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The Canaanites to be destroyed. NUMBERS.

The borders of the land.

41 And they departed from mount Hor, on to Zin: and the going forth thereof and pitched in Zalmonah. shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon:

42 And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.

43 And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.

44 And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.

45 And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.

46 And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped 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 plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.

49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

50 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,

51 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

52 Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:

53 And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I havegiven you the land to possess it.

5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea.

6 And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border; this shall be your west border.

7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

8 From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath: and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:

9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham:

11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward :

12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: This shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:

54 And ye shall divide the land by lot 14 For the tribe of the children of Reufor an inheritance among your families: ben, according to the house of their fathers, and to the more ye shall give the more in- and the tribe of the children of Gad acheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give cording to the house of their fathers, have the less inheritance: every man's inherit- received their inheritance; and half the ance shall be in the place where his lot tribe of Manasseh have received their infalleth; according to the tribes of your fa-heritance: thers ye shall inherit.

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15 The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward toward the sun-rising.

16 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

17 These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.

18 And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.

19 And the names of the men are these of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. 21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.

22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.

23 The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.

The cities of the Levites.

CHAP. XXXV.

The laws of murder. 24 And the prince of the tribe of the slayer die not, until he stand before the conchildren of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of gregation in judgment. Shiphtan.

25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.

13 And of these cities which ye shall give, six cities shall ye have for refuge.

14 Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the| 15 These six cities shall be a refuge, both children of Asher, Ahihud the son of She- for the children of Israel, and for the stranlomi. ger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.

28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

29 These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. CHAP. XXXV.

16 And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

17 And if he smite him with throwing a

AND the LORD spake unto Moses in stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he the plains of Moab by Jordan near is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be Jericho, saying, put to death.

2 Command the children of Israel, that 18 Or if he smite him with an hand-weathey give unto the Levites of the inherit- pon of wood, wherewith he may die, and ance of their possession cities to dwell in; he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall and ye shall give also unto the Levites sub- surely be put to death. urbs for the cities round about them.

3 And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

4 And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

6 And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities them shall ye give with their suburbs.

8 And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one 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, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan;

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19 The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

20 But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

21 Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,

23 Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:

24 Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.

26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border 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 kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:

28 Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities to high priest: but after the death of the high be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer priest the slayer shall return into the land may flee thither, which killeth any person of his possession.

at unawares.

29 So these things shall be for a statute 12 And they shall be unto you cities for of judgment unto you throughout your gerefuge from the avenger; that the man-nerations in all your dwellings.

No satisfaction for murder.

DEUTERONOMY. Inheritance of daughters.

30 Whoso killeth any person, the mur-tribe whereunto they are received: so shall derer shall be put to death by the mouth their inheritance be taken away from the of witnesses: but one witness shall not tes-inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. tify against any person to cause him to die. 5 ¶ And Moses commanded the children 31 Moreover, ye shall take no satisfac-of Israel according to the word of the LORD, tion for the life of a murderer, which is saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph guilty of death: but he shall be surely put hath said well.

to death.

6 This is the thing which the LORD doth 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for command concerning the daughters of Zehim that is fled to the city of his refuge, lophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom that he should come again to dwell in the they think best; only to the family of the land, until the death of the priest. tribe of their father shall they marry.

33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be 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, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. CHAP. XXXVI.

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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 keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children ND the chief fathers of the families of of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritthe children of Gilead, the son of Ma-ance of his fathers. chir, the son of Manasseh, of the families 9 Neither shall the inheritance remove of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake from one tribe to another tribe; but every before Moses, and before the princes, the one of the tribes of the children of Israel chief fathers of the children of Israel: shall keep himself to his own inheritance. 2 And they said, The LORD commanded 10 Even as the LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance Moses, so did the daughters of Zelopheby lot to the children of Israel: and my had:

lord was commanded by the LORD to give 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of unto his daughters. Zelophehad, were married unto their fa

3 And if they be married to any of the ther's brothers' sons: sons of the other tribes of the children of 12 And they were married into the famiIsrael, then shall their inheritance be taken lies of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Jofrom the inheritance of our fathers, and seph, and their inheritance remained in the shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe tribe of the family of their father. whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

13 These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD command4 And when the jubilee of the children ed by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inherit- of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan ance be put unto the inheritance of the near Jericho.

¶ The Fifth Book of MOSES, called DEUTERONOMY.

CHAP. I.

5 On this side Jordan, in the land of MoTHE HESE be the words which Moses ab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, spake unto all Israel on this side Jor- 6 The LORD our God spake unto us in dan in the wilderness, in the plain over Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough against the Red sea, between Paran, and in this mount: Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and 7 Turn you, and take your journey, and Dizahab. go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea-side, to the land of the Ca3 And it came to pass in the fortieth naanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great year, in the eleventh month, on the first river, the river Euphrates. day of the month, that Moses spake unto 8 Behold, I have set the land before you: the children of Israel, according unto all go in and possess the land which the LORD that the LORD had given him in command-sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, ment unto them; and Jacob, to give unto them and to their

2 (There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea.)

4 After he had slain Sihon the king of seed after them. the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and 9 ¶ And I spake unto you at that time, Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at As-saying, I am not able to bear you myself taroth in Edrei.

alone:

Moses rehearses the story of

CHAP. I.

God's promise.

10 The LORD your God hath multiplied but rebelled against the commandment of you, and behold, ye are this day as the the LORD your God: stars of heaven for multitude.

27 And ye murmured in your tents, and

11 (The LORD God of your fathers make said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath you a thousand times so many more as ye brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, are, and bless you, as he hath promised to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, you!) to destroy us.

12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife!

13 Take ye wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

14 And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.

28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover, we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.

30 The LORD your God which goeth be15 So I took the chief of your tribes, fore you, he shall fight for you, according wise men, and known, and made them to all that he did for you in Egypt before heads over you, captains over thousands, your eyes;

and captains over hundreds, and captains 31 And in the wilderness, where thou over fifties, and captains over tens, and of hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare ficers among your tribes. thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the 16 And I charged your judges at that way that ye went, until ye came into this time, saying, Hear the causes between your place.

brethren, and judge righteously between 32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe every man and his brother, and the stran- the LORD your God, ger that is with him.

33 Who went in the way before you, to

17 Ye shall not respect persons in judg- search you out a place to pitch your tents ment; but ye shall hear the small as well in, in fire by night, to shew you by what as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. face of man; for the judgment is God's: 34 ¶ And the LORD heard the voice of and the cause that is too hard for you, bring your words, and was wroth, and sware, sayit unto me, and I will hear it. ing,

18 And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

35 Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fa

19 ¶ And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible thers, wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the 36 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our he shall see it, and to him will I give the God commanded us; and we came to Ka- land that he hath trodden upon, and to his desh-barnea. children, because he hath wholly followed

20 And I said unto you, Ye are come the LORD. unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us.

37 Also the LORD was angry with me, for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.

21 Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, which as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said standeth before thee, he shall go in thither. unto thee; fear not, neither be discou- Encourage him: for he shall cause Israel raged. to inherit it.

22 And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall

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39 Moreover, your little ones, which said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.

40 But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

24 And they turned and went up into 41 Then ye answered and said unto me, the mountain, and came unto the valley of We have sinned against the LORD, we will Eshcol, and searched it out. go up and fight, according to all that the 25 And they took of the fruit of the LORD our God commanded us. And when land in their hands, and brought it down ye had girded on every man his weapons unto us, and brought us word again, and of war, ye were ready to go up into the said, It is a good land which the LORD our hill.

God doth give us. 42 And the LORD said unto me, Say 26 Notwithstanding, ye would not go up, unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I

Moses' speech, rehearsing

DEUTERONOMY. God's dealings with Israel. am not among you; lest ye be smitten be- the brook Zered: and we went over the fore your enemies. brook Zered.

43 So I spake unto you; and ye would 14 And the space in which we came from not hear, but rebelled against the com- Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over mandment of the LORD, and went presump- the brook Zered, was thirty and eight tuously up into the hill. years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.

44 And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.

45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

46 So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. CHAP. II.

HEN we and our

15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.

16 ¶ So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,

17 That the LORD spake unto me, say

ing,

18 Thou art to pass over through Ar, the

Tinto the wildern, as by the way of the coast of Moab, this day!

Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.

19 And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress 2 And the LORD spake unto me, saying, them not, nor meddle with them: for I will 3 Ye have compassed this mountain long not give thee of the land of the children of enough: turn you northward. Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.

4 And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

20 (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

21 A people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

5 Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot-breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. 6 Ye shall buy meat of them for money, 22 As he did to the children of Esau, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed water of them for money, that ye may drink. the Horims from before them; and they

7 For the LORD thy God hath blessed succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead thee in all the works of thy hand: he know- even unto this day:

eth thy walking through this great wilder- 23 And the Avims which dwelt in Haness: these forty years the LORD thy God zerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, hath been with thee: thou hast lacked no- which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed thing. them, and dwelt in their stead.)

8 And when we passed by from our 24 T Rise ye up, take your journey, and brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have in Seir, through the way of the plain from given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to and passed by the way of the wilderness possess it, and contend with him in battle. of Moab.

9¶ And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.

10 (The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims;

11 Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

12 The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them.)

13 Now rise up, said I, and get you over

25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,

27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;

29 (As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us.

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