Fragment Targum Numbers

21 Their sum.

Service Around the Holy Vessels

7 The bowls.

9 Snuffer.

10 On a pole.

13 And they shall clear the ashes from the altar.

20 And the Levites shall not go in to look when the priests cover the vessels of the holy house, so that they do not die.

The Waters of Testing and the Woman’s Oath

19 “Be cleared by these waters of testing, which test.”

22 And the woman shall say, “Amen, that I have not become unclean. Amen, if I ever become unclean.”

Abstaining From Wine

3 He shall keep himself apart from wine, new or old. He shall not drink vinegar of new wine or vinegar of old wine, and he shall not drink any liquid from soaked grapes.

3 Six yoked wagons.

Nahshon’s Offering

13 And the offering that he offered was one silver dish, its weight a hundred and thirty shekels in the shekels of the sanctuary, and one silver basin weighing seventy shekels in the shekels of the sanctuary. He offered these two vessels full of fine flour, the dish and the basin, mixed with oil for a grain offering. 14 One pan, weighing ten shekels, which was of gold. He offered it full of the finest spices, good and blended and pure, for the incense of spices. 15 The chief of the tribe offered up one bull, a young bull three years old, one ram two years old, one lamb a year old, for a burnt offering. 16 The chief of the tribe offered one kid of the goats for a sin offering. 17 And for the sacrifice of holy things he offered two oxen, two rams, five kids, and five lambs a year old. This is the offering that the chief of the tribe of the sons of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab, arranged and offered from his property.

The Four Cases and Moses’s Judgment

8 This is one of four cases that came before Moses. In two of them Moses acted promptly, and in two of them Moses was deliberate. With the unclean who could not keep the Passover at its time, and because of the daughters of Zelophehad, Moses acted promptly, because their cases were property cases. And with the blasphemer who blasphemed the holy Name, and with the gatherer of sticks who profaned the Sabbath presumptuously, Moses was deliberate, because their cases were capital cases. In these and in those he said, “I have not heard,” to teach the judges who were to arise after Moses to be prompt in property cases and deliberate in capital cases, so that they would not be ashamed to say, “I have not heard,” since Moses our master said, “I have not heard.” And he said to them, “Stand up, and hear what the Memra of the Lord commands you.”

Moses’s Prayers When the Ark Moves and Rests

35 And it was, when the ark set out, Moses would raise his hands in prayer and say, “Arise now, Memra of the Lord, in the strength of Your might, and let the enemies of Your people be scattered, and let those who hate You flee from before You.” 36 And when the ark came to rest, Moses would lift his hands in prayer and say, “Turn back now, Memra of the Lord, from the strength of Your anger, and return to us in Your good mercies, and bless the myriads and multiply the thousands of the children of Israel.”

Food in Egypt and Manna in the Wilderness

5 “We remember the fish that we used to eat for nothing in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic.”

8 The people would roam about and gather it and grind it in mills, or pound it in the mortar, and they would cook it in the pan and make cakes of it. And its taste was like the taste of pastry with honey.

Moses’s Plea Concerning the People

12 “Did I conceive all this people, did I give birth to them, that You say to me, ‘Carry them against your chest, as the guardian carries the infant,’ to the land that You swore to their fathers?”

15 “And may I not see the misery of Your people.”

Eldad and Medad Prophesy in the Camp

26 And two men remained in the camp. The name of one of them was Eldad and the name of the second Medad, and the Holy Spirit rested upon them.

Eldad prophesied and said, “Look, Moses the prophet, the scribe of Israel, is being gathered from the world, and Joshua son of Nun, his disciple, will serve the camp after him.” Medad prophesied and said, “Look, quails are coming up from the sea, and they will be a stumbling block for the children of Israel.”

And both of them prophesied together and said, “At the very end of days, Gog and Magog and his armies will come up against Jerusalem, and by the hands of King Messiah they will fall. And for seven full years the children of Israel will kindle their fires from their weapons. They will not go out to the forest, and they will not cut down trees.”

