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1 And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of In the place in the wilderness that was near mount Sinai. Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the Which is part of April and part of May. second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, The Argument - In that as God has appointed that his Church in this world shall be under the cross, both so they could learn not to put their trust in worldly things, and also feel his comfort, when all other help fails: he did not immediately bring his people, after their departure out of Egypt, into the land which he had promised them: but led them to and fro for the space of forty years, and kept them in continual exercises before they enjoyed it, to try their faith, teach them to forget the world, and to depend on him. Which trial greatly profited, to discern the wicked and the hypocrites from the faithful and true servants of God, who served him with pure heart, while the other, preferring their earthly lusts to God's glory, and making religion to serve their purpose, complained when they lacked enough to satisfy their lusts, and despised those who God had appointed as rulers over them. By reason of which they provoked God's terrible judgments against them, and are set forth as a notable example for all ages, to beware how they abuse God's word, prefer their own lusts to his will, or despise his ministers. Nonetheless, God is always true to his promise, and governs his by his Holy Spirit, that either they fall not to such inconveniences, or else return to him quickly in true repentance: and therefore he continues his graces toward them, he gives them ordinances and instructions, as well for religion, as outward policy: he preserves them against all deceit and conspiracy, and gives them many victories against their enemies. To avoid all controversies that might arise, he takes away the occasions, by dividing among all the tribes, both the land which they had won, and that also which he had promised, as seemed best to his godly wisdom.

2 Take ye the summe of all the Congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, and housholdes of their fathers with the nomber of their names: to wit, all the males, man by man:

3 From twentie yere olde and aboue, all that go forth to the warre in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them, throughout their armies.

4 And with you there shall be a That is, the chiefest man of every tribe. man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

5 And these [are] the names of the men that shall And afflict you when you number the people. stand with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.

6 Of Simeon, Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai:

7 Of Iudah, Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab:

8 Of Issachar, Nethaneel, the sonne of Zuar:

9 Of Zebulun, Eliab, the sonne of Helon:

10 Of the children of Ioseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the sonne of Ammihud: of Manasseh, Gamliel, the sonne of Pedahzur:

11 Of Beiamin, Abida the sonne of Gideoni:

12 Of Dan, Ahiezer, the sonne of Ammishaddai:

13 Of Asher, Pagiel, the sonne of Ocran:

14 Of Gad, Eliasaph, the sonne of Deuel:

15 Of Naphtali, Ahira the sonne of Enan.

16 These [were] the renowned of the congregation, Or captains, and governors. princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel.

17 The Moses and Aaron tooke these men which are expressed by their names.

18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first [day] of the second month, and they declared In showing every man his tribe and his ancestors. their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

19 As the Lord had commanded Moses, so he nombred them in the wildernesse of Sinai.

20 So were the sonnes of Reuben Israels eldest sonne by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, man by man euery male from twentie yere olde and aboue, as many as went forth to warre:

21 The nomber of them, I say, of the tribe of Reuben, was sixe and fourtie thousande, and fiue hundreth.

22 Of the sonnes of Simeon by their generatios, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, the summe therof by the nomber of their names, man by man, euery male fro twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

23 The summe of them, I say, of the tribe of Simeon was nine and fiftie thousande, and three hundreth.

24 Of the sonnes of Gad by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

25 The number of them, I say, of the tribe of Gad was fiue and fourtie thousand, and six hundreth and fiftie.

26 Of the sonnes of Iudah by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

27 The nomber of them, I say, of the tribe of Iudah was three score and fourteene thousande, and sixe hundreth.

28 Of the sonnes of Issachar by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went forth to warre:

29 The nomber of them also of the tribe of Issachar was foure and fiftie thousande and foure hundreth.

30 Of the sonnes of Zebulun by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

31 The nomber of them also of the tribe of Zebulun was seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth.

32 Of the sonnes of Ioseph, namely of the sonnes of Ephraim by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

33 The nomber of them also of the tribe of Ephraim was fourtie thousande & fiue hundreth.

34 Of the sonnes of Manasseh by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

35 The nober of the also of ye tribe of Manasseh was two & thirtie thousand & two hundreth.

36 Of the sonnes of Beniamin by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

37 The nomber of them also of the tribe of Beniamin was fiue and thirtie thousande and foure hundreth.

38 Of the sonnes of Dan by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

39 The nomber of the also of ye tribe of Dan was three score & two thousand & seue hudreth.

40 Of the sonnes of Asher by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the number of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went foorth to warre:

41 The nomber of them also of ye tribe of Asher was one & fourtie thousand & fiue hudreth.

42 Of the children of Naphtali, by their generations, by their families, and by the houses of their fathers, according to the nomber of their names, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre:

43 The nomber of them also of the tribe of Naphtali, was three and fiftie thousand, & foure hundreth.

44 These are the summes which Moses, and Aaron nombred, and the Princes of Israel, the twelue men, which were euery one for the house of their fathers.

45 So this was all the summe of the sonnes of Israel, by the houses of their fathers, from twenty yeere olde and aboue, all that went to the warre in Israel,

46 And all they were in nomber sixe hudreth and three thousande, fiue hundreth and fiftie.

47 But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among Which were warriors, but were appointed to the use of the Tabernacle. them.

48 For the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, and said,

49 Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel:

50 But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, & ouer all the instruments thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, & shall minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle.

51 And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the Whoever is not of the tribe of Levi. stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

52 Also the children of Israel shal pitch their tentes, euery man in his campe, and euery man vnder his standerd throughout their armies.

53 But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath By not having due regard to the tabernacle of the Lord. upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.

54 So the children of Israel did according to all that ye Lord had comanded Moses: so did they.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

2 In the twelve tribes were four principle standards, so that every three tribes had their standard.Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.

3 On the East side towarde the rising of the sunne, shall they of the standerd of the hoste of Iudah pitch according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab shalbe captaine of the sonnes of Iudah.

4 And his hoste and the nomber of the were seuentie and foure thousande and sixe hundreth.

5 And those that do pitch next unto him [shall be] the tribe Judah, Issachar and Zebulun the sons of Leah were of the first standard. of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar [shall be] captain of the children of Issachar.

6 And his hoste, & the nomber thereof were foure and fiftie thousand, and foure hundreth.

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the sonne of Helon, captaine ouer the sonnes of Zebulun:

8 And his hoste, and the nomber thereof seuen and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth:

9 All that were numbered in the Of those who were contained under that name. camp of Judah [were] an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth.

10 On the south side [shall be] the standard of the camp Reuben and Simeon, the sons of Leah, and Gad, the son of Zilpah her maid, were of the second standard. of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben [shall be] Elizur the son of Shedeur.

11 And his host, and the nomber thereof sixe and fourty thousand and fiue hundreth.

12 And by him shal the tribe of Simeon pitch, and the captaiue ouer the sonnes of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai:

13 And his hoste, and the nomber of them, nine and fiftie thousand and three hundreth.

14 And the tribe of Gad, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Gad shall be Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel:

15 And his host and the nomber of the were fiue and fourtye thousande, sixe hundreth and fiftie.

16 All the nomber of the campe of Reuben were an hundreth and one and fiftie thousande, and foure hundreth and fiftie according to their armies, and they shall set foorth in the seconde place.

17 Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the Because it might be an equal distance from each one, and all indifferently have recourse to it. midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.

18 Because Ephraim and Manasseh took the place of Joseph their father, they are taken as Rachel's children, so they and Benjamin make the third standard.On the west side [shall be] the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim [shall be] Elishama the son of Ammihud.

19 And his host and the nomber of the were fortie thousand and fiue hundreth.

20 And by him shalbe the tribe of Manasseh, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Manasseh shalbe Gamliel the sonne of Pedahzur:

21 And his hoste and the nomber of them were two and thirtie thousand and two hundreth.

22 And the tribe of Beniamin, and ye captaine ouer the sonnes of Beniamin shalbe Abidan the sonne of Gideoni:

23 And his host, and the nomber of the were fiue and thirtie thousand and foure hundreth.

24 All the nomber of the campe of Ephraim were an hundreth and eight thousande and one hundreth according to their armies, and they shal go in the third place.

25 The standard of the camp of Dan and Naphtali the sons of Bilhah Rachel's maid with Asher the son of Zilpah make the fourth standard. Dan [shall be] on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan [shall be] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And his host & the number of them were two and threescore thousand and seue hundreth.

27 And by him shal the tribe of Asher pitch, and the captaine ouer the sonnes of Asher shalbe Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

28 And his host and the nomber of them were one and fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.

29 Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the captaine ouer the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the sonne of Enan:

30 And his host and the nomber of them were three and fiftie thousand and foure hundreth.

31 All the nomber of the host of Dan was an hundreth and seuen and fiftie thousand and sixe hundreth: they shall goe hinmost with their standerdes.

32 These [are] Which were of twenty years and above. those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts [were] six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

33 But the Leuites were not nombred among the children of Israel, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their For under every one of the four principal standards, were various signs to keep every band. standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers.

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1 These also [are] the Or, families and kindreds. generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai.

2 So these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab the first borne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

3 These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron the anoynted Priests, whom Moses did consecrate to minister in the Priests office.

4 And Nadab and Abihu died Or, before the altar. before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the While their father lived. sight of Aaron their father.

5 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and Offer them to Aaron for the use of the tabernacle. present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

7 And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation Which belonged to the executing of the high priests commandment, to the oversight of the people, and the service of the tabernacle. before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8 They shall also keepe all the instrumentes of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and haue the charge of the children of Israel to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle.

9 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his Aaron's sons the priests served in the sanctuary in praying for the people and offering sacrifice: the Levites served for the inferior uses of the same. sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the Any that would minister not being a Levite. stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

11 Also the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

12 Beholde, I haue euen taken the Leuites fro among the childre of Israel: for al the first borne that openeth the matrice among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shalbe mine,

13 Because all the first borne are mine: for the same day, that I smote all the first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified vnto me all the first borne in Israel, both man and beast: mine they shalbe: I am the Lord.

14 Moreouer, the Lord spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai, saying,

15 Nomber the children of Leui after the houses of their fathers, in their families: euery male from a moneth olde and aboue shalt thou nomber.

16 Then Moses nombred them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.

17 And these are the sonnes of Leui by their names, Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

18 Also these are the names of the sonnes of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei.

19 The sonnes also of Kohath by their families: Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Vzziel.

20 And the sonnes of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Leui, according to the houses of their fathers.

21 Of Gershon came the familie of the Libnites, and the familie of the Shimeites: these are the families of the Gershonites.

22 Those that were numbered of them, Only numbering the male children. according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

23 The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the Tabernacle westward.

24 The captaine and auncient of the house of the Gershonites shalbe Eliasaph the sonne of Lael.

25 And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the Their charge was to carry the covering and hangings of the tabernacle. tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

26 And the hanging of the court, & the vaile of the doore of the court, which is neere the Tabernacle, and neere ye Altar round about, and the cordes of it for all the seruice thereof.

27 And of Kohath came the familie of the Amramites, and the familie of the Izeharites, and the familie of the Hebronites, and the familie of the Vzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.

28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the Everyone doing his duty in the sanctuary. charge of the sanctuary.

29 The families of the sonnes of Kohath shall pitch on the Southside of the Tabernacle.

30 The captaine and auncient of the house, & families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the sonne of Vzziel:

31 And their charge [shall be] the The main things within the sanctuary were committed to the Kohathites. ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

32 And Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest shalbe chiefe captaine of the Leuites, hauing the ouersight of them that haue the charge of the Sanctuarie.

33 Of Merari came the familie of the Mahlites, and the familie of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.

34 And the summe of them, according to the nomber of all the males, from a moneth olde and aboue was sixe thousand and two hundreth.

35 The captaine and the ancient of the house of the families of Merari shalbe Zuriel the sonne of Abihail: they shall pitche on the Northside of the Tabernacle.

36 And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] The wood work and the rest of the instruments were committed to their charge. the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto,

37 With the pillars of the court round about, with their sockets, and their pins & their coardes.

38 But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary That no one should enter into the tabernacle contrary to God's appointment. for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

39 All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two So that the first born of the children of Israel were more by 273, as in (Num_3:43). thousand.

40 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Nomber all the first borne that are Males among the children of Israel, from a moneth old and aboue, and take the nomber of their names.

41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) So that now the Levites should satisfy the Lord for the first born of Israel, excepting the 273 which were more than the Levites for whom they paid money. instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel.

42 And Moses nombred, as the Lord commanded him, all the first borne of the children of Israel.

43 And all the first borne males rehearsed by name (from a moneth olde and aboue) according to their nomber were two & twentie thousand, two hundreth seuentie and three.

44 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

45 Take the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel, and the cattell of the Leuites for their cattel, and the Leuites shalbe mine, (I am the Lord)

46 And for the redeeming of the two hundreth seuentie and three, (which are moe then the Leuites) of the first borne of the children of of Israel,

47 Thou shalt also take fiue shekels for euery person: after the weight of the Sanctuarie shalt thou take it: ye shekel conteineth twenty gerahs.

48 And thou shalt giue the money, wherwith the odde nomber of them is redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes.

49 Thus Moses tooke the redemption of the that were redeemed, being mo then the Leuites:

50 Of the Or the two hundred seventy and three which were more than the Levites. firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary:

51 And Moses gaue the money of them that were redeemed, vnto Aaron and to his sonnes according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

2 Take the summe of the sonnes of Kohath fro among the sonnes of Leui, after their families, and houses of their fathers,

3 From The Levites were counted at three times, first at a month old when they were consecrated to the Lord, next at 25 years old when they were appointed to serve in the tabernacle, and 30 years old to bear the burdens of the tabernacle. thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

4 This shall be the office of the sonnes of Kohath in the Tabernacle of the Congregatìon about the Holiest of all.

5 And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the Which divided the sanctuary from the holiest of holies. covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

6 And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over [it] a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in That is, put them on their shoulders to carry it: for the bars of the ark could never be removed. the staves thereof.

7 And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover Meaning, to cover the bread. withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon:

8 And they shal spread vpon them a couering of skarlet, and couer the same with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres thereof.

