Numbers 31-36
1599 Geneva Bible
31 8 Five Kings of Midian and Balaam are slain. 18 Only the maids are reserved alive. 27 The prey is equally divided. 50 A present given of Israel.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 (A)Revenge the children of Israel of the Midianites, and afterward shalt thou be (B)gathered unto thy people.
3 And Moses spake to the people, saying, Harness some of you unto war, and let them go against Midian, to execute the vengeance of the Lord [a]against Midian.
4 A thousand of every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel shall ye send to the war.
5 So there were taken out of the thousands of Israel, twelve thousand prepared unto war, of every tribe a thousand.
6 And Moses sent them to the war, even a thousand of every tribe, and sent them with [b]Phinehas the son of Eleazar the Priest to the war: and the holy instruments, that is, the trumpets to blow were in his hand.
7 And they warred against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and slew all the males.
8 They slew also the kings of Midian among them that were slain: (C)Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian, and they slew [c]Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
9 But the children of Israel took the women of Midian prisoners, and their children, and spoiled all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10 And they burnt all their cities, wherein they dwelt, and all their [d]villages with fire.
11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey both of men and beasts.
12 And they brought the [e]captives and that which they had taken, and the spoil unto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and unto the Congregation of the children of Israel, into the camp in the plain of Moab, which was by Jordan toward Jericho.
13 ¶ Then Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and all the princes of the Congregation went out of the camp to meet them.
14 And Moses was angry with the captains of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the war and battle.
15 And Moses said unto them, What? have ye saved all the [f]women?
16 Behold, (D)these caused the children of Israel through the (E)counsel of Balaam to commit a trespass against the Lord, [g]as concerning Peor, and there came a plague among the Congregation of the Lord.
17 Now therefore, (F)slay all the males among the [h]children, and kill all the women that have known man by carnal copulation.
18 But all the women-children that have not known carnal copulation, keep alive for yourselves.
19 And ye shall remain without the host seven days, all that have killed any person, (G)and all that have touched any dead, and purify both yourselves and your prisoners the third day and the seventh.
20 Also ye shall purify every garment and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats’ hair, and all things made of wood.
21 ¶ And Eleazar the Priest said unto the men of war, which went to the battle, This is the ordinance [i]of the law which the Lord (H)commanded Moses.
22 As for gold, and silver, brass, iron, tin, and lead:
23 Even all that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: yet, it shall be [j]purified with (I)the water of purification: and all that suffereth not the fire, ye shall cause to pass by the [k]water.
24 Ye shall wash also your clothes the seventh day, and ye shall be clean: and afterward ye shall come into the host.
25 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of persons and of cattle, thou and Eleazar the Priest, and the chief fathers of the Congregation.
27 And divide the prey [l]between the soldiers that went to the war, and all the Congregation.
28 And thou shalt take a tribute unto the Lord of the [m]men of war, which went out to battle: one person of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep.
29 Ye shall take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the Priest, as an heave offering of the Lord.
30 But of the half of the children of Israel thou shalt take [n]one, taken out of fifty, both of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the sheep, even of all the cattle, and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, which have the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord.
31 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest did as the Lord had commanded Moses.
32 And the booty, to wit, the rest of the prey which the men of war had spoiled, was six hundred seventy and five thousand sheep,
33 And seventy and two thousand beeves,
34 And threescore and one thousand asses,
35 And two and thirty thousand persons in all, of women that had [o]lain by no man.
36 And the half, to wit, the part of them that went out to war, touching the number of sheep, was three hundred seven and thirty thousand, and five hundred.
