23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
12:16And afterwards the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran.
13:1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
13:2Send thou men, that they may search out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel. Ye shall send a man of every tribe of his fathers, each a prince among them.
13:3And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran: according to the commandment of Jehovah, all of them heads of the children of Israel.
13:4And these are their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;
13:5for the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;
13:6for the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
13:7for the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;
13:8for the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun;
13:9for the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;
13:10for the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;
13:11for the tribe of Joseph, for the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi;
13:12for the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;
13:13for the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;
13:14for the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;
13:15for the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.
13:16These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to search out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Jehoshua.
13:17And Moses sent them to search out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Go up this way by the south and go up into the hill-country,
13:18and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;
13:19and what the land is that they dwell in, whether it is good or bad; and what cities they are that they dwell in, whether in camps, or in strongholds;
13:20and what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there are trees in it, or not. And take courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first grapes.
13:21And they went up, and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, where one comes towards Hamath.
13:22And they went up by the south, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
13:23And they came as far as the valley of Eshcol, and cut down thence a branch with one bunch of grapes, and they bore it between two upon a pole; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
13:24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.
13:25And they returned from searching out the land after forty days.
13:26And they came, and went to Moses and to Aaron, and to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to the whole assembly; and shewed them the fruit of the land.
13:27And they told him, and said, We came to the land to which thou didst send us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
13:28Only, the people are strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, very great; moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
13:29Amalek dwells in the land of the south; and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill-country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.
13:30And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up boldly and possess it, for we are well able to do it.
13:31But the men that went up with him said, We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we.
13:32And they brought to the children of Israel an evil report of the land which they had searched out, saying, The land, which we have passed through to search it out, is a land that eateth up its inhabitants; and all the people that we have seen in it are men of great stature;
13:33and there have we seen giants -- the sons of Anak are of the giants -- and we were in our sight as grasshoppers, and so we were also in their sight.
14:1And the whole assembly lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
14:2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died!
14:3And why is Jehovah bringing us to this land that we may fall by the sword, that our wives and our little ones may become a prey? Is it not better for us to return to Egypt?
14:4And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell upon their faces before the whole congregation of the assembly of the children of Israel.
14:6And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of them that searched out the land, rent their garments.
14:7And they spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it out, is a very, very good land.
14:8If Jehovah delight in us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land that flows with milk and honey;
14:9only rebel not against Jehovah; and fear not the people of the land; for they shall be our food. Their defence is departed from them, and Jehovah is with us: fear them not.
14:10And the whole assembly said that they should be stoned with stones. And the glory of Jehovah appeared in the tent of meeting to all the children of Israel.
14:11And Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe me, for all the signs which I have done among them?
14:12I will smite them with the pestilence, and destroy them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they.
14:13And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
14:14and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that thou, Jehovah, lettest thyself be seen eye to eye, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night;
14:15if thou now slayest this people as one man, then the nations that have heard thy fame will speak, saying,
14:16Because Jehovah was not able to bring this people into the land that he had sworn unto them, he has therefore slain them in the wilderness.
14:17And now, I beseech thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,
14:18Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in goodness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.
14:19Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of thy loving-kindness, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
14:20And Jehovah said, I have pardoned according to thy word.
14:21But as surely as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah!
14:22for all those men who have seen my glory, and my signs, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice,
14:23shall in no wise see the land which I did swear unto their fathers: none of them that despised me shall see it.
14:24But my servant Caleb, because he hath another spirit in him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he came; and his seed shall possess it.
14:25(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley.) To-morrow turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness, on the way to the Red sea.
14:26And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
14:27How long shall I bear with this evil assembly, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
14:28Say unto them, As surely as I live, saith Jehovah, if I do not do unto you as ye have spoken in mine ears!
14:29In this wilderness shall your carcases fall; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number from twenty years old and upwards, who have murmured against me,
14:30shall in no wise come into the land, concerning which I have lifted up my hand to make you dwell in it; save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
14:31But your little ones, of whom ye said they should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land that ye have despised.
14:32And as to you, your carcases shall fall in this wilderness.
14:33And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.
14:34After the number of the days in which ye have searched out the land, forty days, each day for a year shall ye bear your iniquities forty years, and ye shall know mine estrangement from you.
14:35I Jehovah have spoken; I will surely do it unto all this evil assembly which have gathered together against me! in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
14:36And the men whom Moses had sent to search out the land, who returned, and made the whole assembly to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report upon the land,
14:37even those men who had brought up an evil report upon the land, died by a plague before Jehovah.
14:38But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, lived still of the men that had gone to search out the land.
14:39And Moses told all these sayings to all the children of Israel; then the people mourned greatly.
14:40And they rose up early in the morning, and went up to the hill-top, saying, Here are we, and we will go up to the place of which Jehovah has spoken; for we have sinned.
14:41And Moses said, Why now do ye transgress the commandment of Jehovah? but it shall not prosper!
14:42Go not up, for Jehovah is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies;
14:43for the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword; for as ye have turned away from Jehovah, Jehovah will not be with you.
14:44Yet they presumed to go up to the hill-top; but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and Moses, did not depart from the midst of the camp.
14:45And the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwelt on that hill, came down and smote them, and cut them to pieces, as far as Hormah.
15:1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
15:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of your dwellings, which I give unto you,
15:3and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet odour to Jehovah, of the herd or of the flock,
15:4then shall he that presenteth his offering to Jehovah bring as oblation a tenth part of fine flour mingled with a fourth part of a hin of oil;
15:5and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the fourth part of a hin with the burnt-offering, or with the sacrifice, for one lamb.
15:6And for a ram thou shalt offer as oblation two tenth parts of fine flour mingled with oil, a third part of a hin,
15:7and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the third part of a hin; for a sweet odour to Jehovah.
15:8And when thou offerest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or for a peace-offering to Jehovah,
15:9then shall they present with the bullock as oblation three tenth parts of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil;
15:10and of wine shalt thou present half a hin, for a drink-offering, as an offering by fire, of a sweet odour to Jehovah.
15:11Thus shall it be done for one ox, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or for a kid;
15:12according to the number that ye offer, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
15:13And all that are born in the land shall do these things thus, in presenting an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah.
15:14And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering by fire of a sweet odour to Jehovah, -- as ye do, so shall he do.
15:15As to the congregation, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an everlasting statute throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be, before Jehovah.
15:16One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
15:17And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
15:18Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you,
15:19then it shall be, when ye eat of the bread of the land, that ye shall offer a heave-offering to Jehovah;
15:20the first of your dough shall ye offer, a cake, for a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye offer this.
15:21Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.
15:22And if ye sin inadvertently, and do not all these commandments, which Jehovah hath spoken unto Moses,
15:23all that Jehovah hath commanded you through Moses, from the day that Jehovah gave commandment, and henceforward throughout your generations;
15:24then it shall be, if ought be committed by inadvertence hid from the eyes of the assembly, that the whole assembly shall offer one young bullock for a burnt-offering, for a sweet odour to Jehovah, and its oblation and its drink-offering according to the ordinance, and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering.
15:25And the priest shall make atonement for the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it was a sin of inadvertence, and they have brought before Jehovah their offering, as an offering by fire to Jehovah, and their sin-offering for their sin of inadvertence;
15:26and it shall be forgiven the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for with all the people there was a sin of inadvertence.
15:27And if one soul sin through inadvertence, then he shall present a yearling she-goat for a sin-offering.
15:28And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that hath done inadvertently, when he sinneth by inadvertence before Jehovah, to make atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
15:29For him that is born in the land among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them -- there shall be one law for you, for him who doeth anything through inadvertence.
15:30But the soul that doeth ought with a high hand, whether born in the land, or a stranger, he reproacheth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
15:31For he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment: that soul shall surely be cut off; his iniquity is upon him.
