New King James Version (NKJV)

Israel’s Harlotry in Moab

1 Now Israel remained inAcacia Grove, and thepeople began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab.

2 They invited the people tothe sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate andbowed down to their gods.

3 So Israel was joined to Baal of Peor, andthe anger of theLordwas aroused against Israel.

4 Then theLordsaid to Moses,“Take all the leaders of the people and hang the offenders before theLord, out in the sun,that the fierce anger of theLordmay turn away from Israel.”

5 So Moses said tothe judges of Israel,“Every one of you kill his men who were joined to Baal of Peor.”

6 And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel,whowereweeping at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

7 Nowwhen Phinehasthe son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, sawit,he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand;

8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. Sothe plague wasstopped among the children of Israel.

9 Andthose who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

10 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned back My wrath from the children of Israel, because he was zealous with My zeal among them, so that I did not consume the children of Israel inMy zeal.

12 Therefore say,‘Behold, I give to himMy covenant of peace;

13 and it shall be to him andhis descendants after him a covenant ofan everlasting priesthood, because he waszealous for his God, andmade atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

14 Now the name of the Israelite who was killed, who was killed with the Midianite woman,wasZimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.

15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killedwasCozbi the daughter ofZur; hewashead of the people of a father’s house in Midian.

16 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

17 “Harass the Midianites, and attack them;

18 for they harassed you with theirschemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”

The Second Census of Israel

1 And it came to pass, after theplague, that theLordspoke to Moses and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying:

2 “Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israelfrom twenty years old and above, by their fathers’ houses, all who are able to go to war in Israel.”

3 So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with themin the plains of Moab by the Jordan,acrossfromJericho, saying:

4 “Takeacensusofthepeoplefrom twenty years old and above, just as theLordcommanded Moses and the children of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt.”

5 Reubenwasthe firstborn of Israel. The children of Reubenwere: ofHanoch, the family of the Hanochites;ofPallu, the family of the Palluites;

6 ofHezron, the family of the Hezronites;ofCarmi, the family of the Carmites.

7 Thesearethe families of the Reubenites: those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty.

8 And the son of PalluwasEliab.

9 The sons of EliabwereNemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. Thesearethe Dathan and Abiram,representatives of the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against theLord;

10 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah when that company died, when the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men;and they became a sign.

11 Neverthelessthe children of Korah did not die.

12 The sons of Simeon according to their familieswere: ofNemuel, the family of the Nemuelites;ofJamin, the family of the Jaminites;ofJachin, the family of the Jachinites;

13 ofZerah, the family of the Zarhites;ofShaul, the family of the Shaulites.

14 Thesearethe families of the Simeonites: twenty-two thousand two hundred.

15 The sons of Gad according to their familieswere: ofZephon, the family of the Zephonites;ofHaggi, the family of the Haggites;ofShuni, the family of the Shunites;

16 ofOzni, the family of the Oznites;ofEri, the family of the Erites;

17 ofArod, the family of the Arodites;ofAreli, the family of the Arelites.

18 Thesearethe families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them: forty thousand five hundred.

19 The sons of JudahwereEr and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.

20 Andthe sons of Judah according to their families were:ofShelah, the family of the Shelanites;ofPerez, the family of the Parzites;ofZerah, the family of the Zarhites.

21 And the sons of Perez were:ofHezron, the family of the Hezronites;ofHamul, the family of the Hamulites.

22 Thesearethe families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them: seventy-six thousand five hundred.

23 The sons of Issachar according to their familieswere: ofTola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puah, the family of the Punites;

24 of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

25 Thesearethe families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them: sixty-four thousand three hundred.

26 The sons of Zebulun according to their familieswere:of Sered, the family of the Sardites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.

27 Thesearethe families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them: sixty thousand five hundred.

28 The sons of Joseph according to their families, by Manasseh and Ephraim,were:

29 The sons ofManasseh: ofMachir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir begot Gilead; of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites.

30 Thesearethe sons of Gilead:ofJeezer, the family of the Jeezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites;

31 ofAsriel, the family of the Asrielites;ofShechem, the family of the Shechemites;

32 ofShemida, the family of the Shemidaites;ofHepher, the family of the Hepherites.

33 NowZelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters; and the names of the daughters of ZelophehadwereMahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

34 Thesearethe families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of themwerefifty-two thousand seven hundred.

35 Thesearethe sons of Ephraim according to 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 thesearethe sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites.

