Sibon and Og flain.

perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them wafte even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.

314 Thus Ifrael dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

32 And Mofes fent to spie out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there.

33 And they turned and went up by the way of Bafhan and Og the king of Bafhan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battel at Edrei.

34 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thout halt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites,which dwelt at Hefhbon. 35 So they fmote him and his fons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive and they poffeffed his land.

CHAP. XXII.

Balaks first meage for Balaam is rejected; 15 His fecond obtaineth: 22 An angel would have flain him, if his af's had not faved him. 36 Balak entertaineth him.

Nd the children of Ifrael fet forward,

A and pitched in the plains of Moab, on this fide Jordan by Jericho.

24 And Balak the fon of Zippor faw all that Ifrael had done to the Amorites.

3 And Moab was fore afraid of the people, because they were many and Moab was diftreffed, becaufe of the children of Ifrael.

4 And Moab faid unto the elders of Midian, Now fhall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grafs of the field. And Balak the fan of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.

He lent meffengers therefore unto Balaam the fon of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, faying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me.

6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curfe me this people, for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I fhall prevail, that we may fmite them, and that I may drive them out of the land for I wot that he whom thou bleffeft, bleffed, and he whom thou curfeft, is curfed.

7 And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Midian departed,with the rewards of divina tion in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and ipake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he faid unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again as the LORD fhall fpeak unto me: And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

9 And God came unto Balaam, and faid, What men are thefe with thee?

10 And Balaam faid unto God, Balak the fon of Zippor, king of Moab, hath fent unto me, faying,

11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: Come now, curfe me them; peradventure I fhall be able to overcome them, and drive

them out.

12 And God faid unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, thou shalt not curfe the people for they are blefied.

Balak fendeth for Balaam.

13 And Balaam rofe up in the morning, and faid unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refufeth to give me leave to go with you.

14 And the princes of Moab rofe up, and they went unto Balak, and faid, Balaam refufeth to come with us.

159 And Balak fent yet again princes, mo, and more honourable than they.

16 And they came to Balaam, and faid to him, Thus faith Balak the fon of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatfoever thou fayest unto me: Come therefore, I pray thee, curfe me this people.

18 And Balaam answered and faid unto the fervants of Balak, If Balak would give me his houfe full of filver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do lefs or more.

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye alfo here this night, that I may know what the LORD will fay unto me more.

and faid unto him, If the men come to call

20 And God came unto Balaam at night,

thee, rife up, and go with them; but yet the word which I fhall fay unto thee, that fhalt

thou do.

21 And Balaam rofe up in the morning, and faddled his afs, and went with the prin ces of Moab.

22 4 And Gods anger was kindled because he went and the angel of the LORD ftood in the way for an adversary against him: Now he was riding upon his afs, and his two fervants were with him.

23 And the afs faw the angel of the LORD ftanding in the way, and his fword drawn in his hand and the afs turned afide out of the way,and went into the field: and Balaam fimote the afs to turn her into the way.

24 But the angel of the LORD ftood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this fide, and a wall on that fide.

25 And when the afs faw the angel of the LORD, fhe thruft her felf unto the wall, and crufht Balaams foot against the wall: and he fmote her again.

26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and flood in a narrow place, where mas no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.

27 And when the afs faw the angel of the LORD, he fell down under Balaam: and Balaams anger was kindled, and he fmote the afs with a ftaff.

28 And the LORD opened the mouth of the als, and the faid unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou haft fmitten me these three times?

29 And Balaam faid unto the afs, Becaufe thou haft mocked me: I would there were a fword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

30 And the afs faid unto Balaam, Am not I thine afs, upon which thou haft ridden ever fince I was thine, unto this day? was I ever wont to do fo unto thee? And he faid, Nay.

31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he faw the angel of the LORD ftanding in the way, and his fword drawn

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Balaams afs fpcaketh.

Balaams parable.

before me.

33 And the afs faw me, and turned from me these three times: unless the had turned from me, furely now allo I had flain thee, and faved her alive.

34 And Balam faid unto the angel of the LORD, I have finned; for I knew not that thou ftoodeft in the way against me now therefore if it difpleafe thee, I will get me back again.

35 And the angel of the LORD faid unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the I word that I fhall fpeak unto thee, that thou fhalt fpeak: Sa Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

364 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a a city of Moab, which in the border of Arnon, which in the utmost coast.

37 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly fend unto thee to call thee? Wherefore cameft thou not unto me? Am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to fay any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that fhall I fpeak.

39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and fent to Balaam, and to the princes that were wwith him.

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41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might fee the utmost part of the people.." CHAP. XXIII.

8,13,28 Balaks facrifice. 7,18 Balaams parable.

10 Who can count the duft of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Ifrael? Let me die the death of the righteous, and fet my laft end be like his.

11 And Balak faid unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curfe mine enemies, and behold thou haft bleffed them altogether.

12 And he answered and faid, Muft I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

13 And Balak laid unto him, Come, I pray, thee,with me unto another place fromwhence thou mayeft fee them: thou fhalt fee but the utmost part of them, and fhalt not fee them all: and curfe me them from thence.

14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pifgah, and built feven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.

15 And he faid unto-Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

16 And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak; and fay thus.

1 And when he came to him, Behold, he flood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak faid unto him, What hath the LORD ipoken?

18 And he took up his parable, and faid, Rife up Balk, and hear; hearken unto me thou fon of Zippor:

19 God is not a man, that he should lie,neither the fon of man, that he fhould repent= hath he faid, and fhall he not do it or hath he spoken; and fhall he not make it good?

20 Behold, I have received commandment to blefs; and he hath bleffed, and I cannot reverse it.

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he feen perverfenels in Ifrael:

here seven altars, and prepare me here

feven oxen, and feven rams.

2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

3 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he fheweth me, I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.

4 And God met Balaam; and he faid unto bim, I have prepared feven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaams mouth, and faid, Return unto Balak, and thus thou fhalt speak.

6 And he returned unto him, and lo, he tood by his burnt-facrifice, he, and all the Princes of Moab.

fhout of a king among them.

22 God brought them out of Egypt; he bath as it were the ftrength of an unicorn.

23 Surely there no enchantment against Jacob, neither there any divination against Ifrael: according to this time it fhall be faid, of Jacob, and of Ifrael, What hath God wrought!

24 Behold, the people fhall rise up as a great lion, and lift up him elf as a young lion: he, fhall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the flain.

25¶ And Balak laid unto Balaam, Neither curfe them at all, nor blefs them at all.

26 But Balaam answered and faid unto Balak, Told not I thee,faying, All that the LORD fpeaketh, that I must do?

9 For from the top of the rocks, I fee him, und from the hills I behold him: lo, the peos

29 And Bilaam faid unto Balak, Build m here leven altars, and prepare me here feven bullocks, and feven rams. 50

30 And Balak did as Balaam had faid, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAP

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The Star of Jacob.

CHAP. XXIV.

Balaam prophefieth Ifraels happiness.

the LORD to blefs Ifrael, he went not as at other times, to feek for enchantments, but he fet his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lift up his eyes, and he faw Ifrael abiding in his tents according to their tribes, and the fpirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable and faid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and the man whofe eyes are open, hath faid:

4. He hath faid, which heard the words of God, which faw the vifion of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Ifrael!

6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river fide, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar-trees befide the waters.

He fhall pour the water out of his buckets, and his feed fhall be in many waters, and his king thall be higher than Agag, and

his kingdom fhall be exalted.

8 God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the ftrength of an unicorn: he fhall eat up the nations his enemies, and fhall break their bones, and pierce them hrough with his arrows.

9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who fhall (tir him up? Bleffed he that bleffeth thee, and curled he that curfeth thee..

109 And Balak anger was kindled against Balaam, and he fmote his hands together: and Balak faid unto Balaam, I called thee to Curfe mine enemies, and behold, thou haft altogether blefed them the three times.

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great ho nour, but lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

12 And Balaam faid unto, Balak, Spake I not alfo to thy meffengers which thou fenteft unto me, faying,

13 If Balak would give me his houfe full of filver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD faith, that will peak?

14 And now, behold, I go unto my peo, ple come therefore, and I will advertife thee what this people thall do to thy peo ple in the latter days.

154 And he took up his parable, and faid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and the nran whole eyes are open, hath faid:

16 He hath faid, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which faw the vifion of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I fhall fee him, but not now: I fhall behold him, but not nigh: there fhall come a Star out of Jacob, and a fceptre fhall rife out of Ifrael, and thall fmite the corners of Mab, and deftroy all the children of Sheth.