15:32And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
15:33And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to the whole assembly.
15:34And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.
15:35And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
15:36And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
15:37And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
15:38Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them tassels on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they attach to the tassel of the corners a lace of blue;
15:39and it shall be unto you for a tassel, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of Jehovah, and do them; and that ye seek not after the lusts of your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye go a whoring;
15:40that ye may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God.
15:41I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Jehovah your God.
16:1And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, made bold, and with him Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben;
16:2and they rose up against Moses, with two hundred and fifty men of the children of Israel, princes of the assembly, summoned to the council, men of renown;
16:3and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, It is enough; for all the assembly, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them; and why do ye lift up yourselves above the congregation of Jehovah?
16:4When Moses heard this, he fell on his face.
16:5And he spoke to Korah and to all his band, saying, Even to-morrow will Jehovah make known who is his, and who is holy; and he will cause him to come near to him; and him whom he has chosen, him will he cause to come near to him.
16:6This do: take you censers, Korah, and all his band,
16:7and put fire therein, and lay incense thereon before Jehovah to-morrow; and it shall be that the man whom Jehovah doth choose, he shall be holy. It is enough, ye sons of Levi!
16:8And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi!
16:9Is it too little for you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the assembly of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the work of the tabernacle of Jehovah, and to stand before the assembly to minister to them?
16:10-- that he has brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee; and seek ye now the priesthood also?
16:11For which cause thou and all thy band are banded together against Jehovah; and Aaron, who is he that ye murmur against him?
16:12And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, We will not come up!
16:13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that thou must make thyself altogether a ruler over us?
16:14Moreover, thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up!
16:15Then Moses was very wroth, and said to Jehovah, Have no regard to their oblation: not one ass have I taken from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
16:16And Moses said to Korah, Be thou and all thy band before Jehovah, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow.
16:17And take each his censer, and put incense thereon, and present before Jehovah every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; and thou, and Aaron, each his censer.
16:18And they took each his censer, and put fire on them, and laid incense thereon, and stood before the entrance to the tent of meeting, as well as Moses and Aaron.
16:19And Korah gathered the whole assembly against them to the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of Jehovah appeared to all the assembly.
16:20And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
16:21Separate yourselves from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment.
16:22And they fell on their faces, and said, O *God, the God of the spirits of all flesh! shall *one* man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with the whole assembly?
16:23And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
16:24Speak unto the assembly, saying, Get you up from about the habitation of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
16:25And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
16:26And he spoke to the assembly, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye perish in all their sins.
16:27And they got up from the habitation of Koran, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the entrance of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones.
16:28And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that Jehovah has sent me to do all these deeds, for they are not out of my own heart:
16:29if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;
16:30but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
16:31And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
16:32And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property.
16:33And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation.
16:34And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up!
16:35And there came out a fire from Jehovah, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that had presented incense.
16:36And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
16:37Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning; and scatter the fire afar; for they are hallowed,
16:38the censers of these sinners who have forfeited their life; and they shall make them into broad plates for the covering of the altar; for they presented them before Jehovah, therefore they are hallowed; and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
16:39And Eleazar the priest took the copper censers, which they that were burnt had presented; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
16:40as a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron come near to burn incense before Jehovah, that he be not as Korah, and as his band, -- as Jehovah had said to him through Moses.
16:41And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured on the morrow against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of Jehovah.
16:42And it came to pass, when the assembly was gathered together against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Jehovah appeared.
16:43And Moses and Aaron went before the tent of meeting.
16:44And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
16:45Get you up from the midst of this assembly, and I will consume them in a moment. And they fell on their faces.
16:46And Moses said to Aaron, Take the censer, and put fire thereon from off the altar, and lay on incense, and carry it quickly to the assembly, and make atonement for them; for there is wrath gone out from Jehovah: the plague is begun.
16:47And Aaron took as Moses had said, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague had begun among the people; and he put on incense, and made atonement for the people.
