of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Ammihud.

21 Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad the sonne of Chislon. 22 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the sonne of Iogli.

23 The Prince of the children of Ioseph: for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the sonne of Ephod.

24 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the sonne of Shiphtan.

25 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the sonne of Parnach.

26 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the sonne of Azzan.

27 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the sonne of Shelomi.

28 And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the sonne of Ammihud.

29 These are they whom the LORD commaunded to diuide the inheritance vnto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan.

* Iosh. 21.

2.

CHAP. XXXV.

1 Eight and fourtie Cities for the Leuites with their suburbs, and measure thereof. 6 Sixe of them are to be cities of refuge. 9 The 31 No satisfaction for murder.

lawes of murder.

A by lordane, neere Iericho, saying,

Nd the LORD spake vnto Moses in the plaines of Moab

2 Command the children of Israel, that they giue vnto the Leuites of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in and yee shall giue also vnto the Leuites suburbs for the cities round about them.

3 And the cities shall they haue to dwell in, and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattell, and for their goods, and for all their beasts.

shall giue vnto

4 And the suburbs of the cities, which yee the Leuites, shall reach from the wall of the citie, and outward, a thousand cubites round about.

5 And ye shall measure from without the city on the Eastside two thousand cubites, and on the Southside two thousand cubites, and on the Westside

two thousand cubites, & on the Northside two thousand cubites and the citie shall be in the midst; this shalbe to them the suburbs of the cities.

6 And among the cities which yee shal giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe *sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall *Deut. 4. appoint for the manslayer, that hee may flee thither: And 41. iosh. to them ye shall +adde fourty and two cities.

20. 2. and 21.3.

ye shall

giue.

7 So all the cities which ye shall giue to the Leuites, shall be † Hebr. afourty and eight cities: them shall yee giue with their suburbs. boue them 8 And the cities which ye shal giue, shalbe of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that haue many ye shall giue many; but from them that haue few, ye shall giue few. Euery one shal giue of his cities vnto the Leuites, according to his inheritance which the inheriteth.

9 ¶ And the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying,

+ Hebr.

they in

herite.

10 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, * When ye bee come ouer Iordane, into the land of Canaan : *Deut. 19. 11 Then ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge 2. iosh. 20. for you; that the slayer may flee thither which killeth any person at vnawares.

2.

+ Hebr. by 12 And they shall be vnto you cities for refuge from the error. auenger, that the man-slayer die not, vntill he stand before the Congregation in iudgement.

13 And of these cities which ye shall giue, sixe cities shall ye haue for refuge.

14 Yee shall giue three cities on this side Iordane, and three cities shall yee giue in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge.

15 These sixe cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the soiourner among them that euery one that killeth any person vnawares, may flee thither.

16 *And if he smite him with an instrument of Iron, (so *Exod. 21. that he die,) hee is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be 14. put to death.

17 And if he smite him with throwing a stone, (wherewith hee may die) and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer + Hebr. shall surely be put to death.

18 Or if he smite him with an hand-weapon of wood, (wherewith he may die) and he die, hee is a murderer: the

with a

hand.

murderer

murderer shall surely be put to death.

19 The reuenger of blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

*Deut. 19. 20 *But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurle at him by laying of waite that he die,

II.

Exod. 21. 13.

21 Or in enmitie smite him with his hand, that he die: hee that smote him shall surely be put to death, for hee is a murderer: the reuenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when hee meeteth him.

22 But if hee thrust him suddenly without enmitie, or haue cast vpon him any thing without laying of wait,

23 Or with any stone wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it vpon him, that he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought his harme :

24 Then the Congregation shall iudge betweene the slayer, and the reuenger of blood, according to these iudgements. 25 And the Congregation shall deliuer the slayer out of the hand of the reuenger of blood, and the Congregation shal restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled and he shall abide in it vnto the death of the high Priest, which was annoynted with the holy oyle.

26 But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the citie of his refuge, whither he was fled:

27 And the reuenger of blood finde him without the borders of the citie of his refuge, and the reuenger of blood kill the +Hebr. no slayer, he †shall not be guiltie of blood:

blood

shalbe to him.

28 Because he should haue remained in the citie of his refuge, vntill the death of the high Priest: but after the death of the hie Priest, the slayer shal returne into the land of his possession.

29 So these things shall be for a statute of iudgment vnto you, thorowout your generations in al your dwellings.

30 Who so killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to *Deut. 17. death, by the mouth of witnesses: but one witnesse shall 6. and 19. not testifie against any person, to cause him to die.

15. matt.

18 16.

31 Moreouer, yee shall take no satisfaction for the life of 2. cor. 13. a murderer, which is †guiltie of death, but he shalbe surely put to death.

1. heb. 10.

28.

+ Heb. faulty to die.

32 And yee shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the citie of his re

fuge, that hee should come againe to dwell in the land, vntil the death of the Priest.

33 So ye shall not pollute the lande wherein ye are for blood, it defileth the land: and the †land cannot bee cleansed + Heb. of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him there can

that shed it.

be no ex

piation for

34 Defile not therefore the lande which yee shall inhabite, the land. wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.

CHAP. XXXVI.

I The inconuenience of the inheritance of daughters, 5 is remedied by marying in their owne tribes, 7 lest the inheritance should be remoued from the tribe. 10 The daughters of Zelophehad marrie their fathers brothers sonnes.

AN

Nd the chiefe fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh, of the families of the sonnes of Ioseph, came neere, and spake before Moses, and before the Princes the chiefe fathers of the children of Israel.

2 And they said, *The LORD commanded my lord to giue Chap. 27. the lande for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: 1. iosh. 17. and my lord was commanded by the LORD, to giue the in- 3 heritance of Zelophehad our brother, vnto his daughters.

3 And if they bee married to any of the sonnes of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall bee put

to the inheritance of the tribe, † whereinto they are receiued: †Heb. vnto so shal it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. whom they shall be.

4 And when the Iubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put vnto the inheritance of the tribe, whereunto they are receiued: So shal their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.

5 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, according to the worde of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sonnes of Ioseph hath said well.

6 This is the thing which the LORD doeth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let

+Hebr. be Let them +marry to whom they thinke best: *onely to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

wiues.

*Tob. 1.9.

+ Hebr. cleaue to the &c.

7 So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remooue from tribe to tribe: for euery one of the children of Israel shall keepe himselfe to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

8 And euery daughter that possesseth an inheritance, in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife vnto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy euery man the inheritance of his fathers.

9 Neither shall the inheritance remoue from one tribe to another tribe: but euery one of the tribes of the chil

THE FIFTH

Moses, called

CHAP. I.

1 Moses speech in the end of the fortieth yeere, briefly rehearsing the story, 6 of Gods promise, 9 of giuing them officers, 19 of sending the spies to search the land, 34 of Gods anger for their incredulitie, 41 and disobedience.

HESE bee the woordes which Moses spake vnto all Israel, on this side Iordane in the wildernes, in the Or, Zuph. plaine ouer against the Red sea, betweene Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 (There are eleuen daies iourney from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, vnto Kadesh-Barnea.)

3 And it came to passe in the fourtieth yeere, in the eleuenth moneth, on the first day of the moneth, that Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, according vnto all that the LORD had given him in commandement vnto them: