Law for the use of it.

B. C. about 1471. hver.13,20,21.

ch. 31. 23.

i ver. 16.
Lev. 21. 1.
ch. 5. 2. & 9.
6, 10. & 31.
19.

Lam. 4. 14.
Hag. 2. 13.
Heb. soul of

man.

A ch. 31. 19. Lev, 15. 31.

m ver. 9. ch. 8. 7.

n Lev. 7, 20, & 22.3.

o Lev. 11. 32. ch. 31. 20. 2 ver. 11,

q ver. 9.

† Heb. dust.

† Heb. living

waters shall be given, Gen. 26. 19. r Ps, 51, 7.

Lev. 14. 9.

t ver. 13.

u Hag. 2. 13. Lev. 15. 5.

1453.

a ch. 33. 36.

b Ex. 15. 20, ch. 2%, 59.

c Ex. 17. 1.

15 And every open vessel, which hath uo covering bound upon it, is unclean.

16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and trunning water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

18 And a clean person shall take "hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even.

22 And "whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even.

the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried thero.

2 cAnd there was no water for the congredeh. 16. 19,42. gation: dand they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. 3 And the people chodo with Moses, and

¿ Ex. 17. 2. ch. 14. 2.

Moses smiteth the rock.

spake, saying, Would God that we had died fwhen our brethren died before the LORD! 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattie should die there?

5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.

6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them.

ing,

7 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth bis water, and /thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, say

9 And Moses took the rod m from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, "Hear now, ye rebels; must wo fetch you water out of this rock ?

B. C. 1453.

fch. 11. 1. 33. & 14.37. & 16. 32, 35, 49.

g Ex. 17, 3.

hch. 14. 5. & 16. 4, 22, 45. ich. 14. 10.

Ex. 17. 5.

Neh. 9. 15. Ps. 78, 15, 16. & 105. 41. & 114. 8. Is. 43. 20. & 48. 21.

in ch. 17. 10.

n Ps. 106. 33.

o Ex. 17. 6. Dent. 8. 15. 1 Cor. 10. 4.

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because "'ye believed me not, to pch, 27. 14. sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

13 "This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. 14

And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath †befallen us:

15 "How our fathers went down into Egypt, wand we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

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16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.

17 "Let us pass, 1 pray thee, through thy country we will not pass through tho fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.

19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet.

20 And he said, "Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.

21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel "turned away from him.

22 And the children of Israel, even the

Deut. 1.37. & 3. 26. & 32.51. 9 Lev. 10, 3. Ez. 20. 41. & 36. 23. & 38. 16.

1 Pet. 3. 15.

Deut. 33. 8.
Ps. 95. 8. &
106. 32, &c.
That

Strife.
Ex. 17. 7.

is,

See

8 Judg. 11. 16, 17.

Deut. 2, 4,
&c., & 23, 7.
Obad. 10, 12.
Heb. found

28,
Ex. 18. 8.

u Gen. 46. 6. Acts 7. 15. w Ex. 12. 40. Ex.1.11, &c. Deut. 26. 6. Acts 7. 19.

y Ex. 2. 23. & 3. 7.

≈ Ex. 3.2.&14. .19. & 23. 20. & 33. 2.

a See ch. 21.
22.
Deut. 2. 27.

6 Deut.2.6,28.

Judg. 11. 17.

d See Deut. 2. 27, 20.

e Deut. 2. 4, 5,8. Judg. 11. 18.

The brazen serpent.

B. C. 1453. fch. 33. 37. g ch. 21. 4.

h Gen. 25, 8. ch. 27. 13. & 31.2. Deut. 32. 50. i ver. 12.

† Heb.mouth.

A ch. 33. 38. Deut. 32. 50.

1 Ex. 29,29,30. 1452.

m ch. 33. 38. Deut. 10. 6. & 32, 50.

n So Deut. 34. 8.

1452.

a ch. 33. 40.

whole congregation, journeyed from ƒ Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for be shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because iye rebelled against my † word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.

27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar bis son; and "Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.

29 And when all the congregation_saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron 72 thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

CHAPTER XXI.

1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brazen serpent. 105undry journeys of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is overcome, 33 and Og.

AND when aking Arad the Canaanite,

which dwelt in the south, heard tell See Judg. 1. that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.

16.

b ch. 13. 21.

c Gen. 28. 20. Judg. 11. 30. d Lev. 27. 28.

2 "And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities and he called the name of the place Il Hormah.

4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to f compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. 5 And the people spako against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and iour soul loatheth this light bread.

6 And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

7 Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for " we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

10 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.

Sihon is overcome.

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and "pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. 12 From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared.

13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.

14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, || What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, +lieth upon the border of Moab.

u and

16 And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.

B. C. 1452.

r ch. 33. 44. Or, Heaps of Abarim.

Deut. 2. 13.

t ch. 22, 36. Judg. 11. 18.

Or, Vaheb in Suphah.

u Deut. 2. 18, 29.

† Heb. leaneth.

x Judg. 9. 21.

17 Then Israel sang this song, † Springy Ex. 15, 1. up, O well; sing ye unto it:

Ps. 105. 2. & 106. 12.

Ascend.

18 The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of † Heb. *the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth:

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of " Pis-† gah, which looketh "toward Jeshimon. 21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,

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22 Let me pass through thy land: we will

Or, answer. zIs. 33. 22,

Heb. field. Or, The hill. a ch. 23. 28. Or, The wilderness.

b Deut. 2. 26, 27.

Judg. 11. 19. cch. 20. 17.

not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 d And Sihon would not suffer Israel to Deut. 29. 7. pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

24 And ƒ Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his Judg. 11. 24. sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even kunto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

32 And Moses sent to spy out m Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

2 Kin. 23. 13. Jer. 48. 7, 13.

k Jer. 48. 18, 22.

Is. 15. 2.

m ch. 32. 1. Jer. 18. 32.

33 ¶"And they turned and went up by n Deut. 3. 1. & 29. 7. the way of Bashan: and Og the king of

Balak sendeth for Balaam.

B.C. 1452.

o Josh, 13. 12. Deut. 3.2.

2 ver. 24.

Ps. 135.10,11. & 136, 20. Deut. 3. 3,4, &c.

a ch. 33. 48.

Judg. 11. 25.

c Ex. 15. 15.

dch. 31. 8.

e Deut, 23. 4.
Josh. 13. 22.
& 21. 9.
Neh, 13. 1, 2.
Mic. 6. 5,

2 Pet. 2. 15. Jude 11. Rev. 2. 14. ƒ See ch. 23. 7. Deut. 23. 4.

† Heb. eye. y ch. 23. 7.

6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of h1 Sam.9.7,8. | Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

i ver. 19.

8 And he said unto them, iLodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

9 And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the carth :| come now, curse me them; peradventure †I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people for they are blessed.

13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor,

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|

An angel opposeth Balaam.;

Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

honour, and I will do whatsoever thou say17 For I will promote thee unto very great est unto me: come therefore, I pray thee,

curse me this people.

B. C. 1452.

Heb. Benot thou letted from, fc.

m ver. 6.

18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, "If Balak would give | n ch. 24. 13. me his house full of silver and gold, "I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my o 1 Kin. 22.14. 2 Chr. 18. 13. God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, I pray you, "tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but "yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

and saddled his ass, and went with the 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, princes of Moab.

22 ¶ And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. two servants were with him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his

standing in the way, and his sword drawn in 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD t See 2 Kings his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. path of the vineyards, a wall being on this 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a side, and a wall on that side.

25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again.

26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.

28 And the LORD "opened the mouth of | u 2 Pet. 2. 16, the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, + den ever since I was thine unto this day? upon which thou hast ridwas I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.

2

15.

c1 Sam.15.24, 30. & 26. 21. 2 Sam, 12.13. Job 34.31,32,

in thine eyes.

Balak's sacrifices, and

35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

36 ¶ And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAPTER XXIII.

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3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go perad venture the LORD will come dto meet me; and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to a high place.

4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

5 And the LORD ƒ put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, idefy Israel.

8 & How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied ?

9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 "Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die "the death of the righteous,

Balaam's parables:

14 ¶ And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, "and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Belak, 2nd hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

19 "God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should re| pent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob,. neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, "and the shout of a king is among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a uni

corn.

23 Surely there is no enchantment llagainst Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, d What | hath God wrought!

:

B. C. 1452.

Or, The hill. r ver. 1, 2.

s ver. 5. ch, 22, 35,

t Judg. 3. 20,

ul Sam.15.29. Mal. 3. 6, Rom. 11. 29. Tit. 1. 2. James 1. 17.

Gen. 12. 2. & 22. 17. ch. 22. 12.

y Rom. 4. 7,8. Ex. 13. 21.& 29. 45, 46. & 33. 14.

a Ps. 89. 15. · boh. 21. 8.

c Deut. 33. 17. Job 39.10,11. Or, in.

d Ps. 31. 19. &

44. 1.

e Gen. 49. 9.

24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion he shall not lie down until he eatƒ Gen. 19. 27. of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

25¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, "All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

27 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, h Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshi

Balaam's prophecy.

B. C. 1452.

e See 1 Sam.
19. 24.
Ez. 1. 28.
Dan. 8. 18. &
10. 15, 16.
2 Cor. 12.2,
3, 4.

Rev. 1.10,17. ƒ Ps. 1. 3.

Jer. 17. 8. g Ps. 104, 16.

h Jer. 51. 13. Rev. 17.1,15. il Sam. 15.9. & 2 Sam. 5. 12. 1 Chr. 14. 2. I ch. 23. 22. m ch. 14. 9. & 23.24.

n Ps. 2. 9. Is 38. 13. Jer, 50, 17. o Ps. 45. 5. Jer. 50. 9.

p Gen. 49. 9. y Gen. 12, 3, & 27. 29.

& 22. 13.

8 ch. 23. 11. Deut. 23,4,5. Josh.24.9,10, Neh. 13. 2. t ch. 22. 17,37. u ch. 22. 18.

> Mic, 6. 5. Rev. 2. 14. y Gen. 49. 1. Dan. 2. 28. & 10. 14.

z ver. 3, 4. a Rov. 1. 7.

b Matt. 2. 2.
Rev. 22, 16,
o Gen. 49. 10.
Ps. 110. 2.
| Or, smite
through the
princes of
Moab,

2 Sam. 8. 2.
Jer. 48. 45.

d2 Sam, 8. 14,
Ps. 60.8,9,12.
e Gen, 49. 10.
[Or,
first

the

of

the nations that warred against 18rael,

Ex. 17. 8.

[Or, shall be even to destruction, Ex. 17. 14.

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

13 "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own' mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and *I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

17 "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come ba Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

18 And & Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy 1.Sam.15.3,8. dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

+ Heb. Kain, Gen. 15. 19.

22 Nevertheless † the Kenite shall be wastOr, how longed, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

ere

shall it be Asshur carry thee away captive?

f Gen, 10, 4. Dan. 11. 30.

23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!.

24 And ships shall come from the coast of fChittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall

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ever.

25 And Balaam rose up, and went and A returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.

CHAPTER XXV.

1 Israel at Shittim commit whoredom and idolatry. 6 Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cozbi. 10 God therefore giveth him an everlasting priesthood. 16 The Midianites are to be vexed.

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

B. C. 1452.

g Gen. 10. 21, 25. I See ch. 31.8.

a chi, 33, 49, Josh. 2. 1. Mic. 6. 5.

1 Cor. 10. 8.

2 And they called the people unto the 6 ch. 31. 16. sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

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

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

5 And Moses said unto ithe judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.

c Josh. 22. 17. Ps. 106, 28. Hos. 9. 10.

d Ex.34.15,16, 1 Cor. 10, 20

e Ex. 20. 5. ƒ Ps. 106. 29. g Deut. 4. 3. Josh. 22. 17

h ver. 11. Deut. 13. 17.

i Ex. 18. 21, 25.

& Ex. 32. 27. Deut. 13,6,9, 13, 15.

6 ¶ And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping | Joel 2. 17. before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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

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

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

10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

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

13 And he shall have it, and this seed after him, even the covenant of "an everlasting priesthood; because he was * zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a † chief house among the Simeonites.

15 And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

with + Heb. my zeal: See 2 Cor. 11. 2. ? Ex. 20. 5. Deut. 32. 16, 21.

1 Kin. 14.22. Ps. 78. 58. Ez. 16.38. Zeph.1.18.& 3.8.

8 Mal. 2.4,5,& 3. 1.

t See 1 Chr. 6. 4, &c.

u Ex. 40. 15. ≈ Acts 22. 3. Rom. 10. 2.

y Heb. 2. 17.

Heb. house of a father. z ch. 31. 8. Josh. 13. 21. a ch. 31. 2.

ch. 31. 16. Rev. 2. 14.