9 Then they shall take a cloth of blewe silke, and couer the candlesticke of light with his lampes and his snuffers, and his snuffedishes, and al the oyle vessels thereof, which they occupie about it.

10 And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put [it] upon a The Hebrew word signifies an instrument made of two staves or bars. bar.

11 And upon the golden Which was to burn incense, read (Exo_30:1). altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof:

12 And they shall take all the instruments of the ministerie wherewith they minister in the Sanctuarie, and put them in a cloth of blew silke, & couer the with a couering of badgers skinnes, and put them on the barres.

13 And they shall take away the ashes from the Of the burnt offering. altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:

14 And shall put vpon it all the instruments thereof, which they occupie about it: the censers, the fleshhookes and the besomes, & the basens, euen al the instruments of the altar and they shal spread vpon it a couering of badgers skinnes, and put to the barres of it.

15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the That is, in folding up the things of the sanctuary, as the ark, etc. sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not Before it is covered. touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

16 And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [pertaineth] the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the Which was offered at morning and evening. daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, [and] the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein [is], in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

17 And the Lord spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

18 Committing by your negligence that the holy things are not well wrapped, causing them to perish by touching it.Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:

19 But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint Showing what part every man shall bear. them every one to his service and to his burden:

20 But let them not goe in, to see when the Sanctuarie is folden vp, lest they die.

21 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

22 Take also ye summe of the sonnes of Gershon, euery one by the houses of their fathers throughout their families:

23 From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that Which were received into the company of those who ministered in the tabernacle of the congregation. enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

24 This shall be the seruice of the families of the Gershonites, to serue and to beare.

25 And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that [is] above upon it, and the hanging for the Which hung between the sanctuary and the court. door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, Which compassed both the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar of burnt offering. which [is] by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

27 At the commaundement of Aaron and his sonnes shall all the seruice of the sonnes of ye Gershonites bee done, in all their charges and in all their seruice, and ye shall appoynt them to keepe all their charges.

28 This [is] the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge [shall be] under the Under the charge and oversight. hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

29 Thou shalt nomber the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers:

30 From thirty yere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde shalt thou nomber the, all that enter into the assemblie, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

31 And this is their office and charge according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation: the boardes of the Tabernacle witth the barres thereof, and his pillars, and his sockets,

32 And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by You shall take inventory of all the things, which you commit to their charge. name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

33 This is the seruice of the families of the sonnes of Merari, according to all their seruice in the Tabernacle of the Congregation vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

34 Then Moses and Aaron and the princes of the Congregation nombred the sonnes of the Kohathites, by their families and by the houses of their fathers,

35 From thirtie yeere olde and aboue, euen vnto fiftie yere olde, all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of ye Congregation.

36 So the nombers of the throughout their families were two thousande, seuen hundreth and fiftie.

37 These [were] they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the God appointing Moses to be the minister and executor of it. hand of Moses.

38 Also the nombers of the sonnes of Gershon throughout their families & houses of their fathers,

39 From thirtie yere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.

40 So the nombers of them by their families, and by the houses of their fathers were two thousand sixe hundreth and thirtie.

41 These [are] they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that Which were of eligible age to serve in it, that is between 30 and 50. might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.

42 The nombers also of the families of the sonnes of Merari by their families, and by the houses of their fathers,

43 From thirtie yeere olde and vpwarde, euen vnto fiftie yeere olde: all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

44 So the nombers of them by their families were three thousand, and two hundreth.

45 These are the summes of ye families of the sonnes of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron nombred according to the commaundement of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

46 So all the nombers of the Leuites, which Moses, and Aaron, and the princes of Israel nombred by their families and by the houses of their fathers,

47 From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do Whoever of the Levites that had any charge in the tabernacle. the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation,

48 So the nombers of them were eight thousand, fiue hundreth and foure score.

49 According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded So that Moses neither added, nor diminished from that which the Lord commanded him. Moses.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Commaund the children of Israel that they put out of the hoste euery leper, and euery one that hath an issue, and whosoeuer is defiled by the dead.

3 Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the There were three types of tents: of the Lord, of the Levites, and of the Israelites. midst whereof I dwell.

4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out of the host, euen as the Lord had commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.

5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

6 Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin Commit any fault willingly. that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;

7 Then they shall confesse their sinne which they haue done, and shall restore the domage thereof with his principall, and put the fift part of it more thereto, and shall giue it vnto him, against whom he hath trespassed.

8 But if the If he is dead to whom the wrong is done and also has no relatives. man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, [even] to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.

9 And every offering of all the Or, things offered to the Lord, as first fruits, etc. holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.

10 And euery mans halowed things shall bee his: that is, whatsoeuer any man giueth the Priest, it shalbe his.

11 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

12 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife By breaking the band of marriage, and playing the harlot. go aside, and commit a trespass against him,

13 So that an other man lie with her fleshly, and it bee hid from the eyes of her husbande, and kept close, and yet she be defiled, and there be no witnesse against her, neither she taken with the maner,

14 If he be moued with a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is defiled, or if he haue a ielous minde, so that he is ielous ouer his wife, which is not defiled,

15 Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth [part] of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no Only in the sin offering, and so this offering of jealousy were neither oil nor incense offered. oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it [is] an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to Or, making the sin known, and not purging it. remembrance.

16 And the Priest shall bring her, and set her before the Lord.

17 And the priest shall take Which also is called the water of purification of sprinkling, read (Num_19:9). holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put [it] into the water:

18 And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which [is] the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the It was so called by the effect, because it declared the woman to be accursed, and turned to her destruction. curse:

19 And the Priest shall charge her by an oth, and say vnto the woman, If no man haue lien with thee, neither thou hast turned to vncleannesse from thine husbande, be free from this bitter and cursed water.

20 But if thou hast turned fro thine husband, and so art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thine husband,

21 Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a Both because she had committed so heinous a fault, and forswore herself in denying the same. curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

22 And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, That is, may it be as you wished, as in (Psa_41:13; Deu_27:15). Amen, amen.

23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall Shall wash the curses, which are written, into the water in the vessel. blot [them] out with the bitter water:

24 And shal cause the woman to drinke ye bitter and cursed water, and the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, shal enter into her.

25 Then the Priest shall take the ielousie offring out of the womans hand, and shal shake the offring before the Lord, and offer it vpon ye altar.

26 And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, [even] the memorial thereof, and burn [it] upon the Where the incense was offered. altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.

27 When yee haue made her drinke the water, (if she bee defiled and haue trespassed against her husband) then shall the cursed water, turned into bitternesse, enter into her, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shal be accursed among her people.

28 But if the woman bee not defiled, but bee cleane, she shalbe free & shall conceiue & beare.

29 This is the law of ielousie, when a wife turneth from her husband and is defiled,

30 Or when a man is moued with a ielous minde being ielous ouer his wife then shall he bring the woman before the Lord, and the Priest shal do to her according to al this lawe,

31 Then shall the man be The man might accuse his wife on suspicion and not be reproved. guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

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1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate [themselves] to vow a vow of a Who separated themselves from the world, and dedicated themselves to God: a figure which was accomplished in Christ. Nazarite, to separate [themselves] unto the LORD:

3 He shall absteine fro wine & strong drinke, and shal drinke no sowre wine nor sowre drinke, nor shall drinke any licour of grapes, neither shal eate fresh grapes nor dryed.

4 As long as his abstinence endureth, shall hee eat nothing that is made of the wine of the vine, neither the kernels, nor the huske.

5 While hee is separate by his vowe, the rasor shall not come vpon his head, vntill the dayes be out, in the which he separateth him selfe vnto the Lord, he shalbe holy, and shall let the lockes of the heare of his head growe.

6 All the days that he separateth [himself] unto the LORD he shall come at no As at burials, or mournings. dead body.

7 He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God [is] upon In that he allowed his hair to grow, he signified that he was consecrated to God. his head.

8 All the dayes of his separation he shalbe holy to the Lord.

9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the Whose long hair is a sign that he is dedicated to God. head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

10 And in the eight day hee shall bring two turtles, or two yong pigeons to the Priest, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by By being present where the deceased was. the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12 And he shall Beginning at the eighth day, when he is purified. consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the So that he shall begin his vow anew. days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

13 This then is the lawe of the Nazarite: When the time of his consecration is out, he shall come to the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation,

14 And hee shall bring his offering vnto the Lorde, an hee lambe of a yeere olde without blemish for a burnt offering, and a shee lambe of a yere olde without blemish for a sinne offring, and a ramme without blemish for peace offrings,

15 And a basket of vnleauened bread, of cakes of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oile, with their meate offring, and their drinke offrings:

16 The which the Priest shal bring before the Lorde, and make his sinne offering and his burnt offering.

17 He shal prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lorde, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shal make his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head In token that his vow is ended. of his separation [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and For the hair which was consecrated to the Lord, might not be cast into any profane place. put [it] in the fire which [is] under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.

19 Then the Priest shall take ye sodden shoulder of the ramme, and an vnleauened cake out of the basket, and a wafer vnleauened, and put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecration.

20 And the Priest shal shake them to & fro before the Lorde: this is an holy thing for the Priest besides the shaken breast, and besides the heaue shoulder: so afterwarde the Nazarite may drinke wine.

21 This [is] the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, [and of] his offering unto the LORD for his separation, At the least he shall do this, if he is not able to offer more. beside [that] that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

22 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall That is, pray for them. bless the children of Israel, saying unto them,

24 The Lord blesse thee, and keepe thee,

25 The Lorde make his face shine vpon thee, and be merciful vnto thee,

26 The Lord lift vp his coutenance vpon thee, and giue thee peace.

27 And they shall put my They shall pray in my Name for them. name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

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1 Nowe when Moses had finished the setting vp of the Tabernacle, and anointed it & sanctified it, and all the instrumentes thereof, and the altar with al the instruments thereof, and had anoynted them and sanctified them,

2 Then the princes of Israel, heads ouer the houses of their fathers (they were the princes of the tribes, who were ouer them that were nombred) offred,

3 And they brought their offering before the LORD, six Like horse litters, to keep the things that were carried in them from the weather. covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.

4 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

5 Take [it] of them, that they may be to do the That is, to carry things. service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.

6 So Moses tooke the charets and the oxen, and gaue them vnto the Leuites:

7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, For their use to carry with. according to their service:

8 And foure charets and eight oxen hee gaue to the sonnes of Merari according vnto their office, vnder the hand of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the Priest.

9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: The holy thing of the sanctuary must be carried on their shoulders and not drawn with oxen, (Num_4:15). because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them [was that] they should bear upon their shoulders.

10 And the princes offered for That is, when the first sacrifice was offered on it by Aaron, in (Lev_9:1). dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.

11 And the Lord sayd vnto Moses, One prince one day, and an other prince an other day shal offer their offring, for the dedication of the altar.

12 So then on the first day did Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab of ye tribe of Iudah offer his offring.

13 And his offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuenty shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

14 An incense cup of gold of tenne shekels, ful of incense,

15 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

16 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

17 And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nahshon the sonne of Amminadab.

18 The second day Nethaneel, the sonne of Zuar, prince of the tribe of Issachar did offer:

19 Who offred for his offring a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meat offring,

20 An incense cup of gold of ten shekels, ful of incense,

21 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

22 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

23 And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Nethaneel the sonne of Zuar.

24 The third day Eliab the sonne of Helon prince of the children of Zebulun offred.

25 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirty shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

26 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, ful of incense,

27 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

28 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

29 And for peace offrings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Eliab the sonne of Helon.

30 The fourth day Elizur ye sonne of Shedeur prince of the children of Reuben offred.

31 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

32 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense,

33 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,

34 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

35 And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, and fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offering of Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

36 The fifth day Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon offered.

37 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

38 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense,

39 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

40 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

41 And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere old: this was the offering of Shelumiel the sonne of Zurishaddai.

42 The sixt day Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel prince of the children of Gad offred.

43 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both ful of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

44 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense,

45 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde, for a burnt offring,

46 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

47 And for a peace offering, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yere olde: this was the offring of Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel.

48 The seuenth day Elishama the sonne of Ammiud prince of the children of Ephraim offered.

49 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offering,

50 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense,

51 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

52 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

53 And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.

54 The eight day offred Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur, prince of the children of Manasseh.

55 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

56 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense,

57 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

58 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

59 And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur.

60 The ninth day Abidan the sonne of Gideoni prince of the children of Beniamin offered.

61 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

62 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, full of incense,

63 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

64 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

65 And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Abidan the sonne of Gideoni.

66 The tenth day Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan offred.

67 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

68 A golden incense cup of ten shekels full of incense,

69 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yeere olde for a burnt offring,

70 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

71 And for a peace offring, two bullocks, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Ahiezer the sonne of Ammishaddai.

72 The eleuenth day Pagiel the sonne of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher offred.

73 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

74 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, ful of incense,

75 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,

76 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

77 And for a peace offring, two bullockes, fiue rams, fiue he goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offring of Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

78 The twelfth day Ahira the sonne of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali offred,

79 His offring was a siluer charger of an hundreth and thirtie shekels weight, a siluer boule of seuentie shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, both full of fine floure, mingled with oyle, for a meate offring,

80 A golden incense cup of ten shekels, ful of incense,

81 A yong bullocke, a ram, a lambe of a yere olde for a burnt offring,

82 An hee goate for a sinne offring,

83 And for peace offerings, two bullockes, fiue rammes, fiue hee goates, fiue lambes of a yeere olde: this was the offering of Ahira the sonne of Enan.

84 This [was] the This was the offering of the princes, when Aaron dedicated the altar. dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:

85 Euery charger, conteining an hundreth and thirtie shekels of siluer, and euery boule seuentie: all the siluer vessell conteined two thousande and foure hundreth shekels, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie.

86 Twelue incense cups of gold ful of incense, conteining ten shekels euery cup, after the shekell of the Sanctuarie: all the gold of the incense cups was an hundreth and twentie shekels.

87 All the bullockes for the burnt offering were twelue bullocks, the rams twelue, the lambs of a yeere olde twelue, with their meate offrings, and twelue hee goates for a sinne offring.

88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings [were] twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This [was] the dedication of the altar, after that it was By Aaron. anointed.

89 And when Moses was gone into the That is, the sanctuary. tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that [was] upon the ark of testimony, from According as he had promised in (Exo_25:22). between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light To that part which is in the forefront of the candlestick, (Exo_25:37). over against the candlestick.

3 And Aaron did so, lighting the lampes thereof towarde ye forefront of the Candlesticke, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

4 And this work of the candlestick [was of] beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, [was] beaten work: And not set together of various pieces. according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick.

5 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

6 Take the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and purifie them.

7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle In Hebrew it is called the water of sin, because it is made to purge sin, as in (Num_19:9). water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and [so] make themselves clean.

8 Then they shal take a yong bullocke with his meate offring of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and another yong bullocke shalt thou take for a sinne offring.

9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the That you may do this in the presence of them all. whole assembly of the children of Israel together:

10 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the Meaning, certain of them in the name of the whole. children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites:

11 And Aaron shall offer the Leuites before the Lord, as a shake offring of ye childre of Israel, that they may execute the seruice of the Lorde.

12 And the Leuites shall put their handes vpon the heades of the bullockes, and make thou the one a sinne offring, and the other a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, that thou mayest make an atonement for the Leuites.

13 And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and before his sonnes, & offer the as a shake offring to the Lorde.

14 Thus thou shalt separate the Leuites from among the children of Israel, and the Leuites shal be mine.

15 And afterwarde shall the Leuites goe in, to serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and thou shalt purifie them and offer them, as a shake offering.

16 For they are freely giuen vnto me from among the children of Israel, for such as open any wombe: for all the first borne of the children of Israel haue I taken them vnto me.

17 For all the first borne of the children of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast: since the day that I smote euery first borne in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for my selfe.

18 And I haue taken the Leuites for all the first borne of the children of Israel,

19 And I have given the Levites [as] a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the Which the Israelites should do. children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the Because the levites go into the sanctuary in their name. sanctuary.

20 Then Moses and Aaron and all the Cogregation of the children of Israel did with the Leuites, according vnto all that the Lorde had commanded Moses concerning the Leuites: so did the children of Israel vnto them.

21 So the Leuites were purified, and washed their clothes, and Aaron offred them as a shake offring before the Lord, and Aaron made an atonement for them, to purifie them.

22 And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation In their presence to serve them. before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them.

23 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

24 This also belongeth to the Leuites: from fiue and twentie yeere olde and vpwarde, they shall goe in, to execute their office in the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

25 And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the Such office as was painful, as to bear burdens and such like. service [thereof], and shall serve no more:

26 But shall minister In singing Psalms, instructing, counselling and keeping the things in order. with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the wildernes of Sinai, in the first moneth of the second yeere, after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

2 The children of Israel shall also celebrate the Passeouer at ye time appointed thereunto.

3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to Even in all points as the Lord has instituted it. all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.

4 Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, to celebrate the Passeouer.

5 And they kept the Passeouer in the fouretenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the Lord had comanded Moses, so did ye children of Israel.

6 And there were certain men, who were defiled By touching a corpse, or being at the burial. by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

7 And those men said unto him, We [are] defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not Or, celebrate the Passover the fourteenth day of the first month. offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel?

8 Then Moses saide vnto them, Stande still, and I will heare what the Lorde will commande concerning you.

9 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or [be] in a journey afar off, yet And cannot come where the tabernacle is, when others keep it. he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.

11 The fourteenth day of the So that the unclean and those who are not at home, have a month longer granted to them. second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].

12 They shall leaue none of it vnto the morning, nor breake any bone of it: according to all the ordinance of the Passeouer shall they keepe it.

13 But the man that [is] clean, and is not in a When the Passover is celebrated. journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.

14 And if a stranger dwell among you, and wil keepe the Passeouer vnto the Lord, as the ordinance of the Passeouer, & as the maner thereof is, so shall he do: ye shall haue one lawe both for the stranger, and for him that was borne in the same lande.

15 And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, [namely], the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the Like a pillar, read (Exo_13:21-22). appearance of fire, until the morning.

16 So it was always: the cloude couered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.

17 And when the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle, then afterwarde the children of Israel iourneyed: and in the place where the cloude abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.

18 At the commandment of the Who taught them what to do by the cloud. LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.

19 And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the They waited when the Lord would signify either their departure, or their abode by the cloud. charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.

20 So when the cloud abode a few dayes vpon the Tabernacle, they abode in their tents according to the comandement of ye Lord: for they iourneyed at the commandement of the Lorde.

21 And though the cloud abode vpo the Tabernacle from euen vnto the morning, yet if the cloude was taken vp in the morning, then they iourneyed: whether by daye or by night the cloude was taken vp, then they iourneyed.

22 Or if the cloude taryed two dayes or a moneth, or a yeere vpon the Tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel abode still, and iourneyed not: but when it was taken vp, they iourneyed.

23 At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the Under the charge and government of Moses. hand of Moses.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a Or, of work beaten out with the hammer. whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps.

3 And when they shall blowe with them, all the Congregation shall assemble to thee before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Cogregation.

4 But if they blowe with one, then the princes, or heades ouer the thousandes of Israel shall come vnto thee.

5 When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the That is, the host of Judah and they that are under his ensign. east parts shall go forward.

6 When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the Meaning, the heart of Reuben. south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys.

7 But in assembling the Congregation, ye shall blowe without an alarme.

8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall So that only the priests must blow the trumpets, as long as the priesthood lasted. blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.

9 And when ye goe to warre in your lande against the enemie that vexeth you, ye shall blowe an alarme with the trumpets, and ye shall bee remembred before the Lorde your God, and shalbe saued from your enemies.

10 Also in the day of your When you rejoice that God has removed any plague. gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I [am] the LORD your God.

11 And in the seconde yeere, in the seconde moneth, and in the twentieth day of the moneth the cloude was taken vp from the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.

12 And ye children of Israel departed on their iourneys out of the desart of Sinai, & the cloud rested in the wildernesse of Paran.

13 And they From Sinai to Paran, (Num_33:1). first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

14 In the first place went the standerd of the hoste of the children of Iudah, according to their armies: and Nahshon the sonne of Amminabad was ouer his band.

15 And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel ye sonne of Zuar.

16 And ouer the band of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the sonne of Helon.

17 And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing With all the belongings of it. the tabernacle.

18 After, departed the standerd of the hoste of Reuben, according to their armies, and ouer his band was Elizur the sonne of Shedeur.

19 And ouer the band of the tribe of ye children of Simeon was Shelumiel the sonne of Shurishaddai.

20 And ouer the bande of the tribe of ye children of Gad was Eliasaph the sonne of Deuel.

21 And the Kohathites set forward, Upon their shoulders. bearing the sanctuary: and The Merarites and Gershonites. [the other] did set up the tabernacle against they came.

22 Then the standerd of the hoste of the children of Ephraim went forward according to their armies, and ouer his bande was Elishama the sonne of Ammiud.

23 And ouer the band of the tribe of ye sonnes of Manasseh was Gamliel the sonne of Pedazur.

24 And ouer the band of ye tribe of the sonnes of Beniamin was Abidan the sonne of Gideoni.

25 And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, [which was] the Leaving none behind, nor any of the former that fainted in the way. rereward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host [was] Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

26 And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the sonne of Ocran.

27 And ouer the bande of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira ye sonne of Enan.

28 This was the order of their host when they travelled.Thus [were] the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

29 And Moses said unto Some think that Reuel, Jethro, Hobab, and Keni were all one: Kimhi says that Reuel was Jethro's father: so Hobab was Moses father-in-law, see (Exo_2:18, Exo_3:1, Exo_4:18, Exo_18:1; Jdg_4:11) Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

30 And he answered him, I will not goe: but I will depart to mine owne countrey, and to my kindred.

31 Then he sayd, I pray thee, leaue vs not: for thou knowest our camping places in the wildernesse: therefore thou mayest be our guide.

32 And if thou go with vs, what goodnes the Lord shall shew vnto vs, the same will we shewe vnto thee.

33 And they departed from the Mount Sinai, or Horeb. mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.

34 And the cloude of the Lord was vpon the by day, when they went out of the campe.

35 And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Declare your might and power. Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

36 And when it rested, hee sayde, Returne, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel.

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1 Vvhen the people became murmurers, it displeased the Lorde: and the Lorde heard it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and the fire of the Lorde burnt among them, and consumed the vtmost parte of the hoste.

2 Then the people cryed vnto Moses: and when Moses praied vnto the Lorde, the fire was quenched.

3 And he called the name of that place Taberah, because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them.

4 And the mixt Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, (Exo_12:38). multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt For a final price, or good cheap. freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

6 But now our soul [is] For the greedy lust of flesh. dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.

7 And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of Which is a white pearl, or precious stone. bdellium.

8 The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in milles, or beat it in morters, and baked it in a cauldron, and made cakes of it, and the taste of it was like vnto the taste of fresh oyle.

9 And when the dewe fell downe vpon the hoste in the night, the Man fell with it)

10 Then Moses heard the people weepe throughout their families, euery man in the doore of his tent, and the wrath of the Lord was grieuously kindled: also Moses was grieued.

11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found Or, how have I displeased you? favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?

12 Have I Am I their father, that no one may have charge of them but I? conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the Of Canaan promised by another to our fathers. land which thou swarest unto their fathers?

13 Where should I haue flesh to giue vnto al this people? For they weepe vnto me, saying, Giue vs flesh that we may eate.

14 I am not able to beare al this people alone, for it is too heauie for me.

15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy I would rather die than see my grief and misery daily increased by their rebellion. sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

16 Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Gather vnto me seuetie men of ye Elders of Israel, whome thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and gouernonrs ouer them, & bring them vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee,

17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to you. and I will take of the spirit which [is] upon thee, and will put [it] upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear [it] not thyself alone.

18 And say thou unto the people, Prepare yourselves that you may be clean. Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

19 Ye shal not eat one day nor two daies, nor fiue daies, neither ten daies, nor twentie dayes,

20 [But] even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have Or, cast him off, because you refused manna, which he appointed as most suitable for you. despised the LORD which [is] Who leads and governs you. among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

21 And Moses said, The people, Of whom I have charge. among whom I [am], [are] six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

22 Shall the sheepe and the beeues be slaine for them, to finde them? Either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them?

23 And the Lorde saide vnto Moses, Is the Lordes hand shortened? Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee, or no.

24 So Moses went out, and told the people the wordes of the Lorde, and gathered seuentie men of the Elders of the people, and set them round about the Tabernacle.

25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that [was] upon him, and gave [it] unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, [that], when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not From that day the spirit of prophecy did not settle them. cease.

26 But there remained two of the men in the hoste: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad, and the Spirit rested vpon them, (for they were of them that were written, and went not out vnto the Tabernacle) and they prophecied in the hoste.

27 Then there ranne a yong man, and tolde Moses, and saide, Eldad and Medad doe prophesie in the hoste.

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, [one] of his Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth. young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, Such blind zeal was in the apostles, (Mar_9:38; Luk_9:44). forbid them.

29 But Moses saide vnto him, Enuiest thou for my sake? yea, would God that all the Lordes people were Prophets, and that the Lord woulde put his Spirit vpon them.

30 And Moses returned into the hoste, he and the Elders of Israel.

31 Then there went foorth a winde from the Lorde, and brought quailes from the Sea, and let them fall vpon the campe, a dayes iourney on this side, and a dayes iourney on the other side, round about the hoste, and they were about two cubites aboue the earth.

32 And the people stood up all that day, and all [that] night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten Of Homer, read (Lev_27:16) also it signifies a heap, as in (Exo_8:14; Jdg_15:16). homers: and they spread [them] all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

33 While the flesh was yet betweene their teeth, before it was chewed, euen the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the people, and the Lorde smote the people with an exceeding great plague.

34 So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.

35 From Kibroth-hattaauah ye people tooke their iourney to Hazeroth, & abode at Hazeroth.

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1 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married Zipporah, Moses' wife, was a Midianite, and because Midian bordered on Ethiopia, it is sometimes referred to in the scriptures by this name. an Ethiopian woman.

2 And they saide, What? hath the Lorde spoken but onely by Moses? hath he not spoken also by vs? and the Lord heard this.

3 (Now the man Moses [was] very And so endured their grudging, although he knew of them. meek, above all the men which [were] upon the face of the earth.)

4 And by and by the Lorde sayd vnto Moses, and vnto Aaron, and vnto Miriam, come out yee three vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and they three came forth.

5 Then the Lorde came downe in the pillar of the cloude, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam, & they both came forth.

6 And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, [I] the LORD will make myself known unto him in a These were the two ordinary means. vision, [and] will speak unto him in a dream.

7 My servant Moses [is] not so, who [is] faithful In all Israel which was his Church. in all mine house.

8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he As far as any man was able to comprehend, which he calls his back parts, (Exo_33:23). behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?

9 Thus the Lorde was very angrie with them, and departed.

10 And the cloud departed from off the From the door of the tabernacle. tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam [became] leprous, [white] as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, [she was] leprous.

11 Then Aaron saide vnto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sinne vpon vs, which we haue foolishly committed and wherein we haue sinned.

12 Let her not be as one As a child that is stillborn, as if it is only the skin. dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.

13 Then Moses cryed vnto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heale her nowe.

14 And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but In his displeasure. spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in [again].

15 So Miriam was shut out of the hoste seuen dayes, and the people remooued not, till Miriam was brought in againe.

16 And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of That is, in Rithmah, which was in Paran, (Num_33:18). Paran.

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1 {\cf2 (13:2)} And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 After the people had required it of Moses, as it is in (Deu_1:22) then the Lord told Moses to do it.Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.

3 {\cf2 (13:4)} Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lorde: all those men were heades of the children of Israel.

