NUMBERS thee unto very great honour, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.' 18And Balaam an- swered and said unto the servants of Balak: 'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do any thing, small or great. 19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak unto me more.^ 20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him: ^If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.' 21And Ba- laam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. 22And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself hi the way for an adversary against him.-1- Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.. — ^And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way', and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. ^Then, the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side. 25And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall; and he smote her again. ^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. ^And the ass saw the angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff. ^And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam: 'What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?' 29And Balaam said unto the ass: 'Because thou hast mocked ma; I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.' 30And the ass said unto Balaam: 'Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy fife long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?' And he said: 'Nay.' 31Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw 'the angel 'of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. ^And the angel of the LORD said unto him: 'Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is contrary unto me; ^and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive/ ^And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back.' ^And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam: 'Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.' So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto Ir-moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border. 37And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore earnest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to hon- our?' 88And Balaam said unto NUMBERS *Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.' 39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. 40And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. ^And it, came to pass in the morning that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people. OO And Balaam said unto Balak: ^^ 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.' 2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bul- lock and a ram. 3And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt- offering, and I will go; peradventure the LOKD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He showeth me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. 4And God met Balaam; and he said unto Him: 'I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar/ 5And the LOKD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said: ' Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.' 6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7And he took up his parable, and said: From Aram Balak bringeth me, The king of Moab from the moun- tains of the East: 'Come, curse me Jacob, And come, execrate Israel ' 8How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I execrate, whom the LORD hath not execrated? 9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that shall dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
10Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, Or numbered the stock of Israel?
Let me die the death of the right- eous, And let mine end be like his! uAnd Balak said unto Balaam: ' What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether ' l2And he answered and said: 'Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD putteth in my mouth?' 13And 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, ancl shalt not see them all; and curse me* them from thence.' 14And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar 16And he said unto Balak: 'Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I toward a meeting yonder.' 16And e LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said: 'Re- turn unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.' 17And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him: 'What hath the LORD spoken?' l8And he took up bis parable, and said: Arise, Balak, and hear; Give ear unto me, thou son of Zippor: 19God is not a man, that He should lie; Neither the son of man, that He should repent: NUMBERS 24 When He hath said, will He not doit? Or when He hath spoken, will He not make it good? 20Behold, I am bidden to bless; And when He hath blessed, I can- not call it back.
21None hath beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath one seen perverseness in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shouting for the King is among them. ^God who brought them forth out of Egypt Is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox. ^For there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel; Now is it said of Jacob and of Israel* 'What hath God wrought!' ^Behold a people that riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up; He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slam. KAnd Balak said unto Balaam- 'Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.' ^But Balaam answered and said unto Balak: 'Told not I thee, saying: All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?' 27And Balak said unto Balaam 'Come now, I will take thee unto another place; per- adventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.' 28And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert. S9And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams/ 30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.
OJ. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling tribe by tribe; and the spirit of God came upon him. 3And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, And the saying of the man whose eye is opened; 4The saying of him who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Al- mighty, Fallen down, yet with opened eyes: 8How goodly are thy tents, 0 Jacob, Thy dwellings, 0 Israel! * 6As valleys stretched out, As gardens by the river-side; As aloes planted of the LORD, As cedars beside the waters; ^ater shall flow from his branches, And his seed shall be in many waters; And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. 8God who brought him forth out of Egypt Is for him like the lofty horns of the wild-ox; He shall eat up the nations that are his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And pierce them through with hisarrows.
9He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that cur&- eth thee.
NUMBERS 10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam: 'I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast al- together blessed them these three times. nTherefore now flee thou to thy place; I thought to promote thee anto great honour; but, lo, the LORD nath kept thee back from honour.7 -2And Balaam said unto Balak: ' Spoke 1 not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me, saying: 13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaketh, that will I speak? 14And now, behold, I go unto my people; come, and I will announce to thee what this people shall do to thy people in the end of days/ 15And he took up his parable, and said: The saying of Balaam the son of Beor, And the saying of the man whose eye is opened; 16The saying of him who heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Al- mighty, Fallen down, yet with opened eyes: 17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; There shall step forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of Seth.
18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; While Israel doeth valiantly. 19And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.
20 And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said: Amalek was the first of the nations; But his end shall come to destruc- tion.
21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy dwelling-place. And though thy nest be set in the rock; ^Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said: Alas, who shall live after God hath appointed him?
^But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, And he also shall come to destruc- tion.
