Numbers 31 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ² Exact thou, the avenging of the sons of Israel, from the Midianites,––and, afterwards, shalt thou be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk. ³ So Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war,––and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon Midian. ⁴ A thousand from each tribe,––of all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send forth unto the war. ⁵ And there volunteered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of each tribe,––twelve thousand, armed for war. ⁶ And Moses sent them, a thousand of each tribe, to the war,––them, and Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary, and the alarm trumpets, in his hand.
⁷ So they made war upon Midian, as Yahweh had commanded Moses,––and slew every male: ⁸ and, the kings of Midian, slew they besides their other slain––namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian,––Balaam also, son of Beor, slew they with the sword. ⁹ And the sons of Israel took captive the women of Midian, and their little ones,––all their cattle also, and all their flocks, and all their substance, carried they off as a prey; ¹⁰ all their cities also, in their sites, and all their encampments, burned they up with fire. ¹¹ Then took they all the spoil, and all the booty,––both of man and beast; ¹² and brought in unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel––the captives, and the booty, and the spoil, unto the camp,––unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.
¹³ And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the assembly, went forth to meet them,––unto the outside, of the camp. ¹⁴ Then was Moses sore displeased with the officers of the force,––the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds, who were coming in from the warring host. ¹⁵ And Moses said unto them,––Have ye saved alive every female? ¹⁶ Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor,––and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh! ¹⁷ Now, therefore, slay ye every male among the young,––every woman also that hath cohabited with man, slay ye. ¹⁸ But, all the young of womankind that have not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves. ¹⁹ Ye, then, pitch outside the camp, for seven days,––whosoever hath killed a person, and whoever hath touched the slain, cleanse yourselves (from sin) on the third day, and on the seventh day, ye, and your captives. ²⁰ Every garment also, and every article of skin, and every thing made of goat’s–hair, and every article of wood, shall ye cleanse (from sin). ²¹ Then said Eleazar the priest unto the men of the host, who had been to the war: This, is the statute of the law, which Yahweh hath commanded Moses: ²² Surely, the gold, and the silver,––the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead, ²³ whatsoever thing can go into fire, ye shall pass through fire, and it shall be clean, only, with the water of separation, shall ye cleanse it (from sin). But, whatsoever cannot go into fire, ye shall pass through water. ²⁴ And ye shall wash your clothes, on the seventh day, and be clean,––and, afterwards, shall ye come into the camp.
²⁵ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ²⁶ Reckon thou up the sum of the booty that was captured, both of man and of beast,––thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the ancestral heads of the assembly; ²⁷ and divide the booty into two parts, between them who took upon them the war, who went out in the host,––and all the [rest of the] assembly. ²⁸ Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh––from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred,––of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock: ²⁹ out of their half, shall ye take [them], ––and thou shall give [them] unto Eleazar the priest, as a heave–offering unto Yahweh. ³⁰ And, out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty, of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock, of all the cattle,––and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh. ³¹ And Moses and Eleazar the priest did,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ³² And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was,––of the flock, six hundred and seventy–five thousand; ³³ and, of the herd, seventy–two thousand; ³⁴ and, of the asses, sixty–one thousand; ³⁵ and, of the human persons, even of the woman–kind who had not cohabited with man,––all the persons, thirty–two thousand. ³⁶ And the half, the share of them who had gone forth in the host, was,––the number of the flock––three hundred and thirty–seven thousand, and five hundred; ³⁷ and so, the tribute unto Yahweh, out of the flock, was––six hundred and seventy–five; ³⁸ and, the herd, thirty–six thousand,––and, the tribute of them unto Yahweh––seventy–two; ³⁹ and, the asses, thirty thousand, and five hundred,––and, the tribute of them unto Yahweh, sixty–one; ⁴⁰ and, the human persons, sixteen thousand,––and, the tribute of them unto Yahweh, thirty–two persons. ⁴¹ And Moses gave the tribute––the heave–offering of Yahweh, unto Eleazar the priest,––As Yahweh commanded Moses. ⁴² And, of the half, allotted unto the sons of Israel,––which Moses halved away from the men who had gone out in the host, ⁴³ the half allotted unto the assembly, was––of the flock, three hundred and thirty–seven thousand, and five hundred; ⁴⁴ and, of the herd, six and thirty thousand; ⁴⁵ and, of asses, thirty thousand and five hundred; ⁴⁶ and, human persons, sixteen thousand. ⁴⁷ So then Moses took––out of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, the allotted portion, one out of fifty, of the human beings, and of the beasts,––and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses.
⁴⁸ Then came near unto Moses, the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host,––the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds; ⁴⁹ and said unto Moses, Thy servants, have reckoned up the sum of the men of war who are in our hand,––and there is not missed from among us, a man! ⁵⁰ Therefore have we brought near an offering unto Yahweh, what, each man, hath found––articles of gold, ankle chains and bracelets, rings, earrings and buckles,––to put a propitiatory–covering over our souls, before Yahweh. ⁵¹ So Moses, and Eleazar the priest took the gold, of them,––all the wrought articles. ⁵² And all the gold of the heave–offering which they offered up unto Yahweh, was––sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels,––of the princes of thousands, and of the princes of hundreds. ⁵³ The men of the host, had taken prey, each man for himself. ⁵⁴ So then Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the princes of thousands, and hundreds,––and brought it into the tent of meeting, as a memorial for the sons of Israel, before Yahweh.

¹⁵ But, thou, shalt go in unto thy fathers, in peace,––thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

¹ And Abraham took another wife, and, her name, was Keturah; ² and she bare to him Zimran, and Yokshan, and Medan, and Midian,––and Ishbak, and Shuah. ³ And, Yokshan, begat Sheba and Dedan,––and, the sons of Dedan, were Asshurim and Letushim, and Leummim. ⁴ And, the sons of Midian, Ephah and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah,––all these, were the sons of Keturah.

⁸ So Abraham breathed his last, and died, in a fine old age, old and satisfied,––and was gathered unto his people.

¹⁷ And, these, are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty–seven years,––and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered unto his people.

¹⁶ Now, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters,––and they came and drew, and filled the troughs, to water their fathers flock.

²⁴ Aaron shall be withdrawn unto his kinsfolk, for he shall not enter into the land, which I have given unto the sons of Israel,––because ye spurned my bidding, at the waters of Meribah.

²⁶ and strip thou Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son,––and, Aaron, shall be withdrawn, and shall die there.

⁶ And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel,––when they, were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

¹⁴ Now, the name of the man of Israel that was smitten, who was smitten with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, son of Salu,––prince of an ancestral house of the Simeonites; ¹⁵ and, the name of the woman who was smitten, the Midianitess, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur,––the head of his kindred, of an ancestral house in Midian, was he.
¹⁶ And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying: ¹⁷ Besiege the Midianites,––and ye shall smite them: ¹⁸ for, besiegers, were they, unto you, with their wiles wherewith they beguiled you, over the matter of Peor,––and over he matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was smitten in the day of the plague, over the matter of Peor.

¹³ And, when thou hast seen it, then shalt, thou also, be withdrawn unto thy kinsfolk,––as, Aaron thy brother, was withdrawn;

³ So Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm ye from among you men, for the war,––and let them go against Midian, to render the avenging of Yahweh upon Midian.

³⁵ Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on.

¹⁰ All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,––and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel.

²⁴ And, when the people saw him, they praised their god,––for they said––Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, even him who laid waste our land, and who multiplied our slain.

²⁸ So then Samson cried unto Yahweh, and said,––My Lord Yahweh! remember me, I pray thee,––and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged, with one avenging, for my two eyes, upon the Philistines. ²⁹ Then did Samson grasp the two middle pillars, whereon the house rested, and whereon it was upheld, and he braced himself against them,––the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. ³⁰ And Samson said––Let my soul die with the Philistines! And he bowed mightily, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead, whom he slew at his death, were more than they whom he slew in his life.

¹ O GOD of avenging––Yahweh, GOD of avenging, shine forth: ² Lift up thyself, O judge of the earth, Render a recompense unto the proud. ³ How long shall the lawless, O Yahweh, How long shall the lawless exult?

²⁴ Therefore, Declareth the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel,––Alas! I must appease me on mine adversaries, I must avenge me on mine enemies;

² A GOD jealous and avenging, is Yahweh, an avenger, is Yahweh, and a lord of wrath, an avenger, is Yahweh towards his adversaries, and, a retainer [of anger], is he to his foes.

²² For, days of avenging, are, these, for all the things written to be fulfilled.

³⁶ For, David, indeed, unto his own generation having done service, by the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was added unto fathers, and saw corruption;

¹⁹ Not avenging, yourselves, beloved, but give place unto their anger; for it is written––Mine, is avenging, I, will recompense; ––saith the Lord;

⁴ For, God’s minister, is he unto thee for that which is good. But, if, that which is evil, thou be doing, be afraid! For, not in vain, the sword he beareth; for, God’s minister, he is,––an avenger, unto anger, to him who practiseth what is evil.

⁶ Not over–reaching and defrauding, in the matter, his brother; because, an avenger, is the Lord, concerning all these things,––even as we before told you, and solemnly called you to witness.

³⁰ For we know him that hath said––To me, belongeth avenging, I, will recompense; and again––The Lord will judge his people.

¹⁰ And they cried out with a loud voice, saying––How long, O Sovereign, the Holy and True, dost thou not vindicate and avenge our blood from them that dwell upon the earth?

²⁰ Be glad over her, thou heaven! And ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her.

² Because, true and righteous, are his judgments; because he hath judged the great harlot, who, indeed, corrupted the earth with her lewdness,––and hath avenged the blood of his servants, at her hand.

⁹ And Moses said unto Joshua––Choose for us men, and go forth, fight with Amalek,––tomorrow, am, I, stationing myself upon the top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand. ¹⁰ So Joshua did, as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek,––and, Moses, Aaron and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ And it shall be, when Moses shall lift on high his hands, then shall Israel prevail, but, when he shall let down his hands, then shall Amalek prevail. ¹² But, the hands of Moses, were weary, so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat thereupon,––and, Aaron and Hur, upheld his hands––on this side, one, and, on that side, one, and so his hands became steady, until the going in of the sun. ¹³ So Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people, with the edge of the sword.

¹⁶ And he said––Because of a hand against the throne of Yah, Yahweh hath war with Amalek,––from generation to generation!

²⁵ And will bring in upon you a sword, that shall inflict the covenanted avenging: So shall ye be gathered into your cities,––Then will I send a pestilence into your midst, And ye shall be delivered into the hand of an enemy.

¹¹ Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back my wrath from against the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy, in their midst,––so that I made not an end of the sons of Israel, in my jealousy.

¹³ so shall it prove to be unto him, and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age–abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel.

² For the leadership of leaders in Israel, For the volunteering of the people,––Bless ye Yahweh!

²³ Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of Yahweh, Curse ye with a curse, the inhabitants thereof,––because they came not in to the help of Yahweh, to the help of Yahweh, against the mighty.

⁷ and thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy lord,––so will I avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of Yahweh, at the hand of Jezebel;

³⁰ And Yahweh said unto Jehu: Because thou hast done well, by doing that which was right in mine eyes––according to all that was in my heart, hast done to the house of Ahab, sons, of thine, unto the fourth generation, shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

¹⁰ A day of avenging, to avenge him of his adversaries, When the sword shall devour, and be filled, and be sated with their blood,––For, a sacrifice, hath My Lord, Yahweh of hosts, In the land of the North, Towards the river Euphrates.

²⁸ The voice, Of them who are in flight, and, Of such as are escaping, out of the land of Babylon,––To tell in Zion, The avenging of Yahweh our God, The avenging of his temple.

⁸ And, five, of you shall chase, a hundred, And, a hundred, of you shall put ten thousand to flight,––So shall your foes fall before you, by the sword.

² And Yahweh said unto Gideon, Too many, are the people that are with thee, for me to deliver the Midianites into their hand,––lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand, hath saved me.

⁶ So Jonathan said unto the young man bearing his armour––Come! and let us cross over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised, peradventure, Yahweh may work by us,––for there is no restraint with Yahweh, to save by many, or by few.

⁹ according to all that, I, am shewing thee, the pattern of the habitation, and the pattern of all the furnishings thereof, even so, shall ye make it.

⁸ And, the sons of Aaron the priests, shall blow with the trumpets,––and it shall be unto you for a statute age–abiding, unto your generations. ⁹ And, when ye go into war in your land, against the assailant that assaileth you, then shall ye blow an alarm with the trumpets,––and bring yourselves to mind before Yahweh your God, and be saved, from your enemies.

⁴⁴ But they presumptuously ascended into the top of the mountain,––though, neither the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, nor Moses, moved out of the midst of the camp.

⁷ And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, it,––so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; ⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel. ⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand. ¹⁰ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ¹¹ Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, hath turned back my wrath from against the sons of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy, in their midst,––so that I made not an end of the sons of Israel, in my jealousy. ¹² Wherefore say,––Behold me! giving unto him my covenant of peace; ¹³ so shall it prove to be unto him, and unto his seed after him, the covenant of our age–abiding priesthood, because he was jealous for his God, and did put a propitiatory–covering over the sons of Israel.

²⁰ And they brake up from Rimmon–perez,––and encamped in Libnah. ²¹ And they brake up from Libnah,––and encamped in Rissah. ²² And they brake up from Rissah,––and encamped in Kehelathah.

⁴ And, seven priests, shall bear the seven rams’ horns before the ark, and, on the seventh day, shall ye compass the city seven times,––and, the priests, shall blow with the horns. ⁵ And it shall come to pass, when the ram’s horn soundeth, when ye hear the sound of the horn, that all the people shall shout with a great shout,––and then shall the wall of the city fall down under it, and the people shall go up, every man straight before him.
⁶ Then called Joshua son of Nun unto the priests, and said unto them, Bear ye the ark of the covenant,––and let, seven priest, bear seven rams horns, before the ark of Yahweh.

¹³ and, the seven priests who bare the seven rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh, went on and on, and blew with the horns,––with, the armed host going on before them, and, the rear–guard, coming after the ark of Yahweh, going on and blowing with the horns. ¹⁴ So they compassed the city on the second day once, and returned into the camp,––thus, did they, six days. ¹⁵ And it came to pass, on the seventh day, that they rose early at the uprisings of the dawn, and compassed the city after this manner, seven times,––only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

⁴ So the people sent to Shiloh, and bare from thence the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts, who inhabiteth the cherubim,––and, there, were the two sons of Eli, with the ark of the covenant of God, namely, Hophni and Phinehas. ⁵ And so it was, when the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, that all Israel brake out into a loud shout of joy,––so that the earth rang again.

¹⁷ And the bearer of tidings answered, and said––Israel hath fled before the Philistines, Moreover also, a great smiting, hath taken place among the people,––Moreover also, thy two sons, are slain, Hophni and Phinehas, And, the ark of God, is taken.

¹⁸ Then said Saul unto Ahijah, Bring near the ark of God; for the ark of God was, on that day, in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁹ And David ascertained that, against him, Saul was contriving mischief,––so he said unto Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod.

¹¹ And Uriah said unto David––The ark, and Israel and Judah, are dwelling in huts and, my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, on the face of the field, are encamped, Was, I, then, to enter my own house, to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By thy life, yea by the life of thy soul, I could not do this thing.

¹² And lo! with us as Head, is God himself, and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm, to sound an alarm against you,––O sons of Israel! do not fight against Yahweh God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.
¹³ But, Jeroboam, sent round an ambush, to come up from behind them,––so they were before Judah and, the ambush, did come up from behind them. ¹⁴ And, when Judah turned and lo! as for them, the battle was before and behind, then made they outcry unto Yahweh,––and, the priests, kept on blowing with the trumpets. ¹⁵ Then the men of Judah gave a shout,––and it came to pass, when the men of Judah shouted, then, God himself, smote Jeroboam and all Israel, before Abijah and Judah.

¹³ and Yahweh thy God will deliver it into thy hand,––and thou shalt smite every male thereof, with the edge of the sword; ¹⁴ but, the women and the little ones and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city––all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as thy prey,––so shalt thou eat the spoil of thine enemies, whom Yahweh thy God hath delivered unto thee.

¹ And the sons of Israel did the thing that was wicked, in the sight of Yahweh,––so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years; ² and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel,––because of Midian, did the sons of Israel prepare for themselves the hollows which were in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

³³ Now, all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east, were gathered together,––and they crossed over and pitched in the vale of Jezreel.

¹¹ And, this, is the thing that ye shall do,––Every male, and every woman that hath cohabited with man, shall ye devote to destruction.

⁹ Now, when David would smite a land, he used to save alive neither man nor woman,––but took sheep and oxen, and asses and camels, and apparel, and returned, and came in unto Achish.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when David was dealing with Edom, and Joab general of the army went up to bury the slain,––and had smitten every male in Edom,–– ¹⁶ for, six months, did Joab remain there, with all Israel,––until he had cut off every male in Edom,

⁴ So Moab said unto the elders of Midian––Now, shall the gathered host lick up all that are round about us, as the ox doth lick up the verdure of the field. But, Balak son of Zippor, was king unto Moab at that time.

¹⁰ Then said Balaam unto God,––Balak, son of Zipper, king of Moab, hath sent unto me:

²⁵ Then Balaam arose, and went, and returned unto his place,––and, Balak also, went his way.

¹⁵ and, the name of the woman who was smitten, the Midianitess, was Cozbi, daughter of Zur,––the head of his kindred, of an ancestral house in Midian, was he.

¹⁸ for, besiegers, were they, unto you, with their wiles wherewith they beguiled you, over the matter of Peor,––and over he matter of Cozbi, daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was smitten in the day of the plague, over the matter of Peor.

²¹ and all the cities of the table–land, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon,––whom Moses smote––with the princes of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, dukes of Sihon dwelling in the land; ²² Balaam also son of Beor, the diviner, did the sons of Israel slay with the sword among their slain.

¹⁶ To be known is Yahweh, by the sentence he hath executed, By the doing of his own hands, is he about to strike down the lawless one. [Resounding music. Selah.]

² In the pride of the lawless one, he hotly pursueth the poor, let them be caught in the plots which they have devised!

⁹ But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction,–– ¹⁰ For, a root of all the vices, is the love of money, which, some, being eager for, have been seduced from the faith, and have pierced, themselves, about with many pangs.

¹⁵ Forsaking a straight path, they have gone astray, following out the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved, a reward of wrong,

¹¹ Alas for them! because––in the way of Cain have they gone, and, in the error of Balaam’s wage, have they run riot, and, in the gainsaying of Korah, have they perished.

¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have against thee, a few things,––that thou hast there, such as hold fast the teaching of Balaam,––who went on to teach Balak to throw a cause of stumbling before the sons of Israel, to eat idol–sacrifices and to commit lewdness:

²⁰ And the wild–beast, was taken, and, with him, the false prophet who wrought the signs before him, whereby he deceived them who received the mark of the wild–beast and them who were doing homage unto his image,––alive, were they two cast into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone.

¹⁵ And Moses said unto them,––Have ye saved alive every female? ¹⁶ Lo! they, became unto the sons of Israel, by the advice of Balaam, the cause of daring acts of treachery against Yahweh, over the affair of Peor,––and then came the plague against the assembly of Yahweh!

¹⁴ but, the women and the little ones and the cattle, and all that shall be in the city––all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take as thy prey,––so shalt thou eat the spoil of thine enemies, whom Yahweh thy God hath delivered unto thee.

⁵ Wherefore Yahweh his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria, who smote him, and carried away captive from him a large body of captives, and brought them into Damascus,––yea, even into the hand of the king of Israel, was he delivered, who smote him with a great smiting.

⁸ And the sons of Israel, carried away captive, from among their brethren two hundred thousand, wives, sons and daughters, moreover also, of much spoil, did they plunder them,––and brought the spoil to Samaria. ⁹ But, in that place, was a prophet unto Yahweh, Oded his name, so he went out to meet the host that was coming unto Samaria, and said unto them, Lo! in the wrath of Yahweh, God of your fathers, against Judah, hath he delivered them into your hand,––and ye have slain them in a rage, until, to the heavens, it hath reached. ¹⁰ Now, therefore, ye, are thinking to tread down, the children of Judah and Jerusalem, as servants and as handmaids for yourselves. But is it not so––that, ye yourselves, are altogether guilty against Yahweh your God?

¹⁶ these same, are the sons of Ishmael, and, these, their names, by their villages, and by their encampments,––twelve princes, after their tribes.

²⁴ But, the city, burned they with fire, and all that was therein,––save only, the silver and the gold and the vessels of bronze and of iron, put they into the treasury of the house of Yahweh.

¹ And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that, the Amalekites, had made a raid into the South, and into Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

¹⁶ Pharaoh king of Egypt, had gone up and captured Gezer, and burned it with fire, the Canaanites also who were dwelling in the city, had he slain,––and had given it as a dowry, to his daughter, wife of Solomon.

⁷ Your country––is a desolation, Your cities––are consumed with fire,––Your soil––right before your eyes, foreigners are devouring it, And it is a desolation, a very overthrow by foreigners;

⁸ Therefore, in one day, shall have come her plagues,––death and grief and famine; and, with fire, shall she be burned up; ––because, mighty, is the [Lord] God who hath judged her.

² so shalt thou do unto Ai and to her king, as thou didst unto Jericho unto her king, save only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof, shall ye take as your own prey,––set thee an ambush for the city, behind it.

¹ Then did the sons of Israel break up,––and encamp in the waste plains of Moab, on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho.

¹⁷ Then came forth the king of Sodom to meet him, after his return from the smiting of Chedorlaomer, and the kings who were with him,––into the vale of Shaveh, the same, was the vale of the king.

² Command the sons of Israel, that they send forth out of the camp, every leper, and every one that hath a flux,––and every one that is unclean by the dead:

¹¹ He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days.

¹² and brought in unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the assembly of the sons of Israel––the captives, and the booty, and the spoil, unto the camp,––unto the waste plains of Moab, which are by Jordan, near Jericho.

²² Surely, the gold, and the silver,––the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead, ²³ whatsoever thing can go into fire, ye shall pass through fire, and it shall be clean, only, with the water of separation, shall ye cleanse it (from sin). But, whatsoever cannot go into fire, ye shall pass through water. ²⁴ And ye shall wash your clothes, on the seventh day, and be clean,––and, afterwards, shall ye come into the camp.

¹² And Samuel rose early to meet Saul, in the morning, and it was told Samuel, saying––Saul having come to Carmel, and lo! having set him up a sign, hath gone round, and passed over, and descended to Gilgal.

²¹ And David came unto the two hundred men, who had been too wearied to follow David, and whom they had suffered to remain at the ravine of Besor,––and they came forth to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him, and when David came near unto the people, they enquired of his success.

¹⁹ And it came to pass, when he drew near unto the camp, and saw the calf, and the dancings, that the anger of Moses kindled, and he cast out of his hands the tables, and brake them in pieces, at the foot of the mountain.

²² And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord kindle,––thou thyself, knowest the people, that, ready for mischief, they are.

¹⁶ Now, as for the sin–bearing goat, Moses, diligently sought, it, but lo! it had been burnt up,––then was he wroth against Eleazar and against Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying:

³ Now, the man Moses, was patient, exceedingly,––above all the sons of earth, who were on the face of the ground.

⁴⁸ Then came near unto Moses, the officers who belonged unto the thousands of the host,––the princes of thousands, and the princes of hundreds;

¹³ And Samuel came unto Saul,––and Saul said unto him––Blessed, be thou by Yahweh: I have established the word of Yahweh. ¹⁴ And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of sheep, in mine ears,––and the lowing of oxen, which I can hear?

⁴² And he said unto him––Thus, saith Yahweh, Because thou hast let go the man whom I had devoted, out of thy hand, therefore shall, thy life, be instead of, his life, and, thy people, instead of, his people.

¹⁹ Then was the man of God wroth against him, and said––Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, then, hadst thou smitten Syria, until it had been consumed; But, now, three times, shalt thou smite Syria.

²⁶ Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood,

³⁴ And we captured all his cities, at that time, and devoted to destruction every city of males, with the women, and the little ones,––we left not remaining a survivor:

¹³ and Yahweh thy God will deliver it into thy hand,––and thou shalt smite every male thereof, with the edge of the sword;

¹⁶ But, of the cities of these peoples, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee as an inheritance, shalt thou not save alive, any breathing thing. ¹⁷ But thou shalt, devote them to destruction––the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites,––as Yahweh thy God hath commanded thee: ¹⁸ lest they teach you to do, according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods,––and so ye sin against Yahweh your God.

²¹ And they devoted all that were in the city, both man and woman, both young and old,––and ox and sheep and ass, with the edge of the sword.

²⁵ And so it was, that all who fell that day, both of men and of women, were twelve thousand,––all people of Ai.

⁴⁰ So Joshua smote all the land––the hill country, and the south, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings, he left not a survivor,––but, every breathing thing, devoted he to destruction, as Yahweh, God of Israel, had commanded.

¹⁴ But, all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, did the sons of Israel take as their prey,––nevertheless, all the human beings, smote they with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, they left remaining no breathing thing.

³ Now, go and smite Amalek, and devote ye to destruction all that he hath, and spare him not,––but thou shalt slay both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and sheep, both camel and ass.

⁸ O ruined daughter of Babylon,––how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us! ⁹ How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.

¹⁰ Accursed, be he that doeth the business of Yahweh, carelessly; And, accursed, be he that withholdeth his sword, from blood!

⁶ elder, young man and virgin, and little ones and women, shall ye slay utterly, but, unto any man who hath upon him the mark, do not ye come near, and, at my sanctuary, shall ye begin. So they began with the elder men, who were before the house.

¹⁴ Now, therefore, behold me! going to my own people,––Come now! let me advise thee, what this people shall do unto thy people, in the afterpart of the days.

¹ And Israel remained among the acacias,––and the people began to go away unchastely unto the daughters of Moab; ² who invited the people unto the sacrifices of their gods,––so the people did eat, and did bow themselves down unto their gods. ³ Thus Israel let himself be bound unto Baal–peor, and the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel. ⁴ And Yahweh said unto Moses––Take all the heads of the people, and crucify them unto Yahweh, in the face of the sun,––that the heat of the anger of Yahweh may turn away from Israel. ⁵ And Moses said unto the judges of Israel,––Slay ye each one his men, who have let themselves be bound unto Baal–peor.
⁶ And lo! a man of the sons of Israel coming in, who brought near unto his brethren a Midianite woman, before the eyes of Moses, and before the eyes of all the assembly of the sons of Israel,––when they, were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw, it,––so he rose up out of the midst of the assembly, and took a spear in his hand; ⁸ and went in after the man of Israel, into the pleasure–tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman, in her parts of shame,––so the plague was restrained, from against the sons of Israel. ⁹ Then was it found that they who had died by the plague were four and twenty thousand.

³ Yours are the eyes, that have seen what Yahweh did in Baal–peor, for, every man who went after Baal–peor, did Yahweh thy God destroy, out of thy midst;

¹⁷ Too little for us, was the iniquity of Peor, from which we have not cleansed ourselves, unto this day,––although the plague came upon the assembly of Yahweh;

²⁷ For, a deep chasm, is the unchaste woman, and, a narrow pit, the female unknown;

²⁶ I, could indeed find, to be, more bitter than death, the woman, whose heart is, snares and nets, and her hands, bonds,––whoso is pleasing before God, shall escape from her, but, he that sinneth, shall be captured by her.

² and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them, thou shalt devote them to destruction, thou shalt not solemnise with them a covenant, neither shalt thou shew them favour;

¹¹ And, this, is the thing that ye shall do,––Every male, and every woman that hath cohabited with man, shall ye devote to destruction. ¹² And they found––of the inhabitants of Jabesh–gilead––four hundred young women, virgins, who had not cohabited with man,––so they brought them into the camp, at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

⁴⁴ And, as for thy bondman and thy bondmaid which thou shalt have, of the nations that are round about you––from them, may ye buy bondman and bondmaid.

¹⁰ When thou shalt go forth to war, against thine enemies,––and Yahweh thy God shall deliver them into thy hand, and thou shalt take them captive; ¹¹ and shalt see among the captives a woman of beautiful figure,––and shalt have a desire unto her, and wouldest take [her] to thee to wife, ¹² then shalt thou bring her into the midst of thy house,––and she shall shave her head and pare her nails; ¹³ and put away the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thy house, and bewail her father and her mother, for the space of a month,––and, after that, mayest thou go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. ¹⁴ And it shall be, if thou hast no pleasure in her, then shalt thou let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not, sell, her for silver,––thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

² And peoples, shall take them, and bring them into their own place, And the house of Israel shall possess themselves of them, upon the soil of Yahweh, for servants and for handmaids,––Thus shall they be taking captive their captors, And shall tread down their oppressors.

¹¹ He that toucheth the dead, even any human person, shall be unclean seven days. ¹² He, shall cleanse himself from sin therewith, on the third day, then, on the seventh day, shall he be clean,––but, if he cleanse not himself from sin on the third day, then, on the seventh day, shall he not be clean. ¹³ Whosoever toucheth the dead, the person of the human being that dieth, and doth not cleanse himself from sin, the habitation of Yahweh, hath he made unclean; that person, therefore, shall be cut off out of Israel,––because, the water of separation, was not dashed upon him, unclean, shall he be, his uncleanness is yet, upon him. ¹⁴ This, is the law––When, a human being, shall die in a tent, every one who goeth into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean, seven days. ¹⁵ And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is. ¹⁶ And, whosoever toucheth, on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean, seven days. ¹⁷ And they shall take, for him that is unclean, of the ashes of the burning of the sin–bearer,––and living water shall be put thereon, in a vessel. ¹⁸ Then shall a man that is clean, take hyssop, and dip in the water, and sprinkle upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there,––and upon him that touched the bone, or him who had been slain, or him who had died of himself, or the grave; ¹⁹ and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day,––so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be clean in the evening. ²⁰ But, in the case of the man who shall be unclean and shall not cleanse himself from sin, that person, shall be cut off, out of the midst of the convocation,––for, the sanctuary of Yahweh, hath he made unclean, the water of separation, hath not been dashed upon him, unclean, he is. ²¹ So shall it be unto them for statute age–abiding,––and, he that sprinkleth the water of separation, shall wash his clothes, and, he that toucheth the water of separation, shall be unclean until the evening; ²² and, whatsoever the unclean person toucheth, shall be unclean,––and, the person who toucheth it, shall be unclean until the evening.

⁸ but the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying, Blood in abundance, hast thou shed, and, great wars, hast thou made,––thou shalt not build a house for my Name, because, much blood, hast thou shed upon the earth, before me.

² And Jacob said unto his house, and unto all who were with him,––Put away the gods of the alien which are in your midst, and purify yourselves, and change your garments;

¹⁰ And Yahweh said unto Moses––Go unto the people, and thou shalt hallow them today, and tomorrow,––and they shall wash their clothes;

¹⁴ This, is the law––When, a human being, shall die in a tent, every one who goeth into the tent, and every one who is in the tent, shall be unclean, seven days. ¹⁵ And, in the case of every open vessel, on which no cover is fastened, unclean, it is. ¹⁶ And, whosoever toucheth, on the face of the field, one slain with a sword, or one who hath died, or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean, seven days.

²² and, whatsoever the unclean person toucheth, shall be unclean,––and, the person who toucheth it, shall be unclean until the evening.

¹⁶ These, are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, in the house of her father.

³² and, everything whereon any of them shall fall when they are dead, shall be unclean––of any articles of wood, or cloth, or skin, or sackcloth, any article wherewith any work is done,––shall be put in water and shall be unclean until the evening, and then be clean.

¹⁷ And, in the case of any garment or any skin whereupon there shall come to be an outflow of seed, then shall it be washed in water, and be unclean until the evening.

⁷ And, thus, shalt thou do unto them, to purify them, sprinkle upon them sin–cleansing water,––then shall they cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and shall wash their clothes, and so make themselves pure.

⁹ Then shall a man that is clean gather up the ashes of the heifer, and put them by, outside the camp, in a clean place,––so shall they be for the assembly of the sons of Israel, to keep for water of separation, it is, a taking away of sin.

¹⁷ And they shall take, for him that is unclean, of the ashes of the burning of the sin–bearer,––and living water shall be put thereon, in a vessel.

² When thou passest through the waters, with thee, I am, Or, through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee,––When thou walkest through fire, thou shall not be scorched, And, a flame, shall not kindle upon thee;

⁹ And I will bring the third into the fire, and will smelt them as one smelteth silver, and will try them, as one trieth gold,––It, will call upon my name, and, I, will answer it, and will say, My people, it is! and, it, will say, Yahweh, is my God!

² If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my Name, saith Yahweh of hosts, then will I send among you the curse, and will curse your blessings,––and indeed I have cursed them, because ye are not at all laying it to heart. ³ Behold me! threatening, on your account, the seed, and I will scatter refuse upon your faces, the refuse of your festivals,––and one shall carry you away unto it;

¹¹ I, indeed, am immersing you, in water, unto repentance,––but, he who, after me, cometh is, mightier than I, whose, sandals, I am not worthy to bear, he, will immerse you, in Holy Spirit and fire:

¹³ Each one’s work, shall be made, manifest; for, the day, will make it plain, because, by fire, is it to be revealed,––and, each one’s work, of what sort it is, the fire itself will prove:––

²⁶ That, her, he might sanctify, having purified [her] with the bath of water, in declaration,

⁵ Not by works which we had done in righteousness, but, according to his mercy, he saved us––through means of the bathing of a new birth, and the moulding anew of Holy Spirit.–– ⁶ Which he poured on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour,

⁷ In order that the proving of your faith––much more precious than of gold that perisheth even though, by means of fire, it is proved––may be found unto praise and glory and honour in the revealing of Jesus Christ,––

²¹ Which [water] in manner corresponding, doth, now, save, you also––even immersion,––not a putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the request unto God, for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,––

¹² Beloved! be not held in surprise by the burning among you, which, for putting you to the proof, is befalling you, as though a, surprising, thing were happening unto you;

¹⁸ I counsel thee to buy of me, gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich,––and white raiment, that thou mayest array thyself, and, the shame of thy nakedness, may not be made manifest,––and eye–salve, to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

²⁵ and, whosoever beareth away aught of the carcase of them, shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening.

⁹ and it shall be, on the seventh day, that he shall shave off all the hair of his head, and his beard, and his eyebrows, even all his hair, shall he shave off,––and shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, so shall he be clean.

¹³ And, when he that hath the flux becometh clean from his flux, then shall he number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes,––and bathe his flesh in living water, and be clean.

¹⁹ and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean, on the third day, and on the seventh day,––so shall he cleanse himself from sin, on the seventh day, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be clean in the evening.

⁸ and spake unto them, saying––With much wealth, return ye unto your homes, even with very much cattle, with silver and with gold, and with copper and with iron, and with very much raiment,––divide ye the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

⁴ Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice, and wept,––until they had no more strength to weep.

²⁴ Who indeed, could hearken unto you, in this mutter? Surely, like the share of him that went down into the battle, even, so, shall be the share of him that remained by the stores––alike, shall they share. ²⁵ And so it came to pass, from that day forward, that he appointed it, for a statute and for a custom unto Israel, until this day.

¹² Kings of armies, they flee! they flee! And, she that stayeth at home, shall share the spoil.

²⁰ And blessed be GOD Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. So he gave unto him a tenth of all.

²¹ And, unto the sons of Levi, lo! I have given all the tenth in Israel, for an inheritance,––the allotted portion for their laborious work which, they, are performing, the laborious work of the tent of meeting:

²⁶ Unto the Levites, therefore, shalt thou speak, and shalt say unto them, When ye shall take of the sons of Israel the tenth which I have given unto you from them, as your inheritance, then shall ye offer up therefrom the heave–offering of Yahweh, a tenth of the tenth.

³⁰ And, out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty, of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock, of all the cattle,––and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh.

⁴⁷ So then Moses took––out of the half belonging to the sons of Israel, the allotted portion, one out of fifty, of the human beings, and of the beasts,––and gave them unto the Levites, the keepers of the charge of the habitation of Yahweh, As Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹⁹ But, as for all silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron, hallowed, it is to Yahweh,––unto the treasury of Yahweh, shall it come.

¹¹ Them also, did King David hallow unto Yahweh,––with the silver and the gold which he had hallowed from all the nations which he had subdued: ¹² from Syria, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek,––and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

¹¹ them also, did King David hallow unto Yahweh, with the silver and the gold, that he bare away from all the nations,––from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

²⁶ The same Shelomoth and his brethren, were over all the treasuries of the hallowed things, which David the king and the ancestral chiefs, with the captains of thousands and hundreds and the captains of the army, had hallowed: ²⁷ out of the battles and out of the spoil, had they hallowed [them], ––to strengthen [the provision] for the house of Yahweh.

⁹ Honour thou Yahweh, with thy substance, and with the firstfruit of all thine increase; ¹⁰ So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

⁷ In that time, shall there be borne along,. As a present unto Yahweh of hosts, A people drawn out and polished, Even from a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,––A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers, have cut through, Unto the place of the Name of Yahweh of hosts. Mount Zion.

¹⁸ But, her merchandise and her hire, shall be hallowed unto Yahweh, It shall not be stored up, nor hoarded,––For, to them who dwell before Yahweh, shall her merchandise belong, That they may eat to satisfaction, And have stately apparel.

⁹ Surely, for me, shall, Coastlands, wait, And the ships of Tarshish, first, To bring in thy sons, from far, Their silver and their gold with them,––Unto the name of Yahweh, thy God, And unto the Holy One of Israel, Because he hath adorned thee.

²¹ They say––Caesar’s. Then, saith he unto them––Render, therefore, the things of Caesar, unto Caesar,––and, the things of God, unto God.

²⁷ And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave–offering, and the shoulder of the heave–offering, which is waved to and fro, and which is heaved up,––from the ram of installation, from that which is for Aaron, and from that which is for his sons;

¹² So shall ye rejoice before Yahweh your God, Ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your servants, and your handmaids,––and the Levite that is within your gates, forasmuch as he hath neither portion nor inheritance with you.

¹⁹ Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite,––all thy days, upon thy soil.

⁷ so shall they keep his charge, and the charge of all the assembly, before the tent of meeting,––to do the laborious work of the habitation; ⁸ so shall they have charge of all the furniture of the tent of meeting, even the charge of the sons of Israel,––to do the laborious work of the habitation.

²⁵ And, the charge of the sons of Gershon, was over the tent of meeting, the habitation, and the tent,––the covering thereof, and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting;

³¹ And, their charge, was––the ark, and the table, and the lampstand, and the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary wherewith they were to minister,––and the screen, as to all the laborious work thereof.

³⁶ And, the oversight of the charge of the sons of Merari, was––the boards of the habitation, and the bars thereof and the pillars thereof and the sockets thereof,––and all the furniture thereof, as to all the laborious work thereof; ³⁷ also the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets,––and their pins, and their cords. ³⁸ But, they who were to encamp before the habitation, eastwards, before the tent of meeting, towards sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, to keep the charge of the sanctuary, as the charge of the sons of Israel, and, the stranger that came near, was to be put to death. ³⁹ All they who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses [and Aaron] numbered at the bidding of Yahweh, by their families,––every male, from one month old and upwards, were two–and–twenty thousand.

¹ And Yahweh said unto Aaron, Thou, and thy sons, and the house of thy father with thee, shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary,––and, thou, and thy sons with thee, shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. ² Therefore also, thy brethren of the tribe of Levi, the stem of thy father, bring thou near with thee, and let them be joined unto thee, and let them wait upon thee,––both on thee and on thy sons with thee, before the tent of the testimony. ³ So shall they keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tent,––only, unto the vessels of the sanctuary, and unto the altar, shall they not come near, lest they die––both they, and ye. ⁴ So shall they be joined unto thee, and shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, as to all the laborious work of the tent,––but, a stranger, shall not come near unto you. ⁵ So shall ye keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar,––that there no more, be wrath against the sons of Israel.

²³ So shall the Levites themselves, perform the laborious work of the tent of meeting, and, they, shall bear their iniquity, a statute age–abiding, unto your generations, and, in the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. ²⁴ Because, the tenth of the sons of Israel, which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave–offering, have I given unto the Levites, as an inheritance,––for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. ²⁵ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ²⁶ Unto the Levites, therefore, shalt thou speak, and shalt say unto them, When ye shall take of the sons of Israel the tenth which I have given unto you from them, as your inheritance, then shall ye offer up therefrom the heave–offering of Yahweh, a tenth of the tenth. ²⁷ So shall your heave–offering be reckoned your own,––as corn out of the threshing–floor, and as the abundance, out of the wine–press. ²⁸ Thus, shall, ye also, offer up the heave–offering of Yahweh, out of all your tenths which ye shall take from the sons of Israel,––and give therefrom the heave–offering of Yahweh, unto Aaron the priest.

²⁸ Then shalt thou levy a tribute unto Yahweh––from the men of war, who went forth in the host, one living thing, out of five hundred,––of the human beings, and of the herd, and of the asses, and of the flock:

²⁷ And, round about the house of God, used they to lodge,––for, upon them, was the charge, and they were over the setting open, morning by morning. ²⁸ And, some from among them, were over the utensils of the service,––for, by number, used they to bring them in, and, by number, used they to take them forth. ²⁹ And, some from among them, were appointed over the utensils, yea over all the vessels of the holy place,––and over the fine meal, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

³² and they shall keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brethren,––in the laborious work of the house of Yahweh.

²⁰ And, the Levites, their brethren, were over the treasuries of the house of God, even to the treasuries of hallowed things. ²¹ The sons of Ladan––the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan––the ancestral chiefs belonging to Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli; ²² the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother who were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. ²³ Then came certain of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites. ²⁴ And, Shebuel, son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief ruler over the treasuries. ²⁵ And, his brethren pertaining to Eliezer, were Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

²⁸ Be taking heed unto yourselves, and unto all the little flock in which the Holy Spirit hath set, you, as overseers,––to be shepherding the assembly of God which he hath acquired through means of the blood of his own.

² Here, furthermore, it is sought in stewards, that, faithful, one be found.

¹³ Know ye not that, they who labour in the holy rites, do eat the provisions out of the holy place? They who at the altar wait, do, with the altar, share? ¹⁴ Thus, also, hath the Lord, appointed––that, they who the glad message tell, should, of the glad–message, live.

¹⁷ And say to Archippus: be taking heed unto the ministry which thou hast accepted in the Lord,––that, the same, thou fulfill.

¹⁷ Be yielding unto them who are guiding you, and submit yourselves; for they are watching over your souls, as having an account to render, that, with joy the same they may be doing, and not with sighing,––for, unprofitable unto you, were, this.

⁹ And, every heave–offering, of all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, unto him, shall it belong.

⁸ And Yahweh spake unto Aaron, I, therefore, lo! I have given unto thee, the charge of my heave–offerings,––as to all the hallowed things of the sons of Israel––unto thee, have I given them, as pertaining to the anointing, and unto thy sons, for a statute age–abiding.

¹⁹ all the heave–offerings of the holy things, which the sons of Israel shall heave up unto Yahweh, have I given unto thee, and unto thy sons and unto thy daughters with thee, by a statute age–abiding,––an age–abiding covenant of salt, it is, before Yahweh, for thee, and for thy seed with thee.

²⁹ out of their half, shall ye take [them], ––and thou shall give [them] unto Eleazar the priest, as a heave–offering unto Yahweh. ³⁰ And, out of the half allotted to the sons of Israel, shalt thou take one allotted portion out of fifty, of the human beings, of the herd, of the asses and of the flock, of all the cattle,––and shalt give them unto the Levites, who keep the charge of the habitation of Yahweh. ³¹ And Moses and Eleazar the priest did,––As Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹⁰ neither satchel for journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor staff; for, worthy, is the labourer, of his maintenance.

¹⁰ Or, for our sakes altogether, is he saying it? For our sakes, it was written; because, he that ploweth, ought, to plow, in hope,––and, he that thresheth, [to thresh] in hope of partaking. ¹¹ If, we, unto you, the things of the Spirit have sown, is it a great matter, if, we, of you, the things of the flesh shall reap? ¹² If, others, of this right, over you, are partaking, [should] not rather, we? nevertheless, we used not this right; but, all [such] things, do we conceal,––lest we should cause any hindrance unto the glad message of the Christ.

⁶ Howbeit, let him who is being orally instructed in the word, have fellowship with him that is so instructing him, in all good things.

¹⁷ Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;

⁴ Now consider, how great, this man was, to whom, a tenth, Abraham gave out of the choicest spoils, [Yea Abraham] the Patriarch. ⁵ And, they, indeed, from among the sons of Levi who the priesthood receive, have commandment to take tithes of the people, according to the law, that is, of their brethren, although sprung from the loins of Abraham; ⁶ But, he who deriveth not his pedigree from among them, hath taken tithes of Abraham. And, the holder of the promises, hath he blessed.

⁹ And––so to say a word––through Abraham, even Levi who taketh tithes hath paid tithes; ¹⁰ For, even then, was he, in the loins of his father, when, Melchizedek, met him.
¹¹ If indeed, therefore, there had been, a perfecting through means of the Levitical priesthood,––for, the people, thereon, have had based a code of laws, what further need, according to the rank of Melchizedek, for a different priest to be raised up, and, not according to the rank of Aaron, to be designated? ¹² For, seeing there is to be a change of the priesthood, of necessity, of law too, a change cometh.

