The borders of the land. 1 Chap. xxxv. The laws of murder. is The two tribes and the half tribe 5 And ye fhall measure from without have received their inheritance on this the city on the eaft fide two thoufand fide Jordan near Jericho caftward, to-cubits, and on the fouth fide two thouward the funrifing. 16¶ And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, fand cubits, and on the weft fide two thoufand cubits, and on the north fide two thousand cubits; and the city hall be in the midft: this fhall be to them the fuburbs of the cities. 17 Thefe are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the fon of Nun. 6.¶ And among the cities which ye 18 And ye fhall take one prince of fhall give unto the Levites there fhall be every tribe, to divide the land by inhe-fix cities for refuge, which ye fhall ap ritance. point for the manflayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 19 And the names of the men are thefe: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the fon of Jephunneb. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the fon of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the fon of Chiflon. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites all be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their fuburbs. 8 And the cities which ye thall give Shall be of the poffeffion of the children of 22 And the prince of the tribe of the Ifrael: from them that have many ye fhall children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. give many; but from them that have few 23 The prince of the children of Jo-ye fhall give few: every one shall give of feph, for the tribe of the children of Ma- his cities unto the Levites according to haffeh, Hanniel the fon of Ephod. his inheritance which he inheriteth. 9¶ And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 24 And the prince of the tribe of the Children of Ephraim, Kemuel the fon of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the fon of Parnach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Iffachar, Paltiel the fon of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Alher, Ahihud the fon of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. 29 These are they whom the LORD COMmanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Ifrael in the land of Canaan. CHAP. XXXV. Eight and forty cities given to the Le- A to Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; II Then ye hall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the flayer may flee thither, which killeth any perfon at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manflayer die not, until he ftand before the congregation in judgment. 13 And of thefe cities which ye fhall give fix cities fhall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye fhall give three cities on this fide Jordan, and three cities fhall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. 15 Thefe fix cities fhall be a refuge, both for the children of Ifrael, and for the ftranger, and for the fojourner among them: that every one that killeth any perfon unawares may flee thither. 16 And if he fmite him with an inftrument of iron, fo that he die, he is å murderer: the murderer fhall furely be put to death. 2 Command the children of Ifrael, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their poffefflon cities to dwell in; and ye fhall give alfo unto the 17 And if he fmite him with throwing Levites fuburbs for the cities round a-a ftone, wherewith he may die, and he bout them. die, he is a murderer: the murderer fhall furely be put to death. And the cities fhall they have to dwell in; and the fuburbs of them fhall' be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.. 4 And the fuburbs of the cities, which ye fhall give unto the Levites, hall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. 18 Or if he fmite him with an bandweapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer fhall furely be put together. 19 The revenger of blood himself shall flay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he fhall flay him. L 20 But The laws of murder. NUMBERS. Inheritance of daughters faved. 20 But if he thruft him of hatred, or of the children of Gilead, the for hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; AND the chief fathers of the families 21 Or in enmity fmite him with his of Machir, the fon of Manaffeh, of the hand, that he die: he that fmote him families of the fons of Jofeph, came near, fhall furely be put to death; for he is a and fpake before Mofes, and before the murderer: the revenger of blood fhall flay princes, the chief fathers of the children the murderer, when he meeteth him. of Ifrael: 22 But if he thruft him fuddenly without enmity, or have caft upon him any thing without laying of wait, 23 Or with any ftone, wherewith a man may die, feeing him not, and caft it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither fought his harm: 24 Then the congregation fhall judge between the flayer and the revenger of blood according to thefe judgments: 2 And they faid, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Ifrael: 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 fons of the other tribes of the children of Ifrael, then fhall their inheritance 25 And the congregation fhall deliver be taken from the inheritance of our fathe flayer out of the hand of the revenger thers, and shall be put to the inheritance of blood, and the congregation fhall re- of the tribe whereunto they are received: ftore him to the city of his refuge, whi- fo fhall it be taken from the lot of our ther he was fled: and he fhall abide in it inheritance. unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the flayer fhall at any time 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, and the revenger of blood kill the flayer; he fhall not be guilty of blood: 28 Becaufe he fhould have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high prieft: but after the death of the high prieft the flayer shall return into the land of his poffeffion. 29 So these things fhall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 4 And when the juhile of the children of Ifrael fhall be, then fhall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: fo fhall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. 