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Numbers: Greatest Verses Of The Bible.

--Sermon by Dr. Bob Benchoff September 14, 2003

The following are Bible verses or portions of verses.

The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,. Numbers 1.1.

"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by families, by fathers; houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head". Numbers 1.2.

From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war, you and Aaron shall number them, company by company. Numbers 1.3.

And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers. Numbers 1.4.

And these are the names of the men who shall attend you. From Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur. Numbers 1.5.

From Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Numbers 1.6.

From Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Numbers 1.7.

From Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar. Numbers 1.8.

From Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon. Numbers 1.9.

From the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. Numbers 1.10.

From Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni. Numbers 1.11.

From Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. Numbers 1.12.

From Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran. Numbers 1.13.

From Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Numbers 1.14.

From Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. Numbers 1.15.

These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel. Numbers 1.16.

Their whole number was six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. Numbers 1.46.

But the Levites were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them. Numbers 1.47.

For the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 1.48.

"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel". Numbers 1.49 (Note: Priests are not numbered in Numbers 1.3 "war". Also note accordingly ICCDBB members are not numbered: see ICCDBB Main Site).

But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it; they are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall tend it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle. Numbers 1.50.

When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death. Numbers 1.51.

The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own standard. Numbers 1.52.

But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the people of Israel; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. Numbers 1.53.

Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 1.54.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron. Numbers 2.1.

"The people of Israel shall encamp each by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses; they shall encamp facing the tent of meeting on every side.". Numbers 2.2 (Note: encampment becomes set in clock style; also see Numbers 7.12).

Those to encamp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah. Numbers 2.3.

Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar. Numbers 2.5.

Then the tribe of Zebulun. Numbers 2.7.

On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies. Numbers 2.10.

And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon. Numbers 2.12.

Then the tribe of Gad. Numbers 2.14.

Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard. Numbers 2.17.

On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim. Numbers 2.18.

And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh. Numbers 2.20.

Then the tribe of Bengamin. Numbers 2.22.

On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan. Numbers 2.25.

And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher. Numbers 2.27.

Then the tribe of Naphtali. Numbers 2.29.

These are the people of Israel as numbered by their fathers' houses; all in the camps who were numbered by their companies were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty. Numbers 2.32.

But the Levites were not numbered among the people of Israel, as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 2.33.

Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards, and so they set out their standards, and so they set out, every one in his family, according to his fathers' house. Numbers 2.34.

These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. Numbers 3.1.

And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death. Numbers 3.10.

Take the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord. Numbers 3.45.

And for the redemption of the two hundred and seventy-three of the first born of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites. Numbers 3.46.

You shall take five shekels apiece; reckoning by the shekel of the sanctuary, the shekel of twenty gerahs, you shall take them. Numbers 3.47.

And give the money by which the excess number of them is redeemed to Aaron and his sons. Numbers 3.48.

Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families and their fathers' houses. Numbers 4.2.

From thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can enter the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. Numbers 4.3.

This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things. Numbers 4.4.

When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it. Numbers 4.5.

Then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin, and spread over that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles. Numbers 4.6.

And over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put upon it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and the flagons for the drink offering; the continual bread also shall be on it. Numbers 4.7.

And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry. Numbers 4.15.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron. Numbers 4.17.

Let not the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites. Numbers 4.18.

But deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden. Numbers 4.19.

But they shall not go in to look upon the holy things even for a moment, lest they die. Numbers 4.20.

And you shall assign by name the objects which they are required to carry. Numbers 4.32 (Note: Equipment traceability is established along with work responsibilities, personally among people, for objects symbolic of the holiness of God).

He shall confess his sin which he has committed; and he shall make full restitution for his wrong, to whom he did the wrong. Numbers 5.7.

But if the man has no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the Lord. Numbers 5.8.

If a spirit of jealousy comes upon him, and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself; or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself. Numbers 5.14.

Then the man shall bring his wife to the priest, and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a cereal offering of jealousy, a ceareal offering of remembrance, bringing iniquity to remembrance. Numbers 5.15.

And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the Lord. Numbers 5.16.

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. Numbers 5.17.

And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and unbind the hair of the woman's head, and place in her hands the cereal offering of rembrance, which is the cereal offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse. Numbers 5.18.

May 'this water that brings the curse pass into your bowels and make your boedy swell and your thigh fall away.' And the woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen. Numbers 5.22.

"Then the priest shall write these curses in a book, and wash them off into the water of bitterness. Numbers 5.23.

And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her anc cause bitter pain. Numbers 5.24.

And the priest shall take the cereal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the cereal offering before the Lord and bring it to the altar. Numbers 5.25.

And the priest shall take a handful of the cereal offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water. Numbers 5.26.

When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has acted unfaithfully against her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become an excration among her people. Numbers 5.27.

But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children. Numbers 5.28.

This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, though under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself. Numbers 5.29.

Or when the spirit of jealousy comes upon a man and he is jealous of his wife; then shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. Numbers 5.30.

The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman shall bear her iniquity. Numbers 5.31.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 6.1.

"Say to the people of Israel, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord". Numbers 6.2 (Note: Compare Acts 21.23 through Acts 22.10).

He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried. Numbers 6.3.

All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins. Numbers 6.4.

All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come upon his head; until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy; he shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long. Numbers 6.5.

All the days of his separation he is holy to the Lord. Numbers 6.8.

And after that the Nazirite may drink wine. Numbers 6.20.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 6.22.

Say to Aaron and his sons, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say th them,. Numbers 6.23.

The Lord bless you and keep you:. Numbers 6.24.

The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you:. Numbers 6.25.

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6.26.

So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them. Numbers 6.27.

On the daqy when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings, and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils. Numbers 7.1.

The leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers; houses, the leaders of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered. Numbers 7.2.

Offered and brought their offerings before the Lord, six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the leaders, and for each one an ox; they offered them before the tabernacle. Numbers 7.3.

Then the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 7.4.

"Accept these from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.". Numbers 7.5.

So Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. Numbers 7.6.

Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service. Numbers 7.7.

And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. Numbers 7.8.

But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things which had to be carried on the shoulder. Numbers 7.9.

And the leaders offered offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the leaders offered their offering before the altar. Numbers 7.10.

And the Lord said to Moses, "They shall offer their offerings, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.". Numbers 7.11.

He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. Numbers 7.12 (Note: see Numbers 2.3).

And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering. Numbers 7.13.

One golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense. Numbers 7.14.

One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering. Numbers 7.15.

One male goat for a sin offering. Numbers 7.16.

And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Aminadab. Numbers 7.17.

On the twelfth day ahira the son of Enan, the leader of the men of Naphtali:. Numbers 7.78.

His offering was one silver plate, whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering. Numbers 7.79.

One golden dish of ten shekels, full of incense. Numbers 7.80.

One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering. Numbers 7.81.

One male goat for a sin offering. Numbers 7.82.

And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. Numbers 7.83.

This was the dedication offering for the altar, on the day when it was anointed, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes. Numbers 7.84.

Each silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and each basin seventy, all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary. Numbers 7.85.

The twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes being a hundred and twenty shekels. Numbers 7.86.

All the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their cereal offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering. Numbers 7.87.

And all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This wat the dedication offering for the altar, after it was anointed. Numbers 7.88.

And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him. Numbers 7.89.

Now the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 8.1.

"Say to Aaron, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.". Numbers 8.2.

And Aaron did so; he set up its lamps to give light in front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 8.3.

And this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. Numbers 8.4.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 8.5.

"Take the Levites from among the people of Israel, and cleanse them.". Numbers 8.6.

And thus you shall do to them, to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of expiation upon them, and let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. Numbers 8.7.

Then let them take a young bull and its cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull for a sin offering. Numbers 8.8.

And you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting, and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. Numbers 8.9.

When you present the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites. Numbers 8.10.

And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that it may be theirs to do the service of the Lord. Numbers 8.11.

Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls; and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites. Numbers 8.12.

And you shall cause the Levites to attend Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as a wave offering to the Lord. Numbers 8.13.

Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine. Numbers 8.14.

And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. Numbers 8.15.

For they are wholly given to me from among the people of Israel; instead of all that open the womb, the first-born of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. Numbers 8.16.

For all the first-born among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself. Numbers 8.17.

And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the people of Israel. Numbers 8.18.

And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel in case the people of Israel should come near the sanctuary. Numbers 8.19.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 8.23.

"This is what pertains to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the work in the service of the tent of meeting". Numbers 8.24.

And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the work of the service and serve no more. Numbers 8.25.

But minister to their brethern in the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties. Numbers 8.26.

And the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt. Numbers 9.1.

"Let the people of Israel keep the passover at its appointed time.". Numbers 9.2.

On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its ordinances you shall keep it. Numbers 9.3.

And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did. Numbers 9.5.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 9.9.

"Say to the people of Israel, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is afar off on a journey, he shall still keep the passover to the Lord.". Numbers 9.10.

In the second month on the fourteenth day in the evening they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Numbers 9.11.

They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it. Numbers 9.12.

But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet refrains from keeping the passover, that person shall be cut off from his people, because he did not offer the Lord's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin. Numbers 9.13.

And if a stranger sojourns among you, and will keep the passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the passover and according to its ordinance, so shall he do; you shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native. Numbers 9.14.

On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning. Numbers 9.15.

So it was continually; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. Numbers 9.16.

And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tent, aafter that the people of Israel set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel encamped. Numbers 9.17.

At the command of the Lord the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the Lord they encamped; as long sa the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. Numbers 9.18.

They kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by Moses. Numbers 9.23 (Note: Although united with the Lord, they did not keep "the Lord", but kept the Lord's "charge".).

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 10.1.

Make two silver trumpets; of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation, and for breaking camp. Numbers 10.2.

And when both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Numbers 10.3.

But if they blow only one, then the leaders, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. Numbers 10.4.

When you blow an alarm, the camps that are on the east side shall set out. Numbers 10.5.

And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. Numbers 10.5.

And when you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out. Numbers 10.6.

But when the assembly is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. Numbers 10.7.

And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. Numbers 10.8.

And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. Numbers 10.9.

On the day or your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; they shall serve you for remembrance before your God; I am the Lord your God. Numbers 10.10.

In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony. Numbers 10.11.

And the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran. Numbers 10.12.

They set out for the first time at the command of the Lord by Moses. Numbers 10.13.

The standard of the camp of the men of Judah set out first by their companies; and over their host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. Numbers 10.14.

And over the host of the tribe of the men of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. Numbers 10.15.

And over the host of the tribe of the men of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. Numbers 10.16.

And when the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who carried the tabernacle, set out. Numbers 10.17.

And the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies; and over their host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. Numbers 10.18.

And over the host of the trive of the men of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. Numbers 10.19.

And over the host of the tribe of the men of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. Numbers 10.20.

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival. Numbers 10.21.

This was the order of march of the people of Israel according to their hosts, when they set out. Numbers 10.28.

And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, 'I will give it to you'; come with us, and we will do you good; for the Lord has promised good to Israel.". Numbers 10.29.

"Do not leave us, I pray you, for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us. Numbers 10.31.

And if you go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you. Numbers 10.32.

So they set out from the mount of the Lord three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them. Numbers 10.33.

And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp. Numbers 10.34.

And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, "Arise, O Lord, and let thy enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.". Numbers 10.35.

And when it rested, he said, "Return O Lord to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.". Numbers 10.28.

And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their mosfortunes; and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Numbers 11.1.

Then the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire abated. Numbers 11.2.

Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, "O that we had meat to eat!". Numbers 11.4.

We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. Numbers 11.5.

But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at. Numbers 11.6.

Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. Numbers 11.7.

The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. Numbers 11.8.

When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it. Numbers 11.9.

Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the Lord blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased. Numbers 11.10.

Moses said to the Lord, "Why hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou dost lay the burden of all this people upon me?". Numbers 11.11.

Did I conceive all this people? Did I bring them forth, that thou shouldst say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries the sucking child, to the land which thou didst swear to give their fathers?'. Numbers 11.12.

Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, 'Give us meat, that we may eat. Numbers 11.13.

I am not able to carry all this people alone, the burden is too heavy for me. Numbers 11.14.

If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness. Numbers 11.15.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. Numbers 11.16.

And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take some of the spirit which is upon you and put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. Numbers 11.17.

And say to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, "Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt." Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.'. Numbers 11.18.

You shall not eat one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days. Numbers 11.19.

But a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we come forth out of Egypt?". Numbers 11.20.

But Moses said, "The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot; and thou hast said, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!'". Numbers 11.21.

The Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.". Numbers 11.23 (Note: The proper answer for "shortened?" is "Yes.", that we might not say no to God. From relative human perspective, time delimits; from absolute godly perspective, God is unlimited.).

So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and placed them round about the tent. Numbers 11.24.

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it upon the seventy elders; and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did so no more. Numbers 11.25.

Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the spirit rested upon them; they were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. Numbers 11.26.

And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.". Numbers 11.27.

And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, said "My lord Moses, forbid them.". Numbers 11.28.

But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them!". Numbers 11.29.

And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp. Numbers 11.30.

And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and it brought quails from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. Numbers 11.31.

And the people rose all that day, and gathered the quails; he who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. Numbers 11.32.

While the meat was yet be3tween their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. Numbers 11.33.

Therefore the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving. Numbers 11.34 (Note: Kibrothhattaavah = graves of craving).

From Kibrothhattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they remained at Hazeroth. Numbers 11.35.

Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. Numbers 12.1.

And they said, "Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken through us also?" And the Lord heard it. Numbers 12.2.

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all men that were on the face of the earth. Numbers 12.3.

Suddenly the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, "Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting." And the three of them came out. Numbers 12.4.

The Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward. Numbers 12.5.

And he said, "Hear my7 words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make myself known to him in a vision, I speak with him in a dream. Numbers 12.6.

Not so with my servant Moses; he is entrusted with all my house.". Numbers 12.7.

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? Numbers 12.8.

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and he departed. Numbers 12.9.

And when the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron turned towards Miriam, and behold, she was leprous. Numbers 12.10.

And Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, do not punish us because we have done foolishly and have sinned.". Numbers 12.11.

Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb. Numbers 12.12.

And Moses cried to the Lord, "Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.". Numbers 12.13.

But the Lord said to Moses, "If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.". Numbers 12.14.

So Miriam was shut up outside the camp seven days; and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again. Numbers 12.15.

After that the people set out from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. Numbers 12.16.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 13.1.

"Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I give to the people of Israel; from each tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a leader among them.". Numbers 13.2.

So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the Lord, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel. Numbers 13.3.

Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, "Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country". Numbers 13.17.

And see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many. Numbers 13.18.

And whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds. Numbers 13.19.

And whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage, and bring some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes. Numbers 13.20.

So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, near the entrance of Hamath. Numbers 13.21.

And cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they brought also some pomegranates and figs. Numbers 13.23.

At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land. Numbers 13.25.

And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. Numbers 13.26.

And they told him, "We came to the land to which you sent us; it flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. Numbers 13.27.

Yet the people who dwell in the land are strong and the cities are fortified and very large; and besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there. Numbers 13.28.

The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb; the Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan. Numbers 13.29.

Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once, and occupy it; for we are well able to overcome it.". Numbers 13.30.

So they brought to the people of Israel an evil report. Numbers 13.32 (Note: Some feared the strongholds they seen, so started exaggerating.).

Then all the congregation raised a loud cry; and the people wept that night. Numbers 14.1.

And all the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!". Numbers 14.2.

Why does the Lord bring us into this lnad, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey; would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?. Numbers 14.3.

And they said to one another, "Let us choose a captain, and go back to Egypt.". Numbers 14.4.

Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel. Numbers 14.5.

And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, rent their clothes. Numbers 14.6.

And said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, "The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land. Numbers 14.7.

If the Lord delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land which flows with milk and honey.". Numbers 14.8.

Only, do not rebel against the Lord; and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them. Numbers 14.9.

But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel. Numbers 14.10.

And the Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs which I have wrought among them?". Numbers 14.11.

I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they. Numbers 14.12.

But Moses said to the Lord, "Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for thou didst bring up this people in thy might from among them. Numbers 14.13.

And they will tell the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that thou, O Lord, art in the midst of this people; and thy cloud stands over them and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. Numbers 14.14.

Now if thou dost kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard thy fame will say. Numbers 14.15.

'Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to give to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness.'. Numbers 14.16.

And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great as thou hast promised, saying. Numbers 14.17.

'The Lord is slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.'. Numbers 14.18.

Pardon the iniquity of this peoplek, I pray thee, according to the greatness of thy steadfast love, and according as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. Numbers 14.19.

Then the Lord said, "I have pardoned, according to your word. Numbers 14.20.

But truly, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. Numbers 14.21.

None of the men who have seen my glory and my signs which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the proof these ten times and have not hearkened to my voice. Numbers 14.22.

Shall see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; and none of those who despised me shall see it. Numbers 14.23.

But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it. Numbers 14.24.

Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. Numbers 14.25.

And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron. Numbers 14.25.

"How long shall this wicked congregation murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against me.". Numbers 14.27.

Say to them, 'As I live,' says the Lord, 'what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:'. Numbers 14.28.

Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness; and of all your number, numbered from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me. Numbers 14.29.

Not one shall come into the land where I swore that I would make you dwell, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers 14.30.

But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. Numbers 14.31.

But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. Numbers 14.32.

And your children shall be shepherds in the wilderness forty years, and shall suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness. Numbers 14.33 (Note: Wow!).

According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day a year, you shall bear your iniquity, forty years, and you shall know my displeasure. Numbers 14.34.

I, the Lord, have spoken; surely this will I do to all this wicked congregation that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die. Numbers 14.35.

And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, and who returned and made all the congregation to murmur against him by bringing up an evil report against the land. Numbers 14.36.

The men who brought up an evil report of the land, died by plague before the Lord. Numbers 14.37 (Note: the Lord of creation showing greatness far beyond human thinking among the traitors).

But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of those men who went to spy out the land. Numbers 14.38.

And Moses told these words to alll the people of Israel, and the people mourned greatly. Numbers 14.39.

And they rose early in the morning, and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying "See, we are here, we will go up to the place which the Lord has promised; for we have sinned.". Numbers 14.40.

But Moses said, "Why now are you transgressing the command of the Lord, for that will not succeed?". Numbers 14.41.

Do not go up lest you be struck down before your enemies, for the Lord is not among you. Numbers 14.42.

For there the Amalekites and the Canaanites are before you, and you shall fall by the sword; because you have turned back from following the Lord, the Lord will not be with you. Numbers 14.43.

But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, althouth neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord, nor Moses, departed out of the camp. Numbers 14.44.

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who dwell in that hill country came down, and defeated them and pursued them, even to Hormah. Numbers 14.45.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 15.1.

"Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I give you". Numbers 15.2.

And you offer to the Lord from the herd or from the flock an offering by fire or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow or as a freewill offering or at your appointed feasts, to make a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 15.3.

Then he who brings his offering shall offer to the Lord a cereal offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil. Numbers 15.4.

And wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. Numbers 15.5.

Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a cereal offering two tenthws of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. Numbers 15.6.

And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 15.7.

And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, to fulfil a vow, or for peace offerings to the Lord. Numbers 15.8.

Then one shall offer with the bull a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil. Numbers 15.9.

And you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 15.10.

Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each of the male lambs or the kids. Numbers 15.11.

According to the number that you prepare, so shall you do with every one according to their number. Numbers 15.12.

All who are native shall do these things in this way, in offering an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 15.13.

And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or any one is among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to offer an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord, he shall do as you do. Numbers 15.14.

For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the sojourner be before the Lord. Numbers 15.15.

One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you. Numbers 15.16.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 15.17.

"Say to the people of Israel, When you come into the land to which I bring you". Numbers 15.18.

And when you eat of the food of the land, you shall present an offering to the Lord. Numbers 15.19.

Of the first of your coarse meal you shall present a cake as an offering; as an offering from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. Numbers 15.20.

Of the first of your coarse meal you shall give to the Lord an offering throughout your generations. Numbers 15.21.

But if you err, and do not observe all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses. Numbers 15.22.

All that the Lord has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations. Numbers 15.23.

Then if it was done unwittingly without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to the Lord, with its cereal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. Numbers 15.24.

And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; because it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error. Numbers 15.25.

And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the error. Numbers 15.26.

If one person sins unwittingly, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. Numbers 15.27.

And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who commits an error, when he sins unwittingly, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. Numbers 15.28.

You shall have one Law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native among the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them. Numbers 15.29.

But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people. Numbers 15.30.

Because he has despissed the word of the Lord, and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. Numbers 15.31.

While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. Numbers 15.32.

And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. Numbers 15.33.

They put him in custody, because it had not been made plain what should be done to him. Numbers 15.34.

And the Lord said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.". Numbers 15.35.

And all the congregation brought him outside the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 15.36.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 15.37.

"Speak to the people of Israel, and bid them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put upon the tassel of each corner a cord of blue". Numbers 15.38.

And it shall be to you a tassel to look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to go after wantonly. Numbers 15.39.

So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. Numbers 15.40.

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God. Numbers 15.41.

Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben. Numbers 16.1.

Took men; and they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men. Numbers 16.2.

And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone too far! For all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?". Numbers 16.3.

When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. Numbers 16.4.

And he said to Horah and all his company, "In the morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him; him whom he will choose he will cause to come near to him. Numbers 16.5.

Do this: take censers, Korah and all his company. Numbers 16.6.

Put fire in them and put incense upon them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. You have gone too far, sons of Levi!. Numbers 16.7.

And Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi:". Numbers 16.8.

Is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them. Numbers 16.9.

And that he has brought you near him, and all your brethern the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also?. Numbers 16.10.

Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together; what is Aaron that you murmur against him?. Numbers 16.11.

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab; and they said, "We will not come up.". Numbers 16.12.

Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also make yourself a prince over us?. Numbers 16.13.

Moreover you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up. Numbers 16.14.

And Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one ass from them, and I have not harmed one of them.". Numbers 16.15.

And Moses said to Korah, "Be present, you and all your company, before the Lord, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.". Numbers 16.16.

And let every one of you take his censer, and put incense upon it, and every one of you bring before the Lord his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer. Numbers 16.17.

So every man took his censer, and they put fire in them and laid incense upon them, and they stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. Numbers 16.18.

Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation. Numbers 16.19.

And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron. Numbers 16.20.

"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.". Numbers 16.21.

And they fell on their faces, and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be angry with all the congregation?". Numbers 16.22.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 16.23.

"Say to the congregation, Get away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.". Numbers 16.24.

Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. Numbers 16.25.

And he said to the congregation, "Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.". Numbers 16.26.

So they got away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones. Numbers 16.27.

And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord. Numbers 16.28.

If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited by the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. Numbers 16.29.

But if the Lord creates something new, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the Lord. Numbers 16.30.

And as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split asunder. Numbers 16.31.

And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonged to Korah and all their goods. Numbers 16.32.

So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. Numbers 16.33.

And all Israel that were round about them fled at their cry; for they said, "Lest the earth swallow us up!". Numbers 16.34.

And fire came forth from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men offering the incense. Numbers 16.35.

Then the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 16.36.

"Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze; then scatter the fire far and wide. For they are holy". Numbers 16.37.

The censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives; so let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the Lord; therefore they are holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel. Numbers 16.38.

So eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered; and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar. Numbers 16.39.

To be a reminder to the people of Israel, so that no one who is not a priest, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become as Korah and as his company-as the Lord said to Eleazar through Moses. Numbers 16.40.

But on the morrow all the congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, "You have killed the people of the Lord.". Numbers 16.41.

And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting; and behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. Numbers 16.42.

And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. Numbers 16.43.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 16.44.

"Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment." And they fell on their faces. Numbers 16.45.

And Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, the plague has begun.". Numbers 16.46.

So Aaron took it as Moses said, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and behold, the plague had already begun among the people; and he put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. Numbers 16.47.

And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stopped. Numbers 16.48.

Now those who died by the plague were forteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the affair of Korah. Numbers 16.49.

And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped. Numbers 16.50.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 17.1.

"Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them rods, one for each fathers' house, from all their leaders according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods. Write each man's name upon his rod". Numbers 17.2.

And write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each fathers' house. Numbers 17.3.

Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting with you. Numbers 17.4.

And the rod of the man whom I choose shall sprout; thus I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the people of Israel, which they murmur against you. Numbers 17.5.

Moses spoke to the people of Israel; and all their leaders gave him rods, one for each leader, according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods; and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. Numbers 17.6.

And Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. Numbers 17.7.

And on the morrow Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds, and produced blossoms, and it bore ribe almonds. Numbers 17.8.

Then Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the people of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod. Numbers 17.9.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebels, that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, lest they die.". Numbers 17.10.

Thus did Moses; as the Lord commanded him, so he did. Numbers 17.11.

And the people of Israel said to Moses, "Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.". Numbers 17.12.

Every one who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the Lord, shall die. Are we all to perish?. Numbers 17.13.

So the Lord said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your fathers' house with you shall bear iniquity in connection with the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity in connection with your priesthood. Numbers 18.1.

And with you bring your brethern also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you, and minister to you while you and your sons with you are fefore the tent of the testimony. Numbers 18.2.

They shall attend you and attend to all duties of the tent; but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar, lest they, and you, die. Numbers 18.3.

They shall join you, and attend to the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; and no one else shall come near you. Numbers 18.4.

And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and the duties of the altar, that there be wrath no more upon the people of Israel. Numbers 18.5.

And behold, I have taken your brethern the Levites from among the people of Israel; they are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting. Numbers 18.6.

And you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any one else who comes near shall be put to death. Numbers 18.7.

Then the Lord said to Aaron, "And behold, I have given you whatever is kept of the offerings made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel; I have given them to you as a portion, and to your sons as a perpetual due.". Numbers 18.8.

This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, every cereal offering of theirs and every sin offering of theirs and every guilt offering of theirs, which they render to me, shall be most holy to you and to your sons. Numbers 18.9.

In a most holy place shall you eat of it; every male may eat of it; it is holy to you. Numbers 18.10.

This also is yours, the offering of their gift, all the wave offerings of the people of Israel; I have given them to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due; every one who is clean in your house may eat of it. Numbers 18.11.

All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you. Numbers 18.12.

The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the ALord, shall be yours; every one who is clean in your house may eat of it. Numbers 18.13.

Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. Numbers 18.14.

Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours; nevertheless the first-born of man you shall redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem. Numbers 18.15.

And their redemption price (at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. Numbers 18.16.

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shall burn their fat as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 18.17.

But their flesh shall be yours, as the breast that is waved and as the right thigh is yours. Numbers 18.18.

All the holy offerings which the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due; it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you. Numbers 18.19.

And the Lord said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel. Numbers 18.20.

"To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, their service in the tent of meeting. Numbers 18.21.

And henceforth the people of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin and die. Numbers 18.22.

But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; and among the people of Israel, they shall have no inheritance. Numbers 18.23.

For the tithe of the people of Israel, which they present as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said of them that they shall have no inheritance among the people of Israel. Numbers 18.24.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 18.25.

"Moreover you shall say to the Levites, 'When you shall say to the people of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inhericance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, a tithe of the tithe.'". Numbers 18.26.

And your offering shall be reckoned to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fulness of the wine press. Numbers 18.27.

So shall you also present an offering to the Lord from all your tithes, which you receive from the people of Israel; and from it you shall give the Lord's offering to Aaron the priest. Numbers 18.28.

Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, from all the best of them, giving the hallowed part from them. Numbers 18.29.

Therefore you shall say to them, 'When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as produce of the threshing floor, and as produce of the wine press. Numbers 18.30.

And you may eat it in any place, you and your households; for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting. Numbers 18.31.

And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have offered the best of it. And you shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die. Numbers 18.32.

Now the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron. Numbers 19.1.

"This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and upon which a yoke has never come.". Numbers 19.2.

And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and she shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him. Numbers 19.3.

And Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of her blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. Numbers 19.4.

And the heifer shall burned in his sight; her skin, her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be burned. Numbers 19.5.

And the priest shall take cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet stuff, and cast them into the midst of the burning of the heifer. Numbers 19.6.

Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterwards he shall come into the camp; and the priest shall be unclean until evening. Numbers 19.7.

He who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. Numbers 19.8.

And a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place; and they shall be kept for the congregation of the people of Israel for the water for impurity, for the removal of sin. Numbers 19.9.

And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. And this shall be to the people of Israel, and to the stranger who sojourns among them, a perpetual statute. Numbers 19.10.

He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days. Numbers 19.11.

He shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean; but if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean. Numbers 19.12.

Whoever touches a dead person, the body of any man who has died, and does not cleanse himself, defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him. Numbers 19.13.

This is the law when a man dies in a tent: every one who come into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. Numbers 19.14.

And every open vessel, which has no cover fastened upon it, is unclean. Numbers 19.15.

Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. Numbers 19.16.

For the unclean they shall take some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and running water shall be added in a vessel. Numbers 19.17.

Then a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the furnishings, and upon the persons who were there, and upon him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. Numbers 19.18.

And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the seventh day; thus on the seventh day he shall cleanse him, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he shall be clean. Numbers 19.19.

But the man who is unclean and does not cleanse himself, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord; because the water for impurity has not been thrown upon him, he is unclean. Numbers 19.20.

And it shall be a perpetual statute for them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes; and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. Numbers 19.21.

And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and any one who touches it shall be unclean until evening. Numbers 19.22.

Now there was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. Numbers 20.2.

Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tent of meeting, and fell on their faces. And the glory of the Lord appeared to them. Numbers 20.6.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 20.7.

"Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water; so you shall bring water out of the rock fro them; so you shall give drink to the congregation and their cattle.". Numbers 20.8.

And Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. Numbers 20.9.

And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?". Numbers 20.10.

And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their cattle. Numbers 20.11.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.". Numbers 20.12.

These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel contended with the Lord, and he showed himself holy among them. Numbers 20.13.

Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory; so Israel turned away from him. Numbers 20.21.

And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. Numbers 20.22.

And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom. Numbers 20.23.

"Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the people of Israel, because you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.". Numbers 20.24.

Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor. Numbers 20.25.

And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there. Numbers 20.26.

And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. Numbers 20.28.

And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. Numbers 20.29.

When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. Numbers 21.1.

And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, "If thou wilt indeed give this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.". Numbers 21.2.

And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and gave over the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; so the name of the place was called Hormah. Numbers 21.3 ("Hormah" is destruction in Hebrew).

From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way. Numbers 21.4.

And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.". Numbers 21.5.

Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. Numbers 21.6.

Then the people came to Moses, and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.". Numbers 21.7.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.". Numbers 21.9.

And the people of Israel set out. Numbers 21.10.

And encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for the Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. Numbers 21.13.

Wherefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, "Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon". Numbers 21.14.

And the slope of the valleys that extends to the seat of Ar, and leans to the border of Moab. Numbers 21.15.

And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the Lord said to Moses, "Gather the people together, and I will give them water.". Numbers 21.16.

Then Israel sang this song" "Spring up, O well!-Sing to it!-". Numbers 21.17.

The well which the princes dug, which the nobels of the people delved, with teh scepter and with their staves. And from the wilderness they went. Numbers 21.18.

But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his men together, and went out against Israel to the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. Numbers 21.23.

And Israel slew him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to Jabbok, as far st to the Ammonites; for Jazer was the boundary of the Ammonites. Numbers 21.24.

And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its vilages. Numbers 21.25.

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, as far as the Arnon. Numbers 21.26.

Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took its vilages, and dispossessed the Amorites that were there. Numbers 21.32.

Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. Numbers 21.33.

But the Lord said to Moses, "Do not fear him; for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.". Numbers 21.34.

So they slew him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was not one survivor left to him; and they possessed his land. Numbers 21.35.

Then the people of Israel set out, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. Numbers 22.1.

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. Numbers 22.2.

And Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many; Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel. Numbers 22.3.

And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will now lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,. Numbers 22.4.

Sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of Amaw to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.". Numbers 22.5.

Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. Numbers 22.6.

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and gave him Balak's message. Numbers 22.7.

And he said to them, "Lodge here this night, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me"; so the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. Numbers 22.8.

And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?". Numbers 22.9.

And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying. Numbers 22.10.

'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'. Numbers 22.11.

God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.". Numbers 22.12.

So Balaam rose in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your own land; for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.". Numbers 22.13.

So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak, and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us. Numbers 22.14.

Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than they. Numbers 22.15.

And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: 'Let nothing hinder you from coming to me'. Numbers 22.16.

For I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do; come, curse this people for me. Numbers 22.17.

But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God, to do less or more.". Numbers 22.18.

Pray, now, tarry here this night also, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me. Numbers 22.19.

And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only what I bid you, that shall you do.". Numbers 22.20.

So Balaam rose in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. Numbers 22.21.

But God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the ass, and his two servants were with him. Numbers 22.22.

And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the road, and went into the field; and Balaam struck the ass, to turn her into the road. Numbers 22.23.

Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side. Numbers 22.24.

And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she pushed against the wall, and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall; so he struck her again. Numbers 22.25.

Then the angel of the Lord went ahead, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. Numbers 22.26.

When the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the ass with his staff. Numbers 22.27.

Then the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?". Numbers 22.28.

And Balaam said to the ass, "Because you have made sport of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.". Numbers 22.29.

And the ass said to Balaam, "Am I not your ass, upon which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Was I ever accustomed to do so to you?" And he said, "No.". Numbers 22.30.

Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. Numbers 22.31.

And the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you struck your ass these three times? Behold, I have come forth to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me;. Numbers 22.32.

And the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have slain you and let her live.". Numbers 22.33.

Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, "I have sinned, for I did not know that thou didst stand in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in thy sight, I will go back again.". Numbers 22.34.

And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men; but only the word which I bid you, that shall you speak." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak. Numbers 22.35.

When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, on the boundary formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the boundary. Numbers 22.36.

And Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?". Numbers 22.37.

Balaam said to Balak, "Lo, I have come to you! Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.". Numbers 22.38.

Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriathhuzoth. Numbers 22.39.

And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam and to the princes who were with him. Numbers 22.40.

And on the morrow Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamothbaal; and from there he saw the nearest of the people. Numbers 22.41.

And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and provide for me here seven bulls and seven rams.". Numbers 23.1.

Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram. Numbers 23.2.

And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height. Numbers 23.3.

And God met Balaam; and Balaam said to him, "I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered upon each altar a bull and a ram.". Numbers 23.4.

And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.". Numbers 23.5.

And he returned to him, and lo, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering. Numbers 23.6.

And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: 'Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!'". Numbers 23.7.

How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?. Numbers 23.8.

For from the top of the mountains I see him, from the hills I behold him; lo, a people dwelling alone, and not reckoning itself among the nations!. Numbers 23.9.

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 end be like his!. Numbers 23.10.

And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.". Numbers 23.11.

And he answered, "Must I not take heed to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?". Numbers 23.12.

And Balak said to him, "Come with me to another place, from which you may see them; you shall see only the nearest of them, and shall not see them all; then curse them for me from there.". Numbers 23.13.

And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Numbers 23.14.

Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.". Numbers 23.15.

And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.". Numbers 23.16.

And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?". Numbers 23.17.

And Balaam took up his discourse, and said, "Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, O son of Zippor:". Numbers 23.18.

God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfil it?. Numbers 23.19 (Note: "not"..."son of man", hence repentance is of sinners; hence for everyone including for God's people although they have sinned, God became the Christ man Jesus, the truthful good example non-sinful "son of man" and suffered).

Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it. Numbers 23.20.

He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob; nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, and the shout of a king is among them. Numbers 23.21.

God brings them out of Egypt; they have as it were the forns of the wild ox. Numbers 23.22.

For there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, 'What has God wrought!'. Numbers 23.23.

Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down till it devours the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain. Numbers 23.24.

And Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.". Numbers 23.25.

But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?". Numbers 23.26.

And Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.". Numbers 23.27.

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks the desert. Numbers 23.28.

And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and provide for me here seven bulls and seven rams.". Numbers 23.29.

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. Numbers 23.30.

When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness. Numbers 24.1.

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel encamping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him. Numbers 24.2.

And he took up his discourse, and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,". Numbers 24.3.

The oracle of him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:. Numbers 24.4.

How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your encampments, O Israel!. Numbers 24.5.

Like valleys that stretch afar, like gardens beside a river, like aloes that the Lord has planted, like cedar trees beside the waters. Numbers 24.6.

Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. Numbers 24.7.

God brings him out of Egypt; he has as it were the horns of the wild ox, he shall eat up the nations his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them through with his arrows. Numbers 24.8.

He couched, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness; who will rouse him up? Blessed be every one who blesses you, and cursed be every one who curses you.. Numbers 24.9.

And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.". Numbers 24.10.

Therefore now flee to your place; I said, 'I will certainly honor you,' but the Lord has held you back from honor. Numbers 24.11.

And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me". Numbers 24.12.

If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord speaks, that will I speak?. Numbers 24.13.

And now, behold, I am going to my people; come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days. Numbers 24.14.

And he took up his discourse, and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened". Numbers 24.15.

The oracle of him who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:. Numbers 24.16.

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; a star shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall cruch the forehead of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth. Numbers 24.17.

Edom shall be dispossessed, Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed, while Israel does valiantly. Numbers 24.18.

By Jacob shall dominion be exercised, and the survivors of cities be destroyed!. Numbers 24.19.

Then he looked on Amalek, and took up his discourse, and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, but in the end he shall come to destruction.". Numbers 24.20.

And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse, and said, "Enduring is your dwelling place, and your nest is set in the rock". Numbers 24.21.

Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted. How long shall Asshure take you away captive?. Numbers 24.22.

And he took up his discourse, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?". Numbers 24.23.

But ships shall come from Kittim and shall afflict Asshur and Eber; and he also shall come to destruction. Numbers 24.24.

Then Balaam rose, and went back to his place; and Balak also went his way. Numbers 24.25.

While Israel dwelt in Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. Numbers 25.1.

These invited the people to the sacrivices of their gods, and the people ate, and bowed down tho their gods. Numbers 25.2.

So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. Numbers 25.3.

And the Lord said to Moses, "Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them in the sun before the Lord, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel.". Numbers 25.4.

And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Every one of you slay his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.". Numbers 25.5.

And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. Numbers 25.6.

When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. Numbers 25.7.

And went after the man of Israel into the inner room, and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through her body. Thus the plague was stayed from the people of Israel. Numbers 25.8.

Nevertheless those that died by tyhe plague were twenty-four thousand. Numbers 25.9.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 25.10.

"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in my jealousy.". Numbers 25.11.

Therefore say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace. Numbers 25.12.

And it shall be to him, and to his descendants after him, the covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the people of Israel. Numbers 25.13.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 25.16.

"Harass the Midianites, and smite them;". Numbers 25.17.

For they have harassed you with their wiles, with which they 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 on account of Peor. Numbers 25.18.

After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest. Numbers 26.1.

"Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war.". Numbers 26.2.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 26.52.

"To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.". Numbers 26.53.

To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance according to its numbers. Numbers 26.54.

But according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Numbers 26.55.

Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller. Numbers 26.56.

The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. Numbers 26.59.

But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had numbered the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. Numbers 26.64.

For the Lord had said of them, "They shall die in the wilderness." There was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. Numbers 26.65.

Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. Numbers 27.1.

And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying. Numbers 27.2.

Why should the name of our father be taken away from his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethern. Numbers 27.4.

Moses brought their case before the Lord. Numbers 27.5.

And the Lord said to Moses. Numbers 27.6.

"The daughters of Zelophehad are right; you shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father's brethern and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.". Numbers 27.7.

And you shall say to the people of Israel, 'If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.'. Numbers 27.8.

And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. Numbers 27.9.

And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. Numbers 27.10.

And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possessit. And it shall be to the people of Israel a statute and ordinance, as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 27.11.

The Lord said to Moses, "Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the people of Israel.". Numbers 27.12.

And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was gathered. Numbers 27.13.

Because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin during the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. Numbers 27.14.

Moses said to the Lord. Numbers 27.15.

"Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation. Numbers 27.16.

Who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.". Numbers 27.17 (Note: So we find earthly thinking matching accord with God's thinking, as we find human Moses'cause for holiness via requesting a "shepherd" for this situation. Building on these ideas, God in word and deed later appears in the flesh as Jesus Christ over all situations and all).

And the Lord said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him. Numbers 27.18.

Cause him to stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall commission him in their sight. Numbers 27.19.

You shall invest him with some of your authority, that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey. Numbers 27.20.

And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord; at his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation. Numbers 27.21.

And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. Numbers 27.22.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 28.1.

"Command the people of Israel, and say to them, 'My offering, my offd for my offerings by fire, my pleasing odor, you shall take heed to offer to me in its due season.'". Numbers 28.2.

And you shall say to them, This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a continual offering. Numbers 28.3.

The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening. Numbers 28.4.

Also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. Numbers 28.5.

It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord. Numbers 28.6.

Its drink offering shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. Numbers 28.7.

The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; like the cereal offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 28.8.

On the sabbath day two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering:. Numbers 28.9.

This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. Numbers 28.10.

At the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish. Numbers 28.11.

Also three tehths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram. Numbers 28.12.

And a tenth of fine flour mixed with oil as a cereal offering for every lamb; for a burnt offering of pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord. Numbers 28.13.

Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third of a hin for a ram, and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. Numbers 28.14.

Also one male goat for a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. Numbers 28.15.

On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's passover. Numbers 28.16.

And on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. Numbers 28.17.

On the first day there shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no laborious work. Numbers 28.18.

But offer an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; see that they are without blemish. Numbers 28.19.

Also their cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil; three tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two tenths for a ram. Numbers 28.20.

A tenth shall you offer for each of the seven lambs. Numbers 28.21.

Also one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. Numbers 28.22.

You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. Numbers 28.23.

In the same way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. Numbers 28.24.

And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. Numbers 28.25.

On the day of the first fruits, when you offer a cereal offering of new grain to the Lord at your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. Numbers 28.26.

But offer a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old. Numbers 28.27.

Also their cereal offering of the flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each bull, two tenths for one ram. Numbers 28.28.

A tenth for each of the seven lambs. Numbers 28.29.

With one male goat, to make atonement for you. Numbers 28.30.

Besides the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering, you shall offer them and their drink offering. See that they are without blemish. Numbers 28.31.

On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborous work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets. Numbers 29.1.

And you shall offer a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish. Numbers 29.2.

According to the ordinance for them, a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord. Numbers 29.6.

Ob the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and afflict yourselves; you shall do no work. Numbers 29.7.

But you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing odor:. Numbers 29.8.

On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord seven days. Numbers 29.12.

And you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the Lord. Numbers 29.13.

On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no laborious work. Numbers 29.35.

"These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts, in addition to your votive offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and your cereal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.". Numbers 29.39.

And Moses told the people of Israel everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. Numbers 29.40.

Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, "This is what the Lord has commanded. Numbers 30.1.

When a man vows a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. Numbers 30.2.

Or when a woman vows a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house, in her youth. Numbers 30.3.

And her father hears of her vow and her pledge by which she has bound herself, and says nothing to her; then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. Numbers 30.4.

But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself, shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father opposed her. Numbers 30.5.

And if she is married to a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself. Numbers 30.6.

And her husband hears of it, and says nothing to her on the day that he hears; then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. Numbers 30.7.

But if on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he expresses disapproval, then he shall make void her vow which was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips, by which she bound herself; and the Lord willl forgive her. Numbers 30.8.

But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. Numbers 30.9 (Note: see Matthew 19, verses 7, 8, & 9).

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath. Numbers 30.10.

And her hunband heard of it, and said nothing to her, and did not oppose her; then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she bound herself shall stand. Numbers 30.11.

But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning her pledge of herself, shall not stand: her husband has made them void, and the Lord will forgive her. Numbers 30.12.

Any vow and any binding oath to afflict herself, her husband may establish, or her husband may make void. Numbers 30.13.

But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her pledges, that are upon her; he has established them, because he said nothing to her on the day that he heard of them. Numbers 30.14.

But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity. Numbers 30.15.

These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, as between a father and his daughter, while in her youth, within her father's house. Numbers 30.16.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 31.1.

"Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your people.". Numbers 31.2.

And Moses said to the people, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian. Numbers 31.3.

You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war. Numbers 31.4.

So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. Numbers 31.5.

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. Numbers 31.6.

They warred against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and slew every male. Numbers 31.7.

They slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and they also slew Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. Numbers 31.8.

And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and they took as booty all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods. Numbers 31.9.

All their cities in the places where they dwelt, and all their encampments, they burned with fire. Numbers 31.10.

And took all the spoil and all the booty, both of man and of beast. Numbers 31.11.

Then they brought the captives and the booty and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. Numbers 31.12.

Moses, and Eeleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went forth to meet them outside the camp. Numbers 31.13.

And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. Numbers 31.14.

Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?". Numbers 31.15.

Behold, these caused the people of Israel, by the counsel of Balaam, to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord. Numbers 31.16.

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. Numbers 31.17.

But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Numbers 31.18.

Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever of you has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain,k purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. Numbers 31.19.

You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood. Numbers 31.20.

And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle: "This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses:. Numbers 31.21.

Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead. Numbers 31.22.

Everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water of impurity; and whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water. Numbers 31.23.

You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean; and afterward you shall come into the camp. Numbers 31.24.

The Lord said to Moses. Numbers 31.25.

"Take the count of the booty that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation". Numbers 31.26.

And divide the booty into two parts, between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. Numbers 31.27.

And levy for the Lord a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, one out of five hundred, of the persons and of the oxen and of the asses and of the flocks. Numbers 31.28.

Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord. Numbers 31.29.

And from the people of Israel's half you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the oxen, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. Numbers 31.30.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 31.31.

Now the booty remaining of the spoil that the men of war took was: six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep. Numbers 31.32.

Seventy-two thousand cattle. Numbers 31.33.

Sixty-one thousand asses. Numbers 31.34.

And thirty-two thousand persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him. Numbers 31.35.

And the half, the portion of those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep. Numbers 31.36.

And the Lord's tribute of sheep was six hundred and seventy-five. Numbers 31.37.

The cattle were thirty-six thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was seventy-two. Numbers 31.38.

The asses were thirty thousand five hundred, of which the Lord's tribute was sixty-one. Numbers 31.39.

The persons were sixteen thousand, of which the Lord's tribute was thirty-two persons. Numbers 31.40.

And Moses gave the tribute, which was the offering for the Lord, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 31.41.

From the people of Israel's half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had gone to war-. Numbers 31.42.

Now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep. Numbers 31.43.

Thirty-six thousand cattle. Numbers 31.44.

And thirty thousand five hundred asses. Numbers 31.45.

And sixteen thousand persons-. Numbers 31.46.

From the people of Israel's half Moses took one of every fifty, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who had charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses. Numbers 31.47.

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses. Numbers 31.48.

And said to Moses, "Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.". Numbers 31.49.

And we have brought the Lord's offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord. Numbers 31.50.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold,k all wrought articles. Numbers 31.51.

And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. Numbers 31.52.

(The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.). Numbers 31.53.

And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the people of Israel before the Lord. Numbers 31.54.

Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle; and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for cattle. Numbers 32.1.

So the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation. Numbers 32.2.

"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebor, and Beon". Numbers 32.3.

The land which the Lord smote before the congregations of Israel, is a land for cattle; and your servants have cattle. Numbers 32.4.

And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession; do not take us across the Jordan.". Numbers 32.5.

But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, "Shall your brethern go to the war while you sit here?". Numbers 32.6.

Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord has given them?. Numbers 32.7.

Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. Numbers 32.8.

For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from gtoing into the land which the Lord had given them. Numbers 32.9.

And the Lord's anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying. Numbers 32.10.

'Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me'. Numbers 32.11.

None except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they ahve wholly followed the Lord. Numbers 32.12.

And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. Numbers 32.13.

And behold, you have risen in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel!. Numbers 32.14.

For if you turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all this people. Numbers 32.15.

Then they came near to him, and said, "We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks, and cities for our little ones. Numbers 32.16.

But we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. Numbers 32.17.

We will not return to our homes until the people of Israel have inherited each his inheritance. Numbers 32.18.

For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond; because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east. Numbers 32.19.

So Moses said to them, "If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the Lord for the war. Numbers 32.20.

And every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord, until he has driven out his enemies from before him. Numbers 32.21.

And the land is subdued before the Lord; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the Lord and to Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the Lord. Numbers 32.22.

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32.23.

Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do what you have promised. Numbers 32.24.

And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben said to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands.". Numbers 32.25.

Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall remain there in the cities of Gilead. Numbers 32.26.

But your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord orders. Numbers 32.27.

So Moses gave command 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 people of Israel. Numbers 32.28.

And Gad and the sons of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the Lord, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. Numbers 32.29.

But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. Numbers 32.30.

And the sons of Bad and the sons of Reuben answered "As the Lord has said to your servants, so we will do.". Numbers 32.31.

We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan. Numbers 32.32.

And Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Manaseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country. Numbers 32.33.

But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the bounds of his city of refuge to which he fled. Numbers 35.26.

And the avenger of blood finds him outside the bounds of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slays the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood. Numbers 35.27.

For the man must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession. Numbers 35.28.

And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. Numbers 35.29.

If any one kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses; but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. Numbers 35.30.

Moreover you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death; but he shall be put to death. Numbers 35.31.

And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. Numbers 35.32.

You shall not thus pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no expiation can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, except by the blood of him who shed it. Numbers 35.33.

You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel. Numbers 35.34.

The heads of the fathers' houses of the families of the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, of the fathers' houses of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel. Numbers 36.1.

They said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.". Numbers 36.2.

But if they are married to any of the sons of the other trives of the people of Israel then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance. Numbers 36.3.

And when the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. Numbers 36.4.

Married to the sons of their father's brothers. Numbers 36.11.

Their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. Numbers 36.12.

These are the commandments and the ordinances which the Lord commanded by Moses to the people of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. Numbers 36.13.

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