6 And if she had at all an husband, when 3 she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; e Ge.3.16. 8 But if her husband e disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which 1Cor.7.4. 14.34. Ep.5.22-24. f 1Cor.11.3. 7 And her husband heard it, and ch. 15.25, that he heard it: then her vows 16 These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses be 41 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. 5 So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of she vowed, and that which she (CHAP. 31.) Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to c blow, in his hand. a ch.25.17. uttered with her lips, wherewith 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and d they slew all the males. 10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; b ch.27.13. a thousand 11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall c ch.10.9. stand. Ju.21.11. 12 But if her husband hath utter- Jos.8.2. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her Vows, or all her bonds, which are g De.20.14. upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her ini-2 host of ch.22.1. quity. war. e Jos. 13.21, 22. f Jos.6.24. The Midianites spoiled. |tween a man and his wife; between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. CHAPTER XXXI. The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain. AND the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Avenge a the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered b unto thy people. 3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. How the prey is to be divided. NUMBERS, XXXI. Have ye saved all the women i B. C. 1452. alive? 16 Behold, these k caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among m the congregation of the LORD. The proportion. half, thou shalt take u one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the 6 flocks, of Deut.20.13. all manner of beasts, and give v 1Sam. 15.3. them unto the Levites, which w keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. 25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 26 Take the sum of the prey 5 that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: 27 And divide r the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation. k ch.25.1-3. 17 Now therefore n kill every 2Pet.2.15. male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with 3 him. Rev.2.14. 18 But all the women children, m ch 25.9. that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for n Ju.21.11. yourselves. 19 And do ye abide without the 3 a male. camp seven days: whosoever o hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purity both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. 0 ch.5.2. 20 And purify all your raiment, and all 4 that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. 21 And Eleazar the priest said p ch. 19.9,17. unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; q Lev. 11.25. 22 Only the gold, and the silver. the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 1Sa.30.24. Ps.68.12. 23 Every thing that may abide the Jos.22.8. fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified p with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. 24 And q ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. 5 19.11,&c. 4 instrument, or, vessel of skins. of the captivity. s Ge.14.20. Jos.6.19. 2Sam.8.11, 12. Pr.3.9.10. t ver.30,47. ch.18.26. 6 or, goats. v 1Cor.9.13, 14. u ver.42.47. beeves, 28 And levy a tribute s unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one t soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, x ch.18.8.19. and of the sheep: w ch.3.7,&c. 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for any ver.30. heave offering of the LORD. 30 And of the children of Israel's 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. 32 And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep. 33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, 34 And threescore and one thousand asses, 35 And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him 36 And the half which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: 37 And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve. 39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. 40 And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons. 41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as z the LORD commanded Moses. 42 And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, 44 And thirty and six thousand 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, 46 And sixteen thousand persons;) 47 Even y of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. 48 T And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: The Reubenites and Gadites NUMBERS, XXXII. 49 And they said unto Moses, Thy B. C. 1452. servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our 7 charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath 8 gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make z an atonement for our souls before the LORD. 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. CHAPTER XXXII. The Reubenutes and Gadites sue for their inheritance on that side Jordan. TOW the children of Reuben, a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, a and the land of b Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place c for cattle; 52 And all the gold of the 9 offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds. was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. c Ge. 13.2,5. 53 (For the men of war had a Beth-nimrah. 2 The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, d and Jazer, and Nimrah, e and Heshbon, ƒ and Elealeh, and Shebam, g and Nebo, and Beon, h hand. 8 found. z Ex.30.12, 16. 4 Even the country i which the LORD Smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: 5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. 9 heave (CHAP. 32.) Jaazer. e ver.36, h ver.38, k ch.13.3-26. Z ch. 14.11.29. 35, 0 ch.26.64,65. P Ps.78.57. q Ne. 13. 18. r Deut.30.17. 6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children s ch.14.35. of Reuben, Shall your brethren got Jos.4.12,13. to war, and shall ye sit here? u Jos.22.4. 7 And wherefore 1 discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? sue for an inheritance. 9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. 10 And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, 11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because m they have not 2 wholly followed me: 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them n wander in the wilderness forty years, until o all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed. 14 And behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase p of sinful men, to augment q yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if r ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave s them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. 