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Numbers
Num.1
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second
month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt,
saying,
[2] Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of
Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of
their names, every male by their polls;
[3] From twenty years old and
upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall
number them by their armies.
[4] And with you there shall be a man of
every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
[5] And these
are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben;
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[6] Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
[7] Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[8]
Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
[9] Of Zebulun; Eliab the son
of Helon.
[10] Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son
of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[11] Of
Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[12] Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
[13] Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.
[14] Of
Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[15] Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of
Enan.
[16] These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the
tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.
[17] And Moses
and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
[18] And
they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second
month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of
their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, by their polls.
[19] As the LORD commanded Moses, so he
numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
[20] And the children of
Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls,
every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
[21] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
[22] Of the
children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of
their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the
names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that
were able to go forth to war;
[23] Those that were numbered of them,
even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three
hundred.
[24] Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after
their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
[25] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad,
were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
[26] Of the
children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of
their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[27] Those that were
numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen
thousand and six hundred.
[28] Of the children of Issachar, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
[29] Those that were numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
[30]
Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[31] Those that
were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven
thousand and four hundred.
[32] Of the children of Joseph, namely, of
the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[33] Those that
were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and
five hundred.
[34] Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations,
after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of
the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war;
[35] Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of
Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
[36] Of the
children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house
of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old
and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[37] Those that
were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five
thousand and four hundred.
[38] Of the children of Dan, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
[39] Those that were numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred.
[40]
Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the
house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years
old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
[41] Those that
were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand
and five hundred.
[42] Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to
the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to
go forth to war;
[43] Those that were numbered of them, even of the
tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four
hundred.
[44] These are those that were numbered, which Moses and
Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for
the house of his fathers.
[45] So were all those that were numbered of
the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and
upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel;
[46] Even all
they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five
hundred and fifty.
[47] But the Levites after the tribe of their
fathers were not numbered among them.
[48] For the LORD had spoken
unto Moses, saying,
[49] Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi,
neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel:
[50] But
thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all
the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the
tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and
shall encamp round about the tabernacle.
[51] And when the tabernacle
setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to
be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall
be put to death.
[52] And the children of Israel shall pitch their
tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout
their hosts.
[53] But the Levites shall pitch round about the
tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the
children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of
testimony.
[54] And the children of Israel did according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Num.2
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[2] Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own
standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle
of the congregation shall they pitch.
[3] And on the east side toward
the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch
throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of
the children of Judah.
[4] And his host, and those that were numbered
of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
[5]
And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and
Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of
Issachar.
[6] And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were
fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
[7] Then the tribe of
Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of
Zebulun.
[8] And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were
fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
[9] All that were numbered
in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six
thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set
forth.
[10] On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[11] And his host, and those that
were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five
hundred.
[12] And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of
Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
[13] And his host, and those that were numbered of them,
were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
[14] Then the tribe of
Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of
Reuel.
[15] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were
forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
[16] All that were
numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one
thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set
forth in the second rank.
[17] Then the tabernacle of the congregation
shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they
encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their
standards.
[18] On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of
Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall
be Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[19] And his host, and those that were
numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred.
[20] And by
him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh
shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[21] And his host, and those
that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two
hundred.
[22] Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons
of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[23] And his host, and
those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four
hundred.
[24] All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an
hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And
they shall go forward in the third rank.
[25] The standard of the camp
of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the
children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[26] And his
host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and
seven hundred.
[27] And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of
Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of
Ocran.
[28] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were
forty and one thousand and five hundred.
[29] Then the tribe of
Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of
Enan.
[30] And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were
fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
[31] All they that were
numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven
thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their
standards.
[32] These are those which were numbered of the children of
Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps
throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five
hundred and fifty.
[33] But the Levites were not numbered among the
children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[34] And the children
of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by
their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families,
according to the house of their fathers.
Num.3
[1] These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in
the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.
[2] And these
are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
[3] These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests
which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's
office.
[4] And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they
offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had
no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the
sight of Aaron their father.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
[6] Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before
Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.
[7] And they shall
keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle
of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
[8] And they
shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the
charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the
tabernacle.
[9] And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his
sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of
Israel.
[10] And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall
wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to
death.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[12] And
I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of
all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel:
therefore the Levites shall be mine;
[13] Because all the firstborn
are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I
hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall
they be: I am the LORD.
[14] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the
wilderness of Sinai, saying,
[15] Number the children of Levi after
the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and
upward shalt thou number them.
[16] And Moses numbered them according
to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded.
[17] And these were the
sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
[18] And
these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and
Shimei.
