E- Numbers-25-30

Pgs. 435-449

Ch. 25-30

SECTION XLI.

PHINEHAS. AND theLord spake with Mosheh, saying: Phinehas the zealous, the son of Elazar bar Aharon,the priest, hath turned away mine anger from the children of Israel, in that,when zealous with My zeal, he hath slain the sinners who were among them; andfor his sake I have not destroyed the children of Israel in My indignation.Swearing by My Name, I say to him, Behold, I decree to him My covenant ofpeace, and will make him an angel of the covenant, that he may ever live, toannounce the Redemption at the end of the days. [JERUSALEM. With the oath wentMosheh, and said unto Phinehas, Behold, I give to him.] And because theydefamed him, saying, Is he not the son of Phuti, the Midianite? behold, I willmake him to possess the high priesthood; and because he took the lance with hisarm, and struck the Midianitess in her body, and prayed with his mouth for thepeople of the house of Israel, the priests shall be held worthy of the threegifts of the shoulder, the cheek-bone, and the inwards; and it shall beto him, and to his sons after him, an everlasting covenant of consecration,because he was zealous for the Lord, and propitiated for the children ofIsrael. Now the name of the man of Israel who was slain with the Midianitha wasZimri bar Salu, a chief of the house of his fathers of the tribe of Shemeon.And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Kosbi, daughter of Zur,who was called Shelonae, a daughter of Balak, the prince of the people of Moab,whose dwelling-place was in Midian. And theLord spake with Mosheh, saying: Trouble the Midianites and slay them, becausethey troubled you by their deceitful counsels when they beguiled you in thematter of Peor, and of Kosbi their sister, daughter of the prince of Midian,who was slain in the day of the plague for the matter of Peor. [JERUSALEM. Fortheir false dealings.]

XXVI. Andit came to pass after the plague, that the compassions of the heavens wereturned to avenge His people with judgment. And the Lord spake to Mosheh andElazar bar Aharon the priest, saying: Take the sum of the account of the wholecongregation of the Beni Israel, from twenty years old and upward, according tothe house of their fathers, of every one who goeth forth with the host inIsrael. And Mosheh and Elazar the priest spake with the leaders, and commandedthat they should number them in the plain of Moab, by the Jordan (over against)Jericho, saying (You are to number them) from a son of twenty years and upward,as the Lord commanded Mosheh and the sons of Israel when they came out of theland of Mizraim.

Reuben, the first-bornof Israel: the sons of Reuben, Hanok, the family of Hanok; of Phallu, thefamily of Phallu; of Hezron, the family of Hezron; of Karmi, the family ofKarmi. These are the families of Reuben, and their numbers were forty-threethousand seven hundred and thirty. And the sons of Phallu Eliab; the sons ofEliab, Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. The same were Dathan and Abiram whobrought together the congregation that gathered and made the division againstMosheh and Aharon in the congregation of Korach, when they gathered togetherand made division against the Lord, and the earth opened her mouth andswallowed them and Korach, when the congrergation of the wicked died, when thefire devoured the two hundred and fifty men, and they were made an example. Butthe sons of Korach were not in the counsel of their father, but followed thedoctrine of Mosheh the prophet; and therefore they died not by the plague, norwere smitten by the fire, nor engulphed in the yawning of the earth.[JERUSALEM. But the sons of Korach, who were not in the counsel of their fatherdid not die.] The Beni Shemeon,^{[1] <l >}Nemuel, Jamin, Jakin, Zerach, Shaul, with their families, twenty-twothousand two hundred. Of Gad, the families of Zephon, Haggi, Suni, Ozni, Heri, Arod, Areli,forty thousand five hundred. Of Jehudah, Her and Onan. But Her and Onan died, on account of theirsins, in the land of Kenaan. Of the Beni Jehudah, the families of Shela,Pherez, Zerach. The sons of Pherez, Hezron, Amul. The numbers of the familiesof Jehudah, seventy-six thousand five hundred. Of Issakar, the families of Thola, Puah, Jashub, Shimron, sixty-fourthousand three hundred. Of Zebulon, the families of Sered, Elon, Jahleel, sixtythousand five hundred. Of Joseph, the Beni Menasheh, Makir, Gilead, Thezar,Helek, Asriel, Shekem, Shemida, Hepher. But Zelophehad bar Hepher had no sons,but daughters only; and the names of the daughters of Zelophebad were, Mahelah,Nohah, Hogelah, Milchah, and Thirzah. These are the families of Menasheh, andtheir number fifty-two thousand seven hundred. The Beni Ephraim, Shuthelah, Bekir, Tachan, Heran the son of Shuthelah,their numbers thirty-two thousand five hundred. The families of Benjamin, Bela, Ashbel, Abiram, Shephuphia, (the sonsof Bela, Ared and Naaman,) forty-five thousand six hundred. The Beni Dan, the families of Shuham, sixty-four thousand fourhundred.

Those ofAsher, Jimnah, Jishvah, Beriah, and of the sons of Beriah, Heber and Malkiel.The name of the daughter of Asher was Sarach, who was conducted by six myriadsof angels, and taken into the Garden of Eden alive, because she bad made knownto Jacob that Joseph was living. The numbers of Asher, fiftythree thousand fourhundred. The Beni Naphtali, according to their families, Jaczeel, Guni, Jezer,Shillem, forty-five thousand four hundred. These are the numbers of thesons of Israel, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: Unto these tribes shall theland be divided by inheritances according to their names. To that tribe whosepeople are many thou shalt make their inheritance large, and to the tribe whosepeople are few thou shalt give a smaller inheritance; to each his heritageshall be given according to the number of his names. Yet the land shall bedivided by lots; according to the names of their fathers tribes they shallinherit. Their heritage shall be divided by lots, whether great or small. But theseare the names of the Levites after their families, the families of Gershon,Kehath, Merari. These are the families of the Levites: the family of Lebni,Hebron, Maheli, Mushi, Korach. And Kehath begat Amram; and the Dame of Amram’swife was Jokebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi when they had comeinto Mizraim, within the walls; and she bare to Amram Aharon, and Mushe, andMiriam their sister. And to Aharon were born Nadab and Abihu, Elazar andIthamar. But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered the strange fire from thehearth-pots before the Lord. And the number of them (the Levites) wastwenty-three thousand, every male from a month old, and upward; for theywere not reckoned among the children of Israel, as no possession was given themamong the sons of Israel. These are the numbers when Mosheh and Elazar thepriest numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, (overagainst) Jericho. And among them was not a man of the numbers when Mosheh andAharon the priest took the sum of the children of Israel in the wilderness ofSinai, because the Lord had said that dying they should die in the wilderness;and none of them remained except Kaleb bar Jephunneh, and Jehoshua bar Nun.