16 And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: 17 But wet ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the land. 18 We u will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance: 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because v our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. 20 T And w Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, 21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, v ver.33. 22 And the land be subdued a beDeut.3.18, fore the LORD; then afterward y &c. ye shall return and be guiltless be8 Thus did your fathers, when k I x Jos. 18.1. fore the LORD, and before Israel; sent them from Kadesh-barnea toy Jos.22.4,9.and this land shall be your possessee the land. sion before the LORD. Moses assigneth the land. 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, B. C. 1452. ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin z will find you z Ge.4.7. 44.16. Ps.90.S. 139.11. Pr. 13.21. Is.59.12. 1 Cor.4.5. NUMBERS, XXXIII. Journeys of the Israelites. out. 21 Build a you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy b servants will: do as my lord commandeth. 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: 27 But c thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith. 28 So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: a ver. 16,34, &c. b Jos. 1.13, 14. c Jos.4.12. d ver.20. e De.3.12-17. 29.8. Jos. 12.6. 31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. 32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's. fch.21.24,33. g ch.33.45,46. h Deut.2.36. 29 And d Moses said unto them. If the children of Gad and the child-i ren of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: 30 But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. ver. 1,3, k ver.3. n Is.46.1. a ch.22.41. 1 they called by names the names of the cities. p See ver.3. Ex.23.13. Jos.23.7. q Jos. 13.2931. 33 And e Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh, the son r Ju. 10.4. of Joseph, f the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. (CHAP. 33.) a Ex. 12.37. b Ex. 13.4. c Ex. 14.8. d Ex. 12.29. 31 And the children of Gad built! Dibon, g and Ataroth, and Aroer, h 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and ie Ex. 12.12. Jazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And Beth-nimrah, k and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds 18.11. Is. 19.). Re. 12.7-9. ƒ Ex. 12.37. for sheep. 37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, m and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, i Ex. 14.22. 15.22,23. 38 And Nebo, n and Baal-meon, o (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other p names unto the cities which they Ex. 16.1. builded. k Ex. 15.27. g Ex.13.20. h Ex. 14.2,9. 39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. 40 And Moses gave Gilead g unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. 41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them HavothJair.r 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name, CHAPTER XXXIII. Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. HESE are the journeys of the went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys, by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. 3 And they departed a from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth b day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with c an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which d the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods e also the LORD executed judgments. 5 And the children of Israel removed from ƒ Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And g they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. 7 And h they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol. 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and came k unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palmtrees; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. 11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. 17 And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and p encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithimah.g 19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-pa rez. m Ex.17.1. 19.2. n Ex. 16.1. 19.1,2. 1 that is, the graves of lust. 0 ch.11.34. p ch.11.35. q ch.12.16. s 1Chr. 1.42. t Deut. 10.7, Jotbath. v Deut.2.8. 20 And they departed from Rim- geber. 27.14. 23. 23 And they went from Kehela- 21 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Hara-| dah. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. 26 And they removed from Mak-b heloth, and encamped at Tahath. 27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, d ch.32.34. and pitched in Mithcah. c ch.21.11. 29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashimonah. 30 And they departed from Hash-3 or, the monah, and encamped at Mose e Jer. 48.22. Eze.6.14. f Deut.32.49. g ch.22.1. roth.r plains of 31 And they departed from Mose-h ch.25.1. 33 And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.u ch.26.53-55. 36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness w of Zin, which is Kadesh. 37 And they removed from Kadesh and pitched in mount Hor, m the edge of the land of Edom. 38 Andy Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor, at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the chuldren of Israel were come out of the Israelites. [of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. 34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. 35 And they departed from Ebro-1 nah, and u encamped at Ezion-4 gaber. 28. Deut. 10.6. 32.50. 2 ch.21.1,&c. a ch.21.4. ch.21.10. Abarim. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. 40 And king Arad 2 the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. 41 And they departed from mount Hor, a and pitched in Zalmonah. 42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.b 44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in 2lje-abarim, c in the border of Moab. 52 Then k ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: 53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. 54 And ye shall divide the land i by lot for an inheritance among your families; and to the more ye shall 4 give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give 5 the less inheritance every man's inhis inherit-heritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to diminish the tribes of your fathers ye shall his inherit inherit. ance. ance. m Ex.23.33. 55 But m if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to Ju.1.21-36. pass, that those which ye let rePs. 106.34- main of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. 36. Eze.28.24. |