16:48And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
16:49Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides them that had died because of the matter of Korah.
16:50And Aaron returned to Moses to the entrance of the tent of meeting; and the plague was stayed.
17:1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
17:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.
17:3And Aaron's name shalt thou write upon the staff of Levi; for one staff shall be for each head of their fathers' houses.
17:4And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
17:5And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his staff shall bud forth; and I will make to cease from before me the murmurings of the children of Israel, that they murmur against you.
17:6And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him a staff, one staff for each prince according to their fathers' houses, twelve staves, and the staff of Aaron was among their staves.
17:7And Moses laid the staves before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.
17:8And it came to pass, when on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony, behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and ripened almonds.
17:9And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.
17:10And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.
17:11And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.
17:12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.
17:13Every one that comes at all near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die: shall we then expire altogether?
18:1And Jehovah said to Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
18:2And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tent of the testimony.
18:3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.
18:4And they shall unite with thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no stranger shall come near to you.
18:5And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there come no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
18:6And I, behold, I have taken your brethren, the Levites, from among the children of Israel; to you are they given as a gift for Jehovah to perform the service of the tent of meeting.
18:7But thou and thy sons with thee shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerneth the altar, and for that which is inside the veil; and ye shall perform the service: I give you your priesthood as a service of gift, and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.
18:8And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute.
18:9This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all their oblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons.
18:10As most holy shalt thou eat it: every male shall eat it; it shall be holy unto thee.
18:11And this shall be thine: the heave-offering of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of Israel; I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:12All the best of the oil, and all the best of the new wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they give to Jehovah, have I given thee.
18:13The first ripe of everything that is in their land, which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
18:14Every devoted thing in Israel shall be thine.
18:15Everything that breaketh open the womb of all flesh, which they present to Jehovah, of men or of beasts, shall be thine; nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou in any case ransom, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shalt thou ransom.
18:16And those that are to be ransomed from a month old shalt thou ransom, according to thy valuation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
18:17But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, thou shalt not ransom: they are holy. Thou shalt sprinkle their blood on the altar, and their fat shalt thou burn as an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah.
18:18And their flesh shall be thine; as the wave-breast and as the right shoulder shall it be thine.
18:19All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Jehovah, have I given thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by an everlasting statute: it shall be an everlasting covenant of salt before Jehovah unto thee and thy seed with thee.
18:20And Jehovah said to Aaron, In their land thou shalt have no inheritance, neither shalt thou have any portion among them: I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
18:21And to the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting.
18:22Neither shall the children of Israel henceforth come near the tent of meeting, to bear sin and die.
18:23But the Levite, he shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations. And among the children of Israel shall they possess no inheritance;
18:24for I have given for an inheritance to the Levites the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as a heave-offering to Jehovah; therefore I have said of them, They shall possess no inheritance among the children of Israel.
18:25And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
18:26And to the Levites shalt thou speak, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer a heave-offering from it for Jehovah, the tenth of the tithe.
18:27And your heave-offering shall be reckoned unto you, as the corn from the threshing-floor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
18:28Thus ye also shall offer Jehovah's heave-offering of all your tithes, which ye take of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof Jehovah's heave-offering to Aaron the priest.
18:29Out of all that is given you ye shall offer the whole heave-offering of Jehovah, -- of all the best thereof the hallowed part thereof.
18:30And thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as produce of the threshing-floor, and as produce of the winepress.
18:31And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households; for it is your reward for your service in the tent of meeting.
18:32And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, if ye heave from it the best of it; and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
19:1And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,
19:2This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without blemish, wherein is no defect, and upon which never came yoke;
19:3and ye shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring it outside the camp, and one shall slaughter it before him.
19:4And Eleazar the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall sprinkle of its blood directly before the tent of meeting seven times.
19:5And one shall burn the heifer before his eyes; its skin and its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall he burn.