37 And the [p]Lord’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy and five.
38 And the beeves were six and thirty thousand, whereof the Lord’s tribute was seventy and two.
39 And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred, whereof the Lord’s tribute was threescore and one:
40 And [q]of persons sixteen thousand, whereof the Lord’s tribute was two and thirty persons.
41 And Moses gave the tribute of the Lord’s offering unto Eleazar the Priest, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
42 And of the [r]half of the children of Israel, which Moses divided from the men of war,
43 (For the half that pertained unto the congregation, was three hundred thirty and seven thousand sheep and five hundred,
44 And six and thirty thousand beeves,
45 And thirty thousand asses, and five hundred,
46 And sixteen thousand persons.)
47 Moses, I say, took of the half that pertained unto the [s]children of Israel, one taken out of fifty, both of the persons, and of the cattle, and gave them unto the Levites, which have the charge of the Tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
48 ¶ Then the captains which were over thousands of the host, the captains over the thousands, and the captains over the hundreds came unto Moses:
49 And said to Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under [t]our authority, and there lacketh not one man of us.
50 [u]We have therefore brought a present unto the Lord, what every man found of Jewels of gold, bracelets, and chains, rings, earrings, and ornaments of the legs, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord.
51 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold of them, and all wrought jewels,
52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord (of the captains over thousands and hundreds) was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.
53 (For the men of war had spoiled, every man for [v]himself.)
54 And Moses and Eleazar the Priest took the gold of the captains over the thousands, and over the hundreds, and brought it into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, for a [w]memorial of the children of Israel before the Lord.
32 2 The request of the Reubenites and Gadites, 16 and their promise unto Moses. 20 Moses granteth their request. 33 The Gadites, Reubenites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, conquer and build cities on this side Jordan.
1 Now the children of [x]Reuben, and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattle: and they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of [y]Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattle.
2 Then the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben came, and spake unto Moses and to Eleazar the Priest, and unto the Princes of the Congregation, saying,
3 The land of Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
4 Which country the Lord smote before the Congregation of Israel; is a land meet for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
5 Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
6 And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and ye tarry here?
7 Wherefore now [z]discourage you the heart of the children of Israel to go over into the land, which the Lord hath given them?
8 Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land.
9 For (J)when they went up even unto the [aa]river of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they would not go into the land, which the Lord had given them.
10 And the Lord’s wrath was kindled the same day, and he did swear, saying,
11 [ab]None of the men that came out of Egypt, (K)from twenty years old and above, shall see the land for the which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not [ac]wholly followed me:
12 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have constantly followed the Lord.
13 And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and made [them] wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done [ad]evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed.
14 And behold, ye are risen up in your father’s stead as an increase of sinful men still to augment the fierce wrath of the Lord toward Israel.
15 For if ye turn away from following him, he will yet again leave the people in the wilderness, and [ae]ye shall destroy all this folk.
16 And they went near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our sheep, and for our cattle, and cities for our children.
17 But we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their [af]place: but our children shall dwell in the defensed cities, because of the inhabitants of the land.
18 We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited, every man his inheritance.
19 Neither will we inherit with them beyond Jordan and on that side, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan Eastward.
20 ¶ (L)And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, and go [ag]armed before the Lord to war:
21 And will go every one of you in harness over Jordan before the Lord, until he have cast out his [ah]enemies from his sight:
22 And until the land be subdued before the Lord, then ye shall return and be innocent toward the Lord, and toward Israel: and this land shall be your possession [ai]before the Lord.
23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord, and be sure, that your sin [aj]will find you out.
24 Build you then cities for your children, and folds for your sheep, and do that ye have spoken.
25 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth:
26 Our children, our wives, our sheep, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead,
27 But (M)thy servants will go every one armed to war before the Lord for to fight, as my lord saith.
28 So concerning them, Moses [ak]commanded Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.
29 And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will go with you over Jordan, all armed to fight before the Lord, then when the land is subdued before you, ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession:
30 But if they will not go over with you armed, then they shall have their possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the [al]Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.
32 We will go armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan: that the possession of our inheritance may be to us on this side Jordan.
33 (N)So Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the [am]Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof and coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
34 ¶ Then the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer,
35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah,
36 And Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran, defensed cities: also sheepfolds.
37 And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim,
38 And Nebo, and Baal Meon, and turned their names, and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they built.
39 And the children (O)of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and put out the Amorites that dwelt therein.
40 Then Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt therein.
41 (P)And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them [an]Havoth Jair.
42 Also Nobah went and took Kenath, with the villages thereof, and called it Nobah after his own name.
33 8 Two and forty journeys of Israel are numbered. 52 They are commanded to kill the Canaanites.
1 These are the [ao]journeys of the children of Israel, which went out of the land of Egypt, according to their bands under the hand of Moses and Aaron.
2 And Moses wrote their going out by their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord: so these are the journeys of their going out.
3 Now they (Q)departed from Rameses the first month, even the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow after the Passover: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.
4 (For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their [ap]gods also the Lord did execution.)
5 And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
6 And they departed from (R)Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
7 And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto [aq]Pi Hahiroth, which is before Baal Zephon, and pitched before Migdol.
8 And they departed from before Hahiroth, and (S)went through the midst of the Sea into the wilderness, and went three days’ journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.
9 And they removed from Marah, and came unto (T)Elim, and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and seventy palm trees, and they pitched there.
10 And they removed from Elim, and camped by the red sea.
11 And they removed from the red Sea, and lay in the (U)wilderness of Sin.
12 And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and set up their tents in Dophkah.
13 And they departed from Dophkah, and lay in Alush.
14 And they removed from Alush, and lay in (V)Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
15 And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the (W)wilderness of Sinai.
16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched in (X)Kibroth Hattaavah.
17 And they departed from Kibroth Hattaavah, and lay at (Y)Hazeroth.
18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
19 And they departed from (Z)Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon Perez.
20 And they departed from Rimmon Perez, and pitched in Libnah.
21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah.
22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shepher.
24 And they removed from mount Shepher, and lay in Haradah.
25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
26 And they removed from Makheloth, and lay in Tahath.
27 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched in Terah.
28 And they removed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah.
29 And they went from Mithkah, and pitched in Hashmonah.
30 And they departed from Hashmonah, and lay in Moseroth.
31 And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene Jaakan.
32 And they removed from Bene Jaakan, and lay in Hor Hagidgad.
33 And they went from Hor Hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
34 And they removed from Jotbathah, and lay in Abronah.
35 And they departed from Abronah, and lay in Ezion Geber.
36 And they removed from Ezion Geber, and pitched in the (AA)wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
37 And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.
38 ((AB)And Aaron the Priest went up into mount Hor, at the commandment of the Lord and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the [ar]fifth month.
39 And Aaron was an hundred and three and twenty years old, when he died in mount Hor.)
40 And (AC)King Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the South of the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.
41 And they departed from mount (AD)Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.
43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
44 (AE)And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije Abarim, in the borders of Moab.
45 And they departed from Ijim, and pitched in Dibon Gad.
46 And they removed from Dibon Gad, and lay in Almon Diblathaim.
47 And they removed from Almon Diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo.
48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the [as]plain of Moab by Jordan toward Jericho.
49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth unto (AF)Abel Shittim, in the plain of Moab.
50 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plain of Moab, by Jordan toward Jericho, saying,
51 ¶ Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, (AG)When ye are come over Jordan to enter into the land of Canaan,
52 Ye shall then drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you, and destroy all their [at]pictures, and break asunder all their images of metal, and pluck down all their high places,
53 And ye shall possess the land and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.
54 And ye shall inherit the land by lot, according to your families: (AH)to the more ye shall give more inheritance, and to the fewer the less inheritance. Where the lot shall fall to any man, that shall be his: according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit.
55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those which ye let remain of them, shall be (AI)[au]pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
56 Moreover, it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
34 3 The coasts and borders of the land of Canaan. 17 Certain men are assigned to divide the land.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, this is the [av]land that shall fall unto your inheritance: that is, the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof.
3 (AJ)And your South quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin to the borders of Edom: so that your South quarter shall be from the salt Sea coast Eastward
4 And the border shall compass you from the South to [aw]Maaleh Akrabbim, and reach to Zin, and go out from the South to Kadesh Barnea: thence it shall stretch to Hazar Addar, and go along to Azmon.
5 And the border shall compass from Azmon unto the [ax]river of Egypt, and shall go out to the sea.
6 And your West quarter shall be [ay]the great sea: even that border shall be your West coast.
7 And this shall be your North quarter, ye shall mark out your border from the great sea unto mount [az]Hor.
8 From mount Hor ye shall point out till it come unto Hamath, and the end of the coast shall be at Zedad.
9 And the coast shall reach out to Ziphron, and go out at Hazar Enan, this shall be your North quarter.
10 And ye shall mark out your East quarter from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, and from the East side of Ain: and the same border shall descend and go out at the side of the sea of [ba]Chinnereth Eastward.
12 Also that border shall go down to Jordan, and leave at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
13 ¶ Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto nine tribes, and half the tribe.
14 (AK)For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the households of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to their fathers’ households, and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance.
15 Two tribes and an half tribe have received their inheritance on this side of Jordan toward Jericho full East.
16 ¶ Again the Lord spake to Moses, saying,
17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: (AL)Eleazar the Priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
18 And ye shall take also a [bb]prince of every tribe to divide the land.
19 The names also of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
20 And of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
22 Also of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince Bukki, the son of Jogli.
23 Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel the son of Ephod.
24 And of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.
25 Of the tribe also of the sons of Zebulun, the prince Elizaphan, the son of Parnach.
26 So of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince Paltiel, the son of Azzan.
27 Of the tribe also of the sons of Asher, the prince Ahihud, the son of Shelomi.
28 And of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.
29 These are they, whom the Lord commanded to [bc]divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel, in the land of Canaan.
35 2 Unto the Levites are given cities and suburbs. 11 The cities of refuge. 16 The law of murder. 30 For one man’s witness shall no man be condemned.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plain of Moab by Jordan, toward Jericho, saying,
2 (AM)Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the [bd]Levites of the inheritance of their possession, [be]cities to dwell in: ye shall give also unto the Levites the suburbs of the cities round about them.
3 So they shall have the cities to dwell in, and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.
4 And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, from the wall of the city outward shall be a thousand cubits round about.
5 And ye shall measure without the city of the East side, [bf]two thousand cubits: and of the South side, two thousand cubits: and of the West side, two thousand cubits: and of the North side, two thousand cubits: and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be the measure of the suburbs of their cities.
6 And of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, (AN)there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint, that he which killeth, may flee thither: and to them ye shall add two and forty cities more.
7 All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall be eight and forty cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs.
8 And concerning the cities which ye shall give, of the possession of the children of Israel: of many ye shall take more, and of few ye shall take less: everyone shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to his inheritance, which he inheriteth.
9 ¶ And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
10 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, (AO)When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan,
11 Ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer, which slayeth any person unawares, may flee thither.
12 And these cities shall be for you a refuge from thy [bg]avenger, that he which killeth, die not, until he stand before the Congregation in judgment.
13 And of the cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge.
14 Ye shall appoint three [bh]on this side Jordan, and ye shall appoint three cities in the land of (AP)Canaan which shall be cities of refuge.
15 These six cities shall be a refuge for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for him that dwelleth [bi]among you, that everyone which killeth any person unawares, may flee thither.
16 (AQ)And if one [bj]smite another with an instrument of iron that he die, he is a murderer, and the murderer shall die the death.
17 Also if he smite him by casting a [bk]stone, wherewith he may be slain, and he die, he is a murderer, and the murderer shall die the death.
18 Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slain, if he die, he is a murderer, and the murderer shall die the death.
19 The revenger of the blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
20 But if he thrust him (AR)of hate, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die,
21 Or smite him through enmity with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shall die the death: for he is a murderer: the revenger of the blood shall slay the murderer when he meeteth him.
22 But if he pushed him [bl]unadvisedly, and (AS)not of hatred, or cast upon him [bm]anything, without laying of wait,
23 Or any stone (whereby he might be slain), and saw him not, or caused it to fall upon him, and he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought him any harm,
24 Then the Congregation shall judge between the slayer and the [bn]avenger of blood according to these laws.
25 And the Congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the Congregation shall restore him unto the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide there unto the death of the [bo]high Priest, which is anointed with the holy oil.
26 But if the slayer come without the borders of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled,
27 And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood slay the [bp]murderer, he shall be guiltless,
28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge, until the death of the high Priest: and after the death of the high Priest, the slayer shall return unto the land of his possession.
29 So these things shall be a [bq]law of judgment unto you, throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30 Whosoever killeth any person, the Judge shall slay the murderer, through (AT)witnesses: but (AU)one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.
31 Moreover ye shall take no recompense for the life of the murderer, which is [br]worthy to die: but he shall be put to death.
32 Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again, and dwell in the land, before the death of the high Priest.
33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye shall dwell: for [bs]blood defileth the land: and the land cannot be [bt]cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34 Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, for I dwell in the midst thereof: For I the Lord dwell among the children of Israel.
36 6 An order for the marriage of the daughters of Zelophehad.
1 Then [bu]the chief fathers of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel,
2 And said, (AV)The Lord commanded [bv]my lord to give the land to inherit by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord, to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
3 If they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shall be: so shall it be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.
4 Also when the [bw]Jubilee of the children of Israel cometh, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereof they shall be: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
5 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph have said [bx]well.
6 This is the thing that the Lord hath commanded, concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, They shall be wives, to whom they think best, only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry:
7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe, for every one of the children of Israel shall join himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
8 And every daughter that possesseth any [by]inheritance of the tribes of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father: that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of their fathers.
9 Neither shall the inheritance go about from tribe to tribe: but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall stick to his own inheritance.
10 As the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad.
11 For (AW)Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah the daughters of Zelophehad were married unto their father’s brother’s sons,
12 They were wives to certain of the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph: so their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
13 These are the [bz]commandments and laws which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, unto the children of Israel in the plain of Moab, by Jordan toward Jericho.
Footnotes
- Numbers 31:3 As he had commanded, Num. 25:17, declaring also that the injury done against his people is done against him.
- Numbers 31:6 For his great zeal that he bare to the Lord, Num. 25:13.
- Numbers 31:8 The false prophet who gave counsel how to cause the Israelites to offend their God.
- Numbers 31:10 Or, palaces and gorgeous buildings.
- Numbers 31:12 As the women and little children.
- Numbers 31:15 As though he said, ye ought to have spared none.
- Numbers 31:16 For worshipping of Peor.
- Numbers 31:17 That is, all the men-children.
- Numbers 31:21 Or, contained in the law.
- Numbers 31:23 The third day and before it be molten.
- Numbers 31:23 It shall be washed.
- Numbers 31:27 The prey is first divided equally among all.
- Numbers 31:28 Of the prey that falleth to the soldiers.
- Numbers 31:30 The Israelites which had not been at war, of every fiftieth paid one to the Lord: and the soldiers one of every five hundredth.
- Numbers 31:35 Hebrew, not known the bed of man.
- Numbers 31:37 This is the portion that the soldiers gave to the Lord.
- Numbers 31:40 Meaning, of the maids, or virgins which had not companied with man.
- Numbers 31:42 Of that part which was given unto them in dividing the spoil.
- Numbers 31:47 Which had not been at war.
- Numbers 31:49 Hebrew, under our hands.
- Numbers 31:50 The captains by the free offering acknowledge the great benefit of God in preserving his people.
- Numbers 31:53 And gave no portion to their captains.
- Numbers 31:54 That the Lord might remember the children of Israel.
- Numbers 32:1 Reuben came of Leah, and Gad of Zilpah her handmaid.
- Numbers 32:1 Which mountain was so named of the heap of stones that Jacob made as a sign of the covenant between him and Laban, Gen. 31:47.
- Numbers 32:7 Hebrew, break.
- Numbers 32:9 Or, valley.
