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Balaam prophesieth.

NUMBERS, XXIV.

any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What ƒ hath God wrought!

B. C. 1452

f Ps.31.19.

Ge.49.9.

Mi.5.8.

Ge.49.27.

24 Behold, the people shall rise up g as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down h until he eat of the prey,h and drink the blood of the slain. 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor blessi ver. 12, 13. them at all.

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

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

28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

(CHAP. 24.)

to the
meeting of.

a 1Sa. 10.10.

2

who had

his eyes
shut, but
now open
ed.

29 And Balaam said unto Balak,
Build me here seven altars, and b Ps. 1.3.

prepare me here seven bullocks

and seven rams.

Jer. 17.8.

Balak dismisseth him. up the nations his enemies,and sna!! break d their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

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

10 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, h thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

11 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, saying, 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 of bad of mine own mind; but what

30 And Balak did as Balaam had c Ps.92.12-14. the LORD saith, that will I speak? said, and offered a bullock and a

ram on every altar.

CHAPTER XXIV.

Bulaam prophesieth Israel's happi-d Ps.2.9.

ness.

ND when Balaam saw that it

A pleased the LORD to bless

e Ps.45.5.

Israel, he went not, as at other f ch.23.24. times, 1 to seek for enchantments,

but he set his face toward the g Ge.12.3. wilderness.

Ne. 13.2.

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents, according to their tribes; and ai Rev.1.7. the spirit of God came upon him.

3 And he took up his parable, and k Rev.22.16. said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man 2 whose eyes are 1 Ps. 110.2. open hath said;

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

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by b the river's side, as the trees of lign-aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as c cedar trees beside the waLers.

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.

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the trength of an unicorn: he shall eat

3 or, through
the princes.

m Ps.60.8

12.

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

15 T 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 Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

17 I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh there shall come a Stark out of Jacob, and a Sceptre 7 shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite 3 the cor ners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

18 And Edom m shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies: and Israel shall 4 or, the na-do valiantly. tions that warred

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Zimr and Cozbi slain.

NUMBERS, XXV, XXVI. The Midianites are vexed.

be wasted, 7 until Asshur shall car-1 B. C. 1452. ry thee away captive.

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

21 And ships p shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict g Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, r 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.

CHAPTER XXV.

The Israelites' whoredom and idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi slain.

or, how long shall it be ere. o Mal.3.2.

P Da. 11.30. 9 Ge. 10.4.

r Ge. 10.21,

25.

(CHAP. 25.) a ch.33.49. Mi.6.5.

b ch.31.16.

1 Cor. 10.S.

AND Israel abode in Shittim, a and the people began to com-c Ex.34.15, mit whoredom b with the daughters of Moab.

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

16.

d Ex.20.5. Jos.22.17. Ps. 106.28, 29. Hos.9.10.

h Ex.32.27. i Joel 2.17. k Ps. 106.30.

3 And Israel joined e himself un-f De. 13.6-9. to Baal-peor: and the anger of the g Deut. 13.17. LORD was kindled against Israel. 4 And the LORD said unto Moses,f Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce g anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

Deut.4.3. 1Cor. 10.7.

m Ps. 106.23. Jno.3.36.

5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay h ye every one his with my men that were joined unto Baalpeor.

zeal.

n Ex.20.5.

Deut.32. 16,

21. 1Ki. 14.22.

Ps.78.58.

Eze. 16.38. Zep.1.18. 3.8.

6 And behold, one of the children of Israel came, and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman, in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping i before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from p Ex.40.15. among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.

9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thou

Band.

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned m my wrath away from the children of Israel, (while he W zealous 1 for my sake among them,) that I consumed not the

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| unto him o my covenant of peace: 13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an p everlasting priesthood; because he was q zealous for his God, and made anr atonement for the children of Israel.

(CHAP. 26.) a ch.1.2,3. Ex.30. 12. 38.25,26. b ver.63. ch.35.1.

children of Israel in my jealousy. nc Ge.46.8. 12 Wherefore say Behold 1 give

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14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a 2 chief house among the Simeonites.

