And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the children of Israel

and take of them, for every principal house a rod, of their princes

over the houses of their fathers: even twelve rods, and write every

man's name upon his rod. And write Aaron's name upon the staff of Levi:

for every headman over the houses of their fathers shall have a rod.

And put them in the tabernacle of witness where I will meet you. And

his rod whom I chose, shall blossom: So I will make cease from me the

grudgings of the children of Israel which they grudge against you. And

Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all the princes gave him

for every prince over their fathers' houses, a rod: even twelve rods,

and the rod of Aaron was among the rods. And Moses put the rods before

the LORD in the tabernacle of witness: And on the morrow, Moses went in

to the tabernacle: and behold, the rod of Aaron of the house of Levi

was budded and bare blossoms and almonds. And Moses brought out all the

staves from before the LORD, unto all the children of Israel, and they

looked upon them, and took every man his staff. And the LORD said unto

Moses: bring Aaron's rod again before the witness to be kept for a

token unto the children of rebellion, that their murmurings may cease

from me, that they die not. And Moses did as the LORD commanded him.

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses saying: behold, we are

destroyed and all come to nought: for whosoever cometh nye the dwelling

of the LORD, dieth. Shall we utterly consume away?

Chapter .xviij.

And the LORD said unto Aaron: Thou and thy sons and thy father's house

with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in the holy

place. And thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the fault of that

which is done amiss in your priesthood. And thy brethren also the tribe

of Levi, the tribe of thy father take with thee, and let them be joined

unto thee and minister unto thee. And thou and thy sons with thee shall

minister before the tabernacle of witness. And let them wait upon thee

and upon all the tabernacle: only let them not come nye the holy

vessels and the altar, that both they and ye also die not. And let them

be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the

service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nye unto you. Wait

therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no

more wrath upon the children of Israel: behold, I have taken your

brethren the Levites from among children of Israel, to be yours, as

gifts given unto the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of

witness. And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto

your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and

within the vail. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests'

office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh

nye, shall die. And the LORD spake unto Aaron: behold, I have given

thee the keeping of mine heave offerings in all the hallowed things of

the children of Israel. And unto thee I have given them unto anointing

and to thy sons: to be a duty for ever. This shall be thine of most

holy sacrifices: All their gifts, thorowout all their meatofferings,

sinofferings and trespassofferings which they bring unto me. They shall

be most holy unto thee and unto thy sons. And ye shall eat it in the

most holy place: all that are males shall eat of it, for it shall be

holy unto thee. And this shall be thine: the heaveoffering of their

gifts, thorowout all the waveofferings of the children of Israel, for I

have given them unto thee and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, to

be a duty for ever: and all that are clean in thy house, shall eat of

it, all the fat of the oil, of the wine and of the corn: their first

fruits which they give unto the LORD that have I given unto thee. The

first fruits of all that is in their lands which they bring unto the

LORD, shall be thine: and all that are clean in thine house, shall eat

of it. All dedicate things in Israel, shall be thine. All that breaketh

the matrice of all flesh that men bring unto the LORD, both of man and

beast, shall be thine. Neverthelater the firstborn of man shall be

redeemed, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shall be redeemed. And

their redemptions shall be at a month old, valued at five sicles of

silver, of the holy sicle. A sicle maketh twenty Geras. But the

firstborn of oxen, sheep and goats shall not be redeemed. For they are

holy, and thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt

burn their fat to be a sacrifice of a sweet savour unto the LORD. And

the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wavebreast and all the right

shoulder is thine. All the holy heave offerings which the children of

Israel heave unto the LORD, I give thee and thy sons and thy daughters

with thee to be a duty for ever. And it shall be a salted covenant for

ever, before the LORD: unto thee and to thy seed with thee. And the

LORD spake unto Aaron: thou shalt have none inheritance in their land,

nor part among them. For I am thy part and thy inheritance among the

children of Israel. And behold I have given the children of Levi, the

tenth in Israel to inherit, for the service which they serve in the

tabernacle of witness, that the children of Israel henceforth come not

nye the tabernacle of witness, and bear sin and die. And the Levites

shall do the service in the tabernacle of witness and bear their sin,

and it shall be a law for ever unto your children after you: But among

the children of Israel they shall inherit none inheritance. For the

tithes of the children of Israel which they heave unto the LORD, I have

given the Levites to inherit. Wherefore I have said unto them: Among

the children of Israel ye shall inherit none inheritance. And the LORD

spake unto Moses saying: speak unto the Levites and say unto them: when

ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you of

them to your inheritance, ye shall take an heaveoffering of that same

for the LORD: even the tenth of that tithe. And it shall be reckoned

unto you for your heaveoffering, even as though ye gave corn out of the

barn or a full offering from the wine press. And of this manner ye

shall heave an heaveoffering unto the LORD, of all your tithes which ye

receive of the children of Israel, and ye shall give there of the

LORD's heave offering unto Aaron the priest. Of all your gifts, ye

shall take out the LORD's heaveoffering: even the fat of all their

hallowed things. And thou shalt say unto them: when ye have taken away

the fat of it from it, it shall be counted unto the Levites, as the

increase of corn and wine. And ye shall eat it in all places both ye

and your households, for it is your rewards for your service in the

tabernacle of witness. And ye shall bear no sin by the reason of it,

when ye have taken from it the fat of it: neither shall ye unhallow the

hallowed things of the children of Israel, and so shall ye not die.

Chapter .xix.

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron saying: this is the ordinance

of the law which the LORD commandeth saying: speak unto the children of

Israel and let them take thee a red cow without spot wherein is no

blemish, and which never bare yoke upon her. And ye shall give her unto

Eleazer the priest, and he shall bring her without the host and cause

her to be slain before him. And Eleazar the priest shall take of her

blood upon his finger, and sprinkle it straight toward the tabernacle

of witness seven times. And he shall cause the cow to be burnt in his

sight: both skin, flesh and blood, with the dung also. And let the

priest take cypress wood, and Hyssop and purple cloth, and cast it upon

the cow as she burneth. And let the priest wash his clothes and bathe

his flesh in water, and then come into the host, and the priest shall

be unclean unto the evening. And he that burneth her, shall wash his

clothes in water and bathe his flesh also in water, and be unclean

until evening. And one that is clean, shall go and take up the ashes of

the cow, and put them without the host in a clean place, where they

shall be kept to make sprinkling water for the multitude of the

children of Israel: for it is a sinoffering. And let him that gathereth

the ashes of the cow, wash his clothes, and remain unclean until

evening. And this shall be unto the children of Israel and unto the

stranger that dwelleth among them, a manner for ever. He that twicheth

any dead person, shall be unclean seven days. And he shall purify

himself with the ashes the third day and then he shall be clean the

seventh day. And if he purify not himself the third day, then the

seventh day, he shall not be clean. Whosoever twicheth any person that

dieth and sprinkleth not himself, defileth the dwelling of the LORD:

and therefore that soul shall be rooted out of Israel, because he hath

not sprinkled the sprinkling water upon him, he shall be unclean, and

his uncleanness shall remain upon him. This is the law of the man that

dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent and all that is in the

tent, shall be unclean seven days. And all the vessels that be open

which have no lid nor covering upon them, are unclean. And whosoever

twicheth one that is slain with a sword in the fields, or a dead

person, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave: shall be unclean seven

days. And they shall take for an unclean person, of the burnt ashes of

the sinoffering, and put running water thereto into a vessel. 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 on the souls that were

there, and upon him that twiched a bone or a slain person or a dead

body or a grave. And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean

the third day and the seventh day. And the seventh day he shall purify

himself and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be

clean at evening. If any be unclean and sprinkle not himself, the same

soul shall be destroyed from among the congregation: for he hath

defiled the holy place of the LORD. And he that sprinkleth the

sprinkling water, shall wash his clothes. And he that twicheth the

sprinkling water, shall be unclean until even. And whatsoever the

unclean person twicheth, shall be unclean. And the soul that twiched

it, shall be unclean until the evening.

Chapter .xx.

And the whole multitude of the children of Israel, came into the desert

of Sin in the first month, and the people dwelt at Cades. And there

died MirIam, and was buried there. Moreover there was no water for the

multitude, wherefore they gathered them selves together against Moses

and against Aaron. And the people chode with Moses and spake saying:

would God that we had perished when our brethren perished before the

LORD. Why have ye brought the congregation of the LORD unto this

wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die here? Wherefore

brought ye us out of Egypt, to bring us into this ungracious place,

which is no place of seed nor of figs nor vines nor of pomegranates,

neither is there any water to drink? And Moses and Aaron went from the

congregation unto the door of the tabernacle of witness, and fell upon

their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. And the LORD

spake unto Moses saying: take the staff, and gather thou and thy

brother Aaron the congregation together, and say unto the rock before

their eyes, that he give forth his water. And thou shalt bring them

water out of the rock and shalt give the company drink, and their

beasts also. And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he

commanded him And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together

before the rock, and he said unto them: hear ye rebellious, must we

fetch you water out of this rock? And Moses lift up his hand with his

staff and smote the rock two times, and the water came out abundantly,

and the multitude drank and their beasts also. 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. This is the water

of strife, because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he

was sanctified upon them. And Moses sent messengers from Cades unto the

king of Edom. Thus sayeth thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the

travail that hath happened us, how our fathers went down into Egypt,

and how we have dwelt in Egypt a long time, and, how the Egyptians

vexed both us and our fathers. Then we cried unto the LORD and he heard

our voices, and sent an angel and hath fetched us out of Egypt. And

behold, we are in Cades, a city hard by the borders of thy country: let

us go a good fellowship thorow thy country: we will not go thorow the

fields nor thorow the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of

the fountains: but we will go by the highway and neither turn unto the

right hand nor to the left, until we be past thy country. And Edom

answered him: See thou come not by me, lest I come out against thee

with the sword. And the children of Israel said unto him: we will go by

the beaten way: and if either we or our cattle drink of thy water, we

will pay for it, we will do no more but pass thorow by foot only. And

he said: ye shall not go thorow. And Edom came out against him with

much people and with a mighty power. And thus Edom denied to give

Israel passage thorow his country; And Israel turned away from him. And

the children of Israel removed from Cades and went unto mount Hor with

all the congregation. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount

Hor, hard upon the coasts of the land of Edom saying: let Aaron be put

unto his people, for he shall not come into the land which I have given

unto the children of Israel: because ye disobeyed my mouth at the water

of strife. Take Aaron and Eleazer his son, and bring them up into mount

Hor, and strip Aaron out of his vestments and put them upon Eleazer his

son, and let Aaron be put unto his people and die there. And Moses did

as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of

all the multitude. And Moses took off Aaron's clothes and put them upon

Eleazer his son, and Aaron died there in the top of the mount. And

Moses and Eleazer came down out of the mount. And all the house of

Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days

Chapter .xxj.

And when king Arad the Cananite which dwelt in the south parts, heard

tell that Israel came by the way that the spies had found out: he came

and fought with Israel and took some of them prisoners. Then Israel

vowed a vow unto the LORD and said: If thou wilt give this people into

our hands, we will destroy their cities. And the LORD heard the voice

of Israel, and delivered them the Cananites. And they destroyed both

them and their cities, and called the place Horma. Then they departed

from mount Hor toward the red sea: to compass the land of Edom. And the

souls of the people fainted by the way. And the people spake against

God and against Moses: wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, for

to die in the wilderness, for here is neither bread nor water, and our

souls loatheth this light bread. Then the LORD sent fiery serpents

among the people, which stung them: so that much people died in Israel.

And the people came to Moses and said: we have sinned, for we have

spoken against the LORD and against thee: make intercession to the

LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses made

intercession for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses: make thee a

serpent and hang it up for a sign, and let as many as are bitten look

upon it and they shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass and set

it up for a sign. And when the serpents had bitten any man, he went and

beheld the serpent of brass and recovered. And the children of Israel

removed and pitched in Oboth. And they departed from Oboth and lay at

Egebarim in the wilderness which is before Moab on the east side. And

they removed thence, and pitched upon the river of Zarad. And they

departed thence and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which river is

in the wilderness, and cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for

Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. Wherefore

it is spoken in the book of the war of the LORD: go with a violence,

both on the river of Arnon and on the river's head, which shooteth down

to dwell at Ar, and leaneth upon the coasts of Moab. And from thence

they came to Bear, which is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses:

gather the people together, that I may give them water. Then Israel

sang this song: Arise up well, sing thereto: The well which the rulers

digged and the captains of the people with the help of the lawgiver and

with their staves. And from this wilderness they went to Matana, and

from Matana to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth

to the valley that is in the field of Moab in the top of Phasgah which

boweth toward the wilderness. {Iesimon} And Israel sent messengers unto

Sehon, king of the Amorites, saying: let us go thorow thy land: We will

not turn into thy fields nor into thy vineyards, neither drink of the

water of the wells: but we will go along by the common way, until we be

past thy country. And Sehon would give Israel no licence to pass thorow

his country, but gathered all his people together and went out against

Israel into the wilderness. And he came to Iaheza and fought with

Israel. And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword and conquered

his land, from Arnon unto Iabock: even unto the children of Ammon. For

the borders of the children of Ammon, are strong. And Israel took all

these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites: in Hesbon and

in all the towns that long thereto. For Hesbon was the city of Sehon

the king of the Amorites which Sehon had fought before with the king of

the Moabites, and had taken all his land out of his hand, even unto

Arnon. Wherefore it is a proverb: go to Hesbon and let the city of

Sehon be built and made ready for there is a fire gone out of Hesbon

and a flame from the city of Sehon and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites

and the men of the hills of Arnon. Woe be to thee Moab: O people of

Chamos ye are forloren. {undone} His sons are put to flight and his

daughters brought captive unto Sehon king of the Amorites. Their light

is out from Hesbon unto Dibon and we made a wilderness even unto Nopha

which reacheth unto Mediba. And thus Israel dwelt in the land of the

Amorites. And Moses sent to search out Iaezer, and they took the towns

belonging thereto and conquered the Amorites that were there. And then

they turned and went up toward Bason. And Og the king of Bason came out

against them, both he and all his people, to war at Edrei. And the LORD

said unto Moses: fear him not, for I have delivered him into thy hands

with all his people and his land. And thou shalt do with him as thou

didst with Sehon the king of the Amorites which dwelt at Hesbon. And

they smote him and his sons and all his people, until there was nothing

left him. And they conquered his land.

Chapter .xxij.

And the children of Israel removed and pitched in the fields of Moab,

on the other side of Iordan, by Iericho. And Balac the son of Ziphor

saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites, and the Moabites were

sore afraid of the people, because they were many, and abhorred the

children of Israel: And Moab said unto the elders of Madian, now this

company hath licked up all that are round about us, as an ox licketh up

the grass of the field. And Balac the son of Ziphor was king of the

Moabites at that time. And he sent messengers unto Balam the son of

Beor, the interpreter which dwelt upon the river of the land of the

children of his folk, to call him saying: behold, there is a people

come out of Egypt which covereth the face of the earth and lie even

hard by me. Come now a fellowship and curse me this people. For they

are too mighty for me, so peradventure I might be able to smite them

and to drive them out of the land. For I wot that whom thou blessest

shall be blessed, and whom thou cursest shall be cursed. And the elders

of Moab went with the elders of Madian, and the reward of the

soothsaying in their hands. And they came unto Balam and told him the

words of Balac. And he said unto them: tarry here all night and I will

bring you word, even as the LORD shall say unto me. And the lords of

Moab abode with Balam. And God came unto Balam and said: what men are

these which are with thee? And Balam said unto God: Balac the son of

Ziphor king of Moab hath sent unto me saying: behold, there is a people

come out of Egypt and covereth the face of the earth: come now

therefore and curse me them, that so peradventure I may be able to

overcome them in battle, and to drive them out. And God said unto

Balam: thou shalt not go with them, neither curse the people, for they

are blessed. And Balam rose up in the morning and said unto the lords

of Balac: get you unto your land, for the LORD will not suffer me to go

with you. And the lords of Moab rose up and went unto Balac and said,

Balam would not come with us. And Balac sent again a greater company of

lords and more honourable than they. And they came to Balam and told

him: Thus sayeth Balac the son of Ziphor: oh, let nothing let thee to

come unto me, for I will greatly promote thee unto great honour, and

will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me, come therefore I pray thee,

curse me this people. And Balam answered and said unto the servants of

Balac: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can

go no further than the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

Nevertheless tarry ye here all night: that I may wete, what the LORD

will say unto me once more. And God came to Balam by night and said

unto him: If the men come to fetch thee, rise up and go with them: but

what I say unto thee, that only thou shalt do. And Balam rose up early

and saddled his ass and went with the lords of Moab. But God was angry

because he went. And the angel of the LORD stood in the way against

him. And he rid upon his ass and two servants with him. And when the

ass saw the angel of the LORD stond in the way and his sword drawn in

his hand, she turned aside out of the way and went out into the field.

And Balam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. And the angel of the

LORD went and stood in a path between the vineyards, where was a wall

on the one side and another on the other. When the ass saw the angel of

the LORD, she wrenched unto the wall and thrust Balam's foot unto the

wall, and he smote her again. 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. And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD,

she fell down under Balam: and Balam was wroth and smote the ass with a

staff. And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto

Balam: what have I done unto thee, that thou smitest me thus three

times? And Balam said unto the Ass: because thou hast mocked me? I

would that I had a sword in mine hand, that I might now kill thee. And

the ass said unto Balam: am not I thine Ass which thou hast ridden upon

since thou wast born unto this day? Was I ever wont to do so unto thee?

And he said, nay. And the LORD {lorde} opened the eyes of Balam that he

saw the angel of the LORD {Lorde} stonding in the way, with his sword

drawn in his hand. And he bowed himself and fell flat on his face. And

the angel of the LORD said unto him: Wherefore smitest thou thine ass

this three times? behold, I came out to resist thee, for the way is

contrary unto me, and the ass saw me and avoided me three times: or

else (had she not turned from me) I had surely slain thee and saved her

alive. And Balam said unto the angel of the LORD: I have sinned: for I

wist not that thou stoodest in the way against me. Now therefore if it

displease thine eyes, I will turn again. And the angel said unto Balam,

go with the men: but in any wise, what I say unto thee, that say. And

Balam went with the lords of Balac. And when Balac heard that Balam was

come he went out against him unto a city of Moab that stood in the

border of Arnon, which was the utmost part of his country. And Balac

said unto Balam: did I not send for thee, to call thee? wherefore

camest thou not unto me? thinkest thou that I am not able to promote

thee unto honour? And Balam said unto Balac: Lo I am come unto thee.

But I can say nothing at all save what God putteth in my mouth that

must I speak. And Balam went with Balac, and they came unto the city of

Huzoth. {large city} And Balac offered oxen and sheep and sent for

Balam and for the lords that were with him. And on the morning Balac

took Balam and brought him up into the high place of Baal, and thence

he saw unto the utmost part of the people.

Chapter .xxiij.

And Balam said unto Balac: build me here seven altars and provide here

seven oxen and seven rams. And Balac did as Balam said. And Balac and

Balam offered on every altar an ox and a ram. And Balam said unto

Balac: stond by the sacrifice, while I go to wete whether the LORD will

come and meet me, and whatsoever he sheweth me, I will tell thee, and

he went forthwith. And God came unto Balam, and Balam said unto him: I

have prepared seven altars, and have offered upon every altar, an ox

and a ram. And the LORD put a saying in Balam's mouth and said: go

again to Balac and say on this wise. And he went again unto him and lo,

he stood by his sacrifice, both he and all the lords of Moab. And he

began his parable and said: Balac the king of Moab hath fetched me from

Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying: come and curse me

Iacob, come and defy me Israel. How shall I curse whom God curseth not

and how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not? from the top of the

rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall

dwell by himself and shall not be reckoned among other nations. Who can

tell the dust of Iacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel. I

pray God that my soul, may die the death of the righteous, and that my

last end may be like his. And Balac said unto Balam, what hast thou

done unto me? I fetched thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou

blessest them. And he answered and said: must I not keep that and speak

it, which the LORD hath put in my mouth? And Balac said unto him: Come

I pray thee with me unto another place, whence thou shalt see them, and

shalt see but the utmost part of them and shalt not see them all and

curse me them there. And he brought him into a plain field where men

might see far, even to the top of Pisga, and built seven altars and

offered an ox and a ram on every altar. And he said unto Balac: stond

here by thy sacrifice while I go yonder. And the LORD met Balam and put

words in his mouth and said: go again unto Balac and thus say. And when

he came to him: behold, he stood by his sacrifice and the lords of Moab

with him; And Balac said unto him: what sayeth the LORD? And he took up

his parable and said: rise up Balac and hear, and hearken unto me thou

son of Ziphor. The Lorde {|God|} is not a man, that he can lie, neither

the son of a man that he can repent: should he say and not do, or

should he speak and not make it good? behold, I have begun to bless and

have blessed, and can not go back therefrom. He beheld no wickedness in

Iacob nor saw Idolatry in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, and the

tromp {triumph} of a king among them. God that brought them out of

Egypt, is as the strength of an unicorn unto them, for there is no

sorcerer, in Iacob, nor soothsayer in Israel. When the time cometh, it

will be said of Iacob and of Israel, what God hath wrought. Behold, the

people shall rise up as a lioness and heave up himself as a lion, and

shall not lie down again, until he have eaten of the prey and drunk of

the blood of them that are slain. And Balac said unto Balam: neither

curse them nor bless them. And Balam answered and said unto Balac: told

not I thee saying, all that the LORD biddeth me, that I must do? And

Balac said unto Balam: come I pray thee, I will bring thee yet unto

another place: so peradventure it shall please God, that thou mayst

curse them there. And Balac brought Balam unto the top of Peor, that

boweth toward the wilderness. And Balam said unto Balac: make me here

seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. And

Balac did as Balam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every

altar.

Chapter .xxiiij.

When Balam saw that it pleased the LORD that he should bless Israel, he

went not as he did twice before to fetch soothsaying, but set his face

toward the wilderness, and lift up his eyes and looked upon Israel as

he lay with his tribes, and the spirit of God came upon him. And he

took up his parable and said: Balam the son of Beor hath said, and the

man whose eye is open hath said: he hath said which heareth the words

of God and seeth the visions of the almighty, which falleth down and

his eyes are opened. How goodly are the tents of Iacob and thine

habitations Israel, even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the

river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress

trees upon the water. The water shall flow out of his bucket and his

seed shall be many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag; And

his kingdom shall be exalted. God that brought him out of Egypt is as

the strength of an unicorn unto him, and he shall eat the nations that

are his enemies and break their bones and pierce them thorow with his

arrows. He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness, who

shall stir him up? blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he

that curseth thee. And Balac was wroth with Balam and smote his hands

together, and said unto him: I sent for thee to curse mine enemies: and

behold, thou hast blessed them this three times, and now get thee

quickly unto thy place. I thought that I would promote thee unto

honour, but the LORD hath kept thee back from worship. And Balam said

unto Balac: told I not thy messengers which thou sentest unto me

saying: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can

not pass the mouth of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own

mind. What the LORD sayeth, that must I speak. And now behold, I go

unto my people: come let me shew thee, what this people shall do to thy

folk in the latter days. And he began his parable and said: Balam the

son of Beor hath said, and the man that hath his eye open hath said,

and he hath said that heareth the words of God and hath the knowledge

of the most high and beholdeth the vision of the almighty, and when he

falleth down hath his eyes opened. I see him but not now, I behold him

but not nye. There shall come a star of Iacob and rise a scepter of

Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the

children of Seth. And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession

of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully. And out

of Iacob shall come he that shall destroy the remnant of the cities.

And he looked on Amalek and began his parable and said: Amalek is the

first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly. And he

looked on the Kenites, and took his parable and said: strong is thy

dwelling place and put thy nest upon a rock. Neverthelater thou shalt

be a burning to Kain, until Assur take thee prisoner. And he took his

parable and said: Alas, who shall live when God doeth this? The ships

shall come out of the coast of Cittim and subdue Assur and subdue Eber,

and he himself shall perish at the last. And Balam rose up and went and

dwelt in his place: and Balac also went his way.

Chapter .xxv.

And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people began to commit whoredom

with the daughters of Moab, which called the people unto the sacrifice

of their gods. And the people ate and worshipped their gods, and Israel

coupled himself unto Baal Peor. Then the LORD was angry with Israel,

and said unto Moses: take all the heads of the people, and hang them up

unto the LORD against the son, that the wrath of the LORD may turn away

from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: go and slay

those men that joined them selves unto Baal Peor. And behold, one of

the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren, a

Madianitish wife even in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the

multitude of the children of Israel, as they were weeping in the door

of the tabernacle of witness. And when Phineas the son of Eleazer the

son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up out of the company and took

a weapon in his hand, and went after the man of Israel into the

whorehouse, and thrust them thorow: both the man of Israel and also the

woman even thorow the belly of her. And the plague ceased from the

children of Israel. And there died in the plague twenty four thousand.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: Phineas the son of Eleazer the

son of Aaron the priest, hath turned mine anger away from the children

of Israel, because he was jealous for my sake among them, that I had

not consumed the children of Israel in my jealousy. Wherefore say:

behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace, and he shall have it and

his seed after him, even the covenant of the priest's office for ever,

because he was jealous for his God's {goddes} sake and made an

atonement for the children of Israel. The name of the Israelite which

was smitten with the Madianitish wife, was Simri the son of Salu, a

lord of an ancient house among the Simeonites. And the name of the

Madianitish wife, was Cosbi the daughter of Zur and head over the

people of an ancient house in Madian. And the LORD spake unto Moses

saying: vex the Madianites and smite them, for they have troubled you

with their wiles with thee which they have beguiled you, thorow Peor

and thorow their sister Cosbi the daughter of a lord in Madian, which

was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

Chapter .xxvi.

And after the plague, the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazer

saying: take the number of all the multitude of the children of Israel

from twenty years and above thorowout their fathers' houses, all that

are able to go to war in Israel. And Moses and Eleazer the priest told

them in the fields of Moab, by Iordan fast by Iericho, from twenty

years and above, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the children of

Israel that came of Egypt were: Ruben the eldest son of Israel. The

children of Ruben were, Hanoch, of whom cometh the kindred of the

Hanochites: and of Palu, cometh the kindred of the Paluites: And of

Hesron, cometh the kindred of the Hesronites: and of Carmi, cometh the

kindred of the Carmites. These are the kindreds of the Rubenites, which

were in number forty three thousand seven hundred and thirty. And the

sons of Palu were Eliab. And the sons of Eliab were: Nemuel, Dathan and

Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram councillors in the congregation,

which strove against Moses and Aaron in the company of Corah, when they

strove against the LORD. And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed

them and Corah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire

consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign:

Notwithstanding, the children of Corah died not. And the children of

Simeon in their kindreds were: Nemuel, of whom cometh the kindred of

the Nemuelites: Iamin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iaminites:

Iachin, of whom cometh the kindred of the Iachinites: Serah of whom

cometh the kindred of the Serahites: Saul of whom cometh the kindred of

the Saulites. These are the kindreds of the Simeonites: in number

twenty two thousand and two hundred. And the children of Gad in their

kindreds were: Zephon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Zephonites:

and of Haggi, cometh the kindred of the Haggites: and of Suni, cometh

the kindred of the Sunites: and of Aseni, cometh the kindred of the

Asenites: and of Eri cometh the kindred of the Erites: and of Arod

cometh the kindred of the Arodites: and of Ariel cometh the kindred of

the Arielites. These are the kindreds of the children of Gad, in number

forty thousand and five hundred. The children of Iuda: Er and Onan,

which died in the land of Canaan. But the children of Iuda in their

kindred were: Sela of whom cometh the kindred of the Selamites: and of

Phares cometh the kindred of the Pharesites: and of Serah cometh the

kindred of the Serahites. And the children of Phares were Hesron, of

whom cometh the kindred of the Hesronites: and of Hamul cometh the

kindred of the Hamulites. These are the kindreds of Iuda, in number

seventy six thousand and five hundred. And the children of Isachar in

their kindreds were: Tola, of whom cometh the kindred of the Tolaites:

and Phuva, of whom cometh the kindred of the Phuvaites: and of Iasub

cometh the kindred of the Iasubites: and of Simron cometh the kindred

of the Simronites. These are the kindreds of Isachar in number sixty

four thousand and three hundred. The children of Zabulon in their

kindreds were: Sered, of whom cometh the kindred of the Seredites: and

Elon, of whom cometh the kindred of the Elonites: and of Iaheliel,

cometh the kindred of the Iahelelites. These are the kindreds of

Zabulon: in number sixty thousand and five hundred. The children of

Ioseph in their kindreds were: Manasse and Ephraim. The children of

Manasse: Machir, of whom cometh the kindred of the Machirites. And

Machir begat Gilead, of whom cometh the kindred of the Gileadites. And

these are the children of Gilead: Hieser, of whom cometh the kindred of

the Hieserites: and of Helech cometh the kindred of the Helechites: and

of Asriel the kindred of the Asrielites: and of Sichem cometh the

kindred of the Sichemites: and of Simida cometh the kindred of the

Simidites: and of Hepher cometh the kindred of the Hepherites. And

Zelaphead the son of Hepher had no sons but daughters. And the names of

the daughters of Zelaphead were: Mahela, Noa, Hagla, Milcha and Thirza.

These are the kindreds of Manasse, in number fifty two thousand and

seven hundred. These are the children of Ephraim in their kindreds:

Suthelah, of whom cometh the kindred of the Suthelahites: and Becher,

of whom cometh the kindred of the Becherites: and of Thaha cometh the

kindred of the Thahanites. And these are the children of Suthelah:

Eran, of whom cometh the kindred of the Eranites. These are the

kindreds of the children of Ephraim in number thirty two thousand and

five hundred. And these are the children of Ioseph in their kindreds.

These are the children of BenIamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom

cometh the kindred of the Belaites: and of Asbel cometh the kindred of

the Asbelites: and of Ahiram, the kindred of the Ahiramites: and of

Supham the kindred of the Suphamites: and of Hupham the kindred of the

Huphamites. And the children of Bela were Ard and Naaman from whence

come the kindreds of the Ardites and of the Naamites. These are the

children of BenIamin in their kindreds, and in number forty five

thousand and six hundred. These are the children of Dan in their

kindreds: Suham, of whom cometh the kindred of the Suhamites. These are

the kindreds of Dan in their generations. And all the kindreds of the

Suhamites were in number sixty four thousand and four hundred. The

children of Asser in their kindreds were: Iemna, of whom cometh the

kindred of the Iemnites: and Iesui, of whom cometh the kindred of the

Iesuites: and of Bria cometh the kindred of Brites. And the children of

Bria were Heber, of whom cometh the kindred of the Heberites: and of

Malchiel came the kindred of the Malchielites. And the daughter of Aser

was called Sarah. These are the kindreds of Aser in number fifty three

thousand and four hundred. The children of Nephthali in their kindreds

were: Iaheziel, of whom came the kindred of the Iahezielites: and Guni,

of whom came the kindred of the Gunites: and of Iezer, came the kindred

of the Iezerites: and of Selem the kindred of Selemites. These are the

kindreds of Naphthali in their generations in number forty five

thousand and four hundred. These are the numbers of the children of

Israel: six hundred thousand, and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: unto these the land shall be

divided to inherit, according to the number of names: to many thou

shalt give the more inheritance and to few the less: to every tribe

shall the inheritance be given according to the number thereof.

Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot, and according to the

names of the tribes of their fathers, they shall inherit: and according

to their lot thou shalt divide their land, both to the many and to the

few. These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gerson,

came the kindred of the Gersonites: and of Cahath came the kindred of

the Cahathites: and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites. These

are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of

the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahelites, the kindred of the

Musites, the kindred of the Karahites. Kahath begat Amram, and Amram's

wife was called Iochebed a daughter of Levi, which was born him in

Egypt. And she bare unto Amram, Aaron, Moses and Miriam their sister.

And unto Aaron were born, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazer and Ithamar. But Nadab

and Abihu died, as they offered strange fire before the LORD. And the

number of them was twenty three thousand, of all the males from a month

old and above. For they were not numbered among the children of Israel,

because there was no inheritance given them among the children of

Israel. These are the numbers of the children of Israel which Moses and

Eleazer the priest numbered in the fields of Moab, fast by Iordan nye

to Iericho. And among these there was not a man of the number of the

children of Israel which Moses and Aaron told in the wilderness of

Sinai. For the LORD said unto them, that they should die in the

wilderness and that there should not be left a man of them: save Caleb

the son of Iephune and Iosua the son of Nun.

Chapter .xxvij.

And the daughters of Zelaphead the son of Heber the son of Gilead, the

son of Machir the son of Manasse, of the kindreds of Manasse the son of

Ioseph (whose names were Mahela, Noha, Hagla, Melcha and Thirza) came

and stood before Moses and Eleazer the priest and before the lords and

all the multitude in the door of the tabernacle of witness saying: our

father died in the wilderness, and was not among the company of them

that gathered them selves together against the LORD in the congregation

of Corah: But died in his own sin, and had no sons. Wherefore should

the name of our father's be taken away from among his kindred, because

he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our

father. And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. And the LORD

spake unto Moses saying: The daughters of Zelaphead speak right: thou

shalt give them a possession to inherit among their father's brethren,

and shalt turn the inheritance of their father unto them. And speak

unto the children of Israel saying: If a man die and have no son, ye

shall turn his inheritance unto his daughter. If he have no daughter,

ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. If he have no

brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. If

he have no father's brethren, ye shall give his inheritance unto him

that is next to him of his kindred, and let him possess it. And this

shall be unto the children of Israel an ordinance, and a law, as the

LORD hath commanded Moses. And the LORD said unto Moses: get thee up

into this mount Abarim, and behold, the land which I have given unto

the children of Israel. And when thou hast seen it, thou shalt be

gathered unto thy people also, as Aaron thy brother was gathered unto

his people. For ye were disobedient unto my mouth in the desert of Zin

in the strife of the congregation, that ye sanctified me not in the

water before their eyes. That is the water of strife in Cades in the

wilderness of Zin. And Moses spake unto the LORD saying: let the LORD

God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, which

may go in and out before them, and to lead them in and out, that the

congregation of the LORD be not as a flock of sheep without a shepherd.

And the LORD said unto Moses: take Iosua the son of Nun in whom there

is spirit, and put thine hands upon him, and set him before Eleazer the

priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their

sight. And put of thy praise upon him that all the company of the

children of Israel may hear. And he shall stond before Eleazar the

priest which shall ask counsel {councell} for him after the manner of

the light {judgement of Urim} before the LORD: And at the mouth of

Eleazer shall both he and all the children of Israel with him and all

the congregation, go in and out. And Moses did as the LORD commanded

him, and he took Iosua and set him before Eleazer the priest and before

all the congregation, and put his hands upon him and give him a charge,

as the LORD commanded thorow the hand of Moses.

Chapter .xxviij.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: give the children of Israel a

charge and say unto them, that they take heed to offer unto me the

offering of my bread in the sacrifice of sweet savour, in his due

season. And say unto them. This is the offering which ye shall offer

unto the LORD: two lambs of a year old without spot day by day to be a

burntoffering perpetually. One lamb thou shalt offer in the morning,

and the other at even. And thereto the tenth part of an Epha of flour

for a meatoffering mingled with beaten oil, the fourth part of an hin:

which is a daily offering ordained in the mount Sinai unto a sweet

savour in the sacrifice of the LORD. And the drinkoffering of the same:

the fourth part of an hin unto one lamb, and pour the drinkoffering in

the holy place, to be good drink unto the LORD. And the other lamb thou

shalt offer at even, with the meatoffering and the drinkoffering after

the manner of the morning: a sacrifice of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

And on the Sabbath day two lambs of a year old apiece and without spot,

and two tenth deals of flour for a meatoffering mingled with oil, and

the drinkoffering thereto. This is the burntoffering of every Sabbath,

besides the daily burntoffering and his drinkoffering. And in the first

day of your months, ye shall offer a burntoffering unto the LORD: two

young bullocks, and a ram, and seven lambs of a year old without spot,

and three tenth deals of flour for a meatoffering mingled with oil unto

one bullock, and two tenth deals of flour for a meatoffering mingled

with oil unto one ram. And ever more, a tenth deal of flour mingled

with oil, for a meatoffering unto one lamb. That is a burntoffering of

a sweet savour in the sacrifice of the LORD. And their drink offerings

shall be half an hin of wine unto one bullock, and the third part of an

hin of wine unto a ram and the fourth part of an hin unto a lamb. This

is the burntoffering of every month thorowout all the months of the

year: and one he goat for a sinoffering unto the LORD, which shall be

offered with the daily burntoffering and his drinkoffering. And the

fourteenth day of the first month shall be passover unto the LORD. And

the fifteenth day of the same month shall be a feast, in which seven

days men must eat unleavened bread. The first day shall be an holy

feast, so that ye shall do no manner of laborious work therein. And ye

shall offer a burntoffering unto the LORD two bullocks, one ram, and

seven lambs of a year old without spot, and their meatoffering of flour

mingled with oil three tenth deals unto a bullock, and two tenth deals

unto a ram, and ever more one tenth deal unto a lamb, thorowout the

seven lambs: and an he goat for a sinoffering to make an atonement for

you. And ye shall offer these, beside the burntoffering in the morning

that is always offered. And after this manner ye shall offer thorowout

the seven days, the food of the sacrifice of sweet favour unto the

LORD. And it shall be done beside the daily burntoffering and his

drinkoffering. And the seventh day shall be an holy feast unto you, so

that ye shall do no laborious work therein. And the day of your first

fruits when ye bring a new meatoffering unto the LORD in your weeks,

shall be an holy feast unto you: so that ye shall do no labourious work

therein. And ye shall offer a burntoffering of a sweet savour unto the

LORD: two young bullocks, and a ram, and seven lambs of a year old

apiece, with their meatofferings of flour mingled with oil three tenth

deals unto a bullock two tenth deals to a ram, and ever more one tenth

deal unto a lamb thorowout the seven lambs, and an he goat to make an

atonement for you. And this ye shall do besides the daily

burntoffering, and his meatoffering: and they shall be without spot,

with their drinkofferings.

Chapter .xxix.

Also {and} the first day of the seventh month shall be an holy feast

unto you, and ye shall do no labourious work therein. It shall be a day

of trumpet blowing unto you. And ye shall offer a burntoffering of a

sweet savour unto the LORD: one young bullock and one ram and seven

lambs of a year old apiece that are pure. And their meatofferings of

flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals unto the bullock, and two

unto the ram, and one tenth deal unto one lamb thorow the seven lambs.

And an he goat for a sinoffering to make an atonement for you, beside

the burntoffering of the month and his meatoffering and beside the

daily burntoffering and his meatoffering, and the drinkofferings of the

same: according unto the manner of them for a savour of sweetness in

the sacrifice of the LORD. And the tenth day of that same seventh month

shall be an holy feast unto you, and ye shall humble your souls and

shall do no manner work therein. And ye shall offer a burntoffering

unto the LORD of a sweet savour: one bullock, and a ram, and seven

lambs of a year old apiece, without fault and their meatofferings of

flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals to a bullock, and two to a

ram and always a tenth deal unto a lamb, thorowout the seven lambs. And

one he goat for a sinoffering, beside the sinoffering of atonement and

the daily burntoffering, and the meat and drinkofferings that long to

the same. And the fifteenth day of the seventh month shall be holy day

and ye shall do no laborious work therein, and ye shall keep a feast

unto the LORD of seven days long. And ye shall offer a burntoffering of

a sweet savour unto the LORD: thirteen bullocks two rams and fourteen

lambs which are yearlings and pure, with oil, three tenth deals unto

every one of the thirteen bullocks: two tenth deals to either of the

rams, and one tenth deal unto each of the fourteen lambs. And one he

goat unto a sinoffering, beside the daily burntoffering with his meat

and drinkofferings. And the second day twelve young bullocks, two rams,

and fourteen yearling lambs without spot: and their meatofferings and

drinkofferings unto the bullocks, rams and lambs, according to the

number of them and after the manner. And an he goat for a sinoffering,

beside the daily burntoffering and his meat and drinkofferings. And the

third day eleven bullocks two rams and fourteen yearling lambs without

spot: and their meat and drinkofferings unto the bullocks, rams and

lambs, after the number of them and according to the manner. And an he

goat for a sinoffering, beside the daily burntoffering and his meat and

drinkofferings. And the fourth day ten bullocks two rams and fourteen

lambs, yearlings and pure: and their meat and drinkofferings unto the

bullocks, rams and lambs, according to their number and after the

manner. And an he goat for a sinoffering, beside the daily

burntoffering and his meat and drinkofferings. And the fifth day nine

bullocks two rams and fourteen lambs of one year old apiece without

spot. And their meat and drinkofferings unto the bullocks, rams and

lambs, according to the number of them and after the manner. And an he

goat for a sinoffering, beside the daily burntoffering and his meat and

drinkofferings. And the sixth day eight bullocks two rams and fourteen

yearling lambs without spot. And their meat and drinkofferings unto the

bullocks, rams and lambs, according to the manner. And an he goat for a

sinoffering, beside the daily burntoffering and his meat and

drinkofferings. And the seventh day seven bullocks two rams and

fourteen lambs that are yearlings and pure. And their meat and

drinkofferings unto the bullocks, rams and lambs, according to their

number and to the manner. And an hegoat for a sinoffering, beside the

daily burntoffering and his meat and drinkofferings. And the eighth day

shall be the conclusion of the feast unto you, and ye shall do no

manner laborious work therein. And ye shall offer a burntoffering of a

sweet savour unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram and seven yearling

lambs without spot. And the meat and drinkofferings unto the bullock,

ram and lambs, according to their numbers and according to the manner.

And an he goat for a sinoffering beside the daily burntoffering and his

meat and drinkofferings. These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your

feasts: beside your vows and freewill offerings, in your

burntofferings, meatofferings, drinkofferings and peaceofferings. And

Moses told the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD

commanded him.

Chapter .xxx.

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel

saying: this is the thing which the LORD commandeth. If a man vow a vow

unto the LORD or swear an oath and bind his soul, he shall not go back

with his word: but shall fulfil all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

If a damsel vow a vow unto the LORD and bind herself being in her

father's house and unmarried: If her father hear her vow and bond which

she hath made upon her soul, and hold his peace thereto: then all her

vows and bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall stond in effect.

But and if her father forbid her the same day that he heareth it, none

of her vows nor bonds which she hath made upon her soul shall be of

value, and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father forbade her.

If she had an husband when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her

lips wherewith she bound her soul, and her husband heard it and held

his peace thereat the same day he heard it: Then her vows and her bonds

wherewith she bound her soul, shall stond in effect. But and if her

husband forbade her the same day that he heard it, then hath he made

her vow which she had upon her of none effect, and that also which she

pronounced with her lips wherewith she bound her soul, and the LORD

shall forgive her. The vow of a widow and of her that is divorced, and

all that they have bound their souls withal, shall stond in effect with

them. If she vowed in her husband's house or bound her soul with an

oath, and her husband heard it and held his peace and forbade her not:

then all her vows and bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stond.

But if her husband disannulled them the same day that he heard them,

then nothing that proceeded out of her lips in vows and bonds wherewith

she bound her soul shall stond in effect: for her husband hath lowsed

them, and the LORD shall forgive her. All vows and oaths that bind to

humble the soul, may her husband stablish or break. But if her husband

hold his peace from one day unto another, then he stablisheth all her

vows and bonds which she had upon her, because he held his peace the

same day that he heard them. And if he afterward break them, he shall

bear her sin himself. These are the ordinances which the LORD commanded

Moses, between a man and his wife, and between the father and his

daughter, being a damsel in her father's house.

Chapter .xxxj.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: avenge the children of Israel of

the Madianites, and afterward be gathered unto thy people. And Moses

spake unto the folk saying: Harness some of you unto war, and let them

go upon the Madianites and avenge the LORD of the Madianites. Ye shall

send unto the war a thousand of every tribe thorowout all the tribes of

Israel. And there were taken out of the thousands of Israel twelve

thousand prepared unto war, of every tribe a thousand. And Moses sent

them a thousand of every tribe, with Phineas the son of Eleazer the

priest to war, and the holy vessels and the trumpets to blow with in

his hand. And they warred against the Madianites, as the LORD commanded

Moses, and slew all the males. And they slew the kings of Madian among

other that were slain: Eui, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba: five kings of

Madian. And they slew Balam the son of Beor with the sword. And the

children of Israel took all the women of Madian prisoners and their

children, and spoiled all their cattle, their substance and their

goods. And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all

their castles with fire. And they took all the spoil and all they could

catch, both of men and beasts. And they brought the captives and that

which they had taken and all the spoil unto Moses and Eleazer the

priest and unto the company of the children of Israel, even unto the

host, in the fields of Moab by Iordan nye to Iericho. And Moses and

Eleazer the priest and all the lords of the congregation went out of

the host against them. And Moses was angry with the officers of the

host, with the captains over thousands and over hundreds, which came

from war and battle, and said unto them: Have ye saved the women alive?

behold, these caused the children of Israel thorow Balam, to commit

trespass against the LORD, by the reason of Peor, and there followed a

plague among the congregation of the LORD. Now therefore slay all the

men children and the women that have lien with men fleshly: But all the

women children that have not lien with men, keep alive for your selves.

And lodge without the host seven days all that have killed any person

and all that have twiched any dead body, and purify both your selves

and your prisoners the third day and the seventh. And sprinkle all your

raiments and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair,

and all things made of wood. And Eleazer the priest said unto all the

men of war which went out to battle: this is the ordinance of the law

which the LORD commanded Moses: Gold, silver, brass, iron, tin and

lead, and all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go thorow the

fire, and then it is clean. Neverthelater, it shall be sprinkled with

sprinkling water. And all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall make go

thorow the water. And wash your clothes the seventh day, and then ye

are clean. And afterward come into the host. And the LORD spake unto

Moses saying: take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of the

women and of cattle, thou and Eleazer the priest and the ancient heads

of the congregation. And divide it into two parts, between them that

took the war upon them and went out to battle and all the congregation.

And take a portion unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to

battle one of five hundred, of the women and of the oxen and of the

asses and of the sheep and ye shall take it of their half and give it

unto Eleazer the priest, an heave offering unto the LORD. And of the

half of the children of Israel, take one of fifty, of the women, of the

oxen, of the asses and of the sheep, and of all manner of beasts, and

give them unto the Levites which wait upon the habitation of the LORD.

And Moses and Eleazer the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. And

the booty and the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred

thousand and seventy five thousand sheep: and seventy two thousand

oxen: and sixty one thousand asses: and thirty two thousand women that

had lien by no man. And the half which was the part of them that went

out to war, was three hundred thousand and thirty seven thousand and

five hundred sheep: And the LORD's part of the sheep was six hundred

and seventy five. And the oxen were thirty six thousand, of which the

LORD's part was seventy two. And the asses were thirty thousand and

five hundred, of which the LORD's part was sixty one. And the women

were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's part was thirty two souls.

And Moses gave that sum which was the LORD's heave offering unto

Eleazer the priest: as the LORD commanded Moses. And the other half of

the children of Israel which Moses separated from the men of war (that

is to wete, the half that pertained unto the congregation) was three

hundred thousand and thirty seven thousand and five hundred sheep: and

thirty six thousand oxen: and thirty thousand asses and five hundred:

and sixteen thousand women. And Moses took of this half that pertained

unto the children of Israel: one of every fifty, both of the women and

of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites which waited upon the

habitation of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. And the officers

of thousands of the host, the captains over the thousands and the

captains over the hundreds came forth and said unto Moses: Thy servants

have taken the sum of the men of war, which were under our hand, and

there lacked not one man of them. We have therefore brought a present

unto the LORD what every man found of Iewels of gold, chains,

bracelets, rings, earrings and spangles, to make an atonement for our

souls before the LORD. And Moses and Eleazer took the gold of them:

Iewels of all manner fashions. And all the gold of the heave offering

of the LORD, of the captains over thousands and hundreds was sixteen

thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles, which {for} the men of war had

spoiled, every man for himself. And Moses and Eleazer the priest took

the gold of the captains over the thousands and over the hundreds, and

brought it into the tabernacle of witness: to be a memorial unto the

children of Israel, before the LORD.

Chapter .xxxij.

The children of Ruben and the children of Gad, had an exceeding great

multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Iaeser and the land

of Gilead that it was an apt place for cattle, they came and spake unto

Moses and Eleazer the priest and unto the lords of the congregation

saying. The land of Ataroth, Dibo and Beon, which country the LORD

smote before the congregation of Israel: is a land for cattle and we

thy servants have cattle wherefore (said they) if we have found grace

in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants to possess, and

bring us not over Iordan. And Moses said unto the children of Gad and

of Ruben: shall your brethren go to war and ye tarry here? Wherefore

discourage ye the hearts of the children of Israel for to go over into

the land which the LORD hath given them? This did your fathers, when I

sent them from Cades bernea to see the land. And they went up even unto

the river of Escol and saw the land, and discouraged the hearts of the

children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the

LORD had given them. And the LORD was wroth the same time and sware

saying: None of the men that came out of Egypt from twenty years old

and above, shall see the land which I swore unto Abraham, Isaac and

Iacob, because they have not continually followed me: save Caleb the

son of Iephune the Kenesite, and Iosua the son of Nun, for they have

followed me continually. And the LORD was angry with Israel, and made

them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation

that had done evil in the sight of the LORD were consumed. And behold,

ye are risen up in your father's stead, the increase of sinful men, to

augment the fierce wrath of the LORD to Israelward. For if ye turn away

from after him, he will yet again leave the people in the wilderness,

so shall ye destroy all this folk. And they went near him and said: we

will build sheepfolds here for our sheep and for our cattle, and cities

for our children: But we our selves will go ready armed before the

children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place. And

our children shall dwell in the strong {fenced} cities, because of the

inhabiters of the land. And we will not return unto our houses, until

the children of Israel have inherited: every man his inheritance. For

we will not inherit with them on yonder side Iordan forward, because

our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Iordan eastward. And Moses

said unto them: If ye will do this thing, that ye will go all harnessed

before the LORD to war, and will go all of you in harness over Iordan

before the LORD, until he have cast out his enemies before him, and

until the land be subdued before the LORD, then ye shall return and be

without sin against the LORD and against Israel, and this land shall be

your possession before the LORD. But and if ye will not do so, behold,

ye sin against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. Build

your cities for your children and folds for your sheep, and see ye do

that ye have spoken. And the Children of Gad and of Ruben spake unto

Moses saying: thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Our children,

our wives, substance and all our cattle shall remain here in the cities

of Gilead. But we thy servants will go all harnessed for the war unto

battle before the LORD, as my lord hath said. And Moses commanded

Eleazer the priest: and Iosua the son of Nun and the ancient heads of

the tribes of the children of Israel, and said unto them: If the

children of Gad and Ruben will go with you over Iordan, all prepared to

fight before the LORD: then when the land is subdued unto you, give

them the land of Gilead to possess, but and if they will not go over

with you in harness, then they shall have their possessions among you

in the land of Canaan. And the children of Gad and Ruben answered

saying: that which the LORD hath said unto thy servants we will do. We

will go harnessed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the

possession of our inheritance shall be on this side the Iordan. And

Moses gave unto the children of Gad and of Ruben and unto half the

tribe of Manasse the son of Ioseph, the kingdom of Sehon king of the

Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land that longed

unto the cities thereof in the coasts of the country round about. And

the children of Gad built Dibo, ataroth Aroer, Atroth, Sophan, Iaeser,

Iegabea, Bethnimra and Betharan strong {fenced} cities, and they built

folds for their sheep. And the children of Ruben built Hesebon, Elalea,

Kiriathaim, Nebo, Baal Meon and turned their names, and Sibama also:

and gave names unto the cities which they built. And the children of

Machir the son of Manasse went to Gilead and took it, and put out the

Amorites that were therein. And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son

of Manasse and he dwelt therein. And Iahir the son of Manasse went and

took the small towns thereof, and called them the towns of Iair. And

Nobah went and took kenath with the towns longing thereto, and called

it Nobah after his own name.

Chapter .xxxiij.

These are the journeys of the children of Israel which went out of the

land of Egypt with their armies under Moses and Aaron. And Moses wrote

their going out by their journeys at the commandment of the LORD: even

these are the journeys of their going out. The children of Israel

departed from Rameses the fifteenth day of the first month, on the

morrow after Passover and went out with an high hand in the sight of

all Egypt, while the Egyptians buried all their firstborn which the

LORD had smoten among them. And upon their gods also the LORD did

execution. And the children of Israel removed from Rameses and pitched

in Sucoth. And they departed from Sucoth and pitched their tents in

Ethan, which is in the edge of the wilderness. And they removed from

Ethan and turned unto the entering of Hiroth which is before Baal

Zephon, and pitched before Migdol. And they departed from before Hiroth

and went thorow the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went

three days journey in the wilderness of Ethan, and pitched in Marah.

And they removed from Marah and went unto Elim where were twelve

fountains and seventy date {palm} trees and they pitched there. And

they removed from Elim and lay fast by the red sea. And they removed

from the red sea and lay in the wilderness of Zin. And they took their

journey out of the wilderness of Zin, and set up their tents in Daphka.

And they departed from Daphka, and lay in Alus. And they removed from

Alus, and lay at Raphedim, where was no water for the people to drink.

And they departed from Raphedim, and pitched in the wilderness of

Sinai. And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and lodged at the

graves of lust. And they departed from the sepulchres of lust, and lay

at Hazeroth. And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithma.

And departed from Rithma and pitched at Rimon Parez. And they departed

from Rimon Parez, and pitched in Libna. And they removed from Libna,

and pitched at Rissa. And they journeyed from Rissa and pitched at

Kehelatha. And they went from Kehelatha, and pitched in mount Sapher.

And they removed from mount Sapher, and lay in Harada. And they removed

from Harada, and pitched in Makeheloth. And they removed from

Makeheloth, and lay at Tahath, and they departed from Tahath and

pitched at Tharath. And they removed from Tharath, and pitched in

Mithca. And they went from Mithca, and lodged in Hasmona. And they

departed from Hasmona, and lay at Moseroth. And they departed from

Moseroth, and pitched among the children of Iaken. And they removed

from the children of [Bane] Iaken, and lay at Horgadgad. And they went

from Horgadgad, and pitched in Iathbatha. And they removed from

Iathbatha, and lay at Abrona. And they departed from Abrona, and lay at

Ezeon gaber. And they removed from Ezeon gaber, and pitched in the

wilderness of Sin, which is Cades. And they removed from Cades, and

pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Moab. {Edom} And Aaron

the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD and

died there, even in the fortieth year, after the children of Israel

were come out of the land of Egypt, and in the first day of the fifth

month. And Aaron was an hundred and thirty three years old when he died

in mount Hor. And king Erad the Cananite which dwelt in the south of

the land of Canaan, heard that the children of Israel were come. And

they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmona. And they departed

from Zalmona, and pitched in Phimon, and they departed from Phimon, and

pitched in Oboth. And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Igim

Abarim {Iehabarim} in the borders of Moab. And they departed from Igim,

{Iehabarim} and pitched in Dibon Gad. And they removed from Dibon Gad,

and lay in Almon Diblathama. And they removed from Almon Diblathama,

and pitched in the mountains of Abarim before Nibo. And they departed

from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the fields of Moab fast by

Iordan nye to Iericho. And they pitched upon Iordan, from Beth

Haiesmoth unto the plain of Sitim {Abelsatim} in the fields of Moab.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the fields of Moab by Iordan nye unto

Iericho, saying: speak unto the children of Israel and say unto them:

when ye are come over Iordan into the land of Canaan, see that ye drive

out all the inhabiters of the land before you, and destroy their

imaginations {chapels} and all their Images of Metal, and pluck down

all their altars built on hills: And possess the land and dwell

therein, for I have given you the land to enjoy it. And ye shall divide

the inheritance of the land by lot among your kindreds, and give to the

more the more inheritance, and to the fewer the less inheritance. And

your inheritance shall be in the tribes of your fathers, in the place

where every man's lot falleth. But and if ye will not drive out the

inhabiters of the land before you, then these {those} which ye let

remain of them, shall be thorns in your eyes and darts in your sides,

and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. Moreover it will come

to pass, that I shall do unto you as I thought to do unto them.

Chapter .xxxiiij.

And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: 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 your inheritance, the land of Canaan with all

her coasts. And your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin

along by the coast of Edom, so that your south quarter shall be from

the side of the salt sea eastward, and shall fetch a compass from the

south up to Acrabim, and reach to Zinna. And it shall go out on the

south side of Cades Bernea, and go out also at Hazar Adar, and go along

to Azmon. And shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt,

and shall go out at the sea. And your west quarter shall be the great

sea, which coast shall be your west coast. And this shall be your north

quarter: ye shall compass from the great sea unto mount Hor. And from

mount Hor, ye shall compass and go unto Hemath, and the end of the

coast shall be at Zedada, and the coast shall reach out to Ziphron and

go out at Hazor enan. And this shall be your north quarter. And ye

shall compass your east quarter from Hazar Enan to Sepham. And the

coast shall go down from Sepham to Ribla on the east side of Ain. And

then descend and go out at the side of the sea of Cenereth eastward.

And then go down along by Iordan, and leave at the salt sea. And this

shall be your land with all the coasts thereof round about. And Moses

commanded the children of Israel, saying: this is the land which ye

shall inherit by lot, and which the LORD commanded to give unto nine

tribes and an half: for the tribe of the children of Ruben, have

received, in the households of their fathers, and the tribe of the

children of Gad in their fathers' households, and half the tribe of

Manasse, have received their inheritance, that is to wete two tribes

and a half have received their inheritance on the other side of Iordan

by Iericho eastward, toward the son rising. And the LORD spake to Moses

saying: These are the names of the men, which shall divide you the land

to inherit. Eleazer the priest, and Iosua the son of Nun. And ye shall

take also a lord of every tribe to divide the land, whose names are

these: in the tribe of Iuda, Caleb the son of Iephune. And in the tribe

of the children of Simeon, Semuel the son of Amiud, and in the tribe of

BenIamin, Elidad the son of Cislon. And in the tribe of the children of

Dan, the lord Bucki the son of Iagli. And among the children of Ioseph:

in the tribe of the children of Manasse, the lord Haniel the son of

Ephod. And in the tribe of the children of Ephraim, the lord Cemuel the

son of Siphtan. And in the tribe of the sons of Zabulon, the lord

Elizaphan the son of Parnac. And in the tribe of the children of

Isachar, the lord Palthiel the son of Asan. And in the tribe of the

sons of Aser, the lord Ahihud the son of Selomi. And in the tribe of

the children of Naphthali, the lord Pada El the son of Ammihud. These

are they which the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the

children of Israel, in the land of Canaan.

Chapter .xxxv.

And the LORD spake unto Moses in the fields of Moab by Iordan Iericho

saying: command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites

of the inheritance of their possession: cities to dwell in. And ye

shall give also unto the cities of the Levites, suburbs round about

them. The cities shall be for them to dwell in, and the suburbs for

their cattle, possession and all manner beasts of theirs. And the

suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach

from the wall of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about. And

ye shall measure without the city, and make the utmost border of the

east side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the south

side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the west side: two

thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the north side: two thousand

cubits also: and the city shall be in the midst. And these shall be the

suburbs of their cities. And among the cities which ye shall give unto

the Levites, there shall be six cities of franchise which ye shall give

to that intent that he which killeth, may fly thither. And to them ye

shall add forty two cities more: {mo} so that all the cities which ye

shall give the Levites shall be forty eight with their suburbs. And of

the cities which ye shall give out of the possessions of the children

of Israel, ye shall give many out of their possessions that have much

and few out of their possessions that have little: so that every tribe

shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to the inheritance

which he inheriteth. And the LORD spake unto Moses saying: speak unto

the children of Israel and say unto them: when ye be come over Iordan

into the land of Canaan, ye shall build cities which shall be

privileged towns for you: that he which slayeth a man unawares, may fly

thither. And the cities shall be to flee from the executer of blood,

that he which killed die not, until he stond before the congregation in

judgement. And of these six free cities which ye shall give three ye

shall give on this side Iordan and three in the land of Canaan. And

these six free cities shall be for the children of Israel and for the

stranger and for him that dwelleth among you, that all they which kill

any person unawares, may flee thither. If any man smite another with a

weapon of iron that he die, then he is a murderer, and shall die for

it. If he smite him with a throwing stone that he die therewith, then

he shall die: For he is a murderer and shall be slain therefore. If he

smite him with a hand weapon of wood that he die therewith, then he

shall die: for he is a murderer and shall be slain therefore. The judge

{justice} of blood shall slay the murderer, as soon as he findeth him:

If he thrust him of hate, or hurl at him with laying of wait that he

die or smite him with his hand of envy that he die, he that smote him

shall die, for he is a murderer. The justice of blood shall slay him as

soon as he findeth him. But and if he pushed him by chance and not of

hate or cast at him with any manner of thing and not of laying of wait:

or cast any manner of stone at him that he die therewith, and saw him

not: And he cast it upon him and he died, but was not his enemy,

neither sought him any harm: Then the congregation shall judge between

the slayer and the executer of blood in such cases. And the

congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the judge of

blood, and shall restore him again unto the franchised city, whither he

was fled. And he shall bide there unto the death of the high priest

which was anointed with holy oil. But and if he came without the

borders of his privileged city whither he was fled, if the blood

avenger find him without the borders of his free town, he shall slay

the murderer and be guiltless, because he should have bidden in his

free town until the death of the high priest, and after the death of

the high priest, he shall return again unto the land of his possession.

And this shall be an ordinance and a law unto you, among your children

after you in all your habitations. Whosoever slayeth, shall be slain at

the mouth of witnesses. For one witness shall not answer against one

person to put him to death. Moreover ye shall take none amends for the

life of the murderer which is worthy to die: But he shall be put to

death. Also ye shall take none atonement for him that is fled to a free

city, that he should come again and dwell in the land before the death

of the high priest. And see that ye pollute not the land which ye are

in, for blood defileth the land. And the land can none otherwise be

cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of it that

shed it. Defile not therefore the land which ye inhabit, and in the

midst of which I also dwell, for I am, the LORD which dwell among the

children of Israel.

Chapter .xxxvi.

And the ancient heads of the children of Gilead the son of Machir the

son of Manasse of the kindred of the children of Ioseph, came forth and

spake before Moses and the princes which were ancient heads among the

children of Israel and said: The LORD commanded my lord to give the

land to inherit by lot to the children of Israel. And then my lord

commanded in the name of the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelaphead

our brother unto his daughters. Now when any of the sons of the tribes

of Israel take them to wives, then shall their inheritance be taken

from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put unto the

inheritance of the tribe in which they are and shall be taken from the

lot of our inheritance. And when the free year {of jubilee} cometh unto

the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be put unto the

inheritance of the tribe where they are in, and so shall their

inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our

fathers. And Moses commanded the children of Israel at the mouth of the

LORD saying: the tribe of the children of Ioseph have said well. This

therefore doeth the LORD: command the daughters of Zelaphead saying:

let them be wives to whom they themself think best, but in the kindred

of the tribe of their fathers shall they marry, that the inheritance of

the children of Israel roll not from tribe to tribe. But that the

children of Israel may abide, every man in the inheritance of the tribe

of his fathers. And every daughter that possesseth any inheritance

among the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of

the kindred of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may

enjoy every man the inheritance of his father, and that the inheritance

go not from one tribe to another: but that the tribes of the children

of Israel, may abide every man in his own inheritance. And as the LORD

commanded Moses even so did the daughters of Zelaphead: Mahela, Thirza,

Hagla, Milcha and Noa, and were married unto their fathers' brothers'

sons, of the kindred of the children of Manasse the son of Ioseph: and

so they had their inheritance in the tribe of the kindred of their

father. These are the commandments and laws which the LORD commanded

thorow Moses, unto the children of Israel in the fields of Moab upon

Iordan nye unto Iericho.

The end of the .iiij. book of Moses.