The water of separation. NUMBERS. Its use for purification. be reckoned unto you, as though it were unto the children of Israel, and unto the the corn of the threshing-floor, and as the stranger that sojourneth among them, for fulness of the wine-press. a statute for ever. 28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave- 11 He that toucheth the dead body of offering unto the LORD of all your tithes any man shall be unclean seven days. which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heaveoffering to Aaron the priest. 12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. 29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part 13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body thereof out of it. of any man that is dead, and purifieth not 30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, himself, defileth the tabernacle of the When ye have heaved the best thereof LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from from it, then it shall be counted unto the Israel: because the water of separation Levites as the increase of the threshing- was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be floor, and as the increase of the wine-press. unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. 31 And ye shall eat it in every place, 14 This is the law, when a man dieth ye and your households: for it is your re-in a tent all that come into the tent, and ward for your service in the tabernacle of all that is in the tent, shall be unclean the congregation. seven days. A ND the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason 15 And every open vessel, which hath of it, when ye have heaved from it the no covering bound upon it, is unclean. best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy 16 And whosoever toucheth one that things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. is slain with a sword in the open fields, CHAP. XIX. 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 2 This is the ordinance of the law take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of puwhich the LORD hath commanded, saying, rification for sin, and running water shall Speak unto the children of Israel, that be put thereto in a vessel : they bring thee a red heifer without spot, 18 And a clean person shall take hyswherein is no blemish, and upon which sop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle never came yoke: it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, 3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar and upon the persons that were there, and the priest, that he may bring her forth upon him that touched a bone, or one without the camp, and one shall slay her slain, or one dead, or a grave: before his face : 19 And the clean person shall sprinkle 4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of upon the unclean on the third day, and on her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of the seventh day and on the seventh day her blood directly before the tabernacle he shall purify himself, and wash his of the congregation seven times: clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 5 And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: even. : 20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall 6 And the priest shall take cedar-wood, be cut off from among the congregation, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the midst of the burning of the heifer. the LORD: the water of separation hath 7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and 21 And it shall be a perpetual statute afterward he shall come into the camp, unto them, that he that sprinkleth the waand the priest shall be unclean until the ter of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separa8 And he that burneth her shall wash tion shall be unclean until even. his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in 22 And whatsoever the unclean person water, and shall be unclean until the even. toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul 9 And a man that is clean shall gather that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up CHAP. XX. a clean it shall be kept for the congre place, an die T the whole congregation, into the dechildren of Israel for a water of separa-sert of Zin in the first month: and the tion it is a purification for sin. people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam 10 And he that gathereth the ashes of died there, and was buried there. the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be 2 And there was no water for the conunclean until the even: and it shall be gregation: and they gathered themselves THEN came the children of Israel, even The people murmur for water. CHAP. XXI. Passage through Edom denied. together against Moses and against Aaron. [left, until we have passed thy borders. 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 19 And the children of Israel said unto 5 And wherefore have ye made us to hand. 21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of passage through his border: wherefore the tabernacle of the congregation, and Israel turned away from him. they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 7¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 22 T And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy land of Edom, saying, 24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his wa-people: for he shall not enter into the ter, and thou shalt bring forth to them wa- land which I have given unto the children ter out of the rock: so thou shalt give the of Israel, because ye rebelled against my congregation and their beasts drink. 9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 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. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock 27 And Moses did as the LORD com11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and manded: and they went up into mount the water came out abundantly, and the Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garcongregation drank, and their beasts also. 12 And the LORD spake unto Moses ments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, and Aaron died there in the top of the to sanctify me in the eyes of the children mount: and Moses and Eleazar came of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this down from the mount. 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. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. CHAP. XXI. AND when king Arad the Canaanite which dwelt in the south, heard tell 14 T And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took travail that hath befallen us: 15 How our fathers went down into some of them prisoners. 2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and LORD; and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will our fathers: 16 And when we cried unto the LORD, utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and bath brought us forth out of Egypt: of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanand behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in ites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the uttermost of thy border: 17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy the place Hormah. Country: we will not pass through the 4 And they journeyed from mount fields, or through the vineyards, neither Hor by the way of the Red sea, to comwill we drink of the water of the wells: pass the land of Edom: and the soul of we will go by the king's high-way, we the people was much discouraged bewill not turn to the right hand nor to the cause of the way. 133 Fiery serpents bite the people. NUMBERS. «Sihon and Og slain 5 And the people spake against God, vineyards; we will not drink of the wa and against Moses, Wherefore have ye ters of the well: but we will go along by brought us up out of Egypt to die in the the king's highway, until we be past thy wilderness? for there is no bread, neither borders. is there any water; and our 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. 23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to 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: 7 Therefore the people came to Mo- 24 And Israel smote him with the edge ses, and said, We have sinned, for we have of the sword, and possessed his land from spoken against the LORD, and against thee; Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the chilpray unto the LORD, that he take away dren of Ammon: for the border of the the serpents from us. And Moses prayed children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amothee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: rites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages and it shall come to pass, that every one thereof. that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. for the people. 