XXVII. And the daughters of Zelophehad bar Hepher, bar Gilead, barMakir, bar Menasheh, of the family ofMenasheh bar Joseph, when they heard that the land was to be divided to themales, came to the beth din, trusting in the compassions of the Lord of theworld. And these are the names of the daughters, Mahelah, Nohah, Hogela,Milchah, and Thirzah. And they stood before Mosheh, after that they had stoodbefore Elazar the priest, the princes, and all the congregation, at the door ofthe tabernacle of ordinance, saying: Our father died in the wilderness, but hewas not among the congregation who murmured and gathered to rebel against theLord in the congregation of Korach, but died for his own sin; nor made heothers to sin; but he had no male children. Why should the name of our fatherbe taken away from among his family because he had not a male child? if we arenot reckoned as a son, and our mother claim (or observe) the Jebam,^{[2] <l >}our mother will take the portion of our father and of our father’s brother. Butif we be reckoned as a son, give us an inheritance among our father’s brethren. This is one of the four cases of judgment brought before Mosheh theprophet, and which he resolved in the manner above said. Of them some werejudgments, &c.^{[3] <l >} And Mosheh brought their cause beforethe Lord. And theLord spake with Mosheh, saying: The daughters of Zelophehad have fitly spoken:this hath been written before Me: but they are worthy that it be said of them,Give them possession and inheritance among the brethren of their father, andmake over their father’s possession unto them. And when a son of Israel shallspeak, and say, A man hath died without having a male child, then you shallmake over his inheritance to his daughter: if he have no daughter, you shallgive his possession to his brothers: if he have no brothers, you shall give hispossession to the brethren of his fattier: but if his father had no brothers, thenyou shall give his possession to his kinsman who is nearest to him of hisfather’s family to inherit. And this shall be the publication of a decree ofjudgment to the children of Israel, as the Lord hath commanded Mosheh. And the Lord said to Mosheh,Go up to this mount, of Abaraee, and survey the land which I have given to thechildren of Israel. And thou shalt see it, but thou thyself self shalt begathered to thy people, as Aharon thy brother hath been gathered: because youwere disobedient against My Word in the desert of Zin, in the congregation atthe Waters of Strife, to sanctify Me at the waters in their sight: these arethe Waters of Strife in the desert of Zin. And Mosheh spake before theLord, saying May the Word of the Lord, who ruleth over the souls of men, and bywhom hath been given the inspiration of the spirit of all flesh, appoint afaithful man over the congregation, [JERUSALEM. The Word of the Lord the Godwho ruleth over the spirit of all flesh, appoint a praiseworthy man over thepeople of the conaregation,] who may go out before them to set battle in array,and may come in before them from the he battle who may bring them out from thebands of their enemies, and bring them into the land of Israel; that thecongregation of the Lord may not be without the wise, nor go astray among thenations as sheep who go astray, having no shepherd. And the Lord said to Mosheh,Take to thee Jehoshua bar Nun, a man upon whom abideth the Spirit of prophecyfrom before the Lord, and lay thy hand upon him, and make him stand beforeElazar the priest and the whole congregation, and instruct him in theirpresence. And thou shalt confer a ray of thy brightness upon him, that all thecongregation of the sons of Israel may be obedient to him. And he shall ministerbefore Elazar the priest; and when any matter is hidden from him, he shallinquire for him before the Lord by Uraia. According to the word of Elazar thepriest they shall go forth to battle, and come in to do judgment be and all thesons of Israel with him, even all the congregation. And Mosheh did as the Lordcommanded him, and took Jehoshua and caused him to stand before Elazar the priestand all the congregation; and he laid his hands upon him and instructed him,as the Lord commanded Mosheh.

