u Hag. 2. 13. x Lev. 15. 5. 1453. a ch. 33. 36. b Ex. 15. 20. ch. 26. 59. c Ex. 17. 1. His message to Edom. and with his rod he smote the rock 12 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Mo B. C. 1453. o Ex. 17. 6. Deut. 8. 15. 1 Cor. 10. 4. 22 And "whatsoever the uncleanses and Aaron, Because Pye believed P ch. 27, 14, X CHAPTER XX. The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam a me not, to sanctify me in the eyes S Deut. 1. 37. & 3. 26. & 32.51. q Lev. 10. 3. Ez. 20. 41. & 36.23. & 38.16. 1 Pet. 3. 15. That is, Strife. See Ex. 17.7. r Deut. 33. 8. Ps. 95. 8. & 106. 32, &c. s Judg. 11. 16, 17. 14 ¶ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, HEN came the children of Is-Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou rael, even the whole congrega- knowest all the travail that hath tbe-† Heb. found tion, into the desert of Zin in the first fallen us: month and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. d 2 cAnd there was no water for the d ch. 16. 19, 42. | congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. e Ex. 17. 2. ch. 14. 2. f ch. 11. 1, 33. & 14.37. & 16. 32, 35, 49. g Ex. 17. 3. h ch. 14. 5. & 16. 4, 22, 45. i ch. 14. 10. k Ex. 17. 5. 3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! f 4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. h 7¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, k 8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them Ps. 78. 15, 16. water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. 1 Neh. 9. 15. & 105. 41. & 114. 8. Is. 43. 20. & 48.21. m ch. 17. 10. n Ps. 106. 33. 9 And Moses took the rod m from before the LORD, as he commanded him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, "Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, 16 And when we cried unto the Ex. 1.11, &c. LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border. 17 a Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. 18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. 19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the highway: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. The death of Aaron. B. C. 1453. k ch. 33. 38. Deut. 32. 50. 1 Ex. 29.29, 30. 1452. m ch. 33. 38. Deut. 10.6. & 32.50. k NUMBERS. 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: 26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. 27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. 28 1And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and m Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. 29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they n So Deut. 34. mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. 8. a ch. 33. 40. See Judg. 1. 16. b ch. 13. 21. c Gen. 28. 20. Judg. 11. 30. d Lev. 27. 28. CHAPTER XXI. Israel destroy the Canaanites at Hormah. 4 The people murmur and are plagued with fiery serpents. 7 They repent, and are healed in looking upon the brazen serpent. 10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites. 21 Sihon is overcome, 33 and also Og. The brazen serpent. 8 And the LORD said unto Moses, B. C. 1452. Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole; and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. 9 And P Moses made a serpent of P 2 Kings 18.4. brass, and put it upon a pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. 10 T And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. John 3. 14, 15. q ch. 33. 43. r ch. 33. 44. Abarim. 11 And they journeyed from Oboth, and "pitched at Ije-abarim, in the Or, Heaps of wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. S 12 ¶ From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zered. 13 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. 14 Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he AND when *king Arad the Ca- did in the Red sea, and in the brooks naanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came bby the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. C 2 c And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. 3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he callThat is, Uttered the name of the place Hormah. 4 ¶ And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to f compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. of Arnon, 8 Deut. 2. 13. t ch. 22. 36. Judg. 11. 18. | Or, Vaheb in Suphah. u Deut.2.18,29. 15 And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, "and lieth upon the border of Heb.leaneth. Moab. * Judg. 9. 21. y Ex. 15. 1. Heb.Ascend. z Is. 33. 22. † Heb. field. || Or, The hill. Or, The wilderness. a ch. 23. 28. 21 T And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, b Deut.2.26,27. Judg. 11. 19. saying, c ch. 20. 17. 22 Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. 23 d And Sihon would not suffer d Deut. 29. 7. Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. e Deut. 2. 32. Judg. 11. 20. 25 And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all + Heb. daugh- the villages thereof. ters. g Jer. 48. 45, 46. h Deut. 2. 9, 18. Is. 15. 1. i Judg. 11. 24. King, 33. 2 Kings 23. 13. Jer. 48. 7, 13. k Jer. 48. 18, 22. 1 Is. 15. 2. m ch. 32. 1. Jer. 48. 32. n Deut. 3. 1. & 29 7. o Josh. 13. 12. p Deut. 3. 2. q ver. 24. Ps. 135. 10. 11. & 136. 20. r Deut. 3. 3, 4, &c. a ch. 33. 48. b Judg. 11. 25. + 26 For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. 27 Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared : 28 For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto 1 Medeba. 