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> 19:1
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying: 19:2 This is
the statute of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying: Speak
unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer,
faultless, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke.
19:3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and she shall be
brought forth without the camp, and she shall be slain before his
face. 19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his
finger, and sprinkle of her blood toward the front of the tent of
meeting seven times. 19:5 And the heifer shall be burnt in his sight;
her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall be
burnt. 19:6 And the priest shall take cedar-wood, and hyssop, and
scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer.
19:7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his
flesh in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, and the
priest shall be unclean until the even. 19:8 And he that burneth her
shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and
shall be unclean until the even. 19:9 And a man that is clean shall
gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp
in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the
children of Israel for a water of sprinkling; it is a purification
from sin. 19:10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall
wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even; and it shall be unto
the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among
them, for a statute for ever. 19:11 He that toucheth the dead, even
any man's dead body, shall be unclean seven days; 19:12 the same
shall purify himself therewith on the third day and on the seventh
day, and he shall be clean; but if he purify not himself the third
day and the seventh day, he shall not be clean. 19:13 Whosoever
toucheth the dead, even the body of any man that is dead, and
purifieth not himself--he hath defiled the tabernacle of the
LORD--that soul shall be cut off from Israel; because the water of
sprinkling was not dashed against him, he shall be unclean; his
uncleanness is yet upon him. 19:14 This is the law: when a man dieth
in a tent, every one that cometh into the tent, and every thing that
is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. 19:15 And every open
vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean. 19:16
And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a
sword, or one that dieth of himself, or a bone of a man, or a grave,
shall be unclean seven days. 19:17 And for the unclean they shall
take of the ashes of the burning of the purification from sin, and
running water shall be put thereto in a vessel. 19:18 And a clean
person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it
upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that
were there, and upon him that touched the bone, or the slain, or the
dead, or the grave. 19:19 And the clean person shall sprinkle upon
the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day; and on the
seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and
bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. 19:20 But the man
that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall
be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled
the sanctuary of the LORD; the water of sprinkling hath not been
dashed against him: he is unclean. 19:21 And it shall be a perpetual
statute unto them; and he that sprinkleth the water of sprinkling
shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of sprinkling
shall be unclean until even. 19:22 And whatsoever the unclean person
toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth him shall be
unclean until even.
> 20:1
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into
the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people abode in
Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 20:2 And there
was no water for the congregation; and they assembled themselves
together against Moses and against Aaron. 20:3 And the people strove
with Moses, and spoke, saying: 'Would that we had perished when our
brethren perished before the LORD! 20:4 And why have ye brought the
assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, to die there, we and our
cattle? 20:5 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.' 20:6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the
assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their
faces; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. 20:7 And the
LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 20:8 'Take the rod, and assemble the
congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock
before their eyes, that it give forth its water; and thou shalt bring
forth to them water out of the rock; so thou shalt give the
congregation and their cattle drink.' 20:9 And Moses took the rod
from before the LORD, as He commanded him. 20:10 And Moses and Aaron
gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto
them: 'Hear now, ye rebels; are we to bring you forth water out of
this rock?' 20:11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock
with his rod twice; and water came forth abundantly, and the
congregation drank, and their cattle. 20:12 And the LORD said unto
Moses and Aaron: 'Because ye believed not in Me, to sanctify Me in
the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this
assembly into the land which I have given them.' 20:13 These are the
waters of (f5) Meribah, where the children of Israel strove with the
LORD, and He was sanctified in them. (Footnote 5: That is, Strife)
>
20:14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom:
'Thus saith thy brother Israel: Thou knowest all the travail that
hath befallen us; 20:15 how our fathers went down into Egypt, and we
dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and
our fathers; 20:16 and when we cried unto the LORD, He heard our
voice, and sent an angel, and brought us forth out of Egypt; and,
behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border.
20:17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy land; we will not pass
through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water
of the wells; we will go along the king's highway, we will not turn
aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy
border.' 20:18 And Edom said unto him: 'Thou shalt not pass through
me, lest I come out with the sword against thee.' 20:19 And the
children of Israel said unto him: 'We will go up by the highway; and
if we drink of thy water, I and my cattle, then will I give the price
thereof; let me only pass through on my feet; there is no hurt.'
20:20 And he said: 'Thou shalt not pass through.' And Edom came out
against him with much people, and with a strong hand. 20:21 Thus Edom
refused to give Israel passage through his border; wherefore Israel
turned away from him.
> 20:22 And they journeyed from Kadesh;
and the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came unto
mount Hor. 20:23 And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in mount
Hor, by the border of the land of Edom, saying: 20:24 'Aaron shall be
gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which
I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against
My word at the waters of Meribah. 20:25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his
son, and bring them up unto mount Hor. 20:26 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.' 20:27 And Moses did
as the LORD commanded; and they went up into mount Hor in the sight
of all the congregation. 20:28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his
garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in
the top of the mount; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
20:29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they
wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
> 21:1
And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South, heard
tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against
Israel, and took some of them captive. 21:2 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.' 21:3 And the
LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the
Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the
name of the place was called (f6) Hormah. (Footnote 6: That is, Utter
destruction)
> 21:4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the
way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom; and the soul of the
people became impatient because of the way. 21:5 And the people spoke
against God, and against Moses: 'Wherefore have ye brought us up out
of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there
is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.' 21:6 And the
LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people;
and much people of Israel died. 21:7 And the people came to Moses,
and said: 'We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD,
and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that He take away the serpents
from us.' And Moses prayed for the people. 21:8 And the LORD said
unto Moses: '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 seeth
it, shall live.' 21:9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it
upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any
man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. 21:10 And
the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in Oboth. 21:11 And
they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the
wilderness which is in front of Moab, toward the sun-rising. 21:12
From thence they journeyed, and pitched in the valley of Zered. 21:13
From thence they journeyed, and pitched on the other side of the
Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that cometh out of the border of
the Amorites. --For Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the
Amorites; 21:14 wherefore it is said in the book of the Wars of the
LORD: Vaheb in Suphah, and the valleys of Arnon, 21:15 And the slope
of the valleys that inclineth toward the seat of Ar, and leaneth upon
the border of Moab.-- 21:16 And from thence to (f7) Beer; that is the
well whereof the LORD said unto Moses: 'Gather the people together,
and I will give them water.' (Footnote 7: That is, A well) 21:17 Then
sang Israel this song: Spring up, O well--sing ye unto it-- 21:18 The
well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people
delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves. And from the
wilderness to Mattanah; 21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from
Nahaliel to Bamoth; 21:20 and from Bamoth to the valley that is in
the field of Moab, by the top of Pisgah, which looketh down upon the
desert.
> 21:21 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of
the Amorites, saying: 21:22 'Let me pass through thy land; we will
not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the
water of the wells; we will go by the king's highway, until we have
passed thy border.' 21:23 And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass
through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and
went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz; and
he fought against Israel. 21:24 And Israel smote him with the edge of
the sword, and possessed his land from the Arnon unto the Jabbok,
even unto the children of Ammon; for the border of the children of
Ammon was strong. 21:25 And Israel took all these cities; and Israel
dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the
towns thereof. 21:26 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 the Arnon. 21:27
Wherefore they that speak in parables say: Come ye to Heshbon! let
the city of Sihon be built and established! 21:28 For a fire is gone
out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it hath devoured Ar
of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon. 21:29 Woe to thee,
Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh; he hath given his sons as
fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, unto Sihon king of the
Amorites. 21:30 We have shot at them--Heshbon is perished--even unto
Dibon, and we have laid waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto
Medeba. 21:31 Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 21:32
And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and
drove out the Amorites that were there. 21:33 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 battle at Edrei. 21:34 And
the LORD said unto Moses: '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, who dwelt at
Heshbon.' 21:35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people,
until there was none left him remaining; and they possessed his land.
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