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+<crossway-bible translation="English Standard Version" revision="2006-10-26" xmlns="http://www.crosswaybibles.org" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="schema/crossway.bibles.xsd"> 
+<book title="Numbers" num="4">
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001001"/>
+  <chapter num="1">
+    <heading>A Census of Israel&apos;s Warriors</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses <crossref let="a" cid="c04001001.1"/>in the wilderness of Sinai, <crossref let="b" cid="c04001001.2"/>in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="c" cid="c04001002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04001002.1" from="04001002.1" to="04001015.1"/>Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, by clans, <crossref let="d" cid="c04001002.2"/>by fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, every male, head by head.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="e" cid="c04001003.1"/>From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go to war, you and Aaron shall list them, <crossref let="f" cid="c04001003.2"/>company by company.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And these are the names of the men who shall assist you. From Reuben, <crossref let="g" cid="c04001005.1"/>Elizur the son of Shedeur;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001006"/>
+    <verse num="6">from Simeon, <crossref let="h" cid="c04001006.1"/>Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001007"/>
+    <verse num="7">from Judah, <crossref let="i" cid="c04001007.1"/>Nahshon the son of Amminadab;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001008"/>
+    <verse num="8">from Issachar, <crossref let="j" cid="c04001008.1"/>Nethanel the son of Zuar;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001009"/>
+    <verse num="9">from Zebulun, <crossref let="k" cid="c04001009.1"/>Eliab the son of Helon;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001010"/>
+    <verse num="10">from the sons of Joseph, from Ephraim, <crossref let="l" cid="c04001010.1"/>Elishama the son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, <crossref let="m" cid="c04001010.2"/>Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001011"/>
+    <verse num="11">from Benjamin, <crossref let="n" cid="c04001011.1"/>Abidan the son of Gideoni;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001012"/>
+    <verse num="12">from Dan, <crossref let="o" cid="c04001012.1"/>Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001013"/>
+    <verse num="13">from Asher, <crossref let="p" cid="c04001013.1"/>Pagiel the son of Ochran;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001014"/>
+    <verse num="14">from Gad, Eliasaph the son of <crossref let="q" cid="c04001014.1"/>Deuel;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001015"/>
+    <verse num="15">from Naphtali, <crossref let="r" cid="c04001015.1"/>Ahira the son of Enan.<q class="end-double" qid="04001015.1" from="04001002.1" to="04001015.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001016"/>
+    <verse num="16">These were the ones <crossref let="s" cid="c04001016.1"/>chosen from the congregation, <crossref let="t" cid="c04001016.2"/>the chiefs of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">Moses and Aaron took these men <crossref let="u" cid="c04001017.1"/>who had been named,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001018"/>
+    <verse num="18">and on the first day of the second month, they assembled the whole congregation together, who registered themselves by clans, by fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001019"/>
+    <verse num="19">as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses. So he listed them in the wilderness of Sinai.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">The people of <crossref let="v" cid="c04001020.1"/>Reuben, Israel&apos;s firstborn, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001021"/>
+    <verse num="21">those listed of the tribe of Reuben were <crossref let="w" cid="c04001021.1"/>46,500.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">Of the people of Simeon, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, those of them who were listed, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001023"/>
+    <verse num="23">those listed of the tribe of Simeon were <crossref let="x" cid="c04001023.1"/>59,300.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">Of the people of Gad, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001025"/>
+    <verse num="25">those listed of the tribe of Gad were <crossref let="y" cid="c04001025.1"/>45,650.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">Of the people of Judah, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001027"/>
+    <verse num="27">those listed of the tribe of Judah were <crossref let="z" cid="c04001027.1"/>74,600.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">Of the people of Issachar, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001029"/>
+    <verse num="29">those listed of the tribe of Issachar were <crossref let="a" cid="c04001029.1"/>54,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001030"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30">Of the people of Zebulun, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001031"/>
+    <verse num="31">those listed of the tribe of Zebulun were <crossref let="b" cid="c04001031.1"/>57,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001032"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32">Of the people of Joseph, namely, of the people of Ephraim, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001033"/>
+    <verse num="33">those listed of the tribe of Ephraim were <crossref let="c" cid="c04001033.1"/>40,500.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001034"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34">Of the people of Manasseh, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001035"/>
+    <verse num="35">those listed of the tribe of Manasseh were <crossref let="d" cid="c04001035.1"/>32,200.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">Of the people of Benjamin, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001037"/>
+    <verse num="37">those listed of the tribe of Benjamin were <crossref let="e" cid="c04001037.1"/>35,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">Of the people of Dan, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001039"/>
+    <verse num="39">those listed of the tribe of Dan were <crossref let="f" cid="c04001039.1"/>62,700.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001040"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40">Of the people of Asher, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001041"/>
+    <verse num="41">those listed of the tribe of Asher were <crossref let="g" cid="c04001041.1"/>41,500.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001042"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="42">Of the people of Naphtali, their generations, by their clans, by their fathers&apos; houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001043"/>
+    <verse num="43">those listed of the tribe of Naphtali were <crossref let="h" cid="c04001043.1"/>53,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001044"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="44"><crossref let="i" cid="c04001044.1"/>These are those who were listed, whom Moses and Aaron listed with the help of the chiefs of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers&apos; house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001045"/>
+    <verse num="45">So all those listed of the people of Israel, by their fathers&apos; houses, from twenty years old and upward, every man able to go to war in Israel&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001046"/>
+    <verse num="46">all those listed were <crossref let="j" cid="c04001046.1"/>603,550.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001047"/>
+    <heading>Levites Exempted</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="47">But <crossref let="k" cid="c04001047.1"/>the Levites were not listed along with them by their ancestral tribe.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001048"/>
+    <verse num="48">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001049"/>
+    <verse num="49"><q class="begin-double" qid="04001049.1" from="04001049.1" to="04001053.1"/>Only the tribe of Levi you shall not list, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001050"/>
+    <verse num="50"><crossref let="l" cid="c04001050.1"/>But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it <crossref let="m" cid="c04001050.2"/>and shall camp around the tabernacle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001051"/>
+    <verse num="51"><crossref let="n" cid="c04001051.1"/>When the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. <crossref let="o" cid="c04001051.2"/>And if any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001052"/>
+    <verse num="52">The people of Israel shall pitch their tents by their companies, each man in his own camp and <crossref let="p" cid="c04001052.1"/>each man by his own standard.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001053"/>
+    <verse num="53">But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there may be no <crossref let="q" cid="c04001053.1"/>wrath on the congregation of the people of Israel. <crossref let="r" cid="c04001053.2"/>And the Levites shall keep guard over the tabernacle of the testimony.<q class="end-double" qid="04001053.1" from="04001049.1" to="04001053.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04001054"/>
+    <verse num="54">Thus did the people of Israel; they did according to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002001"/>
+  <chapter num="2">
+    <heading>Arrangement of the Camp</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="s" cid="c04002002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04002002.1" from="04002002.1" to="04002031.1"/>The people of Israel shall camp each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers&apos; houses. They shall camp facing the tent of meeting on every side.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being <crossref let="t" cid="c04002003.1"/>Nahshon the son of Amminadab,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002004"/>
+    <verse num="4">his company as listed being 74,600.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002005"/>
+    <verse num="5">Those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, the chief of the people of Issachar being Nethanel the son of Zuar,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002006"/>
+    <verse num="6">his company as listed being 54,400.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Then the tribe of Zebulun, the chief of the people of Zebulun being Eliab the son of Helon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002008"/>
+    <verse num="8">his company as listed being 57,400.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002009"/>
+    <verse num="9">All those listed of the camp of Judah, by their companies, were 186,400. <crossref let="u" cid="c04002009.1"/>They shall set out first on the march.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="04002010.1" from="04002002.1" to="04002031.1"/>On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the chief of the people of Reuben being Elizur the son of Shedeur,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002011"/>
+    <verse num="11">his company as listed being 46,500.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the chief of the people of Simeon being Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002013"/>
+    <verse num="13">his company as listed being 59,300.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Then the tribe of Gad, the chief of the people of Gad being Eliasaph the son of <crossref let="v" cid="c04002014.1"/>Reuel,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002015"/>
+    <verse num="15">his company as listed being 45,650.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002016"/>
+    <verse num="16">All those listed of the camp of Reuben, by their companies, were 151,450. <crossref let="w" cid="c04002016.1"/>They shall set out second.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="x" cid="c04002017.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04002017.1" from="04002002.1" to="04002031.1"/>Then the tent of meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they camp, so shall they set out, each in position, standard by standard.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18"><q class="continue-double" qid="04002018.1" from="04002002.1" to="04002031.1"/>On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the chief of the people of Ephraim being Elishama the son of Ammihud,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002019"/>
+    <verse num="19">his company as listed being 40,500.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the chief of the people of Manasseh being Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002021"/>
+    <verse num="21">his company as listed being 32,200.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002023"/>
+    <verse num="23">his company as listed being 35,400.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002024"/>
+    <verse num="24">All those listed of the camp of Ephraim, by their companies, were 108,100. <crossref let="y" cid="c04002024.1"/>They shall set out third on the march.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25"><q class="continue-double" qid="04002025.1" from="04002002.1" to="04002031.1"/>On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their companies, the chief of the people of Dan being Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002026"/>
+    <verse num="26">his company as listed being 62,700.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And those to camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the chief of the people of Asher being Pagiel the son of Ochran,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002028"/>
+    <verse num="28">his company as listed being 41,500.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002029"/>
+    <verse num="29">Then the tribe of Naphtali, the chief of the people of Naphtali being Ahira the son of Enan,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002030"/>
+    <verse num="30">his company as listed being 53,400.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002031"/>
+    <verse num="31">All those listed of the camp of Dan were 157,600. <crossref let="z" cid="c04002031.1"/>They shall set out last, standard by standard.<q class="end-double" qid="04002031.1" from="04002002.1" to="04002031.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002032"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32">These are the people of Israel as listed by their fathers&apos; houses. All those listed in the camps by their companies were <crossref let="a" cid="c04002032.1"/>603,550.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002033"/>
+    <verse num="33">But <crossref let="b" cid="c04002033.1"/>the Levites were not listed among the people of Israel, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04002034"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34">Thus did the people of Israel. According to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses, <crossref let="c" cid="c04002034.1"/>so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, each one in his clan, according to his fathers&apos; house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003001"/>
+  <chapter num="3">
+    <heading>The Sons of Aaron</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003002"/>
+    <verse num="2">These are the names of the sons of Aaron: <crossref let="d" cid="c04003002.1"/>Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003003"/>
+    <verse num="3">These are the names of the sons of Aaron, <crossref let="e" cid="c04003003.1"/>the anointed priests, <crossref let="f" cid="c04003003.2"/>whom he ordained to serve as priests.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="g" cid="c04003004.1"/>But Nadab and Abihu died before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> when they offered unauthorized fire before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003005"/>
+    <heading>Duties of the Levites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="h" cid="c04003006.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04003006.1" from="04003006.1" to="04003010.1"/>Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003007"/>
+    <verse num="7">They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, <crossref let="i" cid="c04003007.1"/>as they minister at the tabernacle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003008"/>
+    <verse num="8">They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And <crossref let="j" cid="c04003009.1"/>you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are <crossref let="k" cid="c04003009.2"/>wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and <crossref let="l" cid="c04003010.1"/>they shall guard their priesthood. But if <crossref let="m" cid="c04003010.2"/>any outsider comes near, he shall be put to death.<q class="end-double" qid="04003010.1" from="04003006.1" to="04003010.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><q class="begin-double" qid="04003012.1" from="04003012.1" to="04003013.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="n" cid="c04003012.1"/>I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003013"/>
+    <verse num="13">for <crossref let="o" cid="c04003013.1"/>all the firstborn are mine. <crossref let="p" cid="c04003013.2"/>On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the firstborn in Israel, both of man and of beast. They shall be mine: I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="04003013.1" from="04003012.1" to="04003013.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><q class="begin-double" qid="04003015.1" from="04003015.1" to="04003015.2"/>List the sons of Levi, by fathers&apos; houses and by clans; <crossref let="q" cid="c04003015.1"/>every male from a month old and upward you shall list.<q class="end-double" qid="04003015.2" from="04003015.1" to="04003015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003016"/>