31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out m Jazer, 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 Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. 34 And the LORD said unto Moses, P Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive and they possessed his land. CHAPTER XXII. Balak sendeth for Balaam, who at first refuseth to come. 15 He sendeth again and obtaineth him. 22 The angel of the Lord would have slain Balaam, if his ass had not turned aside. 36 Balak entertaineth Balaam. 4 And Moab said unto the elders d ch. 31. 8. of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. 5 He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to 'Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the † face of the earth, and † Heb. eye. they abide over against me. 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with h e Deut. 23. 4. Josh. 13. 22. & 24. 9. Neh. 13. 1, 2. Mic. 6. 5. 2 Pet. 2. 15. Jude 11. Rev. 2. 14. f See ch. 23. 7. Deut. 23. 4. g ch. 23. 7. the rewards of divination in their 11 Sam. 9.7, 8. hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he said unto them, Lodge i ver. 19. here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. k ver. 20. 9 * And God came unto Balaam, and | k Gen. 20. 3. said, What men are these with thee? 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be† Heb. I shall able to overcome them, and drive prevail in them out. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, AND the children of Israel set Balaam refuse to come with us. forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. b 2 ¶ And ↳ Balak the son of Zippor 15 ¶ And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him," Thus saith Balak the fighting against him. 1 ch. 23. 20. Rom. 11. 29. An angel opposeth Balaam. B. C. 1452. † Heb. Be not thou letted from, &c. m ver. 6. n ch. 24. 13. • 1 Kings 22. 14. 2 Chr. 18. 13. p ver. 8. q ver. 9. r ver. 35. ch. 23. 12, 26. & 24, 13. s Ex. 4. 24. t See 2 Kings 6. 17. Dan. 10. 7. Acts 22. 9. 2 Pet. 2. 16. Jude 11. u 2 Pet. 2. 15. B. C. 1452. son of Zippor, † Let nothing, I pray | Am not I thine ass, + upon which thee, hinder thee from coming unto thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont Heb., who to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 22 ¶ And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field; and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD "opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. Or, A city 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places i Deut. 12. 2. of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. CHAPTER XXIII. AND Balaam said unto Balak, a Build me here seven altars, a ver. 29. and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had Balak's sacrifices and NUMBERS. the parables of Balaam. B. C. 1452. spoken; and Balak and Balaam of- | And Balak said unto him, What hath B. C. 1452. fered on every altar a bullock and a the LORD spoken? b ver. 14, 30. c ver. 15. ram. C 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go peradventure the LORD will come to meet me, and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And Or, he went he went to a high place. solitary. d ch. 24. 1. e ver. 16. 4 e And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the LORD fput a word in 13. Jen. Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. gver.18. ch.24. 3, 15, 23. Job Ps. 78. 2. 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and 27. 1. & 29. 1. said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, h Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Is Ez. 17. 2. Mic. 2. 4. Hab. 2. 6. h ch.22.6,11,17. i1 Sam. 17.10. k Is. 47. 12, 13. 1 Deut. 33, 28. m Ex. 33. 16. Ezra 9. 2. Eph. 2. 14. n Gen. 13. 16. & 22. 17. + Heb.my soul, or, my life. o Ps. 116. 15. rael. 8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? 9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, 'the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. 10 n Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his ! 12 And he answered and said, ' Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all and curse me them from thence. 14 ¶ And he brought him into the || Or, The hill. field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I r ver. 1, 2 35. 18 And he took up his parable, and said, 'Rise up, Balak, and hear; heark- | t Judg. 3. 20. en unto me, thou son of Zippor: 19 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 y He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. 24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down f Gen. 49. 27. until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 25 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26 But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I gver.12. ch.22. must do? h 38. 1 Kings 22. 14. 27 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring theeh ver. 13. unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward ich. 21. 20. Jeshimon. 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAPTER XXIV. Balaam foretelleth the happiness of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the Star of Jacob, and of the destruction of sundry nations. Balaam saw that it k ver. 1. neet the LORD yondet Balaam, and A pleased the Lou to bless Israel, a ch. 25. 3, 15. 16 And the LORD met & ver. 5 ch. 22. $put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 17 And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. the LORD a ch. 23. 3, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents b meeting of enchantments. b ch. 2. 2, &c. |