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THE HOLY
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THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 1
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai in the
tabernacle of the covenant, the first day of the second
month, the second year of their going out of Egypt,
saying:
2 Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of
Israel by their families, and houses, and the names of
every one, as many as are of the male sex,
3 From twenty years old and upwards, of all the men of
Israel fit for war, and you shall number them by their
troops, thou and Aaron.
4 And there shall be with you the princes of the tribes, and
of the houses in their kindreds,
5 Whose names are these: Of Ruben, Elisur the son of Sedeur.
6 Of Simeon, Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.
7 Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.
8 Of Issachar, Nathanael the son of Suar.
9 Of Zabulon, Eliab the son of Helon.
10 And of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elisama the son of
Ammiud: of Manasses, Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
11 Of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gedeon.
12 Of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.
13 Of Aser, Phegiel the son of Ochran.
14 Of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Duel.
15 Of Nephtali, Ahira the son of Enan.
16 These are the most noble princes of the multitude by their
tribes and kindreds, and the chiefs of the army of Israel:
17 Whom Moses and Aaron took with all the multitude of the
common people:
18 And assembled them on the first day of the second month,
reckoning them up by the kindreds, and houses, and
families, and heads, and names of every one from twenty
years old and upward,
19 As the Lord had commanded Moses. And they were numbered in
the desert of Sinai.
20 Of Ruben the eldest son of Israel, by their generations
and families and houses and names of every head, all that
were of the male sex, from twenty years old and upward,
that were able to go forth to war,
21 Were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 Of the sons of Simeon by their generations and families,
and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
names and heads of every one, all that were of the male
sex, from twenty years old and upward, that were able to
go forth to war,
23 Fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 Of the sons of Gad, by their generations and families and
houses of their kindreds were reckoned up by the names of
every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war,
25 Forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.
26 Of the sons of Juda, by their generations and families and
houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go
forth to war,
27 Were reckoned up seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 Of the sons of Issachar, by their generations and families
and houses of their kindreds, by the names of every one
from twenty years old and upward, all that could go forth
to war,
29 Were reckoned up fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 Of the sons of Zabulon, by the generations and families
and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war,
31 Fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, by
the generations and families and houses of their kindreds,
were reckoned up by the names of every one, from twenty
years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to
war,
33 Forty thousand five hundred.
34 Moreover of the sons of Manasses, by the generations and
families and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by
the names of every one from twenty years old and upward,
all that could go forth to war,
35 Thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 Of the sons of Benjamin, by their generations and families
and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war,
37 Thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 Of the sons of Dan, by their generations and families and
houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of
every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war,
39 Sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 Of the sons of Aser, by their generations and families and
houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the names of
every one from twenty years old and upward, all that were
able to go forth to war,
41 Forty-one thousand and five hundred.
42 Of the sons of Nephtali, by their generations and families
and houses of their kindreds, were reckoned up by the
names of every one from twenty years old and upward, all
that were able to go forth to war,
43 Fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 These era they who were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and
the twelve princes of Israel, every one by the houses of
their kindreds.
45 And the whole number of the children of Israel by their
houses and families, from twenty years old and upward,
that were able to go to war,
46 Were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty
men.
47 But the Levites in the tribes of their families were not
numbered with them.
48 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
49 Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down
the sum of them with the children of Israel:
50 But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and
all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the
ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the
furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall
encamp round about the tabernacle.
51 When you are to go forward, the Levites shall take down
the tabernacle: when you are to camp, they shall set it
up. What stranger soever cometh to it, shall be slain.
52 And the children of Israel shall camp every man by his
troops and bands and army.
53 But the Levites shall pitch their tents round about the
tabernacle, lest there come indignation upon the multitude
of the children of Israel, and they shall keep watch, and
guard the tabernacle of the testimony.
54 And the children of Israel did according to all things
which the Lord had commanded Moses.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 2
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 All the children of Israel shall camp by their troops,
ensigns, and standards, and the houses of their kindreds,
round about the tabernacle of the covenant.
3 On the east Juda shall pitch his tents by the bands of his
army: and the prince of his sons shall be Nahasson the son
of Aminadab.
4 And the whole sum of the fighting men of his stock, were
seventy-four thousand six hundred.
5 Next unto him they of the tribe of Issachar encamped,
whose prince was Nathanael, the son of Suar.
6 And the whole number of his fighting men were fifty-four
thousand four hundred.
7 In the tribe of Zabulon the prince was Eliab the son of
Helon.
8 And all the army of fighting men of his stock, were
fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
9 All that were numbered in the camp of Juda, were a hundred
and eighty-six thousand four hundred: and they by their
troops shall march first.
10 In the camp of the sons of Ruben, on the south side, the
prince shall be Elisur the son of Sedeur:
11 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were
numbered, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
12 Beside him camped they of the tribe of Simeon: whose
prince was Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.
13 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were
numbered, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
14 In the tribe of Gad the prince was Eliasaph the son of
Duel.
15 And the whole army of his fighting men that were numbered,
were forty- five thousand six hundred and fifty.
16 All that were reckoned up in the camp of Ruben, were a
hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty, by
their troops: they shall march in the second place.
17 And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by
the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall
be set up, so shall it be taken down. Every one shall
march according to their places, and ranks.
18 On the west side shall be the camp of the sons of Ephraim,
whose prince was Elisama, the son of Ammiud.
19 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered,
were forty thousand five hundred.
20 And with them the tribe of the sons of Manasses, whose
prince was Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
21 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were
numbered, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
22 In the tribe of the sons of Benjamin the prince was Abidan
the son of Gedeon.
23 And the whole army of his fighting men, that were reckoned
up, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
24 All that were numbered in the camp of Ephraim, were a
hundred and eight thousand one hundred by their troops:
they shall march in the third place.
25 On the north side camped the sons of Dan: whose prince was
Ahiezar the son of Ammisaddai.
26 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered,
were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
27 Beside him they of the tribe of Aser pitched their tents:
whose prince was Phegiel the son of Ochran.
28 The whole army of his fighting men, that were numbered,
were forty-one thousand five hundred.
29 Of the tribe of the sons of Nephtali the prince was Ahira
the son of Enan.
30 The whole army of his fighting men, were fifty-three
thousand four hundred.
31 All that were numbered in the camp of Dan, were a hundred
and fifty-seven thousand six hundred: and they shall march
last.
32 This is the number of the children of Israel, of their
army divided according to the houses of their kindreds and
their troops, six hundred and three thousand five hundred
and fifty.
33 And the Levites were not numbered among the children of
Israel: for so the Lord had commanded Moses.
34 And the children of Israel did according to all things
that the Lord had commanded. They camped by their troops,
and marched by the families and houses of their fathers.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 3
1 These are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day
that the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai.
2 And these the names of the sons of Aaron: his firstborn
Nadab, then Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
3 These the names of the sons of Aaron the priests that were
anointed, and whose hands were filled and consecrated, to
do the functions of priesthood.
4 Now Nadab and Abiu died, without children, when they
offered strange fire before the Lord, in the desert of
Sinai: and Eleazar and Ithamar performed the priestly
office in the presence of Aaron their father.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight
of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them
watch,
7 And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the
multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,
8 And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving
in the ministry thereof.
9 And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift,
10 To Aaron and to his sons, to whom they are delivered by
the children of Israel. But thou shalt appoint Aaron and
his sons over the service of priesthood. The stranger that
approacheth to minister, shall be put to death.
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 I have taken the Levites from the children of Israel, for
every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children
of Israel, and the Levites shall be mine.
13 For every firstborn is mine: since I struck the firstborn
in the land of Egypt: I have sanctified to myself
whatsoever is firstborn in Israel both of man and beast,
they are mine: I am the Lord.
14 And the Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai,
saying:
15 Number the sons of Levi by the houses of their fathers and
their families, every male from one month and upward.
16 Moses numbered them as the Lord had commanded.
17 And there were found sons of Levi by their names, Gerson
and Caath and Merari.
18 The sons of Gerson: Lebni and Semei.
19 The sons of Caath: Amram, and Jesaar, Hebron and Oziel:
20 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi.
21 Of Gerson were two families, the Lebnites, and the
Semeites:
22 Of which were numbered, people of the male sex from one
month and upward, seven thousand five hundred.
23 These shall pitch behind the tabernacle on the west,
24 Under their prince Eliasaph the son of Lael.
25 And their charge shall be in the tabernacle of the
covenant:
26 The tabernacle itself and the cover thereof, the hanging
that is drawn before the doors of the tabernacle of the
covenant, and the curtains of the court: the hanging also
that is hanged in the entry of the court of the
tabernacle, and whatsoever belongeth to the rite of the
altar, the cords of the tabernacle, and all the furniture
thereof.
27 Of the kindred of Caath come the families of the Amramites
and Jesaarites and Hebronites and Ozielites. These are the
families of the Caathites reckoned up by their names:
28 All of the male sex from one month and upward, eight
thousand six hundred: they shall have the guard of the
sanctuary,
29 And shall camp on the south side.
30 And their prince shall be Elisaphan the son of Oziel:
31 And they shall keep the ark, and the table and the
candlestick, the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary,
wherewith they minister, and the veil, and all the
furniture of this kind.
32 And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for
the guard of the sanctuary.
33 And of Merari are the families of the Moholites, and
Musites, reckoned up by their names:
34 All of the male kind from one month and upward, six
thousand two hundred.
35 Their prince Suriel the son of Abihaiel: they shall camp
on the north side.
36 Under their custody shall be the boards of the tabernacle,
and the bars, and the pillars and their sockets, and all
things that pertain to this kind of service:
37 And the pillars of the court round about with their
sockets, and the pins with their cords.
38 Before the tabernacle of the covenant, that is to say on
the east side, shall Moses and Aaron camp, with their
sons, having the custody of the sanctuary, in the midst of
the children of Israel. What stranger soever cometh unto
it, shall be put to death.
39 All the Levites, that Moses and Aaron numbered according
to the precept of the Lord, by their families, of the male
kind from one month and upward, were twenty-two thousand.
40 And the Lord said to Moses: Number the firstborn of the
male sex of the children of Israel, from one month and
upward, and thou shalt take the sum of them.
41 And thou shalt take the Levites to me for all the
firstborn of the children of Israel, I am the Lord: and
their cattle for all the firstborn of the cattle of the
children of Israel:
42 Moses reckoned up, as the Lord had commanded, the
firstborn of the children of Israel:
43 And the males by their names, from one month and upward,
were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.
44 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saving:
45 Take the Levites for the firstborn of the children of
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites for their cattle,
and the Levites shall be mine. I am the Lord.
46 But for the price of the two hundred and seventy-three, of
the firstborn of the children of Israel, that exceed the
number of the Levites,
47 Thou shalt take five sides for every head, according to
the weight of the sanctuary. A sicle hath twenty obols.
48 And then shalt give the money to Aaron and his sons, the
price of them that are above.
49 Moses therefore took the money of them that were above,
and whom they had redeemed from the Levites,
50 For the firstborn of the children of Israel, one thousand
three hundred and sixty-five sicles, according to the
weight of the sanctuary,
51 And gave it to Aaron and his sons, according to the word
that the Lord had commanded him.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 4
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, and Aaron, saying:
2 Take the sum of the sons of Caath from the midst of the
Levites, by their houses and families.
3 From thirty years old and upward, to fifty years old, of
all that go in to stand and to minister in the tabernacle
of the covenant.
4 This is the service of the sons of Caath:
5 When the camp is to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall
go into the tabernacle of the covenant, and the holy of
holies, and shall take down the veil that hangeth before
the door, and shall wrap up the ark of the testimony in
it,
6 And shall cover it again with a cover of violet skins, and
shall spread over it a cloth all of violet, and shall put
in the bars.
7 They shall wrap up also the table of proposition in a
cloth of violet, and shall put with it the censers and
little mortars, the cups and bowls to pour out the
libations: the leaves shall be always on it:
8 And they shall spread over it a cloth of scarlet, which
again they shall cover with a covering of violet skins,
and shall put in the bars.
9 They shall take also a cloth of violet wherewith they
shall cover the candlestick with the lamps and tongs
thereof and the snuffers and all the oil vessels, which
are necessary for the dressing of the lamps:
10 And over all they shall put a cover of violet skins and
put in the bars.
11 And they shall wrap up the golden altar also in a cloth of
violet, and shall spread over it a cover of violet skins,
and put in the bars.
12 All the vessels wherewith they minister in the sanctuary,
they shall wrap up in a cloth of violet, and shall spread
over it a cover of violet skins, and put in the bars.
13 They shall cleanse the altar also from the ashes, and
shall wrap it up in a purple cloth,
14 And shall put it with all the vessels that they use in the
ministry thereof, that is to say, firepans, fleshhooks and
forks, pothooks and shovels. They shall cover all the
vessels of the altar together with a covering of violet
skins, and shall put in the bars.
15 And when Aaron and his sons have wrapped up the sanctuary
and the vessels thereof at the removing of the camp, then
shall the sons of Caath enter in to carry the things
wrapped up: and they shall not touch the vessels of the
sanctuary, lest they die. These are the burdens of the
sons of Caath: in the tabernacle of the covenant:
16 And over them shall be Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest, to whose charge pertaineth the oil to dress the
lamps, and the sweet incense, and the sacrifice, that is
always offered, and the oil of unction, and whatsoever
pertaineth to the service of the tabernacle, and of all
the vessels that are in the sanctuary.
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
18 Destroy not the people of Caath from the midst of the
Levites:
19 But do this to them, that they may live, and not die, by
touching the holies of holies. Aaron and his sons shall go
in, and they shall appoint every man his work, and shall
divide the burdens that every man is to carry.
20 Let not others by any curiosity see the things that are in
the sanctuary before they be wrapped up, otherwise they
shall die.
21 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
22 Take the sum of the soils of Gerson also by their houses
and families and kindreds.
23 From thirty Sears old and upward, unto fifty years old.
Number them all that go in and minister in the tabernacle
of the covenant.
24 This is the office of the family of the Gersonites:
25 To carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the roof of
the covenant, the other covering, and the violet covering
over all, and the hanging that hangeth in the entry of the
tabernacle of the covenant,
26 The curtains of the court, and the veil in the entry that
is before the tabernacle. All things that pertain to the
altar, the cords and the vessels of the ministry,
27 The sons of Gerson shall carry, by the commandment of
Aaron and his sons: and each man shall know to what burden
he must be assigned.
28 This is the service of the family of the Gersonites in the
tabernacle of the covenant, and they shall be under the
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
29 Thou shalt reckon up the sons of Merari also by the
families and houses of their fathers,
30 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old,
all that go in to the office of their ministry, and to the
service of the covenant of the testimony.
31 These are their burdens: They shall carry the boards of
the tabernacle and the bars thereof, the pillars and their
sockets,
32 The pillars also of the court round about, with their
sockets and pins and cords. They shall receive by account
all the vessels and furniture, and so shall carry them.
33 This is the office of the family of the Merarites, and
their ministry in the tabernacle of the covenant: and they
shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the
priest.