[19] And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and
Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
[20] And the sons of Merari by their
families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to
the house of their fathers.
[21] Of Gershon was the family of the
Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the
Gershonites.
[22] Those that were numbered of them, according to the
number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were
numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.
[23] The
families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle
westward.
[24] And the chief of the house of the father of the
Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael.
[25] And the charge of
the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the
tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation,
[26] And the hangings of the
court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle,
and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service
thereof.
[27] And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the
family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of
the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
[28] In the
number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and
six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
[29] The families of
the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle
southward.
[30] And the chief of the house of the father of the
families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
[31]
And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the
altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the
hanging, and all the service thereof.
[32] And Eleazar the son of
Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the
oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.
[33] Of
Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are
the families of Merari.
[34] And those that were numbered of them,
according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six
thousand and two hundred.
[35] And the chief of the house of the
father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall
pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
[36] And under the
custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all
the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,
[37] And the
pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their
cords.
[38] But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the
east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses,
and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of
the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to
death.
[39] All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and
Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all
the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two
thousand.
[40] And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn
of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the
number of their names.
[41] And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I
am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the
cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the
children of Israel.
[42] And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded
him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
[43] And all the
firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those
that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and
threescore and thirteen.
[44] And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
[45] Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the
children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and
the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD.
[46] And for those that are
to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn
of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;
[47] Thou
shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the
sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
[48]
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be
redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
[49] And Moses took the
redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the
Levites:
[50] Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the
money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary:
[51] And Moses gave the money of them that
were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as
the LORD commanded Moses.
Num.4
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[2] Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of
Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
[3] From
thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the
host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
[4] This
shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation, about the most holy things:
[5] And when the camp
setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the
covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
[6] And shall
put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth
wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof.
[7] And upon the
table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the
dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the
continual bread shall be thereon:
[8] And they shall spread upon them
a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and
shall put in the staves thereof.
[9] And they shall take a cloth of
blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and
his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto
it:
[10] And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a
covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar.
[11] And upon
the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering
of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:
[12] And they
shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the
sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of
badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
[13] And they shall take
away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
[14]
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister
about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all
the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers'
skins, and put to the staves of it.
[15] And when Aaron and his sons
have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the
sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall
come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These
things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
[16] And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily
meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle,
and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels
thereof.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[18] Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the
Kohathites from among the Levites:
[19] But thus do unto them, that
they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron
and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his
burden:
[20] But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are
covered, lest they die.
[21] And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
[22] Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the
houses of their fathers, by their families;
[23] From thirty years old
and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to
perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
[24] This is the service of the families of the
Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:
[25] And they shall bear the
curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his
covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the
hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,
[26] And
the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the
court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords,
and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so
shall they serve.
[27] At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall
be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in
all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their
burdens.
[28] This is the service of the families of the sons of
Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[29] As for the sons
of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their
fathers;
[30] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the
work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[31] And this is the
charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the
congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the
pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,
[32] And the pillars of the
court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all
their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the
instruments of the charge of their burden.
[33] This is the service of
the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the
tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
[34] And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation
numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of
their fathers,
[35] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty
years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the
tabernacle of the congregation:
[36] And those that were numbered of
them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
[37]
These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that
might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron
did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of
Moses.
[38] And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon,
throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
[39]
From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that
entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation,
[40] Even those that were numbered of them, throughout
their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred
and thirty.
[41] These are they that were numbered of the families of
the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the
congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of
the LORD.
[42] And those that were numbered of the families of the
sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their
fathers,
[43] From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years
old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of
the congregation,
[44] Even those that were numbered of them after
their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
[45] These be
those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and
Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of
Moses.
[46] All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses
and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the
house of their fathers,
[47] From thirty years old and upward even
unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and
the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,
[48]
Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and
fourscore.
[49] According to the commandment of the LORD they were
numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according
to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Num.5
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and
every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the
dead:
[3] Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp
shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I
dwell.
[4] And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without
the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of
Israel.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[6] Speak
unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men
commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be
guilty;
[7] Then they shall confess their sin which they have done:
and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it
the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath
trespassed.
[8] But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the
trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the
priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for
him.
[9] And every offering of all the holy things of the children of
Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
[10] And every
man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it
shall be his.
[11] And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
[12] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If
any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
[13] And a
man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be
kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she
be taken with the manner;
[14] And the spirit of jealousy come upon
him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of
jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not
defiled:
[15] Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and
he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal;
he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an
offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to
remembrance.
