The Midianites fpoiled,

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7 And they warred against the Midian ites, as the LORD commanded Mofes and they flew all the males.

and Balaam fain, 8 But if her husband difallowed her | Phinehas the fon of Eleazar the priest, on the day that he heard it; then he fhall to the war, with the holy inftruments make her vow which the vowed, and and the trumpets to blow in his hand. that which the uttered with her lips, wherewith the bound her foul, of none effect and the LORD fhall forgive her. 9 ¶ But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their fouls, fhall stand against her. 10 And if the vowed in her husband's houfe, or bound her foul by a bond with an oath ;

11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and difallowed her not; then all her vows fhall ftand, and every bond wherewith the bound her foul fhall Яand.

12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her foul, fhall not ftand: her husband hath made them yoid; and the LORD fhall forgive her.

13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the foul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

8 And they flew the kings of Midian, befide the reft of them that were flain namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam alfo the fon of Beor they flew with the fword.

9 And the children of Ifrael took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly caftles, with fire.

II And they took all the fpoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beafts.

12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the fpoil, unto Mofes, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congre gation of the children of Ifrael, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.

14 But if her husband altogether hold 13 And Mofes, aud Eleazar the priest, his peace at her from day to day; then and all the princes of the congregation, he establisheth all her vows, or all her went forth to meet them without the bonds, which are upon her: he confirm-camp. eth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

15 But if he fhall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

16 Thefe are the ftatutes, which the LORD commanded Mofes, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's houfe.

CHAP. XXXI.

1 The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam fain. 19 How the foldiers, c. are to be purified, 25 and the prey divided.

14 And Mofes was wroth with the officers of the hoft, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hun dreds, which came from the battle.

Is And Mofes faid unto them, Have ye faved all the women alive?

16 Behold, thefe caufed the children of Ifrael, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying

AND the LORD fpake unto Mofes, with him.

faying,

18 But all the women children, that 2 Avenge the children of Ifrael of the have not known a man by lying with him, Midianites: afterward shalt thou be ga-keep alive for yourfelves. thered unto thy people.

3 And Mofes fpake unto the people, faying, Arm fome of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.

4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Ifrael, fhall ye fend to the war.

5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Ifrael, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 And Mofes fent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and

19 ¶ And do ye abide without the camp feven days: whofoever hath killed any perfon, and whofoever hath touched any flain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the feventh day.

20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of fkins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

21 And Eleazar the priest faid unto the men of war which went to the bat tle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Mofes ; 22 Only

The dividing of the prey.

Chap. xxxii. 22 Only the gold and the filver, the brafs, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye fhall make it go through the fire, and it fhall be clean: nevertheless it fhall be purified with the water of feparation: and all that abideth not the fire ye fhall make go through the water.

24 And ye fhall wash your clothes on the feventh day, and ye fhall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 25 ¶ And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

26 Take the fum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

The voluntary oblation. fand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two perfons.

41 And Mofes gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the prieft, as the LORD commanded Mofes.

42 And of the children of Ifrael's half, which Mofes divided from the men that warred,

43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thoufand and seven thousand and five hundred fheep,

44 And thirty and fix thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand affes and five hundred,

46 And fixteen thousand perfons;) 27 And divide the prey into two parts; 47 Even of the children of Ifrael's half, between them that took the war upon Mofes took one portion of fifty, both of them, who went out to battle, and be-man and of beaft, and gave them unto tween all the congregation: the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle one foul of five hundred, both of the perfons, and of the beeves, and of the affes, and of the sheep:

29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.

30 And of the children of Ifrael's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the perfons, of the beeves, of the affes, and of the flocks, of all manner of beafts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD.

31 And Mofes and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Mofes.

48 And the officers which were over thousands of the hoft, the captains of thoufands, and captains of hundreds,came near unto Mofes:

49 And they faid unto Mofes, Thy ferIvants have taken the fum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

50 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 fouls before the LORD.

51 And Mofes and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.

32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was fix hundred thoufand and seventy 52 And all the gold of the offering thousand and five thousand fheep, that they offered up to the LORD, of the 33 And threescore and twelve thou-captains of thoufands, and of the capfand beeves, tains of hundreds, was fixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty fhekels.

34 And threefcore and one thousand affes, 53 (For the men of war had taken 35 And thirty and two thousand per-fpoil, every man for himself.) fons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him.

54 And Mofes and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thou36 And the half, which was the portion fands and of hundreds, and brought it of them that went out to war, was in num-into the tabernacle of the congregation, ber three hundred thousand and feven and for a memorial for the children of Ifrael thirty thouland and five hundred fheep: before the LORD. 37 And the LORD's tribute of the fheep was fix hundred and threefcore and fifteen.

CHAP. XXXII.

The Reubenites and Gadites fue for their
inheritance on this fide Jordan.
OW the children of Reuben and the

38 And the beeves were thirty and fix children of Gad had a very great

thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threefcore and twelve.

