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 fee the utmoft part of the people. CHA P. XXIII. 1, 13, 28 Balaks facrifice. 7, 18 Balaams parable. Nd Balaam faid unto Balak, Build A me here feven altars, and prepare me here feven oxen, and feven rams... 2 And Balak did as Balaam had fpoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go : peradventure the LORD will come to meet me and whatfoever he fheweth me, I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam ; and he faid unto him, I have prepared feven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. Balaams parable. and built feven altars, and offered a bul lock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he faid unto Balak, Stand here by thy bernt-offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and faid, Go again unto Balak, and fay thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he ftood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak faid unto him, What hath the LORD fpoken? 18 And he took up his parable, and faid, Rife up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou fon of Zippor: 19 God is not a man that he fhould lie, neither the fon of man, that he fhould repent: hath he faid, and fhall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and fhall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to blefs; and he hath blessed, and cannot reverfe it, I 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Ja 5 And the LORD put a word in Ba-cob, neither hath he feen perverfenefs laams mouth, and faid, Return unto Ba- in Ifrael: the LORD his God is with him, Jak, and thus thou shalt fpeak. and the fhout of a king is among them. 6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he ftood by his burnt-facrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 22. God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the ftrength of an unicorn. 7 And he took up his parable, and faid,23 Surely there is no enchantment aBalak the king of Moab hath brought gainft Jacob, neither is there any divime from Aram, out of the mountains of nation againft Ifrael: according to this the eaft, faying, Come, curfe me Jacob, time it fhall be faid of Jacob, and of and come, defie Ifrael. Ifrael, What hath God wrought! 8 How fhall I curfe, whom God hath not curfed? or how fhall I defie, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 For from the top of the socks 1 fee him,and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people fhall dwell alone, and fhall not be reckoned among the nations. 24 Behold, the people fhall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he fhall not lie down until he eat of the prey,and drink the blood of the flain 25 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Neither curfe them at all, nor bleis them at all. 10 Who can count the duft of Jacob, 26 But Balaam answered and faid unto and the number of the fourth part of If-Balak, Told nor 1 thee, faying, All chas rael? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my laft end be like his. 11 And Balak faid unto Balaam, What haft thou done unto me? I took thee to curfe mine enemies, and behold, thou haft bleffed them altogether." ནཱ ཐཱ 12 And he answered and faid, Muft I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 13 And Balak faid inte him, Come, I pray thee, with meunto another place, from whence thou mayft fee them: thou thalt fee but the utmoft part of them, and fhalt not fee them all and curfe me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the Geld of Zophim, to the top of Pifgah, the LORD fpeaketh, that I must do? 27 And Ba'ak faid unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God, that thou mayst cuise me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jefhimon. 29 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Build me here feven alrars, and prepare me here feven bullocks, and feven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had faid, and offered a bullock and a raira on every altar. CHAP. XXIV. His prophecy of Chrift. And when Balaam faw that it plea- and faid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath fed the LORD to blefs Ifrael, he went not as at other times, to feek for enchantments, but he fet his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lift up his eyes, and he faw Ifrael abiding in his tents according to their tribes, and the fpirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and faid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and the man whofe eyes are open, hath faid: 4 He hath faid, which heard the words of God, which faw the vifion of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Olfrael! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river fide, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD bath planted, and as cedar-trees befide the waters. 7 He fhall pour the water out of his buckets, and his feed fhall be in many waters, and his king fhall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom fhall be exalted. 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the ftrength of an unicorn: he fhall eat up the nations his enemies, and fhall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who fhall ftir him up? Bleffed is he that bleffeth thee, and curfed is he that curfeth thee. 10 And Balaks anger was kindled againft Balaam, and he fmote his hands together: and Balak faid unto Balaam, I called thee to curfe mine enemies, and behold thou haft altogether bleffed them thefe three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Spake I not alfo to thy meffengers which thou fenteft unto me, faying, 13 If Balak would give me his houfefull of filver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own nrind; but what the LORD faith, that will Ifpeak? 14 And now behold, I go unto my people come therefore, and I will advertise thee, what this people fhall do to thy people in the latter days. 15 And he took up his parables faid, and the man whofe eyes are open, hath faid: 16 He hath faid, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the moft High, which faw the vifion of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I fhall fee him, but not now: I fhall behold him, but not nigh: there fhall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre fhall rife out of Ifracl, and fhall fmite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edom fhall be a poffeffion, Seir alfo thall be a poffeffion for his enemies, and Ifrael fhall do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob fhall come be that fhall have dominion, and fhali destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and faid, Amalek was the firft of the nations, but his latter end fhall be that he perifh for ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenites; and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou putteft thy neft ina rock. 22 Nevertheless, the Kenite fhall be wafted until Asfhur fhall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, & faid, Alas,who fhall live when God doth this! 24 And fhips fball come from the coaft of Chittim, and shall affli&t Ashur, and fhall affli&t Eber, and he also fhall pe rifh for ever. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak alfo went his way. CHA P. XXV. 1 The Ifraelites whoredom and idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi flain. A Nd Ifrael abodein Shittim,and the dom with the daughters of Moab. 2 And they called the people unto the facrifices of their gods: & the people did eat and bowed down to their gods. 3 And Ifrael joyned himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Ifrael. 4 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD againft the fun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Ifrael. 5 And Mofes faid unto the judges of Ifrael, Slay ye every one his men, that were joyned unto Baal-peor. to Phinehas the fon of Eleaof Aaron the prieft, faw it, om amongst the congregaxa javelin in his hand; went after the man of If e tent, and thruft both of , the man of Ifrael, and the gh her belly: So the plague om the children of Ifrael. e that died in the plague, and four thousand. the LORD fpake unto Mo as the fon of Eleazar, the the priest, hath turned my Tom the children of Ifrael as zealous for my fake athat I confumed not the rael in my jealoufie. ore fay, Behold, I give unvenant of peace. fhall have it, and his feed en the covenant of an everhood; because he was s God,and made an atonechildren of Ifrael. e name of the Ifraelite that en that was flain with the voman, was Zimri the fon nce of a chief houfe among es. :name of the Midianitish was flain, was Cozbi the Zur; he was head over a of a chief houfe in Midian. the LORD fpake unto Mo Midianites, and fmite them: y vex you with their wiles, hey have beguiled you, in f Peor, and in the matter daughter of a prince of fifter, which was flain in e plague, for Peors fake. HAP. XXVI. red. 52 The inheritance of ided. me to pass after the plague, e LORD fpake unto Mofes, azar the fon of Aaron the LORD commanded Mofes and the children of Ifrael, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 Reuben the eldeft fon of Ifrael: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hefron, the family of the Hefronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 Thefe are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbred of them, were forty and three thousand and feven hundred and thirty. 8 And the fons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the fons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation, who ftrove againft Mofes and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a fign. 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 12 The fons of Simeon after their families of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shau lites. 14 Thefe are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 15 The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family ofthe Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: 16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oz nites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: 17 Of Arod, thefamily of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of Arelites. 18 These are the families of the chil dren ofGad according to those that were The number of the families Numbers. Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20 And the fons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites : 21 And the fons of Pharez were; of Hefron, the family of the Hefronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. 22 Thefe are the families of Judah according to thofe that were numbred of them, threefcore and fixteen thousand and five hundred.. of Ifrael, and the Levites. 36 And these are the fons of Shuthe lah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites37 Thefe are the families of the fons of Ephraim according to those that were numbred of them, thirty and two thoufand and five hundred. Thefe are the fons of Jofeph after their families. 38 The fons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Afhbel, the family of the Afhbelites of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites of Huphan, the family of the Huphamites. 23Of the fons of Iffachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the To- 40 And the fons of Bela were Ard and Jaites of Pua, the family of the Punites: Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ar24 Of Jafhub, the family of the Ja-dites: and of Naaman, the family of the fhubites of Shimron, the family of the Naamites. Shimronites. : 25 These are the families of Iffachar according to thofe that were numbred of them, threefcore and four thousand, and three hundred. 26 Of the fons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. 27 These are the families of the Zebulunites according to thofe that were numbred of them, threescore thoufand and five hundred. 28 The fons of Jofeph after their families, were Manaffeh and Ephraim. 29 Of the fons of Manaffeh : of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. 30. These are the fons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Afriel, the family of the Afrielites and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: :: : 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher the family of the Hepherites. 33 And Zelophehad the fon of Hepher had no fons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad, were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 Thefe are the families of Manaffeh, and thole that were numbred of them, fifty and two thousand and (even hunared. 35 There are the fons of Ephraim after their families of Shuchelah, the family of the Shuthalhites; of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, e family of the Tabanies. 41 Thefe are the fons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbred of them, were forty and five thousand and fix hundred. 42 These are the fons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shubamites according to thofe that were numbred of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. 44 Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jefui, the family of the Jefuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the fons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Afher, was Sarah. 47 There are the families of the fons of Afher, according to thofe that were numbred of them; who were filty and three thoufand and four hundred. 48 Of the fons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: ot Guni, the family of the Gunites: 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 50 Thefe are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbred of them, were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These were the numbred of the children of Ifrael, fix hundred thousand anda thousand even hundred and thirty. 52¶ And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 quâk 53 Unto the son of Joleph: and there are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2. And they ftood before Mofes, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, faying, 3 Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together againft the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own fin, and had no fons. 4. Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no fon? Give unto us therefore a poffeffion among the brethren of our father. 5 And Mofes brought their cause be fore the LORD. 6 faying, And the LORD fpakeunto Mofes, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt furely give them a pof feilion of an inheritance among their fathers brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pafs unto them. 8 And thou shalt fpeak unto the chil dren of Ifrael, faying, If a man die, and have no fon, then ye fhall caufe his inheritance to pafs unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye fhall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye (hall give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinfman that is next to him of his family, and he shall poffefs it: and it fhall be unto the children of Ifrael a ftatute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Mofes. 12 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Get thee up into this mount Aba rim, and fee the land which I have gi ven unto the children of Ifrael. 13 And when thou haft seen it, thou |