[16] And the priest shall bring her near, and set her
before the LORD:
[17] And the priest shall take holy water in an
earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the
priest shall take, and put it into the water:
[18] And the priest
shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the
offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the
priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the
curse:
[19] And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto
the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to
uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter
water that causeth the curse:
[20] But if thou hast gone aside to
another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain
with thee beside thine husband:
[21] Then the priest shall charge the
woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD
make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy
thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
[22] And this water that causeth
the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to
rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
[23] And the priest shall
write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter
water:
[24] And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water
that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into
her, and become bitter.
[25] Then the priest shall take the jealousy
offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD,
and offer it upon the altar:
[26] And the priest shall take an handful
of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and
afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
[27] And when he
hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be
defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth
the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell,
and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her
people.
[28] And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she
shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
[29] This is the law of
jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is
defiled;
[30] Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he
be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the
priest shall execute upon her all this law.
[31] Then shall the man be
guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Num.6
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman
shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves
unto the LORD:
[3] He shall separate himself from wine and strong
drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither
shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or
dried.
[4] All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is
made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
[5] All the
days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head: until
the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he
shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head
grow.
[6] All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he
shall come at no dead body.
[7] He shall not make himself unclean for
his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they
die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head.
[8] All the
days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.
[9] And if any man
die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then
he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he
shave it.
[10] And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or
two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation:
[11] And the priest shall offer the one for a sin
offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for
that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same
day.
[12] And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his
separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering:
but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was
defiled.
[13] And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of
his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
[14] And he shall offer his offering
unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt
offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering,
and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
[15] And a basket of
unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened
bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink
offerings.
[16] And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and
shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
[17] And he
shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the
basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and
his drink offering.
[18] And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his
separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the
hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the
sacrifice of the peace offerings.
[19] And the priest shall take the
sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one
unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the
hair of his separation is shaven:
[20] And the priest shall wave them
for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave
breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink
wine.
[21] This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his
offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get:
according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his
separation.
[22] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[23]
Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the
children of Israel, saying unto them,
[24] The LORD bless thee, and
keep thee:
[25] The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be
gracious unto thee:
[26] The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee,
and give thee peace.
[27] And they shall put my name upon the children
of Israel; and I will bless them.
Num.7
[1] And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set
up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the
instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had
anointed them, and sanctified them;
[2] That the princes of Israel,
heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and
were over them that were numbered, offered:
[3] And they brought their
offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two
of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the
tabernacle.
[4] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[5]
Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according
to his service.
[6] And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave
them unto the Levites.
[7] Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the
sons of Gershon, according to their service:
[8] And four wagons and
eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
[9] But unto the sons
of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them
was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
[10] And the princes
offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the
princes offered their offering before the altar.
[11] And the LORD
said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for
the dedicating of the altar.
[12] And he that offered his offering the
first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of
Judah:
[13] And his offering was one silver charger, the weight
thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled
with oil for a meat offering:
[14] One spoon of ten shekels of gold,
full of incense:
[15] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the
first year, for a burnt offering:
[16] One kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[17] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[18] On the second day Nethaneel the son
of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
[19] He offered for his
offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
[20] One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of
incense:
[21] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
[22] One kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[23] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
[24] On the third day Eliab the son of
Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
[25] His offering
was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
[26] One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[27] One young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
[28] One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[29] And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
[30] On the fourth
day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did
offer:
[31] His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel
of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
[32] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
[33] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
[34] One kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[35] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Elizur the son of Shedeur.
[36] On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
[37] His
offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat
offering:
[38] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
[39] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
[40] One kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[41] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[42] On the sixth day Eliasaph the
son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
[43] His
offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels,
a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
[44] One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[45] One young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
[46] One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[47] And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[48] On the
seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim,
offered:
[49] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[50] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
[51] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
[52] one kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[53] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[54] On the eighth day offered Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
[55] His
offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
[56] One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[57] One young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
[58] One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[59] And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[60] On the
ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin,
offered:
[61] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[62] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
[63] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
[64] One kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[65] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Abidan the son of Gideoni.
[66] On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
[67] His offering
was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
[68] One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[69] One young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
[70] One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[71] And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[72] On the
eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher,
offered:
[73] His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof
was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meat offering:
[74] One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of
incense:
[75] One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year,
for a burnt offering:
[76] One kid of the goats for a sin
offering:
[77] And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Pagiel the son of Ocran.
