father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto
thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee
shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
04:018:003 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the
tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the
sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
04:018:004 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the
tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the
tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
04:018:005 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge
of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the
children of Israel.
04:018:006 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from
among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift
for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation.
04:018:007 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's
office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and
ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as
a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be
put to death.
04:018:008 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee
the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things
of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by
reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for
ever.
04:018:009 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the
fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of
their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespass
offering of their's which they shall render unto me, shall be
most holy for thee and for thy sons.
04:018:010 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat
it: it shall be holy unto thee.
04:018:011 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all
the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given
them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with
thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy
house shall eat of it.
04:018:012 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of
the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto
the LORD, them have I given thee.
04:018:013 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall
bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean
in thine house shall eat of it.
04:018:014 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
04:018:015 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they
bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be
thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely
redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
04:018:016 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou
redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five
shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty
gerahs.
04:018:017 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or
the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy:
thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn
their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour
unto the LORD.
04:018:018 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and
as the right shoulder are thine.
04:018:019 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children
of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons
and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a
covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy
seed with thee.
04:018:020 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance
in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I
am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of
Israel.
04:018:021 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth
in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they
serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
04:018:022 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the
tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
04:018:023 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be
a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the
children of Israel they have no inheritance.
04:018:024 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as
an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites
to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the
children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
04:018:025 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:018:026 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take
of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you
from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an
heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the
tithe.
04:018:027 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as
though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the
fulness of the winepress.
04:018:028 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of
all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel;
and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron
the priest.
04:018:029 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of
the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part
thereof out of it.
04:018:030 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the
best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the
Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the
increase of the winepress.
04:018:031 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households:
for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of
the congregation.
04:018:032 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved
from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy
things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
04:019:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
04:019:002 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath
commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that
they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no
blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
04:019:003 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may
bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her
before his face:
04:019:004 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his
finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the
tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
04:019:005 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her
flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
04:019:006 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,
and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
04:019:007 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and
the priest shall be unclean until the even.
04:019:008 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and
bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
04:019:009 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the
heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and
it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of
Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for
sin.
04:019:010 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his
clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto
the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth
among them, for a statute for ever.
04:019:011 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean
seven days.
04:019:012 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the
seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself
the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
04:019:013 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD;
and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water
of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean;
his uncleanness is yet upon him.
04:019:014 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come
into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean
seven days.
04:019:015 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it,
is unclean.
04:019:016 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the
open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave,
shall be unclean seven days.
04:019:017 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the
burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall
be put thereto in a vessel:
04:019:018 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,
and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and
upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a
bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
04:019:019 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the
third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he
shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself
in water, and shall be clean at even.
04:019:020 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify
himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the
congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the
LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon
him; he is unclean.
04:019:021 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that
sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and
he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean
until even.
04:019:022 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean;
and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
04:020:001 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people
abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
04:020:002 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered
themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
04:020:003 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God
that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
04:020:004 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into
this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
04:020:005 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to
bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or
of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any
water to drink.
04:020:006 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly
unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they
fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto
them.
04:020:007 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:020:008 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and
Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their
eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring
forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the
congregation and their beasts drink.
04:020:009 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded
him.
04:020:010 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before
the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we
fetch you water out of this rock?
04:020:011 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the
rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the
congregation drank, and their beasts also.
04:020:012 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed
me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,
therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land
which I have given them.
04:020:013 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel
strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
04:020:014 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,
Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail
that hath befallen us:
04:020:015 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in
Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our
fathers:
04:020:016 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent
an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold,
we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
04:020:017 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not
pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither
will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the
king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the
left, until we have passed thy borders.
04:020:018 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come
out against thee with the sword.
04:020:019 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the
high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I
will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go
through on my feet.
04:020:020 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out
against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
04:020:021 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:
wherefore Israel turned away from him.
04:020:022 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,
journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
04:020:023 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the
coast of the land of Edom, saying,
04:020:024 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not
enter into the land which I have given unto the children of
Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of
Meribah.
04:020:025 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount
Hor:
04:020:026 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his
son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall
die there.
04:020:027 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into
mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
04:020:028 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon
Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount:
and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
04:020:029 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they
mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
04:021:001 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south,
heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he
fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
04:021:002 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt
indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly
destroy their cities.
04:021:003 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered
up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their
cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
04:021:004 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea,
to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was
much discouraged because of the way.
04:021:005 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore
have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?
for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our
soul loatheth this light bread.
04:021:006 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they
bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
04:021:007 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned,
for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray
unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And
Moses prayed for the people.
04:021:008 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and
set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one
that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
04:021:009 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and
it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he
beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
04:021:010 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
04:021:011 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in
the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
04:021:012 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
04:021:013 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of
Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the
coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab,
between Moab and the Amorites.
04:021:014 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What
he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
04:021:015 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the
dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
04:021:016 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof
the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I
will give them water.
04:021:017 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto
it:
04:021:018 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged
it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And
from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
04:021:019 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
04:021:020 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab,
to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
04:021:021 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,
saying,
04:021:022 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the
fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters
of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way,
until we be past thy borders.
04:021:023 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border:
but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out
against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and
fought against Israel.
04:021:024 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed
his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of
Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
04:021:025 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the
cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages
thereof.
04:021:026 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,
who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all
his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
04:021:027 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon,
let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
04:021:028 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city
of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the
high places of Arnon.
04:021:029 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he
hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into
captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
04:021:030 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and
we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto
Medeba.
04:021:031 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
04:021:032 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages
thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
04:021:033 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the
king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people,
to the battle at Edrei.
04:021:034 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have
delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land;
and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the
Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
04:021:035 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until
there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
04:022:001 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the
plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
04:022:002 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to
the Amorites.
04:022:003 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were
many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of
Israel.
04:022:004 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this
company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh
up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was
king of the Moabites at that time.
04:022:005 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to
Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of
his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people
come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth,
and they abide over against me:
04:022:006 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for
they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that
we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land:
for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom
thou cursest is cursed.
04:022:007 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with
the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto
Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
04:022:008 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring
you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the
princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
04:022:009 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with
thee?
04:022:010 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of
Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
04:022:011 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth
the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I
shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
04:022:012 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou
shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
04:022:013 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes
of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to
give me leave to go with you.
04:022:014 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and
said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
04:022:015 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable
than they.
04:022:016 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the
son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from
coming unto me:
04:022:017 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do
whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee,
curse me this people.
04:022:018 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If
Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I
cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or
more.
04:022:019 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that
I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
04:022:020 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the
men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the
word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
04:022:021 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
went with the princes of Moab.
04:022:022 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of
the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he
was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
04:022:023 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and
his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of
the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to
turn her into the way.
04:022:024 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a
wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
04:022:025 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself
unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and
he smote her again.
04:022:026 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow
place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to
the left.
04:022:027 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down
under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the
ass with a staff.
04:022:028 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto
Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me
these three times?
04:022:029 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I
would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill
thee.
04:022:030 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which
thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I
ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
04:022:031 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel
of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his
hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.