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The Reubenites and Gadites sue for land. NUMBERS.

Before CHRIST 1452.

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They offer Moses conditions. 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest the sight of the LORD, was consumed. CHRIST 14 And, behold, ye are risen took the gold of the captains of thouin up sands and of hundreds, and brought it your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful into the tabernacle of the congregation, men, to augment yet the fierce anger of pDeut. 1.34. Exod. 30. for a memorial for the children of Israel the LORD toward Israel. before the LORD.

ch. 21. 32. 2 Sam. 24. 5.

Josh. 13- 25

b ver. 36, Beth-nimrah.

c ver. 38, Shibmah.

CHAP. XXXII.

1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their
inheritance on that side Jordan. 6 Moses
reproveth them. 16 They offer him condi-
tions to his content. 33 Moses assigneth
them the land. 39 They conquer it.

NOW

OW the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

2 The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying,

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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4 Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, e ch. 21. 24, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have

d ver. 38, Baal-meon.

34.

+ Heb. break.

cattle:

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

6 ¶ And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?

7 And wherefore + discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?

fch. 13. 3, 26. 8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent g Deut. 1. 22. them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.

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i ch. 14. 11, 21. Deut. 1.

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10 'And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,

11 Surely none of the men that came khu 28, up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto ch. 14 24 Jacob; because they have not wholly +Heb. ful followed me: filled after 12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of ch. 14.24 Nun: for they have wholly followed Josh. 14.8,9, the LORD.

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17 But we ourselves will go ready Josh.4.12, armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 'We will not return unto our houses, Josh. 22.4 until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.

20 ¶ And "Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,

21 And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,

22 And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward 'ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out.

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24Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:

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27 But thy servants will pass over, Josh.4-12. every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

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28 So concerning them Moses com- Josh. 1. 13. manded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:

29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:

30 But if they will not pass over with

Moses assigneth the land. Before you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.

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CHAP. XXXIII. Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. 5 And the children of Israel removed Before CHRIST from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Succoth, f Exod. 12. and pitched in Etham, which is in the 3 g Exod. 13. edge of the wilderness.

31 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

32 We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be our's.

33 And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of ch. 1. 24 Manasseh the son of Joseph, "the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. 34¶ And the children of Gad built ch.345, Dibon, and Ataroth, and 'Aroer,

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4 Exod. 12 4 For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

• Exod. 12. 12.18.11.

toas. 19. 1.

Kes. 12. 8.

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17 And they departed from Kibroth- Lust. hattaavah, and Pencamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in "Rithmah.

q ch. 12. 16. i Mae. 5.9

19 And they departed from Rithmah, Dathema. and pitched at Rimmon-parez.

20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.

21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.

22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.

23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.

24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.

26 And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.

27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.

28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.

29 And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.

30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.

31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.

r Deut. 10.6

The Canaanites to be destroyed.

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32 And they removed from "Bene1452. jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 33 And they went from Hor-hagidGen. 36. 27. gad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

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34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.

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NUMBERS.
The borders of the land.
lies: and to the more ye shall † give the Before
more inheritance, and to the fewer ye 1452.
shall give the less inheritance: every + Heb. mul-
man's inheritance shall be in the place tiply hirin
where his lot falleth; according to the +Heb. dimi
tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. heritance.
55 But if ye will not drive out the in-
habitants of the land from before you;
then it shall come to pass, that those
which ye let remain of them shall be
"pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your 13. Judg. 2.
sides, and shall vex you in the land where- 3 P. 106.34
in ye dwell.

35 And they departed from Ebronah, Deut. 2.8. and encamped at Ezion-gaber.

1 Kings 9. 26. & 22.48. 1453

w ch. 20. 1. & 27. 14.

x ch. 20. 22,

36 And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the "wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.

37 And they removed from Kadesh, 23. & 21.4. and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.

y ch. 20. 25, 28. Deut. 10. b. & 32.50.

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z ch. 21. 1, SLC.

38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month.

39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.

40 And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

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56 Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.

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n Josh. 23.

36. See Exod.
23-33-
Ezek. 28. 24.

Dent. 1.7.

2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the Gen. 17.8 land of Canaan; (this is the land that P78, 55. & shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even Ezek. 47. 14. the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:)

105. 11.

See Ezek. 47

3 Then your south quarter shall be bJosh, 15.1. from the wilderness of Zin along by the 13, &c. coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:

Gen. 14.3.

Josh. 15-2.

4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and Josh. 15- 3pass on to Zin: and the going forth there

& 32. 8.

of shall be from the south to Kadesh-ch. 13. 26. barnea, and shall go on to 'Hazar-addar, f See Josh. and pass on to Azmon:

15-3, 4

Josh. 15+

8. 65. Isai.

5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, Gen 15.18. and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 471 Kings 6 And as for the western border, ye 27. 12. shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border.

7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you "mount Hor:

h ch. 33-37

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Ha- ch. 13. 2. math; and the goings forth of the border 25shall be to Zedad:

2 Kings 14 k Ezek. 47. 15

17.

9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Ha-Ezek. 47zar-enan: this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham: 11 And the coast shall down from go Shepham "to Riblah, on the east side of m 2 Kings Ain; and the border shall descend, and 39 5, 6. shall reach unto the side of the sea "of Chinnereth eastward:

12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

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ch. 32. 33. Tosh 142,3

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Josh. 14. 1. * Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

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tch. 1. 4. 16.

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18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

19 And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. 23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of

Azzan.

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Pak Jericho, saying,

2 Command the children of Israel,

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that they give unto the Levites of the
inheritance of their possession cities to
dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the
Levites suburbs for the cities round
about them.

The cities of the Levites.

3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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Deut. 4. 41.

6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six b ver. 13. cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee ther: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.

Josh. 20. 2, thi- 7,8 & 21.3, 36, 38

13, 21, 27, 32,

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10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, 'When ye be come Josh. 20. 2. over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

12 h And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

13.

Exod. 21.

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Deut. 19. 3, 5, 6.

6. Josh. 20.

i ver. 6.

Josh. 20. 6.

13 And of these cities which ye shall give 'six cities shall ye have for refuge. 14 Ye shall give three cities on this 4.4). side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for 1eb. 15. 16. the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

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12, 14. Lev. 19. 11, 12.

16 And if he smite him with an in- m Exod. 21. strument of iron, so that he die, he is à 21.17. Deut. murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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r ver. 12. Josh. 20. 6.

22 But if he thrust him suddenlya without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

Inheritance of daughters.

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land: and the land cannot be cleansed Before of the blood that is shed therein, but by 1451. the blood of him that shed it.

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the land.

34" Defile not therefore the land which can be no exs piation for ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

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CHAP. XXXVI.

The inconvenience of the inheritance of
daughters 5 is remedied by marrying in
their own tribes, 7 lest the inheritance
should be removed from the tribe. 10 The
daughters of Zelophehad marry their fa-
ther's brothers' sons.

AND the chief fathers of the families

z Gen. 9. 6.
a Lev. 18. 25
Deut. 21. 23.

b Exod. 29.

45, 46.

of the children of Gilead, the son a eh. 26. 29. of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel:

& 33-54

2 And they said, "The LORD com- b ch. 26. 55manded my lord to give the land for an Josh. 17.3. inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.

ch. 27. 1, 7

Josh.17-3,4

24 Then 'the congregation shall judge | between the slayer and the revenger of 5 And if they be married to any of the blood according to these judgments: sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe + whereunto they are received: + Heb. unto so shall it be taken from the lot of our shall be inheritance.

25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither Josh. 20. 6. he was fled: and he shall abide in it Exod. 29.7. unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

Lev. 4. 3. & 21. 10.

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26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;

27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the blood shall slayer; the shall not be guilty of blood: 28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.

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6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them + marry + Heb. be to whom they think best; only to the ver. 12. family of the tribe of their father shall Tob. 1. 9. they marry.

7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the in- Heb. cleave to the, &c. heritance of the tribe of his fathers. g1 Kings 21. h1 Chrom.

8 And every daughter, that possesseth 3 an inheritance in any tribe of the children 23. 22. of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.

9 Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel

shall keep himself to his own inheritance.

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