way to turn either to the right hand or to and Balak and Balaam offered on every the left. jaltar a bullock and a ram.

27 And when the ass saw the angel of the 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by LORD, she fell down under Balaam; and Ba-thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradven laam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ture the LORD will come to meet me: and ess with a staff. whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass; and she said unto Balaam, What bave I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill dlife.

4 And God met Baiaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not 1 thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever} 7% And he took up his parable, and said, wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Balak the king of Moab hath brought me 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of from Aram, out of the mountains of the Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob; and standing in the way, and his sword drawn come, dety Israel. in his hand; and lie bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? Behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

33 And the ass saw me, and turned from the these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had siain thee, and saved her alive.

34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou halt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 And when Balak heard that Bulaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a eity of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at al to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Bual, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

CHAP. XXIII.

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou one unto me? I took thee to curso mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.

14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a pullock and a ram on every altar.

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent; hath he said, and shall be not do it? or hath

AND Balaam said unto Balak, build me he spoken, and shall he not make it good

here seven altars, and prepare me here

even oxen and seven rams.

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken: reverse it.

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21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, curse mine enemies, and, behoid, thou hast neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel altogether blessed them these three times, 1 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: the LORD his God is with hin, and the shout I thought to promote thee unto great honof a king is among them. our; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

22 God brought them out of Egypt: he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

12 And Balaam said un Balak, Spake 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination agains! I not also to thy messengers, which thou Israel: according to this time it shall be sentest unto me, saying, said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

24 Behold the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lior: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

251 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at al!, nor bless them at ali.

26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

27 1 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

13 If Balak would give me his house fu!l of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?

14 And now, behold. I go unto my people. come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

15¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 17 shall see him, but not now; 1 shall 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here se-behold him, but not nigh; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise ven bullocks and seven rams. out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth

30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAP. XXIV.

AND when Balaam saw that

pleased

the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he Faw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came up-took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end on him. shall be that he perish for ever.

3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said;

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and tock up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob!untii Ashur shall carry thee away captive. and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side; as the trees of figu-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar-trees beside the waters.

7 He shall pour the water out of his buckes, and his seed shall be in many waters; and his king shall be higher than Ágag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt;

he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn:
he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and
shall break their bones, and pierce the
through with his arrows.

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and
as a great lion: who shall stit him up? Bless-
ed is he that biesseth thee, and cursed is he
that curseth thee.

10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to

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23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! who shall live when God doeth this!

24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Ashur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever,

25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his CHAP. XXV. way.

AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

2 And they called the people unto the sac rifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the

Berce anger of the LORD may be turned 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the way from Israel. children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom com5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, eth the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the 3lay ye every one his men that were joined family of the Palluites: ento Baal-peor. 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezron6 And, behold, one of the children of Israelites of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. came, and brought unto his brethren a Mi- 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: dianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in and they that were numbered of them were the sight of all the congregation of the chil- forty and three thousand and seven hundred dren of Israel, who were weeping before the and thirty. door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation and took a Javelin in his hand;

8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, aying,

8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.

9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Duthan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congrega tion, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD.

10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men : and they became a sign.

11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of 12 The sons of Simeon, after their famiAaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away lies: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelfrom the children of Israel, while he was zeal-lites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; Bus for my sake among them, that I consum-of Jachin, the family of the Jacbinites: ed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 13 Of Zeral, the family of the Zarhites: 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. him my covenant of peace: 14 These are tie families of the Simeon

13 And he shall have it, and his seed after ites, twenty and two thousand and two hunhim, even the covenant of an everlasting dred.

priesthood; because he was zealous for his 15 The children of Gad, after their faGod, and made an atonement for the chil-milies of Zephon, the family of the Zephondren of Israel. ites of Haggi, the family of the Haggites:

14 Now the name of the Israelite that was of Shuni, the family of the Shunites slain, eren that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites:

17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of 15 And the name of the Midianitish wo-Areli, the family of the Arelites. man that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter 18 These are the families of the children of of Zur; he was head over a people, and of Gad, according to those that were numbered a chief house in Midian. of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

19 9 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan ; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

17 Vex the Midianites, and sinite them: 18 For they vex you with their wiles, 20 And the sons of Judahı, after their fami wherewith they have beguiled you in the lies were; of Shelah, the family of the She matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, lanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharethe daughter of a prince of Midian, their zites; of Zeral, the family of the Zarhites. sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

CHAP. XXVI.

AND it came to pass after the plague, that
the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of
the children of Israel, from twenty years old!
and upward, throughout their fathers' house,
all that are able to go to war in Israel.

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamui, the family of the Hamulites.

These are the families of Judah, ac cording to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.