+    <verse num="16">So Moses listed them according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as he was commanded.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="r" cid="c04003017.1"/>And these were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: <crossref let="s" cid="c04003018.1"/>Libni and Shimei.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And the sons of Kohath by their clans: <crossref let="t" cid="c04003019.1"/>Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And the sons of Merari by their clans: <crossref let="u" cid="c04003020.1"/>Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites, by their fathers&apos; houses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">To Gershon belonged the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these were the clans of the Gershonites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was<note nid="n04003022.1"/> 7,500.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="v" cid="c04003023.1"/>The clans of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle on the west,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003024"/>
+    <verse num="24">with Eliasaph, the son of Lael as chief of the fathers&apos; house of the Gershonites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And the <crossref let="w" cid="c04003025.1"/>guard duty of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved <crossref let="x" cid="c04003025.2"/>the tabernacle, <crossref let="y" cid="c04003025.3"/>the tent with <crossref let="z" cid="c04003025.4"/>its covering, <crossref let="a" cid="c04003025.5"/>the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="b" cid="c04003026.1"/>the hangings of the court, <crossref let="c" cid="c04003026.2"/>the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and <crossref let="d" cid="c04003026.3"/>its cords&emdash;all the service connected with these.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27">To Kohath belonged the clan of the <crossref let="e" cid="c04003027.1"/>Amramites and the clan of the Izharites and the clan of the Hebronites and the clan of the Uzzielites; these are the clans of the Kohathites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003028"/>
+    <verse num="28">According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, keeping guard over the sanctuary.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003029"/>
+    <verse num="29">The clans of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003030"/>
+    <verse num="30">with <crossref let="f" cid="c04003030.1"/>Elizaphan the son of Uzziel as chief of the fathers&apos; house of the clans of the Kohathites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And their guard duty involved <crossref let="g" cid="c04003031.1"/>the ark, <crossref let="h" cid="c04003031.2"/>the table, <crossref let="i" cid="c04003031.3"/>the lampstand, <crossref let="j" cid="c04003031.4"/>the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and <crossref let="k" cid="c04003031.5"/>the screen; all the service connected with these.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the chiefs of the Levites, and to have oversight of those who kept guard over the sanctuary.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">To Merari belonged the clan of the Mahlites and the clan of the Mushites: these are the clans of Merari.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003034"/>
+    <verse num="34">Their listing according to the number of all the males from a month old and upward was 6,200.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And the chief of the fathers&apos; house of the clans of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003036"/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="l" cid="c04003036.1"/>And the appointed guard duty of the sons of Merari involved the <crossref let="m" cid="c04003036.2"/>frames of the tabernacle, <crossref let="n" cid="c04003036.3"/>the bars, <crossref let="o" cid="c04003036.4"/>the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service connected with these;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003037"/>
+    <verse num="37">also <crossref let="p" cid="c04003037.1"/>the pillars around the court, with their bases and <crossref let="q" cid="c04003037.2"/>pegs and <crossref let="r" cid="c04003037.3"/>cords.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">Those who were to camp before the tabernacle on the east, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moses and Aaron and his sons, <crossref let="s" cid="c04003038.1"/>guarding the sanctuary itself, to protect<note nid="n04003038.1"/> the people of Israel. And any outsider who came near was to be put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003039"/>
+    <verse num="39">All those listed among the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron listed at the commandment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, by clans, all the males from a month old and upward, were <crossref let="t" cid="c04003039.1"/>22,000.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003040"/>
+    <heading>Redemption of the Firstborn</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04003040.1" from="04003040.1" to="04003041.1"/>List all the firstborn males of the people of Israel, from a month old and upward, taking the number of their names.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003041"/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="u" cid="c04003041.1"/>And you shall take the Levites for me&emdash;I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&emdash;instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the people of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04003041.1" from="04003040.1" to="04003041.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003042"/>
+    <verse num="42">So Moses listed all the firstborn among the people of Israel, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003044"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="44">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003045"/>
+    <verse num="45"><crossref let="v" cid="c04003045.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04003045.1" from="04003045.1" to="04003048.1"/>Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And <crossref let="w" cid="c04003046.1"/>as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003047"/>
+    <verse num="47">you shall take <crossref let="x" cid="c04003047.1"/>five shekels<note nid="n04003047.1"/> per head; you shall take them according to <crossref let="y" cid="c04003047.2"/>the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel of twenty gerahs<note nid="n04003047.2"/>),</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003048"/>
+    <verse num="48">and give the money to Aaron and his sons as the redemption price for those who are over.<q class="end-double" qid="04003048.1" from="04003045.1" to="04003048.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003049"/>
+    <verse num="49">So Moses took the redemption money from those who were over and above those redeemed by the Levites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003050"/>
+    <verse num="50">From the firstborn of the people of Israel he took the money, <crossref let="z" cid="c04003050.1"/>1,365 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04003051"/>
+    <verse num="51">And Moses <crossref let="a" cid="c04003051.1"/>gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004001"/>
+  <chapter num="4">
+    <heading>Duties of the Kohathites, Gershonites, and Merarites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04004002.1" from="04004002.1" to="04004016.2"/>Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="b" cid="c04004003.1"/>from thirty years old up to fifty years old, all who can come on duty, to do the work in the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004004"/>
+    <verse num="4">This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: <crossref let="c" cid="c04004004.1"/>the most holy things.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004005"/>
+    <verse num="5">When the camp is to set out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and take down <crossref let="d" cid="c04004005.1"/>the veil of the screen and cover <crossref let="e" cid="c04004005.2"/>the ark of the testimony with it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Then they shall put on it a covering of goatskin<note nid="n04004006.1"/> and spread on top of that a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its <crossref let="f" cid="c04004006.1"/>poles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And over the <crossref let="g" cid="c04004007.1"/>table of the bread of the Presence they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, and the flagons for the drink offering; <crossref let="h" cid="c04004007.2"/>the regular showbread also shall be on it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Then they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet and cover the same with a covering of goatskin, and shall <crossref let="i" cid="c04004008.1"/>put in its poles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover <crossref let="j" cid="c04004009.1"/>the lampstand for the light, with its lamps, its tongs, its trays, and all the vessels for oil with which it is supplied.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And they shall put it with all its utensils in a covering of goatskin and put it on the carrying frame.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And over <crossref let="k" cid="c04004011.1"/>the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue and cover it with a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And they shall take all <crossref let="l" cid="c04004012.1"/>the vessels of the service that are used in the sanctuary and put them in a cloth of blue and cover them with a covering of goatskin and put them on the carrying frame.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And they shall take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And they shall put on it all the utensils of the altar, which are used for the service there, the fire pans, the forks, the shovels, and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of goatskin, and shall put in its poles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that <crossref let="m" cid="c04004015.1"/>the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, <crossref let="n" cid="c04004015.2"/>but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><q class="continue-double" qid="04004016.1" from="04004002.1" to="04004016.2"/>And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of <crossref let="o" cid="c04004016.1"/>the oil for the light, the <crossref let="p" cid="c04004016.2"/>fragrant incense, <crossref let="q" cid="c04004016.3"/>the regular grain offering, and <crossref let="r" cid="c04004016.4"/>the anointing oil, with the oversight of the whole tabernacle and all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its vessels.<q class="end-double" qid="04004016.2" from="04004002.1" to="04004016.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><q class="begin-double" qid="04004018.1" from="04004018.1" to="04004020.1"/>Let not the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004019"/>
+    <verse num="19">but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to <crossref let="s" cid="c04004019.1"/>the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="t" cid="c04004020.1"/>but they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.<q class="end-double" qid="04004020.1" from="04004018.1" to="04004020.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><q class="begin-double" qid="04004022.1" from="04004022.1" to="04004033.1"/>Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers&apos; houses and by their clans.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="u" cid="c04004023.1"/>From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can <crossref let="v" cid="c04004023.2"/>come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004024"/>
+    <verse num="24">This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="w" cid="c04004025.1"/>they shall carry <crossref let="x" cid="c04004025.2"/>the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with <crossref let="y" cid="c04004025.3"/>its covering and the covering of goatskin that is on top of it and the screen for the entrance of the tent of meeting</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004026"/>
+    <verse num="26">and the hangings of the court and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service. And they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004027"/>
+    <verse num="27">All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry and in all that they have to do. And you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004028"/>
+    <verse num="28">This is the service of the clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be <crossref let="z" cid="c04004028.1"/>under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><q class="continue-double" qid="04004029.1" from="04004022.1" to="04004033.1"/>As for the sons of Merari, you shall list them by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004030"/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="u" cid="c04004030.1"/>From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, everyone who can come on duty, to do the service of the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And <crossref let="a" cid="c04004031.1"/>this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004032"/>
+    <verse num="32">and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall <crossref let="b" cid="c04004032.1"/>list by name the objects that they are required to carry.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004033"/>
+    <verse num="33">This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, <crossref let="c" cid="c04004033.1"/>under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.<q class="end-double" qid="04004033.1" from="04004022.1" to="04004033.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004034"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="34">And Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the congregation listed the sons of the Kohathites, by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="u" cid="c04004035.1"/>from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004036"/>
+    <verse num="36">and those listed by clans were 2,750.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004037"/>
+    <verse num="37"><crossref let="d" cid="c04004037.1"/>This was the list of the clans of the Kohathites, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">Those listed of the sons of Gershon, by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004039"/>
+    <verse num="39"><crossref let="u" cid="c04004039.1"/>from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty for service in the tent of meeting&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004040"/>
+    <verse num="40">those listed by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses were 2,630.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004041"/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="e" cid="c04004041.1"/>This was the list of the clans of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004042"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="42">Those listed of the clans of the sons of Merari, by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004043"/>
+    <verse num="43"><crossref let="u" cid="c04004043.1"/>from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004044"/>
+    <verse num="44">those listed by clans were 3,200.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004045"/>
+    <verse num="45"><crossref let="f" cid="c04004045.1"/>This was the list of the clans of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron listed according to the commandment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004046"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="46">All those who were listed of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of Israel listed, by their clans and their fathers&apos; houses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004047"/>
+    <verse num="47"><crossref let="u" cid="c04004047.1"/>from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004048"/>
+    <verse num="48">those listed were 8,580.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04004049"/>
+    <verse num="49">According to the commandment of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> through Moses they were listed, <crossref let="g" cid="c04004049.1"/>each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, <crossref let="h" cid="c04004049.2"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005001"/>
+  <chapter num="5">
+    <heading>Unclean People</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04005002.1" from="04005002.1" to="04005003.1"/>Command the people of Israel that they <crossref let="i" cid="c04005002.1"/>put out of the camp everyone who is leprous<note nid="n04005002.1"/> or has <crossref let="j" cid="c04005002.2"/>a discharge and everyone who is <crossref let="k" cid="c04005002.3"/>unclean through contact with the dead.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005003"/>
+    <verse num="3">You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, <crossref let="l" cid="c04005003.1"/>in the midst of which I dwell.<q class="end-double" qid="04005003.1" from="04005002.1" to="04005003.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005005"/>
+    <heading>Confession and Restitution</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="begin-double" qid="04005006.1" from="04005006.1" to="04005010.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel, <crossref let="m" cid="c04005006.1"/>When a man or woman commits any of the sins that people commit by breaking faith with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and that person realizes his guilt,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="n" cid="c04005007.1"/>he shall confess his sin that he has committed.<note nid="n04005007.1"/> <crossref let="o" cid="c04005007.2"/>And he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But if the man has no next of kin to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution for wrong shall go to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for the priest, in addition to <crossref let="p" cid="c04005008.1"/>the ram of atonement with which atonement is made for him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And <crossref let="q" cid="c04005009.1"/>every contribution, all the holy donations of the people of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005010"/>
+    <verse num="10">Each one shall keep his holy donations: whatever anyone gives to the priest shall be his.<q class="end-double" qid="04005010.1" from="04005006.1" to="04005010.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005011"/>
+    <heading>A Test for Adultery</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><q class="begin-double" qid="04005012.1" from="04005012.1" to="04005031.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel, If any man&apos;s wife goes astray and breaks faith with him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005013"/>
+    <verse num="13">if a man <crossref let="r" cid="c04005013.1"/>lies with her sexually, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, <crossref let="s" cid="c04005013.2"/>since she was not taken in the act,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005014"/>
+    <verse num="14">and if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife who has defiled herself, or if the spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife, though she has not defiled herself,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005015"/>
+    <verse num="15">then the man shall bring his wife to the priest and bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah<note nid="n04005015.1"/> of barley flour. <crossref let="t" cid="c04005015.1"/>He shall pour no oil on it and put no frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembrance, <crossref let="u" cid="c04005015.2"/>bringing iniquity to remembrance.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><q class="continue-double" qid="04005016.1" from="04005012.1" to="04005031.1"/>And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And the priest shall set the woman before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and <crossref let="v" cid="c04005018.1"/>unbind the hair of the woman&apos;s head and place in her hands the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering of jealousy. And in his hand the priest shall have the water of bitterness that brings the curse.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Then the priest shall make her take an oath, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="04005019.1" from="04005019.1" to="04005021.1"/>If no man has lain with you, and if you have not turned aside to uncleanness while you were under your husband&apos;s authority, be free from this water of bitterness that brings the curse.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005020"/>
+    <verse num="20">But if you have gone astray, though you are under your husband&apos;s authority, and if you have defiled yourself, and some man other than your husband has lain with you,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005021"/>
+    <verse num="21">then<q class="end-single" qid="04005021.1" from="04005019.1" to="04005021.1"/> (let the priest make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman) <crossref let="w" cid="c04005021.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04005021.2" from="04005021.2" to="04005022.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> makes your thigh fall away and your body swell.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005022"/>
+    <verse num="22">May this water that brings the curse <crossref let="x" cid="c04005022.1"/>pass into your bowels and make your womb swell and your thigh fall away.<q class="end-single" qid="04005022.1" from="04005021.2" to="04005022.1"/> And the woman shall say, <crossref let="y" cid="c04005022.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04005022.2" from="04005022.2" to="04005022.3"/>Amen, Amen.<q class="end-single" qid="04005022.3" from="04005022.2" to="04005022.3"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><q class="continue-double" qid="04005023.1" from="04005012.1" to="04005031.1"/>Then the priest shall write these curses in a book and wash them off into the water of bitterness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And the priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy out of the woman&apos;s hand <crossref let="z" cid="c04005025.1"/>and shall wave the grain offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and bring it to the altar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And the priest <crossref let="a" cid="c04005026.1"/>shall take a handful of the grain offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has broken faith with her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her womb shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman <crossref let="b" cid="c04005027.1"/>shall become a curse among her people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005028"/>
+    <verse num="28">But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><q class="continue-double" qid="04005029.1" from="04005012.1" to="04005031.1"/>This is the law in cases of jealousy, when a wife, <crossref let="c" cid="c04005029.1"/>though under her husband&apos;s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005030"/>
+    <verse num="30">or when the spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife. Then he shall set the woman before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the priest shall carry out for her all this law.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04005031"/>
+    <verse num="31">The man shall be free from iniquity, but the woman <crossref let="d" cid="c04005031.1"/>shall bear her iniquity.<q class="end-double" qid="04005031.1" from="04005012.1" to="04005031.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006001"/>
+  <chapter num="6">
+    <heading>The Nazirite Vow</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04006002.1" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/>Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of <crossref let="e" cid="c04006002.1"/>a Nazirite,<note nid="n04006002.1"/> <crossref let="f" cid="c04006002.2"/>to separate himself to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006003"/>
+    <verse num="3">he <crossref let="g" cid="c04006003.1"/>shall separate himself from wine and strong drink. He shall drink no vinegar made from wine or strong drink and shall not drink any juice of grapes or eat grapes, fresh or dried.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006004"/>
+    <verse num="4">All the days of his separation<note nid="n04006004.1"/> he shall eat nothing that is produced by the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><q class="continue-double" qid="04006005.1" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/>All the days of his vow of separation, no <crossref let="h" cid="c04006005.1"/>razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he shall be holy. <crossref let="i" cid="c04006005.2"/>He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="continue-double" qid="04006006.1" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/>All the days that he separates himself to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="j" cid="c04006006.1"/>he shall not go near a dead body.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="k" cid="c04006007.1"/>Not even for his father or for his mother, for brother or sister, if they die, shall he make himself unclean, because his separation to God is on his head.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006008"/>
+    <verse num="8">All the days of his separation he is holy to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9"><q class="continue-double" qid="04006009.1" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/>And if any man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then <crossref let="l" cid="c04006009.1"/>he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he shall shave it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="m" cid="c04006010.1"/>On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006011"/>
+    <verse num="11">and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006012"/>
+    <verse num="12">and separate himself to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for the days of his separation and bring a male lamb a year old <crossref let="n" cid="c04006012.1"/>for a guilt offering. But the previous period shall be void, because his separation was defiled.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13"><q class="continue-double" qid="04006013.1" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/>And this is the law for the Nazirite, <crossref let="o" cid="c04006013.1"/>when the time of his separation has been completed: he shall be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006014"/>
+    <verse num="14">and he shall bring his gift to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish <crossref let="p" cid="c04006014.1"/>as a sin offering, and one ram without blemish <crossref let="q" cid="c04006014.2"/>as a peace offering,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and a basket of unleavened bread, <crossref let="r" cid="c04006015.1"/>loaves of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil, and their <crossref let="s" cid="c04006015.2"/>grain offering and their <crossref let="t" cid="c04006015.3"/>drink offerings.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And the priest shall bring them before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and offer <crossref let="u" cid="c04006016.1"/>his sin offering and his burnt offering,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006017"/>
+    <verse num="17">and he shall offer the ram as a sacrifice of peace offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its grain offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And the Nazirite <crossref let="v" cid="c04006018.1"/>shall shave his consecrated head at the entrance of the tent of meeting and shall take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire that is under the sacrifice of the peace offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And the priest shall take the <crossref let="w" cid="c04006019.1"/>shoulder of the ram, when it is boiled, and one unleavened loaf out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and <crossref let="x" cid="c04006019.2"/>shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaved the hair of his consecration,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006020"/>
+    <verse num="20">and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="y" cid="c04006020.1"/>They are a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed. And after that the Nazirite may drink wine.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><q class="continue-double" qid="04006021.1" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/>This is the law of the Nazirite. But if he vows an offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> above his Nazirite vow, as he can afford, in exact accordance with the vow that he takes, then he shall do in addition to the law of the Nazirite.<q class="end-double" qid="04006021.2" from="04006002.1" to="04006021.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006022"/>
+    <heading>Aaron&apos;s Blessing</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><q class="begin-double" qid="04006023.1" from="04006023.1" to="04006027.2"/>Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus <crossref let="z" cid="c04006023.1"/>you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them,</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006024"/>
+    <begin-block-indent/>
+    <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+    <verse num="24">
+        <begin-line/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="a" cid="c04006024.1"/>bless you and <crossref let="b" cid="c04006024.2"/>keep you;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006025"/>
+    <verse num="25">
+        <begin-line/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="c" cid="c04006025.1"/>make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006026"/>
+    <verse num="26">
+        <begin-line/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="d" cid="c04006026.1"/>lift up his countenance<note nid="n04006026.1"/> upon you and give you peace.<end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04006027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="e" cid="c04006027.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04006027.1" from="04006023.1" to="04006027.2"/>So shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.<q class="end-double" qid="04006027.2" from="04006023.1" to="04006027.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007001"/>
+  <chapter num="7">
+    <heading>Offerings at the Tabernacle&apos;s Consecration</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">On the day when Moses had finished <crossref let="f" cid="c04007001.1"/>setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and <crossref let="g" cid="c04007001.2"/>consecrated it with all its furnishings and had anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="h" cid="c04007002.1"/>the chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers&apos; houses, who were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed, approached</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and brought their offerings before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><q class="begin-double" qid="04007005.1" from="04007005.1" to="04007005.2"/>Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.<q class="end-double" qid="04007005.2" from="04007005.1" to="04007005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007006"/>
+    <verse num="6">So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Two wagons and four oxen <crossref let="i" cid="c04007007.1"/>he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And four wagons and eight oxen <crossref let="j" cid="c04007008.1"/>he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007009"/>
+    <verse num="9">But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with <crossref let="k" cid="c04007009.1"/>the service of the holy things that <crossref let="l" cid="c04007009.2"/>had to be carried on the shoulder.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And the chiefs offered offerings for the <crossref let="m" cid="c04007010.1"/>dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs offered their offering before the altar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04007011.1" from="04007011.1" to="04007011.2"/>They shall offer their offerings, one chief each day, for the dedication of the altar.<q class="end-double" qid="04007011.2" from="04007011.1" to="04007011.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">He who offered his offering the first day was <crossref let="n" cid="c04007012.1"/>Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels,<note nid="n04007013.1"/> one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to <crossref let="o" cid="c04007013.1"/>the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a <crossref let="p" cid="c04007013.2"/>grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007014"/>
+    <verse num="14">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of <crossref let="q" cid="c04007014.1"/>incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="r" cid="c04007015.1"/>one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007016"/>
+    <verse num="16">one male goat for a <crossref let="s" cid="c04007016.1"/>sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007017"/>
+    <verse num="17">and for <crossref let="t" cid="c04007017.1"/>the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007018"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="18">On the second day <crossref let="u" cid="c04007018.1"/>Nethanel the son of Zuar, the chief of Issachar, made an offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007019"/>
+    <verse num="19">He offered for his offering one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007020"/>
+    <verse num="20">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007021"/>
+    <verse num="21">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007022"/>
+    <verse num="22">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007023"/>
+    <verse num="23">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">On the third day <crossref let="v" cid="c04007024.1"/>Eliab the son of Helon, the chief of the people of Zebulun:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007025"/>
+    <verse num="25">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007026"/>
+    <verse num="26">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007027"/>
+    <verse num="27">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007028"/>
+    <verse num="28">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007029"/>
+    <verse num="29">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007030"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30">On the fourth day <crossref let="w" cid="c04007030.1"/>Elizur the son of Shedeur, the chief of the people of Reuben:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007031"/>
+    <verse num="31">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007032"/>
+    <verse num="32">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007033"/>
+    <verse num="33">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007034"/>
+    <verse num="34">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007035"/>
+    <verse num="35">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">On the fifth day <crossref let="x" cid="c04007036.1"/>Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, the chief of the people of Simeon:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007037"/>
+    <verse num="37">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007038"/>
+    <verse num="38">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007039"/>
