hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my 35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people took their

hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my 35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people took their

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before it was chewed, even the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord esmote the people with an exceeding great plague. 34 So the name of the place was called, 1Kibroth Hattaavah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting. 35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people took their journey to Hazeroth, and abode at Hazeroth. 12 1 Aaron and Miriam grudge against Moses. 10 Miriam is stricken with leprosy, and healed at the prayer of Moses.

thou sayest, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a month long. 22 Shall the sheep and the beeves be slain for them to find them? either shall all the fish of the Sea be gathered together for them to suffice them? 23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is cthe Lord's hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee, or no. 24 ¶ So Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, and gathered seventy men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle. 25 Then the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and 1took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy Ancient men: and when the Spirit rested upon them, then they prophesied, and did not 2cease. 26 But there remained two of the men in the host: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested upon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out unto the Tabernacle) and they prophesied in the host. 27 Then there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the host. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun the servant of Moses one of his 1young men answered and said, My lord Moses, 2forbid them. 29 But Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lord's people were Prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them. 30 And Moses returned into the host, he and the Elders of Israel. 31 Then there went forth a wind from the Lord, and dbrought quails from the sea, and let them fall upon the camp, a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the host, and they were about two cubits above the earth. 32 Then the people arose, all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered the least, gathered ten 1Homers full, and they spread them abroad for their use round about the host. 33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth,

cIsa. 50:2

Isa. 59:1

d Exod. 16:13

Ps. 78:26,27

e Ps. 78:31

chapter 12

a Exod. 33:11

1 Afterward Miriam and Aaron 1spake against Moses, because of the woman of Ethiopia whom he had married (for he had married 2a woman of Ethiopia.) 2 And they said, What? hath the Lord spoken but only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? and the Lord heard this. 3 (But Moses was a very 1meek man above all the men that were upon the earth.) 4 And by and by the Lord said unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, come out ye three unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth. 5 Then 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 of the Lord among you, I will be known to him by a 1vision, and will speak unto him by dream. 7 My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful 1in all mine house, 8 Unto him will I speak amouth to mouth, and by vision, and not in dark words, but he shall 1see the similitude of the Lord. Wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, even against Moses? 9 Thus the Lord was very angry with them, and departed. 10 Also the cloud departed from the 1Tabernacle: and behold, Miriam was leprous like snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. 11 Then Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I

11:25 1 Or, separated, verse 17. 2 From that day the spirit of prophecy did not fail them. 11:28 1 Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth. 2 Such blind zeal was in the Apostles, Mark 9:38; Luke 9:44. 11:32 1 Of Homer, read Lev. 27:16, also it signifieth an heap, as Exod. 8:14; Judg. 15:16. 11:34 1 Or, graves of lust. 12:1 1 Or, murmured. 2 Zipporah Moses' wife was a Midianite, and because Midian bor­

dered on Ethiopia, it is sometimes in the Scriptures comprehended under this name. 12:3 1 And so bare with their grudging, although he knew them. 12:6 1 These were the two ordinary means. 12:7 1 In all Israel which was his Church. 12:8 1 So far as any man was able to comprehend, which he calleth his back parts, Exod. 33:23. 12:10 1 From the door of the Tabernacle.

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beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, which we have foolishly committed, and wherein we have sinned. 12 Let her not, I pray thee, be as one 1dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed, when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13 Then Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heal her now. 14 ¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had 1spit in her face, should she not have been ashamed seven days? let her be bshut out of the host seven days, and after she shall be received. 15 So Miriam was shut out of the host seven days, and the people removed not, till Miriam was brought in again. 13 4 Certain men are sent to search the land of Canaan. 24 They bring of the fruit of the land. 31 Caleb comforteth the people against the discouraging of the other spies.

14 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael: 15 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi: 16 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. 17 These are the names of the 1men, which Moses sent to spy out the land: and Moses called the name of Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. 18 So Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way toward the South, and go up into the 1mountains. 19 And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwell therein, whether they be strong, or weak, either few or many. 20 Also what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be 1good or bad: and what cities they be, that they dwell in, whether they dwell in tents, or in walled towns. 21 And what the land is: whether it be fat or lean, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes.) 22 ¶ So they went up, and searched out the land, from the wilderness of 1Zin unto Rehob, to go to Hamath. 23 And they ascended toward the South, and came unto Hebron, where were Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the sons of 1Anak. And 2Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. 24 aThen they came to the river of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a bar between two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figs. 25 That place was called the 1river Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut down thence. 26 Then after forty days they turned again from searching of the land. 27 And they went and came to Moses and to Aaron, and unto all the Congregation of the children of Israel, in the wilderness of 1Paran, to Kadesh, and brought to them, and to all the Congregation tidings, and showed them the fruit of the land. 28 And they told 1him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou hast sent us, and surely it floweth with bmilk and honey: and here is of the fruit of it. 29 Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in

b Lev. 13:46

chapter 13

a Deut. 1:24

b Exod. 33:3

1 Then afterward the people removed from Ha­ zeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of 1Paran. 2 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 3 1Send thou men out to search the land of Canaan which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, such as are all rulers among them. 4 Then Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Paran at the commandment of the Lord: all those men were 1heads of the children of Israel. 5 Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur: 6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori: 7 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephun­ neh: 8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph: 9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, 1Hoshea the son of Nun: 10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu: 11 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi: 12 Of the tribe of Joseph, to wit, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi: 13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli:

12:12 1 As a child that cometh out of his mother's belly dead, having as it were but the skin. 12:14 1 In his displeasure. 13:1 1 That is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, Num. 33:18. 13:3 1 After the people had required it of Moses, as it is in Deut. 1:22, then the Lord spake to Moses so to do. 13:4 1 Or, rulers. 13:9 1 Or, Joshua. 13:17 1 Which in number were twelve, according to the twelve tribes.

13:18 1 Or, his country. 13:20 1 Plentiful or barren. 13:22 1 Which was in the wilderness of Paran. 13:23 1 Which were a kind of giants. 2 Declaring the antiquity thereof: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there. 13:25 1 Or, the valley of Eshcol, that is, of grapes. 13:27 1 Called also Kadesh Barnea. 13:28 1 That is, Moses.

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the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great: and moreover, we saw the 1sons of Anak there. 30 The Amalekites dwell in the South country, and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountains, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coasts of Jordan. 31 Then Caleb stilled the people 1before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it: for undoubtedly we shall overcome it. 32 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. 33 So they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched for the children of Israel, saying, The land which we have gone through to search it out, is a land that 1eateth up the inhabitants thereof: for all the people that we saw in it, are men of great stature. 34 For there we saw giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants, so that we seemed in our sight like grasshoppers: and so we were in their sight. 14 2 The people murmur against Moses. 10 They would have stoned Caleb and Joshua. 23 Moses pacifieth God by his prayer. 45 The people that would enter into the land contrary to God's will, are slain.

8 If the Lord love us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, which is a land that floweth with milk and honey. 9 But rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land: for they are but 1bread for us: their shield is departed from them, and the Lord is with us, fear them not. 10 And all the multitude said, 1Stone them with stones: but 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 showed among them? 12 I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier than they. 13 But Moses said unto the Lord, aWhen the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them) 14 Then they shall say to the inhabitants of the land, (for they have heard, that thou Lord, art among this people, and that thou, Lord, art seen 1face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou bgoest before them, by daytime in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.) 15 That thou wilt kill this people as 1one man: so the heathen which have heard the fame of thee, shall thus say, 16 Because the Lord was not cable to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore hath he 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 dslow to anger, and of great mercy, and eforgiving iniquity and sin, but not making the wicked innocent, and fvisiting the wickedness of the fathers upon the children, in the third and fourth generation: 19 Be merciful, I beseech thee, unto the iniquity of this people, according to thy great mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt, even until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have forgiven 1it, according to thy request. 21 Notwithstanding, as I live, all the earth, shall

chapter 14

a Exod. 32:12

b Exod. 13:21

c Deut. 9:28

d Exod. 34:6

Ps. 103:8

e Ps. 10:3

f Exod. 20:5

Exod. 34:7

1 Then all the Congregation lifted up their voice, and cried: and the 1people wept that night, 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assembly said unto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness: would God we were dead. 3 Wherefore now hath the Lord brought us into this land to fall upon the sword? our wives and our children shall be 1a prey: were it not better for us to return into Egypt? 4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain and return into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron 1fell 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 two of them that searched the land, 1rent their clothes, 7 And spake unto all the assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good land.

13:29 1 Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, Josh. 11:21, 22. 13:31 1 Or, murmuring against Moses. 13:33 1 The giants were so cruel, that they spoiled and killed one another and those that came to them. 14:1 1 Such as were afraid at the report of the ten spies. 14:3 1 To our enemies the Canaanites. 14:5 1 Lamenting the people, and praying for them.

14:6 1 For sorrow, hearing their blasphemy. 14:9 1 We shall easily overcome them. 14:10 1 This is the condition of them that would persuade in God's cause, to be persecuted of the multitude. 14:14 1 Hebrew, eye to eye. 14:15 1 So that none shall escape. 14:20 1 In that he destroyed not them utterly, but left their posterity and certain to enter.

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be filled with the glory of the Lord. 22 For all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles which I did in Egypt, and in the wilderness, and have tempted me this 1ten times, and have not obeyed my voice, 23 Certainly they shall not see the land, whereof I sware unto their fathers: neither shall any that provoke me, see it. 24 But my servant gCaleb, because he had another 1spirit, and hath followed me still, even him will I bring into the land, whither he went, and his seed shall inherit it. 25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites 1remain in the valley: wherefore turn back tomorrow, and get you into the 2wilderness, by the way of the red sea. 26 ¶ After, the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 27 hHow long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Tell them, As I ilive (saith the Lord) I will surely do unto you, even as ye have spoken in mine ears. 29 Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all you that were jcounted through all your numbers, from twenty years old and above, which have murmured against me, 30 Ye shall not doubtless come into the land, for the which I klifted up mine hand, to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 31 But your children (which ye said should be a prey) them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have refused: 32 But even your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children shall 1wander in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your 2whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. 34 After the number of the days in the which ye searched out the land, even forty days, levery day for a year, shall you bear your iniquity, for mforty years, and ye 1shall feel my breach of promise. 35 I the Lord have said, Certainly I will do so to all this wicked company that are gathered together against me: for in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. 36 And the men which Moses had sent to search

the land (which when they came again, made all the people to murmur against him, and brought up a slander upon the land.) 37 Even those men that did bring up that vile slander upon the land, nshall die by a plague before the Lord. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall live. 39 ¶ Then Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel, and the people sorrowed greatly. 40 oAnd they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be ready to go up to the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have 1sinned. 41 But Moses said, Wherefore transgress ye thus the commandment of the Lord? it will not so come well to pass. 42 Go not up, (for the Lord is not among you) lest ye be overthrown before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: for inasmuch as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you. 44 Yet they presumed 1obstinately to go up to the top of the mountain: but the Ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountain, came down and smote them, pand consumed them unto Hormah. 15 2 The offering which the Israelites should offer when they came into the land of Canaan. 32 The punishment of him that brake the Sabbath.

g Josh. 14:6

h Ps. 106:26

i Num. 26:65

Num. 32:10

j Deut. 1:35

k Gen. 14:22

l Ezek. 4:6

m Ps. 95:10

n 1 Cor. 10:10

Heb. 3:10,17

Jude 5

o Deut. 1:41

p Deut. 1:44

chapter 15

a Lev. 23:10

b Lev. 22:21

c Lev. 2:1

d Exod. 29:18

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, aWhen ye be come into the 1land 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 b,1to fulfill a vow, or a free offering, or in your feasts to make a csweet savor unto the Lord, of the herd or of the flock, 4 Then dlet him that offereth his offering unto the Lord, bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of fine flour, mingled with the fourth part of an 1Hin of oil. 5 Also thou shalt prepare the fourth part of an

14:22 1 That is, sundry times and often. 14:24 1 A meek and obedient spirit, and not rebellious. 14:25 1 And lie in wait for you. 2 For I will not defend you. 14:33 1 The word signifieth to be shepherds, or to wander like shep­ herds to and fro. 2 Your infidelity and disobedience against God.

14:34 1 Whether my promise be true or no. 14:40 1 They confess they sinned by rebelling against God, but con­ sider not they offended in going up without God's commandment. 14:44 1 They could not be stayed by any means. 15:2 1 Into the land of Canaan. 15:3 1 Or, separate. 15:4 1 Read Exod. 29:40.

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Hin of wine to be poured on a lamb appointed for the burnt offering, or any offering. 6 And for a ram thou shalt for a meat offering, prepare two tenth deals of fine flour, mingled with the third part of an Hin of oil. 7 And for a 1drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an Hin of wine, for a sweet savor unto the Lord. 8 And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or a peace offering to the Lord, 9 Then let him offer with the bullock a meat offering of 1three tenth deals of fine 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 savor unto the Lord. 11 Thus shall it be done for a bullock, or for a ram, or for a lamb, or for a kid. 12 According to the number 1that ye prepare to offer, so shall ye do to everyone according to their number. 13 All that are born of the country, shall do these things thus, to offer an offering made by fire of sweet savor unto the Lord. 14 And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will make an offering by fire of a sweet savor unto the Lord, as ye do, so he shall do. 15 eOne ordinance shall be both for you of the Congregation, and also for the stranger that dwelleth with you, even an ordinance forever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. 16 One law and one manner shall serve both 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 be come into the land, to the which I bring you, 19 And when ye shall eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord. 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your 1dough for an heave offering: fas the heave offering of the barn, so ye shall lift it up. 21 Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations. 22 And if ye 1have 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 first day that the Lord commanded Moses, and hence forward among your generations: 24 And if so be that ought be committed ignorantly of the 1Congregation, then all the Congregation shall give a bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the Lord, with the meat offering and drink offering thereto, according to the gmanner, and an he goat 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 for an offering made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their ignorance. 26 Then shall be forgiven all the Congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that dwelleth among them: for all the people were in ignorance. 27 ¶ hBut if any one person sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of a year old for a sin offering. 28 And the Priest shall make an atonement for the ignorant person, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make reconciliation for him: and it shall be forgiven him. 29 He that is born among the children of Israel, and the stranger that dwelleth among them, shall have both one law, who so doth sin by ignorance. 30 ¶ But the person that doeth ought 1presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord: therefore that person shall be cut off from among his people, 31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment: that person shall be utterly cut off: his 1iniquity 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 to Aaron, and unto all the Congregation, 34 And they put him iward: for it was not declared what should be done unto him. 35 Then the Lord said unto Moses, This man shall die the death: and let all the multitude stone him with stones without the host. 36 And all the Congregation brought him without

e Exod. 12:49

Num. 9:14

f Lev. 23:4

g Lev. 4:1

h Lev. 4:27

i Lev. 24:12

15:7 1 The liquor was so called, because it was poured on the thing that was offered. 15:9 1 Or, three Omers. 15:12 1 Every sacrifice of beasts must have their meat offering and drink offering according to this proportion. 15:20 1 Which is made of the first corn ye gather.

