may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon B. C. 1451. him that he die, and was not his enemy, a c.27.1,7. neither sought his harm; 24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: ver.12. Jos.23.6. unto whom they shall be. 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 high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any timed Le.25.10, come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; 27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, c Ex.29.7. &c. and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; 22 no blood ne shall not be guilty of blood; shall be on 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the c.27.7. high priest; but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you, throughout your generations, in all your dwellings. 3 be wives. g 2 Co.6.14. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not tes- De.17.6. tify against any person to cause him to die. 31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death; but he shall be surely put to death. 5 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the high priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 19.15. Mat.18.16. 2 Co.13.1. He.10.28. i 1 Ki.21.3. cleave to. ch.23.22. faulty to die. k 2 Ki.24.4. 35. Law of inheritance 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 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritanee 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. 4 And when the jubilee 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 well. 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry: 7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for every one of the children of Israel shall keep i himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. 4 8 And every daughter, that possesseth any 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 shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their fathpEx.29.45,46. er's brothers' sons. there can be for the land. no expiation 1 Ge.9.6. Pn Le.18.25. 34 Defile not " therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. CHAP. XXXVI. De.21.23. c.27.1. 1 Ki.6.13. AND the chief fathers of the families were of the lies of the sons of Manasseh, the son of ་ of God's promise. Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, unto B. C. 1451. all the things which ye should do. Kadesh-barnea.) 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, 1 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land g of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have 2 set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD Sware h unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them, and to their seed after them. 9 And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: 10 The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. k Ex.19.1. Nu.10.11. all his Nu. 13.3,&c. neighbours. given. Ge.12.7. 22.16-18. 26.3,4. 28.13,14. Ex.18.18. a 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came eto Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. 21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. 22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. 23 And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: 24 And they turned, and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD cur God doth give us. 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Ps.106.24,25. the LORD your God: Nu.11.14. k Ge.15.5. I c.9.28. 27 And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 11 (The LORD m God of your fathers m 2 Sa.24.3. hath brought us forth out of the land of make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 13 Take ye wise men, and understand-4 gire. ing, and known among your tribes, and I pNu.13.28,33. will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and 5 made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have 3 discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven: and, moreover, we have seen the sons of the P Anakims there. 29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The LORD your God, which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. t 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, Eze.20.6. 33 Who went in the way before you, acknowledge to search you out a place to pitch your Le.19.15. tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should and in a cloud by go, faces. Pr.24.23. z Jer.1.17. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the " judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time] 153 c.2.14,15. Nu.14.22, &c. day. Seed of Esau and Lot spared. DEUTERONOMY, II. History of the Moabites, &c. land, which I sware to give unto your B. C. 1451. that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy fathers, water of them for money, that ye may drink. 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. 37 Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: Ju.11.18. encourage him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. i e Nu.14.30. 27.18-23. f c.31.7,23. g 1 Ki.9.26. or, use no hostility against Moab. h Nu.14.31. 39 Moreover, h your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall Ro.9.11. go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. 40 But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness, by the way of the Red sea. j Nu.21.28. Nu.14.25. m Ge.14.5. n Nu.14.40, &c. 0 Nu.13.22,23. c.9.2. 41 Then " ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD; we will go up, and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man p Ge.14.6. his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. 43 So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the mandment of the LORD, and went sumptuously up into the hill. 3 inherited them. or, room. q Jos.7.12,13. 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand; he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee, thou hast lacked nothing. 8 And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, & and from Ezion-gaber, we turned, and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 And the LORD said unto me, 2 Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. k 10 The Emims m dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 15 For indeed the hand w of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed, and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD spake unto me, saying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: 19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. 20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time, and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;d 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: B. C. 1451. 1 a Nu.21.33-35. c.29.7. &c. c c.1.4. d 2 Ch.20.17. 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they b Ge.36.20, succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Ha-e zerim, even unto Azzah, the & Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, with words of peace,' saying, 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high-way; I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; Jos.13.3. ƒ Je.25.20. Ge.10.14. Am.9.7. g h Nu.21.24. Nu.21.13,14. Ju.11.18,21. begin, possess. Ex.15.14-16. Jos.2.9,10. 1 Ki4.13. 22. c.20.10. Nu.21.21, c.2.24. 136.19-21. Ps.135.10-12. Jos.11.12,14. 29 (As the children of Esau which p Nu.20.18. dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan, into the land which the LORD c.4.48,49. our God giveth us. t 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. r Ps.29.6. s 1 Ch 5.23. Eze.27.5. Nu.21.23. u Jos.12.5. 13.11. Ex.4.21. 11.10. Jos.11.20. Ro.9.18,22. 31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou z 2 Sa.12.26. mayest inherit his land. TH Allotment of the conquered land. CHAP. III. THEN we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and "Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.c 2 And the LORD said unto me, d Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 3 So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. 4 And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5 All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. 8 And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; 9 (Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir:) 10 All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; to Am.2.9. behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he y Nu.21.23,24. and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. b 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed 2 the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left noned to remain: 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. 2 z c.29.7. 12 And this land, which we possessed at a Jos.12.2,&c. that time, from Aroer, " which is by the 13.9,&c. river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and 29.7. the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reuevery city of benites and to the Gadites. b c.20.16. men, and women, and little ones. c Jos.13.29. d c.7.2,26. 36 From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any! place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the Ge.32.22. cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbad us. ver.5,9,19. 155 13 And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. 14 Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 16 And unto the Reubenites, and unto the Gadites, I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon, half the valley, and the border, even unto the river Jabbok, which a Jos.12.2,3. command you. again exhorts to obedience. is a the border of the children of Ammon: B. C. 1451. mandments of the LORD your God which I 1 18 And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shalle pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. little ones, 19 But your wives, and your Ps. 106.28,29. d Nu.26.64. the springs Ac.11.23. &c. 2 sons of g Pr.22.19,20. h Job 28.28. 111.10. 20 Until the LORD have given rest unto 21 And I commanded Joshua at that 24 O LORD God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? 25 I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 26 But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. n Is.43.1.2. r c.6.7;11.19. 2.Sa.7.22. 89.6,8. 3 heart. 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep, therefore, and do them: for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. i 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; น 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear to me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the 3 midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of save a voice. the words, but saw no similitude; only 5 ye y Ki.19.12.heard a voice." Is.30.21. Nu.27.18,23. c.1.38. 31.3,7. a Ex.34.28. b Ex.31.18. c Ex.21,&c. d c.4.46. e Jos.23.11. g Eze.20.11. Ro.10.5. i Ex.32.7. j c.12.32. Re.22.18,19. k Ex.20.4,5. 156 |