34 So Moses and Aaron and the princes of the synagogue
reckoned up the sons of Caath, by their kindreds and the
houses of their fathers,
35 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old,
all that go in to the ministry of the tabernacle of the
covenant:
36 And they were found two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
37 This is the number of the people of Caath that go in to
the tabernacle of the covenant: these did Moses and Aaron
number according to the word of the Lord by the hand of
Moses.
38 The sons of Gerson also were numbered by the kindreds and
houses of their fathers,
39 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old,
all that go in to minister in the tabernacle of the
covenant:
40 And they were found two thousand six hundred and thirty.
41 This is the people of the Gersonites, whom Moses and Aaron
numbered according to the word of the Lord.
42 The sons of Merari also were numbered by the kindreds and
houses of their fathers,
43 From thirty years old and upward, unto fifty years old,
all that go in to fulfil the rites of the tabernacle of
the covenant:
44 And they were found three thousand two hundred.
45 This is the number of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and
Aaron reckoned up according to the commandment of the Lord
by the hand of Moses.
46 All that were reckoned up of the Levites, and whom Moses
and Aaron and the princes of Israel took by name, by the
kindreds and houses of their fathers,
47 From thirty years old and upward, until fifty years old,
that go into the ministry of the tabernacle, and to carry
the burdens,
48 Were in all eight thousand five hundred and eighty.
49 Moses reckoned them up according to the word of the Lord,
every one according to their office and burdens, as the
Lord had commanded him.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 5
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Command the children of Israel, that they cast out of the
camp every leper, and whosoever hath an issue of seed, or
is defiled by the dead:
3 Whether it be man or woman, cast ye them out of the camp,
lest they defile it when I shall dwell with you.
4 And the children of Israel did so, and they cast them
forth without the camp, as the Lord had spoken to Moses.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Say to the children of Israel: When a man or woman shall
have committed any of all the sins that men are wont to
commit, and by negligence shall have transgressed the
commandment of the Lord, and offended,
7 They shall confess their sin, and restore the principal
itself, and the fifth part over and above, to him against
whom they have sinned.
8 But if there be no one to receive it, they shall give it
to the Lord, and it shall be the priest's, besides the ram
that is offered for expiation, to be an atoning sacrifice.
9 an the firstfruits also, which the children of Israel
offer, belong to the priest:
10 And whatsoever is offered into the sanctuary by every one,
and is delivered into the hands of the priest, it shall be
his.
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
12 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: The man whose wife shall have gone astray, and
contemning her husband,
13 Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot
discover it, but the adultery is secret, and cannot be
proved by witnesses, because she was not found in the
adultery:
14 If the spirit of jealousy stir up the husband against his
wife, who either is defiled, or is charged with false
suspicion,
15 He shall bring her to the priest, and shall offer an
oblation for her, the tenth part of a measure of barley
meal: he shall not pour oil thereon, nor put frank-
incense upon it: because it is a sacrifice of jealousy,
and an oblation searching out adultery.
16 The priest therefore shall offer it, and set it before the
Lord.
17 And he shall take holy water in an earthen vessel, and he
shall cast a little earth of the pavement of the
tabernacle into it.
18 And when the woman shall stand before the Lord, he shall
uncover her head, and shall, put on her hands the
sacrifice of remembrance, and the oblation of jealousy:
and he himself shall hold the most bitter waters, whereon
he hath heaped curses with execration.
19 And he shall adjure her, and shall say: If another man
hath not slept with thee, and if thou be not defiled by
forsaking thy husband's bed, these most bitter waters, on
which I have heaped curses, shall not hurt thee.
20 But if thou hast gone aside from thy husband, and art
defiled, and hast lain with another man:
21 These curses shall light upon thee: The Lord make thee a
curse, and an example for all among his people: may he
make thy thigh to rot, and may thy belly swell and burst
asunder.
22 Let the cursed waters enter into thy belly, and may thy
womb swell and thy thigh rot. And the woman shall answer,
Amen, amen.
23 And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and
shall wash them out with the most bitter waters, upon
which he hath heaped the curses,
24 And he shall give them her to drink. And when she hath
drunk them up,
25 The priest shall take from her hand the sacrifice of
jealousy, and shall elevate it before the Lord, and shall
put it upon the altar: yet so as first,
26 To take a handful of the sacrifice of that which is
offered, and burn it upon the altar: and so give the most
bitter waters to the woman to drink.
27 And when she hath drunk them, if she be defiled, and
having despised her husband be guilty of adultery, the
malediction shall go through her, and her belly swelling,
her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse, and
an example to all the people.
28 But if she be not defiled, she shall not be hurt, and
shall bear children.
29 This is the law of jealousy. If a woman hath gone aside
from her husband, and be defiled,
30 And the husband stirred up by the spirit of jealousy bring
her before the Lord, and the priest do to her according to
all things that are here written:
31 The husband shall be blameless, and she shall bear her
iniquity.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 6
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: When a man, or woman, shall make a vow to be
sanctified, and will consecrate themselves to the Lord:
3 They shall abstain from wine, and from every thing that
may make a man drunk. They shall not drink vinegar of
wine, or of any other drink, nor any thing that is pressed
out of the grape: nor shall they eat grapes either fresh
or dried.
4 All the days that they are consecrated to the Lord by vow:
they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard, from
the raisin even to the kernel.
5 All the time of his separation no razor shall pass over
his head, until the day be fulfilled of his consecration
to the Lord. He shall be holy, and shall let the hair of
his head grow.
6 All the time of his consecration he shall not go in to any
dead,
7 Neither shall he make himself unclean, even for his
father, or for his mother, or for his brother, or for his
sister, when they die, because the consecration of his God
is upon his head.
8 All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the
Lord.
9 But if any man die suddenly before him: the head of his
consecration shall be defiled: and he shall shave it
forthwith on the same day of his purification, and again
on the seventh day.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two
young pigeons to the priest in the entry of the covenant
of the testimony.
11 And the priest shall offer one for sin, and the other for
a holocaust, and shall pray for him, for that he hath
sinned by the dead: and he shall sanctify his head that
day:
12 And shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his
separation, offering a lamb of one year for sin: yet so
that the former days be made void, because his
sanctification was profaned.
13 This is the law of consecration. When the days which he
had determined by vow shall be expired, he shall bring him
to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant,
14 And shall offer his oblation to the Lord: one he lamb of
a year old without blemish for a holocaust, and one awe
lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and
one ram without blemish for a victim of peace offering,
15 A basket also of unleavened bread, tempered with oil, and
wafers without leaven anointed with oil, and the libations
of each:
16 And the priest shall present them before the Lord, and
shall offer both the sin offering and the holocaust.
17 But the ram he shall immolate for a sacrifice of peace
offering to the Lord, offering at the same time the basket
of unleavened bread, and the libations that are due by
custom.
18 Then shall the hair of the consecration of the Nazarite,
be shaved off before the door of the tabernacle of the
covenant: and he shall take his hair, and lay it upon the
fire, which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
19 And shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one
unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened
wafer, and he shall deliver them into the hands of the
Nazarite, after his head is shaven.
20 And receiving them again from him, he shall elevate them
in the sight of the Lord: and they being sanctified shall
belong to the priest, as the breast, which was commanded
to be separated, and the shoulder. After this the Nazarite
may drink wine.
21 This is the law of the Nazarite, when he hath vowed his
oblation to the Lord in the time of his consecration,
besides those things which his hand shall find, according
to that which he had vowed in his mind, so shall he do for
the fulfilling of his sanctification.
22 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
23 Say to Aaron and his sons: Thus shall you bless the
children of Israel, and you shall say to them:
24 The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
25 The Lord shew his free to thee, and have mercy on thee.
26 The Lord turn his countenance to thee, and give thee
peace.
27 And they shall invoke my name upon the children of Israel,
and I will bless them.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 7
1 And it came to pass in the day that Moses had finished the
tabernacle, and set it up, and had anointed and sanctified
it with all its vessels, the altar likewise and all the
vessels thereof,
2 The princes of Israel and the heads of the families, in
every tribe, who were the rulers of them who had been
numbered, offered
3 Their gifts before the Lord, six wagons covered, and
twelve oxen. Two princes offered one wagon, and each one
an ox, and they offered them before the tabernacle.
4 And the Lord said to Moses:
5 Receive them from them to serve in the ministry of the
tabernacle, and thou shalt deliver them to the Levites
according to the order of their ministry.
6 Moses therefore receiving the wagons and the oxen,
delivered them to the Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gerson,
according to their necessity.
8 The other four wagons, and eight oxen he gave to the sons
of Merari, according to their offices and service, under
the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9 But to the sons of Caath he gave no wagons or oxen:
because they serve in the sanctuary and carry their
burdens upon their own shoulders.
10 And the princes offered for the dedication of the altar on
the day when it was anointed, their oblation before the
altar.
11 And the Lord said to Moses: Let each of the princes one
day after another offer their gifts for the dedication of
the altar.
12 The first day Nahasson the son of Aminadab of the tribe of
Juda offered his offering:
13 And his offering was a silver dish weighing one hundred
and thirty sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides according
to the weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour
tempered with oil for
3, sacrifice:
14 A little mortar of ten sides of gold full of incense:
15 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
16 And a buck goat for sin:
17 And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Nahasson the son of Aminadab.
18 The second day Nathanael the son of Suar, prince of the
tribe of Issachar, made his offering,
19 A silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty sides, a
silver bowl of seventy sides, according to the weight of
the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
20 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
21 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
22 And a buck goat for sin:
23 And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Nathanael the son of Suar.
24 The third day the prince of the sons of Zabulon, Eliab the
son of Helon,
25 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty
sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides by the weight of the
sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
26 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
27 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
28 And a buck goat for sin:
29 And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This is
the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 The fourth day the prince of the sons of Ruben, Elisur the
son of Sedeur,
31 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty
sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides according to the
weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with
oil for a sacrifice:
32 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
33 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old,
for a holocaust:
34 And a buck goat for sin:
35 And for victims of peace offerings two oxen, five rams,
five buck goats. five lambs of a year old. This was the
offering of Elisur the son of Sedeur.
36 The fifth day the prince of the sons of Simeon, Salamiel
the son of Surisaddai,
37 Offered a silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty
sides, a silver bowl of seventy sides after the weight of
the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
38 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
39 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
40 And a buck goat for sin:
41 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Salamiel the son of Surisaddai.
42 The sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the
son of Duel,
43 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides,
a silver bowl of seventy sides by the weight of the
sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
44 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
45 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
46 And a buck goat for sin:
47 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Eliasaph the son of Duel.
48 The seventh day the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elisama
the son Ammiud,
49 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides,
a silver bowl of seventy sides according to the weight of
the sanctuary, both full of hour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
50 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
51 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
52 And a buck goat for sin:
53 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Elisama the son of Ammiud.
54 The eighth day the prince of the sons of Manasses,
Gamaliel the son of Phadassur,
55 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty
sicles, a silver bowl of seventy sicles, according to the
weight of the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with
oil for a sacrifice:
56 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sicles full of
incense:
57 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
58 And a buck goat for sin:
59 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
60 The ninth day the prince of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan
the son of Gedeon,
61 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides,
a silver bowl of seventy sides by the weight of the
sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
62 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
63 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a, holocaust:
64 And a buck goat for sin:
65 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Abidan the son of Gedeon.
66 The tenth day the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer the
son of Ammisaddai,
67 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides,
a silver bowl of seventy sides, according to the weight of
the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
68 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
69 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
70 And a buck goat for sin:
71 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammisaddai.
72 The eleventh day the prince of the sons of Aser, Phegiel
the son of Ochran,
73 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides,
a silver bowl of seventy sides, according to the weight of
the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
74 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
75 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
76 And a buck goat for sin:
77 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Phegiel the son of Ochran.
78 The twelfth day the prince of the sons of Nephtali, Ahira
the son of Enan,
79 Offered a silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides,
a silver bowl of seventy sides, according to the weight of
the sanctuary, both full of flour tempered with oil for a
sacrifice:
80 A little mortar of gold weighing ten sides full of
incense:
81 An ox of the herd, and a ram, and a lamb of a year old for
a holocaust:
82 And a buck goat for sin:
83 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five buck goats, five lambs of a year old. This was
the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 These were the offerings made by the princes of Israel in
the dedication of the altar, in the day wherein it was
consecrated. Twelve dishes of silver: twelve silver bowls:
twelve little mortars of gold:
85 Each dish weighing a hundred and thirty sides of silver,
and each bowl seventy sides: that is, putting all the
vessels of silver together, two thousand four hundred
sides, by the weight of the sanctuary.
86 Twelve little mortars of gold full of incense, weighing
ten sides apiece, by the weight of the sanctuary: that is,
in all a hundred and twenty sides of gold.
87 Twelve oxen out of the herd for a holocaust, twelve rams,
twelve lambs of a year old, and their libations: twelve
buck goats for sin.
88 And for sacrifices of peace offerings, oxen twenty-four,
rams sixty, buck goats sixty, lambs of a year old sixty.
These things were offered in the dedication of the altar,
when it was anointed.
89 And when Moses entered into the tabernacle of the
covenant, to consult the oracle, he heard the voice of one
speaking to him from the propitiatory, that was over the
ark between the two cherubims, and from this place he
spoke to him.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 8
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to Aaron, and thou shalt say to him: When thou shalt
place the seven lamps, let the candlestick be set up on
the south side. Give orders therefore that the lamps look
over against the north, towards the table of the leaves of
proposition, over against that part shall they give light,
towards which the candlestick looketh.
3 And Aaron did so, and he put the lamps upon the
candlestick, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4 Now this was the work of the candlestick, it was of beaten
gold, both the shaft in the middle, and all that came out
of both sides of the branches: according to the pattern
which the Lord had shewn to Moses, so he made the
candlestick.
5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of
Israel, and thou shalt purify them,
7 According to this rite: Let them be sprinkled with the
water of purification, and let them shave all the hairs of
their flesh. And when they shall have washed their
garments, and are cleansed,
8 They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering
thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take
another ox of the herd for a sin offering:
9 And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of
the covenant, calling together all the multitude of the
children of Israel:
10 And when the Levites are before the Lord, the children of
Israel shall put their hands upon them:
11 And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight
of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may
serve in his ministry.
12 The Levites also shall put their hands upon the heads of
the oxen, of which thou shalt sacrifice one for sin, and
the other for a holocaust to the Lord, to pray for them.
13 And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and
of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to
the Lord,
14 And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of
Israel, to be mine.
15 And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the
covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and
consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift
they were given me by the children of Israel.
16 I have taken them instead of the firstborn that open every
womb in Israel,
17 For all the firstborn of the children of Israel, both of
men and of beasts, are mine. From the day that I slew
every firstborn in the land of Egypt, have I sanctified
them to myself:
18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the
children of Israel:
19 And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons
out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in
the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest
there should be a plague among the people, if they should
presume to approach unto my sanctuary.
20 And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children
of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had
commanded Moses:
21 And they were purified, and washed their garments. And
Aaron lifted them up in the sight of the Lard, and prayed
for them,
22 That being purified they might go into the tabernacle of
the covenant to do their services before Aaron and his
sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses touching the
Levites, so was it done.
23 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
24 This is the law of the Levites: From twenty-five years old
and upwards, they shall go in to minister in the
tabernacle of the covenant.
25 And when they shall have accomplished the fiftieth year of
their age, they shall cease to serve:
26 And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the
tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are
committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus
shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 9
1 The Lord spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, the second
year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, in the
first month, saying:
2 Let the children of Israel make the phase in its due time,
3 The fourteenth day of this month in the evening, according
to all the ceremonies and justifications thereof.
4 And Moses commanded the children of Israel that they
should make the phase.
5 And they made it in its proper time: the fourteenth day of
the month at evening, in mount Sinai. The children of
Israel did according to all things that the Lord had
commanded Moses.
6 But behold some who were unclean by occasion of the soul
of a men, who could not make the phase on that day, coming
to Moses and Aaron,
7 Said to them: We are unclean by occasion of the soul of a
man. Why are we kept back that we may not offer in its
season the offering to the Lord among the children of
Israel?
8 And Moses answered them: Stay that I may consult the Lord
what he will ordain concerning you.
9 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
10 Say to the children of Israel: The man that shall be
unclean by occasion of one that is dead, or shall be in a
journey afar off in your nation, let him make the phase to
the Lord.
11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day of the month in
the evening, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and
wild lettuce:
12 They shall not leave any thing thereof until morning, a
nor break a bone thereof, they shall observe all the
ceremonies of the phase.
13 But if any man is clean, and was not on a journey, and did
not make the phase, that soul shall be cut off from among
his people, because he offered not sacrifice to the Lord
in due season: he shall bear his sin.
14 The sojourner also and the stranger if they be among you,
shall make the phase to the Lord according to the
ceremonies and justifications thereof. The same ordinance
shall be with you both for the stranger, and for him that
was born in the land.
15 Now on the day that the tabernacle was reared up, a cloud
covered it. But from the evening there was over the
tabernacle, as it were, the appearance of fire until the
morning.
16 So it was always: by day the cloud covered it, and by
night as it were the appearance of fire.
17 And when the cloud that covered the tabernacle was taken
up, then the children of Israel marched forward: and in
the place where the cloud stood still, there they camped.
18 At the commandment of the Lord they marched, and at his
commandment they pitched the tabernacle. All the days that
the cloud abode over the tabernacle, they remained in the
same place:
19 And if it was so that it continued over it a long time,
the children of Israel kept the watches of the Lord, and
marched not,
20 For as many days soever as the cloud stayed over the
tabernacle. At the commandment of the Lord they pitched
their tents, and at his commandment they took them down.
21 If the cloud tarried from evening until morning, and
immediately at break of day left the tabernacle, they
marched forward: and if it departed after a day and a
night, they took down their tents.
22 But if it remained over the tabernacle for two days or a
month or a longer time, the children of Israel remained in
the same place, and marched not: but immediately as soon
as it departed, they removed the camp.
23 By the word of the Lord they pitched their tents, and by
his word they marched: and kept the watches of the Lord
according to his commandment by the hand of Moses.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 10
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Make thee two trumpets of beaten silver, wherewith thou
mayest call together the multitude when the camp is to be
removed.
3 And when thou shalt sound the trumpets, all the multitude
shall gather unto thee to the door of the tabernacle of
the covenant.
4 If thou sound but once, the princes and the heads of the
multitude of Israel shall come to thee.
5 But if the sound of the trumpets be longer, and with
interruptions, they that are on the east side, shall first
go forward.
6 And at the second sounding and like noise of the trumpet,
they who lie on the south side shall take up their tents.
And after this manner shall the rest do, when the trumpets
shall sound for a march.
7 But when the people is to be gathered together, the sound
of the trumpets shall be plain, and they shall not make a
broken sound.
8 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall sound the trumpets:
and this shall be an ordinance for ever in your
generations.
9 If you go forth to war out of your land against the
enemies that fight against you, you shall sound aloud with
the trumpets, and there shall be a remembrance of you
before the Lord your God, that you may be delivered out of
the hands of your enemies.
10 If at any time you shall have a banquet, end on your
festival days, and on the first days of your months, you
shall sound the trumpets over the holocausts, and the
sacrifices of peace offerings, that they may be to you for
a remembrance of your God. I am the Lord your God.
11 The second year, in the second month, the twentieth day of
the month, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of
the covenant.
12 And the children of Israel marched by their troops from
the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the
wilderness of Pharan.
13 And the first went forward according to the commandment of
the Lord by the hand of Moses.
14 The sons of Juda by their troops: whose prince was
Nahasson the son of Aminadab.
15 In the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince was
Nathanael the son of Suar.
16 In the tribe of Zabulon, the prince was Eliab the son of
Helon.
17 And the tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gerson
and Merari set forward, bearing it.
18 And the sons of Ruben also marched, by their troops and
ranks, whose prince was Helisur the son of Sedeur.
19 And in the tribe of Simeon, the prince was Salamiel the
son of Surisaddai.
20 And in the tribe of Cad, the prince was Eliasaph the son
of Duel.
21 Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So
long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the
place of setting it up.
22 The sons of Ephraim also moved their camp by their troops,
in whose army the prince was Elisama the son of Ammiud.
23 And in the tribe of the sons of Manasses, the prince was
Gamaliel the son of Phadassur.
24 And in the tribe of Benjamin, the prince was Abidan the
son of Gedeon.
25 The last of all the camp marched the sons of Dan by their
troops, in whose army the prince was Ahiezer the son of
Ammisaddai.
26 And in the tribe of the sons of Aser, the prince was
Phegiel the son of Ochran.
27 And in the tribe of the sons of Nephtali, the prince was
Ahira the son of Enan.
28 This was the order of the camps, and marches of the
children of Israel by their troops, when they set forward.
29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Raguel the Madianite,
his kinsman: We are going towards the place which the Lord
will give us: come with us, that we may do thee good: for
the Lord hath promised good things to Israel.
30 But he answered him: I will not go with thee, but I will
return to my country, wherein I was born.
31 And he said: Do not leave us: for thou knowest in what
places we should encamp in the wilderness, and thou shalt
be our guide.
32 And if thou comest with us, we will give thee what is the
best of the riches which the Lord shall deliver to us.
33 So they marched from the mount of the Lord three days'
journey, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went
before them, for three days providing a place for the
camp.
34 The cloud also of the Lord was over them by day when they
marched.
35 And when the ark was lifted up, Moses said: Arise, O Lord,
and let thy enemies be scattered, and let them that hate
thee, flee from before thy face.
36 And when it was set down, he said: Return, O Lord, to the
multitude of the host of Israel.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 11
1 In the mean time there arose a murmuring of the people
against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue.
And when the Lord heard it he was angry. And the fire of
the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that
were at the uttermost part of the camp.
2 And when the people cried to Moses, Moses prayed to the
Lord, and the fire was swallowed up.
3 And he called the name of that place, The burning: for
that the fire of the Lord had been kindled against them.
4 For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them,
burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of
Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall
give us flesh to eat?
5 We remember the Ash that we ate in Egypt free cost: the
cucumbers come into our mind, and the melons, and the
leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
6 Our soul is dry, our eyes behold nothing else but manna.
7 A Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of
bdellium.
8 And the people went about, and gathering it, ground it in
a mill, or beat it in a mortar, and boiled it in a pot,
and made cakes thereof of the taste of bread tempered with
oil.
9 and when the dew fell in the night upon the camp, the
manna also fell with it.
10 Now Moses heard the people weeping by their families,
every one at the door of his tent. And the wrath of the
Lord was exceedingly enkindled: to Moses also the thing
seemed insupportable.
11 And he said to the Lord: Why hast thou afflicted thy
servant? wherefore do I not find favour before thee? and
why hast thou laid the weight of all this people upon me
?
12 Have I conceived all this multitude, or begotten them,
that thou shouldst say to me: Carry them in thy bosom as
the nurse is wont to carry the little infant, and bear
them into the land, for which thou hast sworn to their
fathers?
13 Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a
multitude? they weep against me, saying: Give us flesh
that we may eat.
14 I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is
too heavy for me.
15 But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill
me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not
afflicted with so great evils.
16 And the Lord said to Moses: Gather unto me seventy men of
the ancients of Israel, whom thou knowest to be ancients
and masters of the people: and thou shalt bring them to
the door of the tabernacle of the covenant, and shalt make
them stand there with thee,
17 That I may come down and speak with thee: and I will take
of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear
with thee the burden of the people, and thou mayest not be
burthened alone.
18 And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified: to
morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard you say: Who
will give us flesh to eat? it was well with us in Egypt.
That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat:
19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten, no nor for
twenty.
20 But even for a month of days, till it come out at your
nostrils, and become loathsome to you, because you have
cast off the Lord, who is in the midst of you, and have
wept before him, saying: Why came we out of Egypt?
21 And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of
this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to
eat a whole month?
22 Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed, that
it may suffice for their food? or shall the fishes of the
sea be gathered together to fill them?
23 And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable?
Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to
pass or no.
24 Moses therefore came, and told the people the words of the
Lord, and assembled seventy men of the ancients of Israel,
and made them to stand about the tabernacle.
25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him,
taking away of the spirit that was in Moses, and giving to
the seventy men. And when the spirit had rested on them
they prophesied, nor did they cease afterwards.
26 Now there remained in the camp two of the men, of whom one
was called Eldad, and the other Medad, upon whom the
spirit rested; for they also had been enrolled, but were
not gone forth to the tabernacle.
27 And when they prophesied in the camp, there ran a young
man, and told Moses, saying: Eldad and Medad prophesy in
the camp.
28 Forthwith Josue the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, and
chosen out of many, said: My lord Moses forbid them.
29 But he said: Why hast thou emulation for me? O that all
the people might prophesy, and that the Lord would give
them his spirit!
30 And Moses returned, with the ancients of Israel, into the
camp.
31 And a wind going out from the Lord, taking quails up
beyond the sea brought them, and cast them into the camp
for the space of one day's journey, on every side of the
camp round about, and they flew in the air two cubits high
above the ground.
32 The people therefore rising up all that day, and night,
and the next day, gathered together of quails, he that did
least, ten cores: and they dried them round about the
camp.
33 As yet the flesh was between their teeth, neither had that
kind of meat failed: when behold the wrath of the Lord
being provoked against the people, struck them with an
exceeding great plague.
34 And that place was called, The graves of lust: for there
they buried the people that had lusted. And departing from
the graves of lust, they came unto Haseroth, and abode
there.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 12
1 And Mary and Aaron spoke against Moses, because of his
wife the Ethiopian,
2 And they said: Hath the Lord spoken by Moses only? hath he
not also spoken to us in like manner? And when the Lord
heard this,
3 (For Moses was a man exceeding meek above all men that
dwelt upon earth)
4 Immediately he spoke to him, and to Aaron and Mary: Come
out you three only to the tabernacle of the covenant. And
when they were come out,
5 The Lord came down in a pillar of the cloud, and stood in
the entry of the tabernacle calling to Aaron and Mary. And
when they were come,
6 He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a
prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or
I will speak to him in a dream.
7 But it is not so with my servant Moses a who is most
faithful in all my house:
8 For I speak to him mouth to mouth: and plainly, and not by
riddles and figures doth he see the Lord. Why then were
you not afraid to speak ill of my servant Moses?
9 And being angry with them he went away:
10 The cloud also that was over the tabernacle departed: and
behold Mary appeared white as snow with a leprosy. And
when Aaron had looked on her, and saw her all covered with
leprosy,
11 He said to Moses: I beseech thee, my lord, lay not upon us
this sin, which we have foolishly committed:
12 Let her not be as one dead, and as an abortive that is
cast forth from the mother's womb. Lo, now one half of her
flesh is consumed with the leprosy.
13 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying: O God, I beseech thee
heal her.
14 And the Lord answered him: If her father had spitten upon
her face, ought she not to have been ashamed for seven
days at least? Let her be separated seven days without the
camp, and after wards she shall be called again.
15 Mary therefore was put out of the camp seven days: and the
people moved not from that place until Mary was called
again.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 13 1 And the people marched from Haseroth, and pitched their
tents in the desert of Pharan.
2 And there the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
3 Send men to view the land of Chanaan, which I will give to
the children of Israel, one of every tribe, of the rulers.
4 Moses did what the Lord had commanded, sending from the
desert of Pharan, principal men, whose names are these:
5 Of the tribe of Ruben, Sammua the son of Zechur.
6 Of the tribe of Simeon, Saphat the son of Hurl.
7 Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son of Jephone.
8 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.
9 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Osee the son of Nun.
10 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the son of Raphu.
11 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Geddiel the son of Sodi.
12 Of the tribe of Joseph, of the sceptre of Manasses, Gaddi
the son of Susi.
13 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.
14 Of the tribe of Aser, Sthur the son of Michael.
15 Of the tribe of Nephtali, Nahabi the son of Vapsi.
16 Of the tribe of Gad, Guel the son of Machi.
17 These are the names of the men, whom Moses sent to view
the land: and he called Osee the son of Nun, Josue.
18 And Moses sent them to view the land of Chanaan, and said
to them: Go you up by the south side. And when you shall
come to the mountains,
19 View the land, of what sort it is: and the people that are
the inhabitants thereof, whether they be strong or weak:
few in number or many:
20 The land itself, whether it be good or bad: what manner of
cities, walled or without walls:
21 The ground, fat or barren, woody or without trees. Be of
good courage, and bring us of the fruits of the land. Now
it was the time when the first ripe grapes are fit to be
eaten.
22 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the
desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.
23 And they went up at the south side, and came to Hebron,
where were Achiman and Sisai and Tholmai the sons of Enac.
For Hebron was built seven years before Tanis the city of
Egypt.
24 And going forward as far as the torrent of the cluster of
grapes, they cut off a branch with its cluster of grapes,
which two men carried upon a lever. They took also of the
pomegranates and of the figs of that place:
25 Which was called Nehelescol, that is to say, the torrent
of the cluster of grapes, because from thence the children
of Israel had carried a cluster of grapes.
26 And they that went to spy out the land returned after
forty days, having gone round all the country,
27 And came to Moses and Aaron and to all the assembly of the
children of Israel to the desert of Pharan, which is in
Cades. And speaking to them and to all the multitude, they
shewed them the fruits of the land:
28 And they related and said: We came into the land to which
thou sentest us, which in very deed floweth with milk and
honey as may be known by these fruits:
29 But it hath very strong inhabitants, and the cities are
great and walled. We saw there the race of Enac.
30 Amalec dwelleth in the south, the Hethite and the Jebusite
and the Amorrhite in the mountains: but the Chanaanite
abideth by the sea and near the streams of the Jordan.
31 In the mean time Caleb, to still the murmuring of the
people that rose against Moses, said: Let us go up and
possess the land, for we shall be able to conquer it.
32 But the others, that had been with him, said: No, we are
not able to go up to this people, because they are
stronger than we.
33 And they spoke ill of the land, which they had viewed,
before the children of Israel, saying: The land which we
have viewed, devoureth its inhabitants: the people, that
we beheld, are of a tall stature.
34 There we saw certain monsters of the sons of Enac, of the
giant kind: in comparison of whom, we seemed like locusts.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 14
1 Wherefore the whole multitude crying wept that night.
2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and
Aaron, saying:
3 Would God that we had died in Egypt and would God we may
die in this vast wilderness, and that the Lord may not
bring us into this land, lest we fall by the sword, and
our wives and children be led away captives. Is it not
better to return into Egypt?
4 And they said one to another: Let us appoint a captain,
and let us return into Egypt.
5 And when Moses and Aaron heard this, they fell down flat
upon the ground before the multitude of the children of
Israel.
6 But Josue the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephone,
who themselves also had viewed the land, rent their
garments,
7 And said to all the multitude of the children of Israel:
The land which we have gone round is very good:
8 If the Lord be favourable, he will bring us into it, and
give us a land flowing with milk and honey.
9 Be not rebellious against the Lord: and fear ye not the
people of this land, for we are able to eat them up as
bread. All aid is gone from them: the Lord is with us,
fear ye not.
10 And when all the multitude cried out, and would have
stoned them, the glory of the Lord appeared over the
tabernacle of the covenant to all the children of Israel.
11 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people
detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the
signs that I have wrought before them?
12 I will strike them therefore with pestilence, and will
consume them: but thee I will make a ruler over a great
nation, and a mightier than this is.
13 And Moses said to the Lord: That the Egyptians, from the
midst of whom thou hast brought forth this people,
14 And the inhabitants of this land, (who have heard that
thou, O Lord, art among this people, and art seen face to
face, and thy cloud protecteth them, and thou goest before
them in a pillar of a cloud by day, and in a pillar of
fire by night,)
15 May hear that thou hast killed so great a multitude as it
were one man and may say:
16 He could not bring the people into the land for which he
had sworn, therefore did he kill them in the wilderness.
17 Let their the strength of the Lord be magnified, as thou
hast sworn, saying:
18 The Lord is patient and full of mercy, taking away
iniquity and wickedness, and leaving no man clear, who
visitest the sins of the fathers upon the children unto
the third and fourth generation.
19 Forgive, I beseech thee, the sins of this people,
according to the greatness of thy mercy, as thou hast been
merciful to them from their going out of Egypt unto this
place.
20 And the Lord said: I have forgiven according to thy word.
21 As I live: and the whole earth shall be filled with the
glory of the Lord.
22 But yet all the men that have seen my majesty, and the
signs that I have done in Egypt, and in the wilderness,
and have tempted me now ten times, and have not obeyed my
voice,
23 Shall not see the land for which I aware to their fathers,
neither shall any one of them that hath detracted me
behold it.
24 My servant Caleb, who being full of another spirit hath
followed me, I will bring into this land which he hath
gone round: and his seed shall possess it.
25 For the Amalecite and the Chanaanite dwell in the valleys.
To morrow remove the camp, and return into the wilderness
by the way of the Red Sea.
26 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
27 How long doth this wicked multitude murmur against me? I
have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.
28 Say therefore to them: As I live, saith the Lord:
According as you have spoken in my hearing, so will I do
to you.
29 fin the wilderness shall your carcasses lie. All you that
were numbered from twenty years old and upward, and have
murmured against me,
30 Shall not enter into the land, over which I lifted up my
bend to make you dwell therein, except Caleb the son of
Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.
31 But your children, of whom you said, that they should be
a prey to the enemies, will I bring in: that they may see
the land which you have despised.
32 Your carcasses shall lie in the wilderness.
33 Your children shall wander in the desert forty years, and
shall bear your fornication, until the carcasses of their
fathers be consumed ill the desert,
34 According to the number of the forty days, wherein you
viewed the land: year shall be counted for a day. And
forty years you shall receive your iniquities, and shall
know my revenge:
35 For as I have spoken, so will I do to all this wicked
multitude, that hath risen up together against me: in this
wilderness shall it faint away and die.
36 Therefore all the men, whom Moses had sent to view the
land, and who at their return had made the whole multitude
to murmur against him, speaking ill of the land that it
was naught,
37 Died and were struck in the sight of the Lord.
38 But Josue .the son of Nun. and Caleb the son of Jephone
lived, of all them that had gone to view the land.
39 And Moses spoke all these words to all the children of
Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.
40 And behold rising up very early in the morning, they went
up to the top of the mountain, and said: We are ready to
go up to the place, of which the Lord hath spoken: for we
have sinned.
41 And Moses said to them: Why transgress you the word of the
Lord, which shall not succeed prosperously with you?
42 Go not up, for the Lord is not with you: lest you fall
before your enemies.
43 The Amalecite and the Chanaanite are before you, and by
their sword you shall fall, because you would not consent
to the Lord, neither will the Lord be with you.
44 But they being blinded went up to the top of the mountain.
But the ark of the testament of the Lord and Moses
departed not from the camp.
45 And the Amalecite came down, and the Chanaanite that dwelt
in the mountain: and smiting and slaying them pursued them
as far as Horma.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 15
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to
them: When you shall be come into the land of your
habitation, which I will give you,
3 And shall make an offering to the Lord, for a holocaust,
or a victim, paying your vows, or voluntarily offering
gifts, or in your solemnities burning a sweet savour unto
the Lord, of oxen or of sheep:
4 Whosoever immolateth the victim, shall offer a sacrifice
of fine flour, the tenth part of an ephi, tempered with
the fourth part of a hin of oil:
5 And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in
libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every
lamb,
6 And for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of hour of
two tenths, which shall be tempered with the third part of
a hin of oil:
7 And he shall offer the third part of the same measure of
wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord.
8 But when thou offerest a holocaust or sacrifice of oxen,
to fulfil thy vow or for victims of peace offerings,
9 Thou shalt give for every ox three tenths of flour
tempered with half a hin of oil,
10 And wine for libations of the same measure, for an
offering of most sweet savour to the Lord.
11 Thus shalt thou do
12 For every ox and ram and lamb and kid.
13 Both they that are born in the land, and the strangers
14 Shall offer sacrifices after the same rite.
15 There shall be all one law and judgment both for you and
for them who are strangers in the land.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them:
18 When you are come into the land which I will give you,
19 And shall eat of the bread of that country, you shall
separate firstfruits to the Lord,
20 Of the things you eat. As you separate firstfruits of your
barnfloors:
21 So also shall you give firstfruits of your dough to the
Lord.
22 And if through ignorance you omit any of these things,
which the Lord hath spoken to Moses,
23 And by him hath commanded you, from the day that he began
to command and thenceforward,
24 And the multitude have forgotten to do it: they shall
offer a calf out of the herd, a holocaust for a most sweet
savour to the Lord, and the sacrifice and libations
thereof, as the ceremonies require, and a buck goat for
sin:
25 And the priest shall pray for all the multitude of the
children of Israel: and it shall be forgiven them, because
they sinned ignorantly, offering notwithstanding a burnt
offering to the Lord for themselves and for their sin and
their ignorance:
26 And it shall be forgiven all the people of the children of
Israel: and the strangers that sojourn among them: because
it is the fault of all the people through ignorance.
27 But if one soul shall sin ignorantly, he shall offer a she
goat of a year old for his sin.
28 And the priest shall pray for him, because he sinned
ignorantly before the Lord: and he shall obtain his
pardon, and it shall be forgiven him.
29 The same law shall be for all that sin by ignorance,
whether they be natives or strangers.
30 But the soul that committeth any thing through pride,
whether he be born in the land or a stranger (because he
hath been rebellious against the Lord) shall be cut off
from among his people:
31 For he hath contemned the word the Lord, and made void his
precept: therefore shall he be destroyed, and shall bear
his iniquity.
32 And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were in
the wilderness, and had found a man gathering sticks on
the sabbath day,
33 That they brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole
multitude.
34 And they put him into prison, not knowing what they should
do with him.
35 And the Lord said to Moses: Let that man die, let all the
multitude stone him without the camp.
36 And when they had brought him out, they stoned him, and he
died as the Lord had commanded.
37 The Lord also said to Moses:
38 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt tell them
I to make to themselves fringes in the corners of their
garments, putting in them ribands of blue:
39 That when they shall see them, they may remember all the
commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own
thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things,
40 But rather being mindful of the precepts of the Lord, may
do them and be holy to their Cod.
41 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of
Egypt, that I might be your God.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 16
1 And behold Core the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the
son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiron the sons of Eliab, and
Hon the son of Pheleth of the children of Ruben,
2 Rose lap against Moses, and with them two hundred and
fifty others of the children of Israel, leading men of the
synagogue, and who in the time of assembly were called by
name.
3 And when they had stood up against Moses and Aaron, they
said: Let it be enough for you, that all the multitude
consisteth of holy ones, and the Lord is among them: Why
lift you up yourselves above the people of the Lord?
4 When Moses heard this, he fell flat on his face:
5 And speaking to Core and all the multitude, he said: In
the morning the Lord will make known who belong to him,
and the holy he will join to himself: and whom he shall
choose, they shall approach to him.
6 Do this therefore: Take every man of you your censers,
thou Core, and all thy company.
7 And putting fire in them to morrow, put incense upon it
before the Lord: and whomsoever he shall choose, the same
shall be holy: you take too much upon you, ye sons of
Levi.
8 And he said again to Core: Hear ye sons of Levi.
9 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath
spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself,
that you should serve him in the service of the
tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of
the people, and should minister to him?
10 Did he therefore make thee and all thy brethren the sons
of Levi to approach unto him, that you should challenge to
yourselves the priesthood also,
11 And that all thy company should stand against the Lord ?
for what is Aaron that you murmur against him?
12 Then Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiron the sons of
Eliab. But they answered: We will not come.
13 Is it a small matter to thee, that thou hast brought us
out of a land that flowed with milk and honey, to kill us
in the desert, except thou rule also like a lord over us?
14 Thou best brought us indeed into a land that floweth with
rivers of milk and honey, and hast given us possessions of
fields and vineyards; wilt thou also pull out our eyes? We
will not come.
15 Moses therefore being very angry, raid to the Lord:
Respect not their sacrifices: thou knowest that I have not
taken of them so much as a young ass at any time, nor have
injured any of them.
16 And he said to Core: Do thou and thy congregation stand
apart before the Lord to morrow, and Aaron apart.
17 Take every one of you censers, and put incense upon them,
offering to the Lord two hundred and fifty censers: let
Aaron also hold his censer.
18 When they had done this, Moses and Aaron standing,
19 And had drawn up all the multitude against them to the
door of the tabernacle, the glory of the Lord appeared to
them all.
20 And the Lord speaking to Moses and Aaron, said:
21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I
may presently destroy them.
22 They fell flat on their face, and said: O most mighty, the
God of the spirits of all flesh, for one man's sin shall
thy wrath rage against all?
23 And the Lord said to Moses:
24 Command the whole people to separate themselves from the
tents of Core and Dathan and Abiron.
25 And Moses arose, and went to Dathan and Abiron: and the
ancients of Israel following him,
26 He said to the multitude: Depart from the tents of these
wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be
involved in their sins.
27 And when they were departed from their tents round about,
Dathan and Abiron coming out stood in the entry of their
pavilions with their wives and children, and all the
people.
28 And Moses said: By this you shall know that the Lord hath
sent me to do all things that you see, and that I have not
forged them of my own head:
29 If these men die the common death of men, and if they be
visited with a plague, wherewith others also are wont to
be visited, the Lord did not send me.
30 But if the Lord do a new thing, and the earth opening her
mouth swallow them down, and all things that belong to
them, and they go down alive into hell, you shall know
that they have blasphemed the Lord.
31 And immediately as he had made an end of speaking, the
earth broke asunder under their feet:
32 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and
all their substance.
33 And they went down alive into hell the ground closing upon
them, and they perished from among the people.
34 But all Israel, that was standing round about, fled at the
cry of them that were perishing: saying: Lest perhaps the
earth swallow us up also.
35 And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two
hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.
36 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
37 Command Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the
censers that lie in the burning, and to scatter the fire
of one side and the other: because they are sanctified
38 In the deaths of the sinners: and let him beat them into
plates, and fasten them to the altar, because incense hath
been offered in them to the Lord, and they are sanctified,
that the children of Israel may see them for a sign and a
memorial.
39 Then Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherein
they had offered, whom the burning fire had devoured, and
beat them into plates, fastening them to the altar:
40 That the children of Israel might have for the time to
come wherewith they should be admonished, that no stranger
or any one that is not of seed of Aaron should come near
to offer incense to the Lord, lest he should suffer as
Core suffered, and all his congregation, according as the
Lord spoke to Moses.
41 The following day all the multitude of the children of
Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying: You have
killed the people of the Lord.
42 And when there arose a sedition, and the tumult increased,
43 Moses and Aaron fled to the tabernacle of the covenant.
And when the were gone into it, the cloud covered it, and
the glory of the Lord appeared.
44 And the Lord said to Moses:
45 Get you out from the midst of this multitude, this moment
will I destroy them. And as they were lying on the ground,
46 Moses said to Aaron: Take the censer, and putting fire in
it from the altar, put incense upon it, and go quickly to
the people to pray for them: for already wrath is gone out
from the Lord, and the plague rageth.
47 When Aaron had done this, and had run to the midst of the
multitude which the burning fire was now destroying, he
offered the incense:
48 And standing between the dead and the living, he prayed
for the people, and the plague ceased.
49 And the number of them that were slain was fourteen
thousand and seven hundred men, besides them that had
perished in the sedition of Core.
50 And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle
of the covenant after the destruction was over.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 17
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of
them a rod by their kindreds, of all the princes of the
tribes, twelve rods, and write the name of every man upon
his rod.
3 And the name of Aaron shall be for the tribe of Levi, and
one rod shall contain all their families:
4 And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the
covenant before the testimony, where I will speak to thee.
5 Whomsoever of these I shall choose, his rod shall blossom:
and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the
children of Israel, wherewith they murmur against you.
6 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel: and all the
princes gave him rods one for every tribe: and there were
twelve rods besides the rod of Aaron.
7 And when Moses had laid them up before the Lord in the
tabernacle of the testimony:
8 He returned on the following day, and found that the rod
of Aaron for the house of Levi, was budded: and that the
buds swelling it had bloomed blossoms, which spreading the
leaves, were formed into almonds.
9 Moses therefore brought out all the rods from before the
Lord to all the children of Israel: and they saw, and
every one received their rods.
10 And the Lord said to Moses: Carry back the rod of Aaron
into the tabernacle of the testimony, that it may be kept
there for a token of the rebellious children of Israel,
and that their complaints may cease from me lest they die.
11 And Moses did as the Lord had commanded.
12 And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are
consumed, we all perish.
13 Whosoever approacheth to the tabernacle of the Lord, he
dieth. Are we all to a man to be utterly destroyed?
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 18
1 And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy
father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the
sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the
sins of your priesthood.
2 And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi,
and the sceptre of thy father, and let them be ready in
hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons shall
minister in the tabernacle of the testimony.
3 And the Levites shall watch to do thy commands, and about
all the works of the tabernacle: only they shall not come
nigh the vessels of the sanctuary nor the altar, lest both
they die, and you also perish with them.
4 But let them be with thee, and watch in the charge of the
tabernacle, and in all the ceremonies thereof. A stranger
shall not join himself with you.
5 Watch ye in the charge of the sanctuary, and in the
ministry of the altar: lest indignation rise upon the
children of Israel.
6 I have given you your brethren the Levites from among the
children of Israel, and have delivered them for a gift to
the Lord, to serve in the ministries of the tabernacle.
7 But thou and thy sons look ye to the priesthood: and all
things that pertain to the service of the altar, and that
are within the veil, shall be executed by the priests. If
any stranger shall approach, he shall be slain.
8 And the Lord said to Aaron: Behold I have given thee the
charge of my firstfruits. All things that are sanctified
by the children of Israel, I have delivered to thee and to
thy sons for the priestly office, by everlasting
ordinances.
9 These therefore shalt thou take of the things that are
sanctified, and are offered to the Lord. Every offering,
and sacrifice, and whatsoever is rendered to me for sin
and for trespass, and becometh holy of holies, shall be
for thee and thy sons.
10 Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary: the males only shall
eat thereof, because it is a consecrated thing to thee.
11 But the firstfruits, which the children of Israel shall
vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy sons, and
to thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He that is clean in
thy house, shall eat them.
12 All the best of the oil, and of the wine, and of the corn,
whatsoever firstfruits they offer to the Lord, I have
given them to thee.
13 All the firstripe of the fruits, that the ground bringeth
forth, and which are brought to the Lord, shall be for thy
use: he that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.
14 Every thing that the children of Israel shall give by vow,
shall be thine.
15 Whatsoever is firstborn of all flesh, which they offer to
the Lord, whether it be of men, or of beasts, shall belong
to thee: only for the firstborn of man thou shalt take a
price, and every beast that is unclean thou shalt cause to
be redeemed,
16 And the redemption of it shall be after one month, for
five sicles of silver, by the weight of the sanctuary. A
sicle hath twenty obols.
17 But the firstling of a cow and of a sheep and of a goat
thou shalt not cause to be redeemed, because they are
sanctified to the Lord. Their blood only thou shalt pour
upon the altar, and their fat thou shalt burn for a most
sweet odour to the Lord.
18 But the flesh shall fall to thy use, as the consecrated
breast, and the right shoulder shall be thine.
19 All the firstfruits of the sanctuary which the children of
Israel offer to the Lord, I have given to thee and to thy
sons and daughters, by a perpetual ordinance. It is a
covenant of salt for ever before the Lord, to thee and to
thy sons.
20 And the Lord said to Aaron: You shall possess nothing in
their land, neither shall you have a portion among them:
I am thy portion and inheritance in the midst of the
children of Israel.
21 And I have given to the sons of Levi all the tithes of
Israel for a possession for the ministry wherewith they
serve me in the tabernacle of the covenant:
22 That the children of Israel may not approach any more to
the tabernacle, nor commit deadly sin,
23 But only the sons of Levi may serve me in the tabernacle,
and bear the sins of the people. It shall be an
everlasting ordinance in your generations. They shall not
possess any other thing,
24 But be content with the oblation or tithes, which I have
separated for their uses and necessities.
25 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
26 Command the Levites, and declare unto them: When you shall
receive of the children of Israel the tithes, which I have
given you, offer the firstfruits of them to the Lord, that
is to say, the tenth part of the tenth:
27 That it may be reckoned to you as an oblation of
firstfruits, as well of the barnfloors as of the
winepresses:
28 And of all the things of which you receive tithes, offer
the firstfruits to the Lord, and give them to Aaron the
priest.
29 All the things that you shall offer of the tithes, and
shall separate for the gifts of the Lord, shall be the
best and choicest things.
30 And thou shalt say to them: If you offer all the goodly
and the better things of the tithes, it shall be reckoned
to you as if you had given the firstfruits of the
barnfloor and the winepress:
31 And you shall eat them in all your places, both you and
your families: because it is your reward for the ministry,
wherewith you serve in the tabernacle of the testimony.
32 And you shall not sin in this point, by reserving the
choicest and fat things to yourselves, lest you profane
the oblations of the children of Israel, and die.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 19
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying:
2 This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath
ordained. Command the children of Israel, that they bring
unto thee a red cow of full age, in which there is no
blemish, and which hath not carried the yoke:
3 And you shall deliver her to Eleazar the priest, who shall
bring her forth without the camp, and shall immolate her
in the sight of all:
4 And dipping his finger in her blood, shall sprinkle it
over against the door of the tabernacle seven times,
5 And shall burn her in the sight of all, delivering up to
the fire her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, and her
dung.
6 The priest shall also take cedar wood, and hyssop, and
scarlet twice dyed, and cast it into the flame, with which
the cow is consumed.
7 And then after washing his garments, and body, he shall
enter into the camp, and shall be unclean until the
evening.
8 He also that hath burned her, shall wash his garments, and
his body, and shall be unclean until the evening.
9 And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the
cow, and shall pour them forth without the camp in a most
clean place, that they may be reserved for the multitude
of the children of Israel, and for a water of aspersion:
because the cow was burnt for sin.
10 And when he that carried the ashes of the cow, hath washed
his garments, he shall be unclean until the evening. The
children of Israel, and the strangers that dwell among
them, shall observe this for a holy thing by a perpetual
ordinance.
11 He that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is therefore
unclean seven days,
12 Shall be sprinkled with this water on the third day, and
on the seventh, and so shall be cleansed. If he were not
sprinkled on the third day, he cannot be cleansed on the
seventh.
13 Every one that toucheth the corpse of a man, and is not
sprinkled with mixture, shall profane the tabernacle of
the Lord, and shall perish out of Israel: because he was
not sprinkled with the water of expiation, he shall be
unclean, and his uncleanness shall remain upon him.
14 This is the law of a mall that dieth in a tent: All that
go into his tent and all the vessels that are there, shall
be unclean seven days.
15 The vessel that hath no cover, nor binding over it, shall
be unclean.
16 If any man in the field touch the corpse of a man that was
slain, or that died of himself, or his bone, or his grave,
he shall be unclean seven days.
17 And they shall take of the ashes of the burning and of the
sin offering, and shall pour living waters upon them into
a vessel.
18 And a man that is clean shall dip hyssop in them, and
shall sprinkle therewith all the tent, and all the
furniture, and the men that are defiled with touching any
such thing:
19 And in this manner he that is clean shall purify the
unclean on the third and on the seventh day. And being
expiated the seventh day, he shall wash both himself and
his garments, and be unclean until the evening.
20 If any man be not expiated after this rite, his soul shall
perish out of the midst of the church: because he hath
profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, and was not sprinkled
with the water of purification.
21 This precept shall be an ordinance for ever. He also that
sprinkled the water, shall wash his garments. Every one
that shall touch the waters of expiation, shall be unclean
until the evening.
22 Whatsoever a person toucheth who is unclean, he shall make
it unclean: and the person that toucheth any of these
things, shall be unclean until the evening.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 20
1 And the children of Israel, and all the multitude came
into the desert of Sin, in the first month: and the people
abode in Cades. And Mary died there, and was buried in the
same place.
2 And the people wanting water, came together against Moses
and Aaron:
3 And making a sedition, they said: Would God we had
perished among our brethren before the Lord.
4 Why have you brought out the church of the Lord into the
wilderness, that both we and our cattle should die?
5 Why have you made us come up out of Egypt, and have
brought us into this wretched place which cannot be sowed,
nor bringeth forth figs, nor vines, nor pomegranates,
neither is there any water to drink?
6 And Moses and Aaron leaving the multitude, went into the
tabernacle of the covenant, and fell flat upon the ground,
and cried to the Lord, and said: O Lord God, hear the cry
of this people, and open to them thy treasure, a fountain
of living water, that being satisfied, they may cease to
murmur. And the glory of the Lord appeared over them.
7 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
8 Take the rod, and assemble the people together, thou and
Aaron thy brother, and speak to the rock before them, and
it shall yield waters. And when thou hast brought forth
water out of the rock, all the multitude and their cattle
shall drink.
9 Moses therefore took the rod, which was before the Lord,
as he had commanded him,
10 And having gathered together the multitude before the
rock, he said to them: Hear, ye rebellious and
incredulous: Can we bring you forth water out of this
rock?
11 And when Moses had lifted up his hand, and struck the rook
twice with the rod, there came forth water in great
abundance, so that the people and their cattle drank,
12 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you have not
believed me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel,
you shall not bring these people into the land, which I
will give them.
13 This is the Water of contradiction, where the children of
Israel strove with words against the Lord, and he was
sanctified in them.
14 In the mean time Moses sent messengers from Cades to the
king of Edom, to say: Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou
knowest all the labour that hath come upon us:
15 In what manner our fathers went down into Egypt, and there
we dwelt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and
our fathers.
16 And how we cried to the Lord, and he heard us, and sent an
angel, who hath brought us out of Egypt. Lo, we are now in
the city of Cades, which is in the uttermost of thy
borders,
17 And we beseech thee that we may have leave to pass through
thy country. We will not go through the fields, nor
through the vineyards, we will not drink the waters of thy
wells, but we will go by the common highway, neither
turning aside to the right hand, nor to the left, till we
are past thy borders.
18 And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou
dost I will come out armed against thee.
19 And the children of Israel said: We will go by the beaten
way: and if we and our cattle drink of thy waters, we will
give thee what is just: there shall be no difficulty in
the price, only let us pass speedily.
20 But he answered: Thou shalt not pass. And immediately he
came forth to meet them with an infinite multitude, and a
strong hand,
21 Neither would he condescend to their desire to grant them
passage through his borders. Wherefore Israel turned
another way from him.
22 And when they had removed the camp from Cades, they came
to mount Her, which is in the borders of the land of Edom:
23 Where the Lord spoke to Moses:
24 Let Aaron, saith he, go to his people: for he shall not go
into the land which I have given the children of Israel,
because he was incredulous to my words, at the waters of
contradiction.
25 Take Aaron and his son with him, and bring them up into
mount Hor:
26 And when thou hast stripped the father of his vesture,
thou shalt vest therewith Eleazar his son: Aaron shall be
gathered to his people, and die there.
27 Moses did as the Lord had commanded: and they went up into
mount Hor before all the multitude.
28 And when he had stripped Aaron of his vestments, he vested
Eleazar his son with them.
29 And Aaron being dead in the top of the mountain, he came
down with Eleazar.
30 And all the multitude seeing that Aaron was dead, mourned
for him thirty days throughout all their families.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 21
1 And when king Arad the Chanaanite, who dwelt towards the
south, had heard this, to wit, that Israel was come by the
way of the spies, he fought against them, and overcoming
them carried off their spoils.
2 But Israel binding himself by vow to the Lord, said: It
thou wilt deliver this people into my hand, I will utterly
destroy their cities.
3 And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up
the Chanaanite, and they cut them off and destroyed their
cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that
is to say, Anathema.
4 And they marched from mount Hor, by the way that leadeth
to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom. And the
people began to be weary of their journey and labour:
5 And speaking against God end Moses, they said: Why didst
thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness?
There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now
loatheth this very light food.
6 Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents,
which bit them and killed many of them.
7 Upon which they came to Moses, and said: We have sinned,
because we have spoken against the Lord and thee: pray
that he may take away these serpents from us. And Moses
prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said to him: Make brazen serpent, and set it
up for a sign: whosoever being struck shall look on it,
shall live.
9 Moses therefore made a brazen serpent, and set it up for
a sign: which when they that were bitten looked upon, they
were healed.
10 And the children of Israel setting forwards camped in
Oboth.
11 And departing thence they pitched their tents in Jeabarim,
in the wilderness, that faceth Moab toward the east.
12 And removing from thence, they came to the torrent Zared:
13 Which they left and encamped over against Arnon, which is
in the desert and standeth out on the borders of the
Amorrhite. For Arnon is the border of Moab, dividing the
Moabites and the Amorrhites.
14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the Lord:
As he did in the Red Sea, so will he do in the streams of
Amen.
15 The rocks of the torrents were bowed down that they might
rest in Ar, and lie down in the borders of the Moabites.
16 When they went from that place, the well appeared whereof
the Lord said to Moses: Gather the people together, and I
will give them water.
17 Then Israel sung this song: Let the well spring up. They
sung thereto:
18 The well, which the princes dug, and the chiefs of the
people prepared by the direction of the lawgiver, and with
their staves. And they marched from the wilderness to
Mathana.
19 From Mathana unto Nahaliel: from Nahaliel unto Bamoth.
20 From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the
top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert.
21 And Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of the
Amorrhites, saying:
22 I beseech thee that I may have leave to pass through thy
land: we will not go aside into the fields or the
vineyards, we will not drink waters of the wells, we will
go the king's highway, till we be past thy borders.
23 And he would not grant that Israel should pass by his
borders: but rather gathering an army, went forth to meet
them in the desert, and came to Jasa, and fought against
them.
24 And he was slain by them with the edge of the sword, and
they possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jeboc, and
to the confines of the children of Ammon: for the borders
of the Ammonites, were kept with a strong garrison.
25 So Israel took all his cities, and dwelt in the cities of
the Amorrhite, to wit, in Hesebon, and in the villages
thereof.
26 Hesebon was the city of Sehon the king of the Amorrhites,
who fought against the king of Moab: and took all the
land, that had been of his dominions, as far as the Arnon.
27 Therefore it is said in the proverb: Come into Hesebon,
let the city of Sehon be built and set up:
28 A fire is gone out of Hesebon, a flame from the city of
Sehon, and hath consumed Ar of the Moabites, and the
inhabitants of the high places of the Arnon.
29 Woe to thee Moab: thou art undone, O people of Chamos. He
hath given his sons to flight, and his daughters into
captivity to Sehon the king of the Amorrhites.
30 Their yoke is perished from Hesebon unto Dibon, they came
weary to Nophe, and unto Medaba.
31 So Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorrhite.
32 And Moses sent some to take a view of Jazer: and they took
the villages of it, and conquered the inhabitants.
33 And they turned themselves, and went up by the way of
Basan, and Og the king of Basan came against them with all
his people, to fight in Edrai.
34 And the Lord said to Moses: Fear him not, for I have
delivered him and all his people, and his country into thy
hand: and thou shalt do to him as thou didst to Sehon the
king of the Amorrhites, the inhabitant of Hesebon.
35 So they slew him also with his sons, and all his people,
not letting any one escape, and they possessed his land.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 22
1 And they went forward and encamped in the plains of Moab,
over against where Jericho is situate beyond the Jordan.
2 And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had
done to the Amorrhite,
3 And that the Moabites were in great fear of him, and were
not able to sustain his assault,
4 He said to the elders of Madian: So will this people
destroy all that dwell in our borders, as the ox is wont
to eat the grass to the very roots. Now he was at that
time king in Moab.
5 He sent therefore messengers to Balaam the son of Beer, a
soothsayer, who dwelt by the river of the land of the
children of Ammon, to call him, and to say: Behold a
people is come out of Egypt, that hath covered the face of
the earth, sitting over against me.
6 Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is
mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive
them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt
bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed.
7 And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went
with the price of divination in their hands. And when they
were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of
Balac:
8 He answered: Tarry here this night, and I will answer
whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed
with Balaam, God came and said to him:
9 What mean these men that are with thee?
10 He answered: Balac the son of Sephor king of the Moabites
hath sent to me,
11 Saying: Behold a people that is come out of Egypt, hath
covered the face of the land: come and curse them, if by
any means I may fight with them and drive them away.
12 And God said to Balaam: Thou shalt not go with them, nor
shalt thou curse the people: because it is blessed.
13 And he rose in the morning and said to the princes: Go
into your country, because the Lord hath forbid me to come
with you.
14 The princes returning, said to Balac: Balaam would not
come with us.
15 Then he sent many more and more noble than he had sent
before:
16 Who, when they were come to Balaam, said: Thus saith Balac
the son of Sephor, Delay not to come to me:
17 For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee
whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people.
18 Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of
silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my
God, to speak either more or less.
19 I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know
what the Lord will answer me once more.
20 God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to
him: It these men be come to call thee, arise and go with
them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee.
21 Balaam arose in the morning, and saddling his ass went
with them.
22 And God was angry. And an angel of the Lord stood in the
way against Balaam, who sat on the ass, and had two
servants with him.
23 The ass seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn
sword, turned herself out of the way, and went into the
field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to bring
her again to the way,
24 The angel stood in a narrow place between two walls,
wherewith the vineyards were enclosed.
25 And the ass seeing him, thrust herself close to the wall,
and bruised the foot of the rider. But he beat her again:
26 And nevertheless the angel going on to a narrow place,
where there was no way to turn aside either to the right
hand or to the left, stood to meet him.
27 And when the ass saw the angel standing, she fell under
the feet of the rider: who being angry beat her sides more
vehemently with a staff.
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said:
What have I done to thee? Why strikest thou me, lo, now
this third time?
29 Balaam answered: Because thou hast deserved it, and hast
served me ill: I would I had a sword that I might kill
thee.
30 The ass said: Am not I thy beast, on which thou hast been
always accustomed to ride until this present day? tell me
if I ever did the like thing to thee. But he said: Never.
31 Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw
the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he
worshipped him falling flat on the ground.
32 And the angel said to him: Why beatest thou thy ass these
three times? I am come to withstand thee, because thy way
is perverse, and contrary to me:
33 And unless the ass had turned out of the way, giving place
to me who stood against thee, I had slain thee, and she
should have lived.
34 Balaam said: I have sinned, not knowing that thou didst
stand against me: and now if it displease thee that I go,
I will return.
35 The angel said: Go with these men, and see thou speak no
other thing than what I shall command thee. He went
therefore with the princes.
36 And when Balac heard it he came forth to meet him in a
town of the Moabites, that is situate in the uttermost
borders of Arnon.
37 And he said to Balaam: I sent messengers to call thee, why
didst thou not come immediately to me? was it because I am
not able to reward thy coming?
38 He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to
speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my
mouth?
39 So they went on together, and came into a city, that was
in the uttermost borders of his kingdom.
40 And when Balac had killed oxen and sheep, he sent presents
to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
41 And when morning was come, he brought him to the high
places of Baal, and he beheld the uttermost part of the
people.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 23
1 And Balaam said to Balac: Build me here seven altars, and
prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
2 And when he had done according to the word of Balaam, they
laid together a calf and a ram upon every altar.
3 And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt
offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet
me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.
4 And when he was gone with speed, God met him. And Balaam
speaking to him, said: I have erected seven altars, and
have laid on everyone a calf and a ram.
5 And the Lord put the word in his mouth, and said: Return
to Balac, and thus shalt thou speak.
6 Returning he found Balac standing by his burnt offering,
with all the princes of the Moabites:
7 And taking up his parable, he said: Balac king of the
Moabites hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of
the east: Come, said he, and curse Jacob: make haste and
detest Israel.
8 How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what
means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not?
9 I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall
consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell
alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of
the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the
just, and my last end be like to them.
11 And Balac said to Balaam: What is this that thou dost? I
sent for thee to curse my enemies: and thou contrariwise
blessest them.
12 He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the
Lord commandeth?
13 Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from
whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see
them all: curse them from thence.
14 And when he had brought him to a high place, upon the top
of mount Phasga, Balaam built seven altars, and laying on
every one a calf and a ram,
15 He said to Balac: Stand here by thy burnt offering while
I go to meet him.
16 And when the Lord had met him, and had put the word in his
mouth, he said: Return to Balac, and thus shalt thou say
to him.
17 Returning he found him standing by his burnt sacrifice,
and the princes of the Moabites with him. And Balac said
to him: What hath the Lord spoken?
18 But he taking up his parable, said: Stand, O Balac, and
give ear: hear, thou son of Sephor:
19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor as the son of
man, that he should be changed. Hath he said then, and
will he not do? hath he spoken, and will he not fulfil?
20 I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to
hinder.
21 There is no idol in Jacob, neither is there an image god
to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and
the sound of the victory of the king in him.
22 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like
to the rhinoceros.
23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in
Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to
Israel what God hath wrought.
24 Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall
lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it
devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25 And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.
26 And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God
should command me, that I would do?
27 And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to
another place; if peradventure it please God that thou
mayest curse them from thence.
28 And when he had brought him upon the top of mount Phogor,
which looketh towards the wilderness,
29 Balaam said to him: Build me here seven altars, and
prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.
30 Balac did as Balaam had said: and he laid on every altar,
a calf and a ram.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 24
1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he
should bless Israel. he went not as he had gone before, to
seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,
2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their
tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon
him,
3 He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor
hath said: The man hath said, whose eye ire stopped up:
4 The hearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath
beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so
his eyes are opened:
5 How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Jacob, and thy tents,
O Israel!
6 As woody valleys, as watered gardens near the rivers, as
tabernacles which the Lord hath pitched, as cedars by the
waterside.
7 Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be
in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and
his kingdom shall be taken awry.
8 God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like
to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are
his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with
arrows.
9 Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom
none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall
also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be
reckoned accursed.
10 And Balac being angry against Balaam, clapped his hands
together and said: I called thee to curse my enemies, and
thou on the contrary hast blessed them three times.
11 Return to thy place. I had determined indeed greatly to
honour thee, but the Lord hath deprived thee of the honour
designed for thee.
12 Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy
messengers, whom thou sentest to me:
13 If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold,
I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter
any thing of my own head either good or evil: but
whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak?
14 But yet going to my people, I will give thee counsel, what
this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the
son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up,
hath said:
16 The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the
doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the
Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not
near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall
spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of
Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth.
18 And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall
come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully
19 Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall
destroy the remains of the city.
20 And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said:
Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall
be destroyed.
21 He saw also the Cinite: and took up his parable, and said:
Thy habitation in- deed is strong: but though thou build
thy nest in a rock,
22 And thou be chosen of the stock of Cin, how long shalt
thou be able to continue? For Assur shall take thee
captive.
23 And taking up his parable, again he said: Alas, who shall
live when God shall do these things?
24 They shall come in galleys from Italy, they shall overcome
the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the
last they themselves also shall perish.
25 And Balaam rose, and returned to his place: Balac also
returned the way that he came.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 25
1 And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people
committed fornication with the daughters of Moab,
2 Who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate of them,
and adored their gods.
3 And Israel was initiated to Beelphegor: upon which the
Lord being angry,
4 Said to Moses: Take all the princes of the people, and
hang them up on gibbets against the sun: that my fury may
be turned away from Israel.
5 And Moses said to the judges of Israel: Let every man kill
his neighbours, that have been initiated to Beelphegor.
6 And behold one of the children of Israel went in before
his brethren to a harlot of Madian, in the sight of Moses,
and of all the children of Israel, who were weeping before
the door of the tabernacle.
7 And when Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the
priest saw it, he rose up from the midst; of the
multitude, and taking a dagger,
8 Went in after the Israelite into the brothel house, and
thrust both of them through together, to wit, the man and
the woman in the genital parts. And the scourge ceased
from the children of Israel:
9 And there were slain four and twenty thousand men.
10 And the Lord said to Moses:
11 Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
hath turned away my wrath from the children of Israel:
because he was moved with my zeal against them, that I
myself might not destroy the children of Israel in my
zeal.
12 Therefore say to him: Behold I give him the peace of my
covenant,
13 And the covenant of the priesthood for ever shall be both
to him and his seed, because he hath been zealous for his
God, and hath made atonement for the wickedness of the
children of Israel.
14 And the name of the Israelite, was slain with the woman of
Madian, was Zambri the son of Salu, a prince the kindred
and tribe of Simeon.
15 And the Madianite woman, that was slain with him, was
called Cozbi the daughter of Sur, a most noble prince
among the Madianites.
16 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
17 Let the Madianites find you enemies, and slay you them:
18 Because they also have acted like enemies against you, and
have guilefully deceived you by the idol Phogor, and Cozbi
their sister, a daughter of a prince of Madian, who was
slain in the day the plague for the sacrilege of Phogor.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 26
1 After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to
Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest:
2 Number the whole sum of the children of Israel from twenty
years old and upward, by their houses and kindreds, all
that are able to go forth to war.
3 Moses therefore and Eleazar the priest, being in the
plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho, spoke
to them that were
4 From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had
commanded: and this is the number of them:
5 Ruben the firstborn of Israel. His sons were Henoch, of
whom is the family of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom
is the family of the Phalluites:
6 And Hesron, of whom is the family of the Hesronites: and
Charmi, of whom is the family of the Charmites.
7 These are the families of the stock of Ruben: whose number
was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and
thirty.
8 The son of Phallu was Eliab.
9 His sons, were Namuel and Dathan and Abiron. These are
Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people, that rose
against Moses and Aaron in the sedition of Core, when they
rebelled against the Lord:
10 And the earth opening her mouth swallowed up Core, many
others dying, when the fire burned two hundred and fifty
men. And there was a great miracle wrought,
11 That when Core perished, his sons did not perish.
12 The sons of Simeon by their kindreds: Namuel, of him is
the family of the Namuelites: Jamin, of him is the family
of the Jaminites: Jachin, of him is the family of the
Jachinites:
13 Zare, of him is the family of the Zarites: Saul, of him is
the family of the Saulites.
14 These are the families of the stock of Simeon, of which
the whole number was twenty-two thousand two hundred.
15 The sons of Gad by their kindreds: Sephon, of hin; Is the
family of the Sephonites: Aggi, of him is the family of
the Aggites: Suni, of him is the family of the Sunites:
16 Ozni, of him is the family of the Oznites: Her, of him is
the family of the Herites:
17 Arod, of him is the family of the Arodites: Ariel, of him
is the family of the Arielites.
18 These are the families of Gad, of which the whole number
was forty thousand five hundred.
19 The sons of Juda, Her and Onan, who both died in the land
of Chanaan.
20 And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were: Sela, of whom
is the family of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the
family of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the family of
the Zarites.
21 Moreover the sons of Phares were: Hesron, of whom is the
family of the Hesronites: and Hamul, of whom is the family
of the Hamulites.
22 These are the families of Juda, of which the whole number
was seventy-six thousand five hundred.
23 The sons of Issachar, by their kindreds: Thola, of whom is
the family of the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the family
of the Phuaites:
24 Jasub, of whom is the family of the Jasubites: Semran, of
whom is the family of the Semranites.
25 These are the kindreds of Issachar, whose number was
sixty-four thousand three hundred.
26 The sons of Zabulon by their kindreds: Sared, of whom is
the family of the Saredites: Elon, of whom is the family
of the Elonites: Jalel, of whom is the family of the
Jalelites.
27 These are the kindreds of Zabulon, whose number was sixty
thousand five hundred.
28 The sons of Joseph by their kindred, Manasses and Ephraim.
29 Of Manasses was born Machir, of whom is the family of the
Machirites. Machir beget Galaad, of whom is the family of
the Galaadites.
30 Galaad had sons: Jezer, of whom is the family of the
Jezerites: and Helec, of whom is the family of the
Helecites:
31 And Asriel, of whom is the family of the Asrielites: and
Sechem, of whom is the family of the Sechemites:
32 And Semida, of whom is the family of the Semidaites: and
Hepher, of whom is the family of the Hepherites.
33 And Hepher was the father of Salphaad, who had no sons,
but only daughters, whose names are these: Maala, and Noa,
and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
34 These are the families of Manasses, and the number of them
fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
35 And the sons of Ephraim by their kindreds were these:
Suthala, of whom is the family of the Suthalaites: Becher,
of whom is the family of the Becherites: Thehen, of whom
is the family of the Thehenites.
36 Now the son of Suthala was Heran, of whom is the family of
the Heranites.
37 These are the kindreds of the sons of Ephraim: whose
number was thirty-two thousand five hundred.
38 These are the sons of Joseph by their families. The sons
of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom is the family
of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom is the family of the
Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is the family of the
Ahiramites:
39 Supham, of whom is the family of the Suphamites: Hupham,
of whom is the family of the Huphamites.
40 The sons of Bela: Hered, and Noeman. Of Hered, is the
family of the Heredites: of Noeman, the family of tile
Noemanites.
41 These are the sons of Benjamin by their kindreds, whose
number was forty- five thousand six hundred.
42 The sons of Dan by their kindreds: Suham, of whom is the
family of the Suhamites: These are the kindreds of Dan by
their families.
43 All were Suhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand
four hundred.
44 The sons of Aser by their kindreds: Jemna, of whom is the
family of the Jemnaites: Jessui, of whom is the family of
the Jessuites: Brie, of whom is the family of the
Brieites.
45 The sons of Brie: Heber, of whom is the family of the
Heberites: and Melchiel, of whom is the family of the
Melchielites.
46 And the name of the daughter of Aser, was Sara.
47 These are the kindreds of the sons of Aser, and their
number fifty-three thousand four hundred.
48 The sons of Nephtali by their kindreds: Jesiel, of whom is
the family of the Jesielites: Guni, of whom is the family
of the Gunites:
49 Jeser, of whom is the family of the Jeserites: Sellem, of
whom is the family of the Sellemites.
50 These are the kindreds of the sons of Nephtali by their
families: whose number was forty-five thousand four
hundred.
51 This is the sum of the children of Israel, that were
reckoned up, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred
and thirty.
52 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
53 To these shall the land be divided for their possessions
according to the number of names.
54 To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion,
and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now
been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered:
55 Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and
families.
56 Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the
more, or the fewer.
57 This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their
families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites:
Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of
whom is the family of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of Levi: The family of Lobni, the
family of Hebroni, the family of Moholi, the family of
Musi, the family of Core. Now Caath beget Amram:
59 Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Levi, who was
horn to him in Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram sons,
Aaron and Moses, and Mary their sister.
60 Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and
Ithamar:
61 Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the
strange fire before the Lord.
62 And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand
males from one month old and upward: for they were not
reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a
possession given to them with the rest.
63 This is the number of the children of Israel, that were
enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest, in the plains of
Moab upon the Jordan, over against Jericho.
64 Among whom there was not one of them that were numbered
before by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai.
65 For the Lord had foretold that they should die in the
wilderness. And none remained of them, but Caleb the son
of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 27
1 Then came the daughters of Salphaad, the son of Hepher,
the son of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasses,
who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Maala, and
Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa.
2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and
all the princes of the people at the door of the
tabernacle of the covenant, and said:
3 Our father died in the desert, and was not in the
sedition, that was raised against the Lord under Core, but
he died in his own sin: and he had no male children. Why
is his name taken away out of his family, because he had
no son? Give us a possession among the kinsmen of our
father.
4 And Moses referred their cause to the judgment of the
Lord.
5 And the Lord said to him:
6 The daughters of Salphaad demand a just thing: Give them
a possession among their father's kindred, and let them
succeed him in his inheritance.
7 And to the children of Israel thou shalt speak these
things:
8 When a man dieth without a son, his inheritance shall pass
to his daughter.
9 If he have no daughter, his brethren shall succeed him.
10 And if he have no brethren, you shall give the inheritance
to his father's brethren.
11 But if he have no uncles by the father, the inheritance
shall be given to them that are the next akin. And this
shall be to the children of Israel sacred by a perpetual
law, as the Lord hath commanded Moses.
12 The Lord also said to Moses: Go up into this mountain
Abarim, and view from thence the land which I will give to
the children of Israel.
13 And when thou shalt have seen it, thou also shalt go to
thy people, as thy brother Aaron is gone:
14 Because you offended me in the desert of Sin in the
contradiction of the multitude, neither would you sanctify
me before them at the waters. These are the waters of
contradiction in Cades of the desert of Sin.
15 And Moses answered him:
16 May the Lord the God of the spirits of all flesh provide
a man, that may be over this multitude:
17 And may go out and in before them, and may lead them out,
or bring them in: lest the people of the Lord be as sheep
without a shepherd.
18 And the Lord said to him: Take Josue the son of Nun, a man
in whom is the Spirit, and put thy hand upon him.
19 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest and all the
multitude:
20 And thou shalt give him precepts in the sight of all, and
part of thy glory, that all the congregation of the
children of Israel may hear him.
21 If any thing be to be done, Eleazar the priest shall
consult the Lord for him. He and all the children of
Israel with him, and the rest of the multitude shall go
out and go in at his word.
22 Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And when he had taken
Josue, he set him before Eleazar the priest, and all the
assembly of the people,
23 And laying his hands on his head, he repeated all things
that the Lord had commanded.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 28
1 The Lord also said to Moses:
2 Command the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: Offer ye my oblation and my bread, and burnt
sacrifice of most sweet odour, in their due seasons.
3 These are the sacrifices which you shall offer: Two lambs
of a year old without blemish every day for the perpetual
holocaust:
4 One you shall offer in the morning, and the other in the
evening:
5 And the tenth part of an ephi of flour, which shall be
tempered with the purest oil, of the measure of the fourth
part of a hin.
6 It is the continual holocaust which you offered in mount
Sinai for a most sweet. odour of a sacrifice by fire to
the Lord.
7 And for a libation you shall offer of wine the fourth part
of a hin for every lamb in the sanctuary of the Lord.
8 And you shall offer the other lamb in like manner ill the
evening according to all the rites of the morning
sacrifice, and of the libations thereof, an oblation of
most sweet odour to the Lord.
9 And on the sabbath day you shall offer two lambs of a year
old without blemish, and two tenths of flour tempered with
oil in sacrifice, and the libations,
10 Which regularly are poured out every sabbath for the
perpetual holocaust.
11 And on the first day of the month you shall offer a
holocaust to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram,
and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish,
12 And three tenths of flour tempered with oil in sacrifice
for every calf: and two tenths of flour tempered with oil
for every ram:
13 And the tenth of a tenth of flour tempered with oil in
sacrifice for every lamb. It is a holocaust of most sweet
odour and an offering by fire to the Lord.
14 And these shall be the libations of wine that are to be
poured out for every victim: Half a hin for every calf, a
third for a ram, and a fourth for a lamb. This shall be
the holocaust for every month, as they succeed one another
in the course of the year.
15 A buck goat also shall be offered to the Lord for a sin
offering over and above the perpetual holocaust with its
libations.
16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the
month, shall be the phase of the Lord,
17 And on the fifteenth day the solemn feast: seven days
shall they eat unleavened bread.
18 And the first day of them shall be venerable and holy: you
shall not do any servile work therein.
19 And you shall offer a burnt sacrifice a holocaust to the
Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a
year old, without blemish:
20 And for the sacrifices of every one three tenths of flour
which shall be tempered with oil to every calf, and two
tenths to every ram,
21 And the tenth of a tenth, to every lamb, that is to say,
to all the seven lambs:
22 And one buck goat for sin, to make atonement for you,
23 Besides the morning holocaust which you shall always
offer.
24 So shall you do every day of the seven days for the food
of the fire, and for a most sweet odour to the Lord, which
shall rise from the holocaust, and from the libations of
each.
25 The seventh day also shall be most solemn and holy unto
you: you shall do no servile work therein.
26 The day also of firstfruits, when after the weeks are
accomplished, you shall offer new fruits to the Lord,
shall be venerable and holy: you shall do no servile work
therein.
27 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to
the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs
of a year old, without blemish:
28 And in the sacrifices of them three tenths of flour
tempered with oil to every calf, two to every ram,
29 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which in all are seven
lambs: a buck goat also,
30 Which is slain for expiation: besides the perpetual
holocaust and the libations thereof.
31 You shall offer them all without blemish with their
libations.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 29
1 The first day also of the seventh month shall be venerable
and holy unto you; you shall do no servile work therein,
because it is the day of the sounding and of trumpets.
2 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to
the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram and seven lambs of
a year old, without blemish.
3 And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tempered
with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram,
4 One tenth to a lamb, which in all are seven lambs:
5 And a buck goat for sin, which is offered for the
expiation of the people,
6 Besides the holocaust of the first day of the month with
the sacrifices thereof, and the perpetual holocaust with
the accustomed libations. With the same ceremonies you
shall offer a burnt sacrifice for a most sweet odour to
the Lord.
7 The tenth day also of this seventh month shall be holy and
venerable unto you, and you shall afflict your souls: you
shall do no servile work therein.
8 And you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord for a most
sweet odour, one calf of the herd, one ram, and seven
lambs of a year old, without blemish:
9 And for their sacrifices, three tenths of flour tempered
with oil to every calf, two tenths to a ram,
10 The tenth of a tenth to every lamb, which are in all seven
lambs:
11 And a buck goat for sin, besides the things that are wont
to be offered for sin, for expiation, and for the
perpetual holocaust with their sacrifice and libations.
12 And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, which shall
be unto you holy and venerable, you shall do no servile
work, but shall celebrate a solemnity to the Lord seven
days.
13 And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to
the Lord, thirteen calves of the herd, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish:
14 And for their libations three tenths of flour tempered
with oil to every calf, being in all thirteen calves: and
two tenths to each ram, being two rams,
15 And the tenth of a tenth to every lamb, being in all
fourteen lambs:
16 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
17 On the second day you shall offer twelve calves of the
herd, two rams and fourteen lambs of a year old, without
blemish:
18 And the sacrifices and the libations for every one, for
the calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall
duly celebrate:
19 And a buck goat for a sin offering besides the perpetual
holocaust, and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
20 The third day you shall offer eleven calves, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish:
21 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the
calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall offer
according to the rite:
22 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice, and the libation thereof.
23 The fourth day you shall offer tell calves, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish:
24 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the
calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall
celebrate in right manner:
25 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
26 The fifth day you shall offer nine calves, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish:
27 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the
calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall
celebrate according to the rite:
28 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
29 The sixth day you shall offer eight calves, two rams, and
fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish:
30 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the
calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall
celebrate according to the rite:
31 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
32 The seventh day you shall offer seven calves and two rams,
and fourteen lambs of a year old, without blemish:
33 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the
calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall
celebrate according to the rite:
34 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
35 On the eighth day, which is moat solemn, you shall do no
servile work:
36 But you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to
the Lord, one calf, one ram, and seven lambs of a year
old, without blemish:
37 And the sacrifices and the libations of every one for the
calves and for the rams and for the lambs you shall
celebrate according to the rite:
38 And a buck goat for sin, besides the perpetual holocaust,
and the sacrifice and the libation thereof.
39 These things shall you offer to the Lord in your
solemnities: besides your vows and voluntary oblations for
holocaust, for sacrifice, for libation, and for victims of
peace offerings.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 30
1 And Moses told the children of Israel all that the Lord
had commanded him:
2 And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children
of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded:
3 If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an
oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all
that he promised.
4 If a woman vow any thing, and bind herself by an oath,
being in her father's house, and but yet a girl in age: if
her father knew the vow that she hath promised, and the
oath wherewith she hath bound her soul, and held his
peace, she shall be bound by the vow:
5 Whatsoever she promised and swore, she shall fulfil in
deed.
6 But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it,
gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void,
neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because
her father hath gainsaid it.
7 If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the
word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an
oath:
8 The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay
it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give
whatsoever she promised.
9 But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her
promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of
no effect: the Lord will forgive her.
10 The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil
whatsoever they vow.
11 If the wife in the house of her husband, hath bound
herself by vow and by oath,
12 If her husband hear, and hold his peace, and doth not
disallow the promise, she shall accomplish whatsoever she
had promised.
13 But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by
the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord
will be merciful to her.
14 If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul
by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall
depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do
it, or not do it.
15 But if the husband hearing it hold his peace, and defer
the declaring his mind till another day: whatsoever she
had vowed and promised, she shall fulfil: because
immediately as he heard it, he held his peace.
16 But if he gainsay it after that he knew it, he shall bear
her iniquity.
17 These are the laws which the Lord appointed to Moses
between the husband and the wife, between the father and
the daughter that is as yet but a girl in age, or that
abideth in her father's house.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 31
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Revenge first the children of Israel on the Madianites,
and so thou shalt be gathered to thy people.
3 And Moses forthwith said: Arm of you men to fight, who may
take the revenge of the Lord on the Madianites.
4 Let a thousand men be chosen out of every tribe of Israel
to be sent to the war.
5 And they gave a thousand of every tribe, that is to say,
twelve thousand men well appointed for battle.
6 And Moses sent them with Phinees the son of Eleazar the
priest, and he delivered to him the holy vessels, and the
trumpets to sound.
7 And when they had fought against the Madianites and had
overcome them, they slew all the men.
8 And their kings Evi, and Recem, and Sur, and Hur, and
Rebe, five princes of the nation: Balaam also the son of
Beer they killed with the sword.
9 And they took their women, and their children captives,
and all their cattle, and all their goods: and all their
possessions they plundered:
10 And all their cities, and their villages, and castles,
they burned.
11 And they carried away the booty, and all that they had
taken both of men and of beasts.
12 And they brought them to Moses, and Eleazar the priest,
and to all the multitude of the children of Israel. But
the rest of the things for use they carried to the camp on
the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan over against
Jericho.
13 And Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes of
the synagogue went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses being angry with the chief officers of the army,
the tribunes, and the centurions that were come from the
battle,
15 Said: Why have you saved the women?
16 Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel
by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against
the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people
was punished?
17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the
children: and put to death the women, that have carnally
known men.
18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for
yourselves:
19 And stay without the camp seven days. He that hath killed
a man, or touched one that is killed, shall be purified
the third day and the seventh day.
20 And of all the spoil, every garment, or vessel, or any
thing made for use, of the skins, or hair of goats, or of
wood, shall be purified.
21 Eleazar also the priest spoke to the men of the army, that
had fought, in this manner: This is the ordinance of the
law, which the Lord hath commanded Moses:
22 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin,
23 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified
by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be
sanctified with the water of expiation:
24 And you shall wash your garments the seventh day, and
being purified, you shall afterwards enter into the camp.
25 And the Lord said to Moses:
26 Take the sum of the things that were taken both of man and
beast, thou and Eleazar the priest and the princes of the
multitude:
27 And thou shalt divide the spoil equally, between them that
fought and went out to the war, and between the rest of
the multitude.
28 And thou shalt separate a portion to the Lord from them
that fought and were in the battle, one soul of five
hundred as well of persons as of oxen and asses and sheep.
29 And thou shalt give it to Eleazar the priest, because they
are the firstfruits of the Lord.
30 Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou
shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and
asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give
them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the
tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and Eleazar did as the Lord had commanded.
32 And the spoil which the army had taken, was six hundred
seventy-five thousand sheep,
33 Seventy-two thousand oxen,
34 Sixty-one thousand asses:
35 And thirty-two thousand persons of the female sex, that
had not known men.
36 And one half was given to them that had been in the
battle, to wit, three hundred thirty-seven thousand five
hundred sheep:
37 Out of which, for the portion of the Lord, were reckoned
six hundred seventy-five sheep.
38 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen, seventy-two oxen:
39 Out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses, sixty-one
asses:
40 Out of the sixteen thousand persons, there fell to the
portion of the Lord, thirty-two souls.
41 And Moses delivered the number of the firstfruits of the
Lord to Eleazar the priest, as had been commanded him,
42 Out of the half of the children of Israel, which he had
separated for them that had been in the battle.
43 But out of the half that fell to the rest of the
multitude, that is to say, out of the three hundred
thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
44 And out of the thirty-six thousand oxen,
45 And out of the thirty thousand five hundred asses,
46 And out of the sixteen thousand persons,
47 Moses took the fiftieth head, and gave it to the Levites
that watched in the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord
had commanded.
48 And when the commanders of the army, and the tribunes and
centurions were come to Moses, they said:
49 We thy servants have reckoned up the number of the
fighting men, whom we had under our hand, and not so much
as one was wanting.
50 Therefore we offer as gifts to the Lord what gold every
one of us could find in the booty, in garters and tablets,
rings and bracelets, and chains, that thou mayst pray to
the Lord for us.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received all the gold in
divers kinds,
52 In weight sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty sicles,
from the tribunes and from the centurions.
53 For that which every one had taken in the booty was his
own.
54 And that which was received they brought into the
tabernacle of the testimony, for a memorial of the
children of Israel before the Lord.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 32
1 And the sons of Ruben and Gad had many flocks of cattle,
and their substance in beasts was infinite. And when they
saw the lands of Jazer and Galaad fit for feeding cattle,
2 They came to Moses and Eleazar the priest, and the princes
of the multitude, and said:
3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nemra, Hesebon, and
Eleale, and Saban, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 The land, which the Lord hath conquered in the sight of
the children of Israel, is a very fertile soil for the
feeding of beasts: and we thy servants have very much
cattle:
5 And we pray thee, if we have found favour in thy sight,
that thou give it to us thy servants in possession, and
make us not pass over the Jordan.
6 And Moses answered them: What, shall your brethren go to
fight, and will you sit here?
7 Why do ye overturn the minds of the children of Israel,
that they may not dare to pass into the place which the
Lord hath given them?
8 Was it not thus your fathers did, when I sent from
Cadesbarne to view the land?
9 And when they were come as far as the valley of the
cluster, having viewed all the country, they overturned
the hearts of the children of Israel, that they should not
enter into the coasts, which the Lord gave them.