15:22 1 As by oversight or ignorance, read Lev. 4:2, 13. 15:24 1 Some read, from the eyes of the Congregation, that is, which is hid from the Congregation. 15:30 1 Hebrew, with an high hand, that is, in contempt of God. 15:31 1 He shall sustain the punishment of his sin.

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the host, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 37 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they jmake them fringes upon the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put upon the fringes of the borders a ribbon of blue silk. 39 And ye shall have the fringes that when ye look upon them, ye may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them: and that ye seek not after your own heart, nor after your own eyes, after the which ye go a 1whoring; 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. 16 1 The rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 31 Korah and his company perisheth. 41 The people the next day murmur. 49 14,700 are slain for murmuring.

before the Lord tomorrow: and the man whom the Lord doth choose, the same shall be holy: 1ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. 8 Again Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi. 9 Seemeth it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you near to himself, to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the Congregation, and to minister unto them? 10 He hath also taken thee to 1him, and all thy brethren, the sons of Levi with thee, and seek ye the office of the Priest also? 11 For which cause, 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: who answered, We will not come up. 13 Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us out 1of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself lord and ruler over us also? 14 Also thou hast not brought us unto a land that floweth with milk and honey, neither given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou 1put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. 15 Then Moses waxed very angry, and said unto the Lord, cLook not unto their offering: I have not taken so much as an ass from them, neither have I hurt any of them. 16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company 1before the Lord: both thou, they, and Aaron tomorrow. 17 And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye every man his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty censers: thou also and Aaron, every one his censer. 18 So 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 1multitude against them unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation: then the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the Congregation.

j Deut. 22:12

Matt. 23:5

chapter 16

a Num. 27:3

Jude 11

b Num. 26:9

c Gen. 44:3

1 Now aKorah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi 1went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the son of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben: 2 And they rose up 1against Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty captains of the assembly, bfamous in the Congregation, and men of renown, 3 Who gathered themselves together against Moses, and against Aaron, and said unto them, 1Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the Congregation is holy, 2every one of them, and the Lord is among them: wherefore then lift ye yourselves above the Congregation of the Lord? 4 But when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face, 5 And spake to Korah and unto all his company, saying, Tomorrow the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and who ought to approach near unto him: and whom he hath 1chosen, he will cause to come near to him. 6 This do therefore, Take you censers, both Korah and all his company, 7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them

15:39 1 By leaving God's commandments and following your own fantasies. 16:1 1 Or, took others with him. 16:2 1 Or, before Moses. 16:3 1 Or let it suffice you: meaning, to have abused them thus long. 2 All are alike holy: therefore none ought to be preferred above others: thus the wicked reason against God's ordinance. 16:5 1 To be the Priest and to offer.

16:7 1 He layeth the same to their charge justly, wherewith they wrongfully charged him. 16:10 1 To serve in the Congregation, as in the verse before. 16:13 1 Thus they spake contemptuously, preferring Egypt to Canaan. 16:14 1 Wilt thou make them that searched the land, believe that they saw not that which they saw? 16:16 1 At the door of the Tabernacle. 16:19 1 All that were of their faction.

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fered the 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 the fire beyond the altar: for they are hallowed, 38 The censers, I say, of these sinners, that destroyed 1themselves: and let them make of them broad plates for a covering of the Altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they shall be holy, and they shall be a 2sign unto the children of Israel. 39 Then Eleazar the Priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered, and made broad plates of them for a covering of the Altar. 40 It is a remembrance 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 like 1Korah and his company, as the Lord said to him by the hand of Moses. 41 ¶ But on the morrow all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the Lord. 42 And when the Congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, then they 1turned their faces toward the tabernacle of the Congregation: and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. 43 Then Moses and Aaron were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 44 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 45 Get you up from among this Congregation: for I will consume them quickly: then they fell upon their faces. 46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take the censer and put fire therein of the 1Altar, and put therein 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 Then Aaron took as Moses commanded him, and ran into the midst of the Congregation, and behold, the 1plague was begun among the people, and he put incense, and made an atonement for the people. 48 And when he stood between the dead, and them that were alive, the 1plague was stayed. 49 So they died of this plague fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died in the

20 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, 21 Separate yourselves from among this Congregation, that I may consume them at once. 22 And they fell upon their faces and said, O God, the God of the spirits 1of all flesh, hath not one man only sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with all the Congregation? 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 24 Speak unto the Congregation, and say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 Then 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 perish 1in all their sins. 27 So they got them away 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, with 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 1mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me. 30 But if the Lord make 1a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up with all that they have, and they go down quick into 2,3the pit: then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord. 31 ¶ And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all the words, even the ground clave asunder that was under them, 32 And the earth dopened her mouth, and swallowed them up with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods. 33 So they and all that they had, went down alive into the pit, and the earth covered them: so they perished from among the Congregation. 34 And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them: for they said, Let us flee, lest the earth swallow us up. 35 But there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that of-

d Num. 17:3

Deut. 11:6 Ps. 106:17

16:22 1 Or, of every creature. 16:26 1 With them that have committed so many sins. 16:28 1 I have not forged them of mine own brain. 16:30 1 Or, show a strange sight. 2 Or, hell. 3 Or, deep and dark places of the earth. 16:38 1 Which were the occasion of their own death.

2 Of God's judgments against rebels. 16:40 1 Who presumed above his vocation. 16:42 1 Or fled, to wit, Moses and Aaron. 16:46 1 For it was not lawful to take any other fire, but of the altar of burnt offering, Lev. 10:1. 16:47 1 God had begun to punish the people. 16:48 1 God drew back his hand and ceased to punish them.

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lost: 13 Whosoever cometh near or approacheth to the Tabernacle of the Lord, shall die: shall we be consumed and die? 18 1, 7 The office of Aaron and his sons, 2 With the Levites. 8 The Priest's part of the offerings. 20 God is their portion. 26 The Levites have their tithes, and offer the tenths thereof to the Lord.

conspiracy of Korah. 50 And Aaron went again unto Moses before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the plague was stayed. 17 2 The twelve rods of the twelve princes of the tribes of Israel. 8 Aaron's rod buddeth, and beareth blossoms, 10 For a testimony against the rebellious people.

chapter 17

a Exod. 25:21

b Heb. 9:4

chapter 18

a Num. 3:45

1 And the Lord spake unto 1Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the family of their fathers, even twelve rods: and thou shalt write every man's name upon his rod. 3 And write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for every rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. 4 And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Ark of the testimony, awhere I will declare myself to you. 5 And the man's rod, whom I 1choose, shall blossom: and I will make cease from me the grudgings of the children of Israel, which grudge against you. 6 ¶ Then Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all their Princes gave him a rod, one rod for every prince, according to the houses of their fathers, even twelve rods, and the rod 1of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Moses laid the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of the Testimony. 8 And when Moses on the morrow went into the Tabernacle of the Testimony, behold, the rod of Aaron 1for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and brought forth blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. 9 Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Israel: and they looked upon them, and took every man his rod. 10 After, the Lord said unto Moses, bBring Aaron's rod again before the Testimony to be kept for a token to the rebellious children, and thou shalt cause their 1murmurings to cease from me, that they die not. 11 So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him: so did he. 12 ¶ And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, 1we are dead, we perish, we are all

1 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee, shall bear 1the iniquity of the Sanctuary: both thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your Priest's office. 2 And bring also with thee thy brethren of the tribe of Levi of the family of thy father which shall be joined with thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimony: 3 And they shall 1keep my charge, even the charge of all the Tabernacle: but they shall not come near the instruments of the Sanctuary, nor to the altar, lest they die, both they and you. 4 And they shall be joined with thee, and keep the charge of the Tabernacle of the Congregation for all the service of the Tabernacle: and no 1stranger shall come near unto you: 5 Therefore shall ye keep the charge of the Sanctuary, and the charge of the Altar: so there shall fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel. 6 For lo, I have ataken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel, which as a gift of yours, are given unto the Lord, to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 7 But thou, and thy sons with thee shall keep your Priest's office for all things of the Altar, and within the veil: therefore shall ye serve: for I have made your Priest's office 1an office of service: therefore the stranger that cometh near shall be slain. 8 ¶ Again the Lord spake unto Aaron, Behold, I have given thee the keeping of mine 1offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel: unto thee have I given them for the anointing's sake, and to thy sons for a perpetual ordinance. 9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from 1the fire: all their offering of all their

17:1 1 While he was in the door of the Tabernacle. 17:5 1 To be the chief Priest. 17:6 1 Though Joseph's tribe was divided into two in the distribution of the land, yet here it is but one and Levi maketh a tribe. 17:8 1 To declare that God did choose the house of Levi to serve him in the Tabernacle. 17:10 1 Grudging that Aaron should be high Priest. 17:12 1 The Chaldea text describeth thus their murmuring: We die by the sword, the earth swalloweth us up, the pestilence doth con­

sume us. 18:1 1 If you trespass in anything concerning the ceremonies of the Sanctuary of your office, you shall be punished. 18:3 1 That is, the things which are committed to thee, or, which thou dost enjoin them. 18:4 1 Which was not of the tribe of Levi. 18:7 1 Or, gift. 18:8 1 As the firstfruit, firstborn, and the tenths. 18:9 1 That which was not burned should be the Priest's.

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meat offering, and of all their sin offering, and of all their trespass offering, which they bring unto me, that shall be most holy unto thee, and to thy sons. 10 In the most 1holy place shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat of it: it is holy unto thee. 11 This also shall be thine: the heave offering of their gift, with all the shake offerings of the children of Israel, I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy 1daughters with thee, to be a duty forever: all the clean in thine house shall eat of it. 12 All the 1fat of the oil, and all the fat of the wine, and of the wheat, which they shall offer unto the Lord for their firstfruits, I have given them unto thee. 13 And the first ripe of all that is in their land, which they shall bring unto Lord shall be thine: all the clean in thine house shall eat of it. 14 bEverything separate from the common use in Israel shall be thine. 15 All that first openeth the cmatrix of any flesh, which they shall offer unto the Lord of man or beast, shall be thine: but the firstborn of man shalt thou redeem, and the firstborn of the unclean beast shalt thou redeem. 16 And those that are to be redeemed, shalt thou redeem from the age of a month, according to thy estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, dwhich is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat shalt thou not 1redeem: for they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood at the altar, and thou shalt burn their fat: it is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweet savor unto the Lord. 18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, eas the shake breast, and as the right shoulder shall be thine. 19 All the heave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel shall offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, to be a duty forever: it is a perpetual covenant 1of salt before the Lord, to thee, and to thy seed with thee. 20 ¶ And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have none inheritance in their 1land: neither shalt thou have any part among them: fI am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. 21 For behold, I have given the children of Levi

all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 22 Neither shall the children of Israel any more 1come near the Tabernacle of the Congregation, lest they sustain sin, and die. 23 But the Levites shall do the service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and they shall bear 1their sin: it is a law forever in your generations, that among the children of Israel they possess none inheritance. 24 For the tithes of the children of Israel, which they shall offer as an offering unto the Lord, I have given the Levites for an inheritance, therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel ye shall possess none inheritance. 25 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Speak also unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye shall take of the children of Israel the tithes, which I have given you of them for your inheritance, then shall ye take an heave offering of that same for the Lord, even the tenth part of the tithe. 27 And your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the 1corn of the barn, or as the abundance of the winepress. 28 So ye shall also offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye shall receive of the children of Israel, and ye shall give thereof the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the Priest. 29 Ye shall offer of all your 1gifts all the Lord's heave offerings: of all the 2fat of the same shall ye offer the holy things thereof. 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have offered the fat thereof, then it shall be counted unto the Levites, as the increase of the corn floor, or as the increase of the winepress. 31 And ye shall eat it in all 1places, ye, and your households: for it is your wages for your service in the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 32 And ye shall 1bear no sin by the reason of it, when ye have offered the fat of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy 2things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. 19 2 The sacrifice of the red cow. 9 The sprinkling water. 11 He that toucheth the dead. 14 The man that dieth in a tent.

b Lev. 27:28

c Exod. 13:2

Exod. 22:29

Lev. 27:26 Num. 3:13

d Exod. 30:13

Lev. 27:25 Num. 3:47 Ezek. 45:12

e Exod. 29:26

Lev. 7:30

f Deut. 10:9

Deut. 18:2 Josh. 13:14,33

Exod. 44:28

18:10 1 That is, in the Sanctuary, between the court and the Holiest of all. 18:11 1 Read Lev. 10:14. 18:12 1 That is, the chiefest, or the best. 18:17 1 Because they are appointed for sacrifice. 18:19 1 That is, sure, stable, and incorruptible. 18:20 1 Of Canaan. 18:22 1 To serve therein: for the Levites are put in their place.

18:23 1 If they fail in their office, they shall be punished. 18:27 1 As acceptable as the fruit of your own ground or vine­ yard. 18:29 1 Which ye have received of the children of Israel. 2 Read verse 12. 18:31 1 As in verse 11. 18:32 1 Ye shall not be punished therefore. 2 The offerings which the Israelites have offered to God.

