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4 He hath faid, which heard the WORDS of GOD, which faw the Vifion of the Almighty, falling into a TRANCE, but having his Eyes open :

5 How goodly are thy Tents, O Jacob, and thy Tabernacles, O Ifrael!

6 As the Valleys are they spread forth, as Gardens by the River-fide, as the Trees of Lign-Aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as Cedar-trees befide the Waters.

7 He fhall pour the Water out of his Buckets, and his Seed fhall be in many Waters, and his King fhall be higher than Agag, and his Kingdom fhall be exalted.

8 GOD brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the Strength of an Unicorn: he fhall eat up the Nations his Enemies, and fhall break their Bones, and pierce them through with his Arrows.

9 He couched, he lay down as a Lion, and as a great Lion, who fhall ftir him up? Bleffed is he that blefleth thee, and curfed is he that curfeth thee.

10 And Balak's Anger was kindled againft Balaam, and he fmote his Hands together and Balak faid unto Balaam, I called thee to curfe mine Enemies, and behold, thou haft altogether bleffed them thefe three Times.

II Therefore now flee thou to thy Place: I thought to promote thee unto great Honour, but lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from Honour'

12 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Spake I not alfo to thy Meffengers, which thou fenteft unto me, faying,

13 If Balak would give me his Houfe full of Silver and Gold, I cannot go beyond the Commandment of the LORD, to do either Good or Bad of mine own Mind; but what the LORD faith, that will I fpeak?

14 And now, behold, I go unto my People: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this People fhall do to thy People in the latter Days.

15 And he took up his Parable, and faid, Balaam the Son of Beor hath faid, and the Man whofe Eyes are open, hath faid :

16 He hath faid, which heard the WORDS of GOD, and KNEW the KNOWLEDGE of the MOST HIGH, which faw the VISION of the ALMIGHTY, falling into a TRANCE, but having his Eyes open :

17 I fhall fee him, but not now I fhall behold him,

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but not nigh: there fhall of Herod the King, behold, there came WISE-MEN from the EAST to Jerufalem,

come a STAR out of JACOB, and a SCEPTRE fhall rife out of ISRAEL, and fhall fmite the Corners of Moab, and destroy all the Children of Sheth.

18 And Edom shall be a Poffeffion, Seir alfo fhall be a Poffeffion for his Enemies, and Ifrael fhall do valiantly.

2 Saying, Where is he that is BORN KING of the Jews? for we have seen his STAR in the EAST, and are come to WORSHIP HIM.

9 And lo, the STAR which they faw in the EAST, went before them, till it came and food over where the young Child was.

To When they faw the STAR, they rejoyced with exceeding great Joy.

19 Out of Jacob fhall come he that fhall have Dominion, and fhall destroy him that remaineth of the City.

zo And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his Parable, and faid, Amalek was the first of the Nations, but his latter End fhall be that he perifh for ever.

21 And he looked on the Kenites; and took up his Parable, and faid, Strong is thy Dwelling-place, and thou putteft thy Neft in a Rock.

22 Nevertheless, the Kenite fhall be wafted, until Afhur fhall carry thee away Captive.

23 And he took up his Parable, and faid, Alas, who shall live when GOD doth this!

24 And Ships fhall come from the Coaft of Chittim, and fhall afflict Afhur, and fhall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

25 And Balaam rofe up and went and returned to his Flace and Balak alfo went his way.

CHAP. XXV.

1 The Ifraelites Whoredom and Idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi

their Gods: and the People did eat, and bowed down to their Gods.

29 Thus they provoked him to Anger with their INVENTIONS: and the Plague brake in upon them.

3 And Ifrael joined himself unto Baal-peor; and the Anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

4 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Take all the Heads of the People, and hang them up before the LORD against the Sun, that the fierce Anger of the LORD may be turned away from Ifrael.

5 And Mofes faid unto the Judges of Ifrael, Slay ye every one his Men, that were joined unto Baal-peor.

6 And behold, one of the Children of Ifrael came, and brought unto his Brethren a Midianitish Woman, in the Sight of Mofes, and in the Sight of all the Congregation of st the Children of Ifrael, who were weeping before the Door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

7 And when PHINEHAS the Son of Eleazar, the Son of Aaron the Prieft faw it,

Pfal. cvi. 30 Then ftood up PHINEAS, and executed JUDGMENT: and fo the Plague was stayed.

he rofe up from amongst the Congregation, and took a Javelin in his Hand.

