15 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak allb went his way.

CHAP. XXV.

1 The Israelites" ivhoredem and idolatry.

6 Zimri and Cozbi stain.

AND Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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

3 And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel.

+ And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the fun, that the fierce anger of the Lor D may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moles laid unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.

65I And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitisli woman, in the sight of Moses, and in the fight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who tvere weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

7 And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, law it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

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

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

10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

11 Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Iiraes, while he was zealous for my fake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.

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

13 And he (hall have it, and his feed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood: because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

14. Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitifh woman, nuas Zimri the son of Salu, a prince of a chief houle among' the Simeonites.

15 And the name of the Midianitisli

woman that was slain, was Cor.bi th daughter of Zur; he teas head over people, and of a chief house in Midian

16 And the LoR D spake unto Moses saying,

17 Vex the Midianites, and smiti them:

18 For they vex you with their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you in th« matter of Peor, and in the matter oi Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Jvlidian their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's lake.

C II A. P. XXVI. 1 Israel numbered. 55 The inheritance os the land divided.

AND it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord sprvke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying,

2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twen ty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel.

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

4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty year* old and upward; as the Lord commanded Moses and thechildren of Israel, which went forth out or" the land of Egypt.

j Reuben the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, os 'whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

6 Of Hesron, the family of the Hesronites: of Carnii, the family of the Car mites.

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

8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab.

9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is tluit Dathan and Abiram 'which 'were famous in the congregation, whostroveagainstMoses and against Aaron in ths company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord:

10 And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up, together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.

11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

12 The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the NeniutjUtes: pf Jamin, th,e family of the number of Isratl.

r,0\ ZetA, the family of the Zar. kts-.oi 'suavd, the, family of the ShauU-.

H These are the families of the Sime<æk», twenty and two thousand and (we hundred.

15The children of Gad after their fa■isis: of Zephon, the family of the Zeptocites •. of Haggi, the family of the Hiipttn -. of Shuni, the family of the Shaaites-:

16 Of Ozni, thefamily of the Oznites: et Eri, the family of the Erites:

17 Ot Arod, tne family of the Arodrei-.of Areii, the family of the Arelites.

sS These are the families of the chilerm of Gad according to those that were limbered of them, forty thouland and five hundred.

15 The sons of Judah tuere Er and Oaan: aad Er and Onan died in the land or Csn2i.n.

10 And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pliarez, the family of tl»e Puarzites: of Zerah, the family of tie Zaruites.

ii And the sons of Piiarez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: ot Ha-nul, the family of the Hamuiites.

ii Tfotle are the families of Judah according to thole that were numbered of then, threeicore and sixteen thousand ati five hundred.

13 Oj tne sons of Iflachar after their families: ofTolz, the family of the Tolaite3: of Pua, the family of the Punites:

i+Oi'Jastiub, the family of the Jalhubhes: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

15 These are the families of Iflachar according to those that were numbered as them, threescore and four thouland and three hundred.

x6 Os the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Eloni tes: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

17 These are the families of the Zebiilunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thouland and five hundred.

iS The sons of Joseph after their families 'were Manaileh and Ephraim.

19 Of the sons of Manasleh: of Machir, the family of the-Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileaditcs.

jo Thele are the sons of Gilead: of J*eztr, the family of the Jeczeikes: of

Helek, the family of the Helekites:

j 1 And of Alriel, the family of the Airielites: and o/'SJhechem, thefamily of the bhechemites:

32 And s/'Shemida, the family of the Shemkiaites: rind oj Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 And Ztiophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, hut daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zcjophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Miltah, and Tirzah.

3+ These are the families of Manafich, and thole that were numbered of them, fifty and two thouland and seven hundred.

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

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

.37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

38 The Ions of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Alhbel, the family of the Astibelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites:

39 Of Shupham the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamite3.

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ar J, the family of the Ardites: and of Naainan, the family of the Naamites.

41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they tliat were numbered of them, -were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

41 These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuliamites. These arc the families of Dan after their families.

43 All the families of the Shuliamites according to those that were numbered of them, -were threescore and four thouland and four hundred.

44 Of the children of Afher after their families: of Jimna,the familyof thejimnites: of Jci'uijthe family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, thefamily of the Beriites.

45 Of the sons of B«riah: of Hcber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchicl, the siunily of the Malchieiites.

+6 And the name of the daughter of Afher loas Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons

of The land divided.

of Aflier according to those that were numbered of them; tuho -were fifty and • three thousand and four hundred.

48 O/the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:

49 Of Jczer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shilleinites.

1 50 These art the families of Naphtali according to their families: ana they that were numbered of them ivere forty and five thousand and four hundred.

51 These ivere the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundredand thirty.

5^ fl And the Lo R D ipakeuntoMoses, feyine,

53 Unto these the land (hall be divided for an inheritance, according to the number of names.

54 To many thoo shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou (halt give the less inheritance: to every one mall his inheritance, be given according to those that were numbered of him.

55 Notwithstanding the land ihall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall Inherit.

56 According to the lot shall the posseslion thereof be divided, between many and few.

57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites, after their families: of Gerfhon, the family of the Gerflionites: of Kohath, the family of the JCehathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58 These are the families of the Levitts: the family of the Libnites, the f-imily of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mulhites, the family of the Korathites: and KoJiath begat Amram.

J9 And the name of Amram's wife <u.'tu Jocliebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram, Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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

61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when flieyossered strange fire before theLoR D .

6i And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.

ed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, whe numbered the children of Iirael in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

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

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

CHAP. XXVII. 6 The Ia*» of inheritance!. 1 z Moses, being told of his death, suethfor a successor. 18 "Joshua as pointed to succeed him.

THEN came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hcpher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the sen of Manasleh, of the families of M.tnai"seh the ion of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hogtah, anoMileah, and Tirzah.

2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes, and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

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

4 Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

5 And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.

6 fl And the LoRDspake unto Moses, saying,

7 The daughters of Zclophehad speak right: thou (halt surely give them a possession of >n inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou (halt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.

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

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

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

11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye (hall give his inheritance unto U-ststUdefMi death, &c. Chap.

fe kiaikun chat is next to him of hi* taJf, and he {hall possess it. And it isil be onto the children of Israel a

iitae of judgement, as the Lord com

BizAcd Moses. r. f And the Lo a D said unto Moses,

Gtt tfcee up into this mount Abarim,

miii the land which 1 have given unto

ibe chikiren of Israel.

13 And when thou hast seen it, thou »j liuit be gathered unto thy people, u ASran thy brother was gathered.

14 For ye rebelled against my comEaadment in the desert of Zin, in the initof the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesti in the wilderness of Zin.

15 And Mofes spake unto the Lor D,

_ iS Let the Lo R D , the God of the spirits «f all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

17 Which may go out before them, sad which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which aaay bring them in; that the congregation of the Lo R D be not as <heep which nave no thepherd.

it tf And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine band upon him;

19 And let him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: and give him a charge in their sight.

10 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.

:i And he shall stand before Eleasar the priest, who shall a1k counsel for him, after the judgement of Urim before the Lord: at his word shall they E;o out, and it his word they fliall comcln, both be, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.

si And Moses did as the Lo R D commas Jed him: and he took Joshua, and fct him before Eleazar. the priest, and before all the congregation:

13 And he laid liis hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.

CHAP. XXVIII. J Offerings to be observed. 3 The continual

burnt offering. 9, 11, 16, 16 Other offerings. AN D the Lo R D spake unto Moses, saying,

s Command the children of Israel, and say bato them, My offering, and my

xxviii. Offerings to be observed.

bread for my sacrifices made by sire./ir a sweet savour unto me, ihall ye obierve to otter unto me in their due season.

3 ff And thou wait lay unto them, This is the offering made by sire, which ye Ihall offer unto the Lo R D ; two lambs of the first yew without spot day by day, for a continual burnt ottering.

4 The one lamb (halt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb stialt thou otter at even;

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of* flour for a meat ottering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

6 // is a continual burnt ottering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by sire unto the Lord.

7 And tiic drink offering thereofshall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy//are llialt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lo R D for a drink offering.

8 And the other lamb (halt thou of. fer at event as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

9 ^J And on the sabbath day, two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour/pr a meat offering mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

11 «J And in the beginnings of your months ye (hall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, (even lambs of the first year without spot j

11 And three tenth deals of (lourfor a meat offering mingled with oil for one bullock, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering mingled with oil for one rani;

13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil/sr a meat offering unto one lamb./br a burnt offering'ot x sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lor D.

14 And their drink offerings (hall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, end the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb-, this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months, of the year.

1 5 And one kid of the go:Us for a fin offering unto the Lord (lull be offered. beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.