[78] On the twelfth day Ahira the son of
Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
[79] His offering
was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of
them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
[80] One
golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
[81] One young bullock,
one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
[82] One
kid of the goats for a sin offering:
[83] And for a sacrifice of peace
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year:
this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
[84] This was the
dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of
Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of
gold:
[85] Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty
shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four
hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
[86] The golden
spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the
shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty
shekels.
[87] All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve
bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat
offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
[88] And
all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four
bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty.
This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
[89]
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with
him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat
that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake
unto him.
Num.8
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven
lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.
[3] And Aaron did
so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
[4] And this work of the candlestick was of beaten
gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work:
according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the
candlestick.
[5] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[6]
Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse
them.
[7] And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle
water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them
wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean.
[8] Then let them
take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil,
and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
[9] And
thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou
shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel
together:
[10] And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and
the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:
[11]
And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the
children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the
LORD.
[12] And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the
bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a
burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the
Levites.
[13] And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before
his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
[14] Thus
shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the
Levites shall be mine.
[15] And after that shall the Levites go in to
do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse
them, and offer them for an offering.
[16] For they are wholly given
unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb,
even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them
unto me.
[17] For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are
mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of
Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
[18] And I have taken the Levites
for all the firstborn of the children of Israel.
[19] And I have given
the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of
Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the
congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be
no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh
unto the sanctuary.
[20] And Moses, and Aaron, and all the
congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all
that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of
Israel unto them.
[21] And the Levites were purified, and they washed
their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron
made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
[22] And after that went
the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before
Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the
Levites, so did they unto them.
[23] And the LORD spake unto Moses,
saying,
[24] This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty
and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the
tabernacle of the congregation:
[25] And from the age of fifty years
they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no
more:
[26] But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of
the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou
do unto the Levites touching their charge.
Num.9
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of
Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the
land of Egypt, saying,
[2] Let the children of Israel also keep the
passover at his appointed season.
[3] In the fourteenth day of this
month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the
rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep
it.
[4] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should
keep the passover.
[5] And they kept the passover on the fourteenth
day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that
the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
[6] And there
were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could
not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron
on that day:
[7] And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the
dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an
offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of
Israel?
[8] And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear
what the LORD will command concerning you.
[9] And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
[10] Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any
man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be
in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the
LORD.
[11] The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall
keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
[12] They
shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to
all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
[13] But the
man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover,
even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought
not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his
sin.
[14] And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the
passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and
according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance,
both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
[15] And
on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle,
namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as
it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
[16] So it was
alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by
night.
[17] And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then
after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud
abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
[18] At the
commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment
of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they
rested in their tents.
[19] And when the cloud tarried long upon the
tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD,
and journeyed not.
[20] And so it was, when the cloud was a few days
upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in
their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they
journeyed.
[21] And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the
morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed:
whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they
journeyed.
[22] Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year,
that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of
Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they
journeyed.
[23] At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the
tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge
of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Num.10
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that
thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of
the camps.
[3] And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly
shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
[4] And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the
princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves
unto thee.
[5] When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the
east parts shall go forward.
[6] When ye blow an alarm the second
time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they
shall blow an alarm for their journeys.
[7] But when the congregation
is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an
alarm.
[8] And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the
trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your
generations.
[9] And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy
that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall
be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your
enemies.
[10] Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn
days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over
your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they
may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your
God.
[11] And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second
month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle
of the testimony.
[12] And the children of Israel took their journeys
out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of
Paran.
[13] And they first took their journey according to the
commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
[14] In the first place
went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their
armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
[15] And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of
Zuar.
[16] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun
was Eliab the son of Helon.
[17] And the tabernacle was taken down;
and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the
tabernacle.
[18] And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward
according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
[19] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon
was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
[20] And over the host of the
tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
[21] And
the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the
tabernacle against they came.
[22] And the standard of the camp of the
children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
[23] And over the host of the tribe of
the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
[24] And
over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
[25] And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set
forward, which was the rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and
over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
[26] And over the
host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of
Ocran.
[27] And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali
was Ahira the son of Enan.
[28] Thus were the journeyings of the
children of Israel according to their armies, when they set
forward.
[29] And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the
Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the
LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for
the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
[30] And he said unto
him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my
kindred.
[31] And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as
thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us
instead of eyes.
[32] And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it
shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto
thee.
[33] And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days'
journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three
days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
[34] And the
cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the
camp.
[35] And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses
said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate
thee flee before thee.
[36] And when it rested, he said, Return, O
LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Num.11
[1] And when the people complained, it displeased the
LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD
burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the
camp.
[2] And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto
the LORD, the fire was quenched.