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1 And the Lord spake to Moses, and to Aaron, saying, 2 1This is the ordinance of the Law, which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel that they bring thee a red cow without blemish, wherein is no spot, upon the which never came yoke. 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the Priest, that he may bring her awithout the host, and cause her to 1be slain before his face. 4 Then shall Eleazar the Priest take of her blood with his bfinger, and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seven times, 5 And cause the cow to be burnt in his sight: with her cskin, and her flesh, and her blood, and her dung shall he burn her. 6 Then shall the Priest take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet lace, and cast them in the midst of the fire where the cow burneth. 7 Then shall the 1Priest wash his clothes, and he shall wash his flesh in water, and then come into the host, and the Priest shall be unclean unto the even. 8 Also he that 1burneth her, shall wash his clothes in water, and wash his flesh in water, and be unclean until even. 9 And a man, that is clean, shall take up the ashes of the cow, and put them without the host in a clean place: and it shall be kept for the Congregation of the children of Israel for 1a sprinkling water: it is a sin offering. 10 Therefore he that gathereth the ashes of the cow, shall wash his clothes, and remain unclean until even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a statute forever. 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man, shall be unclean even seven days. 12 He shall purify himself 1therewith the third day, and 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 corpse of any man that is dead, and purgeth not himself, defileth the Tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be 1cut off from Israel, because the sprinkling water was not sprinkled upon him: he shall be unclean,

and his uncleanness shall remain still 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 all the vessels that be open, which have no 1covering fastened upon them, shall be unclean. 16 Also whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the field, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. 17 Therefore for an unclean person, they shall take of the burnt ashes of the 1sin offering, and 2pure water shall be put thereto in a vessel. 18 And a 1clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and on the persons that were therein, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean the third day, and the seventh day, and he shall purify himself the seventh day, and 1wash his clothes, and wash himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that is unclean, and purifieth not himself, that person shall be cut off from among the Congregation, because he hath defiled the Sanctuary of the Lord: and the sprinkling water hath not been sprinkled upon him: therefore shall he be unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual law unto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes: also he that toucheth the sprinkling water, shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean: and the person that toucheth 1him, shall be unclean until the even. 20 1 Miriam dieth. 2 The people murmur. 8 They have water out of the rock. 14 Edom denieth the Israelites passage. 25, 28 The death of Aaron in whose room Eleazar succeedeth.

chapter 19

a Heb. 13:11

b Heb. 9:13

c Exod. 29:24

Lev. 4:11,18

1 Then the children of Israel came with the whole Congregation to the desert of Zin in the first 1month, and the people abode at Kadesh: where 2Miriam died, and was buried there. 2 But there was no water for the Congregation, and they 1assembled themselves against Moses and

19:15 1 Hebrew, a covering of cloth. 19:17 1 Of the red cow burnt for sin. 2 Water of the fountain or river. 19:18 1 One of the priests which is clean. 19:19 1 Because he had been among them that were unclean: or, else had touched the water, as verse 21. 19:22 1 That is, unclean. 20:1 1 This was forty years after their departure from Egypt. 2 Moses and Aaron's sister. 20:2 1 Another rebellion was in Raphidim, Exod. 17, and this was in Kadesh.

19:2 1 According to this law and ceremony ye shall sacrifice the red cow. 19:3 1 By another Priest. 19:7 1 Meaning, Eleazar. 19:8 1 The inferior Priest who killed her, and burned her. 19:9 1 Or, the water of separation because they that were separate for their uncleanness, were sprinkled therewith and made clean, Num. 8:7. It is also called holy water, because [it] was ordained to an holy use, Num. 1:17. 19:12 1 With the sprinkling water. 19:13 1 So that he should not be esteemed to be of the holy people. But as a polluted and excommunicated person.

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against Aaron. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God we had perished awhen our brethren died before the Lord. 4 bWhy have ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lord unto this wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die there? 5 Wherefore now have ye made us to come up from Egypt, to bring us into this miserable place, which is no place of seed, nor figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates? neither is there any water to drink. 6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the assembly unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto them. 7 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 8 Take the 1rod, and gather thou and thy brother Aaron the Congregation together, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the Congregation and the beasts drink. 9 Then Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rock: and Moses said unto them, Hear now ye rebels: 1shall we bring you water out of this rock? 11 Then Moses lift up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice, and the water came out abundantly: so the Congregation, and their beasts drank. 12 ¶ Again, the Lord spake unto Moses, and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to 1sanctify me in the presence 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 1Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he 2was sanctified in them. 14 ¶ Then Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of 1Edom, saying, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that we have had, 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled us evil and our fathers.

16 But when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an Angel, and hath brought us out of Egypt, and behold, we are in the city Kadesh, in thine utmost border. 17 I pray thee that we may pass through thy country: we will not go through the fields nor the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the 1king's way, and neither turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy borders. 18 And Edom answered him, 1Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 Then the children of Israel said unto him, We will go up by the highway: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will only (without any harm) go through on my feet. 20 He answered again, Thou shalt not go through. Then 1Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mighty power. 21 Thus Edom denied to give Israel passage through his country: wherefore Israel 1turned away from him. 22 ¶ And when the children of Israel with all the Congregation departed from cKadesh, they came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron in the mount Hor near the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be 1gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land, which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye 2disobeyed my commandment at the water of 3Meribah. 25 Take dAaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up into the mount Hor, 26 And cause Aaron to put off his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: for Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into the mount Hor, in the sight of all the Congregation. 28 And Moses put off Aaron's clothes, and put them upon Eleazar his son: eso Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from off the mount. 29 When all the Congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel 1wept for Aaron thirty days.

chapter 20

a Num. 12:33

b Exod. 17:2

c Num. 33:35

d Num. 33:38

Deut. 32:50

e Deut. 10:6

Deut. 32:50

20:8 1 Wherewith thou diddest miracles in Egypt, and didst divide the sea. 20:10 1 The punishment which followed hereof, declared that Moses and Aaron believed not the Lord's promise, as appeareth, verse 12. 20:12 1 That the children of Israel should believe, and acknowledge my power, and so honor me. 20:13 1 Or, strife and contention, Num. 27:14. 2 By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory. 20:14 1 Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, who was called

Edom. 20:17 1 Or, highway. 20:18 1 Or, come not. 20:20 1 Or, the Edomites. 20:21 1 To pass by another way. 20:24 1 Read Gen. 25:8. 2 Or, rebelled. 3 Or, strife. 20:29 1 Or, mourned.

165 numbers 21:26 21 3 Israel vanquisheth king Arad. 6 The fiery serpents are sent for the rebellion of the people. 24, 33 Sihon and Og are overcome in battle.

13 ¶ Thence they departed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness, and cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: (for Arnon is the border of Moab, between the Moabites and the Amorites), 14 Wherefore it shall be spoken in the 1book of the battles of the Lord, 2what thing he did in the red sea, and in the rivers of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the rivers that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 ¶ And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said unto Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water. 17 ¶ Then Israel sang this song, Rise up 1well, 2sing ye unto it. 18 The princes dug this well, the captains of the people dug it, even the 1lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they came to Mattanah, 19 ¶ And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, 20 ¶ And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the plain of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 21 ¶ Then Israel sent messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, 22 gLet me go through thy land: we will not turn aside into the fields, nor into the vineyards, neither drink of the waters of the wells: we will go by the king's way, until we be past thy country. 23 hBut Sihon gave Israel no license to pass through his country, but Sihon assembled all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 24 iBut Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and conquered his land, from Arnon unto 1Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon, for the border of the children of Ammon was 2strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon, and in all the 1villages thereof. 26 For 1Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, which had fought beforetime against the king of the Moabites, and had taken all his land

chapter 21

a Num. 33:40

b Judg. 1:27

c Num. 11:6

1 When aKing Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt toward the South, heard tell that Israel came by the 1way of the spies, then fought he against Israel, and took of them prisoners. 2 So Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliver and give this people into mine hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the Lord heard the voice of Israel, and delivered them the Canaanites: and they utterly destroyed them and their cities, and called the name of the place 1,bHormah. 4 ¶ After they departed from the mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to 1compass the land of Edom: and the people were sore grieved because of the way. 5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, saying, Wherefore have ye brought us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness, for here is neither bread nor water, and our soul cloatheth this light 1bread. 6 dWherefore the Lord sent 1fiery serpents among the people, which stung the people: so that many of the 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 to 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 up for a 1sign, that as many as are bitten, may look upon it, and live. 9 eSo Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it up for a sign: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brass, and 1lived. 10 fAnd the children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth. 11 ¶ And they departed from Oboth, and pitched 1in Ije Abarim, in the wilderness, which is before Moab on the East side. 12 ¶ They removed thence, and pitched upon the river of Zared.

d 1 Cor. 10:9

e 2 Kings 18:4

Job 3:14

f Num. 33:43

g Deut. 2:26

Judg. 11:19

h Deut. 29:7

i Josh. 12:2

Ps. 135:11 Amos 2:9

21:1 1 By that way which their spies, that searched the dangers found to be most safe. 21:3 1 Or, destruction. 21:4 1 For they were forbidden to destroy it, Deut. 2:5. 21:5 1 Meaning, Manna, which they thought did not nourish. 21:6 1 For they that were stung therewith, were so inflamed with the heat thereof, that they died. 21:8 1 Or, upon a pole. 21:9 1 Or, recovered. 21:11 1 Or, in the heaps of Abarim, or hills. 21:14 1 Which seemeth to be the book of the Judges, or as some think, a book which is lost.

2 Or, (How God destroyed) Waheb (the city) with a whirlwind and the valley of Arnon. 21:17 1 Or, spring. 2 Ye that receive the commodity thereof, give praise for it. 21:18 1 Moses and Aaron heads of the people only smote the rock with the rod or staff, which gave water as a well that were deep digged. 21:24 1 The river. 2 For the people were tall and strong like giants, Deut. 2:20. 21:25 1 Hebrew, daughters. 21:26 1 For if it had been the Moabites, the Israelites might not have possessed it, Deut. 2:9.

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field: and Balak the son of Zippor was King of the Moabites at that time. 5 aHe sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor (which is by the 1river of the land of the children of his folk) to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which cover the face of the earth, and lie over against me. 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger than I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to drive them out of the land: for I know that he, whom thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed. 7 And the Elders of Moab, and the Elders of Midian departed, having 1the reward of the soothsaying in their hand, and they came unto Balaam, and told him the words of Balak. 8 Who answered them, Tarry here this night, and I will give you an answer, as the Lord shall say unto me. So 1the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 Then God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? 10 And Baalam 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, and covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shall be able to overcome them in battle, and to drive them out. 12 And God 1said unto Balaam, Go not thou with them, neither curse the people, for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Return unto your land: for the Lord hath refused to give 1me leave to go with you. 14 So the princes of Moab rose up, and went unto Balak, and said, Balaam hath refused to come with us. 15 Balak yet sent again more princes, and more honorable than they, 16 Who came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, 1Be not thou stayed, I pray thee, from coming unto me. 17 For I will promote thee unto great honor, and will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs, say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and repaired, 28 For 1a fire is gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the city of Sihon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the lords of Bamoth in Arnon. 29 Woe be to thee, Moab: O people of 1Chemosh, thou art undone: he hath suffered his sons to be pursued, and his daughters to be in captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites. 30 Their 1empire also is lost from Heshbon unto Dibon, and we have destroyed them unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. 31 ¶ Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to search out Jazer, and they took the towns belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there. 33 ¶ jAnd they turned, and went up toward Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he, and all his people, to fight at Edrei. 34 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thine hand, and all his people, and his land: kand thou shalt do to him as thou diddest unto Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 They smote him therefore, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him: so they conquered his land. 22 5 King Balak sendeth for Balaam to curse the Israelites. 12 The Lord forbiddeth him to go. 22 The Angel of the Lord meeteth him, and his ass speaketh. 38 Balaam protesteth that he will speak nothing, but that which the Lord putteth in his mouth.

j Deut. 3:1

Deut. 29:7

k Ps. 135:11

chapter 22

a Josh. 24:9

1 After, the children of Israel departed and pitched in the plain of Moab on the 1other side of Jordan from Jericho. 2 ¶ Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And the Moabites were sore afraid of the people, because they were many, and Moab 1fretted against the children of Israel. 4 Therefore Moab said unto the 1Elders of Midian, Now shall this multitude lick up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up the grass of the

21:28 1 Meaning, war. 21:29 1 Chemosh was the idol of the Moabites, 1 Kings 11:33, who was not able to defend his worshippers, which took the idol for their father. 21:30 1 Hebrew, light. 22:1 1 Being at Jericho, it was beyond Jordan: but where the Israel­ ites were, it was on this side. 22:3 1 Or, was vexed. 22:4 1 Which were the heads and governors. 22:5 1 To wit, Euphrates, upon the which stood this city Pethor.

22:7 1 Thinking to bribe him with gifts to curse the Israelites. 22:8 1 Whom before he called Elders: meaning the governors, and after calleth them servants: that is, subjects to their king. 22:12 1 He warned him by a dream, that he should not consent to the king's wicked request. 22:13 1 Else he showed himself willing, covetousness had so blinded his heart. 22:16 1 The wicked seek by all means to further their naughty enter­ prises, though they know that God is against them.

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with his sword drawn in his hand: then he bowed himself, and fell flat on his face. 32 And the Angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou now smitten thine ass three times? behold, I came out to withstand thee, because thy 1way is not straight before me. 33 But the ass saw me, and turned from me now three times: for else, if she had not turned from me, surely I had even now slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 Then Balaam said unto the Angel of the Lord, I have sinned: for I wist not that thou stoodest in the way 1against me: now therefore if it displease thee, I will turn 2home again. 35 But the Angel said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but 1what I say unto thee, that shalt thou speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the 1border of Arnon, even in the utmost coast. 37 Then Balak said unto Balaam, Did not I send for thee to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee unto honor? 38 And Balaam made answer unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee, and can I now say 1anything at all? the word that God putteth in my mouth that shall I speak. 39 So Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto the city of 1Huzoth. 40 Then Balak offered bullocks, and sheep, and sent thereof to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And on the morrow Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of 1Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. 23 1 Balaam causeth seven altars to be built. 5 God teacheth him what to answer. 8 Instead of cursing he blesseth Israel. 19 God is not like man.

18 And Balaam answered, and said unto the servants of Balak, bIf Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 But now, I pray you, tarry here this night, that I may wit, what the Lord will say unto me 1more. 20 And God came unto Balaam by night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them: but only what thing I say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 So Balaam rose up early, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 And the wrath of God was kindled, because he 1went: and the Angel of the Lord stood in the way to be against him, as he rode upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And cwhen the ass saw the Angel of the Lord stand in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, the ass turned out of the way, and went into the field, but Balaam smote the ass to turn her into the way. 24 1Again the Angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, having a wall on the one side, and a wall on the other. 25 And when the ass saw the Angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and dashed Balaam's foot against the wall: wherefore he smote her again. 26 Then 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 1lay down under Balaam: therefore Balaam was very wroth, and smote the ass with a staff. 28 Then the Lord 1opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me now 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, which thou hast ridden upon 1since thy first time unto this day? have I used at any time, to do thus unto thee? Who said, Nay. 31 And the Lord 1opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way

b Num. 24:13

c 2 Pet. 2:16

Jude 11

1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks, and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam said, and 1Balak and

22:19 1 Because he tempted God to require him contrary to his commandment, his petition was granted, but it turned to his own condemnation. 22:22 1 Moved rather with covetousness than to obey God. 22:24 1 The second time. 22:27 1 Or, fell. 22:28 1 Gave her power to speak. 22:30 1 Since thou hast been my master. 22:31 1 For whose eyes the Lord doth not open, they can neither see his anger, nor his love. 22:32 1 Both thy heart is corrupt, and thine enterprise wicked.

