Bible in one year 5/2/2022 complete the Numbers chapter 31 to final chapter 36
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Chapter 31 The People
Defeat the Midianites
The
time had come to carry out the command of 25:16-18. The Midianites were responsible
for corrupting Israel through adultery and idolatry, and therefore had to be
destroyed. All male Midianite children were to be killed, lest they endanger
the inheritance of Israel’s sons by being allowed to grow up among the
Israelites. Only virgin girls who could be assimilated into Israel were
spared.(vv.17-18). Every soldier and every thing had to be purified, the former
with the water mixed with the ashes of the red heifer and the latter by fire
and water.(vv.19-24). The spoil was divided equally between those who fought
and those who stayed at home(vv.25-25; 1 Sam.30:24-25). The soldiers were to
dedicate one out of every five hundred captured persons and animals to the
Lord. (vv.28-29). Those who stayed home gave one out of every fifty captive persons
and animal to the Levites. (vv.30-31). The gold booty was approximately 6,700
oz., an enormous amont. (v.52).
Chapter 32 Transjordan
Settled by Two and a half tribes
The Reubenites and Gadites
requested permission of Moses to settle in Jazerand Gilead (E.of the Jordan
River), a good area for raising cattle. Moses feared that the proposal of the
sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben(vv.2-5) would infect the other tribes so
that they would not proceed to conquer the land W. of the Jordan. It would be the
defection at Kadesh(14:1-10) all over again. So Moses said to them, “when the
land is subdued before the Lord, you may return and be free from your
obligation to the Lord and Israel. Be sure that your sin will find you out, “
if you fail to keep your agreement to assist in the conquest of the land W. of
the Jordan before settling yourselves E. of the Jordan.(v.22-23). Manasseh.This
tribe was also given permission to settle E. of the Jordan because she had
conquered some of that territory. She had a
share on the W. side as well.(Josh.22:7).
Chapter 33 The Journey from Egypt to Moab Reviewed
This
chapter records the itinerary of the Israelites from Egypt to the Jordan.
Listed are forty-one stages in their journey of forty years. the Lord said to
Moses, “Speak to Israelites, ‘ when you cross the Jordan into Canaan, drive out
all the inhabitants of the land. Destroy all their carved images and their cast
idols…but if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow
to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will
give you trouble in the land where you will live.’” (vv.51-55). Israel did fail
to completely exterminate the Canaanites, whose pernicious influence plagued
Israel and eventually resulted in the Assyrian and Babylonian captivates.
(v.55).
The
Lord said to Moses “ Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘ When you enter
Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance will have these
boundaries…”(v.1). the southern boundary of Canaan ran from the Salt Sea (Dead
Sea) SW. along the border of Edom, across the Desert of Zin( 13:21) to Kadesh
Barnea, then NW. to the Wade of Egypt (the Wadi el Arish.(vv.3-5).The Mediterranean
Sea formed the western border.(v.6). The northern border included Mt.Hor
(possibly Mt. Hermon, but not the Hor of 20:22, where Aaron died), Lebo Hamath
(a town in what is today southern Syria), Zedad (possibly a town about
sixty-five miles NE. of Damascus), Ziphron and Hazar Enan (possibly towns about
seventy-five miles NE.of Damascus).(vv.7-9). The Sea of Knnereth. The Sea of
Galilee. From there the eastern boundary followed the Jordan to the Dead
Sea.(v.11). The entire area of the Jordan is here associated with the most
commanding fortress in the valley, Jericho. (v.15). The allotment of the land
was to be supervised by Eleazar, Joshua, and one leader from each of the
tribes. (vv.16-29).