[3] And he called the name of the
place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
[4] And
the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of
Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
[5]
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
[6] But our
soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our
eyes.
[7] And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof
as the colour of bdellium.
[8] And the people went about, and gathered
it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and
made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh
oil.
[9] And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna
fell upon it.
[10] Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their
families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was
kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
[11] And Moses said unto
the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not
found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon
me?
[12] Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that
thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth
the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers?
[13] Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people?
for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
[14] I
am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for
me.
[15] And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of
hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my
wretchedness.
[16] And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me
seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the
people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the
congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
[17] And I will
come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon
thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people
with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
[18] And say thou unto
the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for
ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye
shall eat.
[19] Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days,
neither ten days, nor twenty days;
[20] But even a whole month, until
it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have
despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came
we forth out of Egypt?
[21] And Moses said, The people, among whom I
am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them
flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
[22] Shall the flocks and the
herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be
gathered together for them, to suffice them?
[23] And the LORD said
unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word
shall come to pass unto thee or not.
[24] And Moses went out, and told
the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of
the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
[25] And the LORD
came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon
him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the
spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
[26] But
there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and
the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of
them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they
prophesied in the camp.
[27] And there ran a young man, and told
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
[28] And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and
said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
[29] And Moses said unto him,
Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets,
and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
[30] And Moses gat
him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
[31] And there went
forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall
by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's
journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high
upon the face of the earth.
[32] And the people stood up all that day,
and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that
gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for
themselves round about the camp.
[33] And while the flesh was yet
between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled
against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great
plague.
[34] And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah:
because there they buried the people that lusted.
[35] And the people
journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Num.12
[1] And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of
the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian
woman.
[2] And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses?
hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
[3] (Now the man
Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the
earth.)
[4] And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron,
and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And
they three came out.
[5] And the LORD came down in the pillar of the
cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and
they both came forth.
[6] And he said, Hear now my words: If there be
a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and
will speak unto him in a dream.
[7] My servant Moses is not so, who is
faithful in all mine house.
[8] With him will I speak mouth to mouth,
even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall
he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant
Moses?
[9] And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he
departed.
[10] And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and,
behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and,
behold, she was leprous.
[11] And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my
lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly,
and wherein we have sinned.
[12] Let her not be as one dead, of whom
the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's
womb.
[13] And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God,
I beseech thee.
[14] And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had
but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out
from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in
again.
[15] And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the
people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.
[16] And
afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of
Paran.
Num.13
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the
children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every
one a ruler among them.
[3] And Moses by the commandment of the LORD
sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children
of Israel.
[4] And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben,
Shammua the son of Zaccur.
[5] Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son
of Hori.
[6] Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of
Jephunneh.
[7] Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of
Joseph.
[8] Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of
Nun.
[9] Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of
Raphu.
[10] Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of
Sodi.
[11] Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh,
Gaddi the son of Susi.
[12] Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of
Gemalli.
[13] Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of
Michael.
[14] Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of
Vophsi.
[15] Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of
Machi.
[16] These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out
the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
[17] And
Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up
this way southward, and go up into the mountain:
[18] And see the
land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong
or weak, few or many;
[19] And what the land is that they dwell in,
whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether
in tents, or in strong holds;
[20] And what the land is, whether it be
fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage,
and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe
grapes.
[21] So they went up, and searched the land from the
wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.
[22] And they
ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai,
the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in
Egypt.)
[23] And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from
thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a
staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
[24] The
place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the
children of Israel cut down from thence.
[25] And they returned from
searching of the land after forty days.
[26] And they went and came to
Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto
the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto
all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
[27] And
they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and
surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of
it.
[28] Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and
the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak
there.
[29] The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the
Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the
Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.
[30] And
Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and
possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.
[31] But the men that
went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are
stronger than we.
[32] And they brought up an evil report of the land
which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through
which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great
stature.
[33] And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which
come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were
in their sight.
Num.14
[1] And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and
cried; and the people wept that night.
[2] And all the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said
unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had
died in this wilderness!
[3] And wherefore hath the LORD brought us
unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be
a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
[4] And they
said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into
Egypt.
[5] Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the
assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
[6] And Joshua
the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched
the land, rent their clothes:
[7] And they spake unto all the company
of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search
it, is an exceeding good land.
[8] If the LORD delight in us, then he
will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and
honey.
[9] Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the
people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from
them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
[10] But all the
congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in
the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of
Israel.
[11] And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people
provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which
I have shewed among them?
[12] I will smite them with the pestilence,
and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than
they.
[13] And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear
it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among
them;)
[14] And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for
they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen
face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before
them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by
night.
