3 And he that burneth her shall wash his of Zin in the first month; and the people clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in wa- abode in Kadesh: and Miriam died there, ter, and shall be unclean until the even. and was buried there.

9 And a man that is clean shall gather up 2 And there was no water for the congrethe ashes of the heifer, and lay them up with- gation. and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.

out the camp, in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation : it is a purification for sin.

3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the con

10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean gregation of the LORD into this wilderness, until the even: and it shall be unto the chil-that we and our cattle should die there? dren of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the

12 He shall purify himself with it on the is there any water to drink. third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third presence of the assembly unto the door of day,then the seventh day he shall not be clean. the tabernacle of the congregation, and they

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of fell upon their faces; and the glory of the any man that is dead, and purifieth not him- LORD appeared unto them. self, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; 71 And the LORD spake unto Moses, and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: be- saying, cause the water of separation was not sprin- 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the askled upon him, he shall be unclean; his un-sembly together, thou and Aaron thy brocleanness is yet upon him. ther, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congrega. tion and their beasts drink.

14 This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: All that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

9 And Moses took the rod from before

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is the LORD, as he commanded him. slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, congregation together before the rock, and shall be unclean seven days. he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?

17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel;

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice; and the water came out abundantly, and the congre

18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, gation drank, and their beasts also. and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sancpersons that were there, and upon him tify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, that touched a bone, or one slain, or one therefore ye shall not bring this congrega dead, or a grave: tion into the land which I have given them,

the

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon 13 This is the water of Meribah; because the unclean on the third day, and on the se- the children of Israel strove with the LORD, venth day; and on the seventh day he shall pu- and he was sanctified in them. rify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe 14 And Moses sent messengers from himself in water, and shall be clean at even. Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith

20 But the man that shall be unclean, and thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the tra shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut vel that hath befallen us;

off from among the congregation, because he 15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; water of separation hath not been sprinkled and the Egyptians vexed us and our fathers. upon him; he is unclean. 16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath them, that he that sprinkleth the water of brought us forth out of Egypt; and behold, separation shall wash his clothes, and he that we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of toucheth the water of separation shall be un-thy border. clean until even.

17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy

22 And whatsoever the unclean person country: we will not pass through the fields, toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that or through the vineyards, neither will we toucheth it shall be unclean until even. drink of the water of the wells; we will go CHAP. XX. by the king's high-way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have

borders.

THEN came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned: for we have spo ken against the LORD, and against thee: pray 19 And the children of Israel said unto unto the LORD that he take away the serpents him, We will go by the highway; and if I from us. And Moses prayed for the people. and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make pay for it: I will only (without doing any thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and thing else) go through on my feet. it shall come to pass. that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it. shall live.

20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him.

2. And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor

23 And the LORD spake unto, Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

i1 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sun-rising, 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

13 From thence they removed, and pitch

24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which fed on the other side of Arnon, which is in have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor;

the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon,

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son and Aaron 15 And at the stream of the brooks that shall be gathered unto his people, and shall goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth die there. upon the border of Moab.

27 And Moses did as the LORD command- 16 And from thence they went to Beer; ed: and they went up into mount Hor in the that is, the well whereof the LORD spake unsight of all the congregation. to Moses, Gather the people together, and I

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his gar-will give them water. ments, and put them upon Eleazar his son ;| and Aaron died there in the top of the O well; sing ye unto it: mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring up,

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of 29 And when all the congregation saw the lawgiver, with their staves. And from that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aa- the wilderness they went to Mattanah; ron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth;

CHAP. XXI.

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ND when king Arad, the Canaanite,
which dwelt in the south, heard tell
that Israel came by the way of the spies,
then he fought against Israel, and took some
of them prisoners.

2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon.