4 {\cf2 (13:5)} Also their names are these: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the sonne of Zaccur:

5 {\cf2 (13:6)} Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the sonne of Hori:

6 {\cf2 (13:7)} Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh:

7 {\cf2 (13:8)} Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the sonne of Ioseph:

8 {\cf2 (13:9)} Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the sone of Nun:

9 {\cf2 (13:10)} Of the tribe of Beniamin, Palti the sonne of Raphu:

10 {\cf2 (13:11)} Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the sone of Sodi:

11 {\cf2 (13:12)} Of the tribe of Ioseph, to wit, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the sonne of Susi:

12 {\cf2 (13:13)} Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli:

13 {\cf2 (13:14)} Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the sonne of Michael:

14 {\cf2 (13:15)} Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the sonne of Vophsi:

15 {\cf2 (13:16)} Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the sonne of Machi.

16 These [are] the names of the Which in number were twelve according to the twelve tribes. men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

17 {\cf2 (13:18)} So Moses sent them to spie out the lande of Canaan, & said vnto them, Go vp this way toward the South, and go vp into the moutaines,

18 {\cf2 (13:19)} And consider the land what it is, and the people that dwel therein, whether they be strong or weake, either fewe or many,

19 And what the land [is] that they dwell in, whether it [be] Plentiful or barren. good or bad; and what cities [they be] that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;

20 {\cf2 (13:21)} And what the land is: whether it be fat or leane, whether there be trees therein, or not. And be of good courage, and bring of the fruite of the lande (for then was the time of the first ripe grapes)

21 So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Which was in the wilderness of Paran. Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.

22 And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Which were a type of giant. Anak, [were]. (Now Declaring the antiquity of it: also Abraham, Sarah, Isaac and Jacob were buried there. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

23 {\cf2 (13:24)} Then they came to the riuer of Eshcol, and cut downe thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it vpon a barre betwene two, and brought of the pomegranates and of the figges.

24 {\cf2 (13:25)} That place was called the riuer Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes, which the children of Israel cut downe thence.

25 {\cf2 (13:26)} Then after fourtie dayes, they turned againe from searching of the land.

26 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Called also Kadesh-barnea. Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.

27 And they told That is, Moses. him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this [is] the fruit of it.

28 Nevertheless the people [be] strong that dwell in the land, and the cities [are] walled, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, whom Caleb slew afterward, (Jos_11:21-22). children of Anak there.

29 {\cf2 (13:30)} The Amalekites dwell in the South countrey, and the Hittites, and the Iebusites, & the Amorites dwell in the mountaines, & the Canaanites dwell by the sea, & by the coast of Iorden.

30 {\cf2 (13:31)} Then Caleb stilled the people before Moses, & saide, Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it: for vndoubtedly we shall ouercome it.

31 {\cf2 (13:32)} But the men, that went vp with him, saide, we be not able to goe vp against the people: for they are stronger then we.

32 And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, [is] a land that The giants were so cruel, that they spoiled and killed one another and those that came to them. eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it [are] men of a great stature.

33 {\cf2 (13:34)} For there we sawe gyants, the sonnes of Anak, which come of the gyants, so that we seemed in our sight like grashoppers: and so wee were in their sight.

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1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the Those who were afraid at the report of the ten spies. people wept that night.

2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assemblie said vnto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wildernesse: would God we were dead.

3 And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be To our enemies the Canaanites. a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

4 And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt.

5 Then Moses and Aaron Lamenting the people, and praying for them. fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, [which were] of them that searched the land, For sorrow, hearing their blasphemy. rent their clothes:

7 And spake vnto all the assemblie of the childre of Israel, saying, The land which we walked through to search it, is a very good lande.

8 If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

9 Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they [are] We shall easily overcome them. bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD [is] with us: fear them not.

10 But all the congregation bade This is the condition of those who would persuade in God's cause, to be persecuted by the multitude. stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.

11 And the Lord said vnto Moses, How long will this people prouoke me, and howe long will it be, yer they beleeue me, for al the signes which I haue shewed among them?

12 I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they.

13 But Moses saide vnto the Lorde, When the Egyptians shall heare it, (for thou broughtest this people by thy power from among them)

14 Then they shall say to the inhabitants of this land, (for they haue heard that thou, Lorde, art among this people, and that thou, Lorde, art seene face to face, and that thy cloude standeth ouer them, and that thou goest before them by day time in a pillar of a cloude, and in a pillar of fire by night)

15 Now [if] thou shalt kill [all] this people as So that none shall escape. one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,

16 Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the lande, which he sware vnto them, therefore hath he slaine them in the wildernesse.

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lorde be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,

18 The Lord is slowe to anger, and of great mercie, and forgiuing iniquitie, and sinne, but not making the wicked innocent, and visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the children, in the thirde and fourth generation:

19 Be mercifull, I beseech thee, vnto the iniquitie of this people, according to thy great mercie, and as thou hast forgiuen this people from Egypt, euen vntill nowe.

20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned In that he did not utterly destroy them, but allowed their children and certain others to enter. according to thy word:

21 Notwithstanding, as I liue, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord.

22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these That is, various times and often. ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

23 Certainely they shall not see the lande, whereof I sware vnto their fathers: neither shall any that prouoke me, see it.

24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another A meek and obedient spirit, and not rebellious. spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites And lie in wait for you. dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the For I will not defend you. wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

26 After, the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

27 How long shall I suffer this wicked multitude to murmure against me? I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmure against me.

28 Tell them, As I liue (saith the Lorde) I wil surely do vnto you, euen as ye haue spoken in mine eares.

29 Your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes, and all you that were counted through all your nombers, from twentie yeere olde and aboue, which haue murmured against me,

30 Ye shall not doubtles come into the land, for the which I lifted vp mine hande, to make you dwell therein, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

31 But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused:

32 But euen your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes,

33 And your children shall The word signifies to be shepherds, or to wander like shepherds to and fro. wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your Your infidelity and disobedience against God. whoredoms, until your carcases be wasted in the wilderness.

34 After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, [even] forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, [even] forty years, and ye Whether my promise is true or not. shall know my breach of promise.

35 I the Lord haue said, Certainely I will doe so to all this wicked company, that are gathered together against me: for in this wildernesse they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

36 And the men which Moses had sent to search the land (which, when they came againe, made all the people to murmure against him, and brought vp a slander vpon the lande)

37 Euen those men that did bring vp that vile slander vpon the land, shall die by a plague before the Lorde.

38 But Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, of those men that went to search the land, shall liue.

39 Then Moses tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israel, and the people sorowed greatly.

40 And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have They confessed their sin in rebelling against God, but did not consider their offence in going up without God's commandment. sinned.

41 But Moses said, Wherefore transgresse yee thus the commandement of the Lorde? it will not so come well to passe.

42 Goe not vp (for the Lorde is not among you) lest ye be ouerthrowe before your enemies.

43 For the Amalekites & the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sworde: for in as much as ye are turned away from the Lord, the Lord also will not be with you.

44 But they They could not be stayed by any means. presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites, which dwelt in that mountaine, came downe & smote them, & consumed them vnto Hormah.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the Into the land of Canaan. land of your habitations, which I give unto you,

3 And will make an offring by fire vnto the Lorde, a burnt offring or a sacrifice to fulfil a vowe, or a free offring, or in your feastes, to make a sweete sauour vnto the Lord of the hearde, or of the flocke.

4 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth [part] of an Read (Exo_29:40). hin of oil.

5 Also thou shalt prepare ye fourth part of an Hin of wine to be powred on a lambe, appointed for the burnt offring or any offring.

6 And for a ram, thou shalt for a meat offring, prepare two tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with the third part of an Hin of oyle.

7 And for a The liquor was so called, because it was poured on the thing that was offered. drink offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of an hin of wine, [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD.

8 And when thou preparest a bullocke for a burnt offring, or for a sacrifice to fulfill a vowe or a peace offring to the Lord,

9 Then let him offer with ye bullocke a meate offring of three tenth deales of fine floure, mingled with halfe an Hin of oyle.

10 And thou shalt bring for a drinke offring halfe an Hin of wine, for an offring made by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

11 Thus shall it be done for a bullocke, or for a ram, or for a lambe, or for a kid.

12 According to the number Every sacrifice of beasts must have their meat offering and drink offering according to this proportion. that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.

13 All that are borne of the countrey, shall do these things thus, to offer an offring made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

14 And if a stranger soiourne with you, or whosoeuer bee among you in your generations, and will make an offring by fire of a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, as ye do, so hee shall doe.

15 One ordinace shalbe both for you of the Congregation, & also for the stranger that dwelleth with you, euen an ordinance for euer in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger bee before the Lord.

16 One Lawe and one maner shall serue both for you and for the stranger that soiourneth with you.

17 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

18 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come into the lande, to the which I bring you,

19 And when ye shal eate of the bread of the land, ye shall offer an heaue offring vnto ye Lord.

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your Which is made from the first corn you harvest. dough [for] an heave offering: as [ye do] the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

21 Of the first of your dowe ye shal giue vnto the Lord an heaue offring in your generations.

22 And if ye By oversight or ignorance, read (Lev_4:2, Lev_4:13). have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

23 Euen all that the Lorde hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the first day that the Lord commanded Moses, and hence forward among your generations:

24 And if so be that ought be committed ignorantly of the Congregation, then all ye Congregatio shal giue a bullocke for a burnt offring, for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, with the meat offring and drinke offring thereto, according to the maner, and an hee goate for a sinne offring.

25 And the Priest shall make an atonement for al the Congregation of the children of Israel, and it shalbe forgiuen them: for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offring for an offring made by fire vnto the Lord, and their sinne offering before the Lord for their ignorance.

26 Then it shalbe forgiuen all the Congregation of the children of Israel, & the stranger that dwelleth among them: for all the people were in ignorance.

27 But if any one person sinne through ignorance, then he shall bring a shee goate of a yeere olde for a sinne offring.

28 And the Priest shall make an atonement for the ignorant person, when hee sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make reconciliation for him: and it shalbe forgiuen him.

29 He that is borne among the children of Israel, and the stranger that dwelleth among them, shall haue both one lawe, who so doth sinne by ignorance.

30 But the person that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be borne in the land, or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord: therefore that person shalbe cut off from among his people,

31 Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his He shall sustain the punishment of his sin. iniquity [shall be] upon him.

32 And while the children of Israel were in the wildernesse, they found a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day.

33 And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him vnto Moses and to Aaron, and vnto all the Congregation,

34 And they put him warde: for it was not declared what should be done vnto him.

35 Then the Lord said vnto Moses, This man shall dye the death: & let al the multitude stone him with stones without the hoste.

36 And all the Congregation brought him without the hoste, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

37 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

38 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes vpon the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put vpon the fringes of the borders a ryband of blewe silke.

39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a By leaving God's commandments and following your own fantasies. whoring:

40 That yee may remember and doe all my commandements, and bee holy vnto your God.

41 I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the lande of Egypt, to bee your God: I am the Lord your God.

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1 Nowe Korah the sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui went apart with Dathan, and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab, & On the sonne of Peleth, the sonnes of Reuben:

2 And they rose vp against Moses, with certaine of the children of Israel, two hundreth and fiftie captaines of the assemblie, famous in the Congregation, and men of renoume,

3 And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Or let it suffice you: meaning, to have abused them this long. [Ye take] too much upon you, seeing all the congregation [are] holy, All are equally holy: therefore no one should be preferred above other: thus the wicked reason against God's ordinance. every one of them, and the LORD [is] among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?

4 But when Moses heard it, hee fell vpon his face,

5 And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who [are] his, and [who is] holy; and will cause [him] to come near unto him: even [him] whom he hath To be the priest and to offer. chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

6 This doe therefore, Take you censers, both Korah, and all his companie,

7 And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be [that] the man whom the LORD doth choose, he [shall be] holy: He lays the same to their charge justly, with which they wrongfully charged him. [ye take] too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.

8 Againe Moses saide vnto Korah, Heare, I pray you, ye sonnes of Leui.

9 Seemeth it a smal thing vnto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel, to take you neere to himselfe, to doe the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Lord, & to stand before the Congregation and to minister vnto them?

10 And he hath brought thee near [to To serve in the congregation, as in the verse before. him], and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?

11 For which cause, thou, and all thy companie are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmure against him?

12 And Moses sent to call Dathan, & Abiram the sonnes of Eliab: who answered, We will not come vp.

13 [Is it] a small thing that thou hast brought us up Thus they spoke contemptuously, preferring Egypt to Canaan. out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?

14 Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou Will you make those who searched the land believe that they did not see that which they saw? put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up.

15 Then Moses waxed verie angry, and saide vnto the Lord, Looke not vnto their offring: I haue not taken so much as an asse from them, neither haue I hurt any of them.

16 And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company At the door of the tabernacle. before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow:

17 And take euery man his censor, and put incense in them, and bring ye euery man his censor before the Lord, two hundreth and fiftie censors: thou also and Aaron, euery one his censor.

18 So they tooke euery man his censor, and put fire in them, and laide incense thereon, and stoode in the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation with Moses and Aaron.

19 And Korah gathered all the All that were of their faction. congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

20 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron, saying,

21 Separate your selues from among this Cogregation, that I may consume them at once.

22 And they fell vpon their faces and saide, O God the God of the spirits, of all fleshe, hath not one man onely sinned, and wilt thou bee wroth with all the Congregation?

23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

24 Speake vnto the Congregation & say, Get you away from about the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.

25 Then Moses rose vp, and went vnto Dathan and Abiram, and the Elders of Israel followed him.

26 And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed With them that have committed so many sins. in all their sins.

27 So they gate them away from the Tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and Abiram on euerie side: and Dathan, and Abiram came out & stood in the doore of their tentes with their wiues, and their sonnes, and their little children.

28 And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of mine own I have not invented them from my own brain. mind.

29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, the Lord hath not sent me.

30 But if the LORD make Or, show a strange sight. a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that [appertain] unto them, and they go down quick into Or, deep and dark places of the earth. the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.

31 And assoone as he had made an ende of speaking all these wordes, euen the ground claue asunder that was vnder them,

32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them vp, with their families, and all the men that were with Korah, and all their goods.

33 So they and all that they had, went down aliue into the pit, and the earth couered them: so they perished from among the Congregation.

34 And all Israel that were about them, fled at the crie of them: for they said, Let vs flee, least the earth swalow vs vp.

