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congregation of the Lord. Now therefore kill every male among the captives. Kill also every woman, who hath lain. 18 with man. But save alive, for yourselves, every captive among the women, who hath not known a man. And abide without 19 the camp seven days. Every one who hath slain, or who hath

touched one slain, must be purified on the third day, and on 20 the seventh day, including yourselves and your captives. And you must purify every covering, and every vessel made of skin, and every hair cloth, and every utensil of wood.

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Then Eleazar the priest, said to the men of the army, who came from the war, This is the ordinance of the law, which 22 the Lord gave in charge to Moses, Besides the gold, and the silver, and the brass, and the iron, and the lead, and the tin, every thing which can pass through fire must be purified by 23 fire; but the rest are to be purified by the water of purification only. Whatever cannot pass through fire must pass 24 through water. And on the seventh day you must wash your clothes, and you shall be clean; and after that you may come into the camp.

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Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Take the sum of 26 the captivated prey both of man and beast; thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the con27 gregation. And you shall divide the prey between the warriors 28 who went to battle, and the whole congregation. And you shall set apart as a tribute to the Lord, from the warriors who went out to battle, one in five hundred from the captives, and from the beasts, namely, the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses. 29 These you shall take from their half, and give to Eleazar the 30 priest, as a portion set apart for the Lord. And from the chil

dren of Israel's half thou shalt take one in fifty of the captives, and of the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses-of all these beasts. And these thou shalt give to the Levites, who keep 31 the watch at the tabernacle of the Lord. So Moses and Eleazar 32 the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. And the whole

amount of the booty which the warriors had taken, was, of 33 sheep six hundred and seventy five thousand; of cattle seven34 ty two thousand, and sixty one thousand asses; and of the 35 human species, namely, of the women who had not known 36 man, all the souls were thirty two thousand. So that the half

which was the share of those who went to war, was, from the

number of sheep, three hundred and thirty seven thousand 37 five hundred; of which the tribute for the Lord was six hun38 dred and seventy five; and of cattle, thirty six thousand, 39 of which the tribute for the Lord was seventy two; and of asses, 40 thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the Lord was sixty one; and the human beings were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for the Lord was thirty two. 41 And this tribute for the Lord, this dedication made to God by setting it apart, Moses gave to Eleazar the priest as the 42 Lord commanded Moses. And from the half belonging to the children of Israel, between whom and the warriors Moses had made the division; now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred sheep, thirty six thousand cattle, thirty thousand five hundred asses, and 47 of human beings, sixteen thousand-from this half, belonging to the children of Israel, Moses took one in fifty, of man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Then all the officers over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came to 49 Moses, and said to him, Thy servants have taken an account

of all the warriors who were with us, and there is not one of 50 them missing. We have therefore brought, as every man

chanced to find a jewel of gold, either a necklace, or a bracelet, or a ring, or an ornament for the right arm, or a chain, to 51 make atonement for us before the Lord. So Moses and Elea

zar the priest, received from them the gold-all the wrought 52 jewels; and the whole amount of the gold, the dedication which they set apart for the Lord, was, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This they received from the cap53 tains of thousands, and captains of hundreds. Of the spoil,

which the warriors made every man for himself, Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thou54 sands, and the captains of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the testimony, to be a memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.

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Now the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, had a great multitude of cattle, and having taken a view of the

country of Jazer, and the region of Galaad, and seen that it 2 was a place fit for stock, the Reubenites and the Gadites came to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the chiefs of the 3 congregation and said, Ataroth, and Daibon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabo, and 4 Baian, the land which the Lord delivered up before the children of Israel, is a land fit for raising stock, and thy servants 5 have cattle; if therefore, said they, we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a posses6 sion, and cause us not to cross the Jordan. Whereupon Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, Must your bre7 thren go to war, and you sit still here? Besides, why do you divert the thoughts of the Israelites from crossing over into the 8 land which the Lord giveth them? Did not your fathers do so, when I sent them from Kades-Barne to view the land? 9 When they had passed through the valley of grapes, and view

ed the land, they discouraged the heart of the Israelites from 10 going to the land which the Lord gave them; and the anger 11 of the Lord was kindled that day, and he sware saying, These men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upwards, who know good and evil, shall not see the land, which I with an oath promised to Abraham, and Isaak, and 12 Jacob; (for they have not followed me) save Chaleb, son of

Jephonne, who separated himself from them, and Joshua, son 13 of Nave, because they followed the Lord. So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he led them about in the wilderness forty years, until all that generation, who had done 14 evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. Behold you are risen up in your fathers' stead, a set of sinful men, to augment 15 the wrath of the Lord against Israel. For by turning away from him, to cause him to leave you still in the wilderness, you will transgress against the whole congregation.

