Reubenites sub CHAP. XXXII. for their inheritance. the same time, and be sware, saying, do that which hath proceeded out of 11 Surely none of the men that came your mouth. up out of Egypt, from twenty years 25 And the children of Gad and the old and upward, shall see the land children of Reuben spake untoMoses, which I sware unto Abraham, unto saying, Thy servants will do as my Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they lord commandeth. have not wholly followed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneb the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel,and he made them wan. der in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your father's stead,an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness: and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 T And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. 18We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle,shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 27 But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lono to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So concerning them Moses 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 unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan,every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan,that the possession of our inberitance on this side Jordan may be ours. 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the chil dren of Reuben, and unto half the tribe 19 For we will not inherit with them of Manassel the son of Joseph, the on yonder side Jordan,or forward; be-kingdom of Silion king of the Amorcause our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 ¶ And Moses said unto them,If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the Lond to war, 21 And will go all of you armed, over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, ites, 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 T And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, aim, 36 And Beth-nimrah, aud Beth-baran, 22 And the land be subdued before fenced cities; and folds for sheep. the LORD: then afterward ye shall re-¦ 37 And the children of Reuben built turn and be guiltless before the LouD, Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathand before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LonD. 23 But if ye will not do so,behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: aud be sure your sin will find you out. 24 Build you cities for your little 39 And the children of Machir the ones, and folds for your sheep; and (son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon,(their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the citie: which they builded. Journeys of NUMBERS. took it, and dispossessed the Amorite] which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. CHAP. XXXIII. Tchidren of Israel, which went HESE are the journeys of the forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow af ter the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. 6 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses,and pitched in Succoth, 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-habiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol. the Israelites 13 And they departed from Dophikalų and encamped in Alush. 14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to driuk. 15 And they departed from Rephi dim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrath-hat taavab. 17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah,and encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed fromHazeroth, and pitched in Rithimah. 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Kinmon-parez. 20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. 21 And they removed from Libnalı, and pitched at Rissal. 22 And they journeyed from Rissab, and pitched in Kehelathab. 23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makbeloth. 26 And they removed from Makhe loth, and encamped at Tabath. 27 And they departed from Tahath. and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mitheah. 29 And they went from Mitheah, and pitched in Hashmonah. 30 Aud they departed from Hash monah, and encamped at Moseroth. 31 And they departed fromMoseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from Bene. jaakan, and encamped at Hor-bagidgad. 8 And they departed from before Pibahiroth,and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilder- 33 And they went from Hor-hagid ness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. gad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 9 And they removed from Marab, 34 And they removed from Jotba and came unto Elim: and in Elim avere twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. 11 And they removed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. thah, and encamped at Ebronab. 35 And they departed fromEbronal, and encaniped at Ezion-gaber. 36 And they removed from Ezion gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh, 37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor in the edge of the land of Edom. 12 And they took their journey out 38 And Aaron the priest went up into of the wilderness of Sin, and encampmount Hor at the commandmentol the ed in Doplikah. ILORD, and died there, in the fortieth Canaanites doomed. CHAP. XXXIV. Burders of the land year after the children of Israel were inhabitants of the land from before come out of the land of Egypt, in the you; then it shall come to pass, that first day of the fifth month. those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 39 And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from Mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonab. 42 And they departed from Zalmonal, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from and pitched in Oboth. Punon, 56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that 1 shall do unto you as I thought to do unto them. CHAP. XXXIV, AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel,' and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an in 44 And they departed from Oboth, heritance, even the land of Canaan, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the bor-with the coast thereof :) der of Moab. 3 Then your south quarter shall be 45 And they departed from Lim, and from the wilderness of Zin, along by pitched in Dibon-gad. the coast of Edom, and your south 46 And they removed from Dibon-border shall be the outmost coast of gad, and encamped in Almon-dibla- the salt sea eastward, thaim. 4 And your border shall turn from 47 And they removed from Almon-the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, diblathaim, and pitched in the moun- and pass on to Zin: and the going tains of Abarim, before Nebo. forth thereof shall be from the south 48 And they departed from the moun- to Kadesh-baruea, and shall go on to tains of Abarim, and pitched in the Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon. plains of Moab, by Jordan, near Jeri-| 5 And the border shall fetch a comcho. pass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim, in the plains of Moab. 6 And as for the western border, ye 50 T And the LORD spake unto Mo-shall even have the great sea for a borses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, der: this shall be your west border. near Jericho, saying, 7 And this shall be your north_bor61 Speak unto the children of Israel, der: from the great sea ye shall point and say unto them, When ye are passed out for you mount Hor. over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out 52 Then ye shall drive out all the in-[your border unto the entrance of Hahabitants of the land from before you, math; and the goings forth of the and destroy all their pictures, and de-border shall be to Zedad. stroy all their molten images, and 9 And the border shall go on to Ziph quite pluck down all their high places. Iron, and the goings out of it shall be 53 And ye shall dispossess the in-at Hazar-enan: this shall be your habitants of the land, and dwell there- north border. in; for I have given you the land to possess it. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham 54 And ye shall divide the land by 11 And the coast shall go down from lot for an inheritance among your fam-Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of ilies; and to the more ye shall give Ain: and the border shall descend, the more inheritance, and to the fewer and shall reach unto the side of the ye shall give the less inheritance: sea of Chinereth, eastward. every man's inheritance shall be in 12 And the border shall go down to the place where his lot falleth; ac- Jordan, and the goings out of it shall cording to the tribes of your fathers be at the salt sea: this shall be your ye shall inherit. land, with the coast thereof round 65 But if ye will not drive out the [about. Borders of the land. NUMBERS. 13 And Moses commanded the chil dren of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe. Cities of Refugc. CHAP. XXXV. the plains of Moab, by Jordan, ND the LORD spake unto Moses in near Jericho, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, 14 For the tribe of the children of that they give unto the Levites, of the Reuben,according to the house of their inheritance of their possession, cities fathers, and the tribe of the children to dwell in; and ye shall give also of Gad, according to the house of their unto the Levites suburbs for the cities fathers, have received their inheri-round about them. tance, and half the tribe of Manasseb¦ 3 And the cities shall they have to bave received their inheritance: 15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan, near Jericho, eastward, toward the sun-rising. dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. 4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shull 16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mu-[reach from the wall of the city and out ses, saying, 17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. ward a thousand cubits round about. 5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thou sand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side in-two thousand cubits, and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. 18 And ye shall take one price of every tribe, to divide the land by heritance. 19 And the names of the men are these of the tribe of Judab, Caleb the son of Jephunneb. 6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall, 20 And of the tribe of the children be six cities for refuge, which ye shall of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Am-appoint for the manslayer, that he may mikud. flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 21. Of the tribe of Benjamiu, Elidad the son of Chislon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the chil 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son ofdren of Israel : from them that have Ephod. 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the sou of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahilud the sou of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammibud. many ye shall give many; but from 10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan, 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. 29 These are they whom the LonD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel, in the land | 13 And of these cities which ye shab give, six cities shall ye have for refuge. of Canaan. Cities of Refuge. CHAP. XXXVI Gilead's inheritance. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty side Jordan, and three cities shall ye of blood. give in the land of Canaan, which 28 Because he should have remained shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them; that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he emite him with an instrument of iron,so that he die, be is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. in the city of his refuge until the death 17 And if be smite him with throw-cause him to die. ing a stone, wherewith he may die, 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisand he die, he is a murderer: the mur-faction for the life of a murderer, derer shall surely be put to death. which is guilty of death: but he shall 18 Or if he smite him with a hand-be surely put to death. weapon of wood, wherewith he may 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction die, and he die, he is a murderer:for him that is fled to the city of his the murderer shall surely be put to refuge, that he should come again to death. dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him he shall slay him. 20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or burl at him by laying of wait, that he die; 21 Or in enmity smite him with bis hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansedof the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for 1 the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. CHAP. XXXVI. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly AND the chief fathers of the fami without enmity,or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait; lies 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: 23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die,seeing him not, and cast it upon him that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 2And they said,The LORD command. 24 Then the congregation shall judge ed my lord to give the land for an inbetween the slayer and the revenger of heritance by lot to the children of Is blood, according to these judgments: rael: and my lord was commanded by 25 And the congregation shall deliver the LORD to give the inheritance of the slayer out of the hand of the re-Zelophehad our brother unto his venger of blood, and the congregation daughters. shall restore him to the city of bis refuge, whither he was fled; and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was ar.ointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shal' at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the chil dren of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 27 And the revenger of blood find 4 And when the jubilee of the chilhim without the borders of the city of dren of Israel shall be, then shall their fus refuge, and the revenger of blood [inheritance be put unto the inherit |