And they were of the seventy sages, and the seventy sages did not go out from the tabernacle while Eldad and Medad were prophesying in the camp.

32 Ten kors.

Zipporah’s Beauty and Good Works

1 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses about the Cushite woman whom he had taken. But Zipporah, the wife of Moses, was not a Cushite woman. Rather, just as this Cushite is distinct in his flesh from all creatures, so Zipporah, the wife of Moses, was graceful in form and beautiful in appearance, and distinguished in good works above all the women of that generation.

Moses’s Faithfulness in the Royal Court

7 “There is none like My servant Moses in all the royal court. He is the chief of the clerks of My royal court, and he is faithful.”

Prayers for Miriam’s Healing

11 That we have erred. 12 “I beg you, do not let Miriam our sister be leprous, causing defilement in the tent like a dead person. For just as this infant that was in its mother’s womb nine months, in water and in fire, and was not harmed, and when its time came to come out of its mother’s womb, half of its flesh was eaten away, so Miriam our sister has been driven about with us in the wilderness, and she has been with us in our distress. And now that the time has come to enter the land of Israel, why is she withheld from us? Pray now for the dead flesh, that it may live, and that we may not lose her merit.”

13 “God, who heals all flesh, heal her.”

Miriam’s Merit and Israel’s Delay

16 Although Miriam the prophetess was sentenced to become leprous, there is much teaching in it for us about the commandments and for those who keep the precepts. For a small precept that a man does, he receives a great reward.

And because Miriam the prophetess stood on the bank of the river for a brief time to know what would become of Moses, the children of Israel, sixty myriads, which make up eight legions, and the clouds of glory and the well did not move and did not set out from their place until the time that Miriam the prophetess was healed of her leprosy. And after Miriam the prophetess was healed of her leprosy, after that the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran.

20 And what the land is like, whether its fruits are rich or dry.

The Cluster Carried by Two Men

23 And they came to the valley of the Cluster, and cut from there a branch with one cluster of grapes on it, and carried it on a pole between two men, and also some of the pomegranates and some of the figs.

30 And he silenced them.

A King for the Return to Egypt

4 “Let us set a king over us, and go back to Egypt.”

Moses Appeals to the Lord’s Mercy

18 “The Lord is patient, and far from anger, and near in mercy, and abundant in doing goodness and truth. But the Lord will surely not acquit the guilty, remembering on the day of judgment the sins of wicked fathers upon rebellious children.”

20 And the Memra of the Lord said, “Look, I have forgiven and pardoned, according to your word.”

30 “For I have raised My hand in an oath.”

44 And they hastened.

Dough Set Apart to the Name of the Lord

21 From the first of your dough you shall give a portion set apart to the Name of the Lord.

Judgment for Defying the Lord’s Word

31 For he has despised the word of the Lord and annulled His commandments. That soul shall surely be blotted out, and it shall bear its sin. 32 Gathering sticks.

34 This is one of the four cases. And they put him in custody until it should be made clear to them from before the Lord by which of these judgments it should be done to him.

Tassels With a Cord of Blue

38 And they shall make for themselves tassels on the borders of their cloaks throughout their generations, and put on the tassels of their cloaks a twisted cord of blue.

Korah’s Division and Moses’s Defense

1 And Korah made a plan and caused division.

15 And Moses was deeply upset, and he said before the Lord, “Do not look at their gift. I have not taken the donkey of one of them, and I have not wronged one of them.”

22 And they bowed down on their faces and said, “God, who rules over the spirit of all flesh, one man sins, and there is anger against all the people?”

28 “For I have not devised them from my own heart. 29 If these die as human beings die, and the account of all men is settled with them, the Lord has not sent me.”

3 For a sign.

The Threat to Destroy the Congregation

10 “Separate yourselves from among the people of this congregation, and I will destroy them in a brief moment.” And they bowed down in prayer on their faces.