+    <verse num="39">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007040"/>
+    <verse num="40">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007041"/>
+    <verse num="41">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007042"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="42">On the sixth day <crossref let="y" cid="c04007042.1"/>Eliasaph the son of Deuel, the chief of the people of Gad:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007043"/>
+    <verse num="43">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007044"/>
+    <verse num="44">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007045"/>
+    <verse num="45">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007046"/>
+    <verse num="46">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007047"/>
+    <verse num="47">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007048"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="48">On the seventh day <crossref let="z" cid="c04007048.1"/>Elishama the son of Ammihud, the chief of the people of Ephraim:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007049"/>
+    <verse num="49">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007050"/>
+    <verse num="50">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007051"/>
+    <verse num="51">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007052"/>
+    <verse num="52">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007053"/>
+    <verse num="53">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007054"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="54">On the eighth day <crossref let="a" cid="c04007054.1"/>Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, the chief of the people of Manasseh:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007055"/>
+    <verse num="55">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007056"/>
+    <verse num="56">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007057"/>
+    <verse num="57">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007058"/>
+    <verse num="58">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007059"/>
+    <verse num="59">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007060"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="60">On the ninth day <crossref let="b" cid="c04007060.1"/>Abidan the son of Gideoni, the chief of the people of Benjamin:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007061"/>
+    <verse num="61">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007062"/>
+    <verse num="62">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007063"/>
+    <verse num="63">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007064"/>
+    <verse num="64">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007065"/>
+    <verse num="65">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007066"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="66">On the tenth day <crossref let="c" cid="c04007066.1"/>Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, the chief of the people of Dan:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007067"/>
+    <verse num="67">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007068"/>
+    <verse num="68">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007069"/>
+    <verse num="69">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007070"/>
+    <verse num="70">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007071"/>
+    <verse num="71">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007072"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="72">On the eleventh day <crossref let="d" cid="c04007072.1"/>Pagiel the son of Ochran, the chief of the people of Asher:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007073"/>
+    <verse num="73">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007074"/>
+    <verse num="74">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007075"/>
+    <verse num="75">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007076"/>
+    <verse num="76">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007077"/>
+    <verse num="77">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007078"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="78">On the twelfth day <crossref let="e" cid="c04007078.1"/>Ahira the son of Enan, the chief of the people of Naphtali:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007079"/>
+    <verse num="79">his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007080"/>
+    <verse num="80">one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007081"/>
+    <verse num="81">one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007082"/>
+    <verse num="82">one male goat for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007083"/>
+    <verse num="83">and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007084"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="84">This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007085"/>
+    <verse num="85">each silver plate weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the vessels 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007086"/>
+    <verse num="86">the twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing 10 shekels apiece according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the dishes being 120 shekels;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007087"/>
+    <verse num="87">all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their grain offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007088"/>
+    <verse num="88">and all the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it <crossref let="f" cid="c04007088.1"/>was anointed.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04007089"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="89">And when Moses went into the tent of meeting <crossref let="g" cid="c04007089.1"/>to speak with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he heard <crossref let="h" cid="c04007089.2"/>the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008001"/>
+  <chapter num="8">
+    <heading>The Seven Lamps</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04008002.1" from="04008002.1" to="04008002.2"/>Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.<q class="end-double" qid="04008002.2" from="04008002.1" to="04008002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And Aaron did so: he set up its lamps in front of the lampstand, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And <crossref let="i" cid="c04008004.1"/>this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold. From its base to its flowers, it was hammered work; according to the pattern that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008005"/>
+    <heading>Cleansing of the Levites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="begin-double" qid="04008006.1" from="04008006.1" to="04008019.1"/>Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the <crossref let="j" cid="c04008007.1"/>water of purification upon them, and <crossref let="k" cid="c04008007.2"/>let them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Then let them take a bull from the herd and <crossref let="l" cid="c04008008.1"/>its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, <crossref let="m" cid="c04008008.2"/>and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="n" cid="c04008009.1"/>And you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting <crossref let="o" cid="c04008009.2"/>and assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008010"/>
+    <verse num="10">When you bring the Levites before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the people of Israel <crossref let="p" cid="c04008010.1"/>shall lay their hands on the Levites,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008011"/>
+    <verse num="11">and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Then the Levites <crossref let="q" cid="c04008012.1"/>shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer <crossref let="r" cid="c04008012.2"/>the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to make atonement for the Levites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as <crossref let="s" cid="c04008013.1"/>a wave offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><q class="continue-double" qid="04008014.1" from="04008006.1" to="04008019.1"/>Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and <crossref let="t" cid="c04008014.1"/>the Levites shall be mine.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a <crossref let="s" cid="c04008015.1"/>wave offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008016"/>
+    <verse num="16">For they are <crossref let="u" cid="c04008016.1"/>wholly given to me from among the people of Israel. <crossref let="v" cid="c04008016.2"/>Instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="w" cid="c04008017.1"/>For all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008018"/>
+    <verse num="18">and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="u" cid="c04008019.1"/>And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and <crossref let="x" cid="c04008019.2"/>to make atonement for the people of Israel, <crossref let="y" cid="c04008019.3"/>that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.<q class="end-double" qid="04008019.1" from="04008006.1" to="04008019.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And <crossref let="z" cid="c04008021.1"/>the Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and <crossref let="a" cid="c04008021.2"/>Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008023"/>
+    <heading>Retirement of the Levites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><q class="begin-double" qid="04008024.1" from="04008024.1" to="04008026.1"/>This applies to the Levites: <crossref let="b" cid="c04008024.1"/>from twenty-five years old and upward they<note nid="n04008024.1"/> shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04008026"/>
+    <verse num="26">They minister<note nid="n04008026.1"/> to their brothers in the tent of meeting <crossref let="c" cid="c04008026.1"/>by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.<q class="end-double" qid="04008026.1" from="04008024.1" to="04008026.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009001"/>
+  <chapter num="9">
+    <heading>The Passover Celebrated</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, <crossref let="d" cid="c04009001.1"/>in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04009002.1" from="04009002.1" to="04009003.1"/>Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="e" cid="c04009003.1"/>On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and all its rules you shall keep it.<q class="end-double" qid="04009003.1" from="04009002.1" to="04009003.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009004"/>
+    <verse num="4">So Moses told the people of Israel that they should keep the Passover.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And there were certain men who were <crossref let="f" cid="c04009006.1"/>unclean through touching a dead body, so that they could not keep the Passover on that day, and <crossref let="g" cid="c04009006.2"/>they came before Moses and Aaron on that day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And those men said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04009007.1" from="04009007.1" to="04009007.2"/>We are unclean through touching a dead body. Why are we kept from bringing the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s <crossref let="h" cid="c04009007.1"/>offering at its appointed time among the people of Israel?<q class="end-double" qid="04009007.2" from="04009007.1" to="04009007.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And Moses said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04009008.1" from="04009008.1" to="04009008.2"/>Wait, that <crossref let="i" cid="c04009008.1"/>I may hear what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will command concerning you.<q class="end-double" qid="04009008.2" from="04009008.1" to="04009008.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009009"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><q class="begin-double" qid="04009010.1" from="04009010.1" to="04009014.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel, saying, If any one of you or of your descendants is unclean through touching a dead body, or is on a long journey, he shall still keep the Passover to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="j" cid="c04009011.1"/>In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight they shall keep it. <crossref let="k" cid="c04009011.2"/>They shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="l" cid="c04009012.1"/>They shall leave none of it until the morning, <crossref let="m" cid="c04009012.2"/>nor break any of its bones; <crossref let="n" cid="c04009012.3"/>according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009013"/>
+    <verse num="13">But if anyone who is clean and is not on a journey fails to keep the Passover, <crossref let="o" cid="c04009013.1"/>that person shall be cut off from his people because he did not bring the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s <crossref let="p" cid="c04009013.2"/>offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. <crossref let="q" cid="c04009014.1"/>You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.<q class="end-double" qid="04009014.1" from="04009010.1" to="04009014.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009015"/>
+    <heading>The Cloud Covering the Tabernacle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="r" cid="c04009015.1"/>On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony. And <crossref let="s" cid="c04009015.2"/>at evening it was over the tabernacle like the appearance of fire until morning.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009016"/>
+    <verse num="16">So it was always: the cloud covered it by day<note nid="n04009016.1"/> and the appearance of fire by night.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And whenever the cloud <crossref let="t" cid="c04009017.1"/>lifted from over the tent, after that the people of Israel set out, and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the people of Israel camped.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009018"/>
+    <verse num="18">At the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> the people of Israel set out, and at the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> they camped. <crossref let="u" cid="c04009018.1"/>As long as the cloud rested over the tabernacle, they remained in camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel <crossref let="v" cid="c04009019.1"/>kept the charge of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and did not set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Sometimes the cloud was a few days over the tabernacle, and according to the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> they remained in camp; then according to the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> they set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning. And when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out, or if it continued for a day and a night, when the cloud lifted they set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Whether it was two days, or a month, or a longer time, that the cloud continued over the tabernacle, abiding there, the people of Israel <crossref let="w" cid="c04009022.1"/>remained in camp and did not set out, but when it lifted they set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04009023"/>
+    <verse num="23">At the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> they camped, and at the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> they set out. <crossref let="v" cid="c04009023.1"/>They kept the charge of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, at the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010001"/>
+  <chapter num="10">
+    <heading>The Silver Trumpets</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04010002.1" from="04010002.1" to="04010010.1"/>Make two silver trumpets. Of hammered work you shall make them, and you shall use them for <crossref let="x" cid="c04010002.1"/>summoning the congregation and for breaking camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And when <crossref let="y" cid="c04010003.1"/>both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the entrance of the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010004"/>
+    <verse num="4">But if they blow only one, then <crossref let="z" cid="c04010004.1"/>the chiefs, the heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010005"/>
+    <verse num="5">When you blow an alarm, <crossref let="a" cid="c04010005.1"/>the camps that are on the east side shall set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And when you blow an alarm the second time, <crossref let="b" cid="c04010006.1"/>the camps that are on the south side shall set out. An alarm is to be blown whenever they are to set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010007"/>
+    <verse num="7">But when the assembly is to be gathered together, <crossref let="c" cid="c04010007.1"/>you shall blow a long blast, but you shall not <crossref let="d" cid="c04010007.2"/>sound an alarm.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="e" cid="c04010008.1"/>And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets. The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And <crossref let="f" cid="c04010009.1"/>when you go to war in your land against the adversary who <crossref let="g" cid="c04010009.2"/>oppresses you, then you shall <crossref let="d" cid="c04010009.3"/>sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be <crossref let="h" cid="c04010009.4"/>remembered before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="i" cid="c04010010.1"/>On the day of your gladness also, and at your appointed feasts and <crossref let="j" cid="c04010010.2"/>at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings. They shall be <crossref let="k" cid="c04010010.3"/>a reminder of you before your God: I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.<q class="end-double" qid="04010010.1" from="04010002.1" to="04010010.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010011"/>
+    <heading>Israel Leaves Sinai</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">In the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, <crossref let="l" cid="c04010011.1"/>the cloud lifted from over the tabernacle of the testimony,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010012"/>
+    <verse num="12">and the people of Israel <crossref let="m" cid="c04010012.1"/>set out by stages from the <crossref let="n" cid="c04010012.2"/>wilderness of Sinai. And the cloud settled down in the <crossref let="o" cid="c04010012.3"/>wilderness of Paran.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010013"/>
+    <verse num="13">They set out for the first time <crossref let="p" cid="c04010013.1"/>at the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> by Moses.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010014"/>
+    <verse num="14">The standard of the camp of the people of Judah set out <crossref let="q" cid="c04010014.1"/>first by their companies, and over their company was <crossref let="r" cid="c04010014.2"/>Nahshon the son of Amminadab.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">And when <crossref let="s" cid="c04010017.1"/>the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, <crossref let="t" cid="c04010017.2"/>who carried the tabernacle, set out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And <crossref let="u" cid="c04010018.1"/>the standard of the camp of Reuben set out by their companies, and over their company was <crossref let="v" cid="c04010018.2"/>Elizur the son of Shedeur.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Simeon was <crossref let="w" cid="c04010019.1"/>Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Gad was <crossref let="x" cid="c04010020.1"/>Eliasaph the son of <crossref let="y" cid="c04010020.2"/>Deuel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">Then the Kohathites set out, <crossref let="z" cid="c04010021.1"/>carrying the holy things, and <crossref let="a" cid="c04010021.2"/>the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And <crossref let="b" cid="c04010022.1"/>the standard of the camp of the people of Ephraim set out by their companies, and over their company was <crossref let="c" cid="c04010022.2"/>Elishama the son of Ammihud.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Manasseh was <crossref let="c" cid="c04010023.1"/>Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Benjamin was <crossref let="d" cid="c04010024.1"/>Abidan the son of Gideoni.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Then <crossref let="e" cid="c04010025.1"/>the standard of the camp of the people of Dan, acting as the <crossref let="f" cid="c04010025.2"/>rear guard of all the camps, set out by their companies, and over their company was <crossref let="g" cid="c04010025.3"/>Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Asher was <crossref let="h" cid="c04010026.1"/>Pagiel the son of Ochran.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And over the company of the tribe of the people of Naphtali was <crossref let="i" cid="c04010027.1"/>Ahira the son of Enan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010028"/>
+    <verse num="28"><crossref let="j" cid="c04010028.1"/>This was the order of march of the people of Israel by their companies, when they set out.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29">And Moses said to Hobab the son of <crossref let="k" cid="c04010029.1"/>Reuel the Midianite, Moses&apos; father-in-law, <q class="begin-double" qid="04010029.1" from="04010029.1" to="04010029.4"/>We are setting out for the place of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <crossref let="l" cid="c04010029.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04010029.2" from="04010029.2" to="04010029.3"/>I will give it to you.<q class="end-single" qid="04010029.3" from="04010029.2" to="04010029.3"/> Come with us, and we will do good to you, for <crossref let="m" cid="c04010029.3"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has promised good to Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04010029.4" from="04010029.1" to="04010029.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010030"/>
+    <verse num="30">But he said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04010030.1" from="04010030.1" to="04010030.2"/>I will not go. I will depart to my own land and to my kindred.<q class="end-double" qid="04010030.2" from="04010030.1" to="04010030.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04010031.1" from="04010031.1" to="04010032.1"/>Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve <crossref let="n" cid="c04010031.1"/>as eyes for us.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And if you do go with us, <crossref let="o" cid="c04010032.1"/>whatever good the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will do to us, the same will we do to you.<q class="end-double" qid="04010032.1" from="04010031.1" to="04010032.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">So they set out from <crossref let="p" cid="c04010033.1"/>the mount of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> three days&apos; journey. And the ark of the covenant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> went before them three days&apos; journey, to seek out <crossref let="q" cid="c04010033.2"/>a resting place for them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="r" cid="c04010034.1"/>And the cloud of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was over them by day, whenever they set out from the camp.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010035"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35">And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, <crossref let="s" cid="c04010035.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04010035.1" from="04010035.1" to="04010035.2"/>Arise, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you.<q class="end-double" qid="04010035.2" from="04010035.1" to="04010035.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04010036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And when it rested, he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04010036.1" from="04010036.1" to="04010036.2"/>Return, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to the ten thousand thousands of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04010036.2" from="04010036.1" to="04010036.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011001"/>
+  <chapter num="11">
+    <heading>The People Complain</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And <crossref let="t" cid="c04011001.1"/>the people complained in the hearing of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> about their misfortunes, and when the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> heard it, <crossref let="u" cid="c04011001.2"/>his anger was kindled, and <crossref let="v" cid="c04011001.3"/>the fire of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Then <crossref let="w" cid="c04011002.1"/>the people cried out to Moses, <crossref let="x" cid="c04011002.2"/>and Moses prayed to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and the fire died down.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011003"/>
+    <verse num="3">So the name of that place was called <crossref let="y" cid="c04011003.1"/>Taberah,<note nid="n04011003.1"/> because the fire of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> burned among them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011004"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">Now the <crossref let="z" cid="c04011004.1"/>rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also <crossref let="a" cid="c04011004.2"/>wept again and said, <crossref let="b" cid="c04011004.3"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04011004.1" from="04011004.1" to="04011006.1"/>Oh that we had meat to eat!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="c" cid="c04011005.1"/>We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011006"/>
+    <verse num="6">But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.<q class="end-double" qid="04011006.1" from="04011004.1" to="04011006.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">Now <crossref let="d" cid="c04011007.1"/>the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="e" cid="c04011008.1"/>The people went about and gathered it and ground it in handmills or beat it in mortars and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it. <crossref let="f" cid="c04011008.2"/>And the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="g" cid="c04011009.1"/>When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">Moses heard the people <crossref let="h" cid="c04011010.1"/>weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent. And the anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="i" cid="c04011011.1"/>Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="04011011.1" from="04011011.1" to="04011015.1"/>Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, <crossref let="j" cid="c04011012.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04011012.1" from="04011012.1" to="04011012.2"/>Carry them in your bosom, as a <crossref let="k" cid="c04011012.2"/>nurse carries a nursing child,<q class="end-single" qid="04011012.2" from="04011012.1" to="04011012.2"/> to the land <crossref let="l" cid="c04011012.3"/>that you swore to give their fathers?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="m" cid="c04011013.1"/>Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, <q class="begin-single" qid="04011013.1" from="04011013.1" to="04011013.2"/>Give us meat, that we may eat.<q class="end-single" qid="04011013.2" from="04011013.1" to="04011013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="n" cid="c04011014.1"/>I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011015"/>
+    <verse num="15">If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.<q class="end-double" qid="04011015.1" from="04011011.1" to="04011015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011016"/>
+    <heading>Elders Appointed to Aid Moses</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04011016.1" from="04011016.1" to="04011020.4"/>Gather for me <crossref let="o" cid="c04011016.1"/>seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and <crossref let="p" cid="c04011016.2"/>officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="q" cid="c04011017.1"/>And I will come down and talk with you there. And <crossref let="r" cid="c04011017.2"/>I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and <crossref let="s" cid="c04011017.3"/>they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And say to the people, <crossref let="t" cid="c04011018.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04011018.1" from="04011018.1" to="04011020.3"/>Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <q class="begin-inner-double" qid="04011018.2" from="04011018.2" to="04011018.3"/>Who will give us meat to eat? <crossref let="u" cid="c04011018.2"/>For it was better for us in Egypt.<q class="end-inner-double" qid="04011018.3" from="04011018.2" to="04011018.3"/> Therefore the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will give you meat, and you shall eat.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011019"/>
+    <verse num="19">You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011020"/>
+    <verse num="20">but a whole month, <crossref let="v" cid="c04011020.1"/>until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> who is among you and have wept before him, saying, <crossref let="w" cid="c04011020.2"/><q class="begin-inner-double" qid="04011020.1" from="04011020.1" to="04011020.2"/>Why did we come out of Egypt?<q class="end-inner-double" qid="04011020.2" from="04011020.1" to="04011020.2"/><q class="end-single" qid="04011020.3" from="04011018.1" to="04011020.3"/><q class="end-double" qid="04011020.4" from="04011016.1" to="04011020.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011021"/>
+    <verse num="21">But Moses said, <crossref let="x" cid="c04011021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04011021.1" from="04011021.1" to="04011022.1"/>The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot, and you have said, <q class="begin-single" qid="04011021.2" from="04011021.2" to="04011021.3"/>I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!<q class="end-single" qid="04011021.3" from="04011021.2" to="04011021.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="y" cid="c04011022.1"/>Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, and be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and be enough for them?<q class="end-double" qid="04011022.1" from="04011021.1" to="04011022.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="z" cid="c04011023.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04011023.1" from="04011023.1" to="04011023.2"/>Is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether <crossref let="a" cid="c04011023.2"/>my word will come true for you or not.<q class="end-double" qid="04011023.2" from="04011023.1" to="04011023.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011024"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="24">So Moses went out and told the people the words of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. <crossref let="b" cid="c04011024.1"/>And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Then <crossref let="c" cid="c04011025.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they <crossref let="d" cid="c04011026.1"/>had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And a young man ran and told Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04011027.1" from="04011027.1" to="04011027.2"/>Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.<q class="end-double" qid="04011027.2" from="04011027.1" to="04011027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And <crossref let="e" cid="c04011028.1"/>Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04011028.1" from="04011028.1" to="04011028.2"/>My lord Moses, <crossref let="f" cid="c04011028.2"/>stop them.<q class="end-double" qid="04011028.2" from="04011028.1" to="04011028.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011029"/>
+    <verse num="29">But Moses said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04011029.1" from="04011029.1" to="04011029.2"/>Are you jealous for my sake? <crossref let="g" cid="c04011029.1"/>Would that all the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s people were prophets, that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> would put his Spirit on them!<q class="end-double" qid="04011029.2" from="04011029.1" to="04011029.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011031"/>
+    <heading>Quail and a Plague</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">Then a <crossref let="h" cid="c04011031.1"/>wind from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day&apos;s journey on this side and a day&apos;s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits<note nid="n04011031.1"/> above the ground.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten <crossref let="i" cid="c04011032.1"/>homers.<note nid="n04011032.1"/> And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011033"/>
+    <verse num="33"><crossref let="j" cid="c04011033.1"/>While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was kindled against the people, and <crossref let="k" cid="c04011033.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> struck down the people with a very great plague.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011034"/>
+    <verse num="34">Therefore the name of that place was called <crossref let="l" cid="c04011034.1"/>Kibroth-hattaavah,<note nid="n04011034.1"/> because there they buried the people who had the craving.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04011035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="m" cid="c04011035.1"/>From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to <crossref let="n" cid="c04011035.2"/>Hazeroth, and they remained at <crossref let="n" cid="c04011035.3"/>Hazeroth.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012001"/>
+  <chapter num="12">
+    <heading>Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04012002.1" from="04012002.1" to="04012002.2"/>Has the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> indeed spoken only through Moses? <crossref let="o" cid="c04012002.1"/>Has he not spoken through us also?<q class="end-double" qid="04012002.2" from="04012002.1" to="04012002.2"/> And <crossref let="p" cid="c04012002.2"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> heard it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And suddenly the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and to Aaron and Miriam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04012004.1" from="04012004.1" to="04012004.2"/>Come out, you three, to the tent of meeting.<q class="end-double" qid="04012004.2" from="04012004.1" to="04012004.2"/> And the three of them came out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And <crossref let="q" cid="c04012005.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent and called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04012006.1" from="04012006.1" to="04012008.1"/>Hear my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> make myself known to him <crossref let="r" cid="c04012006.1"/>in a vision; I speak with him <crossref let="s" cid="c04012006.2"/>in a dream.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Not so with <crossref let="t" cid="c04012007.1"/>my servant Moses. <crossref let="u" cid="c04012007.2"/>He is faithful in all my house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012008"/>