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

22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vine yards: we will not drink of the waters of the well; but we will go along by the king's 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of high-way, until we be past thy borders. Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to they utterly destroyed them and their cities: pass through his border; but Sihon gathered and he called the name of the place Hormah. all his people together, and went out against 4 And they journeyed from mount Hor Israel into the wilderness: and he came to by the way of the Red sea, to compass the Jahaz, and fought against Israel. land of Edom: and the soul of the people| 24 And Israel smote him with the edge of was much discouraged because of the way. the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon 5 And the people spake against God, and unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Amagainst Moses, Wherefore have ye brought mon: for the border of the children of Amis up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?mon was strong.

for there is no bread, neither is there any 25 And Israel took all these cities. and water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. he people, and they bit the people; and 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the Buch people of Israel died. king of the Amorites, who had fought against

the former king of Moab, and taken all his night, and I will bring you word again, as land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. the LORD shall speak unto me. And the 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs princes of Moab abode with Balaam. say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared:

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

28 For there is a fire gone out of Hesh- 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the bon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the me, saying, high places of Arnon.

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh! he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curse me them; peradventure shall be able to overcome them, and drive

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them out.

30 We have shot at them Heshbon is 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid not go with them; thou shalt not curse the them waste even unto Nophah, which reach-people: for they are blessed.

eth unto Medeba.

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13 And Balaam rose up in the morning,

Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you Amorites. into your land; for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

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

33 And they turned, and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei.

34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.

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

CHAP. XXII.

AND the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab, on this side Jordan by Jericho.

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

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

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

16 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:

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

18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give

me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, 1 pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was dis- 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, tressed because of the children of Israel. and said unto him, If the men come to call 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet Now shall this company lick up all that are the word which I shall say unto thee, that round about us, as the ox licketh up the shalt thou do.

grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zip- 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, por was king of the Moabites at that time. and saddled his ass, and went with the 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Ba-princes of Moab.

laam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by 221 And God's anger was kindled because the river of the land of the children of his he went; and the angel of the LORD stood people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is in the way for an adversary against him. a people come out from Egypt: behold, they Now he was riding upon his ass, and his cover the face of the earth, and they abide two servants were with him.

over against me.

23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse standing in the way, and his sword drawn in me this people; for they are too mighty for his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we way, and went into the field; and Balaam may smite thein, and that I may drive them smote the ass, to turn her into the way. out of the land: for I wot that he whom 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou path of the vineyards, a wall being on this cursest is cursed. side, and a wall on that side. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the of Midian departed with the rewards of di- LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and vination in their hand; and they came unto crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and Balaam, and spake unto him the words of he smote her again.

Balak.

26 And the angel of the LORD went further, 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here this and stood in a narrow place, where was no

way to turn either to the right hand or to and Balak and Balaam offered on every the left. altar a bullock and a ram.

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

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

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

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6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day was I ever 71 And he took up his parable, and said, wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. Balak the king of Moab hath brought me 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of from Aram, out of the mountains of the Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob; and standing in the way, and his sword drawn come, defy Israel. in his hand; and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.

8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

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

27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

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

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? Behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

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

34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, 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.

35 And the angel of the LORD 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.

36 ¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

37 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 honour?

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

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

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

41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he *might see the utmost part of the people. CHAP. XXIII.

Ayer Balena fars, and prepare me here
ND Balaam said unto Balak, build me

seven oxen and seven rams.

3 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken:

11 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.

12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

13 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.

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

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

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

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

19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I canno reverse it

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; altogether blessed them these three times. the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt: he nath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

21 Behold the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion. he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,

and drink the blood of the slain.

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

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

27 1 And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it vill please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

II Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers, which thou sentest unto me, saving

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

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

15¶ And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said

16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almigh ty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes

open:

23 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here se-behold him, but not uigh; there shall come a ven bullocks and seven rams.

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

17 1 shall see him, but not now; I shall

Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel. and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth 18 And Edom shall be a possession. Seir

AND when Balaam saw that it pleased also shall be a possession for his enemies; and

the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he their tribes; and the Spirit of God came up-took up his parable, and said, Amalek was on him. the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said;

4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling intoa trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob! and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side; as the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and

as cedar-trees beside the waters.

7 He shall pour the water out of 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 brought him forth out of Egypt:

he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion, who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he

that curseth thee.

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou puttest thy nest in rock.

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22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! who shall live when God doeth this!

24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict A shur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

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

A people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

ND Israel abode in Shittim, and the

2 And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel,

10 And Balak's anger was kindled against 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all Balaam, and he smote his hands together: the heads of the people, and hang them up and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to before the LORD against the sun, that the