Aaron’s Rod Blossoms

23 And it happened on the next day that Moses went into the tabernacle of testimony, and look, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and put forth blossoms, and bloomed with buds, and ripened almonds, the fruit of the almond.

The People’s Fear of Death

27 And the children of Israel spoke, saying, “Look, we have come to an end, and now all of us are blotted out. Some of us have died in the plague, and some of us the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up.”

12 All the best of the wheat, and all the best of the wine and the oil, their firstfruits.

6 And he shall throw it into the ashes of the burned heifer.

The Unsealed Earthen Vessel

15 And every open earthen vessel that has no stopper sealed on it is unclean.

11 And Moses lifted up.

Israel Requests Passage Without Violence

17 “Let us pass through your land now. We will not commit any violence, and we will not seduce virgins, and we will not seek men’s wives. We will go by the king’s highway, and we will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”

21 And Israel turned away from them, for they had been commanded by their Father who is in heaven not to draw up battle lines against them.

26 And you shall strip Aaron.

Mourning for Aaron

29 And all the people of the congregation saw Moses coming down from the top of the mountain, his garments torn and ashes on his head, and he was weeping and saying, “How I grieve for you, Aaron my brother, pillar of the prayer of the children of Israel, who used to make atonement for them once every year!” In that hour the children of Israel believed that Aaron had died. And all the congregation of the children of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.

Arad Attacks After the Clouds of Glory Depart

1 And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the south, heard that Aaron had died, the pious man by whose merit the clouds of glory had protected Israel, and that the pillar of cloud had been taken up, and that the prophetess Miriam had died, by whose merit the well had gone along with them, and that the well had been hidden. He answered and said, “Men of war, come, and let us draw up battle lines against Israel, for we have found the way by which the spies came up.” And they drew up battle lines against Israel and took many of them captive.

The Bath Qol and the Bronze Serpent

6 A Bath Qol came out from the midst of the earth, and the voice was heard in the heights, “See, all you children of men, and listen closely, and hear, all you children of flesh. I cursed the serpent from the beginning and said to him, ‘Dust shall be your food,’ and he has not complained about his food. I brought My people out of Egypt redeemed, and I brought down manna for them from heaven, and I brought quails over to them from the sea, and I brought up the well for them from the deep. Yet My people have turned back to complain before Me about the manna, saying, ‘Our soul is distressed by this bread, whose nourishment is light.’ Therefore let the serpent, who has not complained about his food, come and bite this people who have complained about their food.”

And the Memra of the Lord let loose the fiery serpents against the people, and they bit the people, and great multitudes of Israel died.

9 And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a high place, and it was that anyone who had been bitten by the serpent would lift up his face in prayer to his Father who is in heaven and look at the bronze serpent, and he would live and fall silent.

The Miracles in the Valleys of the Arnon

14 Therefore it is said in the book of the Torah of the Lord, which is likened to the book of wars, the miracles and mighty deeds that the Lord did for His people, the children of Israel, when they were standing by the Red Sea, so He did with them when they were crossing the valleys of the Arnon. 15 When the children of Israel were crossing the valleys of the Arnon, the Moabites hid in the caves that are in the valleys, saying, “When the children of Israel are crossing, we will go out to meet them and kill them.”

And the Master of all the world, the Lord, who knows what is in the hearts, and before whom what is in the kidneys is revealed, signaled to the mountains, and they brought their heads together, one against the other, and crushed the heads of their warriors, and the valleys flowed with the blood of their slain. And Israel was walking above on the tops of the mountains and did not know the miracles and mighty deeds that the Lord had done with them in the valleys of the Arnon. And Lehayyath, the city that had no part in their counsel, was spared for them, and look, it is near the borders of the Moabites.