5 And Mofes commanded the children of Ifrael according to the word of the LORD, faying, The tribe of the fons of Jofeph hath faid well. 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, faying, Let them marry to whom they think beft; only to the family of the tribe of their father fhall they marry, 30 Whofo killeth any perfon, the mur- 7 So fhall not the inheritance of the derer fhall be put to death by the mouth children of Ifrael remove from tribe to of witneffes: but one witnefs thall not tef-tribe: for every one of the children of tify against any perfon to caufe him to die. Ifrael fhall keep himself to the inheritance 31 Moreover ye fhall take no fatisfac-of the tribe of his fathers. tion for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he fhall be furely put to death. 32 And ye fhall take no fatisfaction 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 prieft. 33 So ye fhall not pollute the land wherein ye are for blood it defileth the land and the land cannot be cleanfed of the blood that is fhed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 Defile not therefore the land which ye fhall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Ifrael. CHAP. XXXVI. The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters is remedied. 10 The marriage af the daughters of Zelophehad, 8 And every daughter, that poffeffeth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Ifrael, fhall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Jfrael may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.. 9 Neither fhall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Ifrael fhall keep himself to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: II For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' fons: 12 And they were married into the families Mofes rebearfeth the ftory Chap. i. of God's promife. families of the fons of Manaffeh the fon | the judgments, which the LORD comof Jofeph, and their inheritance remained manded by the hand of Mofes unto the in the tribe of the family of their father. children of Ifrael in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 13 These are the commandments and THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. I. 1 Mofes in the end of the fortieth gear briefly rebearfeth the story, 6 of God's promife, 34 and his anger for their incredulity, 41 and difobedience. THE HESE be the words which Mofes fpake unto all Ifrael on this fide Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Fåran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadefh-barnea.) 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Ifrael, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; 4 After he had flain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Hefhbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Aftaroth in Edrei: 5 On this fide Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Mofes to declare this law, faying, 61.The LORD our God fpake unto us in Horeb, faying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: 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 fouth, and by the fea fide, to the land of the Canaanites, and. unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have fet the land before you go in and poffefs the land which the LORD fware unto your fathers, Abraham, Ifaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their feed after them. 9 And I fpake unto you at that time, faying, I am not able to bear you myfelf alone: To The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the ftars of heaven for multitude. II (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times fo many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 13 Take you wife men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 14 And ye anfwered me, and faid, The thing which thou haft spoken is good for us to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wife men, and known, and 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. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, faying, Hear the caufes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 17 Ye shall not refpect perfons in judgment; but ye fhall 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 caufe that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye fhould do. 19 And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye faw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. 20 And I faid 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 fet the land before thee: go up and poffefs it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath faid unto thee; fear not, neither be difcouraged. 22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and faid, We will fend men before us, and they shall fearch us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we muft go up, and into what cities we shall come. I 23 And the faying pleafed me well: and 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 Efhcol, and fearched 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 12 How can I myself alone bear your faid, It is a good land which the LORD cumbrance, and your burden, and your four God doth give us. Strife? L 2 26 Notwith. God's anger for disobedience. DEUTERONOMY. A repetition of former things 26 Notwithstanding ye would not go that the LORD our God commanded us up, but rebelled against the command-And when ye had girded on every man ment of the LORD your God: his weapons of war, ye were ready to 27 And ye murmured in your tents, go up into the hill. and faid, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 28 Whither fhall we go up? our brethren have difcouraged our heart, faying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have feen the fons of the Anakims there. 29 Then I faid unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. 30 The LORD your God which goeth before you, he fhall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; 3 And in the wildernefs, where thou haft feen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his fon, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, 33 Who went in the way before you, to fearch you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to fhew you by what way ye fhould go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, faying, 35 Surely there fhall not one of these men of this evil generation fee that good land, which I fware to give unto your fathers, 36 Save Caleb the fon of Jephunneh; he hall fee 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 Alfo the LORD was angry with me for your fakes, faying, Thou alfo fhalt not go in thither. 