^16:1Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took some men. ^16:2They rose up before Moses, with some of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown. ^16:3They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much on yourself, since all the congregation are holy, everyone of them, and Yahweh is among them! Why do you lift yourselves up above Yahweh’s assembly?” ^16:4When Moses heard it, he fell on his face. ^16:5He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to him. Even him whom he shall choose, he will cause to come near to him. ^16:6Do this: take censers, Korah, and all his company; ^16:7and put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!” ^16:8Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi! ^16:9Is it a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of Yahweh’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; ^16:10and that he has brought you near, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? Do you seek the priesthood also? ^16:11Therefore you and all your company have gathered together against Yahweh! What is Aaron that you murmur against him?” ^16:12Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; and they said, “We won’t come up! ^16:13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us? ^16:14Moreover you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We won’t come up.” ^16:15Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of them.” ^16:16Moses said to Korah, “You and all your company go before Yahweh, you, and they, and Aaron, tomorrow. ^16:17Each man take his censer, and put incense on them, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.” ^16:18They each took his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. ^16:19Korah assembled all the congregation opposite them to the door of the Tent of Meeting. Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the congregation. ^16:20Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ^16:21“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” ^16:22They fell on their faces, and said, “God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?” ^16:23Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^16:24“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from around the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram!’” ^16:25Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. ^16:26He spoke to the congregation, saying, “Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins!” ^16:27So they went away from the tent of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side. Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ones. ^16:28Moses said, “Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for they are not from my own mind. ^16:29If these men die the common death of all men, or if they experience what all men experience, then Yahweh hasn’t sent me. ^16:30But if Yahweh makes a new thing, and the ground opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belong to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh.” ^16:31As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split apart. ^16:32The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households, all of Korah’s men, and all their goods. ^16:33So they, and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol. The earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly. ^16:34All Israel that were around them fled at their cry; for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up!” ^16:35Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense. ^16:36Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^16:37“Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter the fire away from the camp; for they are holy, ^16:38even the censers of those who sinned against their own lives. Let them be beaten into plates for a covering of the altar, for they offered them before Yahweh. Therefore they are holy. They shall be a sign to the children of Israel.” ^16:39Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar, ^16:40to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger, who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah, and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses. ^16:41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed Yahweh’s people!” ^16:42When the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, They looked toward the Tent of Meeting. Behold, the cloud covered it, and Yahweh’s glory appeared. ^16:43Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting. ^16:44Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^16:45“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!” They fell on their faces. ^16:46Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire from off the altar in it, and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.” ^16:47Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people. ^16:48He stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. ^16:49Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah. ^16:50Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was stopped.

^17:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^17:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and take rods from them, one for each fathers’ house, of all their princes according to their fathers’ houses, twelve rods. Write each man’s name on his rod. ^17:3You shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi; for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers’ houses. ^17:4You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. ^17:5It shall happen, that the rod of the man whom I shall choose shall bud. I will make the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you, cease from me.” ^17:6Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, according to their fathers’ houses, a total of twelve rods. Aaron’s rod was among their rods. ^17:7Moses laid up the rods before Yahweh in the Tent of the Testimony. ^17:8On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds. ^17:9Moses brought out all the rods from before Yahweh to all the children of Israel. They looked, and each man took his rod. ^17:10Yahweh said to Moses, “Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion; that you may make an end of their murmurings against me, that they not die.” ^17:11Moses did so. As Yahweh commanded him, so he did. ^17:12The children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish! We are undone! We are all undone! ^17:13Everyone who keeps approaching Yahweh’s tabernacle, dies! Will we all perish?”