+    <verse num="8">With him I speak <crossref let="v" cid="c04012008.1"/>mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in <crossref let="w" cid="c04012008.2"/>riddles, and he beholds <crossref let="x" cid="c04012008.3"/>the form of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?<q class="end-double" qid="04012008.1" from="04012006.1" to="04012008.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And the anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was kindled against them, and he departed.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">When the cloud removed from over the tent, behold, <crossref let="y" cid="c04012010.1"/>Miriam was <crossref let="z" cid="c04012010.2"/>leprous,<note nid="n04012010.1"/> like snow. And Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And Aaron said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04012011.1" from="04012011.1" to="04012012.1"/>Oh, my lord, <crossref let="a" cid="c04012011.1"/>do not punish us<note nid="n04012011.1"/> because we have done foolishly and have sinned.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother&apos;s womb.<q class="end-double" qid="04012012.1" from="04012011.1" to="04012012.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And Moses cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="04012013.1" from="04012013.1" to="04012013.2"/>O God, please heal her&emdash;please.<q class="end-double" qid="04012013.2" from="04012013.1" to="04012013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04012014.1" from="04012014.1" to="04012014.2"/>If her father had but <crossref let="b" cid="c04012014.1"/>spit in her face, should she not be shamed seven days? Let her be <crossref let="c" cid="c04012014.2"/>shut outside the camp seven days, and after that she may be brought in again.<q class="end-double" qid="04012014.2" from="04012014.1" to="04012014.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012015"/>
+    <verse num="15">So Miriam <crossref let="d" cid="c04012015.1"/>was shut outside the camp seven days, and the people did not set out on the march till Miriam was brought in again.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04012016"/>
+    <verse num="16">After that the people set out from <crossref let="e" cid="c04012016.1"/>Hazeroth, and camped in <crossref let="f" cid="c04012016.2"/>the wilderness of Paran.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013001"/>
+  <chapter num="13">
+    <heading>Spies Sent into Canaan</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="g" cid="c04013002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04013002.1" from="04013002.1" to="04013002.2"/>Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.<q class="end-double" qid="04013002.2" from="04013002.1" to="04013002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013003"/>
+    <verse num="3">So Moses sent them from <crossref let="h" cid="c04013003.1"/>the wilderness of Paran, according to the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, all of them men who were heads of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013005"/>
+    <verse num="5">from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="i" cid="c04013006.1"/>from the tribe of Judah, <crossref let="j" cid="c04013006.2"/>Caleb the son of Jephunneh;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013007"/>
+    <verse num="7">from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013008"/>
+    <verse num="8">from the tribe of Ephraim, <crossref let="k" cid="c04013008.1"/>Hoshea the son of Nun;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013009"/>
+    <verse num="9">from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013010"/>
+    <verse num="10">from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013011"/>
+    <verse num="11">from the tribe of Joseph (that is, from the tribe of Manasseh), Gaddi the son of Susi;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013012"/>
+    <verse num="12">from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013013"/>
+    <verse num="13">from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013014"/>
+    <verse num="14">from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013015"/>
+    <verse num="15">from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013016"/>
+    <verse num="16">These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called <crossref let="k" cid="c04013016.1"/>Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04013017.1" from="04013017.1" to="04013020.1"/>Go up into <crossref let="l" cid="c04013017.1"/>the Negeb and go up into <crossref let="m" cid="c04013017.2"/>the hill country,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013018"/>
+    <verse num="18">and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013019"/>
+    <verse num="19">and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013020"/>
+    <verse num="20">and whether the land is <crossref let="n" cid="c04013020.1"/>rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. <crossref let="o" cid="c04013020.2"/>Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land.<q class="end-double" qid="04013020.1" from="04013017.1" to="04013020.1"/> Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">So they went up and spied out the land <crossref let="p" cid="c04013021.1"/>from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, <crossref let="q" cid="c04013021.2"/>near Lebo-hamath.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013022"/>
+    <verse num="22">They went up into <crossref let="m" cid="c04013022.1"/>the Negeb and came to <crossref let="r" cid="c04013022.2"/>Hebron. <crossref let="s" cid="c04013022.3"/>Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the <crossref let="t" cid="c04013022.4"/>descendants of Anak, were there. (<crossref let="u" cid="c04013022.5"/>Hebron was built seven years before <crossref let="u" cid="c04013022.6"/>Zoan in Egypt.)</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And <crossref let="v" cid="c04013023.1"/>they came to the Valley of Eshcol and cut down from there a branch with a single cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two of them; they also brought some pomegranates and figs.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013024"/>
+    <verse num="24">That place was called the Valley of Eshcol,<note nid="n04013024.1"/> because of the cluster that the people of Israel cut down from there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013025"/>
+    <heading>Report of the Spies</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at <crossref let="w" cid="c04013026.1"/>Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And they told him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04013027.1" from="04013027.1" to="04013029.1"/>We came to the land to which you sent us. It <crossref let="x" cid="c04013027.1"/>flows with milk and honey, <crossref let="y" cid="c04013027.2"/>and this is its fruit.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013028"/>
+    <verse num="28"><crossref let="z" cid="c04013028.1"/>However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="a" cid="c04013029.1"/>The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. <crossref let="b" cid="c04013029.2"/>And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.<q class="end-double" qid="04013029.1" from="04013027.1" to="04013029.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013030"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30">But <crossref let="c" cid="c04013030.1"/>Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04013030.1" from="04013030.1" to="04013030.2"/>Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.<q class="end-double" qid="04013030.2" from="04013030.1" to="04013030.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013031"/>
+    <verse num="31"><crossref let="d" cid="c04013031.1"/>Then the men who had gone up with him said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04013031.1" from="04013031.1" to="04013031.2"/>We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.<q class="end-double" qid="04013031.2" from="04013031.1" to="04013031.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013032"/>
+    <verse num="32">So <crossref let="e" cid="c04013032.1"/>they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="04013032.1" from="04013032.1" to="04013033.1"/>The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and <crossref let="f" cid="c04013032.2"/>all the people that we saw in it are of great height.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04013033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And there we saw the <crossref let="g" cid="c04013033.1"/>Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the <crossref let="g" cid="c04013033.2"/>Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves <crossref let="h" cid="c04013033.3"/>like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.<q class="end-double" qid="04013033.1" from="04013032.1" to="04013033.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014001"/>
+  <chapter num="14">
+    <heading>The People Rebel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people <crossref let="i" cid="c04014001.1"/>wept that night.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And all the people of Israel <crossref let="j" cid="c04014002.1"/>grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04014002.1" from="04014002.1" to="04014003.1"/>Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or <crossref let="k" cid="c04014002.2"/>would that we had died in this wilderness!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014003"/>
+    <verse num="3">Why is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? <crossref let="l" cid="c04014003.1"/>Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?<q class="end-double" qid="04014003.1" from="04014002.1" to="04014003.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And they said to one another, <crossref let="m" cid="c04014004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04014004.1" from="04014004.1" to="04014004.2"/>Let us choose a leader and <crossref let="n" cid="c04014004.2"/>go back to Egypt.<q class="end-double" qid="04014004.2" from="04014004.1" to="04014004.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">Then <crossref let="o" cid="c04014005.1"/>Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="p" cid="c04014006.1"/>And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014007"/>
+    <verse num="7">and said to all the congregation of the people of Israel, <crossref let="q" cid="c04014007.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04014007.1" from="04014007.1" to="04014009.1"/>The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceedingly good land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014008"/>
+    <verse num="8">If <crossref let="r" cid="c04014008.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> delights in us, he will bring us into this land and give it to us, <crossref let="s" cid="c04014008.2"/>a land that flows with milk and honey.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Only <crossref let="t" cid="c04014009.1"/>do not rebel against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. And <crossref let="u" cid="c04014009.2"/>do not fear the people of the land, for <crossref let="v" cid="c04014009.3"/>they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is with us; do not fear them.<q class="end-double" qid="04014009.1" from="04014007.1" to="04014009.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="w" cid="c04014010.1"/>Then all the congregation said to stone them with stones. But <crossref let="x" cid="c04014010.2"/>the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared at the tent of meeting to all the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04014011.1" from="04014011.1" to="04014012.1"/>How long will this people <crossref let="y" cid="c04014011.1"/>despise me? And how long will they not <crossref let="z" cid="c04014011.2"/>believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014012"/>
+    <verse num="12">I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I <crossref let="a" cid="c04014012.1"/>will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.<q class="end-double" qid="04014012.1" from="04014011.1" to="04014012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014013"/>
+    <heading>Moses Intercedes for the People</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">But <crossref let="b" cid="c04014013.1"/>Moses said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <q class="begin-double" qid="04014013.1" from="04014013.1" to="04014019.1"/>Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your might from among them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014014"/>
+    <verse num="14">and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. <crossref let="c" cid="c04014014.1"/>They have heard that you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, are in the midst of this people. For you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, are seen face to face, and <crossref let="d" cid="c04014014.2"/>your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><q class="begin-single" qid="04014016.1" from="04014016.1" to="04014016.2"/>It is because the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="e" cid="c04014016.1"/>was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.<q class="end-single" qid="04014016.2" from="04014016.1" to="04014016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="f" cid="c04014018.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04014018.1" from="04014018.1" to="04014018.2"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, <crossref let="g" cid="c04014018.2"/>visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.<q class="end-single" qid="04014018.2" from="04014018.1" to="04014018.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Please <crossref let="h" cid="c04014019.1"/>pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just <crossref let="i" cid="c04014019.2"/>as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.<q class="end-double" qid="04014019.1" from="04014013.1" to="04014019.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014020"/>
+    <heading>God Promises Judgment</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04014020.1" from="04014020.1" to="04014025.1"/>I have pardoned, <crossref let="j" cid="c04014020.1"/>according to your word.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014021"/>
+    <verse num="21">But truly, as I live, and as all <crossref let="k" cid="c04014021.1"/>the earth shall be filled with the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="l" cid="c04014022.1"/>none of the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have put me to the test these <crossref let="m" cid="c04014022.2"/>ten times and have not obeyed my voice,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="n" cid="c04014023.1"/>shall see the land that I swore to give to their fathers. And none of those who despised me shall see it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014024"/>
+    <verse num="24">But my servant <crossref let="o" cid="c04014024.1"/>Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has <crossref let="p" cid="c04014024.2"/>followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="q" cid="c04014025.1"/>Now, since the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valleys, <crossref let="r" cid="c04014025.2"/>turn tomorrow and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.<q class="end-double" qid="04014025.1" from="04014020.1" to="04014025.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014027"/>
+    <verse num="27"><q class="begin-double" qid="04014027.1" from="04014027.1" to="04014035.1"/>How long shall <crossref let="s" cid="c04014027.1"/>this wicked congregation grumble against me? <crossref let="t" cid="c04014027.2"/>I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Say to them, <crossref let="u" cid="c04014028.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04014028.1" from="04014028.1" to="04014034.1"/>As I live, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="v" cid="c04014028.2"/>what you have said in my hearing I will do to you:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="w" cid="c04014029.1"/>your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness, and <crossref let="x" cid="c04014029.2"/>of all your number, listed in the census <crossref let="y" cid="c04014029.3"/>from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against me,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014030"/>
+    <verse num="30">not one shall come into the land where I <crossref let="z" cid="c04014030.1"/>swore that I would make you dwell, <crossref let="a" cid="c04014030.2"/>except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014031"/>
+    <verse num="31"><crossref let="b" cid="c04014031.1"/>But your little ones, who you said would become a prey, I will bring in, and they shall know the land that <crossref let="c" cid="c04014031.2"/>you have rejected.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014032"/>
+    <verse num="32">But as for you, <crossref let="w" cid="c04014032.1"/>your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And your children <crossref let="d" cid="c04014033.1"/>shall be shepherds in the wilderness <crossref let="e" cid="c04014033.2"/>forty years and shall <crossref let="f" cid="c04014033.3"/>suffer for your faithlessness, until the last of your dead bodies lies in the wilderness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="g" cid="c04014034.1"/>According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, <crossref let="h" cid="c04014034.2"/>forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.<q class="end-single" qid="04014034.1" from="04014028.1" to="04014034.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014035"/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="i" cid="c04014035.1"/>I, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, have spoken. Surely this will I do to all <crossref let="j" cid="c04014035.2"/>this wicked congregation who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall come to a full end, and there they shall die.<q class="end-double" qid="04014035.1" from="04014027.1" to="04014035.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="k" cid="c04014036.1"/>And the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing up a bad report about the land&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014037"/>
+    <verse num="37">the men who brought up a bad report of the land&emdash;<crossref let="l" cid="c04014037.1"/>died by plague before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014038"/>
+    <verse num="38">Of those men who went to spy out the land, <crossref let="m" cid="c04014038.1"/>only Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014039"/>