Chapter 35 The Towns of the Levites
On
the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the Lord said to Moses, “
command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the
inheritance the Israelites will possess and give them pasturelands around the
towns.”(v.1-2). Because all the Levites were not occupied at the tabernacle,
they were given forty –eight cities in which to live and pasturelands around
them. The pasturelands included two areas around each city; one was one thousand
cubits (fifteen hundred feet) from the wall of the city outward on each side,
and the second was two thousand additional cubits (three thousand feet) beyond
the first one. (vv.4-5). The Lord provided six cities of refuge, in which those
guilty of accidental homicide might seek refuge from the avenger(the nearest
relative of the murdered person) until they could be tried. (vv.11-12). These
verses (vv.16-24) differentiate deliberate and accidental homicide (murder and
manslarghter). These verses (vv.25-34) list criteria for judging various types of cases. If a verdict
was manslaughter, the slayer could live as long as he stayed within a city of
refuge until the death of the high priest; after that, he could safely return
home.(v.28) More than one witness to a murder was required (v.30). No ransom was
permitted so that the life of a murderer could be spared(v.31) or so that the
one guilty of manslaughter could return home(v.32), because killing polluted
the land (v.33).
Chapter 36 The in heritance of women
An
additional question arose concerning the right of daughters to inherit their
fathers’ land if they had no brothers(27:1-11). If such an heiress married
someone from another tribe, her land would have become the property of that
other tribe, and permanently so after the year of jubilee(Lev.25:10). To
prevent this from happening, Moses commanded that an heiress should marry
within her father’s tribe ( v. 8).
Old
Testament (NIV) Chapter 31 Vengeance on the
Midianites
31:1 The LORD said to
Moses,
31:2 "Take
vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be
gathered to your people."
31:3 So Moses said to
the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites and
to carry out the LORD'S vengeance on them.
31:4 Send into battle
a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel."
31:5 So twelve thousand
men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans
of Israel.
31:6 Moses sent them
into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar,
the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for
signaling.
31:7 They fought
against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man.
31:8 Among their
victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba--the five kings of Midian. They also
killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
31:9 The Israelites
captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds,
flocks and goods as plunder.
31:10 They burned all
the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.
31:11 They took all
the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,
31:12 and brought the
captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite
assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from
Jericho.
31:13 Moses, Eleazar
the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the
camp.
31:14 Moses was angry
with the officers of the army--the commanders of thousands and commanders of
hundreds--who returned from the battle.
31:15 "Have you
allowed all the women to live?" he asked them.
31:16 "They were
the ones who followed Balaam's advice and were the means of turning the
Israelites away from the LORD in what happened at Peor, so that a plague struck
the LORD'S people.
31:17 Now kill all the
boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,
31:18 but save for
yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
31:19 "All of you
who have killed anyone or touched anyone who was killed must stay outside the
camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and
your captives.
31:20 Purify every
garment as well as everything made of leather, goat hair or wood."
31:21 Then Eleazar the
priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is the
requirement of the law that the LORD gave Moses:
31:22 Gold, silver,
bronze, iron, tin, lead
31:23 and anything
else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be
clean. But it must also be purified with the water of cleansing. And whatever
cannot withstand fire must be put through that water.
31:24 On the seventh
day wash your clothes and you will be clean. Then you may come into the
camp."
Dividing the Spoils
31:25 The LORD said to
Moses,
31:26 "You and
Eleazar the priest and the family heads of the community are to count all the
people and animals that were captured.
31:27 Divide the
spoils between the soldiers who took part in the battle and the rest of the
community.
31:28 From the
soldiers who fought in the battle, set apart as tribute for the LORD one out of
every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, sheep or goats.
31:29 Take this
tribute from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as the LORD'S
part.
31:30 From the
Israelites' half, select one out of every fifty, whether persons, cattle,
donkeys, sheep, goats or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are
responsible for the care of the LORD'S tabernacle."
31:31 So Moses and
Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.
31:32 The plunder
remaining from the spoils that the soldiers took was 675,000 sheep,
31:33 72,000 cattle,
31:34 61,000 donkeys
31:35 and 32,000 women
who had never slept with a man.
31:36 The half share
of those who fought in the battle was: 337,500 sheep,
31:37 of which the
tribute for the LORD was 675;
31:38 36,000 cattle,
of which the tribute for the LORD was 72;
31:39 30,500 donkeys,
of which the tribute for the LORD was 61;
31:40 16,000 people,
of which the tribute for the LORD was 32.
31:41 Moses gave the
tribute to Eleazar the priest as the LORD'S part, as the LORD commanded Moses.
31:42 The half
belonging to the Israelites, which Moses set apart from that of the fighting
men--
31:43 the community's
half--was 337,500 sheep,
31:44 36,000 cattle,
31:45 30,500 donkeys
31:46 and 16,000
people.
31:47 From the
Israelites' half, Moses selected one out of every fifty persons and animals, as
the LORD commanded him, and gave them to the Levites, who were responsible for
the care of the LORD'S tabernacle.
31:48 Then the
officers who were over the units of the army--the commanders of thousands and
commanders of hundreds--went to Moses
31:49 and said to him,
"Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is
missing.
31:50 So we have
brought as an offering to the LORD the gold articles each of us acquired--armlets,
bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces--to make atonement for
ourselves before the LORD."
31:51 Moses and
Eleazar the priest accepted from them the gold--all the crafted articles.
31:52 All the gold
from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds that Moses and
Eleazar presented as a gift to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
31:53 Each soldier had
taken plunder for himself.
31:54 Moses and
Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and
commanders of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial
for the Israelites before the LORD.
Chapter
32 The Transjordan Tribes
32:1 The Reubenites
and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, saw that the lands of Jazer
and Gilead were suitable for livestock.
32:2 So they came to
Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the community, and said,
32:3 "Ataroth,
Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon--
32:4 the land the LORD
subdued before the people of Israel--are suitable for livestock, and your
servants have livestock.
32:5 If we have found
favor in your eyes," they said, "let this land be given to your
servants as our possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan."
32:6 Moses said to the
Gadites and Reubenites, "Shall your countrymen go to war while you sit
here?
32:7 Why do you
discourage the Israelites from going over into the land the LORD has given
them?
32:8 This is what your
fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to look over the land.
32:9 After they went up
to the Valley of Eshcol and viewed the land, they discouraged the Israelites
from entering the land the LORD had given them.
32:10 The LORD'S anger
was aroused that day and he swore this oath:
32:11 'Because they
have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old or
more who came up out of Egypt will see the land I promised on oath to Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob--
32:12 not one except
Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed
the LORD wholeheartedly.'
32:13 The LORD'S anger
burned against Israel and he made them wander in the desert forty years, until
the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone.
32:14 "And here
you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making
the LORD even more angry with Israel.
32:15 If you turn away
from following him, he will again leave all this people in the desert, and you
will be the cause of their destruction."
32:16 Then they came
up to him and said, "We would like to build pens here for our livestock
and cities for our women and children.
32:17 But we are ready
to arm ourselves and go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them to
their place. Meanwhile our women and children will live in fortified cities,
for protection from the inhabitants of the land.
32:18 We will not
return to our homes until every Israelite has received his inheritance.
32:19 We will not
receive any inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan, because our
inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan."
32:20 Then Moses said
to them, "If you will do this--if you will arm yourselves before the LORD
for battle,
32:21 and if all of
you will go armed over the Jordan before the LORD until he has driven his
enemies out before him--
32:22 then when the
land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free from your
obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will be your possession
before the LORD.
32:23 "But if you
fail to do this, you will be sinning against the LORD; and you may be sure that
your sin will find you out.
32:24 Build cities for
your women and children, and pens for your flocks, but do what you have
promised."
32:25 The Gadites and
Reubenites said to Moses, "We your servants will do as our lord commands.
32:26 Our children and
wives, our flocks and herds will remain here in the cities of Gilead.
32:27 But your
servants, every man armed for battle, will cross over to fight before the LORD,
just as our lord says."
32:28 Then Moses gave
orders about them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and to the family
heads of the Israelite tribes.
32:29 He said to them,
"If the Gadites and Reubenites, every man armed for battle, cross over the
Jordan with you before the LORD, then when the land is subdued before you, give
them the land of Gilead as their possession.
32:30 But if they do
not cross over with you armed, they must accept their possession with you in
Canaan."
32:31 The Gadites and
Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the LORD has said.
