Prophecy of the Star of Jacob. LORD hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, NUMBERS. Before 1452. 13 u If Balak would give me his u ch. 22. 18. house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak ? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people come therefore, and x I x Mic. 6. 5. will advertise thee what this people Rev. 2. 14. shall do to thy people y in the lattery Gen. 49. 1. days. 15 Tz And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 a I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh there shall come ba Star out of Jacob, and ca Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall || smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. Dan. 2. 28. & 10. 14. a Rev. 1. 7. b Matt. 2. 2. 18 And d Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a posses-Moab. sion for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19 e Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 T And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 2 Sam. 8. 2. Jer. 48. 45. Before CHRIST 1452. je Ex. 20. 5. g Deut. 4. 3. h ver. 11. Deut. 13. 17. i Ex. 18. 21, k Ex. 32. 27. 1 Joel 2. 17. m Ps. 106. n Ex. 6. 25. Zimri and Cozbi stain. and the people did eat, and e bowed down to their gods. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor 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, h that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 5 And Moses said unto i the judges of Israel. k Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-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, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And m when Phinehas, n 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: o Ps. 106. 30. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. Deut. 4. 3. q Ps. 106. 30. Or, the first+ Heb. with tions that Israel, Or, shall destruction. 22 Nevertheless, † the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur 1 Sam. 15. 3, shall carry thee away captive. 8. + Heb. Kain. 23 And he took up his parable, Gen. 15. 19.6. 4, &c. and said, Alas, who shall live when Or, how God doeth this! long shall it shur carry 24 And ships shall come from be ere Asthe coast of f Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict & E-captive ? Der, and he also shall perish for f Gen. 10. 4. Dan. 11. 30. Gen. 10. 8. a ch. 33. 49. b ch. 31. 16. 1 Cor. 10. 8. u Ex. 40. 15. x Acts 22. 3. Rom. 10. 2. y Heb. 2. 17. ch. 31. 8. Josh. 13. 21. a ch. 31. 2. Rev. 2. 14. 9 And p those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 10 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 q Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel (while he was zealous † for my sake among them) that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 Wherefore say, • Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 13 And he shall have it, and this seed after him, even the covenant of u an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and y made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of at chief house among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi the daughter of z Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 a Vex the Midianites and smite them : 18 For they vex you with their e Josh.22.17. b ch. 31. 16. b wiles, wherewith they have bePs. 106. 28. guiled you in the matter of Peor, Hos. 9. 10. and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. The sum of all Israel taken CHAPTER XXVI. 1 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab. 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land. 57 The families and number of the Levites. 63 None were left of them which were numbered at Sinai, but Caleb and Joshua. AN ND it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, 2 a Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and up, ward, 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 hear Jericho, saying, 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD d commanded Moses d ch. 1. 1. and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 Te Reuben the eldest son of e Gen. 46. 8. Israel: the children of Reuben; Ex. 6. 14. Hanoch, of whom cometh the fa-1 Chr. 5. 1. mily of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Ne muel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were ffamous in the congre- fch. 16. 1, gation, who strove against Moses 2. and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: Before CHRIST 1452. o Gen. 46. 16. Arodi. Gen. 38. &c. & 46. 12. q 1 Chr. 2. 3. r Gen. 46.13. 1 Chr. 7. I. Or, Phuvah. Or, Job. s Gen. 46. 14. t Gen. 46. 20. u Josh. 17. 1. 15. 10 g And the earth opened her g ch. 16. 32, Chr. 7. 14, mouth, and swallowed them up to- 35. gether with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: hand they became a sign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. h ch. 16. 38. See 1 Cor. 10. 6. 2 Pet. 2.6. i Ex. 6. 24. 12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of k Nemuel, the Chr. 6. 22. family of the Nemuelites: of Ja-k Gen. 46. min, the family of the Jaminites: 10. Ex. 6. of Jachin, the family of the Jachin-15, ites: 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. Jemuel. Jarib. 11 Chr. 4. 24, m Gen. 46. 10, Zohar. 15 The children of Gad after their families: of n Zephon, then Gen. 46. family of the Zephonites: of Hag-16, Ziphion. gi, 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: x Called, Abiezer, Josh. 17. 2. Judg. 6. 11, 24, 34. y ch. 27. 1. & 36. 11. Or, Ezbon,z 1 Chr. 7. Gen. 46. 16. 20, Bered. in the plains of Moab. 17 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. 18 These are the families of the children of Gad, according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. 19 pThe sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And q the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharezites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. 21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 These are the families of Ju dah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 Of the sons of Issachar aftor their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of || Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. 26 Ts Of the sons of Zebulun after their families of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of u Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30 These are the sons of Gilead: of x Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 And y Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of z Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. Aharah. c Gen. 46. 21, Muppim 40 And the sons of Bela were and Hupd Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the pim. family of the Ardites: and of Naa-d1 Chr. 8. 3, man, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. Addar. 42 Te These are the sons of Dane Gen. 46. after their families: of || Shuham, 23. the family of the Shuhamites. Or, These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 Of the children of Asher after their families of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Hushim. f Gen. 46. 17. Chr. 7. 30. 48 g of the sons of Naphtali afg Gen. 46. & 6. 20. 55 Notwithstanding, the land shall bem divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fa thers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites af ter their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Ko hath, the family of the Kohathites, of Merari, the family of the Mera rites. 58 These are the families of the Levites the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mashites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's o Ex. 2. 1, 2. 