The Well, the Fathers, and the Seventy Sages

17 Then Israel sang the praise of this song, “Spring up, well!” they would sing to it, and it would spring up. 18 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob perfected the well that the princes of the world dug at the beginning. The wise of the world, the Sanhedrin, the seventy sages who were set apart, drew it out with their staffs, Moses and Aaron, the scribes of Israel. And from the wilderness it was given to them as a gift. 19 And after the well was given to them as a gift, it turned to become for them overflowing, mighty torrents, and it turned to go up to the tops of the mountains and go down with them to the deep valleys. And the well was hidden from them in the border of the Moabites, at the top of the height that looks out opposite Abeth Jeshimon.

The Fall of Moab and the Amorite Cities

27 Therefore those who speak in proverbs say, “Enter. 28 For a people of warriors, burning like fire, have gone out from Heshbon, men of war like flames of fire from the city of Sihon. They have killed the kings of the Amorites, they have destroyed Lehayyath, the city of the Moabites, they have killed the priests who sacrificed before the idols of the Arnon. 29 How terrible for you, Moabites! You have come to an end and are lost, you worshipers of the idol Chemosh. You have handed over your sons bound in collars, and your daughters into captivity, to the king of the Amorites, Sihon. 30 And the kingdom has ceased from Heshbon, and dominion from Dibon, and its roads are desolate as far as the smithies that are near Medeba.” 31 And Israel settled in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Mikwar, and they captured its villages, and destroyed the Amorites who were there.

Og’s Taunts and the Promise of Victory

34 And it was, when Moses saw Og, that he said, “Is this not the wicked Og, who used to taunt Abraham and Sarah and say, ‘Abraham and Sarah are like beautiful trees that stand by springs of water but bear no fruit’?” For this reason the Lord, the Holy One, may His name be blessed, kept him alive for many years, until the time that he saw their children and their children’s children, and in turn he fell into their hands.

And the Lord said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people and his land, and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

Balak’s Messengers

7 And the sages of the Moabites and the sages of the Midianites went, with sealed letters in their hands, and came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

Balaam’s Journey and His Donkey

21 And Balaam got up in the morning, and made ready his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

24 And the angel of the Lord stood in the middle of the vineyards, with a hedge on this side and a hedge on that side.

30 And the donkey said to Balaam, “How terrible for you, wicked Balaam, lacking understanding, and no wisdom is found in you! Look, I am an unclean animal that dies in this world and does not come to the world to come, and you were not able to curse me by the wisdom of your understanding. How much more the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, by whose merit the world was created at the beginning! And how are you going to curse them? When you deceived the minds of this people, you said to them, ‘This donkey is not mine. She is on loan in my hand.’ But am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden from your youth until this day? Have I ever intended to do this to you?” And he said to her, “No.”

3 And Balaam went with a tranquil heart.

Balaam’s Oracle on the Merit of the Fathers

7 And he took up the parable of his prophecy and said, “Balak, the king of the Moabites, has brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east. ‘Come now, curse for me those of the house of Jacob, and come, diminish for me the tribes of the house of Israel.’ 8 How shall I curse those of the house of Jacob, when the Memra of the Lord blesses them? And how shall I diminish those of the house of Israel, when the Memra of the Lord multiplies them? 9 I see this people being led by the merit of their righteous fathers, who are likened to the mountains, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and by the merit of the four mothers, who are likened to the hills, Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel, and Leah. Look, this people dwells alone, and does not mix with the laws of the nations. 10 Who can count the young men of the house of Jacob, of whom it was said that they would be as many as the stars of heaven?” Balaam the wicked said in the parable of his prophecy, “If Israel kills him with the sword, Balaam is announcing that he has no portion in the world to come. But if Balaam dies the death of the upright, may my end be like the least of them.”

15 “And I, by my word, will honor you.”

Balaam’s Oracle on the Word of the Living God

19 “The Memra of the living God is not like the word of human beings, and God’s deeds are not like the deeds of human beings. Human beings say and do not do, decree and do not fulfill, and turn back and deny their words. But God says and does, decrees and fulfills, and His decrees stand forever. 20 Look, I have been brought to bless, and I bless Israel, and I will not withhold blessings from them. 21 I do not see servants of falsehood, nor servants of foreign worship, among the tribes of the children of Israel. The Memra of the Lord is with them, and the trumpet blast of the glory of their King is a shield over them. 22 To God, who redeemed them and brought them out of Egypt redeemed, belong might and praise and exaltation. 23 For I do not see those who practice omens among those of the house of Jacob, nor those who practice divination among the tribes of the children of Israel. At this time it will be said to Jacob, ‘What good things and consolations the Lord is about to declare concerning you, house of Jacob!’”

So he said in the parable of his prophecy, “Happy are you, righteous ones! What a good reward is prepared for you with your Father who is in heaven, for the world to come! 24 Look, this people dwells like the lion, and like the lioness grows strong. Just as the lion does not rest and is not at ease until it has eaten and torn flesh and drunk blood, so this people will not rest and will not be at ease until they have killed their enemies and poured out the blood of the slain of those who hate them like water.”

Balaam’s Oracle on Israel and King Messiah

1 And Balaam saw that it was pleasing before the Lord to bless Israel, and he did not go, as he used to go time after time, to consult through ghosts in the presence of the diviners. He went and set his face toward the wilderness, and he recalled to them the affair of the calf. He sought to curse Israel.

3 And he took up the parable of his prophecy and said, “Thus says Balaam son of Beor, thus says the man who is more honored than his father, for what has been hidden from all the prophets has been revealed to him. 4 Thus says the man who heard speech from before the Lord, and who saw a vision from before the Almighty, and when he wished, he would prostrate himself on his face, and the mysteries of prophecy were revealed to him. And he prophesied about himself that he would fall by the sword, and that the prophecy would ultimately be fulfilled. 5 How good are the tents in which Jacob their father prayed, and the tent of meeting that you made for My name, and your tents all around you, you of the house of Israel! 6 Like torrents that grow mighty, so shall Israel grow mighty over their enemies. And like gardens planted by springs of water, so shall their cities be, bringing forth scribes and teachers of the Torah. And like the heavens that the Memra of the Lord stretched out as a dwelling for His Shekinah, so shall Israel live and endure forever, beautiful and praised like the cedars by the water, and exalted through their suffering. 7 Their King shall arise from among their children, and their Redeemer shall be from them and among them, and He shall gather their exiles from the province of their enemies, and their children shall rule over the nations. And He shall be stronger than Saul, who had pity on Agag, the king of the Amalekites, and the kingdom of King Messiah shall be exalted. 8 To God, who redeemed them and brought them out of the land of Egypt redeemed, belong might and praise and exaltation. The children of Israel will prevail over their enemies, and they will divide their cities, and kill their mighty men, and divide up what remains of them. 9 Look, this people lies down like the lion, and like the lioness grows strong. Whoever blesses you, Israel, will be blessed like Moses the prophet, the scribe of Israel, and whoever curses you will be cursed like Balaam son of Beor.”

Balak’s Anger and Balaam’s Counsel

10 And Balak’s anger grew strong against Balaam, and he clapped his hands together, and Balak said to Balaam, “I brought you to curse those who hate me, and you have only blessed.”

14 “And now, look, I am going to my people. Come now, I will give you counsel about what you should do to this people: make them sin, for otherwise you will have no power over this people. But this people are destined to rule over your people at the very end of days.”

The King From the House of Jacob

15 And he took up the parable of his prophecy and said, “Thus says Balaam son of Beor, and thus says the man who is more honored than his father, for what has been hidden from all the prophets has been revealed to him. 16 Thus says the man who heard speech from before the Lord, and knew knowledge from before the Most High, who saw a vision from before the Almighty, and when he wished, he would prostrate himself on his face, and the mysteries of prophecy were revealed to him. And he prophesied about himself that he would fall by the sword, and that his prophecy would ultimately be fulfilled. 17 I see him, but he is not here now. I look at him, but he is not near. A King is destined to arise from the house of Jacob, and a Redeemer and Ruler from the house of Israel, who will kill the mighty ones of the Moabites, and empty out and destroy all the children of the east. 18 And the heirs of the mountain of Gebal shall be a portion for their enemies, and Israel shall grow strong with mighty power. 19 A King is destined to arise from the house of Jacob, and he will destroy all who remain of the guilty city.”

The Oracle Against Amalek

20 And he saw the Amalekites, and took up the parable of his prophecy and said, “The first of the nations who waged war against Israel were those of the house of Amalek, and at the last, at the end of days, they will draw up battle lines against them, and their end shall be destruction, and their destruction forever.”

The Oracle Concerning the Shalmaites

21 And he saw the Shalmaites, and took up the parable of his prophecy and said, “How strong is your dwelling place, and you have set the house of your dwelling in the cleft of the rock! 22 For if the Shalmaites are to be plundered, it will be only when the Assyrians arise and take you captive.”

The Oracle of the Ships and the Nations

23 “Oh, who will live when the Memra of the Lord sets out to give a good reward to the righteous and to exact punishment from the wicked? 24 And many multitudes will come out in Liburnian ships from the great province, and many legions from the Romans will join with them, and they will subdue the Assyrians and afflict all the children beyond the River. But the end of these and of those shall be destruction, and destruction forever.”

25 And Balaam got up and went and returned to his place, and Balak also.

Israel Joins the Worshipers of Peor

1 And Israel camped in Shittim, and the people began to have illicit sex with the daughters of the Moabites. 2 And they invited the people to the sacrifices of their idols. 3 And Israel clung to the worshipers of the idol of Peor, and the anger of the Lord grew strong against Israel.

4 And the Memra of the Lord said to Moses, “Take all the heads of the people and appoint them as a Sanhedrin before the Lord, and let them hang anyone who is condemned to be killed, and at sunset let them take down his body and bury it. In this way the fierce anger of the Lord will turn back from Israel.” 5 And Moses said to the officers of Israel, “Let each one kill the men of his own house, those who clung to the worshipers of the idol of Peor.”

Phinehas Stops the Plague

6 And look, a man of the children of Israel came and brought the Midianite woman near to his brothers, before Moses and before all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. 7 And Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the high priest saw, and got up from among the assembly, and took a spear. 8 And he went in after the man of Israel into the tent, and pierced both of them, the Israelite man and the woman, in indignation, and the plague was stopped from upon the children of Israel. 9 And those who died in the plague were twenty-four thousand.

12 With an oath, go, Moses, and say to Phinehas, “Look, I am giving him.”

18 With their lies.

The Sons of Korah Survive

11 But the sons of Korah, because they had no part in their father’s plan, did not die.

A Case Brought Before the Lord

5 This is one of the four cases. And Moses brought the order of their case before the Lord.

Moses Prays for a Leader of the Congregation

16 “Let the Memra of the Lord, the God who rules over the spirit of all flesh, appoint a fit man over the people of the congregation.”

The Lord’s Table and the Appointed Offerings

2 Command the children of Israel and say to them, “My offering, the bread of the arrangement of My table, which you offer before Me on top of the altar, is it not the fire that consumes it? And it is received from you before Me as a pleasing aroma of acceptance. My people, children of Israel, be careful to offer it before Me at its appointed time.”

7 In the vessels of the holy house a libation of choice wine shall be poured out to the Name of the Lord.

13 Her husband has annulled them. 14 Her husband may annul them.

17 In the days of her youth, in her father’s house.

3 “Let some of you arm themselves.”

22 The tin and the lead.

The Soldiers’ Offering and Their Conduct in Midian

50 “And we have brought the offering of the Lord. When we went into the houses of the Midianite kings and into their bedchambers, we saw there the daughters of the Midianite kings, beautiful and delicate, and we took from them the golden crowns from their heads, and the earrings from their ears, and the rings from their fingers, and the bracelets from their arms, and the ornaments from their breasts. Heaven forbid, Moses our master! Not one of us looked at one of them, and not one of us was alone with one of them, so that we would not be partners with her in Gehenna in the world to come. May it stand for us on the great day of judgment to make atonement for our souls before the Lord.”

Herds and Settlements in Mikwar and Gilead

1 And they saw the land of Mikwar and the land of Gilead, and look, the place was a place for herds.

3 Maklalta, Madbeshta, and Mikwar, and Beth Nimrin, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Sebam, and Nebo, and Beon. 4 Herds.

7 “And why do you break?”

9 And they went up as far as the Cluster, and saw the land.

14 “You are multiplying guilty men, to add still more to the fierceness of the anger.”

17 In cities fortified against the masters of the land.

24 “Build yourselves cities for your little ones and pens for your sheep, and do what has come out of your mouth.”

34 And the sons of Gad built Debeshta, and Maklalta, and Lehayyath. 35 And Maklalta of Shophan, and Mikwar, and Jogbehah.

The Journey From Pelusium to Elim

3 And they set out from Pelusium in the first month.

7 And they set out from Etham and turned back to the inns of Hiratha, which are facing the idols.

9 And they set out from Marah and came to Elim, and in Elim were twelve springs of water, corresponding to the twelve tribes of Israel, and seventy palm trees, corresponding to the seventy elders, the Sanhedrin of Israel. And they camped there.

Destroying the Idols and Altars of the Land

52 And you shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and you shall put an end to all their idols, and you shall shatter all their molten images, and you shall destroy all their altars.

The Borders of the Land

3 And your southern border shall be from the wilderness of Rekem, alongside the border of the Edomites, and your southern border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea on the east. 4 And your southern border shall turn from the ascent of Akrabbim, which passes by the Mountain of Iron, and its end shall be south of Rekem Giah, and it shall go out to the courts of the threshing floors and pass on to Kesam. 5 And the border shall turn from Kesam to the Nile of Egypt, and its end shall be in the west.

6 And the border of the Great Sea is the Ocean, its islands and its harbors and the ships, with the primeval waters that are in it, which are the waters of the beginning. This shall be your western border.

7 And this shall be your northern border. From the Great Sea you shall mark out a line for yourselves to Taurus Manos. 8 From Taurus Manos you shall mark out a line for yourselves to the entrance of Antioch, and the border shall end at Abelas of the Cilicians. 9 And the border shall go out to Zapherin, and it shall end at the courts of Hainutha. This shall be your northern border.

10 And you shall mark out for yourselves the western border from the courts of Hainutha to Apamias. 11 And the border shall go down to Apamias, to Daphne, east of Hainutha, and the border shall go down and reach near the Sea of Gennesar on the west. 12 And it shall go down to the Jordan, and it shall end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land, by its borders all around.

The Inheritance of the Two and a Half Tribes

15 The two tribes and the half tribe received their inheritance from the Jordan at Jericho, to the east, toward the sunrise. From the plain of the Salt Sea the border went out for them to Kinnereth, the fortress of the kingdom of the Amorites, and from Kinnereth, the fortress of the kingdom of the Amorites, the border went out for them to the Mountain of Snow and to the wall of Lebanon. And from the Mountain of Snow and the wall of Lebanon the border went out for them to Hoba, which is north of the springs of Damascus, and from Hoba, which is north of the springs of Damascus, the border went out for them to Divakinos, the Mountain of Snow of Caesarion, which is east of the western part of Dan. And from Divakinos of the Cock, which is east of the western part of Dan, the border went out for them to the great river, the river Euphrates, beside which the order of the victories of the battles of the Lord is carried out. And from the great river, the river Euphrates, the border went out for them to the cities of Zakkatha, behind all Trachonitis, Zimra, the royal house of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and the royal house of Og, king of Mathnan. It went out to Raphiah and to Shokmezai until it reached the shore of the Salt Sea. This is the portion of the two tribes and the half tribe.

Open Land for the Levites’ Cities

2 And they shall give open land for the cities, all around them, to the Levites.

4 And the open land.