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur;s he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17 Vex t the Midianites, and smite them:

18 For they vex you u with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain v in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.

CHAPTER XXVI. The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab.

AND it came to pass, after the

plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Take a the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains b of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses, and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

5 T Reuben c the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

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

8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Elian; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Atiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congre

The Israelites

NUMBERS, XXVI.

numbered.

gation, who strove d against Mo-| B. C. 1452. | family of the Sardites: of Elon ses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they stroved ch. 16. 1,&c. against the LORD:

1Cor 10.6. 2 Pet.2.6.

10 And the earth opened her e ch. 16 38. mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty ƒ Ex.6.24. nien: and e they became a sign.

11 Notwithstanding, the chil-5 Ge.46.10. drenƒ of Korah died not.

Ex.6.16.
Jemuel.

h IChr.4.24. Jarib.

12 T The sons of Simeon after their families of Nemuel, g the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, h the family of the Ja-i Ge.46.10. chinites:

13 Of Zerah, i the family of the Zarhites of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

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

Zohar.

k Ge.46.16, Ziphion. lor, Ezbon, Ge.46.16.

m Ge.46.16, Arodi. Ge.38.2-10. 1Ch.2.3,&c.

15 The children of Gad after their families of Zephon, k the family of the Zephonites: of Hag-n gi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites : 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Dznites of Eri, the family of the Erites:

17 Of Arod, m the family of the Arodites of Areli, the family of the Arelites.

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

19 The sons of Judah n were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.

o Ge.46.13. 1Chr.7.1.

1 or, Phuvah.

2 or, Job. p Ge.46.14.

q Ge.46.20. r Jos. 17.1. 1Chr.7.14,

15.

3 Called Abiezer. Jos. 17.2. Ju. 6.11,24, 34.

21 And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites of Hamul, the family of s ch.27.1. the Hamulites.

22 These are the families of Judah according to those that were: numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. 23 Of the sons of Issachar o after their families of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of 1 Pua, the family of the Punites :

24 Of 2 Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were] aumbered of them, three score and four thousand and three hundred.

26 Of the sons of Zebulun p after their families: of Sered, the

36.11.

t 1Chr.7.20. Bered.

u Ge.46.21. 1Chr.7.6.

Ge.46.21,

Ehi.

1Chr.8.1. Aharah. w Ge.46.21, Muppim, and Huppim. 1Chr.8.3, Addar.

the family of the Elonites: of Jab 27 These are the families of the leel, the family of the Jahleelites. Zubulunites, according to those that were numbered of them threescore thousand and five hun dred.

28 The sons of Joseph q after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

29 Of the sons of Manasseh: off Machir, the family of the Machi ites and Machir begat Gilea: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

30 These are the sons of Gilead: of 3 Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites of Helek, the family of the Helekites:

31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelophehad s the son of Hepher had no sons, but daugh ters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 These are the families of Ma nasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thou sand and seven hundred.

35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shu thelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, t the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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

37 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.

38 T The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, v the family of the Ahi

ramites:

39 Of Shupham, w the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites 41 These are the sons of Benja min after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

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4 or, Hushim. 43 All the families of the Shu-z Ge.46.17. hamites, according to those that 1 Chr.7.30. were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and a Ge.46.24. our hundred.

1Chr.7.13.

44 Of the children of Asher zb 1Chr.7.13, after their families: of Jimna, the Shallum, family of the Jimnites: of Jesui,

the family of the Jesuites: of Be-c ch.1.46. riah, the family of the Beriites.

45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Mal-e

chielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of Asher, was Sarah.

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

d Jos. 11,23. 14.1.

ch.33.54.

5 multiply his.

6 diminish his.

fGe.46.11. Ex.6.16, 19. 1Ch.6.1,16.

g Ex.2.1,2.

48 Of the sons of Naphtali a after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, b the family of h ch.3.2. the Shillemites.

50 These are the families of Naphtali according to their fami

hes: and they that were number-1

6.20.

i ch.3.4.