- Numbers 32:11 Hebrew, if any of the men.
- Numbers 32:11 Or, persevered and continued.
- Numbers 32:13 Because they murmured, neither would believe their report, which told the truth as concerning the land.
- Numbers 32:15 By your occasion.
- Numbers 32:17 In the land of Canaan.
- Numbers 32:20 Before the Ark of the Lord.
- Numbers 32:21 That is, the inhabitants of the land.
- Numbers 32:22 The Lord will grant you this land which ye require, Josh. 1:15.
- Numbers 32:23 Ye shall assuredly be punished for your sin.
- Numbers 32:28 Moses gave charge that his promise made to the Reubenites, and others, should be performed after his death, so that they brake not theirs.
- Numbers 32:31 This is attributed to the Lord, which his messenger speaketh.
- Numbers 32:33 The Amorites dwelled on both sides of Jordan: but here he maketh mention of them that dwelt on this side: and Josh. 10:12, he speaketh of them that inhabited beyond Jordan.
- Numbers 32:41 That is, the villages of Jair.
- Numbers 33:1 From whence they departed, and whither they came.
- Numbers 33:4 Either meaning their idols, or their men of authority.
- Numbers 33:7 At the commandment of the Lord, Exod. 14:2.
- Numbers 33:38 Which the Hebrews call Ab, and answereth to part of July and part of August.
- Numbers 33:48 Or, field.
- Numbers 33:52 Which were set up in their high places to worship.
- Numbers 33:55 Or, knives.
- Numbers 34:2 Meaning, the description of the land.
- Numbers 34:4 Or, ascending up of scorpions.
- Numbers 34:5 Which was Nilus, or as some think, Rhinocotura.
- Numbers 34:6 Which is called Mediterranean.
- Numbers 34:7 Which is a mountain near Tyre and Sidon, and not that Hor in the wilderness where Aaron died.
- Numbers 34:11 Which in the Gospel is called the lake of Gennesaret.
- Numbers 34:18 One of the heads or chief men of every tribe.
- Numbers 34:29 And be judges over every piece of ground that should fall to any by lot, to the intent that all things might be done orderly and without contention.
- Numbers 35:2 Because they had no inheritance assigned them in the land of Canaan.
- Numbers 35:2 God would have them scattered through all the land, because the people might be preserved by them in the obedience of God and his Law.
- Numbers 35:5 So that in all were three thousand, and in the compass of these two thousand, they might plant and sow.
- Numbers 35:12 Meaning, from the next of the kindred, who ought to pursue the cause.
- Numbers 35:14 Among the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, Deut. 4:41.
- Numbers 35:15 Hebrew, among them.
- Numbers 35:16 Wittingly, and willingly.
- Numbers 35:17 That is, with a big and dangerous stone: in Hebrew, with a stone of his hand.
- Numbers 35:22 Or, suddenly.
- Numbers 35:22 Hebrew, instrument.
- Numbers 35:24 That is, his next kinsman.
- Numbers 35:25 Under this figure is declared, that our sins could not be remitted, but by the death of the high Priest Jesus Christ.
- Numbers 35:27 By the sentence of the Judge.
- Numbers 35:29 A law to judge murders done either of purpose, or unadvisedly.
- Numbers 35:31 Which purposely hath committed murder.
- Numbers 35:33 Or, murder.
- Numbers 35:33 So God is mindful of the blood wrongfully shed, that he maketh his dumb creatures to demand vengeance thereof.
- Numbers 36:1 It seemeth that the tribes contended who might marry these daughters to have their inheritance: and therefore the sons of Joseph proposed the matter to Moses.
- Numbers 36:2 Meaning, Moses.
- Numbers 36:4 Signifying that at no time it could return, for in the Jubilee all things returned to their own tribes.
- Numbers 36:5 For the tribe could not have continued, if the inheritance which was the maintenance thereof should have been alienated to others.
- Numbers 36:8 When there is no male to inherit.
- Numbers 36:13 Touching the ceremonial and judicial laws.
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