20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt
thou have any part among them: I amthy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
21 And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for
their service which they serve, eventhe service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation,
lest they bear sin, and die.
23 But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall
bear their iniquity: it shall bea statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the
children of Israel they have no inheritance.
24 But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer asan heave offering unto the LORD,
I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of
Israel they shall have no inheritance.
25 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
26 Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the
tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave
offering of it for the LORD, evena tenth partof the tithe.
27 And thisyour heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it werethe corn of the
threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress.
28 Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive
of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.
29 Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof,
eventhe hallowed part thereof out of it.
30 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it
shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of
the winepress.
31 And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it isyour reward for your
service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
32 And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither
shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
2 This isthe ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the
children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein isno blemish, and
upon which never came yoke:
3 And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp,
and oneshall slay her before his face:
4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood
directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
5 And oneshall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her
dung, shall he burn:
6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast itinto the midst of
the burning of the heifer.
7 Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward
he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.
8 And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and
shall be unclean until the even.
9 And a man that isclean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay themup without the
camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a
water of separation: it isa purification for sin.
10 And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until

the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among
them, for a statute for ever.
11 He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.
12 He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but
if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
13 Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself,
defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the
water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness isyet upon
him.
14 This isthe law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that isin the
tent, shall be unclean seven days.
15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, isunclean.
16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or
a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
17 And for an unclean personthey shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for
sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:
18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip itin the water, and sprinkle itupon the tent,
and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a
bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
19 And the clean personshall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day:
and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in
water, and shall be clean at even.
20 But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off
from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of
separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he isunclean.
21 And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of
separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean
until even.
22 And whatsoever the unclean persontoucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it
shall be unclean until even.
1 Then came the children of Israel, eventhe whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the
first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against
Moses and against Aaron.
3 And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our
brethren died before the LORD!
4 And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and
our cattle should die there?
5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it
isno place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither isthere any water to
drink.
6 And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto
them.
7 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak
ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth
to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
9 And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto
them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came
out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the
eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which
I have given them.
13 This isthe water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he
was sanctified in them.
14 And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother
Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
15 How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the
Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
16 And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us
forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we arein Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
17 Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through
the vineyards, neither will we drink ofthe water of the wells: we will go by the king's high
way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
18 And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the
sword.
19 And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle
drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doingany thing else, go through on
my feet.
20 And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people,
and with a strong hand.
21 Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away
from him.
22 And the children of Israel, eventhe whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came
unto mount Hor.
23 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom,
saying,
24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have
given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.
25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:
26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be
gathered unto his people, and shall die there.
27 And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all
the congregation.
28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died
there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount.
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days,
evenall the house of Israel.
1 And whenking Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by
the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took someof them prisoners.
2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into
my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they
utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
4 And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: