and 'the meal offering 'thereof, and 'the' drink offering 'thereof. (39 These ye shall offer unto the LORD in your set feasts, 'beside your Vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your Imeal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offer40 ings. And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. 301 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the 2 LORD hath commanded. When' a

man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or 'sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3)°Also when1 a woman 'voweth' a vow unto the LORD, and bindeth' herself by a bond, being in her father's house, 4 in her youth; and her father 'heareth' her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul 5 shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; Inone of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disal6 lowed her. And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she 'hath' bound 7 her soul; and her husband 'hear it, and 'hold' his peace at her in the day that he 'heareth it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she 'hath' bound her soul shall stand. 8 But if her husband disallow her in! the day that he heareth it; then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath' bound her soul and the LORD shall forgive 9) her. But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing' wherewith 'she hath bound 'her 10 soul, shall stand against her.

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if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an 11 oath, 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 (12 her soul shall stand. But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make 14 it void. But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he hath established them, because he held his peace at her in (15 the day that he heard them. But if he shall make them 'null and void after that he hath heard them; then (16 he shall bear her iniquity. "These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses, 2 saying, Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou 3 be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm 'ye men from among you for the war, 'that they may go against 'Midian, to execute the 'LORD'S vengeance on 4 Midian. Of every tribe a thousand,

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throughout all the tribes of Israel, 5 shall ye send to the war. So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe. 6) twelve thousand armed for war. And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm 7 in his hand. And they warred against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew levery male'. (8 And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain; Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, 'the five kings of Midian : Balaam also the son of Beor they 9) slew with the sword. And the chil

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dren of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for 10) a prey. And all their cities in the

places wherein they dwelt, and all their lencampments', they burnt with Il fire. And they took all the spoil,

and all the prey, both of man' and of 12 beast. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan 'at' Jericho.

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And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the (14 camp. And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, which came from the Iser15 vice of the war. And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the 16) women alive? "Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among 17 the congregation of the LORD.

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therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. (18 °But all the women children, that have

not known man by lying with him, 19) keep alive for yourselves. And lencamp! ye without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, 'yel and your 20) captives. And 'as to every garment', and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify your21 selves. And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded Moses: howbeit! the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make 'to' 2 go through the water. And ye shall

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

And the LORD spake unto Moses, 26 saying, Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the 'heads of the fathers' houses (27 of the congregation: and divide the prey into two parts; between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the congregation: 28 and levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war that went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and 29) of the asses, and of the flocks: take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for the LORD'S' heave of30 fering. And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of 31 the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded 32) Moses. Now the prey, over and

above the booty which the men of war took', was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thou33 sand sheep, and threescore and twelve 34 thousand beeves, and threescore and 35 one thousand asses, and thirty and

two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by 36) lying with him. And the half, which

was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred 37 sheep and the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and three38 score and fifteen. And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was three39 score and twelve. And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute 40 was threescore and one. And the persons were sixteen thousand; of whom the LORD'S tribute was thirty 41 and two persons. And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD'S heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, 42 as the LORD commanded Moses. And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that

(43 warred, (now the congregation's! half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and 44 five hundred sheep, and thirty and six 45) thousand beeves, and thirty thousand 46 and five hundred asses, and sixteen 47 thousand persons ;) °even of the chil

dren of Israel's half, Moses took one 'drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the 48 LORD commanded Moses. And the officers which were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hun49 dreds, came near unto Moses: and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there (50) lacketh not one man of us. And!

we have brought the LORD'S' oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle' chains, and bracelets, signet -rings, earrings, and armlets, to make atonement for our 51 souls before the LORD. And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. 52 And all the gold of the 'heave offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty 53 shekels. (For the men of war had taken 'booty', every man for himself.) 54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting", for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.

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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 2 place for cattle; 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 3 congregation, saying, "Ataroth, and

Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and "Sebam1, (4 and Nebo, and "Beon, the "land" which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, (5) and thy servants have cattle.

1 Or, Inecklaces\

2 See ver. 32.

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they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring 6 us not over Jordan. °And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye 7 sit here? And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which 8 the LORD hath given them? °Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. 9 °For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD 10 had given them. And the LORD'S

anger was kindled 'in that day', and 11 he sware, saying, Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed 12 me: save Caleb the son of Jephunneh

the 'Kenizzite1, and Joshua the son of Nun because they have wholly fol13 lowed the LORD. And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. 14 And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger 15 of the LORD toward Israel. For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this 16 people. And they came near unto

him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities 17) for our little ones: but we ourselves will be ready armed to go 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 inhabi18 tants of the land. "We will not

return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every 19 man his inheritance. For we will not inherit with them on the other side Jordan, 'and' forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side 20 Jordan eastward. And Moses said

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unto them, If ye will do this thing; if ye will arm yourselves to go be21) fore the LORD to the war, and levery armed 'man' of you will 'pass' over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from 22 before him, and the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless 'towards the LORD, and towards Israel; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the LORD. 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 25 mouth. And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the 27 cities of Gilead: but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord saith.

