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Offerings on the eight days

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of the feast of tabernacles.

8 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering un- 25 And one kid of the goats for a sinto the LORD for a sweet savour; one offering; besides the continual burnt-ofyoung bullock, one ram, and seven lambs fering, his meat-offering, and his drinkof the first year; they shall be unto you offering.

without blemish:

26 And on the fifth day nine bullocks,

9 And their meat-offering shall be of two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals to year without spot:

a bullock, and two tenth-deals to one ram, 27 And their meat-offering and their 10 A several tenth-deal for one lamb, drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the throughout the seven lambs: rams, and for the lambs, shall be according

11 One kid of the goats for a sin-offer-to their number, after the manner: ing; besides the sin-offering of atonement, 28 And one goat for a sin-offering; beand the continual burnt-offering, and the sides the continual burnt-offering, and his meat-offering of it, and their drink-offer-meat-offering, and his drink-offering, 29 And on the sixth day eight bul

ings.

12 And on the fifteenth day of the se-locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the venth month ye shall have a holy convo-first year without blemish :

cation; ye shall do no servile work, and 30 And their meat-offering and their ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the days: rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner :

31 And one goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, his meatoffering, and his drink-offering.

13 T And ye shall offer a burnt-offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without ble- 32 And on the seventh day seven bulmish: locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of 14 And their meat-offering shall be of the first year without blemish: flour mingled with oil, three tenth-deals 33 And their meat-offering and their unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the two tenth-deals to each ram of the two rams, rams, and for the lambs, shall be according 15 And a several tenth-deal to each to their number, after the manner: lamb of the fourteen lambs:

34 And one goat for a sin-offering; be16 And one kid of the goats for a sin-sides the continual burnt-offering, his offering besides the continual burnt-of-meat-offering, and his drink-offering. fering, his meat-offering, and his drink- 35 On the eighth day ye shall have a offering. solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile

17 And on the second day ye shall work therein : offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, 36 But ye shall offer a burnt-offering, fourteen lambs of the first year without a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour spot: unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, se18 And their meat-offering and their ven lambs of the first year without bledrink-offerings for the bullocks, for the mish: rams, and for the lambs, shall be according 37 Their meat-offering and their drinkto their number, after the manner : offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and 19 And one kid of the goats for a sin- for the lambs, shall be according to their offering; besides the continual burnt-of-number, after the manner: fering, and the meat-offering thereof, and 38 And one goat for a sin-offering; betheir drink-offerings. sides the continual burnt-offering, and his

20 And on the third day eleven bul-meat-offering, and his drink-offering. locks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the 39 These things ye shall do unto the first year without blemish : LORD in your set feasts, besides your vows,

21 And their meat-offering and their and your freewill-offerings, for your burntdrink-offerings for the bullocks, for the offerings, and for your meat-offerings, and rams, and for the lambs, shall be accord- for your drink-offerings, and for your peaceing to their number, after the manner : offerings.

22 And one goat for a sin-offering; be- 40 And Moses told the children of Is-> sides the continual burnt-offering, and his rael according to all that the LORD commeat-offering, and his drink-offering. manded Moses.

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23 ¶ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of AND Moses spake unto the heads of the first year without blemish :

the tribes concerning the children of 24 Their meat-offering and their drink- Israel, saying, This is the thing which the offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and LORD hath commanded.

for the lambs, shall be according to their 2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, number, after the manner. or swear an oath to bind his soul with a

Vows not to be broken.

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The Midianites spoiled.

bond; he shall not break his word, he and his wife, between the father and his shall do according to all that proceedeth daughter, being yet in her youth in her faout of his mouth. ther's house.

3 If a woman also vow a vow unto

the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

3 And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midian5 But if her father disallow her in the ites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. day that he heareth, not any of her vows 4 Of every tribe a thousand, throughout or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the her soul shall stand; and the LORD shall war. forgive her, because her father disallow- 5 So there were delivered out of the ed her. thousands of Israel, a thousand of every 6 T And if she had at all an husband tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. when she vowed, or uttered aught out of 6 And Moses sent them to the war, a her lips, wherewith she bound her soul: thousand of every tribe, them and Phine7 And her husband heard it, and held has the son of Eleazar the priest, to the his peace at her in the day that he heard war, with the holy instruments, and the it: then her vows shall stand, and her trumpets to blow in his hand. bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.

8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, make her vow which she vowed, and that besides the rest of them that were slain which she uttered with her lips, wherewith namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and she bound her soul, of none effect and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Bathe LORD shall forgive her. laam also the son of Beor they slew with

9 But every vow of a widow, and of the sword. her that is divorced, wherewith they have 9 And the children of Israel took all bound their souls, shall stand against the women of Midian captives, and their her. little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.

11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

12 And they brought the captives, and 12 But if her husband hath utterly the prey, and the spoil unto Moses and made them void on the day he heard Eleazar the priest, and unto the congrethem; then whatsoever proceeded out of gation of the children of Israel, unto the her lips concerning her vows, or concern- camp at the plains of Moab, which are by ing the bond of her soul, shall not stand: Jordan near Jericho.

her husband hath made them void; and 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the the LORD shall forgive her. priest, and all the princes of the congrega13 Every vow, and every binding oath tion, went forth to meet them without the to afflict the soul, her husband may esta- camp.

blish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 And Moses was wroth with the offi14 But if her husband altogether hold cers of the host, with the captains over his peace at her from day to day; then thousands, and captains over hundreds, he establisheth all her vows, or all her which came from the battle. bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

16 Behold, these caused the children of 15 But if he shall any ways make them Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to void after that he hath heard them; then commit trespass against the LORD in the he shall bear her iniquity. matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

16 These are the statutes which the LORD Commanded Moses between a man

17 Now therefore kill every male among

The soldiers to be purified,

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and the prey divided. the little ones, and kill every woman that sons in all, of women that had not known hath known man by lying with him. man by lying with him.

