Numbers:30-33

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* And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel , saying , This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded . * If a man vow a vow unto the LORD , or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word , he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth . * If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD , and bind herself by a bond , being in her father 's house in her youth ; * And her father hear her vow , and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul , and her father shall hold his peace at her : then all her vows shall stand , and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand . * But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth ; not any of her vows , or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul , shall stand : and the LORD shall forgive her , because her father disallowed her . * And if she had at all an husband , when she vowed , or uttered ought out of her lips , wherewith she bound her soul ; * And her husband heard it , and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it : then her vows shall stand , and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand . * But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it ; then he shall make her vow which she vowed , and that which she uttered with her lips , wherewith she bound her soul , of none effect : and the LORD shall forgive her . * But every vow of a widow , and of her that is divorced , wherewith they have bound their souls , shall stand against her . * And if she vowed in her husband 's house , or bound her soul by a bond with an oath ; * And her husband heard it , and held his peace at her , and disallowed her not : then all her vows shall stand , and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand . * But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them ; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows , or concerning the bond of her soul , shall not stand : her husband hath made them void ; and the LORD shall forgive her . * Every vow , and every binding oath to afflict the soul , her husband may establish it , or her husband may make it void . * But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he establisheth all her vows , or all her bonds , which are upon her : he confirmeth them , because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them . * But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her iniquity . * These are the statutes , which the LORD commanded Moses , between a man and his wife , between the father and his daughter , being yet in her youth in her father 's house . * And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , * Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites : afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people . * And Moses spake unto the people , saying , Arm some of yourselves unto the war , and let them go against the Midianites , and avenge the LORD of Midian . * Of every tribe a thousand , throughout all the tribes of Israel , shall ye send to the war . * So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel , a thousand of every tribe , twelve thousand armed for war . * And Moses sent them to the war , a thousand of every tribe , them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest , to the war , with the holy instruments , and the trumpets to blow in his hand . * And they warred against the Midianites , as the LORD commanded Moses ; and they slew all the males . * And they slew the kings of Midian , beside the rest of them that were slain ; namely , Evi , and Rekem , and Zur , and Hur , and Reba , five kings of Midian : Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword . * And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives , and their little ones , and took the spoil of all their cattle , and all their flocks , and all their goods . * And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt , and all their goodly castles , with fire . * And they took all the spoil , and all the prey , both of men and of beasts . * And they brought the captives , and the prey , and the spoil , unto Moses , and Eleazar the priest , and unto the congregation of the children of Israel , unto the camp at the plains of Moab , which are by Jordan near Jericho . * And Moses , and Eleazar the priest , and all the princes of the congregation , went forth to meet them without the camp . * And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host , with the captains over thousands , and captains over hundreds , which came from the battle . * And Moses said unto them , Have ye saved all the women alive ? * Behold , these caused the children of Israel , through the counsel of Balaam , to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor , and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD . * Now therefore kill every male among the little ones , and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him . * But all the women children , that have not known a man by lying with him , keep alive for yourselves . * And do ye abide without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person , and whosoever hath touched any slain , purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day , and on the seventh day . * And purify all your raiment , and all that is made of skins , and all work of goats ' hair , and all things made of wood . * And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle , This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses ; * Only the gold , and the silver , the brass , the iron , the tin , and the lead , * Every thing that may abide the fire , ye shall make it go through the fire , and it shall be clean : nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water . * And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day , and ye shall be clean , and afterward ye shall come into the camp . * And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , * Take the sum of the prey that was taken , both of man and of beast , thou , and Eleazar the priest , and the chief fathers of the congregation : * And divide the prey into two parts ; between them that took the war upon them , who went out to battle , and between all the congregation : * And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle : one soul of five hundred , both of the persons , and of the beeves , and of the asses , and of the sheep : * Take it of their half , and give it unto Eleazar the priest , for an heave offering of the LORD . * And of the children of Israel 's half , thou shalt take one portion of fifty , of the persons , of the beeves , of the asses , and of the flocks , of all manner of beasts , and give them unto the Levites , which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD . * And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses . * And the booty , being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught , was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep , * And threescore and twelve thousand beeves , * And threescore and one thousand asses , * And thirty and two thousand persons in all , of women that had not known man by lying with him . * And the half , which was the portion of them that went out to war , was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep : * And the LORD 'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen . * And the beeves were thirty and six thousand ; of which the LORD 'S tribute was threescore and twelve . * And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the LORD 'S tribute was threescore and one . * And the persons were sixteen thousand ; of which the LORD 'S tribute was thirty and two persons . * And Moses gave the tribute , which was the LORD 'S heave offering , unto Eleazar the priest , as the LORD commanded Moses . * And of the children of Israel 's half , which Moses divided from the men that warred , * (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep , * And thirty and six thousand beeves , * And thirty thousand asses and five hundred , * And sixteen thousand persons ;) * Even of the children of Israel 's half , Moses took one portion of fifty , both of man and of beast , and gave them unto the Levites , which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD ; as the LORD commanded Moses . * And the officers which were over thousands of the host , the captains of thousands , and captains of hundreds , came near unto Moses : * And they said unto Moses , Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge , and there lacketh not one man of us . * We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD , what every man hath gotten , of jewels of gold , chains , and bracelets , rings , earrings , and tablets , to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD . * And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them , even all wrought jewels . * And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD , of the captains of thousands , and of the captains of hundreds , was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels . * (For the men of war had taken spoil , every man for himself .) * And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds , and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation , for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD . * Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Jazer , and the land of Gilead , that , behold , the place was a place for cattle ; * The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses , and to Eleazar the priest , and unto the princes of the congregation , saying , * Ataroth , and Dibon , and Jazer , and Nimrah , and Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Shebam , and Nebo , and Beon , * Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel , is a land for cattle , and thy servants have cattle : * Wherefore , said they , if we have found grace in thy sight , let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession , and bring us not over Jordan . * And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben , Shall your brethren go to war , and shall ye sit here ? * And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them ? * Thus did your fathers , when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land . * For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol , and saw the land , they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel , that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them . * And the LORD 'S anger was kindled the same time , and he sware , saying , * Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt , from twenty years old and upward , shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham , unto Isaac , and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed me : * Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite , and Joshua the son of Nun : for they have wholly followed the LORD . * And the LORD 'S anger was kindled against Israel , and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years , until all the generation , that had done evil in the sight of the LORD , was consumed . * And , behold , ye are risen up in your fathers ' stead , an increase of sinful men , to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel . * For if ye turn away from after him , he will yet again leave them in the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy all this people . * And they came near unto him , and said , We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle , and cities for our little ones : * But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel , until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land . * We will not return unto our houses , until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance . * For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan , or forward ; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward . * And Moses said unto them , If ye will do this thing , if ye will go armed before the LORD to war , * And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD , until he hath driven out his enemies from before him , * And the land be subdued before the LORD : then afterward ye shall return , and be guiltless before the LORD , and before Israel ; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD . * But if ye will not do so , behold , ye have sinned against the LORD : and be sure your sin will find you out . * Build you cities for your little ones , and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth . * And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses , saying , Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth . * Our little ones , our wives , our flocks , and all our cattle , shall be there in the cities of Gilead : * But thy servants will pass over , every man armed for war , before the LORD to battle , as my lord saith . * So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest , and Joshua the son of Nun , and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel : * And Moses said unto them , If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan , every man armed to battle , before the LORD , and the land shall be subdued before you ; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : * But if they will not pass over with you armed , they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan . * And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered , saying , As the LORD hath said unto thy servants , so will we do . * We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan , that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours . * And Moses gave unto them , even to the children of Gad , and to the children of Reuben , and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph , the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites , and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan , the land , with the cities thereof in the coasts , even the cities of the country round about . * And the children of Gad built Dibon , and Ataroth , and Aroer , * And Atroth , Shophan , and Jaazer , and Jogbehah , * And Bethnimrah , and Bethharan , fenced cities : and folds for sheep . * And the children of Reuben built Heshbon , and Elealeh , and Kirjathaim , * And Nebo , and Baalmeon , (their names being changed ,) and Shibmah : and gave other names unto the cities which they builded . * And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead , and took it , and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it . * And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt therein . * And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof , and called them Havothjair . * And Nobah went and took Kenath , and the villages thereof , and called it Nobah , after his own name . * These are the journeys of the children of Israel , which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron . * And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD : and these are their journeys according to their goings out . * And they departed from Rameses in the first month , on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians . * For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn , which the LORD had smitten among them : upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments . * And the children of Israel removed from Rameses , and pitched in Succoth . * And they departed from Succoth , and pitched in Etham , which is in the edge of the wilderness . * And they removed from Etham , and turned again unto Pihahiroth , which is before Baalzephon : and they pitched before Migdol . * And they departed from before Pihahiroth , and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness , and went three days ' journey in the wilderness of Etham , and pitched in Marah . * And they removed from Marah , and came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve fountains of water , and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there . * And they removed from Elim , and encamped by the Red sea . * And they removed from the Red sea , and encamped in the wilderness of Sin . * And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin , and encamped in Dophkah . * And they departed from Dophkah , and encamped in Alush . * And they removed from Alush , and encamped at Rephidim , where was no water for the people to drink . * And they departed from Rephidim , and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai . * And they removed from the desert of Sinai , and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah . * And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah , and encamped at Hazeroth . * And they departed from Hazeroth , and pitched in Rithmah . * And they departed from Rithmah , and pitched at Rimmonparez . * And they departed from Rimmonparez , and pitched in Libnah . * And they removed from Libnah , and pitched at Rissah . * And they journeyed from Rissah , and pitched in Kehelathah . * And they went from Kehelathah , and pitched in mount Shapher . * And they removed from mount Shapher , and encamped in Haradah . * And they removed from Haradah , and pitched in Makheloth . * And they removed from Makheloth , and encamped at Tahath . * And they departed from Tahath , and pitched at Tarah . * And they removed from Tarah , and pitched in Mithcah . * And they went from Mithcah , and pitched in Hashmonah . * And they departed from Hashmonah , and encamped at Moseroth . * And they departed from Moseroth , and pitched in Benejaakan . * And they removed from Benejaakan , and encamped at Horhagidgad . * And they went from Horhagidgad , and pitched in Jotbathah . * And they removed from Jotbathah , and encamped at Ebronah . * And they departed from Ebronah , and encamped at Eziongaber . * And they removed from Eziongaber , and pitched in the wilderness of Zin , which is Kadesh . * And they removed from Kadesh , and pitched in mount Hor , in the edge of the land of Edom . * And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD , and died there , in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt , in the first day of the fifth month . * And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor . * And king Arad the Canaanite , which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan , heard of the coming of the children of Israel . * And they departed from mount Hor , and pitched in Zalmonah . * And they departed from Zalmonah , and pitched in Punon . * And they departed from Punon , and pitched in Oboth . * And they departed from Oboth , and pitched in Ijeabarim , in the border of Moab . * And they departed from Iim , and pitched in Dibongad . * And they removed from Dibongad , and encamped in Almondiblathaim . * And they removed from Almondiblathaim , and pitched in the mountains of Abarim , before Nebo . * And they departed from the mountains of Abarim , and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho . * And they pitched by Jordan , from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab . * And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho , saying , * Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them , When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan ; * Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you , and destroy all their pictures , and destroy all their molten images , and quite pluck down all their high places : * And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land , and dwell therein : for I have given you the land to possess it . * And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families : and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance , and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance : every man 's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth ; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit . * But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you ; then it shall come to pass , that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes , and thorns in your sides , and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell . * Moreover it shall come to pass , that I shall do unto you , as I thought to do unto them . * And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying ,

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