Balak sendeth for Balaam. Before CHRIST 1452 A1 Sam. 9. 7,8. i ver. 19. & ver. 20. Gen. 20. 3. NUMBERS, 23. 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 Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them, Lodge 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 earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overshall prevail come them, and drive them out. in fighting against him ¡ ch. 23. 20. Rom. 11.29. † Heb. Be no' then lettes from, &c. ver. 6. In ch.24. 13. 14. 2 Chr.18.13. p ver. 8. 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, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and 1 Kings 22. gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, F 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. 9 ver. 9. rver. 35. ch. 23. 12, 26. & 24. 13. @Ex. 4. 24. t See 2 Kin. 6. 17. Dan. 10. 7. Acts 22. 9. Jude il. 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the 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. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand and the ass 2 Pet. 2. 16. turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a 3 path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 23 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: VAR. REND.-2 V. 11. Lit. eye. 3 V. 24. hollow between. Balak entertaineth him and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he Fefore smote the ass with a staff. CHRIST 142 16. 28 And the LORD opened the month of the ass, and she said unto Balmain, 2 Pet 2 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 Prov. 12, now would I kill thee. 10. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Amy2 Pet. 2. 16 not I thine ass, tupon which thou hast 1 Heb. ridden ever since I was thine unto this hast new day? was I ever wont to do so unto D thee? And he said, Nay. 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: bowed down his head, and on his face. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is fch. 21. ja in the border of Arnon, 7 which is in the utmost coast 7. 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 9 ver. 17. 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. Before unto him, I have prepared 2 seven altars, CHRIST and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 142 5 And the LORD fput 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, 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 Sam. 17. him, and from the hills I behold him: lo. the people shall dwell 3 alone, and shall not be reckoned among the €7.12, 11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? PI took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou wyer hast blessed them altogether. 22 17. • Heb. 17. &24. 10. ch. 22.38. 12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 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 carse me them from thence. 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 (Jag 1 m. said, 'Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: 23 Surely there is no enchantment | VAR. REND. - V. 4. Insert, the. 3 V. 9. dwell- He prophesieth Israel's happiness. Before a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion he shall not lie down CHRIST until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 And Balak said unto Balaam, 10 Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 1452. f Gen. 49. 27. ver. 12. ch 22, 38, 1 Kings 22. 14. 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, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee ver. 13. 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 11 Je-i ch. 21. 20. shimon. ver. 1. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents cording to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor Lath said, and the man whose eyes are 1 open hath said: 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which 3 saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy 5 tabernacles, 0 Israel! 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. a ch. 23. 3, 15. i Heb. to the meeting of enchantments. b ch. 2. 2, &c c ch. 11. 25. 1 Sam. 10. 10. & 19. 20, 23. 2 Chr. 15, 1. d ch. 23. 7, 18. t Heb. now opened. e See 1 Sam 19.24. Ezek. 1. 28. Dan. 8, 18. & 10 15. 16 2 Cor. 12.2, 3.4. Rev. 1. 10, 17. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed 7 shall be in many waters, 8 and his king shall 8 be Ps. 1.3. higher than Agag, and his kingdom 7 shall be7 exalted. Jer. 17. 8. g Ps. 104, 16 A Jer. 51. 13. Rev. 17. 1, 15. 8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations 1 Sam. 15. his enemies, and shall 10 break their bones, and 8° pierce them through with his arrows B. 9. k 2 Sam. 5. 12. 1 Chr. 14.2. 9 P He couched, he lay down as a lion, eh. 23. 22. and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. 10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he hands together and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine eremies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. Ezek. 21. 14, 17. & 22. 13. ch. 23. 11. Deut. 23. 4, 5. 24. 9, 10. Neh. 13. 2. ch. 14. 9. & 23. 24. n PA 2. 9. Is. 38. 13. Jer. 50, 17. o Ps. 45. 5. Jer. 50. 9. p Gen. 49. 9. 4 Gen. 12. 3. & 27. 29. Josh. VAR. REND-10 v. 25. Thou shalt (again) neither. .11 v. 28. Or, the Waste. Chap. 24. 1 v. 3. So Sept. Targ. Pesh. most Jews, Ge. Ew. Kn.; closed, Vulg. He. Hu. Ro. Ke. Oort.2 Vs. 4, 16. heareth. 3 Vs. 4, 16. secth. 4 Vs. 4, 16. fallen down (i.e. prostrated by the prophetic impulse), He. Ew. Ke. Oort. Comp. 1 Sam. 19. 24.5 V. 5. dwellings. 6 v. 7. Water shall stream. 7 be.- 8 let his king, He. Kn. Ke. V. 8. See ch. 23. 22.-10 suck. gnaw or VAR. READ. Chap. 24. V. 8. B break in pieces their loins, Ge. (doubtfully), Oort. Prophecy of the Star of Jacob. NUMBERS, 25, 26. Israel commit whoredom. Before 11 Therefore now flee thon to thy place: peor: and the anger of the LORD was CHRISTI thought to promote thee unto great kindled against Israel. 1452. t ch. 22. 17, 37. ch. 22. 18. Mic. 6. 5. Rev. 2. 14. y Gen. 49. 1. Dan. 2. 28. & 10. 14. ver. 3, 4. a Rev. 1. 7. Matt. 2. 2. Rev. 22 16. e Gen. 49. 10. P. 110. 2. Or, amite through the princes of Moab. 2 Sain. 8. 2. Jer. 48. 45. 42 Sam. 8. 14. 12. Ps. 60. 8, 9, e Gen.49. 10. Or, the first of the nations that warred a gainst Terael. Ex. 17. 8. Or, shall be even to honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. 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 2 heard the words of God, and 11 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 12 shall see 12 him, but not now: I 13 shall behold 13 him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall 14 smite the corners 14 of Moab, and 8 15 destroy all the 16 children of Sheth 16. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, 17 Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies 17; and Israel shall do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion B, and shall destroy 18 him that remaineth of the city 18. 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 19 be that he perish for ever 19. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and destruction. took up his parable, and said, 20 Strong is thy dwellingplace, and 21 thou puttest thy nest in a rock 21. Ex. 17. 14. 1 Sam. 15.3, 8. + Heb. Kain. Gen. 15. 19. 1 Or, how long shall it be ere d shur carry thee away. eaplire f Gen. 10. 4. Dan. 11. 30. g Gen. 10. 21, 25. * See ch. 31. 8. a eh. 33. 49. Mic. 6. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 8. e Josh. 22. 17. Ps. 106. 28. Hos. 9. 10. d Ex. 34. 15, 16 29 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall 22 be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God 23 doeth this! 24 24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall 19 perish for ever 19. 25 And Balaam rose up, and went and A returned to his place and Balak also went his way. : 1 Cor. 10.20. their gods. • Ex. 20. 5. 3 And Israel joined himself unto Baal VAR. REND.-11. 16. knoweth. 12 V. 17. see. 13 behold.14 smite in pieces both sides.15 Lit. undermine.- 16 sons of tumult (i.e. warriors). 17 V. 18. and Seir, his (Israel's) enemies, shall be a possession. 18 V. 19. them that escape out of the cities. 19 Vs. 20, 24. (haste) unto destruction. 20 V. 21. Firm. 21 thy nest fixed in the crags.22 V. 22. Or, For surely the Kenite shall not, Gei. Ke. 23 V. 23. hath done. 24 V. 24. But.- -Chap. 25. 1 Vs. 3, 5. Baal of Peor (ch. 23. 28). VAR. READ.-V. 17. B the crown of the head of, Ew. Oort. Kn. Bo. (as Jer. 48. 45).- V. 19. B Jacob shall have dominion over them, Kn. (different division of words). Before CHRIST 142 2 Deut 4.2. Josh. 22.17 4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang. 106. 29 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 the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto 1 Baal-peor. 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 3 before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation3. 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 wo man through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And P 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 a mong 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 his 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 t chief house $ among the Simeonites. A ver. 11. Deut 13.17. i Ex. 18. 21, 25. & Ex. 32. 2 Dest 116. 9, 13, 13. ¡ Joel 2. 17. -P's. 106 30. EL. 6. 25. • Ps. 106 301. - Deut. 43 1 Cor. 10. 8. 9 P. 105, 30. + Fich ti • Ex. 205. Deut. 22.16, 21. 1 Kin. 14.1. Ps. 78. 58 Ezek. 16.30 7eph. 1. 15 & 3. s. Mal. 2, 4, 5. & 3. 1. ! See ! Chr. 6. 4, &c. • Ex. 40.15 z Acts 22 8. Rom. 12. 2 y Heb. 2. 17 ↑ Heb besar of a father. 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. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, ch. 31 8 saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a 7 prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. CHAPTER 26. 1 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab. 52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of the land. 57 The families and number of the Levites. 63 None were left of them which were numbered at Sinai, but Caleb and Joshua. ND it came to pass after the plague, Athat the top spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, Josh. 13.11. a ch. 31. 2. b ch. 31. 16 Nov. 2. 14. 2 Take the sum of all the congrega-e Ex. 20. 12, 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest ver. 63 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty The sum of all Israel taken NUMBERS, 26. the LORD children of of the land Before years old and upward; as CHRIST, commanded Moses and the Israel, which went forth out of Egypt. 5 Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reuben. ites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dafch. 16.1,2. than and Abiram, which were 51 famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the com. pany of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: Ex. & 15, Jemud in the plains of Moab. lunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. 28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. of 30 These are the sons of Gilead: Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites 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. Before CHRIST 1452. Gen. 46. 20. u Josh. 17. 1. 1 Chr. 7. 14, 15. Called, Abiezer, Josh. 17.2. Judg. 6. 11, 24, 34. & 36, 11. 33 And Zelophehad the son of He- ch. 27. 1. pher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hun. dred. 35 These are the sons of Ephraim after their families of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, 1 Chr. 7.20, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 13 Of Zerah, the family of the ZarChites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaul-numbered of them, thirty and two thouites. Gen. 46. 14 These 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 ZeLE, Zap. phonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: Bered. 36 And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37 These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were sand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. 38 The sons of Benjamin after their a Gen. 46. families of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Gen. 16. Ahiramites: 39 Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. 40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41 These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were num. bered of them were forty and five thou sand and six hundred. 21 And the sons of Pharez were: of 23 Of the sons of Issachar after their families of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: 24 Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Bethe Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the riites. 45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Malchielites. family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the 46 And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. 47 These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. Or, Hushim. Gen. 46. 17. 1 Chr.7.30. 489 Of the sons of Naphtali after 9 Gen. 46.24. 26 Of the sons of Zebulun after their 50 These are the families of Naphtali VAR REND.-V. 7. mustered: so throughout. F. 9. summoned. were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. 51 These were the numbered of the Skallum. i See ch. 1. 46. and Joshua appointed to succeed Moses. children of Israel, six hundred thousand the LORD in the company of Korah; Before CHRIST and 1452. thirty. 52 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 53 Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. 54 To 6 many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to 7few thou shalt † give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few 8. 57 And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites : of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. 59 And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 P And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the 1 Chr. 24.2. LORD. r See ch. 3. 39. ch. 1. 49. tch. 18, 20, 23, 24. Deut. 10. 9. Josh. 13. 14, 33 & 14. 3. 4 ver. 3. z ch. 1. Deut. 2. 14, 15. y ch. 14. 28, 29. 62And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward 'for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. 63 These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel" in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. 1 Cor. 10.5, And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 6. 2 ch. 14. 30. a ch. 26, 33. & 36, 1, 11. i CHAPTER 27. 1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inhe ritance. 6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of his death, sueth for a successor. 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him. THEN came the daughters of a Zelo phehad, the son of Hepher, the son Josh. 17.3. of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the 1 princes and all the congregation, by the 2 door of the tabernacle of the congregation 2, saying, b eh. 14. 35. 3 Our father died in the wilderness, & 26. 64, 65. and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against VAR. REND.-6 V. 54. the greater.- 7 the smaller. V. 56. great and small. Chap. 27. V. 2. chiefs.-2 entrance of the tent of meeting. 5 And Moses brought their cause be-Ex. 18. 15, fore the LORD. 6 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thou shalt surely give them ach. & 2. possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his 3 kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel sa, ch. 25. 23. statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. 12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, ch. 33. 47. and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. |