And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.


And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in Oboth.


And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.


From thence they journeyed, and encamped in the valley of Zered.


From thence they journeyed, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.


Wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Jehovah, Vaheb in Suphah, And the valleys of the Arnon,


And the slope of the valleys That inclineth toward the dwelling of Ar, And leaneth upon the border of Moab.


And from thence they journeyed to Beer: that is the well whereof Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.


Then sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:


The well, which the princes digged, Which the nobles of the people delved, With the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the wilderness they journeyed to Mattanah;


and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;


and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the desert.


And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,


Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed thy border.


And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and he fought against Israel.


And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.


And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the towns thereof.


For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto the Arnon.


Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come ye to Heshbon; Let the city of Sihon be built and established:


For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon: It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon.


Woe to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites.


We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, Which reacheth unto Medeba.


Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.


And Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.


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 battle at Edrei.


And Jehovah 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, who dwelt at Heshbon.


So they smote him, and his sons and all his people, until there was none left him remaining: and they possessed his land.


And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.


And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.


And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.


And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.


And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me.


Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.


And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.


And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.


And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?


And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,


Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.


And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.


And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you.


And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.


And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.


And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:


for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.


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 Jehovah my God, to do less or more.


Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.


And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.


And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.


And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.


And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with 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.


Then the angel of Jehovah stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.


And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.


And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.


And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah, and she lay down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff.


And Jehovah opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?


And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.


And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? and he said, Nay.


Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.


And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:


and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times: unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive.


And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.


And the angel of Jehovah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.


And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.


And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor?


And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.


And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth.


And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.


And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.


And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.


And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.


And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.


And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.


And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.


And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.


And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.


How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?


For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.


Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!


And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.


And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?


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.


And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.


And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet Jehovah yonder.


And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.


And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?


And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:


God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?


Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.


He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them.


God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.


Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!


Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain.


And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.


But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?


And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.


And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.


And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.


And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.


And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.


And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.


And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;


He saith, who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:


How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!


As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.


Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.


God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.


He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.


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.


Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honor.


And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,


If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?


And now, behold, I go unto my people: come, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.


He saith, who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:


I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.


And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.


And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.


And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.


And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.


Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.


And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?


But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.


And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.


And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:


for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.


And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.


And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.


And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor.


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, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.


And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;


and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.


And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.


Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:


and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.


Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.


And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.


Vex the Midianites, and smite them;


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 the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.


And it came to pass after the plague, that Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,


Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel.


And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,


Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as Jehovah commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.


Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;


of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.


These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.


And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.


And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against Jehovah,


and the earth opened its 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.


Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah died not.


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;


of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.


These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.


The sons 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;


of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites;


of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites.


These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.


The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.


And the sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites.


And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.


These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.


The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;


of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.


These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.


The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.


These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.


The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.


The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.


These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;


and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites;


and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.


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.


These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.


These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.


And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.


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.


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;


of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.


And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.


These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.


These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.


All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.


The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites.


Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.


And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.


These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.


The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;


of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.


These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.


These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.


To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given.


Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.


According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.


And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.


These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram.


And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.


And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.


And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.


These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.


But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.


For Jehovah had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.


Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.


And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying,


Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against Jehovah in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.


Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father.


And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.


And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.


And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.


And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.


And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Jehovah commanded Moses.


And Jehovah said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.


And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered;


because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)


And Moses spake unto Jehovah, saying,


Let Jehovah, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,


who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Jehovah be not as sheep which have no shepherd.


And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thy hand upon him;


and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.


And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.


And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Jehovah: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.


And Moses did as Jehovah commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:


and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as Jehovah spake by Moses.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My oblation, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.


And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto Jehovah: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering.


The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;


and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.


It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.


And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah.


And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.


And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof:


this is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.


And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;


and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram;


and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering unto every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.


And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year.


And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto Jehovah; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.


And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah's passover.


And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.


In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work;


but ye shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish;


and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for the ram;


a tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;


and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.


Ye shall offer these besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering.


After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.


And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.


Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah in your feast of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work;


but ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;


and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,


a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;


one he-goat, to make atonement for you.


Besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, ye shall offer them (they shall be unto you without blemish), and their drink-offerings.


And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.


And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;


and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram,


and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;


and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;


besides the burnt-offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering thereof, and the continual burnt-offering and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.


And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall do no manner of work;


but ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish;


and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,


a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:


one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.


And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:


and ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;


and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams,


and a tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs;


and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.


And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;


and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;


and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.


And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;


and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.


And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;


their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;


And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;


And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;


and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offerings thereof.


And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old without blemish;


On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work;


but ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;


their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance:


These ye shall offer unto Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings.


And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses.


And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.


When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.


Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth,


and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.


But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.


And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,


and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.


But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.


But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.


And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,


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 stand.


But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.


Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.


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 upon her: he hath established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.