39 And the affes were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threefcore and one.

40 And the perfons were fixteen thou

multitude of cattle: and when they faw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place suas a place for cattle;

2 The children of Gad and the children

The Reubenites and Gadites

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dren of Reuben came and spake unto Mofes, and to Eleazar the prieft, and unto the princes of the congregation, faying,

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Hefhbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

4 Even the country which the LORD fmote before the congregation of Ifrael, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

5 Wherefore, faid they, if we have found grace in thy fight, let this land be given unto thy fervants for a poffeffion, and bring us not over Jordan.

6 And Mofes faid unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and fhall ye fit here?

7 And wherefore difcourage ye the heart of the children of Ifrael from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

8 Thus did your fathers, when I fent them from Kadefh-barnea to fee the land. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Efhcol, and saw the land, they difcouraged the heart of the children of Ifrael, that they fhould not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the fame time, and he fware, saying,

11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, thall fee the land which I fware unto Abraham, unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

12 Save Caleb the fon of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Jofhua the fon of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Ifrael, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the fight of the LORD, was confumed.

14 And, behold, ye are rifen up in your father's ftead, an increase of finful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Ifrael.

15 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wildernefs; and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 And they came near unto him, and faid, We will build fheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Ifrael, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones fhall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 We will not return unto our houfes, until the children of Ifrael have inherited every man his inheritance.

Jue for their inheritance.

19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder fide Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this fide Jordan eastward.

20 And Mofes faid unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go 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 enemies from before him,

22 And the land be fubdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Ifrael; and this land fhall be your poffeffion before the LORD.

23 But if ye will not do fo, behold, ye have finned against the LORD: and be fure your fin will find you out.

24 Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your fheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

25 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben fpake unto Mofes, faying, Thy fervants will do as my lord commandeth.

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, fhall be there in the cities of Gilead:

27 But thy fervants will pafs over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord faith.

28 So concerning them Mofes commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the fon of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Ifrael:

29 And Mofes faid unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pafs with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land fhall be fubdued before you; then ye fhall give them the land of Gilead for a poffeffion:

30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they fhall have poffeffions among you in the land of Canaan.

31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben antwered, faying, As the LORD hath faid unto thy fervants, fo will we do.

32 We will pafs over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the poffeffion of our inheritance on this fide Jordan may be our's.

33 And Mofes gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manaffeh the fon of Jofeph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Ög king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coafts, even the cities of the country round about.

34 And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

Tavo and forty journeys

Chap. xxxiii.

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities and folds for fheep.

37 And the children of Reuben built Hefhbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaím, 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

39 And the children of Machir the fon of Manaffeh went to Gilead, and took it, and difpoffeffed the Amorite which was in it.

40 And Mofes gave Gilead unto Machir the fon of Manaffeh; and he dwelt therein.

41 And Jair the fon of Manaffeh 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.

Two and forty journeys of the Ifraclites. 50 The Canaanites are to be deftroyed. Tdren are tel, which went forth out HESE are the journeys of the chil

of the Ifraelites. 11 And they removed from the Red fea and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.

12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

14 And they removed from Alufh, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.

16 And they removed from the defert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.

17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped 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 Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.

21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Riffah.

22 And they journeyed from Riffah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

of the land of Egypt with their armies
under the hand of Mofes and Aaron.
2 And Mofes wrote their goings out ac-pher, and encamped in Haradah.
cording to their journeys by the command-
ment of the LORD: and these are their
journeys according to their goings out.

24 And they removed from mount Sha

3 And they departed from Ramefes in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the paffover the children of Ifrael went out with an high hand in the fight of all the Egyptians.

4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods alfo the LORD executed judgments.

5 And the children of Ifrael removed from Ramefes, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wildernefs.

7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

8 And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and paffed through the midft of the fea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.

9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threefcore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.

10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red fea..

25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

26 And they removed from Makhe. loth, and encamped at Tahath.

27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.

28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hafhmonah.

30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moferoth.

31 And they departed from Moferoth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.

32 And they removed from Bene-jaa◄ kan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.

33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

35 And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.

36 And they removed from Eziongaber, 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.

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 Ifrael were

come

twenty and three years old when he died AND the LORD fpake unto Mofes,

51 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When ye are paffed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; 9 And the border fhall go on to Ziph52 Then ye shall drive out all the in-ron, and the goings out of it shall be habitants of the land from before you, at Hazar-enan: this fhall be your north and destroy all their pictures, and destroy border. all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

ro And ye fhall point out your eaft border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

II And the coaft fhall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the eaft fide of Ain; and the border shall descend, and fhall reach unto the fide of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

12 And the border fhall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it fhall be at the falt fea: this fhall be your land with the coafts thereof round about.

13 And Mofes commanded the children of Ifrael, faying, This is the land which ye fhall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the houfe of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manaffeh have re Iceived their inheritance: