take of her blood with his finger, dieth in a tent: All that come into and sprinkle of her blood directly the tent, and all that is in the tent, before the tabernacle of the congre- shall be unclean seven days. gation seven times. 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn. 6 And the priest shall take cedarwood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. T9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and Tay them up without the camp, in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. L 11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. L 15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. L17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel; 18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. 22 And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. CHAP. XX. 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: g THEN came the children of because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 14 This is the law when a man gregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month; and the people abode in Kadesh: and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto to die in the wilderness? for there is his people: for he shall not enter no bread, neither is there any wa into the land which I have given ter; and our soul loatheth this light unto the children of Israel, because bread. ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor; f 6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came 26 And strip Aaron of his gar- to Moses, and said, We have sinments, and put them upon Eleazar ned; for we have spoken against his son: and Aaron shall be gather- the LORD, and against thee: pray ed unto his people, and shall die unto the LORD that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. there. f 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole, and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. T 9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had 29 And when all the congrega- bitten any man, when he beheld the tion saw that Aaron was dead, they serpent of brass, he lived. mourned for Aaron thirty days, even g 10 T And the children of Israel all the house of Israel. set forward, and pitched in Oboth. g 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, CHAP. XXI. AND Arwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies, than he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sun-rising. g 12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. g 13 From thence they removed, 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto and pitched on the other side of Arthe LORD, and said, If thou wilt in-non, which is in the wilderness that deed deliver this people into my cometh out of the coasts of the Amohand, then I will utterly destroy rites: for Arnon is the border of their cities. Moab, between Moab and the Amo 3 And the LORD hearkened to rites. the voice of Israel, and delivered g 14 Wherefore it is said in the up the Canaanites; and they utter-book of the wars of the LORD, What ly destroyed them and their eities: he did in the Red sea, and in the and he called the name of the place brooks o Arnon, Hormah. 15 And at the stream of the g4 And they journeyed from brooks that goeth down to the dwellmount Hor by the way of the Red ing of Ar, and lieth upon the border Sea, to compass the land of Edom: of Moab. and the soul of the people was much g 15 And from thence they went to discouraged because of the way. Beer; that is, the well whereof the c5 And the people spake against LORD spake unto Moses, Gather God, and against Moses, Wherefore the people together, and I will give have ye brought us up out of Egypt them water. undone, O people of Chemosh! he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them: Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. ƒ17 Then Israel sang this song,, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it g18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah; g 19 And from Mattanah to NahaTiel; and from Nabaliel to Bamoth; g 20 And from Bamoth in the val- 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the ley, that is in the country of Moab, land of the Amorites. to the top of Pisgah, which looketh towards Jeshimou. ƒ 21 ¶ And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, g 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. f33 And they turned, and went up by the way of Bashan and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, be, and all his people, to the 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards: we will not drink of the waters of the well; but battle at Edrei. we will go along by the king's high-g 34 And the LORD said unto Moway, until we be past thy borders. ses, Fear him not: for I have delig 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Isracl into the wilderness and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. | vered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon, king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there g21 And Israel smote him with was none left him alive: and they the edge of the sword, and possess-possessed his land. ed his land from Arnon unto Jab CHAP. XXII. bok, even unto the children of Am-g AND the children of Israel set mon for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these ciTies: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. g 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. f27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab, on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 ¶ And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many; and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midiar, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of 28 For there is a fire gone out of Zippor was king of the Moabites at Heshbon, a flame from the city of that time. Sihon it hath consumed Ar off 5 He sent messengers therefore Moab, and the lords of the high pla-unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Peces of Arnon. thor, which is by the river of the 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art land of the children of his people, to pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me : come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me. c 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradvcuture I shall prevail, that we may D 18 And Balaam answered and smite them, and that I may drive said unto the servants of Balak, them out of the land: for I wot that If Balak would give me his house he whom thou blessest is blessed, full of silver and gold, I cannot go and he whom thou cursest is cursed. beyond the word of the LORD my 7 And the elders of Moab and God, to do less or more. the elders of Midian departed with c 19 Now therefore, I pray you, the rewards of divination in their tarry ye also here this night, that I hand; and they came unto Ba- may know what the LORD will say laam, and spake unto him the words unto me more. of Balak. 20 And God came unto Balaam c 8 And he said unto them, Lodge at night, and said unto him, If the here this night, and I will bring you men come to call thee, rise up, and word again, as the LORD shall speak go with them; but yet the word unto me. And the princes of Moab which I shall say unto thee, that abode with Balaam. shalt thou do. v9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 10 And Balaam said unto God, D 22 ¶ And God's anger was kinBalak the son of Zippor, king of dled because he went; and the anMoab, hath sent unto me, saying,gel of the LORD stood in the way 11 Behold, there is a people come for an adversary against him. Now out of Egypt, which covereth the he was riding upon his ass, and his face of the earth: come now, curse two servants were with him. me them; peradventure I shall be ƒ 23 And the ass saw the angel of able to overcome them, and drive the LORD standing in the way, and them out. his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. f 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. f 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaan, and said to him. Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and be smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under |