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Bible Reading for February 26

Numbers 31
[1] And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Avenge the children of
Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
[3] 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. [4] Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel,
shall ye send to the war.
[5] So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of
every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. [6] 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. [7] And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded
Moses; and they slew all the males.
[8] 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. [9] 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.
[10] And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their
goodly castles, with fire.
[11] And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
[12] 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. [13] And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the
congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. [14] And Moses was
wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and
captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. [15] And Moses said
unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? [16] 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. [17] Now therefore kill every male among the
little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
[18] But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with
him, keep alive for yourselves.
[19] 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. [20] And purify all
your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair,
and all things made of wood. [21] 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; [22] Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the
iron, the tin, and the lead,
[23] 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.
[24] And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be
clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. [25] And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying, [26] 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: [27] 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: [28] 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: [29] Take it of their half,
and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD.
[30] 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.
[31] And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. [32]
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,
[33] And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, [34] And threescore and one
thousand asses, [35] And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of woman
that had not known man by lying with him.
[36] 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:
[37] And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen.
[38] And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's
tribute was threescore and twelve.
[39] And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the
LORD's tribute was threescore and one. [40] And the persons were sixteen
thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons.
[41] And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto
Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. [42] And of the children
of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
[43] (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred
thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep,
[44] And thirty and six thousand beeves, [45] And thirty thousand asses and
five hundred, [46] And sixteen thousand persons;) [47] 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. [48] And the officers
which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and
captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: [49] 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. [50] 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. [51] And Moses and Eleazar the priest took
the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
[52] 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. [53] (For the men of war had
taken spoil, every man for himself.) [54] 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.

Numbers 32
[1] 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; [2] 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,
[3] Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh,
and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
[4] Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of
Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: [5] 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. [6] 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? [7] And wherefore discourage ye
the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the
LORD hath given them? [8] Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from
Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
[9] 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. [10] And the LORD's anger was
kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, [11] 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: [12] Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the
Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the
LORD. [13] 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. [14] 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. [15] For if ye turn away
from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye
shall destroy all this people. [16] And they came near unto him, and said,
We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little
ones: [17] 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.
[18] We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have
inherited every man his inheritance. [19] 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. [20] And Moses said unto them, If ye will do
this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war,
[21] And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he
hath driven out his enemies from before him, [22] 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. [23] But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the
LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. [24] Build you cities for
your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath
proceeded out of your mouth. [25] And the children of Gad and the children
of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord
commandeth. [26] Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our
cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead:
[27] But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the
LORD to battle, as my lord saith.
[28] 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:
[29] 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:
[30] But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have
possessions among you in the land of Canaan. [31] And the children of Gad
and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy
servants, so will we do. [32] 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. [33] 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.
[34] And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, [35] And
Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, [36] And Beth-nimrah, and
Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. [37] And the children of
Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, [38] And Nebo, and
Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names
unto the cities which they builded. [39] And the children of Machir the son
of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which
was in it. [40] And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and
he dwelt therein.
[41] And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof,
and called them Havoth-jair.
[42] And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called
it Nobah, after his own name.

Numbers 33
[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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. [4] For the
Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among
them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. [5] And the
children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. [6] And
they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of
the wilderness.
[7] And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which
is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol. [8] And they
departed from before Pi-hahiroth, 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. [9] 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.
[10] And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. [11] And they
removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
[12] And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped
in Dophkah.
[13] And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. [14] And they
removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the
people to drink.
[15] And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
[16] And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.
[17] And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
[18] And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. [19] And they
departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. [20] And they departed
from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah. [21] And they removed from
Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. [22] And they journeyed from Rissah, and
pitched in Kehelathah. [23] And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in
mount Shapher. [24] And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in
Haradah. [25] And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. [26]
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. [27] And they
departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. [28] And they removed from
Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. [29] And they went from Mithcah, and pitched
in Hashmonah. [30] And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at
Moseroth. [31] And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
[32] And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. [33]
And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. [34] And they
removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. [35] And they departed
from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. [36] And they removed from
Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
[37] And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of
the land of Edom.
[38] 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.
[39] And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died
in mount Hor.
[40] And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of
Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. [41] And they
departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. [42] And they departed
from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. [43] And they departed from Punon, and
pitched in Oboth. [44] And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in
Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.
[45] And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. [46] And they
removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. [47] And they
removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim,
before Nebo.
[48] And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. [49] And they pitched by Jordan,
from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
[50] And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near
Jericho, saying,
[51] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are
passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; [52] 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: [53] And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the
land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. [54]
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.
[55] 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.
[56] Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought
to do unto them.

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