Numbers, starting at chapter 25
{25:1} Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the
prostitute with the daughters of Moab: {25:2} for they called the
people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed
down to their gods. {25:3} Israel joined himself to Baal Peor: and the
anger of Yahweh was kindled against Israel. {25:4} Yahweh said to
Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up to Yahweh
before the sun, that the fierce anger of Yahweh may turn away from
Israel. {25:5} Moses said to the judges of Israel, Kill you everyone
his men who have joined themselves to Baal Peor.
{25:6} Behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his
brothers a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of
all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were
weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. {25:7} When Phinehas, the
son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from
the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand; {25:8}
and he went after the man of Israel into the pavilion, and thrust both
of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So
the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. {25:9} Those who
died by the plague were twenty-four thousand. {25:10} Yahweh spoke to
Moses, saying, {25:11} Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in
that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn't
consume the children of Israel in my jealousy. {25:12} Therefore say,
Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace: {25:13} and it shall be to
him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting
priesthood; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for
the children of Israel. {25:14} Now the name of the man of Israel that
was slain, who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri, the son
of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. {25:15}
The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter
of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian.
{25:16} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, {25:17} Vex the Midianites, and
strike them; {25:18} for they vex you with their wiles, with which
they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of
Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was
slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
{26:1} It happened after the plague, that Yahweh spoke to Moses and
to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, {26:2} Take the sum of
all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old
and upward, by their fathers' houses, all who are able to go forth to
war in Israel. {26:3} Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in
the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, {26:4} [Take the
sum of the people], from twenty years old and upward; as Yahweh
commanded Moses and the children of Israel, that came forth out of the
land of Egypt. {26:5} Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of
Reuben: [of] Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the
family of the Palluites; {26:6} of Hezron, the family of the
Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. {26:7} These are the
families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were
forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty. {26:8} The sons of Pallu:
Eliab. {26:9} The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These
are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called of the congregation, who
strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when
they strove against Yahweh, {26:10} and the earth opened its mouth,
and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died;
what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a
sign. {26:11} Notwithstanding, the sons of Korah didn't die. {26:12}
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the
Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the
family of the Jachinites; {26:13} of Zerah, the family of the
Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. {26:14} These are
the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
{26:15} The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of
the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the
family of the Shunites; {26:16} of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of
Eri, the family of the Erites; {26:17} of Arod, the family of the
Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. {26:18} These are the
families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of
them, forty thousand and five hundred. {26:19} The sons of Judah: Er
and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. {26:20} The sons
of Judah after their families were: of Shelah, the family of the
Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the
family of the Zerahites. {26:21} The sons of Perez were: of Hezron,
the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
{26:22} These are the families of Judah according to those who were
numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred. {26:23} The sons
of Issachar after their families: [of] Tola, the family of the
Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; {26:24} of Jashub, the
family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
{26:25} These are the families of Issachar according to those who were
numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred. {26:26} The sons
of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the
Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family
of the Jahleelites. {26:27} These are the families of the Zebulunites
according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five
hundred. {26:28} The sons of Joseph after their families: Manasseh and
Ephraim. {26:29} The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the
Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead; of Gilead, the
family of the Gileadites. {26:30} These are the sons of Gilead: [of]
Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the
Helekites; {26:31} and [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and
[of] Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; {26:32} and [of] Shemida,
the family of the Shemidaites; and [of] Hepher, the family of the
Hepherites. {26:33} Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but
daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah,
and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. {26:34} These are the families
of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two
thousand seven hundred. {26:35} These are the sons of Ephraim after
their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of
Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the
Tahanites. {26:36} These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the
family of the Eranites. {26:37} These are the families of the sons of
Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two
thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their
families. {26:38} The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela,
the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites;
of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; {26:39} of Shephupham, the
family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites.
{26:40} The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: [of Ard], the family of
the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. {26:41} These are
the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered
of them were forty-five thousand six hundred. {26:42} These are the
sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the
Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families.
{26:43} All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who
were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred. {26:44}
The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the
Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family
of the Berites. {26:45} Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of
the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. {26:46}
The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. {26:47} These are the
families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of
them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred. {26:48} The sons of
Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the
Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; {26:49} of Jezer, the
family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
{26:50} These are the families of Naphtali according to their
families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand
four hundred. {26:51} These are those who were numbered of the
children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
{26:52} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, {26:53} To these the land shall
be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
{26:54} To the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the
fewer you shall give the less inheritance: to everyone according to
those who were numbered of him shall his inheritance be given. {26:55}
Notwithstanding, the land shall be divided by lot: according to the
names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. {26:56}
According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the
more and the fewer. {26:57} These are those who were numbered of the
Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the
Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the
family of the Merarites. {26:58} These are the families of Levi: the
family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of
the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites.
Kohath became the father of Amram. {26:59} The name of Amram's wife
was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and
she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. {26:60} To
Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. {26:61} Nadab
and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. {26:62}
Those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male
from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the
children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among
the children of Israel. {26:63} These are those who were numbered by
Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in
the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. {26:64} But among these
there was not a man of them who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the
priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of
Sinai. {26:65} For Yahweh had said of them, They shall surely die in
the wilderness. There was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son
of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
{27:1} Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of
the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the names of
his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.
{27:2} They stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and
before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent
of meeting, saying, {27:3} Our father died in the wilderness, and he
was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together
against Yahweh in the company of Korah: but he died in his own sin;
and he had no sons. {27:4} Why should the name of our father be taken
away from among his family, because he had no son? Give to us a
possession among the brothers of our father. {27:5} Moses brought
their cause before Yahweh. {27:6} Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
{27:7} The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give
them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brothers; and
you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them.
{27:8} You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man
die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to
his daughter. {27:9} If he have no daughter, then you shall give his
inheritance to his brothers. {27:10} If he have no brothers, then you
shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. {27:11} If his
father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his
kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and
it shall be to the children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as
Yahweh commanded Moses. {27:12} Yahweh said to Moses, Go up into this
mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the
children of Israel. {27:13} When you have seen it, you also shall be
gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered; {27:14}
because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the
strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their
eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of
Zin.) {27:15} Moses spoke to Yahweh, saying, {27:16} Let Yahweh, the
God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation,
{27:17} who may go out before them, and who may come in before them,
and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the
congregation of Yahweh not be as sheep which have no shepherd. {27:18}
Yahweh said to Moses, Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the
Spirit, and lay your hand on him; {27:19} and set him before Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in
their sight. {27:20} You shall put of your honor on him, that all the
congregation of the children of Israel may obey. {27:21} He shall
stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the
judgment of the Urim before Yahweh: at his word shall they go out, and
at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of
Israel with him, even all the congregation. {27:22} Moses did as
Yahweh commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar
the priest, and before all the congregation: {27:23} and he laid his
hands on him, and gave him a charge, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.
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