10 And he swore in his anger, saying:.
11 If these men, that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years
old and upward, shall see the land, which I promised with
an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: because they would
not follow me,
12 Except Caleb the son of Jephone the Cenezite, and Josue
the son of Nun: these have fulfilled my will.
13 And the Lord being angry against Israel, led them about
through the desert forty years, until the whole
generation, that had done evil in his sight, was consumed.
14 And behold, said he, you are risen up instead of your
fathers, the increase and offspring of sinful men, to
augment the fury of the Lord against Israel.
15 For if you will not follow him, he will leave the people
in the wilderness, end you shall be the cause of the
destruction of all.
16 But they coming near, said: We will make sheepfolds, and
stalls for our cattle, and strong cities for our children:
17 And we ourselves will go armed and ready for battle before
the children of Israel, until we bring them in unto their
places. Our little ones, and all we have, shall be in
walled cities, for fear of the ambushes of the
inhabitants.
18 We will not return into our houses until the children of
Israel possess their inheritance:
19 Neither will we seek any thing beyond the Jordan, because
we have already our possession on the east side thereof,
20 And Moses said to them: If you do what you promise, go on
well appointed for war before the Lord:
21 And let every fighting man pass over the Jordan, until the
Lord overthrow his enemies:
22 And all the land be brought under him, then shall you be
blameless before the Lord and before Israel, and you shall
obtain the countries that you desire, before the Lord.
23 But if you do not what you say, no man can doubt but you
sin against God: and know ye, that your sin shall overtake
you.
24 Build therefore cities for your children, and folds and
stalls for your sheep and beasts, and accomplish what you
have promised.
25 And the children of Gad and Ruben said to Moses: We are
thy servants, we will do what my lord commandeth.
26 We will leave our children, and our wives and sheep and
cattle, in the cities of Galaad:
27 And we thy servants all well appointed will march on to
the war, as thou, my lord, speakest.
28 Moses therefore commanded Eleazar the priest, and Josue
the son of Nun, and the princes of the families of all the
tribes of Israel, and said to them:
29 If the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben pass
with you over the Jordan, all armed for war before the
Lord, and the land be made subject to you: give them
Galaad in possession.
30 But if they will not pass armed with you into the land of
Chanaan, let them receive places to dwell in among you.
31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben
answered: As the Lord hath spoken to his servants, so will
we do:
32 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Chanaan,
and we confess that we have already received our
possession beyond the Jordan.
33 Moses therefore gave to the children of Cad and of Ruben,
and to the half tribe of Manasses the son of Joseph, the
kingdom of Sehon king of the Amorrhites, and the kingdom
of Og king of Basan, and their land and the cities thereof
round about.
34 And the sons of Cad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Etroth, and Sophan, and Jazer, and Jegbaa,
36 And Bethnemra, and Betharan, fenced cities, and folds for
their cattle.
37 But the children of Ruben built Hesebon, and Eleale, and
Cariathaim,
38 And Nabo, and Baalmeon (their names being changed) and
Sabama: giving names to the cities which they had built.
39 Moreover the children of Machir, the son of Manasses, went
into Galaad, and wasted it, cutting off the Amorrhites,
the inhabitants thereof.
40 And Moses gave the land of Galaad to Machir the son of
Manasses, and he dwelt in it.
41 And Jair the son of Manasses went, and took the villages
thereof, and he called them Havoth Jair, that is to say,
the villages of Jair.
42 Nobe also went, and took Canath with the villages thereof:
and he called it by his own name, Nobe.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 33
1 These are the mansions of the children of Israel, who went
out of Egypt by their troops under the conduct of Moses
and Aaron,
2 Which Moses wrote down according to the places of their
encamping, which they changed by the commandment of the
Lord.
3 Now the children of Israel departed from Ramesses the
first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the
day after the phase, with a mighty hand, in the eight of
all the Egyptians,
4 Who were burying their firstborn, whom the Lord had slain
(upon their gods also he had executed vengeance,)
5 And they camped in Soccoth.
6 And from Soccoth they came into Etham, which is in the
uttermost borders of the wilderness.
7 Departing from thence they came over against Phihahiroth,
which looketh towards Beelsephon, and they camped before
Magdalum.
8 And departing from Phihahiroth, they passed through the
midst of the sea into the wilderness: and having marched
three days through the desert of Etham, they camped in
Mara.
9 And departing from Mara, they came into Elim, where there
were twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees:
and there they camped.
10 But departing from thence also, they pitched their tents
by the Red Sea. And departing from the Red Sea,
11 They camped in the desert of Sin.
12 And they removed from thence, and came to Daphca.
13 And departing from Daphca, they camped in Alus.
14 And departing from Alus, they pitched their tents in
Raphidim, where the people wanted water to drink.
15 And departing from Raphidim, they camped in the desert of
Sinai.
16 But departing also from the desert of Sinai, they came to
the graves of lust.
17 And departing from the graves of lust, they camped in
Haseroth.
18 And from Haseroth they came to Rethma.
19 And departing from Rethma, they camped in Remmomphares.
20 And they departed from thence and came to Lebna.
21 Removing from Lebna they camped in Ressa.
22 And departing from Ressa, they came to Ceelatha.
23 And they removed from thence and camped in the mountain
Sepher.
24 Departing from the mountain Sepher, they came to Arada.
25 From thence they went and camped in Maceloth.
26 And departing from Maceloth, they came to Thahath.
27 Removing from Thahath they camped in Thare.
28 And they departed from thence, and pitched their tents in
Methca.
29 And removing from Methca, they camped in Hesmona.
30 And departing from Hesmona, they came to Moseroth.
31 And removing from Moseroth, they camped in Benejaacan.
32 And departing from Benejaacan, they came to mount Gadgad.
33 From thence they went and camped in Jetebatha.
34 And from Jetebatha they came to Hebrona.
35 And departing from Hebrona, they camped in Asiongaber.
36 They removed from thence and came into the desert of Sin,
which is Cades.
37 And departing from Cades, they camped in mount Her, in the
uttermost borders of the land of Edom.
38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the
commandment of the Lord: and there he died in the fortieth
year of the coming forth of the children of Israel out of
Egypt, W the fifth month, the first day of the month,
39 When he was a hundred and twenty-three years old.
40 And king Arad the Chanaanite, who dwelt towards the south,
heard that the children of Israel were come to the land of
Chanaan.
41 And they departed from mount Her, and camped in Salmona.
42 From whence they removed and came to Phunon.
43 And departing from Phunon, they camped in Oboth.
44 And from Oboth they came to Ijeabarim, which is in the
borders of the Moabites.
45 And departing from Ijeabarim they pitched their tents in
Dibongab.
46 From thence they went and camped in Helmondeblathaim.
47 And departing from Helmondeblathaim, they came to the
mountains of Abarim over against Nabo.
48 And departing from the mountains of Abarim, they passed to
the plains of Moab, by the Jordan, over against Jericho.
49 And there they camped from Bethsi moth even to Ablesatim
in the plains of the Moabites,
50 Where the Lord said to Moses:
51 Command the children of Israel, and say to them: When you
shall have passed over the Jordan, entering into the land
of Chanaan,
52 Destroy all the inhabitants of that land: beat down their
pillars, and break in pieces their statues, and waste all
their high places,
53 Cleansing the land, and dwelling in it. For I have given
it you for a possession.
54 And you shall divide it among you by lot. To the more you
shall give a larger part, and to the fewer a lesser. To
every one as the lot shall fall, so shall the inheritance
be given. The possession shall be divided by the tribes
and the families.
55 But if you will not kill the inhabitants of the land: they
that remain, shall be unto you as nails in your eyes, and
spears in your sides, and they shall be your adversaries
in the land of your habitation.
56 And whatsoever I had thought to do to them, I will do to
you.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 34
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Command the children of Israel, and then shalt say to
them: When you are entered into the land of Chanaan, and
it shall be fallen into your possession by lot, it shall
be bounded by these limits:
3 The south side shall begin from the wilderness of Sin,
which is by Edom: and shall have the most salt sea for its
furthest limits eastward:
4 Which limits shall go round on the south side by the
ascent of the Scorpion and so into Senna, and reach toward
the south as far as Cadesbarne, from whence the frontiers
shall go out to the town called Adar, and shall reach as
far as Asemona.
5 And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the
torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great
sea.
6 And the west side shall begin from the great sea, and the
same shall be the end thereof.
7 But toward the north side the borders shall begin from the
great sea, reaching to the most high mountain,
8 From which they shall come to Emath, as far as the borders
of Sedada:
9 nod the limits shall go as far as Zephrona, and the
village of Enan. These shall be the borders on the north
side.
10 From thence they shall mark out the bounds towards the
east side from the village of Enan unto Sephama.
11 And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Rebla over
against the fountain of Daphnis: from thence they shall
come eastward to the sea of Cenereth,
12 And shall reach as far as the Jordan, and at the last
shall be closed in by the most salt sea. This shall be
your land with its borders round about.
13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying: This
shall be the land which you shall possess by lot, and
which the Lord hath commanded to be given to the nine
tribes, and to the half tribe.
14 For the tribe of the children of Ruben by their families,
and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the
number of their kindreds, and half of the tribe of
Manasses,
15 That is, two tribes and a half, have received their
portion beyond the Jordan over against Jericho at the east
side.
16 And the Lord said to Moses:
17 These are the names of the men, that shall divide the land
unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Josue the son of Nun,
18 And one prince of every tribe,
19 Whose names are these: Of the tribe of Juda, Caleb the son
of Jephone.
20 Of the tribe of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammiud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chaselon.
22 Of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bocci the son of
Jogli.
23 Of the children of Joseph of the tribe of Manasses,
Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Camuel the son of Sephtan.
25 Of the tribe of Zabulon, Elisaphan the son of Pharnach.
26 Of the tribe of Issachar, Phaltiel the prince, the son of
Ozan.
27 Of the tribe of Aser, Ahiud the son of Salomi.
28 Of the tribe of Nephtali: Phedael the son of Ammiud.
29 These are they whom the Lord hath commanded to divide the
land of Chanaan to the children of Israel,.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 35
1 And the Lord spoke these things also to Moses in the
plains of Moab by the Jordan, over against Jericho:
2 Command the children of Israel that they give to the
Levites out of their possessions,
3 Cities to dwell in, and their suburbs round about: that
they may abide in the towns, and the suburbs may be for
their cattle and beasts:
4 Which suburbs shall reach from the walls of the cities
outward, a thousand paces on every side:
5 Toward the east shall be two thousand cubits: and toward
the south in like manner shall be two thousand cubits:
toward the sea also, which looketh to the west, shall be
the same extent: and the north side shall be bounded with
the like limits. And the cities shall be in the midst, and
the suburbs without.
6 And among the cities, which you shall give to the Levites,
six shall be separated for refuge to fugitives, that he
who hath shed blood may flee to them: and besides these
there shall be other forty-two cities,
7 That is, in all forty-eight with their suburbs.
8 And of these cities which shall be given out of the
possessions of the children of Israel, from them that have
more, more shall be taken: and from them that have less,
fewer. Each shall give towns to the Levites according to
the extent of their inheritance.
9 The Lord said to Moses:
10 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to
them: When you shall have passed over the Jordan into the
land of Chanaan,
11 Determine what cities shall be for the refuge of
fugitives, who have shed blood against their will.
12 And when the fugitive shall be in them, the kinsman of him
that is slain may not have power to kill him, until he
stand before the multitude, and his cause be judged.
13 And of those cities, that are separated for the refuge of
fugitives,
14 Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of
Chanaan,
15 As well for the children of Israel as for strangers and
sojourners, that he may flee to them, who hath shed blood
against his will.
16 If any man strike with iron, and he die that was struck:
he shall be guilty of murder, and he himself shall die.
17 If he throw a stone, and he that is struck die: he shall
be punished in the same manner.
18 If he that is struck with wood die: he shall be revenged
by the blood of him that struck him.
19 The kinsman of him that was slain, shall kill the
murderer: as soon as he apprehendeth him, he shall kill
him.
20 If through hatred any one push a man, or fling any thing-
at him with ill design:
21 Or being his enemy, strike; him with his hand, and he die:
the striker shall be guilty of murder: the kinsman of him
that was slain as soon as he findeth him, shall kill him.
22 But if by chance medley, and without hatred,
23 And enmity, he do any of these things,
24 And this be proved in the hearing of the people, and the
cause be debated between him that struck, and the next of
kin:
25 The innocent shall be delivered from the hand of the
revenger, and shall be brought back by sentence into the
city, to which he had fled, and he shall abide there until
the death of the high priest, that is anointed with the
holy oil.
26 If the murderer be found without the limits of the cities
that are appointed for the banished,
27 And be struck by him that is the avenger of blood: he
shall not be guilty that killed him.
28 For the fugitive ought to have stayed in the city until
the death of the high priest: and after he is dead, then
shall the manslayer return to his own country.
29 These things shall be perpetual, and for an ordinance in
all your dwellings.
30 The murderer shall be punished by witnesses: none shall be
condemned upon the evidence of one man.
31 You shall not take money of him that is guilty of blood,
but he shall die forthwith.
32 The banished and fugitives before the death of the high
priest may by no means return into their own cities.
33 Defile not the land of your habitation, which is stained
with the blood of the innocent: neither can it otherwise
be expiated, but by his blood that hath shed the blood of
another.
34 And thus shall your possession he cleansed, myself abiding
with you. For I am the Lord that dwell among the children
of Israel.
The Book of Numbers, Chapter 36
1 And the princes of the families of Galaad, the son of
Machir, the son of Manasses, of the stock Of the children
of Joseph, came and spoke to Moses before the princes of
Israel, and said:
2 The Lord hath commanded thee, my lord, that thou shouldst
divide the land by lot to the children of Israel, and that
thou shouldst give to the daughters of Salphaad our
brother the possession due to their father:
3 Now if men of another tribe take them to wives, their
possession will follow them, and being transferred to
another tribe, will be a diminishing of our inheritance.
4 And so it shall come to pass, that when the jubilee, that
is, the fiftieth year of remission, is come, the
distribution made by the lots shall be confounded, and the
possession of the one shall pass to the others.
5 Moses answered the children of Israel, and said by the
command of the Lord: The tribe of the children of Joseph
hath spoken rightly.
6 And this is the law promulgated by the Lord touching the
daughters of Salphaad: Let them marry to whom they will,
only so that it be to men of their own tribe.
7 Lest the possession of the children of Israel be mingled
from tribe to tribe. For all men shall marry wives of
their own tribe and kindred:
8 And all women shall take husbands of the same tribe: that
the inheritance may remain in the families,
9 And that the tribes be not mingled one with another, but
remain so
10 As they were separated by the Lord. And the daughters of
Salphaad did as was commanded:
11 And Maala, and Thersa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Noa were
married to the sons of their uncle by their father
12 Of the family of Manasses, who was the son of Joseph: and
the possession that had been allotted to them, remained in
the tribe and family of their father.
13 These are the commandments and judgments, which the Lord
commanded by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel,
in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against
Jericho.
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