40 And kingArad the Canaanite, which dwelt feh 21, 1. in the south, in the land of Canaan, heard of the

q Ex. 15,27. and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they pitch-coming of the children of Israel. ed there.

10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped pitched in Zalmonah. by the Red Sea.

11 And they removed from the Red Sea, and en-ed in Punon, Ex. 16, 1, camped in the wilderness of 'Sin.

12 And they took their journey out of the wilder-' ness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

13 And they departed from Dophkah, and en-§ camped in Alush.

The borders of Canaan.

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CHAPTER XXXIV....XXXV.

Before heritance among your families; and to "the more ye} CHRIST shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye" shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.

u ch. 26, 54.

13.

X

55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of x Josh. 23, the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, I's. 106, 34, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks Ezek. 28,24. in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex y Ex. 23, 33. you in the land wherein ye dwell.

35

Josh. 23, 13. Judg. 2, S.

* Ps. 16, 6. & 7,55,

Acts 26, 12.

y

56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

The names of the men which shall divide the land.

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 inherbien. 10, itance, even the land of Canaan, with the coasts thereof,)

19.

Deut. 1, 7.

Ps.74, 17.

Acts 17, 26. 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilech. 5, 6. derness of Zin, along by the coast of " Edom; and Josh. 15, your south border shall be the outmost coast of the e salt sea eastward.

1, 2

The cities of refuge.

18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

X

Before CHRIST? 1451.

t ch. 13, 2. u Josh. 19,

19 And the names of the men are these: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunnch. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, 27. Shemuel the son of Ammibud.

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislou.

22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son 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, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

unto the & river of Egypt, and the goings out of it AND the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of

Josh. 15, 3. shall be at the sea.

Josh. 13, 5.

6 And as for the western border, you shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

7 And this shall be your north border; from the Deut. 39. great sea you shall point out for you " mount Hor. 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath: and the goings forth Amos 6, 2. of the border shall be to Zedad.

i Ezek. 47, 16, 17.

* Ezek 47,

k

9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at 'Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.

10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to "Shepham.

11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to "Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of • Chinnereth eastward.

a

51.

b Rev. 22,

15.

2 Command the children of Israel, that they give a unto the Levites, of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. 3 And the cities shall they have to 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, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward, 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 thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst; this shall be to them the suburbs of the city.

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12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall Kings be your land, with the coasts thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, Ps. 125, 2. 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. 8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the 14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben accord-possession of the children of Israel: from them that in they ing to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the have many ye shall give many: but from them that a ch.33, 54 children of Gad according to the house of their fa- have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his Gen. 15, 15, thers, have received their inheritance, and half the cities unto the Levites, according to his inheritance Kohath tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: which he inheriteth. 15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received 14. their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho, his castward, toward the sun-rising.

1 In the fourth gene-.

17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Zelophehad's daughters' marriage.
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.

34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall in-
habit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD "dwell among
the children of Israel.
CHAPTER XXXVI.

The daughters of Zelophehad marry their father's brothers'

sons.

AND the chief fathers of the families of the chil

t Jer. 3, 29.

t

Heb. there expiation

can be no

for the land. u Hosea,

dren of a Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of a ch. 27, 1. 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:

b ch. 27, 6, 22.

2 And they said, The LORD commanded my lord, to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel and my lord was commanded by the Job 42, LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our broth- Prov. 31,30

18 Or if he smite him with a hand-weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is aer unto his daughters. murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 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 hurl at him Gen. 4, 5, by laying of wait, that he die;

m verses 13,
30.
Deut. 19, 11,

12.

8.

verse 21.

n

21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he Prov. 26, 24. die; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; o Judges for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay 1 Sam. 24, the murderer when he meeteth him.

1C, 2.

11.

Lam. 4, 19.

Acta 20, 3.

&23, 21,

22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, Luke 11,54 or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, 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;

24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

15.

Mat. 22, 41, 45. Titus 2, 5.

3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the 1 Pet & other tribes of the children 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.

d

10.

4 And when the "jubilee of the children of Israel Lev. 23, shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the Is 61, 2, inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: 19. so shall their inheritance be taken away from the in- 56. heritance of the tribe of our fathers.

Luke 4, 18,
John 8, 34
Heb. 9, 10,
11.

5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, according to the word of the LORD, saying, The ch tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well.

Mat. 28, 20 1 Cor. 11,

23.

6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Hebe Let them marry to whom they think best; only to food in the family of the tribe of their fathers shall they their eyes

25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congrega-marry: tion shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled and he shall abide in it unto the death of Eph. 2, 16. the Phigh priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled:

p Lev. 8, 9.

17.

Col. 2, 14. Heb. 4, 14. &: 9, 15. & 10, 21.

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 himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 And every daughter, that possesseth an 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.

to whom it

Gen. 24, 57 f verse 12

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 commmanded Moses, so 15,34 did the daughters of Zelophehad:

h

h Lev. 24, 12.

11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were mar- i Lev. 18, ried unto their father's brothers' sons.

12.

family.

12 And they were married † into the families of Heb. of the the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph; and their inheritance † remained in the tribe of the family of in the tribe. their father.