18 But all the women-children, that 36 And the half which was the portion have not known a man by lying with him, of them that went out to war, was in numkeep alive for yourselves. ber three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

20 And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

21 And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses;

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

37 And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve.

39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.

40 And the persons were sixteen thousand, of which the LORD's, tribule was thirty and two persons.

41 And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave-offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses.

23 Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be 42 And of the children of Israel's half, purified with the water of separation and which Moses divided from the men that all that abideth not the fire ye shall make warred, go through the water.

24 And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.

25 T And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:

43 (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,

44 And thirty and six thousand beeves, 45 And thirty thousand asses and five hundred,

46 And sixteen thousand persons ;) 47 Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Le27 And divide the prey into two parts; vites, which kept the charge of the taberbetween them that took the war upon nacle of the LORD; as the LORD co phandthem, who went out to battle, and between ed Moses. all the congregation:

48 And the officers which were over 28 And levy a tribute unto the LORD of thousands of the host, the captains of thouthe men of war which went out to battle: sands, and captains of hundreds, came near one soul of five hundred, both of the per-unto Moses: sons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:

the LORD.

49 And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto war which are under our charge, and there Eleazar the priest, for a heave-offering of lacketh not one man of us. 50 We have therefore brought an obla30 And of the children of Israel's half, tion for the LORD, what every man hath thou shalt take one portion of fifty,of the gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracepersons, of the beeves, of the asses, and lets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and an atonement for our souls before the LORD. give them unto the Levites, which keep 51 And Moses and Eleazar the priest the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. took the gold of them, even all wrought 31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest jewels. did as the LORD commanded Moses.

52 And all the gold of the offering that 32 And the booty, being the rest of the they offered up to the LORD, of the capprey which the men of war had caught, tains of thousands, and of the captains of was six hundred thousand and seventy hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hunthousand and five thousand sheep,

33 And threescore and twelve thousand beeves,

34 And threescore and one thousand asses,

dred and fifty shekels.

53 (For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands, 35 And thirty and two thousand per-land of hundreds, and brought it into the

The Reubenites and Gadites

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sue for their inheritance. tabernacle of the congregation, for a me-jour cattle, and cities for our little ones: morial for the children of Israel before the Lord.

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17 But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place and

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NOW the children of Reuben and the our little ones shall dwell in the fenced ci

children of Gad had a very great ties, because of the inhabitants of the land. multitude of cattle: and when they saw 18 We will not return unto our houses, the land of Jaazer, and the land of Gilead, until the children of Israel have inherited that behold, the place was a place for cattle; every man his inheritance. 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 Jaazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,

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

4 Even the country which the LORD 21 And will go all of you armed over smote before the congregation of Israel, is Jordan before the LORD, until he hath a land for cattle, and thy servants have driven out his enemies from before him, cattle: 22 And the land be subdued before the

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have LORD: then afterward ye shall return, found grace in thy sight, let this land be and be guiltless before the LORD, and begiven unto thy servants for a possession, fore Israel; and. this land shall be your and bring us not over Jordan. possession before the LORD.

6 T 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?

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

24 Build 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, say8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent ing, Thy servants will do as my lord comthem from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. mandeth.

9 For when they went up unto the val- 26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, ley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they dis- and all our cattle, shall be there in the cicouraged the heart of the children of Is-ties of Gilead: rael, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.

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

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

28 So concerning them Moses_comH Surely none of the men that came manded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua up out of Egypt, from twenty years old the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of and upward, shall see the land which I the tribes of the children of Israel: sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.

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

13 And the LORD's anger was kindled for a possession: against Israel, and he made them wander 30 But if they will not pass over with in the wilderness forty years, until all the you armed, they shall have possessions generation that had done evil in the sight among you in the land of Canaan.

of the LORD was consumed.

31 And the children of Gad and the

14 And behold, ye are risen up in your children of Reuben answered, saying, As fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so to augment yet the fierce anger of the will we do.

LORD toward Israel.

32 We will pass over armed before the 15 For if ye turn away from after him, LORD into the land of Canaan, that the he will yet again leave them in the wil-possession of our inheritance on this side derness; and ye shall destroy all this Jordan may be ours. people. 33 And Moses gave unto them, even to 16 T And they came near unto him, and the children of Gad, and to the children said, We will build sheep-folds here for of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Ma

The two and forty journeys NUMBERS.

of the Israelites. nasseh, the son of Joseph, the kingdom of fountains of water, and threescore and ten Sihon king of the Amorites, and the king-palm-trees; and they pitched there. dom 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 Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,

36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities and folds for sheep.

37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,

38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.

39 And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.

40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

41 And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.

10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.

11 And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.

13 And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.

14 And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. 16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.

17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.

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

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

21 And they removed from Libnah, and

42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it No-pitched at Rissah. bah, after his own name.

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

23 And they went from Kehelathah,

THESE are the journey sent forth out and pitched in mount Shapher.

of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.

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2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD and these are their journeys according to theirgoings out. 3 And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyp-| tians.

4 For the Egyptians buried all their first-born, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.

5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. 6 And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.

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.

32 And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 33 And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.

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

7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is 35 And they departed from Ebronah, before Baal-zephon: and they pitched and encamped at Ezion-gaber.

before Migdol.

36 And they removed from Ezion

3 And they departed from before Pi-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of hahiroth, and passed through the midst of Zin, which is Kadesh.

the sea into the wilderness, and went 37 And they removed from Kadesh, three days' journey in the wilderness of and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of Etham, and pitched in Marah. the land of Edom.

9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve

38 And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the

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