western

7 boundary. And your boundary on the north shall be this— from the great sea you shall measure off for yourselves, along

8 the range of mountains—from mountain to mountain you shall measure off for yourselves: beginning at the bay of Emath,

9 and extending along the border of Saradak, the boundary shall come out along the borders of Dephrona, and its termination shall be Arsenain. This shall be your northern boundary.

10 Then you shall measure off for yourselves the eastern boun-

11 dary from Arsenain to Scpphamar; and from Sepphamar the boundary shall run down to Bela, on the east of the fountains, then down along the borders of Bcla, on the eastern side of the

12 sea of Chenerith; then down the Jordan; and its termination

13 shall be the salt sea. This shall be your land and these its boundaries round about. So Moses gave a charge to the Israelites saying, This is the land which you shall parcel out, by lot, in the manner the Lord hath commanded it to be given to the nine tribes,

14 and to the half of the tribe of Manasses; because the tribe of the Reubenites, and the tribe of the Gadites, according to the houses of their families, and the half of the tribe of the Manas-

15 sites, have received their allotments. Two tribes, and the half of a tribe, have received their lots on the south east side of the Jordan, in front of Jericho.

16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, These are the

17 names of the men who shall parcel out the land for you—Ele-

18 azar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nave. And you shall take one chief of a tribe to divide the land among you by lot.

19 And these are the names of the men—Of the tribe of Judas,

20 Chaleb son of Jephonne; of the tribe of Symeon, Salamiel son

21 of Samiud; of the tribe of Benjamin, Eldad son of Chaslon;

22 of the tribe of Dan, chief Bakchir, son of Egli; of the children

23 of Joseph—of the tribe of the Manassites, chief Aniel, son of

24 Suphi; of the tribe of the Ephraimites, chief Kamuel, son of

25 Sabathan; of the tribe of Zabulon, chief Elisaphan, son of

26 Pharnach; of the tribe of Issachar, chief Phaltiel, son of Oza;

27 Of the tribe of Aser, chief Achior, son of Selemi^ of the tribe

28 of Nephthaleim, chief Phadael, son of Jamiud. To these the

29 Lord gave it in charge to parcel out to the Israelites their allotments in the land of Chanaan.

XXXV. Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, on the west of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho, saying, Command

2 the children of Israel; and let them give the Levites, out of the lots of their possession, cities to dwell in. They shall also give

3 the Levites the suburbs of these cities round about. The cities shall be for them to dwell in; and the suburbs thereof shall be

4 for their cattle, even for all their beasts. Now the suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city, outwards, two thousand cubits all around.

5 Thou shalt therefore measure off, outwards from the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, on the south side two thousand cubits, on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, and in the middle of this shall be your city; and you shall give these suburbs of the ci-

6 ties with the cities, to the Levites. Six of the cities which you shall give shall be cities of refuge for the manslayer to flee to,

7 and besides these you shall give forty two cities. All the cities,

8 which you shall give to the Levites, shall be forty eight. These cities with their suburbs, even the cities which you shall give, shall be from the possessions of the children of Israel. They shall give the Levites, out of their cities, many from those who have many, and few from them who have few; from every one according to the inheritance which they possess.

9 Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the

10 children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, You are about to cross the Jordan into the land of Chanaan, and you will set apart for yourselves cities, which shall be your places of refuge,

11 to which the manslayer may flee. When any person killeth ano-

12 ther unwittingly, those cities will be places of refuge from the avenger of blood, that the manslayer may not die, until he stand

13 before the congregation for trial. Therefore, with regard to the cities which you shall give, six shall be your places of refuge;

14 three of these cities you shall give on this side of the Jordan, and

15 three such cities you shall give in the Jancl of Chanaan. They shall be a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the proselyte, and the sojourner among you. These cities are to be plaees of refuge, to which every one may flee who hath smitten a

16 person unawares. But if he hath smitten him with an instrument of iron, and he die, he is a murderer; let the murderer be

17 put to death. And if he hath smitten him with a stone out of his hand, by which he might be killed, and he die; he is a mur-