19:6And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
19:7And the priest shall wash his garments, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until the even;
19:8and he that hath burned it shall wash his garments in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
19:9And a clean man shall gather the ashes of the heifer, and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the assembly of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
19:10And he that hath gathered the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. And it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, an everlasting statute.
19:11He that toucheth a dead person, any dead body of a man, shall be unclean seven days.
19:12He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
19:13Whoever toucheth a dead person, the dead body of a man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; for the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him: he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
19:14This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
19:15And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, shall be unclean.
19:16And every one that toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead person, or the bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
19:17And they shall take for the unclean of the ashes of the purification-offering that hath been burned, and shall put running water thereon in a vessel;
19:18and a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and upon all the utensils, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that hath touched the bone, or the one slain, or the dead person, or the grave;
19:19and the clean shall sprinkle it on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and he shall purify him on the seventh day; and he shall wash his garments, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
19:20And the man that is unclean, and doth not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the congregation, for he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled on him: he is unclean.
19:21And it shall be an everlasting statute unto them. And he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his garments, and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
19:22And whatever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
20:1And the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came into the wilderness of Zin, in the first month; and the people abode at Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
20:2And there was no water for the assembly, and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
20:3And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
20:4And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?
20:5And why have ye made us to go up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates, neither is there any water to drink.
20:6And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.
20:7And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
20:8Take the staff, and gather the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes, and it shall give its water; and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock, and shalt give the assembly and their beasts drink.
20:9And Moses took the staff from before Jehovah, as he had commanded him.
20:10And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, ye rebels: shall we bring forth to you water out of this rock?
20:11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.
20:12And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
20:14And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus says thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the trouble that hath befallen us,
20:15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians evil entreated us and our fathers;
20:16and when we cried to Jehovah, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, we are at Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy border.
20:17Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country; we will not pass through fields, or through vineyards, neither will we drink water out of the wells: we will go by the king's road; we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy border.
20:18But Edom said to him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
20:19And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way; and if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then I will pay for it: I will only, without anything else, go through on my feet.
20:20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
20:21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; and Israel turned away from him.
20:22And they removed from Kadesh; and the children of Israel, the whole assembly, came to mount Hor.
20:23And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron in mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, saying,
20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his peoples; for he shall not enter into the land that I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my commandment at the waters of Meribah.
20:25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor,
20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered to his peoples, and shall die there.
20:27And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded, and they went up mount Hor before the eyes of the whole assembly.
20:28And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there upon the top of the mountain; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
20:29And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even the whole house of Israel.
21:1And the Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the south, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim, and he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
21:2Then Israel vowed a vow to Jehovah, and said, If thou give this people wholly into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
21:3And Jehovah listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them, and their cities. And they called the name of the place Hormah.
21:4And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to go round the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became impatient on the way;
21:5and the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.
21:6Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
21:7And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
21:8And Jehovah 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, and looketh upon it, shall live.
21:9And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, if a serpent had bitten any man, and he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
21:10And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.
21:11And they removed from Oboth, and encamped at Ijim-Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, toward the sun-rising.
21:12From thence they removed, and encamped at the torrent Zered.
21:13From thence they removed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites. For the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
21:14Therefore it is said in the book of the wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, and the brooks of Arnon;
21:15And the stream of the brooks which turneth to the dwelling of Ar, And inclineth toward the border of Moab.
21:16And from thence to Beer: that is the well of which Jehovah spoke to Moses, Assemble the people, and I will give them water.
21:17Then Israel sang this song, Rise up, well! sing unto it:
21:18Well which princes digged, which the nobles of the people hollowed out at the word of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah;
21:19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;
21:20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the fields of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks over the surface of the waste.
21:21And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
21:22Let us pass through thy land; we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink water out of the wells; on the king's road will we go until we have passed thy border.
21:23But Sihon would not suffer Israel to go through his border; and Sihon gathered all his people, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
21:24And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
21:25And Israel took all these cities, and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, at Heshbon, and in all its dependent villages.