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. p ch. 3. 2. q Lev. 10. 1, 2. ch. 3. 4. 1 Chr. 24. 2. r See ch. 3. 39. s ch. 1. 49. tch. 18. 20, 23, 24. Deut. 10. 9. Josh. 13. 14, 33. & 14. 3. u ver. 3. x ch. 1. Deut. 2. 14, 15. 60 p And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And q Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62 r And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel u in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of ter their families of Jahzeel, the 24. 1 Chr. 7. y ch. 14. 28, them, They y shall surely die in the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, 13. the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Je zerites of Shillem, the family of h 1 Chr. 7.13, the Shillemites. 50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and four hundred. Shallum. 1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance. 6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of his death, sueth for a successor. 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him. THEN came the daughters of a Zelophehad, the son of He& 36. 1, 11. pher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. Josh. 17. 3. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, Before CHAPTER XXVIII. Joshua appointed to succeed Moses. 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. CHRIST CHRIST 1452. 1452. See ch. 11. 17, 28. b ch. 14. 35. ? diminished. 4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among + Heb. his family, because he hath no son d Give unto us therefore a posses- d Josh. 17. 4. sion among the brethren of our father. 17. See Josh. 9. 14. Judg. 1. 1. & 20. 18, 23, 26. 5 And Moses e brought their e Ex. 18. 15, 1 Sam. 23. 9. cause before the LORD. 6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad 19. speak right: thou shalt surely give fch. 36. 2. them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the & 30. 7. x Ex. 28. 30. y Josh. 9. 14. 1 Sam. 22. 10, 13, 15. 21 u And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him xafter the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: 23 And he laid his hands upon z Deut. 3. 28. him, z and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. & 31. 7. a Lev. 3. 11. & 21. 6, 8. Mal. 1. 7, 12. + Heb. a savour of my rest. CHAPTER XXVIII. 1 Offerings are to be observed. 3 The continual burnt-offering. 9 The offering on the sabbath, 11 on the new moons, 16 at the passover, 26 in the day of first-fruits. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Is rael, and say unto them, My offering, and a my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. 3 And thou shalt say unto them, b Ex. 29. 38. b This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot t day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. 14 For ye k rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of 1 Ex. 17. 7. Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 15 And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, 16 Let the LORD, m the God of m ch. 16. 22. the spirits of all flesh, set a man Heb. 12. 9. over the congregation," 17 n Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. Deut. 31.2. 1 Sam. 8.20. & 18. 13. 2 Chr. 1. 10. Heb. be tween the two evenlings. Ex. 12. 6. c Ex. 16. 36. ch. 15. 4. d Lev. 2. 1. e Ex. 29. 40. f Ex. 29. 42. See Amos 5. 25. 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer † at even: 5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a d meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part of an e hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 7 And the drink-offering thereot shall be the fourth part of an hin g Ex. 29. 42. for the one lamb: g in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink-offering: 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat-offering of the morning, and as the drinkoffering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 9 And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof: 10 This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering. 11 T And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burntoffering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; Before 1452. 12 And three tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with CHRIST oil, for one bullock; and two tenthdeals of flour for a meat-offering, k ch. 15. 4mingled with oil, for one ram; 13 And a several tenth-deal of flour mingled with oil for a meatoffering unto one lamb, for a burnt-offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. 14 And their drink-offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an! hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year. 12. 17 n And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven daysn Lev. 23. 6. shall unleavened bread be eaten." Lev. 23. 7. 18 In the first day shall be an o Ex. 12. 16. holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: 19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt-offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: P they shall be unto you without blemish: 20 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth-deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth-deals for a ram; 21 A several tenth-deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: p ver. 31. Lev. 22. 20. ch. 29. 8. Deut. 15. 21. Before CHRIST 1452. u ver. 19. and on the other feasts. 31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt-offering and his meat-offering ("they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink-offerings. CHAPTER XXIX. 1 The offering at the feast of trumpets, 7 at the day of afflicting their souls, 13 and on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles. ΑΝ ND in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye a Lev. 23.24. shall do no servile work: a it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. b ch. 28. 11. c ch. 28. 3. 12. 2 And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: 3 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals for a bullock, and two tenth-deals for a ram, 4 And one tenth-deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 5 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: 6 Beside the burnt-offering of the month, and his meat-offering, and the daily burnt-offering, and his meat-offering, and their drinkch. 15. 11, offerings, d according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD 7 Ande ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an Ps. 35. 13. holy convocation: and ye shall fafflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: e Lev. 16.29. & 23. 27. Is. 58. 5. 8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first g ch. 28. 19. year; g they shall be unto you without blemish: 5. 9 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals to a bullock, and two tenth-deals to one ram, 10 A several tenth-deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 11 One kid of the goats for a sin h Lev. 16. 3, offering; beside the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burntoffering, and the meat-offering of it, and their drink-offerings. i Lev. 23. 33. Ezek. 45. 25. 12 ¶ And on the fifteenth day of Deut. 16. 13. the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: k Ezra 3. 4. 13 And ye shall offer a burntoffering, a sacrifice made by fire, ot a sweet savour unto the LORD: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: 14 And their meat-offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenthdeals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a several tenth-deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: 16 And one kid of the goats for |