But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.


These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.


And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Jehovah's vengeance on Midian.


Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.


So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.


And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.


And they warred against Midian, as Jehovah commanded Moses; and they slew every male.


And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.


And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey.


And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burnt with fire.


And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast.


And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.


And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.


And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.


And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?


Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.


Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.


But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.


And encamp ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives.


And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves.


And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war that went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which Jehovah hath commanded Moses:


howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,


everything that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water.


And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean; and afterward ye shall come into the camp.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation;


and divide the prey into two parts: between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation.


And levy a tribute unto Jehovah of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the flocks:


take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah's heave-offering.


And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, that keep the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah.


And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Jehovah commanded Moses.


Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,


and threescore and twelve thousand oxen,


and threescore and one thousand asses,


and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.


And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep:


and Jehovah's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.


And the oxen were thirty and six thousand; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and twelve.


And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which Jehovah's tribute was threescore and one.


And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Jehovah's tribute was thirty and two persons.


And Moses gave the tribute, which was Jehovah's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as Jehovah commanded Moses.


And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred


(now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hundred sheep,


and thirty and six thousand oxen,


and thirty thousand and five hundred asses,


and sixteen thousand persons),


even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, that kept the charge of the tabernacle of Jehovah; as Jehovah commanded Moses.


And the officers that were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses;


and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.


And we have brought Jehovah's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle-chains, and bracelets, signet-rings, ear-rings, and armlets, to make atonement for our souls before Jehovah.


And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.


And all the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Jehovah, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.


(For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.)


And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Jehovah.


Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;


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,


Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon,


the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.


And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.


And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?


And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Jehovah hath given them?


Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.


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 Jehovah had given them.


And Jehovah's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying,


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 they have not wholly followed me:


save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have wholly followed Jehovah.


And Jehovah's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of Jehovah, was consumed.


And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.


For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye will destroy all this people.


And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:


but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.


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 the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.


And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves to go before Jehovah to the war,


and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,


and the land is subdued before Jehovah; then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards Jehovah, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before Jehovah.


But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.


Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.


And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.


Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;


but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.


So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel.


And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before Jehovah, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:


but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.


And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.


We will pass over armed before Jehovah into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.


And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half-tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about.


And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,


and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,


and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep.


And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim,


and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah: and they gave other names unto the cities which they builded.


And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites that were therein.


And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.


And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them Havvoth-jair.


And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.


These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron.


And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.


And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians,


while the Egyptians were burying all their first-born, whom Jehovah had smitten among them: upon their gods also Jehovah executed judgments.


And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.


And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.


And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they encamped before Migdol.


And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.


And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there.


And they journeyed from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea.


And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.


And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.


And they journeyed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.


And they journeyed from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.


And they journeyed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.


And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth-hattaavah.


And they journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth.


And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.


And they journeyed from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon-perez.


And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah.


And they journeyed from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah.


And they journeyed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.


And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shepher.


And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah.


And they journeyed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.


And they journeyed from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath.


And they journeyed from Tahath, and encamped in Terah.


And they journeyed from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah.


And they journeyed from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah.


And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.


And they journeyed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-jaakan.


And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped in Hor-haggidgad.


And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.


And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah.


And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.


And they journeyed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh).


And they journeyed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.


And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.


And Aaron was a hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.


And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.


And they journeyed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.


And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.


And they journeyed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.


And they journeyed from Oboth, and encamped in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab.


And they journeyed from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon-gad.


And they journeyed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.


And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.


And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.


And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,


Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,


then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:


and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.


And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance: wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.


But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.


And it shall come to pass, that, as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you.


And Jehovah 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 you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof),


then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward;


and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon;


and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea.


And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border thereof: this shall be your west border.


And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor;


from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad;


and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.


And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;


and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;


and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about.


And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe;


for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:


the two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.


These are the names of the men that shall divide the land unto you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.


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


And these are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.


And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.


Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.


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


Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod.


And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.


And of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.


And of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan.


And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.


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


These are they whom Jehovah commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,


Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.


And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.


And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.


And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.


And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall give for the manslayer to flee unto: and besides them ye shall give forty and two cities.


All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities; them shall ye give with their suburbs.


And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.


And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,


then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.


And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.


And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.


Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.


For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither.


But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.


And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.


Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.


The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.


And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,


or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.


But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,


or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;


then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;


and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.


But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth,


and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,


because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.


And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.


Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.


Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.


And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.


So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.


And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.


And the heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel:


and they said, Jehovah commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by Jehovah to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.


And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.


And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then will their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so will their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.


And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of Jehovah, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right.


This is the thing which Jehovah doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them be married to whom they think best; only into the family of the tribe of their father shall they be married.


So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe; for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.


And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers.


So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance.


Even as Jehovah commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:


for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.


They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.