21:26For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites; and he had fought against the former king of Moab, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.
21:27Therefore the poets say, Come to Heshbon; let the city of Sihon be built and established.
21:28For there went forth fire from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; It consumed Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of the Arnon.
21:29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, people of Chemosh: He gave his sons that had escaped, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the king of the Amorites.
21:30And we have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon; and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
21:31And Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
21:32And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took its dependent villages, and he dispossessed the Amorites that were there.
21:33And they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, for battle to Edrei.
21:34And Jehovah said to Moses, Fear him not! for into thy hand have I given him, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
21:35And they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, so that they left him none remaining, and took possession of his land.
22:1And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.
22:2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
22:3And Moab was much afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
22:4And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this company lick up all that is round about us, as an ox licks up the green herb of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
22:5And he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on the river in the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the land, and they abide over against me.
22:6And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
22:7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
22:8And he said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, according as Jehovah shall speak unto me. And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
22:9And God came to Balaam, and said, Who are these men with thee?
22:10And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
22:11Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the land. Now come, curse me them: perhaps I may be able to fight against them, and drive them out.
22:12And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.
22:13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go into your land; for Jehovah refuses to give me leave to go with you.
22:14And the princes of Moab rose up; and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam has refused to come with us.
22:15Then sent Balak yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
22:16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: Suffer not thyself, I pray thee, to be restrained from coming to me;
22:17for very highly will I honour thee, and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
22:18And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
22:19And now, I pray you, abide ye also here this night, and I shall know what Jehovah will say to me further.
22:20Then God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men have come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but only what I shall say unto thee shalt thou do.
22:21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22:22And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the Angel of Jehovah set himself in the way to withstand him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two young men were with him.
22:23And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah 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.
22:24And the Angel of Jehovah stood in a hollow of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
22:25And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah, and she pressed herself against the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and he smote her again.
22:26Then the Angel of Jehovah went still further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
22:27And the ass saw the Angel of Jehovah, and lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.
22:28And Jehovah 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?
22:29And 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!
22:30And the ass said to Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine to this day? was I ever wont to do so to thee? And he said, No.
22:31Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel of Jehovah standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed and prostrated himself on his face.
22:32And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, it was I who came forth to withstand thee, for the way thou walkest in is for ruin before me.
22:33And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.
22:34And Balaam said to the Angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; and now, if it be evil in thine eyes, I will get me back again.
22:35And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that shalt thou speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
22:36And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meet him, to the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is at the extremity of the border.
22:37And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why didst thou not come to me? am I not surely able to honour thee?
22:38And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I am come to thee; but shall I now be able at all to say anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
22:39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath-huzoth.
22:40And Balak offered oxen and small cattle, and sent to Balaam and to the princes that were with him.
22:41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from thence the extremity of the people.
23:1And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
23:2And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.
23:3And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.
23:4And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have disposed seven altars, and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon each altar.
23:5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
23:6And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
23:7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
23:8How shall I curse whom *God hath not cursed? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce?
23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
23:11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?
23:13And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence.
23:14And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.
23:15And Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.
23:16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
23:17And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
23:18Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
23:19*God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
23:20Behold, I have received mission to bless; and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
23:21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
23:22*God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.
23:23For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath *God wrought!
23:24Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
23:25And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
23:26And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?
23:27And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.
23:28And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
23:29And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
23:30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.
14:8If Jehovah delight in us, he will bring us into this land, and give it us, a land that flows with milk and honey;
17:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of them a staff, a staff for each father's house, of all their princes according to the houses of their fathers, twelve staves: thou shalt write each one's name upon his staff.
18:2And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring near with thee, that they may unite with thee, and minister unto thee; but thou and thy sons with thee shall serve before the tent of the testimony.
18:3And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of the whole tent: only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they may not die, and you as well as they.
20:29And the whole assembly saw that Aaron was dead, and they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even the whole house of Israel.
24:3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,