^18:1Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ^18:2Bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you; but you and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony. ^18:3They shall keep your commands, and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you. ^18:4They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you. ^18:5“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel. ^18:6Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Yahweh, to do the service of the Tent of Meeting. ^18:7You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.” ^18:8Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a portion forever. ^18:9This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. ^18:10You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you. ^18:11“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a portion forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. ^18:12“I have given to you all the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the grain, the first fruits of them which they give to Yahweh. ^18:13The first-ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to Yahweh, shall be yours. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it. ^18:14“Everything devoted in Israel shall be yours. ^18:15Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals. ^18:16You shall redeem those who are to be redeemed of them from a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of money, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which weighs twenty gerahs. ^18:17“But you shall not redeem the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat. They are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. ^18:18Their meat shall be yours, as the wave offering breast and as the right thigh, it shall be yours. ^18:19All the wave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to Yahweh, I have given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before Yahweh to you and to your offspring with you.” ^18:20Yahweh said to Aaron, “You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the children of Israel. ^18:21“To the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the Tent of Meeting. ^18:22Henceforth the children of Israel shall not come near the Tent of Meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. ^18:23But the Levites shall do the service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. Among the children of Israel, they shall have no inheritance. ^18:24For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as a wave offering to Yahweh, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said to them, ‘Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.’” ^18:25Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^18:26“Moreover you shall speak to the Levites, and tell them, ‘When you take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up a wave offering of it for Yahweh, a tithe of the tithe. ^18:27Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press. ^18:28Thus you also shall offer a wave offering to Yahweh of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and of it you shall give Yahweh’s wave offering to Aaron the priest. ^18:29Out of all your gifts, you shall offer every wave offering of Yahweh, of all its best parts, even the holy part of it.’ ^18:30“Therefore you shall tell them, ‘When you heave its best from it, then it shall be credited to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press. ^18:31You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting. ^18:32You shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it its best. You shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, that you not die.’”

^19:1Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ^19:2“This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded. Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, and which was never yoked. ^19:3You shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside of the camp, and one shall kill her before his face. ^19:4Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times. ^19:5One shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her meat, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn. ^19:6The priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer. ^19:7Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the evening. ^19:8He who burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the evening. ^19:9“A man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up outside of the camp in a clean place; and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for use in water for cleansing impurity. It is a sin offering. ^19:10He who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. It shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them, for a statute forever. ^19:11“He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. ^19:12He shall purify himself with water on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean; but if he doesn’t purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. ^19:13Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn’t purify himself, defiles Yahweh’s tabernacle; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is yet on him. ^19:14“This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. ^19:15Every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean. ^19:16“Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. ^19:17“For the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering; and running water shall be poured into a vessel. ^19:18A clean person shall take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the vessels, on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave. ^19:19The clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day. On the seventh day, he shall purify him. He shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. ^19:20But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh. The water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him. He is unclean. ^19:21It shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. ^19:22“Whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until evening.”

^20:1The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month. The people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there. ^20:2There was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. ^20:3The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh! ^20:4Why have you brought Yahweh’s assembly into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals? ^20:5Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.” ^20:6Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and fell on their faces. Yahweh’s glory appeared to them. ^20:7Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^20:8“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it pour out its water. You shall bring water to them out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink.” ^20:9Moses took the rod from before Yahweh, as he commanded him. ^20:10Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?” ^20:11Moses lifted up his hand, and struck the rock with his rod twice, and water came out abundantly. The congregation and their livestock drank. ^20:12Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” ^20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with Yahweh, and he was sanctified in them. ^20:14Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying: “Thus says your brother Israel: You know all the travail that has happened to us; ^20:15how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time. The Egyptians mistreated us and our fathers. ^20:16When we cried to Yahweh, he heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the edge of your border. ^20:17“Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink from the water of the wells. We will go along the king’s highway. We will not turn away to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.” ^20:18Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through me, lest I come out with the sword against you.” ^20:19The children of Israel said to him, “We will go up by the highway; and if we drink your water, I and my livestock, then I will give its price. Only let me, without doing anything else, pass through on my feet.” ^20:20He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand. ^20:21Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border, so Israel turned away from him. ^20:22They traveled from Kadesh: and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. ^20:23Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying, ^20:24“Aaron shall be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. ^20:25Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to Mount Hor; ^20:26and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron shall be gathered, and shall die there.” ^20:27Moses did as Yahweh commanded. They went up into Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. ^20:28Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son. Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. ^20:29When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