22:34 1 Or, before me, or to meet me. 2 Hebrew, I will return to me. 22:35 1 Because his heart was evil, his charge was renewed, that he should not pretend ignorance. 22:36 1 Near the place where the Israelites camped. 22:38 1 Of myself I can speak nothing: only what God revealeth, that will I utter, seem it good or bad. 22:39 1 Or, of streets: or, a populous city. 22:41 1 Where the idol Baal was worshipped. 23:2 1 For among the Gentiles the kings oft times used to sacrifice, as did the Priests.

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Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 Then Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go, if so be that the Lord will come and meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me, I will tell thee: so he 1went forth alone. 4 And God 1met Balaam, and Balaam said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord 1put an answer in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say on this wise. 6 So when he turned unto him, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 Then he uttered his 1parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from 2Aram out of the mountains of the East, saying, Come, curse Jacob for my sake: come, and 3detest Israel. 8 How shall I curse, where God hath not cursed? or how shall I detest, where the Lord hath not detested? 9 For from the top of the rocks I did see him, and from the hills I did behold him: lo, the people shall dwell by themselves, and shall not be reckoned among the 1nations. 10 Who can tell the 1dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me 2die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his. 11 Then Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. 12 And he answered, and said, Must I not take heed to speak that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth? 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, whence thou mayest see them, and thou shalt see but the utmost part of them and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake. 14 ¶ And he brought him into 1Zophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 After, he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, and I will meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and aput an answer in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord said? 18 And he uttered his parable, and said, Rise up Balak, and hear: hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor. 19 1God is not as man, that he should lie, neither as the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? and hath he spoken, and shall he not accomplish it? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter it. 21 He seeth none iniquity in Jacob, nor seeth no transgression in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the 1joyful shout of a King is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt: their strength is as an unicorn. 23 For there is no sorcery in Jacob, nor soothsaying in Israel, 1according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought? 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down, till he eat of the prey, and till he drink the blood of the slain. 25 Then Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered, and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that must I do? 27 ¶ Again Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another 1place, if so be it will please God, that thou mayest thence curse them for my sake. 28 So Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29 Then Balaam said unto Balak, Make me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks, and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 24 5 Balaam prophesieth of the great prosperity that should come unto Israel. 17 Also of the coming of Christ. 20 The destruction of the Amalekites, and of the Kenites.

chapter 23

a Num. 22:35

23:3 1 Or, went up higher. 23:4 1 Appeared unto him. 23:5 1 Taught him what to say. 23:7 1 Or, prophecy. 2 Or, Syria. 3 Cause that all may hate and detest them. 23:9 1 But shall have religion and laws apart. 23:10 1 The infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth. 2 The fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences

wounded when they consider God's judgments. 23:14 1 Or, into the field of them that spied: to wit, lest the enemy should approach. 23:19 1 God's enemies are compelled to confess that his govern­ ment is just, constant, and without change or repentance. 23:21 1 They triumph as victorious kings over their enemies. 23:23 1 Considering what God shall work this time for the deliver­ ance of his people, all the world shall wonder. 23:27 1 Thus the wicked imagine of God, that that which he will not grant in one place, he will do it in another.

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14 And now behold, I go unto my people: come, I will 1,2advertise thee what this people shall do to thy folk in the latter days. 15 And he uttered his parable, and said Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes were shut up hath said, 16 He hath said that heard the words of God, and hath the knowledge of the most High, and saw the vision of the Almighty, and falling in a trance had his eyes opened: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a 1Star of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise of Israel and shall smite the 2coasts of Moab, and destroy all the sons of 3Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be possessed, and Seir shall be a possession to their enemies: but Israel shall do valiantly. 19 He also that shall have dominion shall be of Jacob, and shall destroy the remnant of the 1city. 20 ¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he uttered his parable, and said, Amalek was the 1first of the nations: but his latter end shall come to destruction. 21 And he looked on the 1Kenites, and uttered his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and 2put thy nest in the rock: 22 Nevertheless, 1the Kenite shall be spoiled, until Asshur carry thee away captive. 23 Again he uttered his parable, and said, Alas, 1who shall live when God doeth this? 24 The ships also shall come from the coasts of 1Kittim, and subdue Asshur, and shall subdue Eber, and 2he also shall come to destruction. 25 Then Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. 25 2 The people committeth fornication with the daughters of Moab. 9 Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cozbi. 11 God maketh his covenant with Phinehas. 17 God commandeth, to kill the Midianites.

1 When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, then he went not, aas certain times before, to set divinations, but set his face toward the 1wilderness. 2 And Balaam lift up his eyes, and looked upon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon him, 3 bAnd he uttered his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes 1were shut up, hath said, 4 He hath said which heard the words of God, and saw the vision of the Almighty, and 1falling in a trance had his eyes opened: 5 ¶ How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thine habitations, O Israel! 6 As the valleys are they stretched forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the 1aloe trees, which the Lord hath planted, as the cedars beside the waters. 7 The 1water droppeth out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his King shall be higher than 2Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. 8 God brought him out of Egypt: his strength shall be as an unicorn: he shall eat the nations his enemies, and bruise their bones, and shoot them through with his arrows. 9 cHe coucheth, and lieth down as a young Lion, and as a Lion: Who shall stir him up? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 Then Balak was very angry with Balaam, and

chapter 24

a Num. 23:3,15

b Num. 23:7,18

c Gen. 49:9

chapter 25

a Num. 35:49

1smote his hands together: so Balak said unto Balaam, I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them now three times. 11 Therefore now flee unto thy place: I thought surely to promote thee unto honor, but lo, the 1Lord hath kept thee back from honor. 12 Then Balaam answered Balak, Told I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest unto me, saying, 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot pass the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind? what the Lord shall command, that same will I speak.

1 Now while Israel abode in aShittim, the people began to commit whoredom with the 1daughters of Moab:

24:1 1 Where the Israelites camped. 24:3 1 His eyes were shut up before in respect of the clear visions which he saw after: some read, were open. 24:4 1 Though he lay as in a sleep, yet the eyes of his mind were open. 24:6 1 Or, tents. 24:7 1 His prosperity and posterity shall be very great. 2 Which name was common to the kings of Amalek. 24:10 1 In token of anger. 24:11 1 Thus the wicked burden God when they cannot compass their wicked enterprises. 24:14 1 Hebrew, counsel. 2 He gave also wicked counsel to cause the Israelites to sin, that thereby God might forsake them, Num. 31:16.

24:17 1 Meaning, Christ. 2 That is, the princes. 3 He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world. 24:19 1 Of the Edomites. 24:20 1 The Amalekites first made war against Israel, as Num. 14:45. 24:21 1 Or, Midianites. 2 Make thyself as strong as thou canst. 24:22 1 Or, thou Kain shalt. 24:23 1 Some read, Oh who shall not perish when the enemy that is, Antichrist, shall set himself up as God? 24:24 1 The Grecians and Romans. 2 Meaning, Eber, or the Jews for rebelling against God. 25:1 1 With the women.

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16 ¶ Again the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 fVex the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they trouble you with their 1wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you as concerning Peor, and as concerning their sister Cozbi daughter of a prince of Midian, which was slain in the day of the plague because of Peor. 26 2 The Lord commandeth to number the children of Israel in the plain of Moab, from twenty years old and above. 57 The Levites and their families. 64 None of them that were numbered in Sinai go into Canaan, save Caleb and Joshua.

2 Which called the people unto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel 1coupled himself unto Baal of Peor: wherefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Israel: 4 And the Lord said unto Moses, bTake all the heads of the people and hang them up 1before the Lord 2against the Sun, that the indignation of the Lord's wrath may be turned from Israel. 5 Then Moses said unto the Judges of Israel, Everyone slay his 1men that were joined unto Baal of Peor. 6 ¶ And behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, 1who wept before the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation. 7 cAnd when Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest saw it, he rose up from the midst of the Congregation, and took a 1spear in his hand, 8 And followed the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, 1through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel. 9 dAnd there died in that plague four and twenty thousand. 10 Then the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 11 ePhinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Priest, hath turned mine anger away from the children of Israel, while he 1was zealous for my sake among them: therefore I have not consumed the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 Wherefore say to him, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace. 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of the Priest's office forever, because he was zealous for his God, and hath made an 1atonement for the children of Israel. 14 And the name of the Israelite thus slain, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, prince 1of the family of the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head over the people of his father's house in Midian.

b Deut. 4:3 Josh. 22:17

c Ps. 106:30

d 1 Cor. 10:8

e Ps. 106:30

f Num. 31:2

chapter 26

a Num. 1:3

b Num. 1:1

c Gen. 46:8

Exod. 6:14 1 Chron. 5:1

d Num. 16:1

1 And so after the 1plague, the Lord spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the Priest, saying, 2 Take the number of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, afrom twenty years old and above, throughout their father's houses, all that go forth to war in Israel. 3 So Moses and Eleazar the Priest spake unto them in the plain of Moab, by Jordan 1toward Jericho, saying, 4 From twenty years old and above ye shall number the people, as the Lord bhad commanded Moses, and the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 5 ¶ cReuben the firstborn of Israel: the children of Reuben were: Hanoch, of whom came the family of the Hanochites, and of Pallu the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they were in number three and forty thousand, seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu, Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab, Nemuel, and Dathan and Abiram: this Dathan and Abiram were famous in the Congregation, and dstrove against Moses and against Aaron in the 1assembly of Korah, when they strove against the Lord. 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up with Korah, when the Congregation died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, who were 1for a sign.

25:3 1 Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor. 25:4 1 Or, to the Lord. 2 Openly in the sight of all. 25:5 1 Let him see execution done of them that are under his charge. 25:6 1 Repenting that they had offended God. 25:7 1 Or, javelin. 25:8 1 Or, in her tent. Chalde and Greek, in her secrets. 25:11 1 He was zealous to maintain my glory.

25:13 1 He hath pacified God's wrath. 25:14 1 Hebrew, of the house of the father. 25:18 1 Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornica­ tion by Balaam's counsel, Num. 31:16; Rev. 2:14. 26:1 1 Which came for their whoredom and idolatry. 26:3 1 Where the river is near to Jericho. 26:9 1 In that rebellion whereof Korah was head. 26:10 1 That is, for an example that others should not murmur and rebel against God's ministers.

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11 Notwithstanding, all the sons of Korah died not. 12 ¶ And the children of Simeon after their families were: Nemuel, of whom came the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin the family of the Jachinites: 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites: two and twenty thousand, and two hundred. 15 ¶ The sons of Gad after their families were: Zephon, of whom came the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: 16 Of Ozni the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the sons of Gad, according to their numbers forty thousand and five hundred. 19 ¶ The sons of Judah, Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of 1Canaan. 20 So were the sons of Judah after their families: of Shelah came the family of the Shelanites: of Perez, the family of the Parzites, of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of ePerez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Judah, after their numbers, seventy and six thousand and five hundred. 23 ¶ The sons of Issachar after their families were: Tola, of whom came the family of the Tolaites: of Puah, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar, after their numbers, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 ¶ The sons of Zebulun, after their families were: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites, after their numbers threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 ¶ The sons of Joseph after their families were: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 The sons of Manasseh were of fMachir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead came the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the

family of the Jeezerites, of Helek, the family of the Helekites. 31 Of Asriel the family of the Asrielites: of Shechem, the family of Shechemites. 32 Of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 ¶ And gZelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and the number of them, two and fifty thousand and seven hundred. 35 ¶ These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah came the family of the Shu­ thal­hites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim after their numbers two and forty thousand and five hundred: these are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 ¶ These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela came the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela, were Ard and Naaman; of Ard came the family of the Ardites, of Naaman the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families, and their numbers, five and forty thousand and six hundred. 42 ¶ These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham came the family of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan after their households. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites were after their numbers, threescore and four thousand, and four hundred. 44 ¶ The sons of Asher after their families were of Jimna, the families of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 The sons of Beriah were: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher after their numbers three and fifty thousand and four hundred. 48 ¶ The sons of Naphtali, after their families

e Gen. 46:12

f Josh. 17:2

g Num. 27:1

26:19 1 Before Jacob went into Egypt, Gen. 38:3,7,10 and 46:12.

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were: of Jahzeel, the families of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites. 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their households, and their number, five and forty thousand and four hundred. 51 These are the 1numbers of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. 52 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of 1names. 54 hTo many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give less inheritance: to every one according to his number shall be given his inheritance. 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall be idivided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit: 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 57 ¶ j These also are the numbers of the Levites, after their families: of Gershon came the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi, the family of the Libnites: the family of the Hebronites: the family of the Mahlites: the family of the Mushites: the family of the Korathites: and Kohath begat Amram. 59 And Amram's wife was called kJochebed the daughter of Levi, which was born unto Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron were born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 lAnd Nadab and Abihu died, because they offered strange fire before the Lord. 62 And their numbers were three and twenty thousand, all males from a month old and above, for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was none inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 ¶ These are the numbers of Moses and Eleazar the Priest which numbered the children of Israel in the plain of Moab, near Jordan, toward Jericho. 64 And among these there was not a man of them,

the wilderness: so there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 27 1 The Law of the heritage of the daughters of Zelophehad. 12 The land of promise showed unto Moses. 16 Moses prayeth for a governor unto the people. 18 Joshua is appointed in his stead.

h Num. 33:54

i Josh. 11:23

Josh. 14:2

j Exod. 6:16-19

k Exod. 2:2

Exod. 6:20

l Lev. 10:2

Num. 3:4 1 Chron. 24:2

m Num. 14:28,29

1 Cor. 20:5,6

1 Then came the daughters of aZelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the family of Manasseh, the son of Joseph (and the names of his daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah) 2 And stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the assembly at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying, 3 Our father bdied in the wilderness, and he was not among the assembly of them that were assembled against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died in his 1sin, and had no sons. 4 Wherefore should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he hath no son? give us a possession among the brethren of our father. 5 Then Moses brought their 1cause before the Lord. 6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt give them a possession to inherit among their father's brethren, and shalt turn the inheritance of their father unto them. 8 Also thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and have no son, then ye shall turn his inheritance unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his next kinsman of his family, and he shall possess it: and this shall be unto the children of Israel a law of 1judgment, as the Lord hath commanded Moses. 12 ¶ Again the Lord said unto Moses, cGo up into this mount of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be gathered unto thy people also, das Aaron thy brother was gathered.

chapter 27

a Num. 26:33

Num. 36:11

Josh. 17:3

b Num. 14:35 Num. 26:64,65

c Deut. 32:40

d Num. 20:24

1whom Moses and Aaron the Priest numbered, when they told the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the Lord said unto them, mThey shall die in

26:51 1 This is the third time that they are numbered. 26:53 1 Or, persons. 26:64 1 Wherein appeareth the great power of God, that so wonder­ fully increased his people.

