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in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up. Moses sends an embassy to the king of the Amorites, Sihon. This Sihon, having previously warred 56.333 against the king of Moab, took his land. But when he also joined in battle with the Israelites, he was utterly defeated, and the Israelites took all his cities. And having engaged also with Og, king of Bashan, they inflicted upon him the same evils as on Sihon, and they took his land and all his cities. King Balak sends to Balaam the seer, that he might curse the people. But God at first forbade it. But when he pressed the seer, He permitted him to go, but not to curse; instead, He turned the curses into blessings. Not because the curses of the seer had any power, but because the people were miserable, they were about to believe his curses and be condemned there on account of their own weakness. This one prophesies concerning Christ, saying: A star shall rise out of Jacob, and a man shall arise out of Israel. For the Spirit of God came upon the seer. But when Balaam had departed, the sons of Israel go forth to the daughters of Moab, and are initiated to Baal-peor. Then Moses commands each man to kill his brother who committed idolatry. Then also Phinehas, son of Eleazar, pierced Zimri the Israelite, and Cozbi the Midianite woman with him; and it was counted to him for righteousness. Then the sons of Israel are numbered, from twenty years old and upward, and there were found six hundred thousand, and three thousand and thirty men; and the Levites were twenty-three thousand from one month old and upward. This census took place in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan. And there was not a man among them of those whom Moses had previously numbered in the desert of Sinai, except Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh. Certain daughters of Zelophehad of the tribe of Manasseh come forward, demanding, since their father died without male children, that the inheritance and the possession come to them. God commanded that they should receive it. And if anyone dies without having a son, let the daughter inherit; and if there is no daughter, a brother; and if there is no brother, the father's brother. God shows Moses from Mount Nebo the promised land, and Joshua the son of Nun is appointed to his position. Then he gives commands to the sons of Israel concerning whole burnt offerings, the daily sacrifices, those on the sabbaths, those on the new moons, those at the passover, those on the day of weeks, those in the seventh month. He also gives regulations concerning vows, that is, what anyone might vow. Then twelve thousand of the Israelites arm themselves against the Midianites, with Phinehas among them, and they slay them, and the five kings of Midian, and Balaam the seer. And they offered the first fruits of the spoils to God, and distributed the rest among themselves. The tribe of Reuben and of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, came and asked of Moses the land beyond the Jordan. And he gave it, after they had first agreed to fight alongside the rest of the Israelites, and to cross the Jordan with weapons, so as to fight on behalf of their brethren. Here Moses recounts from Egypt until they came opposite Jericho. He commands them to destroy all the idols of the nations. He tells them also about the borders of the land, where they begin and where they end. He also gives instructions concerning the land which the Levites were to receive, and concerning the six cities of refuge, so that one who killed unintentionally might flee there 56.334 and be freed from danger, by remaining there until the high priest dies. But if he is caught outside the borders of the city, and the kinsman of the one who was slain kills him, he shall not be punished. And he speaks briefly concerning the laws laid down about murders. The leaders of the tribe of Manasseh approach, saying to Moses: Since it was decided for the daughters of Zelophehad to receive an inheritance, if it should happen that they be married to a man from another tribe, what is to be done? For the inheritance of our tribe will pass to that tribe. Then

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τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὕτω δεῖ ὑψωθῆναι τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. Πρεσβεύεται Μωϋσῆς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Ἀμοῤῥαίων τὸν Σηών. Οὗτος δὲ ὁ Σηὼν πολε 56.333 μήσας πρότερον τὸν βασιλέα Μωὰβ, ἔλαβε τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ. Ὡς δὲ καὶ τοῖς Ἰσραηλίταις συνέμιξεν εἰς πόλεμον, ἡττήθη κατὰ κράτος, καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτοῦ πάσας ἔλαβον οἱ Ἰσραηλῖται. Συμβαλόντες δὲ καὶ τῷ Ὢγ βασιλεῖ τῆς Βασὰν, τοῖς αὐτοῖς περιέβαλον αὐτὸν κακοῖς, οἷς καὶ τὸν Σηὼν, καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὰς πόλεις αὐτοῦ πάσας ἔλαβον. Πέμπει βασιλεὺς Βαλὰκ πρὸς Βαλαὰμ τὸν μάντιν, ἵνα ἀράσηται τὸν λαόν. Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐκώλυσεν. Ὡς δὲ ἐνέκειτο τῷ μάντει, συνεχώρησεν ἀπελθεῖν μὲν, οὐ μὴν ἀράσασθαι ἀλλ' ἔτρεψε τὰς κατάρας εἰς εὐλογίας. Οὐκ ἐπειδὴ ἴσχυόν τι αἱ ἀραὶ τοῦ μάντεως, ἀλλ' ἐπειδὴ ταλαίπωρος ἦν ὁ λαὸς, ἤμελλεν αὐτοῦ πιστεύειν ταῖς κατάραις, καὶ κατακρίνεσθαι ἐκεῖ διὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀσθένειαν. Οὗτος προφητεύει περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ λέγων· Ἀνατελεῖ ἄστρον ἐξ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ ἀναστήσεται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ Ἰσραήλ. Πνεῦμα γὰρ Θεοῦ ἐγενήθη ἐπὶ τῷ μάντει. Ὡς δὲ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ Βαλαὰμ, ἐκπορεύουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ εἰς τὰς θυγατέρας Μωὰβ, καὶ τελοῦνται τῷ Βεελφεγώρ. Τότε κελεύει Μωϋσῆς ἕκαστον, ἀποκτεῖναι τὸν ἀδελφὸν εἰδωλολατρήσαντα. Τότε καὶ Φινεὲς υἱὸς Ἐλεάζαρ ἐξεκέντησε τὸν Ζαμβρὶν τὸν Ἰσραηλίτην, καὶ τὴν Χασβὶ τὴν Μαδιανῖτιν μετ' αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην. Τότε ἀριθμοῦνται οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ εἰκοσαέτους καὶ ἐπάνω, καὶ εὑρέθησαν ἑξακόσιαι χιλιάδες, καὶ τρισχίλιοι ἄνδρες καὶ τριάκοντα· οἱ δὲ Λευῗται τρεῖς καὶ εἴκοσι χιλιάδες ἀπὸ μηνιαίου καὶ ἐπάνω. Αὕτη ἡ ἐπίσκεψις ἐν Ἀραβὼθ Μωὰβ ἐγένετο, πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου. Καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄνθρωπος, ἐξ ὧν ἐπεσκέψατο Μωϋσῆς πρότερον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ Σινᾶ, πλὴν Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ, καὶ Χαλὲβ ὁ τοῦ Ἰεφονεί. Προσέρχονταί τινες θυγατέρες Σαλπαὰδ τῆς φυλῆς Μανασσῆ, ἀξιοῦσαι, ἐπειδὴ ἄπαις ἀῤῥένων παίδων ἀπέθανεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν, εἰς αὐτὰς ἐλθεῖν τὴν κληρονομίαν, καὶ τὴν κατάσχεσιν. Προσέταξεν ὁ Θεὸς λαβεῖν αὐτάς. Κἄν τις ἀποθάνῃ μὴ ἔχων υἱὸν, ἡ θυγάτηρ κληρονομείτω· θυγατρὸς δὲ οὐκ οὔσης, ἀδελφός· ἀδελφοῦ δὲ οὐκ ὄντος, ἀδελφὸς τοῦ πατρός. ∆είκνυσιν ὁ Θεὸς Μωϋσῇ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὄρους τοῦ Ναυὼ τὴν γῆν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, καὶ χειροτονεῖται Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ τάξιν. Τότε ἐντέλλεται τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ περὶ ὁλοκαυτωμάτων, θυσιῶν τῶν καθ' ἡμέραν, τῶν ἐν σαββάτοις, τῶν ἐν νεομηνίαις, τῶν ἐν τῷ πάσχα, τῶν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν ἑβδομάδων, τῶν ἐν τῷ ἑβδόμῳ μηνί. ∆ιατάσσει καὶ περὶ εὐχῶν, τουτέστιν, ὧν ἄν τις τάξηται. Τότε ἐξοπλίζονται δώδεκα χιλιάδες ἐκ τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν κατὰ Μαδιανιτῶν, καὶ Φινεὲς μετ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀναιροῦσιν αὐτοὺς, καὶ πέντε βασιλεῖς Μαδιὰμ, καὶ τὸν Βαλαὰμ τὸν μάντιν. Καὶ ἀπήρξαντο τῷ Θεῷ τῶν σκύλων, καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ διένειμαν ἑαυτοῖς. Προσελθόντες ἡ φυλὴ Ῥουβὶμ καὶ Γὰδ, καὶ τὸ ἥμισυ τῆς φυλῆς Μανασσῆ, ᾔτουν παρὰ Μωϋσέως τὴν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου χώραν. Ὁ δὲ ἔδωκε, πρότερον συνομολογησάντων ἐκείνων συμμαχήσειν τοῖς λοιποῖς Ἰσραηλίταις, καὶ διαβήσεσθαι τὸν Ἰορδάνην μεθ' ὅπλων, ὥστε πολεμῆσαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν. Ἐνταῦθα διηγεῖται Μωϋσῆς ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου ἕως ἦλθον ἀντικρὺ Ἱεριχώ. Ἐντέλλεται αὐτοῖς ὥστε ἐξολοθρεῦσαι πάντα τὰ εἴδωλα τῶν ἐθνῶν. Λέγει αὐτοῖς καὶ περὶ τῶν ὁρίων τῆς γῆς, πόθεν ἄρχονται, καὶ ποῦ πληροῦνται. Παραγγέλλει δὲ καὶ περὶ τῆς γῆς, ἧς ἔδει τοὺς Λευΐτας λαβεῖν, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἓξ πόλεων τῶν φυγαδευτηρίων, ὥστε τὸν ἀκουσίως ἀνελόντα ἐκεῖ 56.334 καταφεύγειν, καὶ ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι κινδύνου, μένοντι ἐκεῖ, ἕως ἂν ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ μέγας. Ἐὰν δὲ ἁλῷ ἔξω τῶν ὅρων τῆς πόλεως, καὶ φονεύσῃ αὐτὸν ὁ συγγενὴς τοῦ πεφονευμένου, οὐ δώσει δίκην. Καὶ διαλέγεται βραχέα περὶ τῶν νόμων τῶν περὶ φόνων κειμένων. Προσέρχονται οἱ ἄρχοντες τῆς φυλῆς Μανασσῆ λέγοντες τῷ Μωϋσῇ· Ἐπειδὴ ἔδοξε τὰς θυγατέρας Σαλπαὰδ λαβεῖν κλῆρον, εἰ συμβαίη αὐτὰς γαμηθῆναι ἀνδρὶ ἐξ ἑτέρας φυλῆς, τί ἵνα γίνηται; ἀπελεύσεται γὰρ ὁ κλῆρος τῆς ἡμετέρας φυλῆς εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν φυλήν. Τότε