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 T And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared. 28 For there is a fire gone out of Hesh11 And they journeyed from Oboth, bon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wilder- hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords ness which is before Moab, toward the of the high places of Arnon. sun-rising. 29 Wo to thee, Moab! Thou art undone, 12 From thence they removed, and O people of Chemosh: he hath given his pitched in the valley of Zared. sons that escaped, and his daughters, into 13 From thence they removed, and captivity unto Sihon king of the Amopitched on the other side of Arnon, which rites. is in the wilderness that cometh out of the 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the perished even unto Dibon, and we have border of Moab, between Moab and the laid them waste even unto Nophah, which Amorites. reacheth unto Medeba. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the the Amorites. Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, 15 And at the stream of the brooks that and they took the villages thereof, and goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and drove out the Amorites that were there. lieth upon the border of Moab. 33 And they turned and went up by 16 And from thence they went to Beer: the way of Bashan: and Og the king of that is the well whereof the LORD spake Bashan went out against them, he, and all unto Moses, Gather the people together, his people, to the battle at Edrei. and I will give them water. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear 17 Then Israel sang this song, Spring him not: for I have delivered him into up, O well; sing ye unto it: thy hand, and all his people, and his land; 18 The princes digged the well, the and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto nobles of the people digged it, by the di- Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt rection of the law-giver, with their staves. at Heshbon. And from the wilderness they went to Mat- 35 So they smote him, and his sons, tanah : and all his people, until there was none 19 And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: left him alive: and they possessed his land. and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: CHAP. XXII. 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of AND the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. on this side Jordan by Jericho. 21 T And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 2 T And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the peowill not turn into the fields, or into the ple, because they were many and Moab 22 Let me pass through thy land: we Balaam is sent for by Balak. His ass speaks to him. dian, Now shall this company lick up all that may know was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Mi-what the LORD will say unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, | are round about us, as the ox licketh up the and said unto him, If the men come to call grass of the field. And Balak the son of thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet Zipporwas king of the Moabites at that time. the word which I shall say unto thee, that 5 He sent messengers therefore unto shalt thou do. Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, is by the river of the land of the children and saddled his ass, and went with the 22 ¶ And God's anger was kindled beof his people, to call him, saying, Behold, princes of Moab. there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, cause he went: and the angel of the LORD and they abide over against me: 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. stood in the way for an adversary against 23 And the ass saw the angel of the 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came a unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of 8 And he said unto them, Lodge here the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, this night, and I will bring you word again, and crushed Balaam's foot against the 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 earth: 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. 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. wall: and he smote her again. 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 have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitthe ass, and she said unto Balaam, What ten me these three times? Be29 And Balaam said unto the ass, cause 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, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? he said, Nay. was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD 16 And they came to Balaam, and said standing in the way, and his sword drawn to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zip-in his hand : and he bowed down his head, 32 And the angel of the LORD said unto por, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee and fell flat on his face. from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine great honour, and I will do whatsoever ass these three times? behold, I went out verse before me: thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I to withstand thee, because thy way is perpray thee, curse me this people. 33 And the ass saw me, and turned 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give from me these three times: unless she had me his house full of silver and gold, I can- turned from me, surely now also I had 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of 135 not go beyond the word of the LORD my slain thee, and saved her alive. God, to do less or more. Balak's sacrifices. NUMBERS. Balaam's parable. the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not the people shall dwell alone, and shall not that thou stoodest in the way against me: be reckoned among the nations. now therefore, if it displease thee, I will 10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, get me back again. and the number of the fourth part of Is 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto rael? Let me die the death of the rightBalaam, Go with the men: but only the eous, and let my last end be like his! word that I shall speak unto thee, that 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What thou shalt speak: so Balaam went with hast thou done unto me? I took thee to the princes of Balak. curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast 36 And when Balak heard that Ba-blessed them altogether. laam was come, he went out to meet him 12 And he answered and said, Must I unto a city of Moab, which is in the border not take heed to speak that which the of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. LORD hath put in my mouth? 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. 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I' pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 T 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. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him 17 And when he came to him, behold, up into the high places of Baal, that he stood by his burnt-offering, and the thence he might see the utmost part of the princes of Moab with him. And Balak people. A CHAP. XXIII. ND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and 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 repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand make it good? by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: per- 20 Behold, I have received commandadventure the LORD will come to meet ment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will cannot reverse it. tell thee. And he went to a high place. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja4 And God met Balaam: and he said cob, neither hath he seen perverseness in unto him, I have prepared seven altars, Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and and I have offered upon every altar a bul- the shout of a king is among them. lock and a ram. 22 God brought them out of Egypt; he 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and 23 Surely there is no enchantment thus thou shalt speak. against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! 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, 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as Balak the king of Moab hath brought me a great lion, and lift up himself as a young from Aram, out of the mountains of the lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. come, defy 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, 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 T And Balak said unto Balaam, |