25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to com- mit harlotry with the daughters of Moab. 2And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. 3And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of NUMBERS NUMBERS the people, and hang them up unto the LORD in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel/ 5And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: 'Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto the Baal of Peor/ 6And, 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, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. 7And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the con- gregation, and took a spear in his hand. 8And he went after the man of Israel into the chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
onru onru 10And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: uf Phinehas, the son of Ele- azar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My wrath away from the chil- dren of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy. ^Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My covenant of peace; 13and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel/ 14Now the name of the man of Israel that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites.
15And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
16And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17* Harass the Midianites, and smite them; 18for they harass you, by their wiles wherewith they have beguiled you hi the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daugh- ter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague hi the matter of Peor/ 19 And it came to pass after the pl&gue, Hhat the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying: 2<Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their f athers* houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel/ 3And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying: 4'[Take the sum of the people,] from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt/ 6Reuben, the first-born of Israel* the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; 6of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7These are the families of the Reubenites; and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8And the sons of Pallu: Eliab, 9And the sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, the elect of the congre- gation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD; 10and the earth opened her NUMBERS NUMBERS mouth, and swallowed them up to- gether with Korah, when that com- pany died; what tune the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign. "Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not.
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; ^of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
15The sons of Gad after their fam- ilies: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; 16of Qzni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; 17of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areh, the family of the Arelites. 18These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
19The sons of Judah: Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. 20And the 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. 21And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. ^These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
^The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; ^f Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, three* score and four thousand and three hundred.
^The 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 JahleeKtes. 27These are the families of the, Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of theniy three- score thousand and five hundred.
28The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. 29The sons of Manasseh' of Machir, the family of the Machintes — and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. 30These are the sons of Gilead: of lezer, the family of the lezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; 31and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; 32and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. ^And Zelophehad 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. 34These are the families of Manasseh; and they that were numbered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. 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. ^And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. 37These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
NUMBERS NUMBERS 38The sons of Benjamin after their families: 'of Bcla, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; 39of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Hupham- ites. 40And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; [of Ard,] the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. 41These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.
^These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. 43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred.
^The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishyi, the family of the Ishyites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. ^Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Mal- chielites. ^And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. 47These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
48The sons of Naphtali after their families1: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; 49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. 60These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.
51These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
62And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: ^'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance accord- ing to the number of names. ^To the more thou shalt give the more in- heritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given. ^Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. ^According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.'
67And 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. ^These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebron- ites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram. 69And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore unto Ann ram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. 62And they that were numbered of them were twenty and three thou- sand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the chilolren of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
^hese are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who NUMBERS numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 6*But among these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the children oi Israel in the wilderness of Sinai 65For the LORD had said of them 'They shall surely die in the wil- derness.' And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
O 17 Then drew near 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; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Mil- cah, and Tirzah. 2And they 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: 3'0ur father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the breth- ren of our father/ 6And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. 6And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 7'The daughters of Zelophe- had speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an in- heritance among their father's breth- ren; and thou shalt cause the in- heritance of their father to pass unto them. 8And 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. 9And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his in- heritance unto his brethren. 10And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. uAnd if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his in- heritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judg- ment, as the LORD commanded Moses ' 12 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. " 13And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered; "because ye rebelled against My commandment in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congrega- tion, to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes.' — These are the waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. — 15And Moses »ke unto the LORD, saying: 16'Let LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congrega- tion, 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 the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.' "And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit, and lay thy hand upon him; "and set him before Eleazar the priest, and Before all the congregation; and give nm a charge in their sight. 20And ;hou shalt put of thy honour upon lim, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may hearken.
he shall stand before Eleazar * ;he priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before NUMBERS the LORD; at his word shall they go put, and at Ms word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the con- gregation.' ^And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congrega- tion. ^And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses.
O Q And the LORD spoke unto Moses, ^° Saying: 2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: My food which is presented unto Me for offerings made by fire, of a sweet savour unto Me, shall ye observe to offer unto Me in its due season. 3And thou shalt say unto them: This is the offering made by fire which ye shall bring unto the LORD: he-lambs of the first year without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt- offering. 4The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other Iamb shalt thou offer at dusk; 6and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal- offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 6It is a contin- ual burnt-offering, which was offered in mount Sinai, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. 7And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb; in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto the LORD. 8And the other lamb shalt, thou present at dusk; as the meal-offering of the morn- ing, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt present it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
9And on the sabbath day two he- lambs of the first year without blem- ish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine, flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof. 10This is the burnt-offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof. m uAnd in your new moons ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish; 12and three tenth parts of an ephah of.fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram; ^and a several tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering unto every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. "And^ their drink- offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, 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 new moon throughout the months of the year. 15And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto the LORD; it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering thereof.