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and whereas they did thus to the men that came from afar, to whom they sent messengers, and as soon as they came, immediately thou didst wash thyself, and didst paint thine eyes and adorn thyself with ornaments,

And they shall bring multitudes upon thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and pierce thee with their swords.

And all the Asaremoth even to Nachal Kedron, as far as the corner of the horse-gate eastward, shall be holiness to the Lord; and it shall not fail any more, and shall not be destroyed for ever.

For upon my holy mountain, on the high mountain, saith the Lord, even the Lord, there shall all the house of Israel serve me for ever: and there will I accept you, and there will I have respect to your first-fruits, and the first-fruits of your offerings, in all your holy things.

NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord.

And I will make with them an everlasting covenant, which I will by no means turn away from them, and I will put my fear into their heart, that they may not depart from me.

As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities bordering upon them, saith the Lord: no man shall dwell there, and no son of man shall sojourn there.

And the numbering of them according to their families, according to the houses of their lineage, was two thousand six hundred and thirty.

and the persons, sixteen thousand, and the tribute of them to the Lord, thirty-two souls.

Take away my reproach which I have feared: for thy judgments are good.

And keep ye his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, that ye may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever.

And he remembered that they are flesh; a wind that passes away, and returns not.

And Balac offered sheep and calves, and sent to Balaam and to his princes who were with him.

For thou hast girded me with strength for war: thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.

For they fear in their lairs, and lying in wait couch in the woods.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Count every first-born male of the children of Israel from a month old and upwards, and take the number by name.

and one kid of the goats for a sin-offering.

These are the sons of Suthala; to Eden, the family of the Edenites.

And they put it on the border of blue, so that it should be on the mitre above, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly cast its fruit.

For the sons of Aser according to their kindreds, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, every one that goes forth with the host,

then let the nettle come up to me instead of wheat, and a bramble instead of barley. And Job ceased speaking.

And ye turned and marched into the wilderness, in the way by the Red Sea.

And Moses gave Galaad to Machir the son of Manasse, and he dwelt there.

And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we that are here will go up to the place of which the Lord has spoken, because we have sinned.

For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and swear by my right hand, and I will say, I live for ever.

that ye may remember and perform all my commands, and ye shall be holy unto your God.

And Arad the Chananitish king (he too dwelt in the land of Chanaan) having heard when the children of Israel were entering the land

Behold, I have desired thy commandments: quicken me in thy righteousness.

How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, and anger him in a dry land!

And who has prepared food for the raven? for its young ones wander and cry to the Lord, in search of food.

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be thine, for they shall depart into captivity.

then they departed from mount Or, and encamped in Selmona.

And Moses said, Why do ye transgress the word of the Lord? ye shall not prosper.

And Jair the son of Manasse went and took their villages, and called them the villages of Jair.

For I will sharpen my sword like lightning, and my hand shall take hold of judgment; and I will render judgment to my enemies, and will recompense them that hate me.

Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan on the east,

And thou has made mine enemies turn their backs before me; and thou hast destroyed them that hated me.

And ye answered and said, We have sinned before the Lord our God; we will go up and fight according to all that the Lord our God has commanded us: and having taken every one his weapons of war, and being gathered together, ye went up to the mountain.

And Moses gave the tribute to the Lord, the heave-offering of God, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses;

And for a sacrifice of peace-offering, two heifers, five rams, five he-goats, five ewe-lambs of a year old: this was the gift of Salamiel the son of Surisadai.

This is the numbering of the family of the sons of Gedson, every one who ministers in the tabernacle of witness; whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, by the hand of Moses.

These are the families of Ephraim according to their numbering, thirty-two thousand and five hundred: these are the families of the children of Joseph according to their families.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Aser, was forty and one thousand and five hundred.

And it was morning; and Balac took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and shewed him thence a part of the people.

And thou shalt take the Levites for meI am the Lordinstead of all the first-born of the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the first-born among the cattle of the children of Israel.

I am the Lord your God that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

And I will visit them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, and with all my heart, and with all my soul.

And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and shall execute vengeance on thee in the sight of many women: and I will turn thee back from harlotry, and I will no more give thee rewards.

How has the boast of all the earth been taken and caught in a snare! how has Babylon become a desolation among the nations!

Carioth is taken, and the strong-holds have been taken together.

Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:

Let us lift up our hearts with our hand to the lofty One in heaven.

I will accept you with a sweet-smelling savour, when I bring you out from the nations, and take you out of the countries wherein ye have been dispersed; and I will be sanctified among you in the sight of the nations.

and satest on a prepared bed, and before it there was a table set out, and as for mine incense and mine oil, they rejoiced in them,

Four on one side and four on the other side behind the gate; upon them they kill the victims, in front of the eight tables of sacrifices.

And Moab shall perish from being a multitude, because he has magnified himself against the Lord.

the people is fierce, and will have no mercy: their voices shall sound as the sea, they shall ride upon horses, prepared for war, like fire, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

For thus saith the Lord; As I have brought upon this people all these great evils, so will I bring upon them all the good things which I pronounced upon them.

So will I slacken my fury against thee, and my jealousy shall be removed from thee, and I will rest, and be no more careful for thee.

The sea has come up upon Babylon with the sound of its waves, and she is covered.

We have sinned, we have transgressed; and thou hast not pardoned.

And ye shall know that I am the Lord, when I have brought you into the land of Israel, into the land concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers.

and they raised a sound of music, and that with men coming from the wilderness out of a multitude of men, and they put bracelets on their hands, and a crown of glory on their heads;

And there were four tables of hewn stone for whole-burnt-offerings, the breadth of them was a cubit and a half, and the length of them two cubits and a half, and their height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they slay there the whole-burnt-offerings and the victims.

On the sixth day the prince of the sons of Gad, Elisaph the son of Raguel.

And the Lord said to me, Tell them, Ye shall not go up, neither shall ye fight, for I am not with you; thus shall ye not be destroyed before your enemies.

And Moses counted, as the Lord commanded him, every first-born among the children of Israel.

They cried, but there was no deliverer: even to the Lord, but he hearkened not to them.

Go not up, for the Lord is not with you; so shall ye fall before the face of your enemies.

And let thy mercy come upon me, O Lord; even thy salvation, according to thy word.

All thy trees and the fruits of thy land shall the blight consume.

that the slayer might flee thither, who should have slain his neighbour unintentionally, and should not have hated him in times past, and he shall flee to one of these cities and live:

And Nabau went and took Caath and her villages, and called them Naboth after his name.

I will make my weapons drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh, it shall glut itself with the blood of the wounded, and from the captivity of the heads of their enemies that rule over them.

And also the family of the sons of Merari were numbered according to their divisions, according to the house of their fathers;

And they departed from Selmona, and encamped in Phino.

The sons of Benjamin according to their families; to Bale, the family of the Balites; to Asyber, the family of the Asyberites; to Jachiran, the family of the Jachiranites.

from the half belonging to the children of Israel, whom Moses separated from the men of war.

For the sons of Nephthali according to their kindreds, according to their divisions, according to the houses of their families, according to the number of their names, according to their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, every one who goes forth with the host,

Yea, they turned back, and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

And the half taken from the sheep, belonging to the congregation, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand and five hundred.

He brought his gift, one silver charger, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels according to the holy shekel; both full of fine flour kneaded with oil for a meat offering.

the numbering of them of the tribe of Nephthali, was fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

And they departed from Phino, and encamped in Oboth.

The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.

And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.

I will grind them as the mud of the streets: and I will beat them small as dust before the wind.

Rejoice, ye heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice ye Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.