37 Thesearethe families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them: thirty-two thousand five hundred.

Thesearethe sons of Joseph according to their families.

38 The sons of Benjamin according to their families were: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; ofAhiram, the family of the Ahiramites;

39 ofShupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman:ofArd,the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites.

41 Thesearethe sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of themwereforty-five thousand six hundred.

42 Thesearethe sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. Thesearethe families of Dan according to their families.

43 All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them,weresixty-four thousand four hundred.

44 The sons of Asher according to their familieswere:of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites; of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

45 Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites.

46 And the name of the daughter of AsherwasSerah.

47 Thesearethe families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them: fifty-three thousand four hundred.

48 The sons of Naphtali according to their familieswere:of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;

49 of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; ofShillem, the family of the Shillemites.

50 Thesearethe families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of themwereforty-five thousand four hundred.

51 Thesearethose who were numbered of the children of Israel: six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

52 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

53 “To these the land shall bedivided as an inheritance, according to the number of names.

54 To a largetribeyou shall give a larger inheritance, and to a smalltribeyou shall give a smaller inheritance. Each shall be given its inheritance according to those who were numbered of them.

55 But the land shall bedivided by lot; they shall inherit according to the names of the tribes of their fathers.

56 According to the lot their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller.”

57 And thesearethose who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

58 Thesearethe families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram.

59 The name of Amram’s wifewasJochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam.

60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

61 AndNadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before theLord.

62 Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above;for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there wasno inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

63 Thesearethose who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israelin the plains of Moab by the Jordan,acrossfromJericho.

64 But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the children of Israel in theWilderness of Sinai.

65 For theLordhad said of them, “Theyshall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them,except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

Inheritance Laws

1 Then came the daughters ofZelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and thesewerethe names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

2 And they stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, and before the leaders and all the congregation,bythe doorway of the tabernacle of meeting, saying:

3 “Our fatherdied in the wilderness; but he was not in the company of those who gathered together against theLord,in company with Korah, but he died in his own sin; and he had no sons.

4 Why should the name of our father beremoved from among his family because he had no son?Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.”

5 So Mosesbrought their case before theLord.

6 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

7 “The daughters of Zelophehad speakwhatisright;you shall surely give them a possession of inheritance among their father’s brothers, and cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.

8 And you 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.

9 If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers.

11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the relative closest to him in his family, and he shall possess it.’ ” And it shall be to the children of Israela statute of judgment, just as theLordcommanded Moses.

Joshua the Next Leader of Israel

12 Now theLordsaid to Moses:“Go up into this Mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel.

13 And when you have seen it, you alsoshall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered.

14 For in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, yourebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.” (Thesearethewaters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.)

15 Then Moses spoke to theLord, saying:

16 “Let theLord,the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

17 who may go out before them and go in before them, who may lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of theLordmay not belike sheep which have no shepherd.”

18 And theLordsaid to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a manin whomisthe Spirit, andlay your hand on him;

19 set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, andinaugurate him in their sight.

20 Andyou shall givesomeof your authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israelmay be obedient.

21 He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire before theLordfor himby the judgment of the Urim.At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, he and all the children of Israel with him—all the congregation.”

22 So Moses did as theLordcommanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

23 And he laid his hands on himand inaugurated him, just as theLordcommanded by the hand of Moses.

Daily Offerings

1 Now theLordspoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Command the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘My offering,My food for My offerings made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me, you shall be careful to offer to Me at their appointed time.’

3 “And you shall say to them,‘Thisisthe offering made by fire which you shall offer to theLord: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering.

4 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening,

5 andone-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as agrain offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil.

6 Itisa regular burnt offering which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to theLord.

7 And its drink offeringshallbeone-fourth of a hin for each lamb;in a holyplaceyou shall pour out the drink to theLordas an offering.

8 The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you shall offeritas an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to theLord.

Sabbath Offerings

9 ‘And on the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year, without blemish, and two-tenthsofanephahof fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, with its drink offering—

10 thisisthe burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.

Monthly Offerings

11 ‘At the beginnings of your months you shall present a burnt offering to theLord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish;

12 three-tenthsofanephahof fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenthsofanephahof fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;

13 and one-tenthofanephahof fine flour, mixed with oil, as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to theLord.

14 Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, one-third of a hin for a ram, and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; thisisthe burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.

15 Alsoone kid of the goats as a sin offering to theLordshall be offered, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Offerings at Passover

16 ‘On the fourteenth day of the first monthisthe Passover of theLord.

17 And on the fifteenth day of this monthisthe feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

18 On thefirst dayyoushallhavea holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

19 And you shall present an offering made by fire as a burnt offering to theLord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year.Be sure they are without blemish.

20 Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenthsofanephahyou shall offer for a bull, and two-tenths for a ram;

21 you shall offer one-tenthofanephahfor each of the seven lambs;

22 alsoone goatasa sin offering, to make atonement for you.

23 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, whichisfor a regular burnt offering.

24 In this manner you shall offer the food of the offering made by fire daily for seven days, as a sweet aroma to theLord; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

25 Andon the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

Offerings at the Feast of Weeks

26 ‘Alsoon the day of the firstfruits, when you bring a new grain offering to theLordat yourFeastofWeeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.

27 You shall present a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to theLord:two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year,

28 with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenthsofanephahfor each bull, two-tenths for the one ram,

29 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs;

30 alsoone kid of the goats, to make atonement for you.

31 Be sure they are without blemish. You shall presentthemwith their drink offerings, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering.

Offerings at the Feast of Trumpets

1 ‘And in the seventh month, on the firstdayof the month, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work. For youit is a day of blowing the trumpets.

2 You shall offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to theLord: one young bull, one ram,andseven lambs in their first year, without blemish.

3 Their grain offeringshallbefine flour mixed with oil: three-tenthsofanephahfor the bull, two-tenths for the ram,

4 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs;

5 also one kid of the goatsasa sin offering, to make atonement for you;

6 besidesthe burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon,the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings,according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to theLord.

Offerings on the Day of Atonement

7 ‘On the tenthdayof this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shallafflict your souls; you shall not do any work.

8 You shall present a burnt offering to theLordasa sweet aroma: one young bull, one ram,andseven lambs in their first year.Be sure they are without blemish.

9 Their grain offeringshallbeoffine flour mixed with oil: three-tenthsofanephahfor the bull, two-tenths for the one ram,

10 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs;

11 also one kid of the goatsasa sin offering, besidesthe sin offering for atonement, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

Offerings at the Feast of Tabernacles

12 ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work, and you shall keep a feast to theLordseven days.

13 You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to theLord: thirteen young bulls, two rams,andfourteen lambs in their first year. They shall be without blemish.

14 Their grain offeringshallbeoffine flour mixed with oil: three-tenthsofanephahfor each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams,

15 and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs;

16 also one kid of the goatsasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

17 ‘On thesecond daypresenttwelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,

18 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number,according to the ordinance;

19 also one kid of the goatsasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

20 ‘On the third daypresenteleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,

21 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number,according to the ordinance;

22 also one goatasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

23 ‘On the fourth daypresentten bulls, two rams,andfourteen lambs in their first year, without blemish,

24 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

25 also one kid of the goatsasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

26 ‘On the fifth daypresentnine bulls, two rams,andfourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,

27 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

28 also one goatasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

29 ‘On the sixth daypresenteight bulls, two rams,andfourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,

30 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

31 also one goatasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

32 ‘On the seventh daypresentseven bulls, two rams,andfourteen lambs in their first year without blemish,

33 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

34 also one goatasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

35 ‘On the eighth day you shall have asacred assembly. You shall do no customary work.

36 You shall present a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a sweet aroma to theLord: one bull, one ram, seven lambs in their first year without blemish,

37 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

38 also one goatasa sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.

39 ‘These you shall present to theLordatyour appointed feasts (besides yourvowed offerings and your freewill offerings) as your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, as your drink offerings and your peace offerings.’ ”

40 So Moses told the children of Israel everything, just as theLordcommanded Moses.

The Law Concerning Vows

1 Then Moses spoke tothe heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “Thisisthe thing which theLordhas commanded:

2 If a man makes a vow to theLord, orswears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shalldo according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

3 “Or if a woman makes a vow to theLord, and bindsherselfby some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth,

4 and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand.

5 But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and theLordwill release her, because her father overruled her.

6 “If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,

7 and her husband hearsit,and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand.

8 But if her husbandoverrules her on the day that he hearsit,he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and theLordwill release her.