[15] Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then
the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
[16]
Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware
unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness.
[17] And
now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast
spoken, saying,
[18] The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy,
forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
generation.
[19] Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people
according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this
people, from Egypt even until now.
[20] And the LORD said, I have
pardoned according to thy word:
[21] But as truly as I live, all the
earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
[22] Because all
those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in
the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened
to my voice;
[23] Surely they shall not see the land which I sware
unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see
it:
[24] But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him,
and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went;
and his seed shall possess it.
[25] (Now the Amalekites and the
Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the
wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
[26] And the LORD spake unto
Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
[27] How long shall I bear with this
evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the
children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
[28] Say unto them,
As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do
to you:
[29] Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that
were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and
upward, which have murmured against me,
[30] Doubtless ye shall not
come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
[31] But your
little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they
shall know the land which ye have despised.
[32] But as for you, your
carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
[33] And your children
shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your
carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
[34] After the number of the
days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall
ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of
promise.
[35] I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this
evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness
they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
[36] And the men,
which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation
to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
[37]
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the
plague before the LORD.
[38] But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the
son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived
still.
[39] And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of
Israel: and the people mourned greatly.
[40] And they rose up early in
the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be
here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have
sinned.
[41] And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the
commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
[42] Go not up, for
the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your
enemies.
[43] For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before
you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD,
therefore the LORD will not be with you.
[44] But they presumed to go
up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and
Moses, departed not out of the camp.
[45] Then the Amalekites came
down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and
discomfited them, even unto Hormah.
Num.15
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the
land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
[3] And will make an
offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a
vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour
unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
[4] Then shall he that
offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of
flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.
[5] And the
fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the
burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
[6] Or for a ram, thou
shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the
third part of an hin of oil.
[7] And for a drink offering thou shalt
offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the
LORD.
[8] And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or
for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the
LORD:
[9] Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three
tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
[10] And thou
shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[11] Thus shall it be done for
one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
[12] According
to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to
their number.
[13] All that are born of the country shall do these
things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
[14] And if a stranger sojourn with you, or
whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by
fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do.
[15]
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the
stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as
ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
[16] One law and one
manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with
you.
[17] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[18] Speak
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land
whither I bring you,
[19] Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the
bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the
LORD.
[20] Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an
heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye
heave it.
[21] Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD
an heave offering in your generations.
[22] And if ye have erred, and
not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto
Moses,
[23] Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of
Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your
generations;
[24] Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance
without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer
one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with
his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid
of the goats for a sin offering.
[25] And the priest shall make an
atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be
forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a
sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD,
for their ignorance:
[26] And it shall be forgiven all the
congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among
them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
[27] And if any soul
sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a
sin offering.
[28] And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul
that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make
an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
[29] Ye shall have
one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among
the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among
them.
[30] But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be
born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul
shall be cut off from among his people.
[31] Because he hath despised
the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly
be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
[32] And while the
children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks
upon the sabbath day.
[33] And they that found him gathering sticks
brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
[34]
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to
him.
[35] And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to
death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the
camp.
[36] And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and
stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
[37]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[38] Speak unto the children of
Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their
garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the
borders a ribband of blue:
[39] And it shall be unto you for a fringe,
that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do
them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which
ye use to go a whoring:
[40] That ye may remember, and do all my
commandments, and be holy unto your God.
[41] I am the LORD your God,
which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your
God.
Num.16
[1] Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the
son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of
Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
[2] And they rose up before Moses,
with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the
assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown:
[3] And they
gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto
them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one
of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above
the congregation of the LORD?
[4] And when Moses heard it, he fell
upon his face:
[5] And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company,
saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will
cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to
come near unto him.
[6] This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his
company;
[7] And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the
LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall
be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
[8] And Moses
said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
[9] Seemeth it but
a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the
congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the
tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto
them?
[10] And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren
the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
[11] For
which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the
LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?
[12] And Moses
sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come
up:
[13] Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a
land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou
make thyself altogether a prince over us?
[14] Moreover thou hast not
brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance
of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not
come up.
[15] And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD,
Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither
have I hurt one of them.
[16] And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and
all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to
morrow:
[17] And take every man his censer, and put incense in them,
and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty
censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
[18] And they
took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and
stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and
Aaron.
[19] And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD
appeared unto all the congregation.
[20] And the LORD spake unto Moses
and unto Aaron, saying,
[21] Separate yourselves from among this
congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
[22] And they fell
upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall
one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
[23]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[24] Speak unto the
congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram.
[25] And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and
the elders of Israel followed him.
[26] And he spake unto the
congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men,
and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their
sins.
[27] So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and
Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of
their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little
children.
[28] And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath
sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own
mind.
[29] If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be
visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent
me.
[30] But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her
mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down
quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the
LORD.
[31] And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all
these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
[32]
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all
the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
[33] They,
and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth
closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
[34]
And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they
said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
[35] And there came out a
fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered
incense.
[36] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[37]
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out
of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are
hallowed.
[38] The censers of these sinners against their own souls,
let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered
them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto
the children of Israel.
[39] And Eleazar the priest took the brasen
censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad
plates for a covering of the altar:
[40] To be a memorial unto the
children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come
near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his
company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
[41] But on the
morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
[42] And
it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against
Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold,
the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
[43] And
Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
[44]
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[45] Get you up from among this
congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their
faces.
[46] And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire
therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the
congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from
the LORD; the plague is begun.
[47] And Aaron took as Moses commanded,
and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun
among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the
people.
[48] And he stood between the dead and the living; and the
plague was stayed.
[49] Now they that died in the plague were fourteen
thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of
Korah.
[50] And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Num.17
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[2]
Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according
to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of
their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his
rod.
[3] And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for
one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
[4] And
thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the
testimony, where I will meet with you.
[5] And it shall come to pass,
that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease
from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against
you.
[6] And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of
their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their
fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their
rods.
[7] And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle
of witness.
[8] And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went
into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of
Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded
almonds.
[9] And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD
unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his
rod.
[10] And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before
the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite
take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
[11] And Moses
did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
[12] And the children of
Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all
perish.
[13] Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of
the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
Num.18
[1] And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and
thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou
and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
[2]
And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou
with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou
and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of
witness.
[3] And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the
tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the
altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
[4] And they shall be
joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for
all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto
you.
[5] And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge
of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of
Israel.
[6] And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from
among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to
do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[7] Therefore
thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for every thing of
the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's
office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death.
[8] And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have
given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the
children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and
to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
[9] This shall be thine of the
most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat
offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass
offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee
and for thy sons.
[10] In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every
male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
[11] And this is thine;
the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of
Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with
thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of
it.
[12] All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of
the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them
have I given thee.
[13] And whatsoever is first ripe in the land,
which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in
thine house shall eat of it.
[14] Every thing devoted in Israel shall
be thine.
[15] Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which
they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine:
nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of
unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
[16] And those that are to be
redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for
the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty
gerahs.
[17] But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep,
or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt
sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering
made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
[18] And the flesh of
them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are
thine.
[19] All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the
children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy
daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever
before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
[20] And the LORD
spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt
thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the
children of Israel.
[21] And, behold, I have given the children of
Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they
serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[22]
Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the
congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
[23] But the Levites shall
do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their
iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among
the children of Israel they have no inheritance.
[24] But the tithes
of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD,
I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among
the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
[25] And the
LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[26] Thus speak unto the Levites, and
say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have
given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave
offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
[27] And
this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn
of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
[28] Thus
ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye
receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave
offering to Aaron the priest.
[29] Out of all your gifts ye shall
offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the
hallowed part thereof out of it.
[30] Therefore thou shalt say unto
them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted
unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of
the winepress.
[31] And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your
households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the
congregation.
[32] And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye
have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of
the children of Israel, lest ye die.
Num.19
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron,
saying,
[2] This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath
commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red
heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came
yoke:
[3] And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may
bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his
face:
[4] And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his
finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the
congregation seven times:
[5] And one shall burn the heifer in his
sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he
burn:
[6] And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and
scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
[7]
Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water,
and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until
the even.
[8] And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water,
and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
[9]
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up
without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of
the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for
sin.
[10] And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of
Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for
ever.
[11] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean
seven days.
[12] He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and
on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third
day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
[13] Whosoever
toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself,
defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel:
because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean;
his uncleanness is yet upon him.
[14] This is the law, when a man
dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall
be unclean seven days.
[15] And every open vessel, which hath no
covering bound upon it, is unclean.
[16] And whosoever toucheth one
that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a
man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
[17] And for an unclean
person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin,
and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
[18] And a clean
person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the
tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon
him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
[19]
And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on
the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
[20]
But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall
be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of
the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is
unclean.
[21] And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he
that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that
toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
[22] And
whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that
toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
Num.20
[1] Then came the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in
Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
[2] And there was
no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against
Moses and against Aaron.