27:3 1 According as all men die, for as much as they are sinners. 27:5 1 That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters. 27:11 1 Meaning, an ordinance to judge by.

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14 For ye were edisobedient unto my word in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assembly to sanctify me in the waters before their eyes: f That is the water of 1Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 15 ¶ Then Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, 16 Let the Lord God of the 1spirits of all flesh appoint a man over the Congregation, 17 Who may 1go out and in before them, and lead them out and in, that the Congregation of the Lord be not as sheep, which have not a shepherd. 18 And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, in whom is the Spirit, and 1put thine hands upon him, 19 And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and give him a charge in their sight, 20 And 1give him of thy glory, that all the Congregation of the children of Israel may obey. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the Priest, who shall ask counsel for him gby the 1judgment of Urim before the Lord: at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, and all the Congregation. 22 So Moses did as the Lord hath commanded him, and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation. 23 Then he put his hands upon him, and gave him a 1charge, as the Lord had spoken by the hand of Moses. 28 4 The daily sacrifice. 9 The sacrifice of Sabbath. 11 Of the Month, 16 Of the Passover, 26 Of the firstfruits.

an dHin of beaten oil. 6 This shall be a daily burnt offering, as was made in the mount Sinai for a sweet savor: it is a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 7 And the drink offering thereof the fourth part of an Hin for one lamb: in the holy place cause to pour the drink offering unto the Lord. 8 And the other lamb thou shalt prepare at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof shalt thou prepare this 1for an offering made by fire of sweet savor unto the Lord. 9 ¶ But on the Sabbath day ye shall offer two lambs of a year old, without spot, and two 1tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof. 10 This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, beside the 1continual burnt offering, and drink offering thereof. 11 ¶ And in the beginning of your months, ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord, two young bullocks, and a ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without spot, 12 And three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering mingled with oil for one bullock, and two tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil for one ram, 13 And a tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb, for a burnt offering of sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 14 And their 1drink offerings shall be half an Hin of wine unto one bullock, and the third part of an Hin unto a ram, and the fourth part of an Hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month, throughout the months of the year. 15 And one he goat for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be prepared, besides the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. 16 eAlso the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the Lord. 17 And in the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the ffirst day shall be an holy 1convocation, ye shall do no servile work therein. 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord, two young bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old: see that they

e Num. 20:10

f Exod. 17:7

g Exod. 28:30

chapter 28

a Exod. 29:38

b Exod. 16:36

c Lev. 2:1

d Exod. 29:40

e Exod. 12:18

Exod. 23:15

Lev. 23:5

f Lev. 23:7

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall observe to offer unto me in their due season mine offering, and 1my bread for my sacrifices made by fire for a sweet savor unto me. 3 Also thou shalt say unto them, aThis is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord, two lambs of a year old, without spot daily, for a continual burnt offering. 4 One lamb shalt thou prepare in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou prepare at even. 5 bAnd the tenth part of an Ephah of fine flour for a cmeat offering mingled with the fourth part of

27:14 1 Or, strife. 27:16 1 Who as he hath created, so he governeth the hearts of all men. 27:17 1 That is, govern them and do his duty, as 2 Chron. 1:10. 27:18 1 And so appoint him governor. 27:20 1 Commend him to the people as meet for the office and appointed by God. 27:21 1 According to his office: signifying that the civil magistrate could execute nothing but that which he knew to be the will of

God. 27:23 1 How he should govern himself in his office. 28:2 1 By bread he meaneth all manner of sacrifice. 28:8 1 The meat offering and drink offering of the evening sacrifice. 28:9 1 Of the measure Ephah. 28:10 1 Which was offered every day at morning and at evening. 28:14 1 That is, the wine that shall be poured upon the sacrifice. 28:18 1 Or, solemn assembly.

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5 And an he goat for a sin offering to make an atonement for you, 6 Beside the burnt offering of the 1month, and his meat offering, and the continual 2burnt offering, and his meat offering and the drink offerings of the same according to their manner, for a sweet savor: it is a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord. 7 ¶ bAnd ye shall have in the tenth day of the seventh month, an holy 1convocation: and ye shall chumble yourselves, and shall not do any work therein. 8 But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savor: one young bullock, a ram, and seven lambs of a year old: see they be without blemish. 9 And their meat offering shall be of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to a ram, 10 One tenth deal unto every lamb, throughout the seven lambs, 11 An he goat for a sin offering, (beside the sin offering to make the atonement, and the continual 1burnt offering and the meat offering thereof) and their drink offerings. 12 ¶ And in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, ye shall have an holy 1convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein, but ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days. 13 And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sacrifice made by fire of sweet savor unto the Lord, thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old: they shall be without blemish. 14 And their meat offering shall be of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to either of the two rams, 15 And one tenth deal unto each of the fourteen lambs, 16 And one he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. 17 ¶ And the 1second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish, 18 With their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams and for the lambs according to their number, after the manner, 19 And an he goat for a sin offering, (beside the continual burnt offering and his meat offering) and their drink offerings. 20 ¶ Also the third day ye shall offer eleven bullocks,

be without blemish. 20 And their meat offering shall be of fine flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye prepare for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram: 21 One tenth deal shalt thou prepare for every lamb, even for the seven lambs. 22 And an he goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. 23 Ye shall prepare these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is a continual burnt sacrifice. 24 After this manner ye shall prepare throughout all the seven days, for the 1maintaining of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor unto the Lord: it shall be done beside the continual burnt offering and drink offering thereof. 25 And in the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation, wherein ye shall do no servile work. 26 ¶ Also in the day of your firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, according to your 1weeks ye shall have an holy convocation: and ye shall do no servile work in it: 27 But ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord, two young bullocks, a ram, and seven lambs of a year old, 28 And their meat offering of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto a bullock, two tenth deals to a ram, 29 And one tenth deal unto every lamb throughout the seven lambs, 30 And an he goat to make an atonement for you: 31 (Ye shall do this besides the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering:) 1see they be without blemish, with their drink offerings. 29 1 Of the three principal feasts of the seventh month, to wit, the feast of trumpets, 7 The feast of reconciliation, 12 And the feast of Tabernacles.

chapter 29

a Lev. 23:24

b Lev. 16:30,31

Lev. 23:27

c Lev. 16:29

1 Moreover, in the first day of the 1seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein: ait shall be a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. 2 And ye shall make a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord: one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish. 3 And their meat offering shall be of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto the bullock, and two tenth deals unto the ram, 4 And one tenth deal unto the lamb, for the seven lambs,

28:24 1 Hebrew, bread. 28:26 1 In counting seven weeks from the Passover to Whitsuntide, as Lev. 23:15. 28:31 1 Hebrew, they shall be to you. 29:1 1 Which containeth part of September, and part of Octo­ ber.

29:6 1 Which must be offered in the beginning of every month. 2 Which is for morning and evening. 29:7 1 Which is the feast of reconciliation. 29:11 1 That is, offered every morning and evening. 29:12 1 Meaning, the feast of the Tabernacles. 29:17 1 The second day of the feast of Tabernacles.

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two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish, 21 With their meat offering and their drink offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, after their number, according to the 1manner, 22 And an he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 23 ¶ And the fourth day ye shall offer ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish. 24 Their meat offering and their drink offerings, for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs according to their number after the manner, 25 And an he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering and his drink offering. 26 ¶ In the fifth day also ye shall offer nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish, 27 And their meat offering, and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs according to their number, after the manner, 28 And an he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering and his drink offering. 29 ¶ And in the sixth day ye shall offer eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish, 30 And their meat offering, and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs according to their number, after the manner, 31 And an he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering and his drink offerings. 32 ¶ In the seventh day also ye shall offer seven bullocks, two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old without blemish, 33 And their meat offering, and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs according to their number, after their manner, 34 And an he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering and his drink offering. 35 ¶ In the eighth day, ye shall have da solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein, 36 But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire for a sweet savor unto the Lord, one bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old

without blemish, 37 Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs according to their number, after the manner, 38 And an he goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. 39 These things ye shall do unto the Lord in your feasts, beside your 1vows, and your free offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. 30 3 Concerning vows. 4 The vow of the maid, 7 Of the wife, 10 Of the widow or divorced.

d Lev. 23:36

1 Then Moses spake unto the children of Israel according to all that the Lord had commanded 1him. 2 Moses also spake unto the heads of the tribes 1concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, 3 Whosoever voweth a vow unto the Lord, or sweareth an oath to bind 1himself by a bond, he shall not 2break his promise, but shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 4 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in the time of her youth, 5 And her father hear her vow and bond, wherewith she hath bound herself, and her father hold his 1peace concerning her, then all her vows shall stand and every bond, wherewith she hath bound herself, shall stand. 6 But if her 1father disallow her the same day that he heareth all her vows and bonds, wherewith she hath bound herself, they shall not be of value, and the Lord will forgive her, because her father disallowed her. 7 And if she have an husband when she voweth or 1pronounceth ought with her lips, wherewith she bindeth herself, 8 If her husband heard it, and holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vow shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bindeth herself shall stand in effect. 9 But if her husband disallow her the same day that he heareth it, then shall he make her vow which she hath made, and that that she hath pronounced with her lips, wherewith she bound 1herself, of none effect: and the Lord will forgive her.

29:21 1 According to the ceremonies appointed thereunto. 29:39 1 Beside the sacrifices that you shall vow or offer of your own minds. 30:1 1 Hebrew, Moses. 30:2 1 Because they might declare them to the Israelites. 30:3 1 Hebrew, his soul.

2 Hebrew, violate his word. 30:5 1 For in so doing he doth approve her. 30:6 1 By not approving or consenting to her vow. 30:7 1 Either by oath, or solemn promise. 30:9 1 For she is in subjection to her husband, and can perform nothing without his consent.

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10 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced (wherewith she hath bound herself) shall stand in 1effect with her. 11 And if she vowed in her husband's 1house, or bound herself straightly with an oath, 12 And her husband hath heard it, and held his peace concerning her, not disallowing her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond, wherewith she bound herself, shall stand in effect. 13 But if her husband disannulled them the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning 1her bonds, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disannulled them: and the Lord will forgive her. 14 So every vow, and every oath or bond, made to 1humble the soul, her husband may stablish it, or her husband may break it. 15 But if her husband hold his peace concerning her from 1day to day, then he stablisheth all her vows and all her bonds which she hath made: he hath confirmed them because he held his peace concerning her the same day that he heard them. 16 But if he 1break them after that he hath heard them, then shall he bear her iniquity. 17 These are the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between the father and his daughter, being young in her father's house. 31 8 Five Kings of Midian and Balaam are slain. 18 Only the maids are reserved alive. 27 The prey is equally divided. 50 A present given of Israel.

sand of every tribe, and sent them with 1Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest to the war: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand. 7 And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slew all the males. 8 They slew also the kings of Midian among them that were slain: cEvi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian, and they slew 1Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9 But the children of Israel took the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoiled all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their 1villages with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey both of men and beasts. 12 And they brought the 1captives and that which they had taken, and the spoil unto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and unto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into the camp in the plain of Moab, which was by Jordan toward Jericho. 13 ¶ Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the camp to meet them. 14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the war and battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, What? have ye saved all the 1women? 16 Behold, dthese caused the children of Israel through the ecounsel of Balaam to commit a trespass against the Lord, 1as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, fslay all the males among the 1children, and kill all the women that have known man by carnal copulation. 18 But all the women-children that have not known carnal copulation, keep alive for yourselves. 19 And ye shall remain without the host seven days, all that have killed any person, gand all that have touched any dead, and purify both yourselves and your prisoners the third day and the seventh. 20 Also ye shall purify every garment and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all

chapter 31

a Num. 25:17

b Num. 27:13

c Josh. 13:21

d Num. 25:2

e 2 Pet. 2:15

f Judg. 21:11

g Num. 19:11

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 aRevenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterward shalt thou be bgathered unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harness some of you unto war, and let them go against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord 1against Midian. 4 A thousand of every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelve thousand prepared unto war, of every tribe a thousand. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, even a thou-

30:10 1 For they are not under the authority of the man. 30:11 1 Her husband being alive. 30:13 1 Hebrew, the bonds of her soul. 30:14 1 To mortify herself by abstinence or other bodily exercise. 30:15 1 And warn her not the same day that he heareth it, as verse 9. 30:16 1 Not the same day he heard them, but some day after, the sin shall be imputed to him and not to her. 31:3 1 As he had commanded, Num. 25:17, declaring also that the

injury done against his people is done against him. 31:6 1 For his great zeal that he bare to the Lord, Num. 25:13. 31:8 1 The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israel­ ites to offend their God. 31:10 1 Or, palaces and gorgeous buildings. 31:12 1 As the women and little children. 31:15 1 As though he said, ye ought to have spared none. 31:16 1 For worshipping of Peor. 31:17 1 That is, all the men-children.

177 numbers 31:54

whereof the Lord's tribute was seventy and two. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, whereof the Lord's tribute was threescore and one: 40 And 1of persons sixteen thousand, whereof the Lord's tribute was two and thirty persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute of the Lord's offering unto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 42 And of the 1half of the children of Israel, which Moses divided from the men of war, 43 (For the half that pertained unto the congregation, was three hundred thirty and seven thousand sheep and five hundred, 44 And six and thirty thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses, and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons.) 47 Moses, I say, took of the half that pertained unto the 1children of Israel, one taken out of fifty, both of the persons, and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites, which have the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 48 ¶ Then the captains which were over thousands of the host, the captains over the thousands, and the captains over the hundreds came unto Moses: 49 And said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under 1our authority, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 1We have therefore brought a present unto the Lord, what every man found of Jewels of gold, bracelets, and chains, rings, earrings, and ornaments of the legs, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold of them, and all wrought jewels, 52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord (of the captains over thousands and hundreds) was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. 53 (For the men of war had spoiled, every man for 1himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold of the captains over the thousands, and over the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a 1memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

things made of wood. 21 ¶ And Eleazar the Priest said unto the men of war, which went to the battle, This is the ordinance 1of the law which the Lord hcommanded Moses. 22 As for gold, and silver, brass, iron, tin, and lead: 23 Even all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: yet, it shall be 1purified with ithe water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall cause to pass by the 2water. 24 Ye shall wash also your clothes the seventh day, and ye shall be clean: and afterward ye shall come into the host. 25 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of persons and of cattle, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chief fathers of the Congregation. 27 And divide the prey 1between the soldiers that went to the war, and all the Congregation. 28 And thou shalt take a tribute unto the Lord of the 1men of war, which went out to battle: one person of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep. 29 Ye shall take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the Priest, as an heave offering of the Lord. 30 But of the half of the children of Israel thou shalt take 1one, taken out of fifty, both of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the sheep, even of all the cattle, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, which have the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord. 31 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses. 32 And the booty, to wit, the rest of the prey which the men of war had spoiled, was six hundred seventy and five thousand sheep, 33 And seventy and two thousand beeves, 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 35 And two and thirty thousand persons in all, of women that had 1lain by no man. 36 And the half, to wit, the part of them that went out to war, touching the number of sheep, was three hundred seven and thirty thousand, and five hundred. 37 And the 1Lord's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy and five. 38 And the beeves were six and thirty thousand,

h Num. 19:12

i Num. 19:9

31:21 1 Or, contained in the law. 31:23 1 The third day and before it be molten. 2 It shall be washed. 31:27 1 The prey is first divided equally among all. 31:28 1 Of the prey that falleth to the soldiers. 31:30 1 The Israelites which had not been at war, of every fiftieth paid one to the Lord: and the soldiers one of every five hundredth. 31:35 1 Hebrew, not known the bed of man. 31:37 1 This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord.

31:40 1 Meaning, of the maids, or virgins which had not companied with man. 31:42 1 Of that part which was given unto them in dividing the spoil. 31:47 1 Which had not been at war. 31:49 1 Hebrew, under our hands. 31:50 1 The captains by the free offering acknowledge the great benefit of God in preserving his people. 31:53 1 And gave no portion to their captains. 31:54 1 That the Lord might remember the children of Israel.

numbers 32:1 178 32 2 The request of the Reubenites and Gadites, 16 and their promise unto Moses. 20 Moses granteth their request. 33 The Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, conquer and build cities on this side Jordan.

14 And behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead as an increase of sinful men still to augment the fierce wrath of the Lord toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from following him, he will yet again leave the people in the wilderness, and 1ye shall destroy all this folk. 16 And they went near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our sheep, and for our cattle, and cities for our children. 17 But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their 1place: but our children shall dwell in the defensed cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited, every man his inheritance. 19 Neither will we inherit with them beyond Jordan and on that side, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan Eastward. 20 ¶ cAnd Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, and go 1armed before the Lord to war: 21 And will go every one of you in harness over Jordan before the Lord, until he have cast out his 1enemies from his sight: 22 And until the land be subdued before the Lord, then ye shall return and be innocent toward the Lord, and toward Israel: and this land shall be your possession 1before the Lord. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord, and be sure, that your sin 1will find you out. 24 Build you then cities for your children, and folds for your sheep, and do that ye have spoken. 25 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth: 26 Our children, our wives, our sheep, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead, 27 But dthy servants will go every one armed to war before the Lord for to fight, as my lord saith. 28 So concerning them, Moses 1commanded Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel. 29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will go with you over Jordan, all armed to fight before the Lord, then

chapter 32

a Num. 13:24

b Num. 14:28,29

c Josh. 1:13

d Josh. 4:12

1 Now the children of 1Reuben, and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattle: and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of 2Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattle. 2 Then the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben came, and spake unto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and unto the Princes of the Congregation, saying, 3 The land of Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, 4 Which country the Lord smote before the Congregation of Israel; is a land meet for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and ye tarry here? 7 Wherefore now 1discourage you the heart of the children of Israel to go over into the land, which the Lord hath given them? 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. 9 For awhen they went up even unto the 1river of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they would not go into the land, which the Lord had given them. 10 And the Lord's wrath was kindled the same day, and he did swear, saying, 11 1None of the men that came out of Egypt, bfrom twenty years old and above, shall see the land for the which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not 2wholly followed me: 12 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have constantly followed the Lord. 13 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and made [them] wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done 1evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.

32:1 1 Reuben came of Leah, and Gad of Zilpah her handmaid. 2 Which mountain was so named of the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban, Gen. 31:47. 32:7 1 Hebrew, break. 32:9 1 Or, valley. 32:11 1 Hebrew, if any of the men. 2 Or, persevered and continued. 32:13 1 Because they murmured, neither would believe their report, which told the truth as concerning the land.

32:15 1 By your occasion. 32:17 1 In the land of Canaan. 32:20 1 Before the Ark of the Lord. 32:21 1 That is, the inhabitants of the land. 32:22 1 The Lord will grant you this land which ye require, Josh. 1:15. 32:23 1 Ye shall assuredly be punished for your sin. 32:28 1 Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and others, should be performed after his death, so that they brake not theirs.

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when the land is subdued before you, ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not go over with you armed, then they shall have their possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the 1Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to us on this side Jordan. 33 eSo Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the 1Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof and coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34 ¶ Then the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran, defensed cities: also sheepfolds. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal Meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they built. 39 And the children fof Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein. 40 Then Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein. 41 gAnd Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them 1Havoth Jair. 42 Also Nobah went and took Kenath, with the villages thereof, and called it Nobah after his own name. 33 8 Two and forty journeys of Israel are numbered. 52 They are commanded to kill the Canaanites.

the morrow after the Passover: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 (For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their 1gods also the Lord did execution.) 5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from bSuccoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto 1Pi Hahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and pitched before Migdol. 8 And they departed from before Hahiroth, and cwent through the midst of the Sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto dElim, and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees, and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and camped by the red sea. 11 And they removed from the red Sea, and lay in the ewilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and set up their tents in Dophkah. 13 And they departed from Dophkah, and lay in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and lay in fRephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. 15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the gwilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched in hKibroth Hattaavah. 17 And they departed from Kibroth Hattaavah, and lay at iHazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. 19 And they departed from jRithmah, and pitched at Rimmon Perez. 20 And they departed from Rimmon Perez, and pitched in Libnah. 21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah. 22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shepher. 24 And they removed from mount Shepher, and lay in Haradah. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched

e Deut. 3:12

Josh. 13:8 Josh. 22:4

f Gen. 50:23

g Deut. 3:14

chapter 33

a Exod. 12:37

b Exod. 13:19

c Exod. 15:22

d Exod. 16:27

e Exod. 15:1

f Exod. 17:1

g Exod. 19:1

h Num. 11:34

i Num. 11:35

j Num. 13:1

1 These are the 1journeys of the children of Israel, which went out of the land of Egypt, according to their bands under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their going out by their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord: so these are the journeys of their going out. 3 Now they adeparted from Rameses the first month, even the fifteenth day of the first month, on

32:41 1 That is, the villages of Jair. 33:1 1 From whence they departed, and whither they came. 33:4 1 Either meaning their idols, or their men of authority. 33:7 1 At the commandment of the Lord, Exod. 14:2.

32:31 1 This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaketh. 32:33 1 The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he maketh mention of them that dwelt on this side: and Josh. 10:12, he speaketh of them that inhabited beyond Jordan.

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in Makheloth. 26 And they removed from Makheloth, and lay in Tahath. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched in Terah. 28 And they removed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah. 29 And they went from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and lay in Moseroth. 31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene Jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene Jaakan, and lay in Hor Hagidgad. 33 And they went from Hor Hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and lay in Abronah. 35 And they departed from Abronah, and lay in Ezion Geber. 36 And they removed from Ezion Geber, and pitched in the kwilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. 38 (lAnd Aaron the Priest went up into mount Hor, at the commandment of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the 1fifth month. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and three and twenty years old, when he died in mount Hor.) 40 And mKing Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount nHor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. 44 oAnd they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije Abarim, in the borders of Moab. 45 And they departed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibon Gad. 46 And they removed from Dibon Gad, and lay in Almon Diblathaim. 47 And they removed from Almon Diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of

Abarim, and pitched in the 1plain of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth unto pAbel Shittim, in the plain of Moab. 50 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plain of Moab, by Jordan toward Jericho, saying, 51 ¶ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, qWhen ye are come over Jordan to enter into the land of Canaan, 52 Ye shall then drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, and destroy all their 1pictures, and break asunder all their images of metal, and pluck down all their high places, 53 And ye shall possess the land and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot, according to your families: rto the more ye shall give more inheritance, and to the fewer the less inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which ye let remain of them, shall be s,1pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. 34 3 The coasts and borders of the land of Canaan. 17 Certain men are assigned to divide the land.

k Num. 20:22

l Num. 20:25

Deut. 32:50

m Num. 21:1

n Num. 11:4,10

o Num. 21:11

p Num. 25:1

q Deut. 7:2 Josh. 11:11,12

r Num. 26:53,54

s Josh. 23:13

Judg. 2:3

chapter 34

a Josh. 15:1

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, this is the 1land that shall fall unto your inheritance: that is, the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof. 3 aAnd your South quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin to the borders of Edom: so that your South quarter shall be from the salt Sea coast Eastward 4 And the border shall compass you from the South to 1Maaleh Akrabbim, and reach to Zin, and go out from the South to Kadesh Barnea: thence it shall stretch to Hazar Addar, and go along to Azmon. 5 And the border shall compass from Azmon unto the 1river of Egypt, and shall go out to the sea. 6 And your West quarter shall be 1the great sea: even that border shall be your West coast. 7 And this shall be your North quarter, ye shall

33:38 1 Which the Hebrews call Ab, and answereth to part of July and part of August. 33:48 1 Or, field. 33:52 1 Which were set up in their high places to worship. 33:55 1 Or, knives.

34:2 1 Meaning, the description of the land. 34:4 1 Or, ascending up of scorpions. 34:5 1 Which was Nilus, or as some think, Rhinocotura. 34:6 1 Which is called Mediterranean.

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mark out your border from the great sea unto mount 1Hor. 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out till it come unto Hamath, and the end of the coast shall be at Zedad. 9 And the coast shall reach out to Ziphron, and go out at Hazar Enan, this shall be your North quarter. 10 And ye shall mark out your East quarter from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, and from the East side of Ain: and the same border shall descend and go out at the side of the sea of 1Chinnereth Eastward. 12 Also that border shall go down to Jordan, and leave at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. 13 ¶ Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto nine tribes, and half the tribe. 14 bFor the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the households of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers' households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. 15 Two tribes and an half tribe have received their inheritance on this side of Jordan toward Jericho full East. 16 ¶ Again the Lord spake to Moses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: cEleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. 18 And ye shall take also a 1prince of every tribe to divide the land. 19 The names also of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 Also of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince Bukki, the son of Jogli. 23 Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel the son of Ephod. 24 And of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan. 25 Of the tribe also of the sons of Zebulun, the

prince Elizaphan, the son of Parnach. 26 So of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince Paltiel, the son of Azzan. 27 Of the tribe also of the sons of Asher, the prince Ahihud, the son of Shelomi. 28 And of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel, the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they, whom the Lord commanded to 1divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel, in the land of Canaan. 35 2 Unto the Levites are given cities and suburbs. 11 The cities of refuge. 16 The law of murder. 30 For one man's witness shall no man be condemned.

b Num. 32:33

Josh.14:2,3

c Josh. 19:51

chapter 35

a Josh. 21:2

b Deut. 4:41

Josh. 20:2 Josh. 21:3

c Exod. 21:13

Deut. 19:2 Josh. 10:2

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plain of Moab by Jordan, toward Jericho, saying, 2 aCommand the children of Israel, that they give unto the 1Levites of the inheritance of their possession, 2cities to dwell in: ye shall give also unto the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them. 3 So they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, from the wall of the city outward shall be a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure without the city of the East side, 1two thousand cubits: and of the South side, two thousand cubits: and of the West side, two thousand cubits: and of the North side, two thousand cubits: and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be the measure of the suburbs of their cities. 6 And of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, bthere shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them ye shall add two and forty cities more. 7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall be eight and forty cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take more, and of few ye shall take less: everyone shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to his inheritance, which he inheriteth. 9 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, cWhen ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan,

34:7 1 Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died. 34:11 1 Which in the Gospel is called the lake of Gennesaret. 34:18 1 One of the heads or chief men of every tribe. 34:29 1 And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.

35:2 1 Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan. 2 God would have them scattered through all the land, because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law. 35:5 1 So that in all were three thousand, and in the compass of these two thousand, they might plant and sow.

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11 Ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person unawares, may flee thither. 12 And these cities shall be for you a refuge from thy 1avenger, that he which killeth, die not, until he stand before the Congregation in judgment. 13 And of the cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall appoint three 1on this side Jordan, and ye shall appoint three cities in the land of dCanaan which shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth 1among you, that everyone which killeth any person unawares, may flee thither. 16 eAnd if one 1smite another with an instrument of iron that he die, he is a murderer, and the murderer shall die the death. 17 Also if he smite him by casting a 1stone, wherewith he may be slain, and he die, he is a murderer, and the murderer shall die the death. 18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slain, if he die, he is a murderer, and the murderer shall die the death. 19 The revenger of the blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him fof hate, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die, 21 Or smite him through enmity with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shall die the death: for he is a murderer: the revenger of the blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him. 22 But if he pushed him 1unadvisedly, and gnot of hatred, or cast upon him 2anything, without laying of wait, 23 Or any stone (whereby he might be slain), and saw him not, or caused it to fall upon him, and he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought him any harm, 24 Then the Congregation shall judge between the slayer and the 1avenger of blood according to these laws. 25 And the Congregation shall deliver the slayer

out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the Congregation shall restore him unto the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide there unto the death of the 1high Priest, which is anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer come without the borders of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled, 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood slay the 1murderer, he shall be guiltless, 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge, until the death of the high Priest: and after the death of the high Priest, the slayer shall return unto the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be a 1law of judgment unto you, throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whosoever killeth any person, the Judge shall slay the murderer, through hwitnesses: but ione witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover ye shall take no recompense for the life of the murderer, which is 1worthy to die: but he shall be put to death. 32 Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again, and dwell in the land, before the death of the high Priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye shall dwell: for 1blood defileth the land: and the land cannot be 2cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, for I dwell in the midst thereof: For I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel. 36 6 An order for the marriage of the daughters of Zelophehad.

d Josh. 20:7

e Exod. 21:14

f Deut. 19:11

g Exod. 21:13

h Deut. 17:6

Deut. 9:15

i Matt. 18:16

2 Cor. 13:1

chapter 36

a Num. 27:1

Josh. 17:3

1 Then 1the chief fathers of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel, 2 And said, aThe Lord commanded 1my lord

35:12 1 Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause. 35:14 1 Among the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, Deut. 4:41. 35:15 1 Hebrew, among them. 35:16 1 Wittingly, and willingly. 35:17 1 That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in Hebrew, with a stone of his hand. 35:22 1 Or, suddenly. 2 Hebrew, instrument. 35:24 1 That is, his next kinsman. 35:25 1 Under this figure is declared, that our sins could not be

remitted, but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ. 35:27 1 By the sentence of the Judge. 35:29 1 A law to judge murders done either of purpose, or unadvis­ edly. 35:31 1 Which purposely hath committed murder. 35:33 1 Or, murder. 2 So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he maketh his dumb creatures to demand vengeance thereof. 36:1 1 It seemeth that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses. 36:2 1 Meaning, Moses.

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to give the land to inherit by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord, to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 If they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shall be: so shall it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. 4 Also when the 1Jubilee of the children of Israel cometh, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shall be: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph have said 1well. 6 This is the thing that the Lord hath commanded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shall be wives, to whom they think best, only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry: 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of

Israel remove from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall join himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 8 And every daughter that possesseth any 1inheritance of the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father: that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of their fathers. 9 Neither shall the inheritance go about from tribe to tribe: but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall stick to his own inheritance. 10 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad. 11 For bMahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad were married unto their father's brother's sons, 12 They were wives to certain of the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph: so their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 These are the 1commandments and laws which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, unto the children of Israel in the plain of Moab, by Jordan toward Jericho.

b Num. 27:1

36:4 1 Signifying that at no time it could return, for in the Jubilee all things returned to their own tribes. 36:5 1 For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritance which

was the maintenance thereof should have been alienated to others. 36:8 1 When there is no male to inherit. 36:13 1 Touching the ceremonial and judicial laws.

T h e f i f t h b o o k o f m o s e s ,

c a l l e d

1d e u t e r o n o m y

1 2 A brief rehearsal of things done before, from Horeb unto Kadesh Barnea. 32 Moses reproveth the people for their incredulity. 44 The Israelites are overcome by the Amorites because they fought against the commandment of the Lord.

10 The Lord your God hath 1multiplied you: and behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven in number: 11 (The Lord God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you,) 12 How can I alone 1bear your cumbrance and your charge, and your strife? 13 Bring you men of wisdom and of understanding, and 1known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you: 14 Then he answered me and said, the thing is good that thou hast commanded us to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, 1wise and known men, and made them rulers over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifty, and captains over ten, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your Judges that same time, saying, Hear the controversies between your brethren, and cjudge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall have no respect of person in judgment, dbut shall hear the small as well as the great: ye shall not fear the face of man: for the judgment is 1God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring unto me, and I will hear it. 18 Also I commanded you the same time all the things which ye should do. 19 ¶ Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness (as ye have seen) by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us: and we came to Kadesh Barnea.

chapter 1

a Num. 21:24

b Gen. 15:18

Gen. 17:7,8

c John 7:24

d Lev. 19:15

1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel, on 1this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain, 2over against the red sea, between Paran and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 There are eleven days' journey from 1Horeb unto Kadesh Barnea, by the way of mount Seir. 3 And it came to pass in the first day of the eleventh month, in the fortieth year that Moses spake unto the children of Israel according unto all that the Lord hath given him in commandment unto them. 4 After that he had slain 1,aSihon the King of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei. 5 On this side Jordan at the land of Moab 1began Moses to declare this law, saying, 6 The Lord our God spake unto us in 1Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount, 7 Turn you and depart, and go unto the mountain of the Amorites, and unto all places near thereunto in the plain, in the mountain, or in the valley: both Southward, and to the Sea side to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon: even unto the great river, the river 1Perah. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and bpossess that land which the Lord sware, unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and unto their seed after them. 9 ¶ And I spake 1unto you the same time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:

Deut. 16:19 1 Sam. 16:7 Prov. 24:23

James 2:2

Title 1 That is, a second law: so called, because the Law which God gave in mount Sinai, is here repeated, as though it were a new Law: and this book is a commentary or exposition of the ten command­ ments. 1:1 1 In the country of Moab. 2 So that the wilderness was between the Sea and this plain of Moab. 1:2 1 In Horeb, or Sinai, forty years before this the Law was given: but because all that were then of age and judgment were now dead, Moses repeateth the same to the youth which either then were not born, or had not judgment. 1:4 1 By these examples of God's favor, their minds are prepared to

receive the Law. 1:5 1 The second time. 1:6 1 In the second year and second month, Num. 10:11. 1:7 1 Or, Euphrates. 1:9 1 By the counsel of Jethro my father-in-law, Exod. 18:19. 1:10 1 Not so much by the course of nature, as miraculously. 1:12 1 Signifying how great a burden it is, to govern the people. 1:13 1 Whose godliness and uprightness is known. 1:15 1 Declaring what sort of men ought to have a public charge, read Exod. 18:31. 1:17 1 And you are his Lieutenants.

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20 And 1I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath laid the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the Lord the God of thy fathers hath said unto thee: fear not, neither be discouraged. 22 ¶ 1Then ye came unto me everyone, and said, We will send men before us, to search us out the land, and to bring us word again, what way we must go up by, and unto what cities we shall come. 23 So the saying pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, of every tribe one. 24 eWho departed, and went up into the mountain, and came unto the 1river Eshcol, and searched out the land. 25 And took of the fruit of the land in their hand, and brought it unto us, and brought us word again, and 1said, It is a good land, which the Lord our God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, but were disobedient unto the commandment of the Lord your God, 27 And murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord 1hated us, therefore hath he brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy us. 28 Whither shall we go up, our 1brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, The people [are] greater, and taller than we: the cities are great and walled up to heaven: and moreover we have seen the sons of the fAnakims there. 29 But I said unto you, Dread not, nor be afraid of them. 30 The Lord your God, 1who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did unto you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way which ye have gone, until ye came unto this place. 32 Yet for all this ye did not believe the Lord your God, 33 gWho went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, that

ye might see what way to go, and in a cloud by day. 34 Then the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, 35 hSurely there shall not one of these men of this forward generation, see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh: he shall see it, iand to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath constantly followed the Lord. 37 jAlso the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, kThou also shalt not go in thither, 38 But Joshua the son of Nun which standeth 1before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover, your 1children, which ye said should be a prey, and your sons, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you, turn back, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the red Sea. 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, 1we will go up, and fight, according to all that the Lord our God hath commanded us: and ye armed you every man to the war, and were ready to go up into the mountain. 42 But the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight, (for I am 1not among you) lest ye fall before your enemies. 43 And when I told you, ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went up into the mountain. 44 Then the Amorites which dwelt in that mountain came out against you, and chased you (as bees used to do) and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And when ye came again, ye wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not 1hear your voice, nor incline his ears unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh a long time, according to the time that ye had remained before. 2 4 Israel is forbidden to fight with the Edomites, 9 Moabites, 19 and Ammonites. 23 Sihon King of Heshbon.

e Num. 13:24

f Num. 13:29

g Exod. 13:11

h Num. 14:23

i Josh. 14:6

j Num. 20:12

Num. 27:14

k Deut. 3:26

Deut. 4:21 Deut. 34:4

1:20 1 So that the fault was in themselves, that they did not sooner possess the inheritance promised. 1:22 1 Read Num. 13:13 1:24 1 Or, valley of the cluster of grapes. 1:25 1 To wit, Caleb, and Joshua: Moses preferreth the better part to the greater, that is, two to ten. 1:27 1 Such was the Jews' unthankfulness, that they counted God's especial love, hatred. 1:28 1 The other ten, not Caleb and Joshua. 1:30 1 Declaring that to renounce our own force, and constantly to follow our vocation, and depend on the Lord, is the true boldness,

and agreeable to God. 1:38 1 Which ministreth unto thee. 1:39 1 Which were under twenty years old, as Num. 14:31. 1:41 1 This declareth man's nature, who will do that which God for­ biddeth, and will not do that which he commendeth. 1:42 1 Signifying that man hath no strength, but when God is at hand to help him. 1:45 1 Because ye rather showed your hypocrisy, than true repen­ tance: rather lamenting the loss of your brethren, than repenting for your sins.

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1 Then 1we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness, by the way of the red Sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and were compassed mount Seir [a] 2long time. 2 And the Lord spake unto me, saying, 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you Northward. 4 And warn thou the people, saying, Ye shall go through the 1coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir, and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed therefore. 5 Ye shall not provoke them: for I will not give you of their land so much as a foot breadth, abecause I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money to eat, and ye shall also procure water of them for money to drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath 1blessed thee in all the works of thine hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness, and the Lord thy God hath been with thee this forty years, and thou hast lacked nothing. 8 And when we were departed from our brethren the children of Esau which dwelt in Seir: through the way of the 1plain, from Elath, and from Ezion Geber, we turned and went by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 Then the Lord said unto me, Thou shalt not 1vex Moab, neither provoke them to battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar unto the children 2of Lot for a possession. 10 The 1Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great and many, and tall, as the Anakims. 11 They also were taken for giants as the Anakims: whom the Moabites call Emims. 12 The bHorites also dwelt in Seir before time, whom the children of Esau chased out and destroyed them before them, and dwelt in their stead: as Israel shall do unto the land of his possession, which the Lord hath given them. 13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the river cZered: and we went over the river Zered. 14 The 1space also wherein we came from Kadesh Barnea, until we were come over the river Zered, was

eight and thirty years, until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the Lord sware unto them. 15 For indeed the 1hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from among the host, till they were consumed. 16 ¶ So when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people: 17 Then the Lord spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou shalt go through Ar the coast of Moab this day: 19 And thou shalt come near over against the children of Ammon: but shalt not lay siege unto them, nor move war against them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession: for I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 20 That also was taken for a land 1of giants: for giants dwelt therein afore time, whom the Ammonites called Zamzummims: 21 A people that was great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims: but the Lord destroyed them before them, and they succeeded them in their inheritance, and dwelt in their stead: 22 As he did to the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites before them, and they possessed them, and dwelt in their stead unto this day. 23 And the Avim which dwelt in Hazarim even unto 1Azzah, the Caphtorims which came out of Caphtor destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead. 24 ¶ Rise up therefore, said the Lord: take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon, the 1Amorite, King of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and provoke him to battle. 25 This day will I 1begin to send thy fear and thy dread, upon all people under the whole heaven, which shall hear thy fame, and shall tremble and quake before thee. 26 Then I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon King of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying, 27 ¶ dLet me pass through thy land: I will go by the highway: I will neither turn unto the right hand

chapter 2

a Gen. 36:3

b Gen. 36:29

c Num. 21:12

d Num. 21:21,22

2:1 1 They obeyed, after that God had chastised them. 2 Eight and thirty years, as verse 14. 2:4 1 This was the second time: for before they had caused the Isra­ elites to return, Num. 20:21. 2:7 1 And given thee means, wherewith thou mayest make recom­ pense: also God will direct thee by his providence, as he hath done. 2:8 1 Or, wilderness. 2:9 1 Or, besiege. 2 Which were the Moabites and Ammonites. 2:10 1 Signifying that as these giants were driven out for their sins: so the wicked when their sins are ripe, cannot avoid God's plagues.

2:14 1 He showeth hereby, that as God is true in his promise, so his threatenings are not in vain. 2:15 1 His plague and punishment to destroy all that were twenty years old and above. 2:20 1 Who called themselves Rephaims: that is, preservers, or physi­ cians to heal and reform vices: but were indeed Zamzummims, that is, wicked and abominable. 2:23 1 Or, Gaza. 2:24 1 According to his promise made to Abraham, Gen. 15:21. 2:25 1 This declareth that the hearts of men are in God's hands either to be made faint, or bold.

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nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, for to eat, and shalt give me water for money for to drink: only I will go through on my foot, 29 (As the 1children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me) until I be come over Jordan, into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon the King of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the Lord thy God had 1hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, because he would deliver him into thine hand, as appeareth this day. 31 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess and inherit his land. 32 eThen came out Sihon to meet us, himself with all his people to fight at Jahaz. 33 But the Lord our God delivered him 1into our power, and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities the same time, and destroyed every city, men, and 1women, and children: we let nothing remain. 35 Only the cattle we took to ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 36 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is upon the river, even unto Gilead: there was not one city that escaped us: for the Lord our God delivered up all 1before us. 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the 1river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the Lord our God forbade us. 3 3 Og King of Bashan is slain. 11 The bigness of his bed. 18 The Reubenites and Gadites are commanded to go over Jordan armed before their brethren. 21 Joshua is made captain. 27 Moses is permitted to see the land, but not to enter, albeit he desired it.

diddest unto bSihon King of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the Lord our God delivered also unto our hand, cOg the King of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him, until none was left him alive. 4 And we took all his cities the same time, neither was there a city which we took not from them, even three score cities, and all the country of Argob, even the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates and bars, beside 1unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we overthrew them, as we did unto Sihon King of Heshbon, destroying every city, with men, 1women, and children. 7 But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took for ourselves. 8 Thus we took at that time out of the hand of two Kings of the Amorites, the land that was on this side Jordan from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon: 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, but the Amorites call it Senir) 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan unto Salcah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 For only Og King of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Giants, 1whose bed was a bed of iron: is it not at Rabbath among the children of Ammon? the length thereof is nine cubits, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12 And this land which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, dand the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and Gadites. 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh: even all the country of Argob with all Bashan, which is called, The land of giants. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob, unto the coasts of Geshuri, and of Ma­ach­ athi: and called them after his own name, Bashan, eHavoth Jair unto 1this day. 15 And I gave part of Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the rest of Gilead, and unto the river of Arnon, half the river and the borders, even unto the river 1Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon:

e Num. 21:23

chapter 3

a Num. 21:35

Deut. 29:7

b Num. 21:24

c Num. 21:33

d Num. 32:33

e Num. 32:41

1 Then we turned, and went up by the way of Bashan: aand Og King of Bashan 1came out against us, he and all his people to fight at Edrei. 2 And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not, for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land into thine hand, and thou shalt do unto him as thou

2:29 1 Because neither entreaty nor examples or others could move him, he could not complain of his just destruction. 2:30 1 God in his election and reprobation doth not only appoint the ends, but the means tending to the same. 2:33 1 Hebrew, before us. 2:34 1 God had cursed Canaan, and therefore he would not that any of the wicked race should be preserved. 2:36 1 Or, into our hand. 2:37 1 Or, ford.