These are the commandments and the ordinances which Jehovah commanded by Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.


These are the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.


It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.


And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that Jehovah had given him in commandment unto them;


after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei.


Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,


Jehovah our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mountain:


turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill-country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea-shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.


Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them.


And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone:


Jehovah your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.


Jehovah, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!


How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?


Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.


And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.


So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.


And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.


Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.


And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.


And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Jehovah our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.


And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill-country of the Amorites, which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.


Behold, Jehovah thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.


And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come.


And the thing pleased me well; and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe:


and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.


And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.


Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah your God:


and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because Jehovah hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.


Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.


Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.


Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,


and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that Jehovah thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place.


Yet in this thing ye did not believe Jehovah your God,


who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day.


And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,


Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,


save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed Jehovah.


Also Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither:


Joshua the son of Nun, who standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.


Moreover your little ones, that ye said should be a prey, and your children, that this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.


But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.


Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against Jehovah, we will go up and fight, according to all that Jehovah our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and were forward to go up into the hill-country.


And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.


So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of Jehovah, and were presumptuous, and went up into the hill-country.


And the Amorites, that dwelt in that hill-country, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah.


And ye returned and wept before Jehovah; but Jehovah hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you.


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


Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Jehovah spake unto me; and we compassed mount Seir many days.


And Jehovah spake unto me, saying,


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


And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. Take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore;


contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession.


Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.


For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.


So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.


And Jehovah said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give thee of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.


(The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim:


these also are accounted Rephaim, as the Anakim; but the Moabites call them Emim.


The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which Jehovah gave unto them).


Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.


And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were consumed from the midst of the camp, as Jehovah sware unto them.


Moreover the hand of Jehovah was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed.


So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,


that Jehovah spake unto me, saying,


Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab:


and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.


(That also is accounted a land of Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,


a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim; but Jehovah destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead;


as he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day.


And the Avvim, that dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim, that came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)


Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of the Arnon: behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.


This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.


And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,


Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will turn neither unto the right hand nor to the left.


Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only let me pass through on my feet;


as the children of Esau that dwell in Seir, and the Moabites that dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over the Jordan into the land which Jehovah our God giveth us.


But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Jehovah thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day.


And Jehovah said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land.


Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz.


And Jehovah our God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people.


And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:


only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken.


From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:


only to the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not near; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill-country, and wheresoever Jehovah our God forbade us.


Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei.


And Jehovah said unto me, Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.


So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.


And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.


All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.


And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones.


But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.


And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon


(which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir);


all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.


(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)


And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, and half the hill-country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites:


and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim.


Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called them, even Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.)


And I gave Gilead unto Machir.


And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of the Arnon, the middle of the valley, and the border thereof, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;


the Arabah also, and the Jordan and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah eastward.


And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.


But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle (I know that ye have much cattle), shall abide in your cities which I have given you,


until Jehovah give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which Jehovah your God giveth them beyond the Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.


And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall Jehovah do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over.


Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.


And I besought Jehovah at that time, saying,


O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?


Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.


But Jehovah was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.


Get thee up unto the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.


But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.


So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.


And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you.


Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.


Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.


But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.


Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Jehovah my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to possess it.


Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.


For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?


And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?


Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children;


the day that thou stoodest before Jehovah thy God in Horeb, when Jehovah said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.


And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.


And Jehovah spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form; only ye heard a voice.


And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.


And Jehovah commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it.


Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of form on the day that Jehovah spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire;


lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,


the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flieth in the heavens,


the likeness of anything that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;


and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.


But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.


Furthermore Jehovah was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:


but I must die in this land, I must not go over the Jordan; but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.


Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of anything which Jehovah thy God hath forbidden thee.


For Jehovah thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.


When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger;


I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.


And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.


And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.


But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.


When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice:


for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.


For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?


Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?


Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?


Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.


Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.


And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;


to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.


Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.


And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days in the land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, for ever.


Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;


that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:


namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites.


And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:


these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,


beyond the Jordan, in the valley over against Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt.


And they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising;


from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even unto mount Sion (the same is Hermon),


and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.


And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.


Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.


Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.


Jehovah spake with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire


(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount), saying,


I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.


Thou shalt have no other gods before me.


Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:


thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;


and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.


Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.


Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee.


Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;


but the seventh day is a sabbath unto Jehovah thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.


And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm: therefore Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.


Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.


Thou shalt not kill.


Neither shalt thou commit adultery.


Neither shalt thou steal.


Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.


Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or anything that is thy neighbor's.


These words Jehovah spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.


And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;


and ye said, Behold, Jehovah our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.


Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more, then we shall die.


For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?


Go thou near, and hear all that Jehovah our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that Jehovah our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it.


And Jehovah heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and Jehovah said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.


Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!


Go say to them, Return ye to your tents.


But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.


Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.


Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.


Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;


that thou mightest fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.


Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.


Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:


and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.


And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thy heart;