35 But there came out a fire from the Lorde, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

36 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

37 Speake vnto Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron the Priest, that he take vp the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire beyond the altar: for they are halowed,

38 The censers of these sinners Who caused their own death. against their own souls, let them make them broad plates [for] a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a Of God's judgments against rebels. sign unto the children of Israel.

39 Then Eleazar the Priest tooke the brasen censers, which they, that were burnt, had offred, and made broade plates of them for a couering of the Altar.

40 [To be] a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which [is] not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Who presumed above his calling. Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.

41 But on the morowe all the multitude of the children of Israel murmured against Moses & against Aaron, saying, Ye haue killed the people of the Lord.

42 And when the Congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, then they turned their faces toward the Tabernacle of the Congregation: and beholde, the cloude couered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.

43 Then Moses and Aaron were come before the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

44 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

45 Get you vp from among this Congregation: for I wil consume them quickly: then they fell vpon their faces.

46 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the For it was not lawful to take any other fire, but of the altar of burnt offering, (Lev_10:1). altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.

47 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the God had begun to punish the people. plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.

48 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the God drew back his hand and stopped punishing them. plague was stayed.

49 So they died of this plague fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth, beside them that dyed in the conspiracie of Korah.

50 And Aaro went againe vnto Moses before the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and the plague was stayed.

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1 And the LORD spake unto While he was in the door of the tabernacle. Moses, saying,

2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and take of euery one of them a rod, after the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the familie of their fathers, euen twelue rods: and thou shalt write euery mans name vpon his rod.

3 And write Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui: for euery rodde shalbe for the head of the house of their fathers.

4 And thou shalt put them in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, before the Arke of the Testimonie, where I wil declare my selfe to you.

5 And it shall come to pass, [that] the man's rod, whom I shall To be the chief priest. choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.

6 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, [even] twelve rods: and the rod Though Joseph's tribe was divided into two in the distribution of the land, yet here it is but one and Levi makes a tribe. of Aaron [was] among their rods.

7 And Moses layde the rods before the Lord in the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.

8 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron To declare that God chose the house of Levi to serve him in the tabernacle. for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.

9 Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lorde vnto all the children of Israel: and they looked vpon them, & tooke euery man his rodde.

10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their Grudging that Aaron should be high priest. murmurings from me, that they die not.

11 So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him: so did he.

12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, The Chaldea text describes their complaining in this way; «We die by the sword, the earth swallows us up, the pestilence consumes us.» we die, we perish, we all perish.

13 Whosoeuer commeth neere, or approcheth to the Tabernacle of the Lorde, shal dye: shal we be consumed and dye?

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1 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear If you trespass in anything concerning the ceremonies of the sanctuary of your office, you will be punished. the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

2 And bring also with thee thy brethren of the tribe of Leui of ye familie of thy father, which shalbe ioyned with thee, and minister vnto thee: but thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall minister before the Tabernacle of the Testimonie:

3 And they shall That is, the things which are committed to you, or, which you command them. keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.

4 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a Which was not of the tribe of Levi. stranger shall not come nigh unto you.

5 Therefore shall ye keepe the charge of the Sanctuarie, and the charge of the altar: so there shall fall no more wrath vpon the children of Israel.

6 For lo, I haue taken your brethren the Leuites from among the children of Israel, which as a gift of yours, are giuen vnto the Lord, to do the seruice of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

7 But thou, and thy sonnes with thee shall keepe your Priestes office for all things of the altar, and within the vaile: therefore shal ye serue: for I haue made your Priestes office an office of seruice: therefore the stranger that cometh neere, shalbe slayne.

8 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave As the first fruit, first born, and the tithes. offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

9 This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the That which was not burned should be the priests. fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, [shall be] most holy for thee and for thy sons.

10 In the most That is, in the sanctuary between the court and the holiest of holies. holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

11 And this [is] 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 Read (Lev_10:14). daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

12 All the Or, fat; chiefest. best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.

13 And the first ripe of al that is in their land, which they shal bring vnto Lord, shalbe thine: all the cleane in thine house shal eate of it.

14 Euery thing separate from the common vse in Israel, shalbe thine.

15 All that first openeth the matrice of any flesh, which they shal offer vnto the Lord, of man or beast, shalbe thine: but the first borne of man shalt thou redeeme, and the first borne of the vncleane beast shalt thou redeeme.

16 And those that are to bee redeemed, shalt thou redeeme from the age of a moneth, according to thy estimation, for the money of fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, which is twentie gerahs.

17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not Because they are appointed for sacrifice. redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.

18 And the flesh of them shalbe thine, as the shake breast, and as the right shoulder shalbe thine.

19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant That is, sure, stable and incorruptible. of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their Of Canaan. land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I [am] thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.

21 For beholde, I haue giuen the children of Leui all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their seruice which they serue in the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth To serve in it: for the Levites are put in their place. come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear If they fail in their office, they will be punished. their iniquity: [it shall be] a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance.

24 For the tythes of the children of Israel, which they shal offer as an offring vnto the Lord, I haue giuen the Leuites for an inheritance: therfore I haue said vnto them, Among the children of Israel ye shal possesse none inheritance.

25 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

26 Speake also vnto the Leuites and say vnto them, When ye shal take of the children of Israel the tithes, which I haue giuen you of them for your inheritance, then shal ye take an heaue offring of that same for the Lorde, euen the tenth part of the tithe.

27 And [this] your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though [it were] the As acceptable as the fruit of your own ground or vineyard. corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.

28 So ye shal also offer an heaue offring vnto the Lorde of all your tithes, which ye shal receiue of the children of Israel, and ye shal giue thereof the Lords heaue offring to Aaron the Priest.

29 Out of all your Which you have received from the children of Israel. gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the Read (Num_18:12). best thereof, [even] the hallowed part thereof out of it.

30 Therefore thou shalt say vnto them, When ye haue offred the fat thereof, then it shalbe couted vnto the Leuites, as the encrease of the corne floore, or as the encrease of the wine presse.

31 And ye shall eat it in every As in (Num_18:11). place, ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.

32 And ye shall You shall not be punished therefore. bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy The offerings which the Israelites have offered to God. things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

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1 And the Lorde spake to Moses, and to Aaron, saying,

2 According to this law and ceremony you shall sacrifice the red cow.This [is] the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein [is] no blemish, [and] upon which never came yoke:

3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and Another priest. [one] shall slay her before his face:

4 Then shall Eleazar the Priest take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle it before the Tabernacle of the Congregation seuen times,

5 And cause the kow to be burnt in his sight: with her skinne, and her flesh, and her blood, & her doung shal he burne her.

6 Then shal the Priest take cedar wood, and hyssope & skarlet lace, and cast them in the mids of the fire where the kow burneth.

7 Then the Meaning, Eleazar. priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

8 And he that The inferior priest who killed her, and burned her. burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

9 And a man [that is] clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay [them] up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a Or, the water of separation because they that were separate due to their uncleanness, were sprinkled with it and made clean, (Num_8:7). It is also called holy water, because it was ordained for a holy use, (Num_1:17). water of separation: it [is] a purification for sin.

10 Therefore he that gathereth the ashes of the kowe, shal wash his clothes, and remaine vncleane vntil euen: and it shalbe vnto the children of Israel, and vnto the stranger that dwelleth among them, a statute for euer.

11 Hee that toucheth the dead body of any man, shalbe vncleane euen seuen dayes.

12 He shall purify himself With the sprinkling of water. 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.

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be So that he should not be esteemed to be of the holy people, but as a polluted and excommunicated person. cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness [is] yet upon him.

14 This is the law, Whe a man dieth in a tent, all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shalbe vncleane seuen dayes,

15 And all the vessels that bee open, which haue no couering fastened vpon them, shall be vncleane.

16 Also whosoeuer toucheth one that is slaine with a sworde in the fielde, or a dead person, or a bone of a dead man, or a graue, shall be vncleane seuen dayes.

17 And for an unclean [person] they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for Of the red cow burnt for sin. sin, and Water of the fountain or river. running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

18 And a One of the priests who is clean. 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 Because he had been among them that were unclean: or else had touched the water as in (Num_19:21). wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

20 But the man that is vncleane and purifieth not himselfe, that person shalbe cut off fro among the Congregation, because hee hath defiled the Sanctuarie of the Lorde: and the sprinkling water hath not bene sprinkled vpon him: therefore shall he be vncleane.

21 And it shalbe a perpetual lawe vnto them, that he that sprinkleth the sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes: also hee that toucheth the sprinkling water, shalbe vncleane vntill euen.

22 And whatsoever the unclean [person] toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth That is, unclean. [it] shall be unclean until even.

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1 Then came the children of Israel, [even] the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first This was forty years after their departure from Egypt. month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Moses and Aaron's sister. Miriam died there, and was buried there.

2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they Another rebellion was in Rephidim (Exo. 17:1-16), and this was in Kadesh. gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

3 And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord.

4 Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?

5 Wherefore nowe haue yee made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, which is no place of seede, nor figges, nor vines, nor pomegranates? Neither is there any water to drinke.

6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the assemblie vnto the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and fell vpon their faces: and the glory of the Lord appeared vnto them.

7 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

8 Take the With which you did miracles in Egypt and divided the sea. rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

9 Then Moses tooke the rod from before the Lord, as he had commanded him.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; The punishment which followed declared that Moses and Aaron did not believe the Lord's promise as it appeared in (Num_20:12). must we fetch you water out of this rock?

11 Then Moses lift vp his hande, and with his rod he smote the rocke twise, and the water came out aboundantly: so the Congregation, and their beastes dranke.

12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to That the children of Israel should believe and acknowledge my power and so honour me. 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 Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he By showing himself almighty and maintaining his glory. was sanctified in them.

14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Because Jacob or Israel was Esau's brother, who was called Edom. Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:

15 How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

16 But when we cried vnto the Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent an Angel, and hath brought vs out of Egypt, and beholde, wee are in the citie Kadesh, in thine vtmost border.

17 I pray thee that we may passe through thy countrey: we will not goe through the fieldes nor the vineyardes, neither will we drinke of the water of the welles: we will goe by the kings way, and neither turne vnto the right hand nor to the left, vntill we be past thy borders.

18 And Edom answered him, Thou shalt not passe by mee, least I come out against thee with the sword.

19 Then the children of Israel said vnto him, We will goe vp by the hie way: and if I and my cattell drinke of thy water, I will then pay for it: I will onely (without any harme) goe through on my feete.

20 Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel To pass by another way. turned away from him.

22 And when the children of Israel with al the Congregation departed from Kadesh, they came vnto the mount Hor.

23 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and to Aaron in the mount Hor neere the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

24 Aaron shall be Read (Gen_25:8). gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his sonne, and bring them vp into the mount Hor,

26 And cause Aaron to put off his garmentes and put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: for Aaron shall be gathered to his fathers, and shall die there.

27 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went vp into the mount Hor, in the sight of all the Congregation.

28 And Moses put off Aarons clothes, & put them vpon Eleazar his sonne: so Aaron dyed there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came downe from off the mount.

29 When al the Congregation sawe that Aaron was dead, al the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirtie dayes.

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1 And [when] king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the By that way which their spies, that searched the dangers found to he most safe. way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took [some] of them prisoners.

2 So Israel vowed a vowe vnto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt deliuer and giue this people into mine hand, then I wil vtterly destroy their cities.

3 And the Lord heard the voyce of Israel, and deliuered them the Canaanites: and they vtterly destroied them and their cities, and called ye name of the place Hormah.

4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to For they were forbidden to destroy it, (Deu_2:5). compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

5 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light Meaning manna, which they thought did not nourish. bread.

6 And the LORD sent For they that were bitten by them were so inflamed by the poison of them, that they died. fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses & said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray to the Lorde, that he take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people.

8 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue.

9 So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued.

10 And ye children of Israel departed thence, and pitched in Oboth.

11 And they departed from Oboth, & pitched in lie-abarim, in the wildernesse, which is before Moab on the Eastside.

12 They remoued thence, and pitched vpon the riuer of Zared.

13 Thence they departed, & pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wildernesse, and commeth out of the coasts of the Amorites: (for Arnon is the border of Moab, betweene the Moabites and the Amorites)

14 Wherefore it is said in the Which seems to be the book of the Judges, or as some think, a book which is lost. book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

15 And at the streame of the riuers that goeth downe to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth vpon the border of Moab.

16 And from thence they turned to Beer: the same is the well where the Lord said vnto Moses, Assemble the people, and I wil giue them water.

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; You that receive the convenience of it, give praise for it. sing ye unto it:

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by [the direction of] the Only Moses and Aaron, the heads of the people, struck the rock with the rod or staff, which gave water as a well that was deep digged. lawgiver, with their staves. 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 plaine of Moab, to the top of Pisgah that looketh toward Ieshimon.

21 Then Israel sent messengers vnto Sihon, King of the Amorites, saying,

22 Let me goe through thy land: we wil not turne aside into the fieldes, nor into the vineyardes, neither drinke of the waters of ye welles: we will goe by the kings way, vntill we be past thy countrey.

23 But Sihon gaue Israel no licence to passe through his countrey, but Sihon assembled all his people, and went out against Israel into the wildernesse: and he came to Iahoz, and fought against Israel.

24 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto The river. Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon [was] For the people were tall and strong like giants; (Deu_2:20). strong.

25 And Israel tooke al these cities, & dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Heshbon and in all the villages thereof.

26 For For if it had been the Moabites, the Israelites might not have possessed it, (Deu_2:9). 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 unto Arnon.

27 Wherefore they that speake in prouerbes, say, Come to Heshbon, let the citie of Sihon bee built and repaired:

28 For there is a Meaning, wane. 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 was the idol of the Moabites, (1Ki_11:33) who was not able to defend his worshippers, who took the idol for their father. Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

30 Their empire also is lost from Heshbon vnto Dibon, and wee haue destroyed them vnto Nophah, which reacheth vnto Medeba.

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites.

32 And Moses sent to searche out Iaazer, and they tooke the townes belonging thereto, and rooted out the Amorites that were there.

33 And they turned and went vp toward Bashan: and Og the King of Bashan came out against them, hee, and all his people, to fight at Edrei.

34 Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Feare him not: for I haue deliuered him into thine hand and all his people, and his land: and thou shalt do to him as thou diddest vnto Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

35 They smote him therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntill there was none left him: so they conquered his land.

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1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on Being at Jericho, it was beyond the Jordan, but where the Israelites were, it was on this side. this side Jordan [by] Jericho.

2 Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

3 And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel.

4 And Moab said unto the Who were the heads and governors. elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about 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 unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which [is] by the That is, Euphrates, upon which stood this city Pethor. river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed.

7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with Thinking to bribe him with gifts to curse the Israelites. the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and Whom before he called elders: meaning the governors, and later calls them servants: that is, subjects to their king. the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

9 Then God came vnto Balaam, and sayde, What men are these with thee?

10 And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying,

11 Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue them out.

12 And God He warned him by a dream, that he should not consent to the kings wicked request. said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give Or else he would have been willing, covetousness had so blinded his heart. me leave to go with you.

14 So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.

15 Balak yet sent againe moe princes, and more honourable then they.

16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, The wicked seek by all means to further their naughty enterprises, though they know that God is against them. Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

17 For I wil promote thee vnto great honour, and wil do whatsoeuer thou sayest vnto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

18 And Balaam answered, and sayde vnto the seruants of Balak, If Balak woulde giue me his house full of siluer and golde, I can not goe beyonde the worde of the Lorde my God, to doe lesse or more.

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me Because he tempted God to require him contrary to his commandment, his petition was granted, but it turned to his own condemnation. more.

20 And God came vnto Balaam by night, and sayd vnto him, If the men come to call thee, rise vp, and goe with them: but onely what thing I say vnto thee, that shalt thou doe.

21 So Balaam rose vp early, and sadled his asse, and went with the princes of Moab.

22 And God's anger was kindled because he Moved rather with covetousness than to obey God. 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 when the asse saw the Angel of the Lord stand in the way, and his sworde drawen in his hand, the asse turned out of the way and went into the field, but Balaam smote the asse, to turne her into the way.

24 The second time.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 asse sawe the Angel of the Lord, she thrust her selfe vnto the wall, and dasht Balaams foote against the wall: wherefore hee smote her againe.

26 Then the Angel of the Lord went further, & stoode in a narowe place, where was no way to turne, either to the right hand, or to the left.

27 And when the asse sawe the Angell of the Lorde, she lay downe vnder Balaam: therefore Balaam was very wroth, and smote the asse with a staffe.

28 And the LORD Gave her power to speak. opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

29 And Balaam saide vnto the asse, Because thou hast mocked me: I woulde there were a sworde in mine hand, for nowe would I kill thee.

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, [Am] not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever Since you have been my master. since [I was] thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

31 Then the LORD For if the Lord does not open your eyes, you can see neither his anger or his love. 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 fell flat on his face.

32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] Both your heart is corrupt and your enterprise wicked. way is perverse before me:

33 But the asse sawe me, and turned fro me now three times: for els, if she had not turned fro me, surely I had euen nowe slaine thee, and saued her aliue.

34 Then Balaam saide vnto the Angel of the Lorde, I haue sinned: for I wist not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore if it displease thee, I will turne home againe.

35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the Because his heart was evil, his charge was renewed, that he should not pretend ignorance. word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which [is] in the Near the place where the Israelites camped. border of Arnon, which [is] in the utmost coast.

37 Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, Did I not sende for thee to call thee? Wherefore camest thou not vnto me? am I not able in deede to promote thee vnto honour?

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say On my own I can say nothing, I will only speak what God reveals, whether it is good or bad. any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

39 So Balaam went with Balak, & they came vnto the citie of Huzoth.

40 Then Balak offred bullockes, and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, & to the princes that were with him.

41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Where the idol Baal was worshipped. Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people.

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1 And Balaam sayd vnto Balak, Builde me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullockes, and seuen rammes.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and For among the Gentiles the kings often used to sacrifice, as did the priests. Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

3 Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Stande by the burnt offring, and I will goe, if so be that the Lorde will come and meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I will tell thee: so he went forth alone.

4 And God Appeared to him. met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon [every] altar a bullock and a ram.

5 And the LORD Taught him what to say. put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

6 So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, 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 me Jacob, and come, Cause everyone to hate and detest them. defy Israel.

8 How shal I curse, where God hath not cursed? or howe shall I detest, where the Lorde hath not detested?

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 But shall have religion and laws apart. nations.

10 Who can count the The infinite multitude, as the dust of the earth. dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me The fear of God's judgment caused him to wish to be joined to the household of Abraham: thus the wicked have their consciences wounded when they consider God's judgments. die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

11 Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered, and said, Must I not take heede to speake that, which the Lord hath put in my mouth?

13 And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, & thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

14 And he brought him into Sede-sophim to the top of Pisgah, and built seuen altars, and offred a bullocke, and a ramme on euery altar.

15 After, he sayde vnto Balak, Stande here by thy burnt offring, & I wil meete the Lord yonder.

16 And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

18 And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

19 God's enemies are compelled to confess that his government is just, constant, and without change or repentance.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 spoken, and shall he not make it good?

20 Behold, I haue receiued commandement to blesse: for he hath blessed, and I cannot alter 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 They triumph as victorious kings over their enemies. shout of a king [is] among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt: their strength is as an vnicorne.

23 Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: Considering what God will work this time for the deliverance of his people, all the world will wonder. according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

24 Behold, the people shal rise vp as a lyon, & lift vp himselfe as a yong lyon: hee shall not lye downe, till he eate of the pray, and till he drinke the blood of the slayne.

25 Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all.

26 But Balaam answered, & saide vnto Balak, Tolde not I thee, saying, All that the Lorde speaketh, that must I do?

27 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another Thus the wicked imagine of God that what he will not grant in one place, he will do in another. place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

28 So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

29 Then Balaam sayde vnto Balak, Make me here seuen altars, and prepare me here seuen bullocks, and seuen rammes.

30 And Balak did as Balaam had sayd, and offred a bullocke and a ram on euery altar.

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1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the Where the Israelites camped. wilderness.

2 And Balaam lift vp his eyes, & looked vpon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came vpon him.

3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes His eyes were shut up before in respect to the clear visions which he saw after. are open hath said:

4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, Though he lay as in a sleep, yet the eyes of his mind were open. falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:

5 How goodly are thy tentes, O Iaakob, & thine habitations, O Israel!

6 As the valleis, are they stretched forth, as gardes by the riuers side, as the aloe trees, which the Lorde hath planted, as the cedars beside the waters.

7 He shall pour the His prosperity and posterity will be very great. water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Which name was common to the kings of Amalek. Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

8 God brought him out of Egypt: his strength shalbe as an vnicorne: he shal eate the nations his enemies, and bruise their bones, & shoote them through with his arrowes.

9 He coucheth and lieth downe as a yong lion, and as a lion: who shall stirre him vp? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.

10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he In token of anger. smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed [them] these three times.

11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Thus the wicked burden God when they cannot carry out their wicked enterprises. LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

12 Then Balaam answered Balak, Tolde I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest vnto me, saying,

13 If Balak would giue me his house ful of siluer and gold, I can not passe the commandement of the Lorde, to doe either good or bad of mine owne minde? what the Lord shall commaunde, the same will I speake.

14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will He gave also wicked counsel to cause the Israelites to sin, that God might forsake them, (Num_31:16). advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

15 And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,

16 He hath said that heard the words of God, and hath the knowledge of the most High, and sawe the vision of the Almightie, and falling in a traunce had his eyes opened:

17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Meaning Christ. Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the That is, the princes. corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of He shall subdue all that resist: for of Sheth came Noah, and of Noah all the world. Sheth.

18 And Edom shalbe possessed, and Seir shall be a possession to their enemies: but Israel shal do valiantly.

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

20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the The Amalekites first made war against Israel, (Num_14:45). 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 dwellingplace, and thou Make yourself as strong as you can. puttest thy nest in a rock.

22 Neuerthelesse, the Kenite shalbe spoyled vntill Asshur cary thee away captiue.

23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, Some read, Oh who shall not perish when the enemy (that is, Antichrist) shall set himself up as God? who shall live when God doeth this!

24 And ships [shall come] from the coast of The Grecians and Romans. Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and Meaning, Eber, or the Jews for rebelling against God. he also shall perish for ever.

25 Then Balaam rose vp, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

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1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the With the women. daughters of Moab.

2 Which called the people vnto the sacrifice of their gods, and the people ate, & bowed downe to their gods.

3 And Israel Worshipped the idol of the Moabites, which was in the hill Peor. joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD Openly in the sight of all. against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his Let him execute those that are under his charge. men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

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, Repenting that they had offended God. who [were] weeping [before] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7 And when Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the Priest sawe it, hee rose vp from the middes of the Congregation, & tooke a speare in his hand,

8 And followed ye man of Israel into the tent, and thrust them both through: to wit, the man of Israel, and the woman, through her belly: so the plague ceased from the children of Israel.

9 And there died in that plague, foure and twentie thousand.

10 Then the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he He was zealous to maintain my glory. was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

12 Wherefore say to him, Beholde, I giue vnto him my couenant of peace,

13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an He has pacified God's wrath. atonement for the children of Israel.

14 And the name of the Israelite thus slayne, which was killed with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri the sonne of Salu, prince of the familie of the Simeonites.

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midian.

16 Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

17 Vexe the Midianites, and smite them:

18 For they vex you with their Causing you to commit both corporal and spiritual fornication by Balaam's counsel, (Num_31:16; Rev_2:14). wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

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1 And it came to pass after the Which came because of their whoredom and idolatry. plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Take the nomber of all the Congregation of the children of Israel from twentie yeere olde and aboue throughout their fathers houses, all that go forth to warre in Israel.

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan Where the river is near to Jericho. [near] Jericho, saying,

4 From twentie yeere olde and aboue ye shall nomber the people, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and the childre of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

5 Reuben the first borne of Israel: the children of Reube were: Hanoch, of whom came the familie of the Hanochites, and of Pallu the familie of the Palluites:

6 Of Hesron, the familie of the Hesronites: of Carmi, the familie of the Carmites.

7 These are the families of the Reubenites: & they were in nomber three and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and thirtie.

8 And the sonnes of Pallu, Eliab:

9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This [is that] Dathan and Abiram, [which were] famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the In that rebellion of which Korah was head. company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:

10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they That is, as an example that others should not complain and rebel against God's ministers. became a sign.

11 Notwithstanding, all the sonnes of Korah dyed not.

12 And the children of Simeon after their families were: Nemuel, of whom came the familie of the Nemuelites: of Iamin, the familie of the Iaminites: of Iachin, the familie of the Iachinites:

13 Of Zerah, the familie of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the familie of the Shaulites.

14 These are the families of the Simeonites: two and twentie thousand and two hundreth.

15 The sonnes of Gad after their families were: Zephon, of whome came ye familie of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the familie of the Haggites: of Shuni, the familie of the Shunites:

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

17 Of Arod, the familie of the Arodites: of Areli, the familie of the Arelites.

18 These are the families of the sonnes of Gad, according to their nombers, fourtie thousand and fiue hundreth.

19 The sons of Judah [were] Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Before Jacob went into Egypt, (Gen_38:3, Gen_38:7, Gen_38:10, Gen_46:12). Canaan.

20 So were the sonnes of Iudah after their families: of Shelah came the familie of ye Shelanites: of Pharez, the familie of the Pharzites, of Zerah, the familie of the Zarhites.

21 And the sonnes of Pharez were: of Hesron, the familie of the Hesronites: of Hamul, the familie of the Hamulites.

22 These are the families of Iudah, after their nombers, seuentie and sixe thousande and fiue hundreth.

23 The sonnes of Issachar, after their families were: Tola, of whom came the familie of the Tolaites: of Pua, the familie of the Punites:

24 Of Iashub the familie of the Iashubites: of Shimron, the familie of the Shimronites.

25 These are the families of Issachar, after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand & three hundreth.

26 The sonnes of Zebulun, after their families were: of Sered, the familie of the Sardites: of Elon, the familie of the Elonites: of Iahleel, the familie of the Iahleelites.

27 These are the families of the Zebulunites, after their nombers, three score thousande & fiue hundreth.

28 The sonnes of Ioseph, after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 The sonnes of Manasseh were: of Machir, the familie of the Machirites: and Machir begate Gilead: of Gilead came the familie of the Gileadites.

30 These are the sonnes of Gilead: of Iezer, the familie of the Iezerites: of Helek, the familie of the Helekites.

31 Of Asriel, the familie of the Asrielites: of Shechem, the familie of Shichmites.

32 Of Shemida, the familie of the Shemidaites: of Hepher, the familie of the Hepherites.

33 And Zelophehad the sonne of Hepher had no sonnes, 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, & the nomber of them, two and fiftie thousand and seuen hundreth.

35 These are the sonnes of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah came the familie of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the familie of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the familie of the Tahanites.

36 And these are the sonnes of Shuthelah: of Eran the familie of the Eranites.

37 These are the families of the sonnes of Ephraim after their nombers, two and thirtie thousand and fiue hundreth. These are the sonnes of Ioseph after their families.

38 These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families: of Bela came the familie of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the familie of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the familie of the Ahiramites:

39 Of Shupham, the familie of the Suphamites: of Hupham, the familie of the Huphamites.

40 And the sonnes of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard came the familie of the Ardites, of Naaman, the familie of the Naamites.

41 These are the sonnes of Beniamin after their families, and their nombers, fiue and fourtie thousand and sixe hundreth.

42 These are the sonnes of Dan after their families: of Shuham came the familie of the Shuhamites: these are the families of Dan after their housholdes.

43 All the families of the Shuhamites were after their nombers, threescore and foure thousand, and foure hundreth.

44 The sonnes of Asher after their families were: of Iimnah, the familie of the Iimnites: of Isui, the familie of the Isuites: of Beriah, the familie of the Berijtes.

45 The sonnes of Beriah were, of Heber the familie of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the familie of the Malchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah.

