slayer shall return into the land of 29 his possession. And these things shall be for a statute of judgement unto you throughout your generations 30 in all your dwellings. Whoso killeth

any person, the manslayer shall be Islain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against 31) any person that hel die. Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a manslayer', which is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to (32) death. And ye shall take no Iransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of 33) the priest. So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it 'polluteth the land: and 'no expiation can be made for the land Ifor the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34) And thou shalt not defile the land

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which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I the LORD dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

And the heads of the fathers' houses of the 'family' of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of (2 the children of Israel: and they said, | The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our 3 brother unto his daughters. °And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belongi: so shall it

be taken away from the lot of our in4 heritance. And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be added' unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our 5 fathers. And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph 'speaketh right. 6 This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their (7) father shall they marry. So shall Ino inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for the children of Israel shall cleave! every one to the inheritance of the 8 tribe of his fathers. And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9) So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own 10 inheritance. Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daugh11 ters of Zelophehad: for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's (12 brothers' sons. They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

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These are the commandments and the judgements, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan 'at' Jericho.

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THESE be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond1 Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah over against Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, 2 and Dizahab. It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea. 3 And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; 4) after he had 'smitten' Sihon the king

of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which 5 dwelt in Ashtaroth', at Edrei: o¡beyond Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, say6 ing, The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt (7 long enough in this mountain': turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill country', and in the lowland', and in the South, and by the sea 'shore', the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, 'as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. 8 Behold, I have set the land before you go in and possess the land which the LORD Sware unto your fathers, 'to' Abraham, to Isaac, and 'to' Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after 9 them. And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear 10 you myself alone: the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, lyel are this day as the stars of heaven 11 for multitude. The LORD, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you! 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and 13 your strife? Take 'you' wise men,

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1 That is, the deep valley running North and South of the Dead Sea.

and understanding, and known, laccording to your tribes, and I will 14 make them heads over you. And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us 15 to do. So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, 'accord16 ing to your tribes. And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the stranger that is 17 with him. Ye shall not respect persons in judgement; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgement is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you 'ye shall1 bring 18 unto me, and I will hear it. And

I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

19 And we journeyed from Horeb, land' went through all that great and terrible wilderness which 'yel saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh20 barnea. And I said unto you, Ye

are come unto the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God 21 giveth unto us. Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up, take possession', as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath 'spoken' unto thee; fear not, neither be dis22) mayed'. And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they Imay search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and 'the' cities 23 unto which we shall come. ° And the thing pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one man for

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24 every tribe: and they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and 'spied' 25 it out. And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God giveth unto us. 26 Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled

against the commandment of the LORD 27 your God: and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to 28 destroy us. Whither are we going!

up? our brethren have made our heart to melt', saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fenced up to heaven; and moreover we have seen 29 the sons of the 'Anakim' there. Then

I said unto you, Dread not, neither be 30 afraid of them. The LORD your God who goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your 31 eyes; and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place. 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe 33) the LORD your God, who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by 34 day. And the LORD heard the voice

of your words, and was wroth, and 35 sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, 36 save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children: because he hath 37 wholly followed the LORD. Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go (38 in thither: Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage thou' him; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. 39 Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which 'this' day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go

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in thither, and unto them will I give 40 it, and they shall possess it. But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the 1 way to the Red Sea. Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and 2were forward to go up 42 into the mountain. And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your 13 enemies. So I spake unto you, and

'ye hearkened not; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, land were presumptuous, and went up 44 into the mountain. And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, 45 even unto Hormah. And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD hearkened not to your voice, 46 nor gave ear unto you. So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

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Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as the LORD spake unto me and we compassed mount Seir 2 many days. And the LORD spake 3 unto me, saying, Ye have compassed

this mountain long enough: turn you 4 northward. And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you take ye good heed unto yourselves there5 fore: contend not with them for I

will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot Ito tread on: because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a posses6 sion. Ye shall purchase food of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for 7 money, that ye may drink. For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand: he 'hath known' thy walking through this great wilderness these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; 8 thou hast lacked nothing. Sol we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir, Or, ideemed it a light thing

the LORD said unto me, 'Vex not "Moab, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of 'his' land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot 10 for a possession. (The 'Emim' dwelt

therein aforetime', a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim': 11 these also are accounted "Rephaim', as the 'Anakim; but the 12 Moabites call them 'Emim'. °The 'Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the (13 LORD gave unto them.) Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, werel thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were Iconsumed from the midst of the 'camp', as the LORD Sware unto them. 15 ° Moreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp', until they were consumed.

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So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead 17 from among the people, that the (18) LORD spake unto me, saying, "Thou

art this day to pass over Ar, the 'bor19 der of Moab: and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, Ivex them not, nor 'contend' with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon 'for a' possession: because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a posses20 sion. (That also 'is' accounted a land of 'Rephaim: Rephaim dwelt therein Jaforetime; but the Ammonites call 21 them Zamzummim; a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim'; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and 22 dwelt in their stead: as he did for the children of Esau, which 'dwell' in Seir, when he destroyed the 'Horites'

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from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead 23 even unto this day: and the 'Avvim' which dwelt in villages as far as Gazal, the Caphtorim, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, 24 and dwelt in their stead.) Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and con25 tend with him in battle. This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the 'peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

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And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, 27 saying, Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right 28 hand nor to the left. Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink only let me pass through 29 on my feet; as the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me; until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. 30 °But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as 'at' this 31 day. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to deliver up' Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit 32 his land. "Then Sihon came out

against us, he and all his people, 'unto 33 battle' at Jahaz. And the LORD our

God delivered him up before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and 34) all his people. And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we 35 left none remaining: only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which 36 we had taken!. °From Aroer, which is on the ledge' of the valley of

Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley', even unto Gilead, there was not la city too 'high' for us the LORD our God delivered up all 'be37 fore us only to the land of the

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children of Ammon thou camest not Inear; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wheresoever the LORD our God forbad us.

Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, 'unto battle at Edrei. 2 And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not for I have delivered' him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Hesh3 bon. So the LORD our God delivered into our 'hand1 Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him 4 remaining. And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we took not from them; threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. 5)°All these were cities fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside the 6) 1unwalled towns a great many. we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, Iwith the women and 'the little ones. 7 °But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto our8) selves. And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, from the valley of 9 Arnon unto mount Hermon; (which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, 10 and the Amorites call it 'Senir;) all the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto 'Salecah' and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in 11 Bashan. (For only Og king of Bashan

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remained of the remnant of the Rephaim'; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah' of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit

12 of a man.) And this land we took in possession at that time: from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gad(13 ites and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, "leven' all Bashan. ('The same is called the land of 'Re14) phaim. Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region' of Argob, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites; and called them, leven' Bashan, after his own name, 15 Havvoth'-jair, unto this day.) 16 I gave Gilead unto Machir.

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unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, the middlc of the valley, and the border 'thereof; even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Am17 mon; the Arabah' also, and Jordan

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And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all (19 the men of valour. But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have (20 given you; until the LORD give

rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God 'giveth' them beyond Jordan: then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which 21 I have given you. And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest 22 over1. "Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you.

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And I besought the LORD at that 24 time, saying, °O Lord GOD, thou hast