+    <heading>Israel Defeated in Battle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="39">When Moses told these words to all the people of Israel, the people <crossref let="n" cid="c04014039.1"/>mourned greatly.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And they rose early in the morning and went up to the heights of the hill country, saying, <crossref let="o" cid="c04014040.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04014040.1" from="04014040.1" to="04014040.2"/>Here we are. We will go up to the place that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has promised, for we have sinned.<q class="end-double" qid="04014040.2" from="04014040.1" to="04014040.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014041"/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="p" cid="c04014041.1"/>But Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04014041.1" from="04014041.1" to="04014043.1"/>Why now are you transgressing the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when that will not succeed?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014042"/>
+    <verse num="42"><crossref let="q" cid="c04014042.1"/>Do not go up, <crossref let="r" cid="c04014042.2"/>for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is not among you, lest you be struck down before your enemies.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014043"/>
+    <verse num="43">For there <crossref let="s" cid="c04014043.1"/>the Amalekites and the Canaanites are facing you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned back from following the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will not be with you.<q class="end-double" qid="04014043.1" from="04014041.1" to="04014043.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014044"/>
+    <verse num="44"><crossref let="t" cid="c04014044.1"/>But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country, although neither <crossref let="u" cid="c04014044.2"/>the ark of the covenant of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> nor Moses departed out of the camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04014045"/>
+    <verse num="45">Then <crossref let="v" cid="c04014045.1"/>the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down and defeated them and pursued them, even to <crossref let="w" cid="c04014045.2"/>Hormah.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015001"/>
+  <chapter num="15">
+    <heading>Laws About Sacrifices</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04015002.1" from="04015002.1" to="04015016.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, <crossref let="x" cid="c04015002.1"/>When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and <crossref let="y" cid="c04015003.1"/>you offer to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> from the herd or from the flock a food offering<note nid="n04015003.1"/> or a burnt offering or a sacrifice, <crossref let="z" cid="c04015003.2"/>to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering or <crossref let="a" cid="c04015003.3"/>at your appointed feasts, to make a <crossref let="b" cid="c04015003.4"/>pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015004"/>
+    <verse num="4">then <crossref let="c" cid="c04015004.1"/>he who brings his offering shall offer to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="d" cid="c04015004.2"/>a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah<note nid="n04015004.1"/> of fine flour, <crossref let="e" cid="c04015004.3"/>mixed with a quarter of a hin<note nid="n04015004.2"/> of oil;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015005"/>
+    <verse num="5">and you shall offer with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, a quarter of a hin of <crossref let="f" cid="c04015005.1"/>wine for the drink offering for each lamb.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="g" cid="c04015006.1"/>Or for a ram, you shall offer for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a <crossref let="b" cid="c04015007.1"/>pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And when you offer a bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice, to <crossref let="z" cid="c04015008.1"/>fulfill a vow or for <crossref let="h" cid="c04015008.2"/>peace offerings to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015009"/>
+    <verse num="9">then one shall offer <crossref let="i" cid="c04015009.1"/>with the bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="j" cid="c04015011.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04015011.1" from="04015002.1" to="04015016.1"/>Thus it shall be done for each bull or ram, or for each lamb or young goat.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015012"/>
+    <verse num="12">As many as you offer, so shall you do with each one, as many as there are.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Every native Israelite shall do these things in this way, in offering a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And if a stranger is sojourning with you, or anyone is living permanently among you, and he wishes to offer a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he shall do as you do.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015015"/>
+    <verse num="15">For the assembly, <crossref let="k" cid="c04015015.1"/>there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015016"/>
+    <verse num="16">One law and one rule shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you.<q class="end-double" qid="04015016.1" from="04015002.1" to="04015016.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="l" cid="c04015018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04015018.1" from="04015018.1" to="04015031.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land to which I bring you</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015019"/>
+    <verse num="19">and when you eat of <crossref let="m" cid="c04015019.1"/>the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="n" cid="c04015020.1"/>Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a <crossref let="o" cid="c04015020.2"/>contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="n" cid="c04015021.1"/>Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> as a contribution throughout your generations.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015022"/>
+    <heading>Laws About Unintentional Sins</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="p" cid="c04015022.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04015022.1" from="04015018.1" to="04015031.1"/>But if you sin unintentionally,<note nid="n04015022.1"/> and do not observe all these commandments that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has spoken to Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015023"/>
+    <verse num="23">all that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded you by Moses, from the day that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave commandment, and onward throughout your generations,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015024"/>
+    <verse num="24">then if it was done unintentionally <crossref let="q" cid="c04015024.1"/>without the knowledge of the congregation, all the congregation shall offer one bull from the herd for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="r" cid="c04015024.2"/>with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the rule, and <crossref let="s" cid="c04015024.3"/>one male goat for a sin offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015025"/>
+    <verse num="25"><crossref let="t" cid="c04015025.1"/>And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and their sin offering before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for their mistake.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015027"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="u" cid="c04015027.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04015027.1" from="04015018.1" to="04015031.1"/>If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015028"/>
+    <verse num="28"><crossref let="v" cid="c04015028.1"/>And the priest shall make atonement before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="w" cid="c04015029.1"/>You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the people of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015030"/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="x" cid="c04015030.1"/>But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, reviles the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and that person shall be cut off from among his people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Because he has <crossref let="y" cid="c04015031.1"/>despised the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and has broken his commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be on him.<q class="end-double" qid="04015031.1" from="04015018.1" to="04015031.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015032"/>
+    <heading>A Sabbathbreaker Executed</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32">While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man <crossref let="z" cid="c04015032.1"/>gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="a" cid="c04015034.1"/>They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="b" cid="c04015035.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04015035.1" from="04015035.1" to="04015035.2"/>The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall <crossref let="c" cid="c04015035.2"/>stone him with stones outside the camp.<q class="end-double" qid="04015035.2" from="04015035.1" to="04015035.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015037"/>
+    <heading>Tassels on Garments</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="37">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015038"/>
+    <verse num="38"><q class="begin-double" qid="04015038.1" from="04015038.1" to="04015041.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to <crossref let="d" cid="c04015038.1"/>make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to do them, <crossref let="e" cid="c04015039.1"/>not to follow<note nid="n04015039.1"/> after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined <crossref let="f" cid="c04015039.2"/>to whore after.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015040"/>
+    <verse num="40">So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be <crossref let="g" cid="c04015040.1"/>holy to your God.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04015041"/>
+    <verse num="41"><crossref let="h" cid="c04015041.1"/>I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God.<q class="end-double" qid="04015041.1" from="04015038.1" to="04015041.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016001"/>
+  <chapter num="16">
+    <heading>Korah&apos;s Rebellion</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now <crossref let="i" cid="c04016001.1"/>Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and <crossref let="j" cid="c04016001.2"/>Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="k" cid="c04016003.1"/>They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, <crossref let="l" cid="c04016003.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04016003.1" from="04016003.1" to="04016003.2"/>You have gone too far! For <crossref let="m" cid="c04016003.3"/>all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>?<q class="end-double" qid="04016003.2" from="04016003.1" to="04016003.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016004"/>
+    <verse num="4">When Moses heard it, <crossref let="n" cid="c04016004.1"/>he fell on his face,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016005"/>
+    <verse num="5">and he said to Korah and all his company, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016005.1" from="04016005.1" to="04016007.1"/>In the morning the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will show <crossref let="o" cid="c04016005.1"/>who is his,<note nid="n04016005.1"/> and who is <crossref let="p" cid="c04016005.2"/>holy, and will bring him near to him. The one <crossref let="q" cid="c04016005.3"/>whom he chooses he will <crossref let="r" cid="c04016005.4"/>bring near to him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Do this: take <crossref let="s" cid="c04016006.1"/>censers, Korah and all his company;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016007"/>
+    <verse num="7">put fire in them and put incense on them before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> tomorrow, and the man whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> chooses shall be the holy one. <crossref let="t" cid="c04016007.1"/>You have gone too far, sons of Levi!<q class="end-double" qid="04016007.1" from="04016005.1" to="04016007.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And Moses said to Korah, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016008.1" from="04016008.1" to="04016011.1"/>Hear now, you sons of Levi:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016009"/>
+    <verse num="9">is it <crossref let="u" cid="c04016009.1"/>too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has <crossref let="v" cid="c04016009.2"/>separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and to stand before the congregation to minister to them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and that he has brought you near him, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you? And would you seek the priesthood also?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Therefore it is against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> that you and all your company have gathered together. What is <crossref let="w" cid="c04016011.1"/>Aaron that you grumble against him?<q class="end-double" qid="04016011.1" from="04016008.1" to="04016011.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016012.1" from="04016012.1" to="04016014.1"/>We will not come up.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Is it <crossref let="x" cid="c04016013.1"/>a small thing that you have brought us up out of <crossref let="y" cid="c04016013.2"/>a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also <crossref let="z" cid="c04016013.3"/>make yourself a prince over us?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.<q class="end-double" qid="04016014.1" from="04016012.1" to="04016014.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And Moses was very angry and said to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="a" cid="c04016015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04016015.1" from="04016015.1" to="04016015.2"/>Do not respect their offering. <crossref let="b" cid="c04016015.2"/>I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.<q class="end-double" qid="04016015.2" from="04016015.1" to="04016015.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">And Moses said to Korah, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016016.1" from="04016016.1" to="04016017.1"/>Be present, you and all your company, <crossref let="c" cid="c04016016.1"/>before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, you and they, and Aaron, tomorrow.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And <crossref let="d" cid="c04016017.1"/>let every one of you take his censer and put incense on it, and every one of you bring before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> his censer, <crossref let="e" cid="c04016017.2"/>250 censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.<q class="end-double" qid="04016017.1" from="04016016.1" to="04016017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016018"/>
+    <verse num="18">So every man took his censer and put fire in them and laid incense on them and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Then Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting. <crossref let="f" cid="c04016019.1"/>And the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared to all the congregation.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016021"/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="g" cid="c04016021.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04016021.1" from="04016021.1" to="04016021.2"/>Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them <crossref let="h" cid="c04016021.2"/>in a moment.<q class="end-double" qid="04016021.2" from="04016021.1" to="04016021.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And they <crossref let="i" cid="c04016022.1"/>fell on their faces and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016022.1" from="04016022.1" to="04016022.2"/>O God, <crossref let="j" cid="c04016022.2"/>the God of the spirits of all flesh, <crossref let="k" cid="c04016022.3"/>shall one man sin, and will you be angry with all the congregation?<q class="end-double" qid="04016022.2" from="04016022.1" to="04016022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><q class="begin-double" qid="04016024.1" from="04016024.1" to="04016024.2"/>Say to the congregation, Get away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.<q class="end-double" qid="04016024.2" from="04016024.1" to="04016024.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And he spoke to the congregation, saying, <crossref let="l" cid="c04016026.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04016026.1" from="04016026.1" to="04016026.2"/>Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.<q class="end-double" qid="04016026.2" from="04016026.1" to="04016026.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016027"/>
+    <verse num="27">So they got away from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood <crossref let="m" cid="c04016027.1"/>at the door of their tents, together with their wives, their sons, and their little ones.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And Moses said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016028.1" from="04016028.1" to="04016030.1"/>Hereby you shall know that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been <crossref let="n" cid="c04016028.1"/>of my own accord.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016029"/>