13 These are the commandments and the judg-
ments which the LORD commanded, by the hand
of Moses, unto the children of Israel, in the plains of
Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.
126

↑ Heb. was

¶ The FIFTH Book of Moses, called DEUTERONOMY.

CHAPTER I.

1 Moses' speech rehearsing the story of God's promise, 19 of
sending the spies to search the land.
HESE be the words which Moses spake unto all
Israel on this side Jordan, in the wilderness, in
the plain over against the Red Sea, between Paran,
and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Diza-
hab.

c

f

b

as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came
to 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.

Before CHRIST 1490.

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

2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, unto Kadesh-barnea.) 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the * eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Zech. 1,7. Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in command-shall come. ment unto them;

Num. 21, 14.

33.

h

4 After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Num. 21, Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: 5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,

& Ex. 19, 1,

d

23 And the saying " pleased me well: and I took d Num. 13, twelve men of you, one of a tribe :

2, 3.

Josh. 2, 1,2

24 And they turned, and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and search- Num. 13, ed it out.

25 And they took of the fruit of the land in their 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, say-hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us ing, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us.

k

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 of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 Behold, I have † set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware 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, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.

11 (The LORD God of your fathers † make you a p1 Kings 3, thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless 2 Cor. 11, you, as he hath promised you !)

8. 9.

28.

Ex. 18.25

Acts 1, 15. 6, 3, 5

r Isa. 11, 2.

sEx. 18, 21. Isaiah 53, 3.

12 How can I myself alone bear your cum-
brance, and your burden, and your strife?

13 Take ye wise men, and understanding, and {
*known among your tribes, and I will make them
* rulers over you.

14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which

2 Sam. 23, thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have Heb. + discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater Josh. 2, 11. and taller than we; the cities are great, and walled up to heaven: and, moreover, we have seen the sons of the 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;

33 Who went in the way before you, to search 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men,you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, and known, and made them heads over you, captains to shew you by what way ye should go, and in over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and cap-cloud by day. ■ John 7,24. tains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers knowledge among your tribes. Laces,

ch. 32, 10.

n Ps. 78, 22. Heb. 3, 1, 2.

Jude 3.

o Ex. 15, 21.

Num. 10,34

36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunreh; he shall 17 Ye shall not † respect persons in judgment: but see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath Ps. 106, 52. 20hn 15,15. you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath, Num. 20, Acts 20, 20. not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment ist wholly followed the LORD. lieb. 3, 2 God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.

The history of Israel

Before CHRIST 1490.

a Isa. 7, 15.

31.

25.

39

17.

Num, 14,

a

DEUTERONOMY.

on their way to Canaan no knowledge between good and evil, they shall { stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, Before go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they which the LORD gave unto them. shall possess it.

13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered: and we went over the brook Zered.

CHRIST 1451

r verses 22, 23, 24.

s Num. 21,

12.

40 But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey Num. 14, into the wilderness, by the way of the Red Sea. 14 And the space in which we came from Kadesh 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, We have barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, dsinned against the LORD; we will go up, and fight, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation t Num. 1,3 Num. 14, according to all that the LORD our God commanded of the men of war were wasted out from among the And when ye had girded on every man his wea-host, as the LORD Sware unto them. pons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go Hos. 2, 12. not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.

us.

e

43 So I spake unto you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.

44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mounP. 118,12 tain, came out against you, and chased you as 'bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. 45 And ye returned, and wept before the LORD; He 12, but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

h Num. 13, 27. & 20, 14.

14.

h

46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

Ex

2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying,

3 Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward.

d

4. And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the chil2dren of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be * afraid of you take ye 'good heed unto yourselves Eph. 5, 15. therefore:

Mat. 5, 16,

'ol. 4, 5.

g verses 9,

21.

5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, † no not so much as a foot-breadth, because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a posRom. 12, 18. session.

Ps. 144, 1,

6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye ing of the may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. 7 For the LORD thy God ch. 32, the works of thy hand; he i ch. 11, 9. through this great wilderness: Heb. dig. LORD thy God hath been with P. 1, 6. 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, 31 Kings 8, we turned, and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.

19 And when thou comest nigh over against the Gen. 18, children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle verse 37. 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;

y Gen. 14, 3

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: 22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt Heb. the in Seir, when he destroyed the + Horims from before Chrite, them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day :

Gen. 14, 6

z Josh. 13, 3.

23 And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even 2 Kings 17, unto Azzah, the Caphtorims which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

b

c

24.
a Gen. 10,9

14.

Amos 9, 7.

24 Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over b Gen. 10, the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Job 12, 23 Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: Acts 17, 2 begin to possess it and contend with him in battle. c Num. 21. 25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee is. and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under d Nuun. 21, the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. Josh. 2, 9, 26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of 10. Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heshbon, with words Job 1224 of peace, saying,

9 And the LORD said unto me, ° Distress not the 30 But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us k Moabites, neither contend with them in battle, for I pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his Judges 11 will not give thee of their land for a possession, be-spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might Num. 21, cause I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. a possession. 31 And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have 10 The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a begun to "give Sihon and his land before thee: begin people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. 11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Ana- 32 Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his kims; but the Moabites call them Emims. people, " to fight at Jahaz.