XXVIII.And the Lord spake with Mosheh, saying: Instruct the children of Israel, andsay to them: The priests may eat of My oblation the bread of the order of Mytable; but that which you offer upon My altar may no man eat. Is there not afire that will consume it? And it shall be accepted before Me as a pleasantsmell. Sons of Israel, My people, be admonished to offer it from the firstlingson the Sabbath, an oblation before Me in its time. [JERUSALEM. Instruct thechildren of Israel, and say to them, My oblation, the bread of the order of Mytable. That which you offer upon the altar. Is there not a fire that willconsume it? To be received from you before Me for a pleasant smell. Sons ofIsrael, My people, be admonished to offer it before Me in its season.] And say tothem: This is the order of theoblations you shall offer before the Lord; two lambs of the year, unblemished,daily, a perpetual burnt offering. The one lamb thou shalt perform in themorning to make atonement for the sins of the night; and the second lamb thoushalt perform between the suns to atone for the sins of the day; and the tenthof three seahs of wheaten flour as a mincha mingled with beaten olive oil, thefourth of a hin. It is a perpetual burnt offering, such as was (ordained to be)offered at Mount Sinai, to be received with favour as an oblation before theLord. And its libation shall be the fourth of a hin for one lamb; from thevessels of the house of the sanctuary shall it be outpoured, a libation of oldwine. [JERUSALEM. From the vessels of the house of holiness, it shall be pouredout a libation of choice wine unto the Name of the Lord.] But if old wine maynot be found, bring wine of forty days to pour out before the Lord. And thesecond lamb thou shalt perform between the suns, according to the presentationof the morning, and according to its oblation shalt thou make the offering,that it may be accepted with favour before the Lord but on the day of Shabbathatwo lambs of the year without blemish, and two-tenths of flour mixed witholive oil for the mincha and its libation. On the Sabbath thou shalt make aSabbath burnt sacrifice in addition to the perpetual burnt sacrifice and itslibation. And at the beginning of your months you shall offer a burntsacrifice before the Lord; two young bullocks, without mixture, one ram, lambsof the year seven, unblemished; and three tenths of flour mingled with oil forthe mincha for one bullock; two tenths of flour with olive oil for the minchaof the one ram; and one tenth of flour with olive oil for the mincha for eachlamb of the burnt offering, an oblation to be received with favour before the Lord.And for their libation to be offered with them, the half of a bin for abullock, the third of a bin for the ram, and the fourth of a hin for a lamb, ofthe wine of grapes. This burnt sacrifice shall be offered at the beginning ofevery month in the time of the removal of the beginning of every month in theyear; and one kid of the goats, for a sin offering before the Lord at thedisappearing (failure) of the moon, with the perpetual burnt sacrifice shaltthou perform with its libation. And in the month of Nisan, on the fourteenth day of the month, is thesacrifice of the Pascha before the Lord. On the fifteenth day of this month isa festival; seven days shall unleavened be eaten. On the first day of thefestival a holy convocation; no servile work shall ye do; but offer an oblationof a burnt sacrifice before the Lord, two young bullocks, one ram, and sevenlambs of the year, unblemished, shall you have. And their minchas of wheatflour, mingled with olive oil, three tenths for each bullock, two tenths forthe ram, and for a single lamb a tenth, so for the seven; and one kid of thegoats, to make an atonement for you: beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning,the perpetual burnt sacrifice, you shall make these offerings. According tothese oblations of the first day you shall do daily through the seven days ofthe festival. It is the bread of the oblation which is received with favourbefore the Lord; it shall be made beside the perpetual burnt offering, with itslibation. And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; no servilework shall you do.