²¹ And, unto the sons of Levi, lo! I have given all the tenth in Israel, for an inheritance,––the allotted portion for their laborious work which, they, are performing, the laborious work of the tent of meeting: ²² that the sons of Israel, come near no more, unto the tent of meeting,––to bear sin, to die. ²³ So shall the Levites themselves, perform the laborious work of the tent of meeting, and, they, shall bear their iniquity, a statute age–abiding, unto your generations, and, in the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance. ²⁴ Because, the tenth of the sons of Israel, which they shall offer up unto Yahweh as a heave–offering, have I given unto the Levites, as an inheritance,––for this cause, said I regarding them, In the midst of the sons of Israel, shall they take no inheritance.

¹⁷ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates, the tithe of thy corn, or of thy new wine, or of thine oil, or the firstlings of thy herd, or of thy flock,––nor any of thy vow–offerings which thou shalt vow, nor thy freewill–offerings, nor the heave–offering of thy hand; ¹⁸ but, before Yahweh thy God, shalt thou eat it, in the place which Yahweh thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant and thy handmaid, and the Levite who is within thy gates,––so shalt thou rejoice before Yahweh thy God, in all whereunto thou puttest thy hand. ¹⁹ Take heed to thyself, lest thou forsake the Levite,––all thy days, upon thy soil.

¹ [A Song of Ascents.]
Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night:

¹⁰ His watchmen, are blind, None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark,––Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber. ¹¹ And, the dogs, are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, Yea, they, are shepherds, who know not to discern,––All of them, unto their own way, have turned, Every man to his unjust gain, on every hand:

¹ And, after these things, the Lord appointed seventy two others, and sent them forth, two and two before his face, into every city and place whither, he himself, was about to come. ² And he was saying unto them––The harvest, indeed, is, great, but, the labourers, few; beg ye, therefore, of the Lord of the harvest, that he would thrust forth, labourers, into his harvest. ³ Withdraw! Lo! I send you forth as lambs amid wolves. ⁴ Be not carrying purse, or satchel, or sandals, and, no one along the road, salute ye; ⁵ And, into whatsoever house ye enter, First, say, Peace to this house! ⁶ And, if the son of peace be, there, your peace, shall rest upon it; but, otherwise, at least, unto you, shall it return. ⁷ And, in the self–same house, abide ye, eating and drinking such things as they have; for, worthy, is the labourer, of his hire: be not removing from house to house. ⁸ And, into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they bid you welcome, be eating such things as are set before you;

¹² Now we request you, brethren,––to know them who are toiling among you, and presiding over you, in the Lord, and admonishing you; ¹³ And to hold them in very high esteem, in love, their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves,

¹⁸ And David rescued all whom the Amalekites had taken,––his two wives also, did David rescue; ¹⁹ and there was nothing missing to them––whether small or great, whether spoil, or sons or daughters, or, any thing which they had taken unto themselves,––the whole, did David recover.

¹⁴ From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their blood in his sight.

⁹ that the word might be fulfilled which he had said––As touching them whom thou hast given me, I lost from among them, not so much as one.

¹² When thou takest the sum of the sons of Israel, by their numberings, then shall they give, every man a propitiatory–covering for his soul to Yahweh, when they are numbered,––that there may be among them no plague, when they are numbered.

¹⁵ The rich, shall not give more, and, the poor, shall not give less, than the half–shekel,––when they give the heave–offering of Yahweh, to put a propitiatory–covering over your souls. ¹⁶ So then thou shalt take the silver for the propitiatory–coverings, from the sons of Israel, and shalt expend it upon the service of the tent of meeting,––thus shall it be for the sons of Israel, as a memorial before Yahweh, to put a propitiatory–covering over your souls.

¹¹ For, as for the life of the flesh, in the blood, it is, therefore have, I, given it unto you upon the altar, to put a propitiatory–covering over your lives,––for, the blood, it is, which, by virtue of the life, maketh propitiation.

¹⁵ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men!

²¹ Let them give thanks to Yahweh for his lovingkindness, and for his wonderful dealings with the sons of men! ²² Yea let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and recount his works with a shout.

¹² How shall I give back to Yahweh, All his benefits unto me?

¹⁷ To thee, will I sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and, on the Name of Yahweh, will I call:

² that the princes of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, made an offering,––they being princes of the tribes, they being the men who stood over them who were numbered: ³ yea, then brought they in, as their offering, before Yahweh––six covered waggons, and twelve oxen, a waggon for every two of the princes, and an ox for each one,––yea they brought them near before the habitation. ⁴ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ⁵ Take [them] of them, so shall they be for doing the laborious work of the tent of meeting,––and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to the need of his laborious work. ⁶ So Moses took the waggons, and the oxen,––and gave them unto the Levites:

³² And it came to pass that the booty, over and above the prey which the people of the host had seized, was,––of the flock, six hundred and seventy–five thousand;

¹⁶ So then thou shalt take the silver for the propitiatory–coverings, from the sons of Israel, and shalt expend it upon the service of the tent of meeting,––thus shall it be for the sons of Israel, as a memorial before Yahweh, to put a propitiatory–covering over your souls.

⁴⁰ a memorial unto the sons of Israel, That no stranger, who is, not of the seed of Aaron, shall draw near to offer incense before Yahweh,––lest he become like Korah and like his assembly, As spake Yahweh by the hand of Moses, with regard thereto.

⁷ Then shall ye say unto them––That the waters of the Jordan, were cut off, from before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, when it passed into the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan, were cut off. So shall these stones become a memorial unto the sons of Israel, unto times age–abiding.

⁴⁹ For this cause, will I praise thee among the nations, O Yahweh, and, to thy Name, will I sweep the strings:––

¹ Bless, O my soul, Yahweh,––And all that is within me, his holy Name; ² Bless, O my soul, Yahweh, And forget not all his dealings:––

¹ Not unto us, O Yahweh, not unto us,––but, unto thine own Name, give glory, concerning thy lovingkindness, concerning thy faithfulness.

⁷ The memory of thy great goodness, shall men pour forth, and, thy righteousness, shall they shout aloud.

¹⁴ But, the crown, shall belong to Heldai and to Tobiah and to Jedaiah, and to Hen son of Zephaniah,––for a memorial in the temple of Yahweh.

¹⁹ And, taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave unto them, saying––This is my body [which in your behalf is being given: this, be ye doing, in remembrance, of me.

⁴ And he, looking steadfastly at him, and becoming full of fear, said––What is it, Lord? And he said unto him––Thy prayers and thine alms, have gone up for a memorial before God.