32:32 We will cross
over before the LORD into Canaan armed, but the property we inherit will be on
this side of the Jordan."
32:33 Then Moses gave
to the Gadites, the Reubenites and the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the
kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan--the
whole land with its cities and the territory around them.
32:34 The Gadites
built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,
32:35 Atroth Shophan,
Jazer, Jogbehah,
32:36 Beth Nimrah and
Beth Haran as fortified cities, and built pens for their flocks.
32:37 And the
Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh and Kiriathaim,
32:38 as well as Nebo
and Baal Meon (these names were changed) and Sibmah. They gave names to the
cities they rebuilt.
32:39 The descendants
of Makir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it and drove out the Amorites
who were there.
32:40 So Moses gave
Gilead to the Makirites, the descendants of Manasseh, and they settled there.
32:41 Jair, a
descendant of Manasseh, captured their settlements and called them Havvoth
Jair.
32:42 And Nobah
captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after
himself.
Chapter
33 Stages in Israel’s Journey
33:1 Here are the
stages in the journey of the Israelites when they came out of Egypt by
divisions under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.
33:2 At the LORD'S
command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by
stages:
33:3 The Israelites
set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month, the day after the
Passover. They marched out boldly in full view of all the Egyptians,
33:4 who were burying
all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had
brought judgment on their gods.
33:5 The Israelites
left Rameses and camped at Succoth.
33:6 They left Succoth
and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert.
33:7 They left Etham,
turned back to Pi Hahiroth, to the east of Baal Zephon, and camped near Migdol.
33:8 They left Pi
Hahiroth and passed through the sea into the desert, and when they had traveled
for three days in the Desert of Etham, they camped at Marah.
33:9 They left Marah
and went to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and
they camped there.
33:10 They left Elim
and camped by the Red Sea.
33:11 They left the
Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.
33:12 They left the
Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
33:13 They left
Dophkah and camped at Alush.
33:14 They left Alush
and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
33:15 They left
Rephidim and camped in the Desert of Sinai.
33:16 They left the
Desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
33:17 They left
Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth.
33:18 They left
Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.
33:19 They left
Rithmah and camped at Rimmon Perez.
33:20 They left Rimmon
Perez and camped at Libnah.
33:21 They left Libnah
and camped at Rissah.
33:22 They left Rissah
and camped at Kehelathah.
33:23 They left
Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.
33:24 They left Mount
Shepher and camped at Haradah.
33:25 They left
Haradah and camped at Makheloth.
33:26 They left
Makheloth and camped at Tahath.
33:27 They left Tahath
and camped at Terah.
33:28 They left Terah
and camped at Mithcah.
33:29 They left
Mithcah and camped at Hashmonah.
33:30 They left Hashmonah
and camped at Moseroth.
33:31 They left
Moseroth and camped at Bene Jaakan.
33:32 They left Bene
Jaakan and camped at Hor Haggidgad.
33:33 They left Hor
Haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah.
33:34 They left
Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.
33:35 They left
Abronah and camped at Ezion Geber.
33:36 They left Ezion
Geber and camped at Kadesh, in the Desert of Zin.
33:37 They left Kadesh
and camped at Mount Hor, on the border of Edom.
33:38 At the LORD'S
command Aaron the priest went up Mount Hor, where he died on the first day of
the fifth month of the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.
33:39 Aaron was a
hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor.
33:40 The Canaanite
king of Arad, who lived in the Negev of Canaan, heard that the Israelites were
coming.
33:41 They left Mount
Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
33:42 They left
Zalmonah and camped at Punon.
33:43 They left Punon
and camped at Oboth.
33:44 They left Oboth
and camped at Iye Abarim, on the border of Moab.
33:45 They left Iyim
and camped at Dibon Gad.
33:46 They left Dibon
Gad and camped at Almon Diblathaim.
33:47 They left Almon
Diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, near Nebo.
33:48 They left the
mountains of Abarim and camped on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from
Jericho.
33:49 There on the
plains of Moab they camped along the Jordan from Beth Jeshimoth to Abel
Shittim.
33:50 On the plains of
Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho the LORD said to Moses,
33:51 "Speak to
the Israelites and say to them: 'When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
33:52 drive out all
the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and
their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
33:53 Take possession
of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
33:54 Distribute the
land by lot, according to your clans. To a larger group give a larger
inheritance, and to a smaller group a smaller one. Whatever falls to them by
lot will be theirs. Distribute it according to your ancestral tribes.
33:55 "'But if
you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain
will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you
trouble in the land where you will live.
33:56 And then I will
do to you what I plan to do to them.'"
Chapter
34 Boundaries of Canaan
34:1 The LORD said to
Moses,
34:2 "Command the
Israelites and say to them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that will be
allotted to you as an inheritance will have these boundaries:
34:3 "'Your southern
side will include some of the Desert of Zin along the border of Edom. On the
east, your southern boundary will start from the end of the Salt Sea,
34:4 cross south of
Scorpion Pass, continue on to Zin and go south of Kadesh Barnea. Then it will
go to Hazar Addar and over to Azmon,
34:5 where it will
turn, join the Wadi of Egypt and end at the Sea.
34:6 "'Your
western boundary will be the coast of the Great Sea. This will be your boundary
on the west.
34:7 "'For your
northern boundary, run a line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor
34:8 and from Mount
Hor to Lebo Hamath. Then the boundary will go to Zedad,
34:9 continue to
Ziphron and end at Hazar Enan. This will be your boundary on the north.
34:10 "'For your
eastern boundary, run a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
34:11 The boundary
will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along
the slopes east of the Sea of Kinnereth.
34:12 Then the
boundary will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. "'This
will be your land, with its boundaries on every side.'"
34:13 Moses commanded
the Israelites: "Assign this land by lot as an inheritance. The LORD has
ordered that it be given to the nine and a half tribes,
34:14 because the
families of the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the half-tribe of
Manasseh have received their inheritance.
34:15 These two and a
half tribes have received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan of
Jericho, toward the sunrise."
34:16 The LORD said to
Moses,
34:17 "These are
the names of the men who are to assign the land for you as an inheritance:
Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun.
34:18 And appoint one
leader from each tribe to help assign the land.
34:19 These are their
names: Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah;
34:20 Shemuel son of
Ammihud, from the tribe of Simeon;
34:21 Elidad son of
Kislon, from the tribe of Benjamin;
34:22 Bukki son of
Jogli, the leader from the tribe of Dan;
34:23 Hanniel son of
Ephod, the leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;
34:24 Kemuel son of
Shiphtan, the leader from the tribe of Ephraim son of Joseph;
34:25 Elizaphan son of
Parnach, the leader from the tribe of Zebulun;
34:26 Paltiel son of
Azzan, the leader from the tribe of Issachar;
34:27 Ahihud son of
Shelomi, the leader from the tribe of Asher;
34:28 Pedahel son of
Ammihud, the leader from the tribe of Naphtali."
34:29 These are the
men the LORD commanded to assign the inheritance to the Israelites in the land
of Canaan.
Chapter
35 Towns for the Levites
35:1 On the plains of
Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses,
35:2 "Command the
Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the
Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns.
35:3 Then they will
have towns to live in and pasturelands for their cattle, flocks and all their
other livestock.
35:4 "The
pasturelands around the towns that you give the Levites will extend out fifteen
hundred feet from the town wall.
35:5 Outside the town,
measure three thousand feet on the east side, three thousand on the south side,
three thousand on the west and three thousand on the north, with the town in
the center. They will have this area as pastureland for the towns.
Cities of Refuge
35:6 "Six of the
towns you give the Levites will be cities of refuge, to which a person who has
killed someone may flee. In addition, give them forty-two other towns.
35:7 In all you must
give the Levites forty-eight towns, together with their pasturelands.
35:8 The towns you
give the Levites from the land the Israelites possess are to be given in
proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: Take many towns from a tribe that
has many, but few from one that has few."
35:9 Then the LORD
said to Moses:
35:10 "Speak to
the Israelites and say to them: 'When you cross the Jordan into Canaan,
35:11 select some
towns to be your cities of refuge, to which a person who has killed someone
accidentally may flee.
35:12 They will be
places of refuge from the avenger, so that a person accused of murder may not
die before he stands trial before the assembly.
35:13 These six towns
you give will be your cities of refuge.
35:14 Give three on
this side of the Jordan and three in Canaan as cities of refuge.
35:15 These six towns
will be a place of refuge for Israelites, aliens and any other people living
among them, so that anyone who has killed another accidentally can flee there.
35:16 "'If a man
strikes someone with an iron object so that he dies, he is a murderer; the
murderer shall be put to death.
35:17 Or if anyone has
a stone in his hand that could kill, and he strikes someone so that he dies, he
is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
35:18 Or if anyone has
a wooden object in his hand that could kill, and he hits someone so that he
dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall be put to death.
35:19 The avenger of
blood shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to
death.
35:20 If anyone with
malice aforethought shoves another or throws something at him intentionally so
that he dies
35:21 or if in
hostility he hits him with his fist so that he dies, that person shall be put
to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to
death when he meets him.
35:22 "'But if
without hostility someone suddenly shoves another or throws something at him
unintentionally
35:23 or, without
seeing him, drops a stone on him that could kill him, and he dies, then since
he was not his enemy and he did not intend to harm him,
35:24 the assembly
must judge between him and the avenger of blood according to these regulations.
35:25 The assembly
must protect the one accused of murder from the avenger of blood and send him
back to the city of refuge to which he fled. He must stay there until the death
of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
35:26 "'But if
the accused ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he has
fled
35:27 and the avenger
of blood finds him outside the city, the avenger of blood may kill the accused
without being guilty of murder.
35:28 The accused must
stay in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest; only after the
death of the high priest may he return to his own property.
35:29 "'These are
to be legal requirements for you throughout the generations to come, wherever
you live.
35:30 "'Anyone
who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of
witnesses. But no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one
witness.
35:31 "'Do not
accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. He must surely
be put to death.
35:32 "'Do not
accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge and so allow him to
go back and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
35:33 "'Do not
pollute the land where you are. Bloodshed pollutes the land, and atonement
cannot be made for the land on which blood has been shed, except by the blood
of the one who shed it.
35:34 Do not defile
the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the
Israelites.'"
Chapter
36 Inheritance of Zelophehad’s Daughters
36:1 The family heads
of the clan of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, who were from the
clans of the descendants of Joseph, came and spoke before Moses and the
leaders, the heads of the Israelite families.
36:2 They said,
"When the LORD commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance to the
Israelites by lot, he ordered you to give the inheritance of our brother
Zelophehad to his daughters.
36:3 Now suppose they
marry men from other Israelite tribes; then their inheritance will be taken
from our ancestral inheritance and added to that of the tribe they marry into.
And so part of the inheritance allotted to us will be taken away.
36:4 When the Year of
Jubilee for the Israelites comes, their inheritance will be added to that of
the tribe into which they marry, and their property will be taken from the
tribal inheritance of our forefathers."
36:5 Then at the
LORD'S command Moses gave this order to the Israelites: "What the tribe of
the descendants of Joseph is saying is right.
36:6 This is what the
LORD commands for Zelophehad's daughters: They may marry anyone they please as
long as they marry within the tribal clan of their father.
36:7 No inheritance in
Israel is to pass from tribe to tribe, for every Israelite shall keep the
tribal land inherited from his forefathers.
36:8 Every daughter
who inherits land in any Israelite tribe must marry someone in her father's
tribal clan, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his
fathers.
36:9 No inheritance
may pass from tribe to tribe, for each Israelite tribe is to keep the land it
inherits."
36:10 So Zelophehad's
daughters did as the LORD commanded Moses.
36:11 Zelophehad's
daughters--Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah--married their cousins on
their father's side.
36:12 They married
within the clans of the descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their
inheritance remained in their father's clan and tribe.
36:13 These are the
commands and regulations the LORD gave through Moses to the Israelites on the
plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Bibliography,
Ryrie, Charles C. The
Ryrie study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986
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