Lev. 10.1,2. 1 Chr.24.2.

ed of them were forty and five k ch.3.39. thousand and four hundred.

51 These c were the numbered of 7 ch.1.49.

The lant dinded by lot.

[the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites and Kohath begat Am

ram.

59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, g the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Am ram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

60 And unto Aaron h was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61 And i Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.

62 And k those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males, from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance m given them among the children of Israel.

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

61 But among these o there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai:

65 For the LORD had said p of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not

the children of Israel, six hundred m ch.18.20-left a man of them, save Caleb the

bousand and a thousand seven

hundred and thirty.

52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

24.

Deut. 10.9.

Jos. 13. 14,

33.

14.3.

53 Unto d these the land shall be divided for an inheritance, accord-n ver.3. ing to the number of names.

son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

CHAPTER XXVII.

6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of his death, sueth for a

successor.

Deut.4.3,4. TH

30.

1Co. 10.5,6. Jude 5.

51 Toe many thou shalt 5 give the more inheritance, and to few p ch.14.28thou shalt 6 give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall (CHAP. 27.) be divided by lot: according to the a ch.26.33. names of tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.

36.1-11.

Jos. 17.3.

56 According to the lot shall the b ch.14.35. possession thereof be divided between many and few.

26.64,65.

Jno.8.21,

57 And these are they that ech. 16.1,2. were numbered of the Levites, d Eze. 18.4. after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohath: of Merari, the family of the diminished.

Mararites.

24. Rom.6.23.

58 These are the families of the Jos. 17.4. Levites: the family of the Libnites,

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HEN came the daughters of a Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the famílies of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the cougregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, 3 Our father died b in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered c themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own d sin, and had no sons. father be 1 done away from among 4 Why should the name of our his family, because he hath no son Give e unto us, therefore, a posses

The law of inheritance.

NUMBERS, XXVIII. The continual burnt offering.

sion among the brethren of our B. C. 1452. father.

5 And Moses f brought their cause ƒ Ex. 18. 15, before the LORD.

6 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

19.
Job 23.4.
g ch.36.2.
h ch.35.29.
i ch.33.47.
Deut.3.27.

32.49.

7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thoug shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's bre34.1. thren and thou shalt cause the k ch.20.24. inheritance of their father to pass 31.2. unto them. 1 ch.20.28. Deut. 10.6.

8 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.

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

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

11 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 h of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses.

m ch.20.10

12.

n Ex. 17.7.
o ch.16.22.
Heb. 12.9.
p Jer.3. 15.
q Deut.31.2.

r

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee i up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which It have given unto the children of Israel.

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

1Sam.S.20.
18.13.

2Chr. 1.10.
Juo.10.9.

1Ki.22.17.

Zec. 10.2.
Mat.9.36.

thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be w obedient,

21 And he shall stand before Eles. zar the priest, who shall ask z counsel for him, after the judgment of y Urim before the LORD: 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.

22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua. and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:

23 And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded z by the hand of Moses.

CHAPTER XXVIII. Offerings are to be observed ND the LORD spake unto Mo

Ases, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices 1Pet.2.25. made by fire, a for 1 a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

$ Ge.41.38.
Ju.3.10.
11.29.
1Sa. 16. 13,
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Dan.5.14.
Acts 6.3.

Deut.34.9.
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u Deut.31.7.

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Jos. 1. 16, 17. x Ju.20.18,

&c. 1Sa.22.10.

23.9.

14 For m ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water y Ex.28.30. of Meribah n in Kadesh in the wil-z ver. 19. derness of Zin.

15 T And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,

16 Let the LORD, the God o of the spirits of all flesh, set p a man over the congregation,

17 Which may go out q before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep r which have no shepherd.

18 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in s whom is the spirit, and lay t thine hand upon him; 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him u a charge in their sight.

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3 And thou shalt say unto them, This is b the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot, 2 day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer 3 at c even:

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, d minglede with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

6 It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

7 And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for & drink offering.

8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof.

10 This is the burnt offering of Is. 1. 13. 14. every sabbath, f beside the conti Eze.45.17. nual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

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