Likewiseon the day of your firstlings, when you offer the gift from the new producebefore the Lord in your ingatherings, after the seven weeks are completed, youshall have a holy convocation, no servile work shall you do; but offer a burntsacrifice to be received with favour before the Lord, two young bullocks, oneram, seven lambs of the year; alsotheir mincha of wheaten flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for eachbullock, two tenths for the ram,a tenth to a lamb; so for the seven lambs one kid of the goats to make anatonement for you; beside the perpetual burnt offering you shall make these;they shall be unblemished, with their libation of wine.

XXIX. And in the seventh month, the month of Tishri, on the first ofthe month you shall have a holy convocation, you may not do any servile work;it shall be to you a day for the sounding of the trumpet, that by the voice ofyour trumpets you may disturb Satana who cometh to accuse you. And you shallmake a burnt sacrifice to be received with favour before the Lord; one youngbullock, one ram, lambs of the year seven, unblemished; and their mincha ofwheaten flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for the bullock, two tenthsfor the ram, and one tenth for each of the seven lambs; and one kid of thegoats for a sin offering to make an atonement for you; besides the sacrificefor the beginning of the month and its mincha, and the perpetual sacrifice andits mincha; and their libations according to the order of their appointments,an oblation to be received with favour before the Lord. And on thetenth of the seventh month, the month of Tishri, you shall have a holyconvocation, and chasten your souls (by abstaining) from food and drink, thebath, friction, sandals, and the marriage bed; and you shall do no servilelabour, but offer a sacrifice before the Lord to be received with favour; oneyoung bullock, one ram, lambs of the year seven, unblemished, shall you have;and their mincha of wheat flour mingled with olive oil, three tenths for thebullock, two tenths for one ram, a singIe tenth for a lamb, so for the sevenlambs one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of theexpiations, (Lev. xvi.,) and the perpetual sacrifice and their minchas, and thewine of their libations. And on the fifth day of the seventh month you shall have a holyconvocation, no servile work shall you do; but shall celebrate the Feast ofTabernacles before the Lord seven days, and offer a sacrifice, an oblation tobe received with favour before the Lord: thirteen young bullocks proceedingdaily and diminishing their number, (in all) seventy for the seventy nations,and offering them by thirteen orders;^{[4] <l >} two rams, which you shall offer bytwo orders; lambs of the year fourteen, unblemished, to be offered by eightorders, offering six of them, by two and two, and two of them one by one, theyshall be perfect. Their mincha also of wheat flour, with olive oil, threetenths for each bullock of the thirteen, two tenths for each ram, a singletenth for each of the fourteen lambs, and one kid of the goats for a sinoffering, which shall be offered by one order, beside the perpetual sacrifice,the wheat flour for the mincha, and the wine of the libation. On the second day of the Feast of Tabernacles you shall offer twelveyoung bullocks, by twelve orders; two rams, by two orders; fourteen lambs ofthe year unblemished by nine orders, five of them shall offer two by two, andfour of them one by one. And their mincha of wheat flour, and the wine of theirlibation which shall be offered with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by theirnumber according to the order of their appointment; and one ram by one order, asin offering, beside the perpetual sacrifice, and the wheat flour of theirminchas, and their libations of wine. On thethird day of the Feast of Tabernaclesyou shall offer twelve bullocksby twelve orders; two rams by two orders, fourteen unblemished lambs of theyear, by ten orders; four of them shall offer two and two, and six of them oneby one; and their mincha of wheat flour, and their libations of wine, you shalloffer with the bullocks, rams, and lambs, by the number in their appointedorder; and one kid of the goats for a sin offering by one order; beside theperpetual sacrifice the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. On the fourth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, ten young bullocks byten orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year bytwelve orders; three of them shall be offered at two times, and eight of themsingly; their mincha of wheaten flour, and their libations of wine, which youshall offer with the the bullocks, rams, and lambs by their number, after theirappointed order, and one kid for a sin offering, by one order; beside theperpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, and its libation of wine. On the fifth day of the Feast of Tabernacles, nine young bullocks by nineorders; two rams by two orders lambs of the year fourteen, perfect by twelveorders two of them in a pair, twelve singly; and the wheat flour for theirmincha, and the libation wine for the bullocks, the rams, and lambs by theirnumber after the order of their appointment; and one kid for a sin offering byone order; beside the perpetual sacrifice and the wheat flour for the mincha,and the wine of its libation. On the sixthday of the Feast of Tabernacles, eight young bullocks by eight orders; two ramsby two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs of the year by thirteen orders; apair of them together, and twelve of them singly. Their mincha of wheat flour,and their libation of wine you shall offer with the bullocks, rams, and lambs,by their number in the order appointed; Land one kid for a sin offering by one order, besides the perpetualsacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, the wine of its libation, and a vaseof water to be outpoured on the day of the Feast of Tabernacles in gratefulacknowledgment (for a good memorial) of the showers of rain. On the seventh day of the Feast of Tabernacles you shall offer sevenbullocks by seven orders; two rams by two orders; fourteen unblemished lambs ofthe year by fourteen orders: the number of all these lambs ninety-eight,to make atonement against the ninety-eight male dictions. And theirmincha of wheat flour and libations of wine you shall offer with the bullocks,rains, and lambs, by their number, according to the order appointed one kid byone order, beside the perpetual sacrifice, the wheat flour for the mincha, andits libation of wine. And on theeighth day you shall gather together joyfully from your tabernacles, in yourhouses, a gladsome company, a festal day, and a holy convocation shall youhave, no servile work shall you do but offer a sacrifice an oblation to bereceived with favour before the Lord; light oblations; one bullock before theone God, one ram for the one people, lambs of the year unblemished, seven, forthe joy of the seven days. Their mincha of wheat flour, and their libations ofwine which you shall offer with the bullocks, rams, and Iambs, by their number,After the order of their appointment; land one kid for a sin offering, besidethe perpetual sacrifice, the flour for its mincha, and the wine for itslibation. These you shall offer before the Lord in the time of your festivals,beside your vows which you vow at the festival, and which you shall bring onthe day of the feast, with your free-will oblation for your burntsacrifice, your mincha, libations, and consecrated victims.

XXX. And Moshehspake to the sons of Israel, according to all that the Lord had commandedMosheh.

^[1] I have omitted the form of the wordsrecited under the name of the first tribe, and repeated it in the other eleven,and have given the names and numbers without it.

^[1]Vide Glossary, p. 69.

^[1] The samewords as recited before p. 389 ^[1]Mattata: thirteen of the twenty-four orders or classes ofpriests. Vide Mishna, Succah,5,6.

^{[1] <l >} I have omitted the form of the wordsrecited under the name of the first tribe, and repeated it in the other eleven,and have given the names and numbers without it.

^{[2] <l >}Vide Glossary, p. 69.

^{[3] <l >} The same words as recited before p.389 ^{[4] <l >}Mattata: thirteen of the twenty-four orders or classes of priests. VideMishna, Succah, 5,6.