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Upon this they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepcots here for our cattle, and cities for our families, but 17 we ourselves, completely armed, will march in the van before 18 the children of Israel, until we bring them to their place. Our

families indeed must dwell in walled cities, because of the inhabitants of the land, that we may not be under a necessity of returning to our houses, until the children of Israel are

19 parcelled out, every one in his possession. Moreover we will not take a share with them of the land beyond the river Jordan, because we have got our share on the eastern side of the Jordan. 20 Then Moses said to them, If you will act agreeably to what

you say—if you will arm yourselves for battle before the Lord, 21 and every one, completely armed, will cross the Jordan before

the Lord, until his enemy be crushed before him, and the land 22 subdued before the Lord, after this you shall return, and be

guiltless before the Lord, and acquitted by Israel, and this land 23 shall be your possession before the Lord. But if you do not

act in this manner, you will sin against the Lord, and you 24 shall be sensible of your sin, when evils overtake you. Build therefore cities for your families, and sheepcots for your cat25 tle, and perform what hath proceeded out of your mouth. And

the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad spake to Moses, say26 ing, Thy servants will do as our Lord commandeth; our fa

milies, and our wives, and our cattle, shall remain in the cities 27 of Galaad; but we thy servants will cross over, all armed, and ar28 rayed for battle before the Lord, as our lord saith. Then Moses

convened with them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua, son of Nave, and the chiefs of the patriarchal houses of the tribes of Israel, 29 and said to them, If the Reubenites and the Gadites cross the Jordan with you, every one armed for battle before the Lord, when you shall have subdued the land before you, you 30 shall give them the land of Galaad for a possession. But if they decline to cross with you, armed for battle before the Lord; you shall drive before you their families, and their wives, and their cattle, into the land of Chanaan, and they shall have a 31 portion with you in the land of Chanaan. And the Reubenites

and the Gadites answered, saying, All that our lord saith to 32 his servants we will do. We will cross over, completely arm

ed before the Lord, into the land of Chanaan, and you shall 33 give us our possession on this side of the Jordan. So Moses gave them, namely, to the Gadites and the Reubenites, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses, one of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and the cities, with the bounda34 ries thereof, even the cities of the land round about. And the 35 Gadites rebuilt Daibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, and Sophar,

36 and Jazer, and raised these, namely, Namram and Baithara, 37 fenced cities, and folds for sheep. And the Reubenites rebuilt

Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham, and Beelmeon, which 38 they enclosed all around, and Sebama; and they named the 39 cities which they rebuilt after their own names. Now a de

scendant of Machir, son of Manasses, had gone to Galaad, and 40 taken it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt there. So Mo

ses gave Galaad to the community of Machir, son of Manas41 ses, and they dwelt there. And Jair, of the tribe of Manasses,

went and took their sheepcots, and called them the sheep42 cots of Jair. And Nabau went and took Kaath, and its villages, and called them Naboth after his own name. XXXIII. Now these are the encampments of the Israelites. When they came out of the land of Egypt, with their army, 2 by the ministry of Moses and Aaron, Moses committed to writing their removals and encampments, by the command of the Lord, and these are the encampments of their march.

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They removed from Ramesses, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the next morning after the passover, the Israelites came out with a high hand, in the 4 sight of all the Egyptians, while they were burying their dead -all those whom the Lord had smitten-even all the first born of the land of Egypt. When the Lord had executed 5 vengeance on their gods, the children of Israel, removing 6 from Ramesses, encamped at Sokchoth. And removing from

Sokchoth, they encamped at Bouthan, which is a part of 7 the wilderness. And they removed from Bouthan, and encamped at the mouth of Eirath, which is over against Beelsep8 phon. They encamped also over against Magdolus. And they removed from over against Eirath, and crossed through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and having marched three days' journey through the wilderness, they encamped at 9 Bitterness. And they removed from Bitterness, and came to Ailam. Now at Ailam there were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees. So they encamped there by the water. 10 And they removed from Ailam, and encamped by the Red 11 sea. And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in 12 the wilderness of Sin. And they removed from the wilderness 13 of Sin, and encamped at Raphaka. And they removed from

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