42 And the LORD faid unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for am not among you; left ye be smitten before your enemies. I 43 So I fpake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went prefumptuously up into the hill. 44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chafed you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. 46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. CHA P. II. I The ftory is continued touching the Edomites, 9 the Moabites, 18 the Ammonites, 24 and Sihon the Amorite: HEN we turned, and took our jour. THE ney into the wildernefs by the way of the Red fea, as the LORD fpake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. 2 And the LORD fpake unto me, faying, 3 Ye have compaffed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. 4 And command thou the people, faying, Ye are to pats through the coaft of your brethren the children of Efau, which dwell in Seir; and they fhall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto your felves therefore: 5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not fo much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Efau for a poffeffion. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also 38 But Joshua the fon of Nun, which buy water of them for money, that ye ftandeth before thee, he thall go in thi-may drink. ther encourage him: for he thall caufe 7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed Ifrael to inherit it. thee in all the works of thy hand: he 39 Moreover your little ones, which knoweth thy walking through this great ye faid thould be a prey, and your chil-wildernefs: thefe forty years the LORD dren, which in that day had no know thy God hath been with thee; thou hast ledge between good and evil, they hall lacked nothing. go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they fhall poffefs it. 40 But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red fea. 41 ¶ Then ye anfwered and faid unto me, We have finned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all 8 And when we paffed by from our brethren the children of Efau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and paffed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. 9 T And the LORD faid unto me, Diftrefs not the Moabites, neither contend touching the Edomites, Chap. ii. Moabites, Ammonites, c. with them in battle: for I will not give and pass over the river Arnon: behold, thee of their land for a poffeffion; be- I have given into thine hand Sihon the cause I have given Ar unto the children Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: of Lot for a poffeffion. begin to poffefs it, and contend with him in battle. 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; II Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims. 12 The Horims alfo dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Efau fucceeded them, when they had deftroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their ftead; as Ifrael did unto the land of his poffeffion, which the LORD gave unto them. 13 Now rife up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the space in which we came from Kadefh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wafted out from among the host, as the LORD fware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against thèm, to destroy them from among the hoft, until they were confumed. 16 So it came to pafs, when all the men of war were confumed and dead from among the people, 17 That the LORD fpake unto me, faying, 18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coaft of Moab, this day: 19 And when thou comeft nigh over against the children of Ammon, diftrefs them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any poffeflion; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a poffeffion. 20 (That alfo was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; 21 A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD deftroyed them before them; and they fucceeded them, and dwelt in their ftead: 22 As he did to the children of Efau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they fucceeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, deftroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) 24 Rife ye up, take your journey, 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 fhall hear report of thee, and fhall tremble, and be in anguish becaufe of thee. 26 And I fent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Hefhbon with words of peace, faying, 27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. 28 Thou shalt fell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pafs through on my feet; 29 (As the children of Efau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pafs over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 30 But Sihon king of Hefhbon would not let us pafs by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his fpirit, and made his heart obftinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. 31 And the LORD faid unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to poffefs, that thou mayeft inherit his land. 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 33 And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we fmote him, and his fons, and all his people. 34 And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain : 35 Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourfelves, and the fpoil of the cities which we took. 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 ftrong for us : the LORD our God delivered all unto us: 37 Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou cameft not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatfoever the LORD our God forbad us. CHAP. III. Of Og king of Bashan. 23 Mofes prayer to enter into the land. 26 He is permitted to fee it. HEN we turned, and went up the way to Bafhan': and Og the king |