^21:1The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard that Israel came by the way of Atharim. He fought against Israel, and took some of them captive. ^21:2Israel vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.” ^21:3Yahweh listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called Hormah. ^21:4They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey. ^21:5The people spoke against God, and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loathes this disgusting bread.” ^21:6Yahweh sent venomous snakes among the people, and they bit the people. Many people of Israel died. ^21:7The people came to Moses, and said, “We have sinned, because we have spoken against Yahweh, and against you. Pray to Yahweh, that he take away the serpents from us.” Moses prayed for the people. ^21:8Yahweh said to Moses, “Make a venomous snake, and set it on a pole. It shall happen, that everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” ^21:9Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it on the pole. If a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked at the serpent of brass, he lived. ^21:10The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in Oboth. ^21:11They traveled from Oboth, and encamped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrise. ^21:12From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered. ^21:13From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ^21:14Therefore it is said in the book of the Wars of Yahweh, “Vaheb in Suphah, the valleys of the Arnon, ^21:15the slope of the valleys that incline toward the dwelling of Ar, leans on the border of Moab.” ^21:16From there they traveled to Beer; that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” ^21:17Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it, ^21:18the well, which the princes dug, which the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter, and with their poles.” From the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; ^21:19and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; ^21:20and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks down on the desert. ^21:21Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, ^21:22“Let me pass through your land. We will not turn away into field or vineyard. We will not drink of the water of the wells. We will go by the king’s highway, until we have passed your border.” ^21:23Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border, but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz. He fought against Israel. ^21:24Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. ^21:25Israel took all these cities. Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. ^21:26For 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 to the Arnon. ^21:27Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Come to Heshbon. Let the city of Sihon be built and established; ^21:28for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of the high places of the Arnon. ^21:29Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites. ^21:30We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba.” ^21:31Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. ^21:32Moses sent to spy out Jazer. They took its villages, and drove out the Amorites who were there. ^21:33They turned and went up by the way of Bashan. Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. ^21:34Yahweh said to Moses, “Don’t fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, with all his people, and his land. You shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.” ^21:35So they struck him, with his sons and all his people, until there were no survivors; and they possessed his land.

^22:1The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. ^22:2Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. ^22:3Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. ^22:4Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. ^22:5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me. ^22:6Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.” ^22:7The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. ^22:8He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. ^22:9God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?” ^22:10Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me, ^22:11‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse me them. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’” ^22:12God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.” ^22:13Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you.” ^22:14The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.” ^22:15Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they. ^22:16They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me, ^22:17for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’” ^22:18Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. ^22:19Now therefore please stay here tonight as well, that I may know what else Yahweh will speak to me.” ^22:20God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.” ^22:21Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. ^22:22God’s anger burned because he went; and Yahweh’s angel placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him. ^22:23The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned out of the path, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the path. ^22:24Then Yahweh’s angel stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. ^22:25The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. He struck her again. ^22:26Yahweh’s angel went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. ^22:27The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with his staff. ^22:28Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?” ^22:29Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.” ^22:30The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long until today? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.” ^22:31Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. ^22:32Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me. ^22:33The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.” ^22:34Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.” ^22:35Yahweh’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. ^22:36When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. ^22:37Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?” ^22:38Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.” ^22:39Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth. ^22:40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him. ^22:41In the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.

^23:1Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.” ^23:2Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram. ^23:3Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height. ^23:4God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.” ^23:5Yahweh put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.” ^23:6He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. ^23:7He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel. ^23:8How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied? ^23:9For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations. ^23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, or count the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!” ^23:11Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.” ^23:12He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?” ^23:13Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where you may see them. You shall see just part of them, and shall not see them all. Curse them from there for me.” ^23:14He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar. ^23:15He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet God over there.” ^23:16Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and say this.” ^23:17He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, “What has Yahweh spoken?” ^23:18He took up his parable, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor. ^23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? ^23:20Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it. ^23:21He has not seen iniquity in Jacob. Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Yahweh his God is with him. The shout of a king is among them. ^23:22God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. ^23:23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’ ^23:24Behold, the people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.” ^23:25Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.” ^23:26But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?’” ^23:27Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.” ^23:28Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert. ^23:29Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.” ^23:30Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

^24:1When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. ^24:2Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him. ^24:3He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says; ^24:4he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open: ^24:5How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your tents, Israel! ^24:6As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which Yahweh has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters. ^24:7Water shall flow from his buckets. His seed shall be in many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. His kingdom shall be exalted. ^24:8God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows. ^24:9He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.” ^24:10Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times. ^24:11Therefore, flee to your place, now! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, Yahweh has kept you back from honor.” ^24:12Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, ^24:13‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond Yahweh’s word, to do either good or bad from my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says’? ^24:14Now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.” ^24:15He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says; ^24:16he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: ^24:17I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Sheth. ^24:18Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. ^24:19Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.” ^24:20He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction.” ^24:21He looked at the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, “Your dwelling place is strong. Your nest is set in the rock. ^24:22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.” ^24:23He took up his parable, and said, “Alas, who shall live when God does this? ^24:24But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction.” ^24:25Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

^25:1Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab; ^25:2for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods. ^25:3Israel joined himself to Baal Peor. Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel. ^25:4Yahweh said to Moses, “Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel.” ^25:5Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Everyone kill his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.” ^25:6Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting. ^25:7When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand. ^25:8He went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. ^25:9Those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. ^25:10Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^25:11“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. ^25:12Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace. ^25:13It shall be to him, and to his offspring after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.’” ^25:14Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers’ house among the Simeonites. ^25:15The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian. ^25:16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^25:17“Harass the Midianites, and strike them, ^25:18for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”

^26:1After the plague, Yahweh spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, ^26:2“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go out to war in Israel.” ^26:3Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^26:4“Take a census, from twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh commanded Moses and the children of Israel.” These are those that came out of the land of Egypt. ^26:5Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; ^26:6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. ^26:7These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were counted of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. ^26:8The sons of Pallu: Eliab. ^26:9The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they rebelled against Yahweh, ^26:10and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; at the time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign. ^26:11Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn’t die. ^26:12The sons 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; ^26:13of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. ^26:14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred. ^26:15The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; ^26:16of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; ^26:17of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. ^26:18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were counted of them, forty thousand and five hundred. ^26:19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan. Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ^26:20The sons of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. ^26:21The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ^26:22These are the families of Judah according to those who were counted of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred. ^26:23The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; ^26:24of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. ^26:25These are the families of Issachar according to those who were counted of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred. ^26:26The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. ^26:27These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were counted of them, sixty thousand five hundred. ^26:28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. ^26:29The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. ^26:30These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; ^26:31and Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; ^26:32and Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ^26:33Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ^26:34These are the families of Manasseh. Those who were counted of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred. ^26:35These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. ^26:36These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. ^26:37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were counted of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. ^26:38The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; ^26:39of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. ^26:40The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. ^26:41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand six hundred. ^26:42These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. ^26:43All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were counted of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred. ^26:44The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites. ^26:45Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. ^26:46The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. ^26:47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were counted of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred. ^26:48The sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; ^26:49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. ^26:50These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were counted of them were forty-five thousand four hundred. ^26:51These are those who were counted of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty. ^26:52Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^26:53“To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. ^26:54To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. To everyone according to those who were counted of him shall his inheritance be given. ^26:55Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. ^26:56According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.” ^26:57These are those who were counted 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. ^26:58These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. ^26:59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. ^26:60To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ^26:61Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. ^26:62Those who were counted of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not counted among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. ^26:63These are those who were counted by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. ^26:64But among these there was not a man of them who were counted by Moses and Aaron the priest, who counted the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. ^26:65For Yahweh had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” There was not a man left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

^27:1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph came near. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. ^27:2They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying, ^27:3“Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against Yahweh in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin. He had no sons. ^27:4Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a possession among the brothers of our father.” ^27:5Moses brought their cause before Yahweh. ^27:6Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^27:7“The daughters of Zelophehad speak right. You shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brothers. You shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. ^27:8You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies, and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. ^27:9If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. ^27:10If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. ^27:11If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. This shall be a statute and ordinance for the children of Israel, as Yahweh commanded Moses.’” ^27:12Yahweh said to Moses, “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. ^27:13When you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered; ^27:14because in the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, to honor me as holy at the waters before their eyes.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) ^27:15Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, ^27:16“Let Yahweh, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ^27:17who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of Yahweh may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.” ^27:18Yahweh said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him. ^27:19Set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and commission him in their sight. ^27:20You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey. ^27:21He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.” ^27:22Moses did as Yahweh commanded him. He took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation. ^27:23He laid his hands on him, and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.

^28:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^28:2“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘See that you present my offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to me, in their due season.’ ^28:3You shall tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without defect, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. ^28:4You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening; ^28:5with one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. ^28:6It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ^28:7Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh in the holy place. ^28:8The other lamb you shall offer at evening. As the meal offering of the morning, and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. ^28:9“‘On the Sabbath day, you shall offer two male lambs a year old without defect, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering: ^28:10this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. ^28:11“‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; ^28:12and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; ^28:13and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ^28:14Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. ^28:15One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. ^28:16“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh’s Passover. ^28:17On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. ^28:18In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; ^28:19but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to Yahweh: two young bulls, and one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without defect; ^28:20and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil. You shall offer three tenths for a bull, and two tenths for the ram. ^28:21You shall offer one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; ^28:22and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. ^28:23You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. ^28:24In this way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. It shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. ^28:25On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. ^28:26“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to Yahweh in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work; ^28:27but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; ^28:28and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for each bull, two tenths for the one ram, ^28:29one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; ^28:30one male goat, to make atonement for you. ^28:31Besides the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, you shall offer them and their drink offerings. See that they are without defect.

^29:1“‘In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no regular work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you. ^29:2You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:3and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the ram, ^29:4and one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs; ^29:5and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you; ^29:6besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its meal offering, and the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. ^29:7“‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work; ^29:8but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; all without defect; ^29:9and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the one ram, ^29:10one tenth for every lamb of the seven lambs: ^29:11one male goat for a sin offering; besides the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and their drink offerings. ^29:12“‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. You shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days. ^29:13You shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: thirteen young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; all without defect; ^29:14and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for every bull of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each ram of the two rams, ^29:15and one tenth for every lamb of the fourteen lambs; ^29:16and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. ^29:17“‘On the second day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:18and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^29:19and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, with its meal offering and their drink offerings. ^29:20“‘On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:21and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^29:22and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. ^29:23“‘On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:24their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^29:25and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. ^29:26“‘On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:27and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^29:28and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering. ^29:29“‘On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:30and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^29:31and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and the drink offerings of it. ^29:32“‘On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:33and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance; ^29:34and one male goat for a sin offering; besides the continual burnt offering, its meal offering, and its drink offering. ^29:35“‘On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no regular work; ^29:36but you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; ^29:37their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance: ^29:38and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, with its meal offering, and its drink offering. ^29:39“‘You shall offer these to Yahweh in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.’” ^29:40Moses told the children of Israel according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses.

^30:1Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. ^30:2When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. ^30:3“Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth, ^30:4and her father hears her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father holds his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand. ^30:5But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. Yahweh will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her. ^30:6“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul, ^30:7and her husband hears it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she has bound her soul shall stand. ^30:8But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. Yahweh will forgive her. ^30:9“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her. ^30:10“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, ^30:11and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and didn’t disallow her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. ^30:12But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her. ^30:13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. ^30:14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her. He has established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. ^30:15But if he shall make them null and void after that he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.” ^30:16These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.

^31:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^31:2“Avenge the children of Israel for the Midianites. Afterward you shall be gathered to your people.” ^31:3Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to execute Yahweh’s vengeance on Midian. ^31:4Of every tribe one thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, you shall send to the war.” ^31:5So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. ^31:6Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. ^31:7They fought against Midian, as Yahweh commanded Moses. They killed every male. ^31:8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. ^31:9The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder. ^31:10All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire. ^31:11They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal. ^31:12They brought the captives, and the prey, and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. ^31:13Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went out to meet them outside of the camp. ^31:14Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war. ^31:15Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive? ^31:16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh. ^31:17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him. ^31:18But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. ^31:19“Encamp outside of the camp seven days. Whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives. ^31:20As to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood, you shall purify yourselves.” ^31:21Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who went to the battle, “This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded Moses: ^31:22however the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, ^31:23everything that may withstand the fire, you shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water for impurity. All that doesn’t withstand the fire you shall make to go through the water. ^31:24You shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. Afterward you shall come into the camp.” ^31:25Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^31:26“Count the plunder that was taken, both of man and of animal, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the congregation; ^31:27and divide the plunder into two parts: between the men skilled in war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation. ^31:28Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred; of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks. ^31:29Take it from their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for Yahweh’s wave offering. ^31:30Of the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the livestock, and give them to the Levites, who perform the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle.” ^31:31Moses and Eleazar the priest did as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^31:32Now the plunder, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep, ^31:33and seventy-two thousand head of cattle, ^31:34and sixty-one thousand donkeys, ^31:35and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of the women who had not known man by lying with him. ^31:36The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep: ^31:37and Yahweh’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five. ^31:38The cattle were thirty-six thousand; of which Yahweh’s tribute was seventy-two. ^31:39The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh’s tribute was sixty-one. ^31:40The persons were sixteen thousand; of whom Yahweh’s tribute was thirty-two persons. ^31:41Moses gave the tribute, which was Yahweh’s wave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^31:42Of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided off from the men who fought ^31:43(now the congregation’s half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep, ^31:44and thirty-six thousand head of cattle, ^31:45and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys, ^31:46and sixteen thousand persons), ^31:47even of the children of Israel’s half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animal, and gave them to the Levites, who performed the duty of Yahweh’s tabernacle; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ^31:48The officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses. ^31:49They said to Moses, “Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war who are under our command, and there lacks not one man of us. ^31:50We have brought Yahweh’s offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.” ^31:51Moses and Eleazar the priest took their gold, even all worked jewels. ^31:52All the gold of the wave offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels. ^31:53The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. ^31:54Moses 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 Yahweh.