28) So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the 29 tribes of the children of Israel. And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man that is' 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 pos30 session: but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of 31 Canaan. And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto 12 thy servants, so will we do. "We

will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance 'shall remain with us beyond Jordan. 3)And Moses gave unto them, even

to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their

borders', even the cities of the 'land' 34 round about. And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and 35 Aroer; and 'Atroth-shophan', and 'Ja36 zer, and Jogbehah; and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fenced cities, 37 and folds for sheep. And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and 38 Elealeh, and Kiriathaim; and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and 'Sibmah and gave other names unto the cities which 39 they builded. And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites which were therein". 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt (41 therein. And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them "Havvoth1-jair. 42 And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

331 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses 2 and Aaron. And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys accord3 ing to their goings out. And they 'journeyed' 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 an high hand in the sight 4 of all the Egyptians, while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgements. 5 °And the children of Israel 'journeyed' from Rameses, and pitched in Suc6 coth. And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which 7 is in the edge of the wilderness. And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they (8 pitched before Migdol. And they ijourneyed' from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they journeyed' from Marah, 4 Or, by which

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and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and 10 they pitched there. And they 'journeyed from Elim, and 'pitched by 11 the Red Sea. And they journeyed

from the Red Sea, and pitched in 12 the wilderness of Sin. And they 'journeyed from the wilderness of 13 Sin, and pitched' in Dophkah. And they journeyed' from Dophkah, and 14 pitched in Alush. And they 'journeyed from Alush, and pitched in Rephidim, where was no water for the 15 people to drink. And they 'journeyed from Rephidim, and pitched 16 in the wilderness of Sinai. And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth-hat17 taavah. And they journeyed' from Kibroth-hattaavah, and pitched in1 18 Hazeroth. And they journeyed

from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rith19 mah. And they journeyed from Rithmah, and pitched in Rimmon20 perez. And they journeyed' from

Rimmon-perez', and pitched in Lib21 nah. And they journeyed from Lib22 nah, and pitched in Rissah. And

they journeyed from Rissah, and 23 pitched in Kehelathah. And they

journeyed from Kehelathah, and 24 pitched in mount Shepher1. And they journeyed from mount 'She25 pher', and 'pitched' in Haradah. And

they journeyed from Haradah, and 26 pitched in Makheloth. "And they

journeyed from Makheloth, and 27 pitched in Tahath. And they 'journeyed from Tahath, and pitched in 28 Terah. And they journeyed from

Terah, and pitched in Mithkah. 29 And they journeyed' from Mithkah, 30 and pitched in Hashmonah. And they journeyed from Hashmonah. 31 and pitched in Moseroth. °And they journeyed from Moseroth, and 32 pitched in Bene-jaakan. And they

journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and 33 pitched in Hor-haggidgad1. And they journeyed from Hor-haggid34 gad', and pitched in Jotbathah. And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and 35 pitched in Abronah. And they

journeyed from Abronah', and 36 pitched in Ezion-geber. And they

journeyed from Ezion-geber', and pitched in the wilderness of Zin ('the 37 same is Kadesh). And they journeyed' from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land 38) of Edom. 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 fifth month, on the first day of the month. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he 40) died in mount Hor. And the Canaanite, 'the king of Arad, which dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children 41 of Israel. And they journeyed'

from mount Hor, and pitched in Zal42 monah. And they journeyed' from

Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they journeyed from Punon, 44 and pitched in Oboth. And they

journeyed from Oboth, and pitched in Iyel-abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they journeyed from Iyim, 46 and pitched in Dibon-gad. And they

'journeyed from from Dibon-gad, and 47 pitched in Almon-diblathaim. And

they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains 48 of Abarim, before Nebo. And they 'journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab.

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And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan 51 at Jericho, saying, °Speak unto the

children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye 'pass' over Jordan into the 52 land of Canaan, then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all 53) their high places: and ye shall take

possession of the land, and dwell therein for unto you have I given (54) the land to possess it. And ye shall

inherit the land by lot 'according to your families; to the 'more! ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the