04:016:035 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the twohundred and fifty men that offered incense.
04:016:036 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:016:037 Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
04:016:038 The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
04:016:039 And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
04:016:040 To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
04:016:041 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
04:016:042 And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
04:016:043 And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation.
04:016:044 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:016:045 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
04:016:046 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire thereinfrom off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly untothe congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there iswrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
04:016:047 And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst ofthe congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among thepeople: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for thepeople.
04:016:048 And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
04:016:049 Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
04:016:050 And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
04:017:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:017:002 Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.
04:017:003 And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: forone rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers.
04:017:004 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of thecongregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.
04:017:005 And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shallchoose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me themurmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmuragainst you.
04:017:006 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one oftheir princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one,according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and therod of Aaron was among their rods.
04:017:007 And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness.
04:017:008 And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
04:017:009 And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod.
04:017:010 And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
04:017:011 And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he.
04:017:012 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold,we die, we perish, we all perish.
04:017:013 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of theLORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
04:018:001 And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thyfather's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of thesanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear theiniquity of your priesthood.
04:018:002 And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thyfather, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined untothee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with theeshall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
04:018:003 And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all thetabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of thesanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
04:018:004 And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of thetabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of thetabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
04:018:005 And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the chargeof the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon thechildren of Israel.
04:018:006 And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
04:018:007 Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest'soffice for everything of the altar, and within the vail; andye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you asa service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall beput to death.
04:018:008 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given theethe charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed thingsof the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them byreason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance forever.
04:018:009 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from thefire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering oftheir's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespassoffering of their's which they shall render unto me, shall bemost holy for thee and for thy sons.
04:018:010 In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
04:018:011 And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
04:018:012 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and ofthe wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer untothe LORD, them have I given thee.
04:018:013 And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shallbring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is cleanin thine house shall eat of it.
04:018:014 Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
04:018:015 Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which theybring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall bethine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surelyredeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
04:018:016 And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thouredeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of fiveshekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twentygerahs.
04:018:017 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
04:018:018 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.
04:018:019 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
04:018:020 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
04:018:021 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
04:018:022 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.
04:018:023 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of thecongregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall bea statute for ever throughout your generations, that among thechildren of Israel they have no inheritance.
04:018:024 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer asan heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levitesto inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among thechildren of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
04:018:025 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:018:026 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.
04:018:027 And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
04:018:028 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest.
04:018:029 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
04:018:030 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
04:018:031 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households:for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle ofthe congregation.
04:018:032 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heavedfrom it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holythings of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
04:019:001 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
04:019:002 This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:
04:019:003 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he maybring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay herbefore his face:
04:019:004 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with hisfinger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before thetabernacle of the congregation seven times:
04:019:005 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and herflesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
04:019:006 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet,and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
04:019:007 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
04:019:008 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
04:019:009 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin.
04:019:010 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.
04:019:011 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
04:019:012 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
04:019:013 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
04:019:014 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
04:019:015 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.
04:019:016 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in theopen fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave,shall be unclean seven days.
04:019:017 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of theburnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shallbe put thereto in a vessel:
04:019:018 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water,and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, andupon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched abone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
04:019:019 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on thethird day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day heshall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himselfin water, and shall be clean at even.
04:019:020 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
04:019:021 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.
04:019:022 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.
04:020:001 Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
04:020:002 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gatheredthemselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
04:020:003 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would Godthat we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
04:020:004 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD intothis wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
04:020:005 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, tobring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, orof figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there anywater to drink.
04:020:006 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assemblyunto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and theyfell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared untothem.
04:020:007 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:020:008 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
04:020:009 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
04:020:010 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together beforethe rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must wefetch you water out of this rock?
04:020:011 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote therock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and thecongregation drank, and their beasts also.
04:020:012 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
04:020:013 This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
04:020:014 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom,Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travailthat hath befallen us:
04:020:015 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt inEgypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and ourfathers:
04:020:016 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sentan angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold,we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
04:020:017 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
04:020:018 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
04:020:019 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet.