^32:1Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock. When they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that behold, the place was a place for livestock; ^32:2the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, ^32:3“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, ^32:4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.” ^32:5They said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Don’t bring us over the Jordan.” ^32:6Moses said to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, “Shall your brothers go to the war, and shall you sit here? ^32:7Why do you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which Yahweh has given them? ^32:8Your fathers did so when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. ^32:9For when they went up to 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 Yahweh had given them. ^32:10Yahweh’s anger burned in that day, and he swore, saying, ^32:11‘Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me, ^32:12except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; because they have followed Yahweh completely.’ ^32:13Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he made them wander back and forth in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, who had done evil in Yahweh’s sight, was consumed. ^32:14“Behold, you have risen up in your fathers’ place, an increase of sinful men, to increase the fierce anger of Yahweh toward Israel. ^32:15For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you will destroy all these people.” ^32:16They came near to him, and said, “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones; ^32:17but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. ^32:18We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have each inherited their inheritance. ^32:19For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan, and forward; because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan eastward.” ^32:20Moses said to them, “If you will do this thing, if you will arm yourselves to go before Yahweh to the war, ^32:21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Yahweh, until he has driven out his enemies from before him, ^32:22and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Yahweh. ^32:23“But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against Yahweh; and be sure your sin will find you out. ^32:24Build cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth.” ^32:25The children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, “Your servants will do as my lord commands. ^32:26Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock, shall be there in the cities of Gilead; ^32:27but your servants will pass over, every man who is armed for war, before Yahweh to battle, as my lord says.” ^32:28So Moses commanded concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers’ households of the tribes of the children of Israel. ^32:29Moses said to them, “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man who is armed to battle, before Yahweh, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession; ^32:30but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.” ^32:31The children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so will we do. ^32:32We will pass over armed before Yahweh into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.” ^32:33Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to 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 its cities and borders, even the cities of the surrounding land. ^32:34The children of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, ^32:35Atrothshophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ^32:36Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep. ^32:37The children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ^32:38Nebo, and Baal Meon, (their names being changed), and Sibmah. They gave other names to the cities which they built. ^32:39The children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were therein. ^32:40Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he lived therein. ^32:41Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its villages, and called them Havvoth Jair. ^32:42Nobah went and took Kenath, and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

^33:1These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. ^33:2Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Yahweh. These are their journeys according to their goings out. ^33:3They traveled from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover, the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians, ^33:4while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them. Yahweh also executed judgments on their gods. ^33:5The children of Israel traveled from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth. ^33:6They traveled from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. ^33:7They traveled from Etham, and turned back to Pihahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon: and they encamped before Migdol. ^33:8They traveled from before Hahiroth, and crossed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness. They went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah. ^33:9They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim. In Elim, there were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there. ^33:10They traveled from Elim, and encamped by the Red Sea. ^33:11They traveled from the Red Sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. ^33:12They traveled from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. ^33:13They traveled from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. ^33:14They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. ^33:15They traveled from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai. ^33:16They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah. ^33:17They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah, and encamped in Hazeroth. ^33:18They traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah. ^33:19They traveled from Rithmah, and encamped in Rimmon Perez. ^33:20They traveled from Rimmon Perez, and encamped in Libnah. ^33:21They traveled from Libnah, and encamped in Rissah. ^33:22They traveled from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah. ^33:23They traveled from Kehelathah, and encamped in Mount Shepher. ^33:24They traveled from Mount Shepher, and encamped in Haradah. ^33:25They traveled from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth. ^33:26They traveled from Makheloth, and encamped in Tahath. ^33:27They traveled from Tahath, and encamped in Terah. ^33:28They traveled from Terah, and encamped in Mithkah. ^33:29They traveled from Mithkah, and encamped in Hashmonah. ^33:30They traveled from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth. ^33:31They traveled from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene Jaakan. ^33:32They traveled from Bene Jaakan, and encamped in Hor Haggidgad. ^33:33They traveled from Hor Haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah. ^33:34They traveled from Jotbathah, and encamped in Abronah. ^33:35They traveled from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion Geber. ^33:36They traveled from Ezion Geber, and encamped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. ^33:37They traveled from Kadesh, and encamped in Mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. ^33:38Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. ^33:39Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor. ^33:40The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. ^33:41They traveled from Mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah. ^33:42They traveled from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon. ^33:43They traveled from Punon, and encamped in Oboth. ^33:44They traveled from Oboth, and encamped in Iye Abarim, in the border of Moab. ^33:45They traveled from Iyim, and encamped in Dibon Gad. ^33:46They traveled from Dibon Gad, and encamped in Almon Diblathaim. ^33:47They traveled from Almon Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. ^33:48They traveled from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. ^33:49They encamped by the Jordan, from Beth Jeshimoth even to Abel Shittim in the plains of Moab. ^33:50Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^33:51Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, “When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ^33:52then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their stone idols, destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places. ^33:53You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it. ^33:54You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. ^33:55“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell. ^33:56It shall happen that as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you.”

^34:1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^34:2“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you come into the land of Canaan (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders), ^34:3then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. ^34:4Your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and it shall pass southward of Kadesh Barnea; and it shall go from there to Hazar Addar, and pass along to Azmon. ^34:5The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea. ^34:6“‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border. ^34:7“‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor. ^34:8From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad. ^34:9Then the border shall go to Ziphron, and it shall end at Hazar Enan. This shall be your north border. ^34:10“‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham. ^34:11The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward. ^34:12The border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’” ^34:13Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, “This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half-tribe; ^34:14for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance. ^34:15The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrise.” ^34:16Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^34:17“These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. ^34:18You shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. ^34:19These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ^34:20Of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. ^34:21Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. ^34:22Of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. ^34:23Of the children of Joseph: of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod. ^34:24Of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. ^34:25Of the tribe of the children of Zebulun a prince, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. ^34:26Of the tribe of the children of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. ^34:27Of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. ^34:28Of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.” ^34:29These are they whom Yahweh commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

^35:1Yahweh spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, ^35:2“Command the children of Israel to give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in. You shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites. ^35:3They shall have the cities to dwell in. Their suburbs shall be for their livestock, and for their possessions, and for all their animals. ^35:4“The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits around it. ^35:5You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall be the suburbs of their cities. ^35:6“The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the man slayer to flee to. Besides them you shall give forty-two cities. ^35:7All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities together with their suburbs. ^35:8Concerning the cities which you shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many you shall take many; and from the few you shall take few. Everyone according to his inheritance which he inherits shall give some of his cities to the Levites.” ^35:9Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ^35:10“Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, ^35:11then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. ^35:12The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the man slayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment. ^35:13The cities which you shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. ^35:14You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan. They shall be cities of refuge. ^35:15For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. ^35:16“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. ^35:17If he struck him with a stone in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. ^35:18Or if he struck him with a weapon of wood in the hand, by which a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. ^35:19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death. When he meets him, he shall put him to death. ^35:20If he shoved him out of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, ^35:21or in hostility struck him with his hand, so that he died, he who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meets him. ^35:22“‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait, ^35:23or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; ^35:24then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. ^35:25The congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he had fled. He shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. ^35:26“‘But if the man slayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees, ^35:27and the avenger of blood finds him outside of the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the man slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, ^35:28because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the man slayer shall return into the land of his possession. ^35:29“‘These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. ^35:30“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. ^35:31“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. ^35:32“‘You shall take no ransom for him who is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. ^35:33“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it. ^35:34You shall not defile the land which you inhabit, in the middle of which I dwell; for I, Yahweh, dwell in the middle of the children of Israel.’”