Numbers 2 Cross References - MLV

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, ² The sons of Israel will encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses. They will encamp all around opposite the tent of meeting.
³ And those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise will be those of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Judah will be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ⁴ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred. ⁵ And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Issachar. And the ruler of the sons of Issachar will be Nethanel the son of Zuar. ⁶ And his army and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred. ⁷ Then the tribe of Zebulun. And the ruler of the sons of Zebulun will be Eliab the son of Helon. ⁸ And his army and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.
⁹ All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred eighty-six thousand and four hundred, according to their armies. They will set forth first.
¹⁰ On the south side will be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Reuben will be Elizur the son of Shedeur. ¹¹ And his army and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand and five hundred. ¹² And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Simeon. And the ruler of the sons of Simeon will be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. ¹³ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred. ¹⁴ Then the tribe of Gad. And the ruler of the sons of Gad will be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. ¹⁵ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand and six hundred and fifty.
¹⁶ All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their armies. And they will set forth second.
¹⁷ Then the tent of meeting will set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps. As they encamp, so will they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.
¹⁸ On the west side will be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Ephraim will be Elishama the son of Ammihud. ¹⁹ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. ²⁰ And next to him will be the tribe of Manasseh. And the ruler of the sons of Manasseh will be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. ²¹ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred. ²² Then the tribe of Benjamin. And the ruler of the sons of Benjamin will be Abidan the son of Gideoni. ²³ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.
²⁴ All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred eight thousand and a hundred, according to their armies. And they will set forth third.
²⁵ On the north side will be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Dan will be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. ²⁶ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred. ²⁷ And those who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Asher. And the ruler of the sons of Asher will be Pagiel the son of Ochran. ²⁸ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred. ²⁹ Then the tribe of Naphtali. And the ruler of the sons of Naphtali will be Ahira the son of Enan. ³⁰ And his army and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
³¹ All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred fifty-seven thousand and six hundred. They will set forth rearmost by their standards.
³² These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their armies were six hundred three thousand and five hundred and fifty. ³³ But the Levites were not numbered among the sons of Israel, as Jehovah commanded Moses. ³⁴ Thus did the sons of Israel. According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they encamped by their standards and so they set forward, everyone by their families, according to their fathers' houses.

⁵⁰ but appoint you the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the furniture of it and over all that belongs to it. They will bear the tabernacle and all the furniture of it and they will minister to it and will encamp all around the tabernacle.

⁵² And the sons of Israel will pitch their tents, every man by his own camp and every man by his own standard, according to their armies. ⁵³ But the Levites will encamp all around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there is no wrath upon the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites will keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

³ And those who encamp on the east side toward the sunrise will be those of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Judah will be Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁰ On the south side will be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies. And the ruler of the sons of Reuben will be Elizur the son of Shedeur.

¹⁴ And in the first place the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward according to their armies and over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁸ And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies and over his army was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

²² And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim set forward according to their armies and over his army was Elishama the son of Ammihud.

²⁵ And the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their armies and over his army was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

⁴ Yet there will be a space between you* and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near to it, that you* may know the way by which you* must go, for you* have not passed this way yesterday and the day before.

¹¹ Vow and pay to Jehovah your* God. Let all who are all around him bring presents to him who ought to be feared.

¹⁰ And there will be a root of Jesse in that day and he who arises to rule over the Gentiles. In him will the Gentiles hope and his resting place will be glorious.
¹¹ And it will happen in that day, that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, who will remain, from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Cush and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the islands of the sea. ¹² And he will set up an ensign for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

⁶ Cry aloud and shout, you inhabitant of Zion, for great in the midst of you is the Holy One of Israel.

³ All you* inhabitants of the world and you* dwellers on the earth, when an ensign is lifted up on the mountains, see you* and when the trumpet is blown, hear you*.

⁷ And he said to me, Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel everlasting. And the house of Israel will no more defile my holy name, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution and by the dead bodies of their kings in their high places,

¹⁶ And Jehovah their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people, as for the stones of a crown, lifted on high over his land.

³³ for God is not a God of unrest, but of peace.
As in all the congregations of the holy-ones:

⁴⁰ But let all things happen decently and according to some order.

²⁷ Only behave-as citizens worthy of the good-news of the Christ; in order that, whether I come and see you, or am absent, I may hear about the things concerning you, that you are standing-firm in one spirit, with one soul contending together with us in the faith of the good-news.

¹⁹ and not holding-fast to the head, from whom all the body is being supplied and knitted together through the joints and ligaments, which is growing with the growth of God.

² And immediately I became in the spirit and behold, a throne was placed in heaven, and sitting upon the throne ³ was one similar in appearance to a jasper stone and a carnelian and there was a rainbow surrounding the throne, similar in appearance to an emerald. ⁴ And twenty-four thrones were surrounding the throne and twenty-four elders sitting upon the thrones, having been dressed in white garments, and upon their heads golden crowns. ⁵ And lightnings and voices and thunders traveled out from the throne. And there were seven torches of fire burning in the sight of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;

⁸ Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you. ⁹ Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion and as a lioness, who will rouse him up?
¹⁰ The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and to him will the obedience of the peoples be.

⁷ Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹² And he who offered his oblation the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

¹⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

¹⁴ And in the first place the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah set forward according to their armies and over his army was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. ¹⁵ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. ¹⁶ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁹ The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. ²⁰ And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the Shelanite family; of Perez, the Perezite family; of Zerah, the Zerahite family. ²¹ And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the Hezronite family; of Hamul, the Hamulite family. ²² These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.

¹ And it happened after the death of Joshua, that the sons of Israel asked of Jehovah, saying, Who will go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? ² And Jehovah said, Judah will go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

²⁰ and Amminadab fathered Nahshon and Nahshon fathered Salmon,

¹⁰ And Ram fathered Amminadab and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, ruler of the sons of Judah.

² Now Judah prevailed above his brothers and the ruler came from him, but the birthright was Joseph's),

⁴ and Ram fathered Amminadab; and Amminadab fathered Nahshon; and Nahshon fathered Salmon;

³² from Jesse, from Obed, from Boaz, from Salmon, from Nahshon, ³³ from Amminadab, from Ram, from Hezron, from Perez, from Judah,

²⁷ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were seventy-four thousand and six hundred.

²² These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand and five hundred.

⁸ Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.

²⁸ Of the sons of Issachar, their genealogy, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, ²⁹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

¹⁸ On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, ruler of Issachar, offered.

²³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

¹⁵ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.

²³ The sons of Issachar according to their families were : of Tola, the Tolaite family; of Puvah, the Punite family; ²⁴ of Jashub, the Jashubite family; of Shimron, the family Shimronite. ²⁵ These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand and three hundred.

²⁹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand and four hundred.

²⁵ These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand and three hundred.

⁹ Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.

³⁰ Of the sons of Zebulun, their genealogy, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, ³¹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

²⁴ On the third day was Eliab the son of Helon, ruler of the sons of Zebulun.

²⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon.

¹⁶ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.

³¹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand and four hundred.

²⁶ The sons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the Seredite family; of Elon, the Elonite family; of Jahleel, the Jahleelite family. ²⁷ These are the Zebulunite families according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand and five hundred.

³ Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, the preeminence of dignity and the pre-eminence of power. ⁴ Boiling over as water, you will not have the pre-eminence, because you went up to your father's bed, then you defiled it; he went up to my couch.

⁵ And these are the names of the men who will stand with you*. Of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur.

³⁰ On the fourth day was Elizur the son of Shedeur, ruler of the sons of Reuben.

³⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

¹ And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel and so the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

²¹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand and five hundred.

⁷ These are the Reubenite families. And those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

⁶ Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

³⁶ On the fifth day was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, ruler of the sons of Simeon.

⁴¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

¹⁹ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

²³ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand and three hundred.

¹⁴ These are the Simeonite families, twenty-two thousand and two hundred.

¹⁴ Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

⁴² On the sixth day was Eliasaph the son of Deuel, ruler of the sons of Gad.

⁴⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

²⁰ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

²⁵ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

¹⁸ These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.

⁹ All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were a hundred eighty-six thousand and four hundred, according to their armies. They will set forth first.

²⁴ All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were a hundred eight thousand and a hundred, according to their armies. And they will set forth third.

³¹ All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were a hundred fifty-seven thousand and six hundred. They will set forth rearmost by their standards.

⁵⁰ but appoint you the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony and over all the furniture of it and over all that belongs to it. They will bear the tabernacle and all the furniture of it and they will minister to it and will encamp all around the tabernacle. ⁵¹ And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites will take it down and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites will set it up. And the stranger who comes near will be put to death.

¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

³⁸ And those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, will be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the sons of Israel. And the stranger that comes near will be put to death.

¹⁷ And the tabernacle was taken down and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bore the tabernacle, set forward.

²¹ And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary and the others set up the tabernacle until their coming.

⁵ For even if I am absent in the flesh, but yet I am together with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.

⁵ And now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine, Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.

¹⁴ And Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands deliberately, because Manasseh was the firstborn.
¹⁵ And he blessed Joseph and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day, ¹⁶ the messenger who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads and let my name be named on them and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
¹⁷ And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. And he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. ¹⁸ And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, because this is the firstborn, put your right hand upon his head.
¹⁹ And his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother will be greater than he and his seed will become a multitude of nations. ²⁰ And he blessed them that day, saying, In you will Israel bless, saying, God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

¹⁰ Of the sons of Joseph, of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

³² Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their genealogy, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war,

⁴⁸ On the seventh day was Elishama the son of Ammihud, ruler of the sons of Ephraim.

⁵³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

¹⁷ The first-offspring of his herd, majesty is his. And his horns are the horns of the wild-ox. With them he will push the peoples, all of them, even the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

²⁶ Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷ Nun his son, Joshua his son.

¹ Listen, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who sit above the cherubim, shine forth.
² Stir up your might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh and come to save us.

¹⁸ I have surely heard Ephraim sympathize within himself saying, You have disciplined me and I was disciplined as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke. Turn me back and I will be turned back, for you are Jehovah my God.
¹⁹ Surely after that I was turned back. I repented and after I was instructed, I killed* upon my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.
²⁰ Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still. Therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy upon him, says Jehovah.

³³ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred;

³⁷ These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

⁵⁴ On the eighth day was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, ruler of the sons of Manasseh.

⁵⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

²³ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

³⁵ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand and two hundred.

³⁴ These are the families of Manasseh and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand and seven hundred.

¹¹ Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.

⁶⁰ On the ninth day was Abidan the son of Gideoni, ruler of the sons of Benjamin.

⁶⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁴ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.

²⁷ There is little Benjamin their ruler, the rulers of Judah and their council, the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.

³⁷ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand and four hundred.

⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand and six hundred.

¹⁶ All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were a hundred fifty-one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their armies. And they will set forth second.

² Stir up your might before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh and come to save us.

¹² Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

⁶⁶ On the tenth day was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, ruler of the sons of Dan.

⁷¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

³⁹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand and seven hundred.

⁴³ All the Shuhamite families, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand and four hundred.

¹³ Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran Ocran.

⁷² On the eleventh day was Pagiel the son of Ochran, ruler of the sons of Asher.

⁷⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochran.

⁴¹ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.

⁴⁷ These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

¹⁵ Of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan.

⁴² Of the sons of Naphtali, their genealogy, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war, ⁴³ those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand and four hundred.

⁷⁸ On the twelfth day was Ahira the son of Enan, ruler of the sons of Naphtali.

⁸³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male-goats, five male-lambs a year old. This was the oblation of Ahira the son of Enan.

²⁷ And over the army of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan.

⁴⁸ The sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite family; of Guni, the Gunite family; ⁴⁹ of Jezer, the Jezerite family; of Shillem, the Shillemite family. ⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali according to their families and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand and four hundred.

⁵⁰ These are the families of Naphtali according to their families and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand and four hundred.

³⁷ And the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.

²⁶ a beka per head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

⁴⁶ even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

²¹ And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

⁵¹ These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred and thirty.

⁴⁷ But the Levites according to the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ⁴⁸ For Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁹ Only the tribe of Levi you will not number, neither will you take the sum of them among the sons of Israel,

⁵⁷ And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the Gershonite family; of Kohath, the Kohathite family; of Merari, the Merarite family.
⁵⁸ These are the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family, the Korahite family. And Kohath fathered Amram. ⁵⁹ And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram, Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister. ⁶⁰ And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Jehovah.
⁶² And those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the sons of Israel.

⁴² According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did all the work.

⁵⁴ Thus did the sons of Israel. According to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they did.

² The sons of Israel will encamp every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fathers' houses. They will encamp all around opposite the tent of meeting.

²⁸ Thus were the journeys of the sons of Israel according to their armies and they set forward.

⁹ For from the top of the rocks I see him and from the hills I behold him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone and will not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous and let my last end be like his!

²¹ He has not beheld wickedness in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them.

² And Balaam lifted up his eyes and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes and the Spirit of God came upon him.

⁵ How good are your tents, O Jacob, your tabernacles, O Israel! ⁶ As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the river-side, as aloes which Jehovah has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters.

⁶ Then I will not be put to shame when I have respect for all your commandments.

⁶ Now they were both righteous and blameless in God’s sight, conducting-themselves in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.