04:020:020 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came outagainst him with much people, and with a strong hand.
04:020:021 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border:wherefore Israel turned away from him.
04:020:022 And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation,journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
04:020:023 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by thecoast of the land of Edom, saying,
04:020:024 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
04:020:025 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
04:020:026 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
04:020:027 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.
04:020:028 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
04:020:029 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
04:021:001 And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south,heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then hefought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
04:021:002 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wiltindeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterlydestroy their cities.
04:021:003 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and deliveredup the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and theircities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
04:021:004 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea,to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people wasmuch discouraged because of the way.
04:021:005 And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
04:021:006 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
04:021:007 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
04:021:008 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, andset it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every onethat is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
04:021:009 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, andit came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when hebeheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
04:021:010 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
04:021:011 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.
04:021:012 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.
04:021:013 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
04:021:014 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, Whathe did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,
04:021:015 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to thedwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab.
04:021:016 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
04:021:017 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
04:021:018 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah:
04:021:019 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:
04:021:020 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab,to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.
04:021:021 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites,saying,
04:021:022 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into thefields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the watersof the well: but we will go along by the king's high way,until we be past thy borders.
04:021:023 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border:but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went outagainst Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, andfought against Israel.
04:021:024 And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessedhis land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children ofAmmon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
04:021:025 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all thecities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villagesthereof.
04:021:026 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites,who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken allhis land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
04:021:027 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:
04:021:028 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the cityof Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of thehigh places of Arnon.
04:021:029 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: hehath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, intocaptivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
04:021:030 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, andwe have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth untoMedeba.
04:021:031 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.
04:021:032 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.
04:021:033 And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.
04:021:034 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.
04:021:035 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, untilthere was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
04:022:001 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in theplains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.
04:022:002 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done tothe Amorites.
04:022:003 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
04:022:004 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
04:022:005 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor toPethor, which is by the river of the land of the children ofhis people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a peoplecome out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth,and they abide over against me:
04:022:006 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; forthey are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, thatwe may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land:for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whomthou cursest is cursed.
04:022:007 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed withthe rewards of divination in their hand; and they came untoBalaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
04:022:008 And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bringyou word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and theprinces of Moab abode with Balaam.
04:022:009 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these withthee?
04:022:010 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king ofMoab, hath sent unto me, saying,
04:022:011 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
04:022:012 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
04:022:013 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
04:022:014 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, andsaid, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
04:022:015 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourablethan they.
04:022:016 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak theson of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee fromcoming unto me:
04:022:017 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will dowhatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee,curse me this people.
04:022:018 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
04:022:019 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
04:022:020 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
04:022:021 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
04:022:022 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
04:022:023 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
04:022:024 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
04:022:025 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herselfunto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: andhe smote her again.
04:022:026 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrowplace, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or tothe left.
04:022:027 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell downunder Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote theass with a staff.
04:022:028 And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said untoBalaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten methese three times?
04:022:029 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: Iwould there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I killthee.
04:022:030 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon whichthou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was Iever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
04:022:031 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angelof the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in hishand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.
04:022:032 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thousmitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out towithstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
04:022:033 And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times:unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slainthee, and saved her alive.
04:022:034 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; forI knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: nowtherefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
04:022:035 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men:but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thoushalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
04:022:036 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meethim unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon,which is in the utmost coast.
04:022:037 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto theeto call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not ableindeed to promote thee to honour?
04:022:038 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have Inow any power at all to say any thing? the word that Godputteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
04:022:039 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
04:022:040 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
04:022:041 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.
04:023:001 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, andprepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
04:023:002 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaamoffered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
04:023:003 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
04:023:004 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
04:023:005 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Returnunto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
04:023:006 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burntsacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
04:023:007 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
04:023:008 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
04:023:009 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills Ibehold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not bereckoned among the nations.