8 And he went after the Man of Ifrael into the Tent, and thrust both of them through, the Man of Ifrael, and the Woman through her Belly: So the Plague was stayed from the Children of Ifrael.

9 And thofe that died in the Plague, were twenty and four thousand,

10 And the LORD fpake unto Mofes, faying,

11 Phinehas the Son of Eleazar, the Son of Aaron the Prieft, hath turned my Wrath away from the Children of Ifrael (while he was zealous for my Sake among them) that I confumed not the Children of Ifrael in my Jealousy.

12 Wherefore fay, Behold, I give unto him my Covenant of Peace.

13 And he shall have it, and his Seed after him, even the Covenant of an everlasting Priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an Atonement for the Children of Ifrael.

14 Now the Name of the Ifraelite that was flain, even that was flain with the Midianitifh Woman, was Zimri the Son of Salu, a Prince of a chief Houfe among the Simeonites.

15 And the Name of the Midianitifh Woman that was

flain, was Cozbi the Daughter of Zur; he was Head over a People, and of a chief Houfe in Midian.

16 And the LORD fpake untó Moses, saying,

17 Vex the Midianites, and fmite them.

18 For they vex you with their Wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the Matter of Peor, and in the Matter of Cozbi, the Daughter of a Prince of Midian their Sifter, which was flain in the Day of the Plague for Peor's Sake.

CHA P. XXVI.

■ Ifrael numbred. 52 The Inheritance of the Land divided.

Ver. 1 AND it came to pass after the Plague, that the

LORD fpake unto Mofes, and unto Eleazar the

Son of Aaron the Prieft, faying,

2 Take the Sum of all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael, from twenty Years old and upward, throughout their Father's Houfe, all that are able to go to War in Ifrael.

51 These were the numbred of the Children of Ifrael, fix hundred thousand and a thoufand feven hundred and thirty.

63 Thefe are they that were numbred by Mofes and Eleazar the Priest, who numbred the Children of Ifrael in the Plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho.

64 But among thefe, there was not a Man of them whom Mofes and Aaron the Priest numbred, when they numbred the Children of Ifrael in the Wilderness of Sinai.

65 For the LORD had faid of them, They fhall furely die in the Wilderness. And there was not left a Man of them, fave Caleb the Son of Jephunneh, and Joshua thẹ Son of Nun.

CHA P. XXVII.

6 The Law of Inheritance.

12 Mofes being told of his Death, fueth for a Succeffor. 18 Joshua is appointed.

Ver. 12

AND the LORD faid unto Mofes, Get thee up

into this Mount Abarim, and fee the Land

which I have given unto the Children of Ifrael.

13 And when thou haft feen it, thou alfo fhalt be ga

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thered unto thy People, as Aaron thy Brother was gathered.

14 For ye have rebelled against my Commandment (in the Defert of Zin, in the Strife of the Congregation) to fanctify me at the Water, before their Eyes: that is the Water of Meribah in Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.

15 And Mofes fpake unto the LORD, faying,

16 Let the LORD the GOD of the Spirits of all Flefh, fet a Man over the Congregation,

17 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the Congregation of the LORD be not as Sheep which have no Shepherd.

18 And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Take thee Joshua the Son of Nun, a Man in whom is the Spirit, and lay thine Hand upon him.

19 And fet him before Eleazar the Prieft, and before all the Congregation: and give him a Charge in their Sight. 20 And thou fhalt put fome of thine Honour upon him, that all the Congregation of the Children of Ifrael may be

obedient.

21 And he fhall ftand before Eleazar the Prieft, who fhall afk Counsel for him, after the Judgment of Urim before the LORD at his Word fhall they go out, and at his Word they shall come in, both he, and all the Children of Ifrael with him; even all the Congregation.

22 And Mofes did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Jofhua and fet him before Eleazar the Priest, and before all the Congregation.

23 And he laid his Hands upon him, and gave him a Charge, as the LORD cominanded by the Hand of Mofes,

The Reubenites and Gadites fue for their Inheritance on that Side Jordan: 6 Mofes reproveth them: 16 They offer him Conditions to his Content: 33 Mofes affigneth them the Land: 39 They conquer it,

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