231 Of the sons of Issachar, after their fa nilies: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites. of Pua, the family of the Punites:

24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar, ac

4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty cording to those that were numbered of them, years old and upward; as the LORD com-threescore and four thousand and three hunmanded Moses and the children of Israel, dred.

which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 26 Of the sons of Zebulun, after their fa

milies: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: family of the Heberites: of Muichiel, the of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jal-family of the Malchielites.

leel, the family of the Jahleelites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher

47 These are the families of the sons of

27 These are the families of the Zebu-was Sarah. lunites, according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five Asher, according to those that were numberhundred. ed of them, who were fifty and three thou

28 The sons of Joseph, after their fami-sand and four hundred. lies, were Manasseh and Ephraim.

48 1 Of the sons of Naphtali, after their fa29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, milies of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelthe farmly of the Machirites; and Machirites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: begat Gilead of Gilead come the family of : the Gileadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali, according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thou

31 And of Asriel, the family of the As-sand and four hundred. rielites and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

51 These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand, and a

32 And of Shemida, the family of the She-thousand seven hundred and thirty. midaites and of Hepher, the family of the 52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, Hepherites. saying,

33 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlab, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.

351 These are the sons of Ephraim, after their families of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthallites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Labanites.

36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

63 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names.

54 To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

56 According to the lot shall the possession :thereof be divided between many and few, 57 And these are they that were num

37 These are the families of the sons of bered of the Levites, after their families: of Ephraim, according to those that were num-Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of bered of them, thirty and two thousand and Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph, Merari, the family of the Merarites.

after their families.

58 These are the families of the Levites:

33 The sens of Benjamin, after their the family of the Libnites, the family of the families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: Hebronites, the family of the Mablites the of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of family of the Mushites, the family of the Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin, after their families and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six bundred.

59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt; and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61 And Nadab and Abiku died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

62 And those that were numbered of them 42 These are the sons of Dan, after their were twenty and three thousand, all males, families of Shuham, the family of the Shu- from a month old and upward; for they were hamites. These are the families of Den, af- not numbered among the children of Israel, ter their families. because there was no inheritance given them

43 All the families of the Shuhamites, ac-among the children of Israel. cording to those that were numbered of them, 63 These are they that were numbered were threescore and four thousand and four by Moses and Eleazer the priest, who numnundred. bered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

44 Of the children of Asher, after their families of Jimna, the family of the Jim-1 nites of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the chil 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the 'dren of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai :

65 For the LonD had seid of them, They 18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take shall surely die in the wilderness. And there thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom was not left a man of them, save Caleb the is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; son of Jephunneh,and Joshua the son of Nun. 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, CHAP. XXVII. and before all the congregation; and give

THEN came the daughters of Zelophe-him a charge in their sight.

had,the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the upon him, that all the congregation of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and children of Israel may be obedient. these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah,

21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the 2 And they stood before Moses, and before judgment of Urim before the LORD; at his Eleazar the priest, and before the princes word shall they go out, and at his word they and all the congregation, by the door of the shall come in, both he, and all the children of tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Israel with him, even all the congregation. 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he 22 And Moses did as the LORD commandwas not in the company of them that gather-ed him: and he took Joshua, and set him ed themselves together against the LORD in before Eleazar the priest, and before all the the company of Korah; but died in his own congregation. sin, and had no sons.

4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.

23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge; as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses,

CHAP. XXVIII.

AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saving

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread 6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unright thou shalt surely give them a posses-to me in their due season.

on of an inheritance among their father's 3¶ And thou shalt say unto them, This brethren; and thou shalt cause the inherit-is the offering made by fire which ye shall ance of their father to pass unto them. offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children year without spot, day by day, for a contiof Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no nual burnt-offering. son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, ard the other lamb shalt thou ofler at even;

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part shall give his inheritance unto his father's of an hin of beaten oil. Drethren.

6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which 11 And if his father have no brethren, then was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet saye shall give his inheritance unto his kins-vour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD man that is next to him of his family, and he 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be shall possess it: and it shall be unto the chil-the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: dren of Israel a statute of judgment; as the in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong LORD commanded Moses. wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink

12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Get offering. thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.

13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron, thy brother was gathered.

14 For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strite of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.

15 1 And Moses spake unto the LORD, aying,

8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

91 And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenthdeals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof.

10 This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering.

11 ¶ And in the beginnings of your montlis 16 Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the LORD: all flesh, set a man over the congregation, two young builocks and one ram, seven 17 Which may go out before them, and lambs of the first year without spot: which may go in before them, and which: 12 And three tenth-deals of flour for a meatmay lead them out, and which may bring offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock, them in; that the congregation of the LORD and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offerbe not as sheep which have no shepherd. ing, mingled with oil, for one ram;