04:023:010 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourthpart of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and letmy last end be like his!
04:023:011 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? Itook thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hastblessed them altogether.
04:023:012 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
04:023:013 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
04:023:014 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
04:023:015 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering,while I meet the LORD yonder.
04:023:016 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, andsaid, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
04:023:017 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
04:023:018 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
04:023:019 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
04:023:020 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
04:023:021 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
04:023:022 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
04:023:023 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is thereany divination against Israel: according to this time it shallbe said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
04:023:024 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift uphimself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat ofthe prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
04:023:025 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, norbless them at all.
04:023:026 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee,saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
04:023:027 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
04:023:028 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that lookethtoward Jeshimon.
04:023:029 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, andprepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
04:023:030 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and aram on every altar.
04:024:001 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel,he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, buthe set his face toward the wilderness.
04:024:002 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding inhis tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of Godcame upon him.
04:024:003 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
04:024:004 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
04:024:005 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
04:024:006 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by theriver's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hathplanted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
04:024:007 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shallbe in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, andhis kingdom shall be exalted.
04:024:008 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
04:024:009 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
04:024:010 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
04:024:011 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
04:024:012 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
04:024:013 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
04:024:014 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
04:024:015 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
04:024:016 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
04:024:017 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
04:024:018 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be apossession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
04:024:019 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shalldestroy him that remaineth of the city.
04:024:020 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, andsaid, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter endshall be that he perish for ever.
04:024:021 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, andsaid, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nestin a rock.
04:024:022 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shallcarry thee away captive.
04:024:023 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall livewhen God doeth this!
04:024:024 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
04:024:025 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: andBalak also went his way.
04:025:001 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commitwhoredom with the daughters of Moab.
04:025:002 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods:and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
04:025:003 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of theLORD was kindled against Israel.
04:025:004 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
04:025:005 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
04:025:006 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
04:025:007 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
04:025:008 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
04:025:009 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.
04:025:010 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:025:011 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
04:025:012 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
04:025:013 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even thecovenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealousfor his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
04:025:014 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that wasslain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu,a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
04:025:015 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain wasCozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and ofa chief house in Midian.
04:025:016 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
04:025:017 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
04:025:018 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
04:026:001 And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,
04:026:002 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.
04:026:003 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
04:026:004 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward;as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, whichwent forth out of the land of Egypt.
04:026:005 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben;Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu,the family of the Palluites:
04:026:006 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
04:026:007 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
04:026:008 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab.
04:026:009 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
04:026:010 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
04:026:011 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
04:026:012 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
04:026:013 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family ofthe Shaulites.
04:026:014 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and twothousand and two hundred.
04:026:015 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
04:026:016 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of theErites:
04:026:017 Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family ofthe Arelites.
04:026:018 These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
04:026:019 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
04:026:020 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
04:026:021 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
04:026:022 These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
04:026:023 Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, thefamily of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
04:026:024 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, thefamily of the Shimronites.
04:026:025 These are the families of Issachar according to those thatwere numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and threehundred.
04:026:026 Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, thefamily of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites:of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
04:026:027 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to thosethat were numbered of them, threescore thousand and fivehundred.
04:026:028 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh andEphraim.
04:026:029 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
04:026:030 These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of theJeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
04:026:031 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem,the family of the Shechemites:
04:026:032 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher,the family of the Hepherites.
04:026:033 And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
04:026:034 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
04:026:035 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.
04:026:036 And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.
04:026:037 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
04:026:038 The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:
04:026:039 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, thefamily of the Huphamites.
04:026:040 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the familyof the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.
04:026:041 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and theythat were numbered of them were forty and five thousand andsix hundred.
04:026:042 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, thefamily of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan aftertheir families.
04:026:043 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those thatwere numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand andfour hundred.
04:026:044 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, thefamily of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites:of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
04:026:045 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.