18 derer; let the murderer be put to death. And if he hath smitten him with any instrument of wood out of his hand, by which he might be killed, and he die; he is a murderer; let the mur-

19 derer be put to death. The avenger of blood himself shall kill

20 him. When he meeteth him he shall slay him. And if, through hatred, he hath pushed him down, or thrown at him from am-

21 bush, any instrument whatever, and he die; or if on account of an old grudge he hath smitten him with his hand, and he die; let him who smote be put to death: he is a murderer; let the murderer be put to death. The avenger of blood shall slay the

22 murderer when he meeteth him. But if on a sudden, not through malice aforethought, he hath pushed him down, or

23 thrown any instrument at him, not from ambush, nor with any stone by which he might be killed, or not seeing him, and it

24 light upon him, and he die, and he was not his enemy, nor seeking to do him any injury, the congregation shall judge between him who smote, and the avenger of blood, according to

25 these rules of decision; and the congregation shall deliver the slayer from the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall send him back to the city of his refuge, to which he fled; and he shall dwell there, till the death of the high priest, whom they

26 have anointed with holy oil. And if the manslayer go out of the bounds of the city of his refuge to which he fled, and

27 the avenger of blood find him out of the bounds of the city

28 of his refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the slayer, he is not guilty of death. For he should have remained in the city of refuge till the death of the high priest. After the death of the high priest the slayer may return to the land

29 of his possession. These shall be your rules of decision,

30 for your generations, in all your dwellings. When any one hath slain a person, thou shall put to death the murderer, by witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against a person

31 to cause him to be put to death. And you shall take no ransom for life from a manslayer who is guilty of death; for he

32 must be put to death: nor shall you take any ransom from him.

who hath fled to a city of refuge, that he may dwell again ia

33 his land, until the death of the high priest. So you will not pollute with blood the land in which you dwell; for this blood polluteth the land; and the land cannot be cleansed from the- blood which is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

34 You must not defile the land in which you dwell—in which I dwell among you; for I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.

XXXVI. Then came the chiefs of the community of the children of Galaad, son of Machir, son of Manasses, of the tribe of the children of Joseph, and spoke before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the chiefs of the patriarchal

2 houses of the Israelites, and said, The Lord hath commanded our lord to give the land of inheritance by lot to the children of Israel; and the Lord hath commanded our lord to give the

3 inheritance of Salpaad, our brother, to his daughters. Now they may become wives to one of the communities of the Israelites, and their lot may be taken from the possession of our fathers, and added to the inheritance of that tribe among which they may be married; so their inheritance may be taken from

4 the lot of our inheritance; and though there may be a jubilee of the children of Israel, still their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe among whom they may have been married, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheri-

5 tance of our patriarchal tribe. Whereupon Moses gave a charge to the children of Israel, by the command of the Lord, saying,

6 In regard to what the tribe of the children of Joseph say, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded the daughters of Salpaad, saying, Let them marry whom they please, but

7 they must marry men of the community of their father, so there shall be no transferring of inheritance among the children of

... Israel, from one tribe to another. Because the children of Israel must be kept together, every one in the inheritance of the

8 patriarchal family of his tribe, therefore every daughter, who by beingnext of kin, inheriteth a possession among the tribes of Israel, must marry one of the community of her father, that the children of Israel may inherit by nearness of kin, even,- one

9 the inheritance of his father's family: by which means the allotment will not be transferred from one tribe to another; but

the Israelites will be kept together every one in his inheritance.

10 Accordingly they did, for the daughters of Salpaad, in the

11 manner the Lord commanded Moses, and Thersa, and Egla, 'and Melcha, and Nua, and Maala, the daughters of Salpaad,

12 were married to their cousins. They were married to men of the tribe of Manasses, one of the sons of Joseph, and their inheritance was kept in the tribe, to which the community of their father belonged.

13 These are the commands,' and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord gave in charge, by the ministry of Moses, on the west of Moab, on the Jordan, over against Jericho.—