3:1 1 Therefore beside the commandment of the Lord, they had just occasion of his part to fight against him. 3:5 1 As villages and small towns. 3:6 1 Because this was God's appointment, therefore it may not be judged cruel. 3:11 1 The more terrible that this giant was, the greater occasion had they to glorify God for the victory. 3:14 1 Meaning, when he wrote this history. 3:16 1 Which separateth the Ammonites from the Amorites.

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4 1 An exhortation to observe the law without adding thereto or diminishing. 6 Therein standeth our wisdom. 9 We must teach it to our children. 15 No image ought to be made to worship. 26 Threatenings against them that forsake the Law of God. 37 God chose the seed because he loved their fathers.

17 The plain also and Jordan, and the borders from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, to wit, the salt Sea 1under the springs of Pisgah Eastward. 18 ¶ And I commanded 1you the same time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall go over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all men of war. 19 Your wives only, and your children, and your cattle (for I know that ye have much cattle) shall abide in your cities, which I have given you, 20 Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren as unto you, and that they also possess the land, which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: then shall ye freturn every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 21 ¶ gAnd I charged Joshua the same time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the 1Lord your God hath done unto these two Kings: hso shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest. 22 Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God, he shall fight for you. 23 And I besought the Lord the same time, saying, 24 O Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand: for where is there a God in heaven or in earth, that can 1do like thy works, and like thy 2power? 25 I pray thee let me go over and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly 1mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee, speak no more unto me of this matter. 27 Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and 1lift up thine eyes Westward, and Northward, and Southward, and Eastward, and behold it with thine eyes, for thou shalt not go over this Jordan: 28 But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and bolden him: for he shall go before this people, and he shall divide for inheritance unto them, the land which thou shalt see. 29 So we abode in the valley over against Beth Peor.

f Josh. 22:4

g Num. 27:18,19,23

h Josh. 15 Josh. 10:8,25

chapter 4

a Deut. 12:32

1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the ordinances and to the laws which I teach you to 1do, that ye may live and go in, and possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 aYe shall 1put nothing unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye 2take ought there from, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your 1eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal Peor, for all the men that followed Baal Peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed every one from among you. 4 But ye that did 1cleave unto the Lord your God, are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you ordinances, and laws, as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do even so within the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep them therefore, and do them: for that is your 1wisdom, and your understanding in the sight of the people, which shall hear all these ordinances, and shall say, 2Only this people is wise, and of understanding, and a great nation. 7 For what nation is so great, unto whom the gods come so near unto them, as the Lord our God is, 1near unto us, in all that we call unto him for? 8 And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and laws so righteous, as all this Law, which I set before you this day? 9 But take heed to thyself, and 1keep thy soul diligently, that thou forget not the things which thine eyes have seen, and that they depart not out of thine heart, all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons: 10 Forget not the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will cause

3:17 1 Or, at Asdoth-Pisgah. 3:18 1 That is, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half Manasseh, as Num. 32:28. 3:21 1 So that the victories came not by your own wisdom, strength or multitude. 3:24 1 He speaketh according to the common and corrupt speech of them which attribute that power unto idols that only appertaineth unto God. 2 Or, wonders. 3:25 1 He meaneth Zion, where the Temple should be built, and God honored. 3:27 1 As before he saw by the spirits of prophecy the good moun­ tain which was Zion: so here his eyes were lifted up above the order of nature to behold all the plentiful land of Canaan.

4:1 1 For this doctrine standeth not in bare knowledge, but in prac­ tice of life. 4:2 1 Think not to be more wise than I am. 2 God will not be served by halves, but will have full obedience. 4:3 1 God's judgments executed upon other idolaters ought to serve for our instruction, read Num. 25:3,4. 4:4 1 And were not idolaters. 4:6 1 Because all men naturally desire wisdom, he showeth how to attain unto it. 2 Or, surely. 4:7 1 Helping us, and delivering us out of all dangers, as 2 Sam. 7:23. 4:9 1 He addeth all these words, to show that we can never be care­ ful enough to keep the law of God and to teach it to our posterity.

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them to hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children: 11 Then came you near and bstood under the mountain, and the mountain 1burnt with fire unto the midst of heaven, and there was darkness, clouds and mist. 12 And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire, and ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude, save a voice. 13 Then he declared unto you his covenant which he commanded you to 1do, even the ten 2commandments, and wrote them upon two Tables of stone. 14 ¶ And the Lord commanded me that same time, that I should teach you ordinances and laws, which ye should observe in the land, whither ye go, to possess it. 15 Take therefore good heed unto your 1selves: for ye saw no 2image in the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16 That ye corrupt not yourselves, and make you a graven image, or representation of any figure: whether it be the likeness of male or female, 17 The likeness of any beast that is on earth, or the likeness of any feathered fowl that flieth in the air: 18 Or the likeness of anything that creepeth on the earth, or the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth, 19 And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars with all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath 1distributed to all people under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord hath taken you and brought you out of the 1iron furnace, out of Egypt to be unto him a people and inheritance, as appeareth this day. 21 And the Lord was angry with me for your words, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 22 For I must die in this land, and shall not go over Jordan: but 1ye shall go over, and possess that

good land. 23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God which he made with you, and lest ye make you any graven image, or likeness of anything, as the Lord thy God hath charged thee. 24 For the Lord thy God is a 1consuming fire, and a jealous God. 25 ¶ When thou shalt beget children and children's children, and shalt have remained long in the land, if ye 1corrupt yourselves, and make any graven image, or likeness of anything, and work evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger, 26 I 1call heaven and earth to record against you this day, that ye shall shortly perish from the land, whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days therein, but shall utterly be destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall 1scatter you among the people, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord shall bring you: 28 And there ye shall serve gods: even the work of man's hand, wood, and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thine 1heart, and with all thy soul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, 1at the length, if thou return to the Lord thy God, and be obedient unto his voice, 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he 1sware unto them. 32 For inquire now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and 1ask from the one end of heaven unto the other, if there came to pass such a great thing as this, or whether any such like thing hath been heard. 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of a fire, as thou hast heard, and lived?

b Exod. 19:18

4:11 1 The Law was given with fearful miracles, to declare both that God was the author thereof, and also that no flesh was able to abide the rigor of the same. 4:13 1 God joineth this condition to his covenant. 2 Or, words. 4:15 1 Hebrew, souls. 2 Signifying, that destruction is prepared for all them that make any image to represent God. 4:19 1 He hath appointed them for to serve man. 4:20 1 He hath delivered you out of most miserable slavery and freely chosen you for his. 4:22 1 Moses' good affection appeareth in that he being deprived of such an excellent treasure, doth not envy them that must enjoy it.

4:24 1 To those that come not unto him with love and reverence, but rebel against him, Heb. 12:29. 4:25 1 Meaning hereby all superstition and corruption of the true service of God. 4:26 1 Though men would absolve you, yet the insensible creatures shall be witnesses of your disobedience. 4:27 1 So that his curse shall make his former blessings of none effect. 4:29 1 Not with outward show or ceremony, but with a true confes­ sion of thy faults. 4:30 1 Hebrew, in the latter days. 4:31 1 To certify them the more of the assurance of their salvation. 4:32 1 Man's negligence is partly cause, that he knoweth not God.

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34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from among nations, by 1tentations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great fear, according unto all that the Lord your God did unto you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest 1know that the Lord he is God, and that there is none but he alone. 36 Out of heaven he made thee hear his voice to instruct thee, and upon earth he showed thee his great fire, and thou heardest his voice out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because 1he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and hath brought thee out of Egypt in his sight by his mighty power, 38 To thrust out nations greater and mightier than thou, before thee, to bring thee in, and to give thee their land for inheritance: as appeareth this day. 39 Understand therefore this day, and consider in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none other. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his ordinances, and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may 1go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee forever. 41 ¶ Then Moses separated three cities on this side of Jordan toward the sun rising: 42 That the slayer should flee thither, which had killed his neighbor at unawares, and hated him not in time past, might flee, I say, unto one of those cities, and live: 43 That is, cBezer in the wilderness, in the plain country of the Reubenites: and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites: and Golan in Bashan among them of Manasseh. 44 ¶ So this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel. 45 These are the 1witnesses, and the ordinances, and the laws which Moses declared to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt. 46 On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon King of the Am­o­ rites, which dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel dsmote, after they were come out of Egypt:

47 And they possessed his land, and the land of eOg King of Bashan, two Kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sun rising: 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, 49 And all the plain from Jordan Eastward, even unto 1the Sea of the plain, under the fsprings of Pisgah. 5 5 Moses is the mean between God and the people. 6 The Law is repeated. 23 The people are afraid at God's voice. 29 The Lord wisheth that the people would fear him. 32 They must neither decline to the right hand nor left.

c Josh. 20:8

d Num. 21:24

Deut. 1:4

e Num. 21:33

Deut. 3:3

f Deut. 3:17

chapter 5

a Exod. 19:5,6

b Exod. 20:2

Lev. 26:1 Ps. 97:7,9

c Exod. 34:7

Jer. 32:18

1 Then Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the ordinances and the laws which 1I propose to you this day, that ye may learn them, and take heed to observe them. 2 aThe Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord 1made not this covenant with our fathers only, but with us, even with us all here alive this day. 4 The Lord talked with you 1face to face in the Mount, out of the midst of the fire. 5 (At that time I stood between the Lord and you, to declare unto you the word of the Lord: for ye were afraid at the sight of the fire, and went not up into the mount) and he said, 6 ¶ bI am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 1bondage. 7 Thou shalt have none 1other gods before my face. 8 Thou shalt make thee no graven image or any likeness of that that is in heaven above, or which is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters under the earth. 9 Thou shalt neither bow thyself unto them, nor serve them: for cI the Lord thy God am a 1jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, even unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: 10 And showing mercy unto thousands of them that 1love me, and keep my commandments. 11 Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless

4:34 1 By so manifest proofs that none could doubt thereof. 4:35 1 He showeth the cause why God wrought these miracles. 4:37 1 Freely, and not of their deserts. 4:40 1 God promiseth reward not for our merits, but to encourage us, and to assure us that our labor shall not be lost. 4:45 1 The articles and points of the covenant. 4:49 1 That is, the salt sea. 5:1 1 Hebrew, I speak in your ears.

5:3 1 Some read, God made not this covenant, that is, in such ample forth and with such signs and wonders. 5:4 1 So plainly that ye need not to doubt thereof. 5:6 1 Or, servant. 5:7 1 God bindeth us to serve him only, without superstition and idolatry. 5:9 1 That is, of his honor, not permitting it to be given to others. 5:10 1 The first degree to keep the commandments, is to love God.

191 Deuteronomy 6:3

26 For what 1flesh was there ever that heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire as we have, and lived? 27 Go thou near and hear all that the Lord our God saith: and declare thou unto us all that the Lord our God saith unto thee: jand we will hear it, and do it. 28 Then the Lord heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me: and the Lord said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said, all that they have spoken. 29 Oh 1that there were such an heart in them to fear me, and to keep all my commandments always: that it might go well with them, and with their children forever. 30 Go, say unto them, Return you into your tents. 31 But stand thou here with me, and I will tell thee all the commandments, and the ordinances, and the laws, which thou shalt teach them: that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. 32 Take heed therefore, that ye do as the Lord your God hath commanded you: 1turn not aside to the right hand nor to the left. 33 But walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may 1live, and that it may go well with you: and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. 6 1 An exhortation to fear God, and keep his commandments, 5 Which is, to love him with all thine heart. 7 The same must be taught to the posterity. 16 Not to tempt God. 25 Righteousness is contained in the Law.

that taketh his Name in vain. 12 Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days 1thou shalt labor, and shalt do all thy work: 14 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt not do any work therein, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, neither any of thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates: that thy manservant and thy maid may rest as well as thou. 15 For, remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand, and a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to observe the Sabbath day. 16 ¶ 1Honor thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee, that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 17 dThou shalt not kill. 18 eNeither shalt thou commit adultery. 19 fNeither shalt thou steal. 20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. 21 gNeither shalt 1thou covet thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, nor his manservant, nor his maid, his ox, nor his ass, nor ought that thy neighbor hath. 22 ¶ These words the Lord spake unto all your multitude in the mount of the midst of the fire, the cloud and the darkness, with a great voice, and 1added no more thereto: and wrote them upon two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. 23 And when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire) then ye came to me, all the chief of your tribes, and your Elders: 24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and hwe have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he iliveth. 25 Now therefore, why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, we shall die.

d Matt. 5:21

e Luke 18:20

f Rom. 13:9

g Rom. 7:7

h Exod. 19:19

i Deut. 4:33

j Exod. 20:19

1 These now are the commandments, ordinances, and 1laws, which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest 1fear the Lord thy God, and keep all his ordinances, and his commandments which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son all the days of thy life, even that thy days may be prolonged: 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and take heed to do it, that it may go well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily 1in the land that floweth with

5:13 1 Meaning, since God permitteth six days to our labors, that we ought willingly to dedicate the seventh to serve him wholly. 5:16 1 Not for a show, but with true obedience, and due rever­ ence. 5:21 1 He speaketh not only of that resolute will, but that there be no motion or affection. 5:22 1 Teaching us by his example to be content with his word, and add nothing thereto. 5:26 1 Or, man.

5:29 1 He requireth of us nothing but obedience, showing also that of ourselves we are unwilling thereunto. 5:32 1 Ye shall neither add nor diminish, Deut. 4:2. 5:33 1 As by obedience, God giveth us all felicity: so of disobeying God proceed all our miseries. 6:1 1 Or, judgments. 6:2 1 A reverent face and love of God is the first beginning to keep God's commandments. 6:3 1 Which hath abundance of all things appertaining to man's life.

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