8 And Edom fhall be a poffeffion, Seir afo fhall be a poffeflion for his enemies, and Ifrael fhall do valiantly.

19 Out of jacob hall come he that fhall have dominion, and fhall deftroy him that remaiaeth of the city.

20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and faid, Amalek wa

nations, but his latter end sal

be that he perish for ever.

21 And he looked on the Kenites; and took up his parable, and faid, Strong is thy dwelling-place, and thou putteft thy neft in a rock.

22 Nevertheless, the Kenite fhall be wafted, until Asthur fhall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took up his parable, and faid, Alas, whe hall live when God doeth this! 24 And Thips fhall come from the coast of Chittim, and fhall afflict Asfhur, and fhall afflict Eber, and he alfo shall perish for ever.

25 And Balaam rofe up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak alio went his way. CHAP. XXV.

1 The Ifraelites whoredoms and idolatry. 6 Zimri and Corbi Alain.

ANd Irael abode in Shittim, and the peo

ple begun to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

2 And they called the people unto the fa crifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.

3 And Ifrael joyned himfelt unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kin dled against Ifrael.

4 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the fun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Ifrael.

s And Mofes faid unto the judges of If rael, Slay ye every one his men, that were joyned unto Baal-peor.

69 And behold, one of the children of Ifrael came, and brought unto his brethren a Midianitifh woman, in the fight of Mofes, and in the fight of all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the con gregation.

7 And when Phinehas the fon of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the priest faw it, he rofe up from amongst the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;

8 And he went after the man of Ifrael into the tent, and thruft both of them through, the man of Ifrael, and the woman through her belly: So the plague was stayed from the children of Ifrael.

9 And thofe that died in the plague were twenty and four thoufand.

109 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

11 Phinehas the fon of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Ifrael (while he was zealous for my fake among them) that I confumed not the children of Ifrael in my jealoufie.

12 Wherefore fay, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace.

13 And he thall have it, and his feed after te him, even the covenant of an everlasting 0 priesthood; because he was zealous for hi God, and made an atonement for the chil dren of Ifrael.

14 Now the name of the Ifraelite that

The Ifraelices

onites.

15 And the name of the Midianitish woiman that was flain, wu Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

16 And the LORD spake unto Mofes, faying,

17 Vex the Midianites, and fmite them: 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled, you, in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian their fifter, which was flain in the day of the plague, for Peors fake.

A CHAP. XXVI.

And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD ipake unto Mofes, and unto Eleazar the fon of Aaron the priest, faying,

2 Take the fum of all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers houfe, all that are able to go to war in Ifrael.

3 And Mofes and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, faying,

4 Take the fum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Mofes and the children of I rael, which went forth out of the land of Egypt.

Reuben the eldest fon of Ifrael: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:

6 Of Hefron, the family of the Hefronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.

7 Thefe are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbred of them, were forty and three thousand and feven hundred and thirty.

8 And the fons of Pallu; Eliab.

9 And the fons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This that Dathan and Abiram which were famous in the congregation, who ftrove against Mofes and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they ftrove against the LORD:

10 And the earth opened her mouth, and Swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a fign.

11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.

124 The fons of Simeon after their families of Nemuel, the family of the Nemelites of Jamin, the family of the Ja minites of Jachin, the family of the ja chinites:

13 Of Zerah the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14 Thefe are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two bundred.

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21 And the fons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.

22 There are the families of Judah according to thofe that were numbred of them, threefcore and fixteen thousand and five hundred.

23 Of the fons of Iffachar after their families of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites :

24 Of Jathub, the family of the Jafhubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 These are the families of Iflachar according to thofe that were numbred of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.

26. Of the fons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jableelites.

27 Thefe are the families of the Zebulunites according to thofe that were numbred of them, threefcore thousand and five hundred.

28 The fons of Jofeph after their families, were Manaffeh and Ephraim.

29 Of the fons of Manaffeh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.

30 Thefe are the fons of Gilead of Jeezer the family of the Jeezerites of Helek the family of the Helekites:

31 And of Afriel, the family of the Afrielites and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:

32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

were

33 And Zelophead the fon of Hepher had no fons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 Thefe are the families of Manaffeh, and thofe that were numbred of them, fifty and two thousand and feven hundred.

35 Thefe are the fons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And

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