[3] And the people chode with Moses, and
spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the
LORD!
[4] And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into
this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
[5] And
wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil
place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates;
neither is there any water to drink.
[6] And Moses and Aaron went from
the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared
unto them.
[7] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
[8]
Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy
brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth
his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou
shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
[9] And Moses took
the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
[10] And Moses and
Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them,
Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
[11]
And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the
water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts
also.
[12] And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye
believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore
ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given
them.
[13] This is the water of Meribah; because the children of
Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
[14] And
Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother
Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
[15] How
our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and
the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
[16] And when we cried unto
the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out
of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy
border:
[17] Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will
not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of
the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, we will not turn to
the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
[18]
And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee
with the sword.
[19] And the children of Israel said unto him, We will
go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay
for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my
feet.
[20] And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out
against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
[21] Thus Edom
refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away
from him.
[22] And the children of Israel, even the whole
congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
[23] And
the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of
Edom, saying,
[24] Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he
shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel,
because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
[25] Take
Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
[26] And
strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall
be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
[27] And Moses did
as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the
congregation.
[28] And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put
them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and
Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
[29] And when all the
congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even
all the house of Israel.
Num.21
[1] And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the
south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought
against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
[2] And Israel vowed
a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my
hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
[3] And the LORD
hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they
utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place
Hormah.
[4] And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red
sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much
discouraged because of the way.
[5] And the people spake against God,
and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the
wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul
loatheth this light bread.
[6] And the LORD sent fiery serpents among
the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel
died.
[7] Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have
sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the
LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the
people.
[8] And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent,
and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is
bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
[9] And Moses made a
serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent
had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he
lived.
[10] And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in
Oboth.
[11] And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim,
in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
[12]
From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
[13]
From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in
the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the
border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
[14] Wherefore it is
said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the
brooks of Arnon,
[15] And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down
to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
[16] And
from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto
Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
[17]
Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
[18]
The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the
direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went
to Mattanah:
[19] And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to
Bamoth:
[20] And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of
Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
[21] And
Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
[22]
Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the
vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by
the king's high way, until we be past thy borders.
[23] And Sihon
would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his
people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to
Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
[24] And Israel smote him with the
edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the
children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was
strong.
[25] And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all
the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages
thereof.
[26] For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the
Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land
out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
[27] Wherefore they that speak in
proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and
prepared:
[28] For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from
the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places
of Arnon.
[29] Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of
Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity
unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
[30] We have shot at them; Heshbon is
perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which
reacheth unto Medeba.
[31] Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the
Amorites.
[32] And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the
villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
[33] And
they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out
against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
[34] And
the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand,
and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto
Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
[35] So they smote
him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and
they possessed his land.
Num.22
[1] And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in
the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
[2] And Balak the
son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
[3] And
Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was
distressed because of the children of Israel.
[4] And Moab said unto
the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about
us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was
king of the Moabites at that time.
[5] He sent messengers therefore
unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the
children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out
from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over
against me:
[6] Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people;
for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite
them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou
blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
[7] And the
elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination
in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of
Balak.
[8] And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will
bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab
abode with Balaam.
[9] And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men
are these with thee?
[10] And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of
Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
[11] Behold, there is
a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now,
curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them
out.
[12] And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou
shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
[13] And Balaam rose
up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land:
for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
[14] And the
princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to
come with us.
[15] And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more
honourable than they.
[16] And they came to Balaam, and said to him,
Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from
coming unto me:
[17] For I will promote thee unto very great honour,
and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse
me this people.
[18] And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of
Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go
beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
[19] Now
therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the
LORD will say unto me more.
[20] And God came unto Balaam at night,
and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but
yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
[21] And
Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of
Moab.
[22] And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel
of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding
upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
[23] And the ass saw
the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and
the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote
the ass, to turn her into the way.
[24] But the angel of the LORD
stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that
side.
[25] And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust
herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote
her again.
[26] And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a
narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the
left.
[27] And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down
under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a
staff.
[28] And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said
unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three
times?
[29] And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me:
I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill
thee.
[30] And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon
which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to
do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
[31] Then the LORD opened the eyes
of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword
drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his
face.
[32] And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast
thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee,
because thy way is perverse before me:
[33] And the ass saw me, and
turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also
I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
[34] And Balaam said unto the
angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way
against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back
again.
[35] And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the
men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So
Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
[36] And when Balak heard that
Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the
border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
[37] And Balak said
unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest
thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
[38]
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all
to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I
speak.
[39] And Balaam went with Balak, and they came