47 These are the families of the sonnes of Asher after their nombers, three and fifty thousand and foure hundreth.

48 The sonnes of Naphtali, after their families were: of Iahzeel, the families of the Iahzeelites: of Guni, the familie of the Gunites.

49 Of Iezer, the familie of the Izrites: of Shillem, the familie of the Shillemites.

50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their housholdes, and their nomber, fiue and fourtie thousande and foure hundreth.

51 These [were] the This is the third time that they are numbered. numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

52 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

53 Vnto these the land shalbe deuided for an inheritance, according to the nomber of names.

54 To many thou shalt giue the more inheritance, and to fewe thou shalt giue lesse inheritance: to euery one according to his nomber shalbe giuen his inheritance.

55 Notwithstanding, the land shalbe deuided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherite:

56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be deuided betweene many and fewe.

57 These also are the nobers of ye Leuites, after their families: of Gershon came ye familie of the Gershonites: of Kohath, ye familie of the Kohathites: of Merari, the familie of the Merarites.

58 These are the families of Leui, the familie of the Libnites: the familie of the Hebronites: the familie of the Mahlites: the familie of the Mushites: the familie of the Korhites: and Kohath begate Amram.

59 And Amrams wife was called Iochebed the daughter of Leui, which was borne vnto Leui in Egypt: and she bare vnto Amram Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60 And vnto Aaron were borne Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61 And Nadab and Abihu dyed, because they offred strange fire before the Lorde.

62 And their nombers were three and twentie thousand, all males from a moneth old and aboue: for they were not nombred among the children of Israel, because there was none inheritance giuen them among the children of Israel.

63 These are the nombers of Moses and Eleazar the Priest which nombred the children of Israel in the plaine of Moab, neere Iorden, towarde Iericho.

64 But among these there was not a man of them In which appears the great power of God, that so wonderfully increased his people. whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.

65 For the Lorde said of them, They shall die in the wildernes: so there was not left a man of them, saue Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

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1 Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the sonne of Hepher, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the familie of Manasseh, the sonne of Ioseph (and the names of his daughters were these, Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah)

2 And stoode before Moses, and before Eleazar the Priest, and before the Princes, and all the assemblie, at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, saying,

3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own According as all men die, for as much as they are sinners. sin, and had no sons.

4 Wherefore should the name of our father be taken away from among his familie, because he hath no sonne? giue vs a possession among the brethren of our father.

5 And Moses brought their That is, their matter to be judged, to know what he should determine, as he did all hard matters. cause before the LORD.

6 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

7 The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt giue them a possession to inherite among their fathers brethren, and shalt turne the inheritance of their father vnto them.

8 Also thou shalt speake vnto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die and haue no sonne, then ye shall turne his inheritaunce vnto his daughter.

9 And if he haue no daughter, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his brethren.

10 And if he haue no brethren, ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his fathers 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 children of Israel a statute of Meaning, an ordinance to judge by. judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

12 Againe the Lord said vnto Moses, Go vp into this mount of Abarim, & behold ye lande which I haue giuen vnto the children of Israel.

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

14 For ye were disobedient vnto my worde in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the assemblie, to sanctifie me in the waters before their eyes. That is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wildernesse of Zin.

15 Then Moses spake vnto the Lord, saying,

16 Let the LORD, the God of the Who as he has created, so he governs the hearts of all men. spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

17 Which may That is, govern them and do his duty, as in (2Ch_1:10). 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.

18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and And so appoint him governor. lay thine hand upon him;

19 And set him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation, and giue him a charge in their sight.

20 And thou shalt Commend him to the people as suitable for the office and appointed by God. put [some] of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask [counsel] for him after the According to his office: signifying that the civil magistrate could execute nothing but that which he knew to be the will of God. 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 So Moses did as the Lord had commanded him, and he tooke Ioshua, and set him before Eleazar the Priest, & before all the Congregation.

23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a How he should govern himself in his office. charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, [and] By bread he means all manner of sacrifice. 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 Also thou shalt say vnto them, This is the offring made by fire which ye shall offer vnto the Lorde, two lambes of a yeere olde without spot, daily, for a continuall burnt offring.

4 One lambe shalt thou prepare in the morning, and the other lambe shalt thou prepare at euen.

5 And the tenth part of an Ephah of fine floure for a meate offering mingled with the fourth part of an Hin of beaten oyle.

6 This shalbe a daily burnt offering, as was made in the mount Sinai for a sweete sauour: it is a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord.

7 And the drinke offring thereof the fourth part of an Hin for one lambe: in the holy place cause to powre the drinke offring vnto the Lord.

8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer [it], The meat offering and drink offering of the evening sacrifice. 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 Of the measure ephah. 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 Which was offered every day at morning and evening. continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

11 And in the beginning of your moneths, ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde, two yong bullockes, and a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without spot,

12 And three tenth deales of fine floure for a meat offring mingled with oyle for one bullocke, and two tenth deales of fine floure for a meate offring, mingled with oyle for one ramme,

13 And a tenth deale of fine floure mingled with oyle for a meate offring vnto one lambe: for a burnt offring of sweete sauour: it is an offring made by fire vnto the Lorde.

14 And their That is, the wine that will be poured on the sacrifice. 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.

15 And one hee goat for a sinne offring vnto the Lord shalbe prepared, besides the continuall burnt offring, and his drinke offring.

16 Also the fourtenth day of the first moneth is the Passeouer of the Lord.

17 And in ye fiftenth day of the same moneth is the feast: seuen dayes shall vnleauened bread be eaten.

18 In the first day [shall be] an holy Or, solemn assembly. convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work [therein]:

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offring vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see that they be without blemish.

20 And their meate offering shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle: three tenth deales shall ye prepare for a bullocke, and two tenth deales for a ramme:

21 One tenth deale shalt thou prepare for euery lambe, euen for the seuen lambes.

22 And an hee goate for a sinne offering, to make an atonement for you.

23 Ye shall prepare these, beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is a continuall burnt sacrifice.

24 After this maner ye shall prepare throughout all the seuen dayes, for the mainteining of the offring made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde: it shall be done beside the continuall burnt offring and drinke offring thereof.

25 And in ye seuenth day ye shal haue an holy conuocation, wherein ye shal do no seruile work.

26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your In counting seven weeks from the Passover to Whit Sunday, as in (Lev_23:15). weeks [be out], ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

27 But ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, two yong bullocks, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde,

28 And their meat offring of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto a bullocke, two tenth deales to a ram,

29 And one tenth deale vnto euery lambe throughout the seuen lambes,

30 And an hee goate to make an atonement for you:

31 (Ye shall doe this besides the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring:) see they be without blemish, with their drinke offrings.

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1 And in the Which contains part of September, and part of October. seventh month, on the first [day] of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you.

2 And ye shall make a burnt offering for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde: one yong bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde, without blemish.

3 And their meat offring shalbe of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto the bullocke, and two tenth deales vnto the ramme,

4 And one tenth deale vnto one lambe, for the seuen lambes,

5 And an hee goate for a sinne offering to make an atonement for you,

6 Beside the burnt offering of the Which must be offered in the beginning of every month. month, and his meat offering, and the daily Which is for morning and evening. burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

7 And ye shall have on the tenth [day] of this seventh month an holy Which is the feast of reconciliation. convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work [therein]:

8 But ye shall offer a burnt offring vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour: one yong bullocke, a ramme, and seuen lambes of a yeere olde: see they be without blemish.

9 And their meate offering shall be of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales to a bullocke, and two tenth deales to a ramme,

10 One tenth deale vnto euery lambe, thoroughout the seuen lambes,

11 One kid of the goats [for] a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual That is, offered every morning and evening. burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.

12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy Meaning, the feast of the tabernacles. convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days:

13 And ye shall offer a burnt offring for a sacrifice made by fire of sweete sauour vnto the Lord, thirtene yong bullockes, two rammes, and fourtene lambes of a yeere olde: they shall bee without blemish.

14 And their meate offering shall bee of fine floure mingled with oyle, three tenth deales vnto euery bullocke of the thirteene bullockes, two tenth deales to either of the two rammes,

15 And one tenth deale vnto eche of ye fourteene lambes,

16 And one hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

17 And the second day ye shall offer twelue yong bullockes, two rams, fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

18 With their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

19 And an hee goate for a sinne offring, (beside the continuall burnt offering and his meate offring) and their drinke offrings.

20 Also the third day ye shall offer eleuen bullocks, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

21 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, [shall be] according to their number, after the According to the ceremonies appointed to it. manner:

22 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meate offring and his drinke offring.

23 And the fourth day ye shall offer tenne bullocks, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish.

24 Their meate offring and their drinke offrings, for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

25 And an hee goate for a sinne offering beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offering.

26 In the fifth day also ye shall offer nine bullockes, two rammes, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

27 And their meat offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

28 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, and his meat offring and his drinke offering.

29 And in the sixt day ye shall offer eight bullockes, two rams, and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

30 And their meate offring, and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

31 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offring and his drinke offrings.

32 In the seuenth day also ye shall offer seuen bullocks, two rammes and fourteene lambes of a yeere olde without blemish,

33 And their meate offering and their drinke offrings for the bullockes, for the rammes, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after their maner,

34 And an hee goate for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, his meate offering and his drinke offring.

35 In the eight day, yee shall haue a solemne assemblie: yee shall doe no seruile worke therein,

36 But yee shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord, one bullocke, one ram, and seuen lambes of a yeere old without blemish,

37 Their meate offring and their drinke offrings for the bullocke, for the ramme, and for the lambes according to their nomber, after the maner,

38 And an hee goat for a sinne offring, beside the continuall burnt offring, & his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

39 These [things] ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your Beside the sacrifices that you will vow or offer of your own minds. vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.

40 {\cf2 (30:1)} Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel according to all that the Lorde had commanded him,

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1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes Because they might declare them to the Israelites. concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

2 {\cf2 (30:3)} Whosoeuer voweth a vow vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promise, but shall do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth.

3 {\cf2 (30:4)} If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, being in her fathers house, in the time of her youth,

4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his For in so doing he approves her. peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

5 But if her By not approving or consenting to her vow. father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or Either by oath, or solemn promise. uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

7 {\cf2 (30:8)} If her husband heard it, & holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect.

8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard [it]; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her For she is in subjection to her husband, and can perform nothing without his consent. soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.

9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand For they are not under the authority of the man. against her.

10 And if she vowed in her husband's Her husband being alive. house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

11 {\cf2 (30:12)} And her husband hath heard it, and helde his peace cocerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond, wherewith she bound her selfe, shall stand in effect.

12 {\cf2 (30:13)} But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her.

13 Every vow, and every binding oath to To mortify herself by abstinence or other bodily exercise. afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from And warn her not the same day that he hears it, as in (Num_30:8). day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which [are] upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard [them].

15 But if he shall any ways Not the same day he heard them, but some day after, the sin will be imputed to him and not to her. make them void after that he hath heard [them]; then he shall bear her iniquity.

16 {\cf2 (30:17)} These are the ordinances which the Lorde commanded Moses, betweene a man & his wife, and betweene the father and his daughter, being young in her fathers house.

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1 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Reuenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterwarde shalt thou be gathered vnto thy people.

3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go As he had commanded in (Num_25:17), declaring also that the injury done against his people is done against him. against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

4 A thousande of euery tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye sende to the warre.

5 So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelue thousande prepared vnto warre, of euery tribe a thousand.

6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of [every] tribe, them and For his great zeal that he bare for the Lord, (Num_25:13). Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.

7 And they warred against Midian, as the Lorde had commaunded Moses, and slue all the males.

8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God. Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

9 But the children of Israel tooke the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoyled all their cattell, and all their flockes, and all their goods.

10 And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their villages with fire.

11 And they tooke all the spoyle and all the pray both of men and beastes.

12 And they brought the As the women and little children. captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which [are] by Jordan [near] Jericho.

13 Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the campe to meete them.

14 And Moses was angry with the captaines of the hoste, with the captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, which came from the warre and battel.

15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the As though he said, you should have spared none. women alive?

16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD For worshipping of Peor. in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

17 Now therefore kill every male among the That is, all the boy children. little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

18 But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.

19 And ye shal remaine without the host seuen dayes, all that haue killed any person, and all that haue touched any dead, and purifie both your selues and your prisoners the third day and the seuenth.

20 Also ye shall purifie euery garment and all that is made of skins & al worke of goates heare, and all things made of wood.

21 And Eleazar ye Priest sayd vnto the men of warre, which went to the battel, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lorde commanded Moses,

22 As for gold, and siluer, brasse, yron, tynne, and lead:

23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make [it] go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be The third day and before it is molten. purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the It shall be washed. water.

24 Ye shal wash also your clothes the seuenth day, and ye shalbe cleane: and afterward ye shal come into the Hoste.

25 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

26 Take the summe of the praie that was taken, both of persons and of cattell, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chiefe fathers of the Congregation.

27 And deuide the praye betweene the souldiers that went to the warre, and all the Congregation.

28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the Of the prey that falls to the soldiers. men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

29 Yee shall take it of their halfe and giue it vnto Eleazar the Priest, as an heaue offring of the Lorde.

30 And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take The Israelites who had not been at war, of every fiftieth paid one to the Lord: and the soldiers one of every five hundred. one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.

32 And the bootie, to wit, the rest of the praie which the men of warre had spoyled, was sixe hundreth seuentie and fiue thousand sheepe,

33 And seuentie and two thousand beeues,

34 And three score and one thousand asses,

35 And two and thirtie thousande persons in all, of women that had lyen by no man.

36 And the halfe, to wit, the part of them that went out to warre touching the nomber of sheepe, was three hundreth seuen and thirtie thousand, and fiue hundreth.

37 And the This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord. LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.

38 And the beeues were six & thirty thousad, whereof the Lordes tribute was seuentie & two.

39 And the asses were thirtie thousande and fiue hundreth, whereof the Lordes tribute was three score and one:

40 And Meaning, of the maids, or virgins who had not slept with a man. the persons [were] sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute [was] thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gaue the tribute of the Lordes offring vnto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lorde had commanded Moses.