9 “Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

10 “If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath,

11 and her husband heardit,and made no response to heranddid not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand.

12 But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heardthem,then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and theLordwill release her.

13 Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void.

14 Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heardthem.

15 But if he does make them void after he has heardthem,then he shall bear her guilt.”

16 Thesearethe statutes which theLordcommanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house.

Vengeance on the Midianites

1 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shallbe gathered to your people.”

3 So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for theLordonMidian.

4 A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war.”

5 So there were recruited from the divisions of Israel one thousand fromeachtribe, twelve thousand armed for war.

6 Then Moses sent them to the war, one thousand fromeachtribe; he sent them to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the holy articles andthe signal trumpets in his hand.

7 And they warred against the Midianites, just as theLordcommanded Moses, andthey killed all themales.

8 They killed the kings of Midian withtherestofthose who were killed—Evi, Rekem,Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian.Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.

9 And the children of Israel took the women of Midian captive, with their little ones, and took as spoil all their cattle, all their flocks, and all their goods.

10 They also burned with fire all the cities where they dwelt, and all their forts.

11 Andthey took all the spoil and all the booty—of man and beast.

Return from the War

12 Then they brought the captives, the booty, and the spoil to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp in the plains of Moab by the Jordan,acrossfromJericho.

13 And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation, went to meet them outside the camp.

14 But Moses was angry with the officers of the army,withthe captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, who had come from the battle.

15 And Moses said to them: “Have you keptall the women alive?

16 Look,thesewomencaused the children of Israel, through thecounsel of Balaam, to trespass against theLordin the incident of Peor, andthere was a plague among the congregation of theLord.

17 Now therefore,kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately.

18 But keep alivefor yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

19 And as for you,remain outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person, andwhoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.

20 Purify every garment, everything made of leather, everything woven of goats’hair,and everything made of wood.”

21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to the battle, “Thisisthe ordinance of the law which theLordcommanded Moses:

22 Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,

23 everything that can endure fire, you shall put through the fire, and it shall be clean; and it shall be purifiedwith the water of purification. But all that cannot endure fire you shall put through water.

24 And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may come into the camp.”

Division of the Plunder

25 Now theLordspoke to Moses, saying:

26 “Count up the plunder that was taken—of man and beast—you and Eleazar the priest and the chief fathers of the congregation;

27 anddivide the plunder into two parts, between those who took part in the war, who went out to battle, and all the congregation.

28 And levy a tribute for theLordon the men of war who went out to battle:one of every five hundred of the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep;

29 takeitfrom their half, andgiveitto Eleazar the priest as a heave offering to theLord.

30 And from the children of Israel’s half you shall takeone of every fifty, drawn from the persons, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep, from all the livestock, and give them to the Leviteswho keep charge of the tabernacle of theLord.”

31 So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as theLordcommanded Moses.

32 The booty remaining from the plunder, which the men of war had taken, was six hundred and seventy-five thousand sheep,

33 seventy-two thousand cattle,

34 sixty-one thousand donkeys,

35 and thirty-two thousand persons in all, of women who had not known a man intimately.

36 And the half, the portion for those who had gone out to war, was in number three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep;

37 and theLord’s tribute of the sheep was six hundred and seventy-five.

38 The cattlewerethirty-six thousand, of which theLord’s tributewasseventy-two.

39 The donkeyswerethirty thousand five hundred, of which theLord’s tributewassixty-one.

40 The personsweresixteen thousand, of which theLord’s tributewasthirty-two persons.

41 So Moses gave the tributewhichwastheLord’s heave offering to Eleazar the priest,as theLordcommanded Moses.

42 And from the children of Israel’s half, which Moses separated from the men who fought—

43 now the half belonging to the congregation was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,

44 thirty-six thousand cattle,

45 thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,

46 and sixteen thousand persons—

47 andfrom the children of Israel’s half Moses took one of every fifty, drawn from man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of theLord, as theLordcommanded Moses.

48 Then the officers whowereover thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;

49 and they said to Moses, “Your servants have taken a count of the men of war whoareunder our command, and not a man of us is missing.

50 Therefore we have brought an offering for theLord, what every man found of ornaments of gold: armlets and bracelets and signet rings and earrings and necklaces,to make atonement for ourselves before theLord.”

51 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from them, all the fashioned ornaments.

52 And all the gold of the offering that they offered to theLord, from the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

53 (The men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)

54 And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of meetingas a memorial for the children of Israel before theLord.

The Tribes Settling East of the Jordan

1 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land ofJazer and the land ofGilead, that indeed the regionwasa place for livestock,

2 the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying,

3 “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer,Nimrah,Heshbon, Elealeh,Shebam, Nebo, andBeon,

4 the countrywhich theLorddefeated before the congregation of Israel,isa land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.”

5 Therefore they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.”

6 And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here?

7 Now why will youdiscourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which theLordhas given them?

8 Thus your fathers didwhen I sent them away from Kadesh Barneato see the land.

9 Forwhen they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, so that they did not go into the land which theLordhad given them.

10 So theLord’s anger was aroused on that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

11 ‘Surely none of the men who came up from Egypt,from twenty years old and above, shall see the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, becausethey have not wholly followed Me,

12 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun,for they have wholly followed theLord.’

13 So theLord’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made themwander in the wilderness forty years, untilall the generation that had done evil in the sight of theLordwas gone.

14 And look! You have risen in your fathers’ place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more thefierce anger of theLordagainst Israel.

15 For if youturn away from following Him, He will once again leave them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”

16 Then they came near to him and said: “We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,

17 butwe ourselves will be armed, readytogobefore the children of Israel until we have brought them to their place; and our little ones will dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

18 We will not return to our homes until every one of the children of Israel has received his inheritance.

19 For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond,because our inheritance has fallen to us on this eastern side of the Jordan.”

20 ThenMoses said to them: “If you do this thing, if you arm yourselves before theLordfor the war,

21 and all your armed men cross over the Jordan before theLorduntil He has driven out His enemies from before Him,

22 andthe land is subdued before theLord, then afterwardyou may return and be blameless before theLordand before Israel; andthis land shall be your possession before theLord.

23 But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against theLord; and be sureyour sin will find you out.

24 Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what has proceeded out of your mouth.”

25 And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying: “Your servants will do as my lord commands.

26 Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead;

27 but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, before theLordto battle, just as my lord says.”

28 So Moses gave commandconcerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel.

29 And Moses said to them: “If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben cross over the Jordan with you, every man armed for battle before theLord, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

30 But if they do not cross over armed with you, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.”

31 Then the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying: “As theLordhas said to your servants, so we will do.

32 We will cross over armed before theLordinto the land of Canaan, but the possession of our inheritanceshallremainwith us on this side of the Jordan.”

33 SoMoses gave to the children of Gad, to the children of Reuben, and to half the 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 with its cities within the borders, the cities of the surrounding country.

34 And the children of Gad builtDibon and Ataroth andAroer,

35 Atroth and Shophan andJazer and Jogbehah,

36 Beth Nimrah and Beth Haran,fortified cities, and folds for sheep.

37 And the children of Reuben builtHeshbon and Elealeh and Kirjathaim,

38 Nebo andBaal Meon(theirnames being changed) and Shibmah; and they gaveothernames to the cities which they built.

39 And the children ofMachir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites whowerein it.

40 So Mosesgave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he dwelt in it.

41 AlsoJair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called themHavoth Jair.

42 Then Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and he called it Nobah, after his own name.

Israel’s Journey from Egypt Reviewed

1 Thesearethe journeys of the children of Israel, who went out of the land of Egypt by their armies under thehand of Moses and Aaron.

2 Now Moses wrote down the starting points of their journeys at the command of theLord. And thesearetheir journeys according to their starting points:

3 Theydeparted from Rameses inthe first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the children of Israel went outwith boldness in the sight of all the Egyptians.

4 For the Egyptians were burying alltheirfirstborn,whom theLordhad killed among them. Alsoon their gods theLordhad executed judgments.

5 Then the children of Israel moved from Rameses and camped at Succoth.

6 They departed fromSuccoth and camped at Etham, whichison the edge of the wilderness.

7 They moved from Etham and turned back to Pi Hahiroth, whichiseast of Baal Zephon; and they camped near Migdol.

8 They departed from before Hahiroth andpassed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, went three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham, and camped at Marah.

9 They moved from Marah andcame to Elim. At Elimweretwelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there.

10 They moved from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.

11 They moved from the Red Sea and camped in theWilderness of Sin.

12 They journeyed from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

13 They departed from Dophkah and camped at Alush.

14 They moved from Alush and camped atRephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.

15 They departed from Rephidim and camped in theWilderness of Sinai.

16 They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and campedat Kibroth Hattaavah.

17 They departed from Kibroth Hattaavah andcamped at Hazeroth.

18 They departed from Hazeroth and camped atRithmah.

19 They departed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.

20 They departed from Rimmon Perez and camped at Libnah.

21 They moved from Libnah and camped at Rissah.

22 They journeyed from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.

23 They went from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.

24 They moved from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.

25 They moved from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.

26 They moved from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.

27 They departed from Tahath and camped at Terah.

28 They moved from Terah and camped at Mithkah.

29 They went from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.

30 They departed from Hashmonah andcamped at Moseroth.

31 They departed from Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.

32 They moved fromBene Jaakan andcamped at Hor Hagidgad.

33 They went from Hor Hagidgad and camped at Jotbathah.

34 They moved from Jotbathahand camped at Abronah.

35 They departed from Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.

36 They moved from Ezion Geber and camped in theWilderness of Zin, whichisKadesh.

37 They moved fromKadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the boundary of the land of Edom.

38 ThenAaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of theLord, and died there in the fortieth year after the children of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the firstdayof the fifth month.

39 Aaronwasone hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.

40 Nowthe king of Arad, the Canaanite, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

41 So they departed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.

42 They departed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.

43 They departed from Punon andcamped at Oboth.

44 They departed from Oboth and camped at Ije Abarim, at the border of Moab.

45 They departed from Ijim and campedat Dibon Gad.

46 They moved from Dibon Gad and camped atAlmon Diblathaim.

47 They moved from Almon Diblathaimand camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.

48 They departed from the mountains of Abarim andcamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan,acrossfromJericho.

49 They camped by the Jordan, from Beth Jesimoth as far as theAbel Acacia Grove in the plains of Moab.

Instructions for the Conquest of Canaan

50 Now theLordspoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan,acrossfromJericho, saying,

51 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:‘When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan,

52 then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, destroy all their engraved stones, destroy all their molded images, and demolish all their high places;

53 you shall dispossesstheinhabitantsofthe land and dwell in it, for I have given you the land topossess.

54 Andyou shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance; there everyone’sinheritanceshall be whatever falls to him by lot. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.

55 But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remainshallbeirritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.

56 Moreover it shall bethatI will do to you as I thought to do to them.’ ”

The Appointed Boundaries of Canaan

1 Then theLordspoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Command the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘When you come intothe land of Canaan, thisisthe land that shall fall to you as an inheritance—the land of Canaan to its boundaries.

3 Your southern border shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the border of Edom; then your southern border shall extend eastward to the end ofthe Salt Sea;

4 your border shall turn from the southern side ofthe Ascent of Akrabbim, continue to Zin, and be on the south ofKadesh Barnea; then it shall go on toHazar Addar, and continue to Azmon;

5 the border shall turn from Azmonto the Brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the Sea.

6 ‘As for thewestern border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border; this shall be your western border.

7 ‘And this shall be your northern border: From the Great Sea you shall mark out yourborderline toMount Hor;

8 from Mount Hor you shall mark outyourborderto the entrance of Hamath; then the direction of the border shall be towardZedad;

9 the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and it shall end atHazar Enan. This shall be your northern border.

10 ‘You shall mark out your eastern border from Hazar Enan to Shepham;

11 the border shall go down from Shepham toRiblah on the east side of Ain; the border shall go down and reach to the eastern side of the Seaof Chinnereth;

12 the border shall go down along the Jordan, and it shall end atthe Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its surrounding boundaries.’ ”

13 Then Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying:“Thisisthe land which you shall inherit by lot, which theLordhas commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.

14 For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have receivedtheirinheritance;and the half-tribe of Manasseh has received its inheritance.

15 The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan,acrossfromJericho eastward, toward the sunrise.”

The Leaders Appointed to Divide the Land

16 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying,

17 “Thesearethe names of the men who shall divide the land among you as an inheritance:Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

18 And you shall take oneleader of every tribe to divide the land for the inheritance.

19 Thesearethe names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh;

20 from the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud;

21 from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon;

22 a leader from the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli;

23 from the sons of Joseph: a leader from the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod,

24 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan;

25 a leader from the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach;

26 a leader from the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan;

27 a leader from the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi;

28 and a leader from the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

29 Thesearethe ones theLordcommanded to divide the inheritance among the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.