16 And whoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Before 1471. 17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the 2 ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and 3 running water shall be put to it in a vessel: 2 Heb. dust. 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 3 Heb. be given. a Ex. 17. 2. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; c. 11. 33. and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until the evening. 22 And whatever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until the evening. CHAP. XX. 1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam dieth. 2 They murmur for want of water. 7 Moses smiting the rock, bringeth forth water at Meribah. 14 Moses at Kadesh desireth passage through_Edom, which is denied him. 22 At mount Hor Aaron resigneth his place to Eleazar, and dieth. and speak ye to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth its water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give drink to the congregation and their beasts. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 ¶ And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. 13 This is the water of 1 Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 14 T And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath 2 befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians afflicted us, and our fathers: 16 And when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth from Egypt: and behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neiPs. 106. 32, ther will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. THEN 2 And there was no water for the congregation and they assembled themselves against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people a chid with Moses, and spoke, saying, O that we had died 1 That is, when our brethren died before the strife. LORD! 4 And why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 2 Heb. 5 And why have ye conducted us from Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, found us. or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. 7¶ And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8 Take the rod, and convene thou the assembly, thou, and Aaron thy brother, dc. 33. 37. 18 And Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high-way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. 20 And he said, Thou shalt not go, through. And Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. 22 ¶ And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came to mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered to his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Is rael, because ye rebelled against my 8 word at the water of Meribah. e 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor: Before CHRIST, 1452. mouth. c. 33. 38. Deut.32. 50. 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and 3 Heb. Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they ascended mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. CHAP. XXI. 1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repent ing are healed by a brazen serpent. 10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is overcome, 33 and Og. G ND when king Arad the Canaan that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. ƒ Deut. 10. 6. &32. 50. a c. 33. 40. That is, utter de struction. 2 or,grieved. 3 Heb. shor b c. 11. 6. 4. 1 Cor. 10. 9. 2 Kings 18. John 3. 14. 2 And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this c. 33. 43. people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name 4 or, heaps of Abarim. of the place Hormah. 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to com-5 pass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much 2 3 discouraged because of the way. 6 or, Vaheh in Suphah. and pitched at 4 Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, towards the sun-rising. 12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Žared. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, 5 What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and 6 lieth upon the border of Moab. 16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well of which the LORD spoke to Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water. 17 Then Israel sung this song, 7 Spring up, O well; 8sing ye to it: 18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the law-giver, with their staffs. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the 9 country of Moab, to the top of 10 Pisgah, which looketh towards 11 Jeshimon. 21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high-way, until we have past thy borders. 23 And Sihon would not suffer IsraHeb. leanel to pass through his border: but Sihon collected all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel: 5 And the people spoke against God, eth. and against Moses, Why have ye brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? 7 Heb. Asfor there is no bread, neither is there any cend. water; and our soul lotheth this light bread. 8 or, an 9 Heb.field. 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its 12 7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we 10 or, the hill. have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray to the LORD, that he 11 or, the wil.villages. take away the serpents from us. And derness. Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the LORD said to Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And & Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 ¶ And the children of Israel moved forward, and pitched in Oboth. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared. 28 For there has a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his 32 And Moses sent to explore Jaazer, 1452. 10 And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent to me, saying, 11 Behold, there has a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse them for me: it may be I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. 12 And God said to Balaam, Thou and they took its villages, and drove out Deut. 3. 1. shalt not go with them; thou shalt not the Amorites that were there. 33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said to Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into & 29. 7. curse the people: for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Depart into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Ba thy hand, and all his people, and his land; Ps. 135. 10, laam refuseth to come with us. and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left to him alive: and they possessed his land. CHAP. XXII. 1 Balak's first message for Balaam is refus ed: 15 His second message obtaineth him. 22 An angel would have slain him, if his ass had not saved him. 36 Balak entertaineth him. AND the children of Israel moved 11. @ Josh. 24.9. forward, and pitched in the plains 1 Heb. eye. of Moab on this side of Jordan by Jericho. 2¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was greatly afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are around us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there has a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the 1 face of the earth, and they abide over against me: 2 Heb. I shall prevail in fighting against him. not thou 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, Curse for me this people; for they are 3 Heb. Be too mighty for me: it may be I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and hindered that I may drive them out of the land: from, &c. for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. 8 And he said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? bc. 24. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 16. Jude 11. 15 ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, 3 Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming to me: 17 For I will promote thee to very great honor, and I will do whatever thou sayest to me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse this people for me. 18 And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say to me more. 20 And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call thee, rise and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say to thee, that shalt thou perform. 21 And Balaam rose in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 ¶ And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself against the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam : and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said to Balaam, Am not I thy ass, 4 upon which thou hast rid s ever since I was thine to this day? was I ever wont to do so to thee? And he said, Nay. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD Standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and 6 fell flat on his face. 32 And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why hast thou smitten thy ass these three times? behold, I went out 7 to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: 33 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 34 And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it s displeaseth thee, I will return again. 9 or, a city of streets. 35 And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to thee, that thou shalt speak: So Balaam went with the solitary. princes of Balak. 36 ¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost limit. 37¶ And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why camest thou not to me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? 1or, he went 2 Heb. my 4 And God met Balaam: and he said to 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 to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 6 And he returned to him, and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. 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 2 me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! 11 And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse my 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 to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and from thence curse them for me. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of 3 Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet the 38 And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I have come to thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that soul, or, my LORD yonder. God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to 9 Kirjath-huzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. life. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, 3 or, the hill. that Balak took Balaam, and conducted him to the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAP. XXIII. 1, 13, 28 Balak's sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam's parable. AND Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: it may be the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he showeth me I will tell thee. And 1 he went to a high place. a c. 22. 35. b c. 24. 8. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to 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 to him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to 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 he not do it? or hath he spoke, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a uni corn. 23 Surely there is no enchantment 4 against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according 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 great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until, he shall eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. Before 1451. 4 or, in. called thee to curse my enemies, and behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee to great honor; but lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honor. 12 And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak also to thy messengers whom 25 ¶ And Balak said to Balaam, Nei-a c. 23. 3, 15. thou sentest to me, saying, ther curse them at all, nor bless them at all. Heb. to the meeting of enchantments. 13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind but what the LORD saith, that will Í speak? 26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that the Loud speaketh, that I must do? 27 ¶ And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will please God that thou mayest from thence curse them for c. 23. 7, 18. what this people will do to thy people in 14 And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, I will advertise thee 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, who heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there 1 Balaam leaving divinations, prophesieth the a Gen. 49. 9. shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a happiness of Israel: 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him: 14 He prophesieth of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations. ND when Balaam saw that it pleas not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes, and the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man 2 whose eyes are open hath said: 4 He hath said, who heard the words of God, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees 5 or, shall be of lign-aloes which the LORD hath plant-even to deed, and as cedar-trees beside the waters. struction. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall 3 smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 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. 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was 4 the first of the nations, but his latter end 5 shall be that he shall 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. 22 Nevertheless, 6 the Kenite shall be wasted, 7 until Asher shall carry thee away captive. 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 per 25 And Balaam arose, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. waters, and his king shall be higher than 6 Heb. Kain. ish for ever. 9 & He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall rouse him? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 7 or, how long shall it be ere ry thee away cap. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands c. 33. 49. together: and Balak said to Balaam, I CHAP. XXV. 1 Israel at Shittim commit lewdness and idol. atry. 6 Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cozbi. 10 God therefore giveth him an everlasting priesthood. 16 The Midianites are to be afflicted. AND Israel abode in « Shittim, and the people began to commit lewdness with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people to the |