42 And of the children of Israel's Of that part which was given to them in dividing the spoil. half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,

43 (For the halfe that perteined vnto the Congregation, was three hundreth thirtie and seuen thousand sheepe and fiue hundreth,

44 And sixe and thirtie thousand beeues,

45 And thirtie thousand asses, & fiue hudreth,

46 And sixteene thousande persons)

47 Even of the Which had not been at war. children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, [both] of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

48 Then the captaines which were ouer thousandes of the hoste, the captaines ouer the thousandes, and the captaines ouer the hundreds came vnto Moses:

49 And saide to Moses, Thy seruants haue taken the summe of the men of warre which are vnder our authoritie, and there lacketh not one man of vs.

50 The captains by the free offering acknowledge the great benefit of God in preserving his people.We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

51 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest tooke the golde of them, and all wrought iewels,

52 And all the golde of the offring that they offered vp to the Lorde (of the captaines ouer thousands and hundreds) was sixteene thousande seuen hundreth and fiftie shekels,

53 ([For] the men of war had taken spoil, every man for And gave no portion to their captains. himself.)

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, [for] a that the Lord might remember the children of Israel. memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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1 Now the children of Reuben came from Leah, and Gad from Zilpah her handmaid. Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Which was named for the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban in (Gen_31:47). Gilead, that, behold, the place [was] a place for cattle;

2 Then the children of Gad, and the childre of Reuben came, and spake vnto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the princes of the Congregation, saying,

3 The land of Ataroth, and Dibon, and Iazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

4 Which countrey the Lorde smote before the Congregation of Israel, is a lande meete for cattell, and thy seruants haue cattell:

5 Wherefore, said they, if we haue foud grace in thy sight, let this lande be giuen vnto thy seruants for a possession, & bring vs not ouer Iorde.

6 And Moses said vnto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren goe to warre, and ye tary heere?

7 Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, to goe ouer into the lande, which the Lorde hath giuen them?

8 Thus did your fathers when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the lande.

9 For when they went vp euen vnto the riuer of Eshcol, and sawe the land: they discouraged the heart of the childre of Israel, that they woulde not goe into the lande, which the Lorde had giuen them.

10 And the Lordes wrath was kindled the same day, and he did sweare, saying,

11 None of the men that came out of Egypt from twentie yeere olde and aboue, shall see the land for the which I sware vnto Abraha, to Izhak, and to Iaakob, because they haue not wholly followed me:

12 Except Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh the Kenesite, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun: for they haue constantly followed the Lorde.

13 And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done Because they complained and would not believe their report, which told the truth concerning the land. evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.

14 And behold, ye are risen vp in your fathers steade as an encrease of sinfull men, still to augment the fierce wrath of the Lord, toward Israel.

15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and By your occasion. ye shall destroy all this people.

16 And they went neere to him, and said, We will builde sheepe foldes here for our sheepe, and for our cattell, and cities for our children.

17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their In the land of Canaan. place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 We will not returne vnto our houses, vntil the children of Israel haue inherited, euery man his inheritance.

19 Neither wil we inherite with them beyond Iorden and on that side, because our inheritance is fallen to vs on this side Iorden Eastwarde.

20 And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go Before the Ark of the Lord. armed before the LORD to war,

21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his That is, the inhabitants of the land. enemies from before him,

22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession The Lord will grant you this land which you request, (Jos_1:15). before the LORD.

23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin You shall assuredly be punished for your sin. will find you out.

24 Builde you then cities for your children & folds for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoke.

25 Then the children of Gad & the children of Reuben spake vnto Moses, saying, Thy seruats will doe as my lorde commandeth:

26 Our childre, our wiues, our sheepe, & al our cattell shall remaine there in the cities of Gilead,

27 But thy seruants will goe euery one armed to warre before the Lorde for to fight, as my lorde saith.

28 So concerning them Moses Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and other, would be performed after his death so that they would not break theirs. commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

29 And Moses said vnto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, will go with you ouer Iorden, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, ye shall giue the the lad of Gilead for a possessio:

30 But if they will not goe ouer with you armed, then they shall haue their possessions amog you in the land of Canaan.

31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaks. LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32 We will goe armed before the Lorde into the lande of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to vs on this side Iorden.

33 And Moses gave unto them, [even] to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he makes mention of them that dwelt on this side: (Jos_10:12) he speaks of them that inhabited beyond Jordan. Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, [even] the cities of the country round about.

34 Then the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Iazer, and Iogbehah,

36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, defenced cities: also sheepe foldes.

37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,

38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gaue other names vnto the cities which they built.

39 And the children of Machir the sonne of Manasseh went to Gilead, and tooke it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein.

40 Then Moses gaue Gilead vnto Machir the sonne of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein.

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them That is the villages of Jair. Havothjair.

42 Also Nobah went and tooke Kenath, with the villages thereof and called it Nobah, after his owne name.

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1 These [are] the From which they departed, and where they came. journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

2 And Moses wrote their going out by their iourneies according to ye commandement of the Lord: so these are ye iourneies of their going out.

3 Nowe they departed from Rameses the first moneth, euen the fifteenth day of the first moneth, on the morowe after the Passeouer: and the children of Israel went out with an hie hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.

4 For the Egyptians buried all [their] firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their Either meaning their idols, or their men of authority. gods also the LORD executed judgments.

5 And the children of Israel remoued from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.

6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wildernesse.

7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto At the commandment of the Lord in (Exo_14:2). Pihahiroth, which [is] before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

8 And they departed from before Hahiroth, and went through the middes of the Sea into the wildernesse, and went three dayes iourney in the wildernesse of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

9 And they remoued from Marah, and came vnto Elim, and in Elim were twelue fountaines of water, and seuentie palme trees, and they pitched there.

10 And they remoued from Elim, and camped by the red Sea.

11 And they remoued from the red Sea, and lay in the wildernesse of Sin.

12 And they tooke their iourney out of the wildernesse of Sin, and set vp their tentes in Dophkah.

13 And they departed from Dophkah, and lay in Alush.

14 And they remoued from Alush, and lay in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.

15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wildernesse of Sinai.

16 And they remoued from the desert of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth Hattaauah.

17 And they departed from Kibroth Hattaauah, and lay at Hazeroth.

18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon Parez.

20 And they departed from Rimmon Parez, and pitched in Libnah.

21 And they remoued from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah.

22 And they iourneyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

24 And they remoued from mount Shapher, and lay in Haradah.

25 And they remoued from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

26 And they remoued from Makheloth, and lay in Tahath.

27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched in Tarah.

28 And they remoued from Tarah, and pitched in Mithkah.

29 And they went from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and lay in Moseroth.

31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-iaakan.

32 And they remoued from Bene-iaakan, and lay in Hor-hagidgad.

33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Iotbathah.

34 And they remoued from Iotbathah, and lay in Ebronah.

35 And they departed from Ebronah, & lay in Ezion-gaber.

36 And they remoued from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wildernesse of Zin, which is Kadesh.

37 And they remooued from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first [day] of the Which the Hebrews call Ab, and contains part of July and part of August. fifth month.

39 And Aaron was an hundreth, and three and twentie yeere olde, when hee dyed in mount Hor.

40 And King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan, heard of the comming of the children of Israel)

41 And they departed from mount Hor, & pitched in Zalmonah.

42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Iie-abarim, in the borders of Moab.

45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.

46 And they remooued from Dibon-gad, and lay in Almon-diblathaim.

47 And they remooued from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountaines of Abarim before Nebo.

48 And they departed from the mountaines of Abarim, and pitched in the plaine of Moab, by Iorden toward Iericho.

49 And they pitched by Iorden, from Bethieshimoth vnto Abel-shittim in the playne of Moab.

50 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses in the playne of Moab, by Iorden towarde Iericho, saying,

51 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye are come ouer Iorden to enter into the land of Canaan,

52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their Which were set up in their high places to worship. pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

53 And ye shall possesse the lande and dwell therein: for I haue giue you ye land to possesse it.

54 And ye shall inherite the land by lot according to your families: to the more yee shall giue more inheritance, and to the fewer the lesse inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherite.

55 But if ye will not driue out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which yee let ramaine of them, shalbe prickes in your eyes, and thornes in your sides, and shall vexe you in the land wherein ye dwell.

56 Moreouer, it shal come to passe, that I shal doe vnto you, as I thought to do vnto them.

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1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the Meaning, the description of the land. land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

3 And your Southquarter shalbe from the wildernesse of Zin to the borders of Edom: so that your Southquarter shall be from the salt Sea coast Eastwarde:

4 And the border shall compasse you from the South to Maaleh-akrabbim, and reach to Zin, and goe out from the South to Kadesh-barnea: thence it shal stretch to Hazar-addar, & go along to Azmon.

5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the Which was Nilus, or as some think Rhinocotura. river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

6 And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the Which is called the Mediterranean. great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died. Hor:

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out till it come vnto Hamath, and the end of the coast shal be at Zedad.

9 And the coast shall reach out to Ziphron, & goe out at Hazar-enan. this shalbe your Northquarter.

10 And ye shall marke out your Eastquarter from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Which in the Gospel is called the lake of Gennesaret. Chinnereth eastward:

12 Also that border shall goe downe to Iorden, & leaue at the salt Sea. this shalbe your land with the coastes thereof round about.

13 Then Moses commaunded the children of Israel, saying, This is the lande which yee shall inherite by lot, which the Lord commaunded to giue vnto nine tribes and halfe the tribe.

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the housholdes of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers housholdes, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, haue receiued their inheritance.

15 Two tribes and an halfe tribe haue receiued their inheritance on this side of Iorden toward Iericho full East.

16 Againe the Lord spake to Moses, saying,

17 These are the names of the men which shall deuide ye land vnto you: Eleazar the Priest, and Ioshua the sonne of Nun.

18 And ye shall take one One of the heads or chief men of every tribe. prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

19 The names also of the men are these: Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb ye sonne of Iephunneh.

20 And of the tribe of the sonnes of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Ammihud.

21 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad the sonne of Chislon.

22 Also of the tribe of the sonnes of Dan, the prince Bukki, the sonne of Iogli.

23 Of the sonnes of Ioseph: of the tribe of the sonnes of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel the sonne of Ephod.

24 And of the tribe of the sonnes of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel, the sonne of Shiphtan.

25 Of the tribe also of the sonnes of Zebulun, the prince Elizaphan, the sonne of Parnach.

26 So of the tribe of the sonnes of Issachar, the prince Paltiel the sonne of Azzan.

27 Of the tribe also of the sonnes of Asher, the prince Ahihud, the sonne of Shelomi.

28 And of the tribe of the sonnes of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel, the sonne of Ammihud.

29 These [are they] whom the LORD commanded to And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention. divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

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1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses in the plaine of Moab by Iorden, toward Iericho, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan. Levites of the inheritance of their possession God would have them scattered through all the land, because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law. cities to dwell in; and ye shall give [also] unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

3 So they shall haue the cities to dwell in, & their suburbes shall be for their cattell, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

4 And the suburbes of the cities, which ye shal giue vnto the Leuites, from the wall of the citie outward, shalbe a thousand cubites round about.

5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side So that in all were three thousand, and in the compass of these two thousand, they might plant and sow. two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

6 And of the cities which yee shall giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shal appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them yee shall adde two and fourtie cities mo.

7 All the cities which yee shall giue to the Leuites, shalbe eight and fourtie cities: them shal ye giue with their suburbes.

8 And concerning the cities which yee shall giue, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take mo, and of few ye shall take lesse: euery one shall giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance, which hee inheriteth.

9 And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

10 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, When ye be come ouer Iorden into the land of Canaan,

11 Ye shall appoint you cities, to bee cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause. avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

13 And of the cities which ye shall giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.

14 Ye shall give three cities Among the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, (Deu_4:41). on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge.

15 These six cities shalbe a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth among you, that euery one which killeth any person vnwares, may flee thither.

16 And if he Wittingly, and willingly. smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

17 And if he smite him with throwing a That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in Hebrew, with a stone of his hand. stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slaine, if he die, he is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

19 The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

20 But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

21 Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.

22 But if he pusshed him vnaduisedly, and not of hatred, or cast vpon him any thing, without laying of waite,

23 Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine) and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought him any harme,

24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the That is, his next kinsman. revenger of blood according to these judgments:

25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the Under this figure is declared, that our sins could not be remitted, but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ. high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

26 But if the slayer come without the borders of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled,

27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the By the sentence of the judge. slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

28 Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the hie Priest: and after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne vnto the land of his possession.

29 So these [things] shall be for a A law to judge murders done either on purpose, or accidentally. statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.

30 Whosoeuer killeth any person, the Iudge shall slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die.

31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which [is] Who purposely committed murder. guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.

32 Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest.

33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he makes his dumb creatures demand vengeance of it. cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

34 Defile not therefore the lande which yee shall inhabite, For I dwell in the middes thereof: for I the Lord dwel among the children of Israel.

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1 And the It seems that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses. chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

2 And they said, The LORD commanded Meaning Moses. my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

3 If they bee married to any of the sonnes of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shalbe put vnto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shalbe: so shall it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

4 And when the Signifying that at no time could it return, for in the Jubile all things returned to their own tribes. jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritance which was the maintenance of it should have been alienated to others. well.

6 This is the thing that the Lorde hath commaunded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shall be wiues, to whome they thinke best, onely to the familie of the tribe of their father shall they marry:

7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remoue from tribe to tribe, for euery one of the children of Israel shal ioyne himselfe to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 And every daughter, that possesseth an When there is no male to inherit. inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

9 Neither shal the inheritance go about from tribe to tribe: but euery one of the tribes of the childre of Israel shal sticke to his own inheritace.

10 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.

11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, & Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad were married vnto their fathers brothers sonnes,

12 They were wiues to certaine of the families of the sonnes of Manasseh the sonne of Ioseph: so their inheritance remained in the tribe of the familie of their father.

13 These [are] the Concerning the ceremonial and judicial laws. commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan [near] Jericho.