+    <verse num="29">If these men die as all men die, or if they are visited by the fate of all mankind, <crossref let="o" cid="c04016029.1"/>then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has not sent me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016030"/>
+    <verse num="30">But if the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> creates something new, and <crossref let="p" cid="c04016030.1"/>the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they <crossref let="q" cid="c04016030.2"/>go down alive into Sheol, then you shall know that these men have despised the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="04016030.1" from="04016028.1" to="04016030.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016031"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31"><crossref let="r" cid="c04016031.1"/>And as soon as he had finished speaking all these words, the ground under them split apart.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and <crossref let="s" cid="c04016032.1"/>all the people who belonged to Korah and all their goods.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016033"/>
+    <verse num="33">So they and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol, and the earth closed over them, and <crossref let="t" cid="c04016033.1"/>they perished from the midst of the assembly.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016034.1" from="04016034.1" to="04016034.2"/>Lest the earth swallow us up!<q class="end-double" qid="04016034.2" from="04016034.1" to="04016034.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And <crossref let="u" cid="c04016035.1"/>fire came out from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and consumed <crossref let="v" cid="c04016035.2"/>the 250 men offering the incense.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36"><note nid="n04016036.1"/> Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016037"/>
+    <verse num="37"><q class="begin-double" qid="04016037.1" from="04016037.1" to="04016038.1"/>Tell Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest to take up the censers out of the blaze. Then scatter the fire far and wide, for they have become holy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016038"/>
+    <verse num="38">As for the censers of <crossref let="w" cid="c04016038.1"/>these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and they became holy. <crossref let="x" cid="c04016038.2"/>Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04016038.1" from="04016037.1" to="04016038.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016039"/>
+    <verse num="39">So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned had offered, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016040"/>
+    <verse num="40">to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so <crossref let="y" cid="c04016040.1"/>that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, lest he become like Korah and his company&emdash;as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him through Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41">But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel <crossref let="z" cid="c04016041.1"/>grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016041.1" from="04016041.1" to="04016041.2"/>You have killed the people of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="04016041.2" from="04016041.1" to="04016041.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016042"/>
+    <verse num="42">And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, <crossref let="a" cid="c04016042.1"/>the cloud covered it, and <crossref let="b" cid="c04016042.2"/>the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016044"/>
+    <verse num="44">and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016045"/>
+    <verse num="45"><crossref let="c" cid="c04016045.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04016045.1" from="04016045.1" to="04016045.2"/>Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.<q class="end-double" qid="04016045.2" from="04016045.1" to="04016045.2"/> <crossref let="d" cid="c04016045.2"/>And they fell on their faces.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And Moses said to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="04016046.1" from="04016046.1" to="04016046.2"/>Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for <crossref let="e" cid="c04016046.1"/>wrath has gone out from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; the plague has begun.<q class="end-double" qid="04016046.2" from="04016046.1" to="04016046.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016047"/>
+    <verse num="47">So Aaron took it as Moses said and ran into the midst of the assembly. And behold, the plague had already begun among the people. And he put on the incense and made atonement for the people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016048"/>
+    <verse num="48">And he stood between the dead and the living, and <crossref let="f" cid="c04016048.1"/>the plague was stopped.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016049"/>
+    <verse num="49">Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, <crossref let="g" cid="c04016049.1"/>besides those who died in the affair of Korah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04016050"/>
+    <verse num="50">And Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, when the plague was stopped.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017001"/>
+  <chapter num="17">
+    <heading>Aaron&apos;s Staff Buds</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><note nid="n04017001.1"/> The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="h" cid="c04017002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04017002.1" from="04017002.1" to="04017005.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel, and get from them staffs, one for each fathers&apos; house, from all their chiefs according to their fathers&apos; houses, twelve staffs. Write each man&apos;s name on his staff,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and write Aaron&apos;s name on the staff of Levi. For there shall be one staff for the head of each fathers&apos; house.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, <crossref let="i" cid="c04017004.1"/>where I meet with you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And the staff of the man <crossref let="j" cid="c04017005.1"/>whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me <crossref let="k" cid="c04017005.2"/>the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you.<q class="end-double" qid="04017005.1" from="04017002.1" to="04017005.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Moses spoke to the people of Israel. And all their chiefs gave him staffs, one for each chief, according to their fathers&apos; houses, twelve staffs. And the staff of Aaron was among their staffs.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And Moses deposited the staffs before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in <crossref let="l" cid="c04017007.1"/>the tent of the testimony.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then Moses brought out all the staffs from before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to all the people of Israel. And they looked, and each man took his staff.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04017010.1" from="04017010.1" to="04017010.2"/>Put back <crossref let="m" cid="c04017010.1"/>the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept <crossref let="n" cid="c04017010.2"/>as a sign for the rebels, <crossref let="o" cid="c04017010.3"/>that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.<q class="end-double" qid="04017010.2" from="04017010.1" to="04017010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Thus did Moses; as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded him, so he did.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">And the people of Israel said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04017012.1" from="04017012.1" to="04017013.1"/>Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04017013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="p" cid="c04017013.1"/>Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, shall die. Are we all to perish?<q class="end-double" qid="04017013.1" from="04017012.1" to="04017013.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018001"/>
+  <chapter num="18">
+    <heading>Duties of Priests and Levites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">So the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="04018001.1" from="04018001.1" to="04018007.1"/>You and your sons and your father&apos;s house with you shall <crossref let="q" cid="c04018001.1"/>bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, <crossref let="r" cid="c04018001.2"/>and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And with you bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may <crossref let="s" cid="c04018002.1"/>join you and <crossref let="t" cid="c04018002.2"/>minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018003"/>
+    <verse num="3">They shall keep guard over you and <crossref let="u" cid="c04018003.1"/>over the whole tent, <crossref let="v" cid="c04018003.2"/>but shall not come near to the vessels of the sanctuary or to the altar <crossref let="w" cid="c04018003.3"/>lest they, and you, die.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018004"/>
+    <verse num="4">They shall join you and keep guard over the tent of meeting for all the service of the tent, <crossref let="x" cid="c04018004.1"/>and no outsider shall come near you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And you shall <crossref let="y" cid="c04018005.1"/>keep guard over the sanctuary and over the altar, <crossref let="z" cid="c04018005.2"/>that there may never again be wrath on the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="a" cid="c04018006.1"/>And behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. <crossref let="b" cid="c04018006.2"/>They are a gift to you, given to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to do the service of the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And <crossref let="c" cid="c04018007.1"/>you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and <crossref let="d" cid="c04018007.2"/>that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,<note nid="n04018007.1"/> and <crossref let="e" cid="c04018007.3"/>any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.<q class="end-double" qid="04018007.1" from="04018001.1" to="04018007.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018008"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="8">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="04018008.1" from="04018008.1" to="04018019.1"/>Behold, <crossref let="f" cid="c04018008.1"/>I have given you charge of the contributions made to me, all the consecrated things of the people of Israel. I have given them to you <crossref let="g" cid="c04018008.2"/>as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual due.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018009"/>
+    <verse num="9">This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of theirs, every grain offering of theirs and every <crossref let="h" cid="c04018009.1"/>sin offering of theirs and every <crossref let="i" cid="c04018009.2"/>guilt offering of theirs, which they render to me, shall be most holy to you and to your sons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018010"/>
+    <verse num="10">In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018011"/>
+    <verse num="11">This also is yours: the contribution of their gift, all the <crossref let="j" cid="c04018011.1"/>wave offerings of the people of Israel. I have given them to <crossref let="k" cid="c04018011.2"/>you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. <crossref let="l" cid="c04018011.3"/>Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018012"/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="m" cid="c04018012.1"/>All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, <crossref let="n" cid="c04018012.2"/>the firstfruits of what they give to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I give to you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018013"/>
+    <verse num="13">The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, <crossref let="o" cid="c04018013.1"/>which they bring to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, shall be yours. <crossref let="l" cid="c04018013.2"/>Everyone who is clean in your house may eat it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="p" cid="c04018014.1"/>Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="q" cid="c04018015.1"/>Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, shall be yours. Nevertheless, <crossref let="r" cid="c04018015.2"/>the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And their redemption price <crossref let="s" cid="c04018016.1"/>(at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels<note nid="n04018016.1"/> in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, <crossref let="t" cid="c04018016.2"/>which is twenty gerahs.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="u" cid="c04018017.1"/>But the firstborn of a cow, or the firstborn of a sheep, or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall burn their fat as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But their flesh shall be yours, as <crossref let="v" cid="c04018018.1"/>the breast that is waved and as the right thigh are yours.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="w" cid="c04018019.1"/>All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. <crossref let="x" cid="c04018019.2"/>It is a covenant of salt forever before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for you and for your offspring with you.<q class="end-double" qid="04018019.1" from="04018008.1" to="04018019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="04018020.1" from="04018020.1" to="04018024.1"/>You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any portion among them. <crossref let="y" cid="c04018020.1"/>I am your portion and your inheritance among the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21"><crossref let="z" cid="c04018021.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04018021.1" from="04018020.1" to="04018024.1"/>To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="a" cid="c04018022.1"/>so that the people of Israel do not come near the tent of meeting, <crossref let="b" cid="c04018022.2"/>lest they bear sin and die.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018023"/>
+    <verse num="23">But <crossref let="c" cid="c04018023.1"/>the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, <crossref let="d" cid="c04018023.2"/>and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the people of Israel they shall have no inheritance.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018024"/>
+    <verse num="24">For the tithe of the people of Israel, which <crossref let="e" cid="c04018024.1"/>they present as a contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance. Therefore I have said of them that they shall have no inheritance <crossref let="f" cid="c04018024.2"/>among the people of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04018024.1" from="04018020.1" to="04018024.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><q class="begin-double" qid="04018026.1" from="04018026.1" to="04018032.2"/>Moreover, you shall speak and say to the Levites, <q class="begin-single" qid="04018026.2" from="04018026.2" to="04018029.1"/>When you take from the people of Israel the tithe that I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present a contribution from it to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="g" cid="c04018026.1"/>a tithe of the tithe.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018027"/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="h" cid="c04018027.1"/>And your contribution shall be counted to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the winepress.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018028"/>
+    <verse num="28">So you shall also present a contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> from all your tithes, which you receive from the people of Israel. And from it you shall give the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s contribution to Aaron the priest.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018029"/>
+    <verse num="29">Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every contribution due to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; from each its best part is to be dedicated.<q class="end-single" qid="04018029.1" from="04018026.2" to="04018029.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018030"/>
+    <verse num="30">Therefore you shall say to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="04018030.1" from="04018030.1" to="04018032.1"/>When you have offered from it the best of it, <crossref let="i" cid="c04018030.1"/>then the rest shall be counted to the Levites as produce of the threshing floor, and as produce of the winepress.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And you may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is <crossref let="j" cid="c04018031.1"/>your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04018032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And you shall <crossref let="k" cid="c04018032.1"/>bear no sin by reason of it, when you have contributed the best of it. But you shall not <crossref let="l" cid="c04018032.2"/>profane the holy things of the people of Israel, lest you die.<q class="end-single" qid="04018032.1" from="04018030.1" to="04018032.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="04018032.2" from="04018026.1" to="04018032.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019001"/>
+  <chapter num="19">
+    <heading>Laws for Purification</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04019002.1" from="04019002.1" to="04019022.1"/>This is the statute of the law that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, <crossref let="m" cid="c04019002.1"/>and on which a yoke has never come.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And you shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and <crossref let="n" cid="c04019003.1"/>it shall be taken outside the camp and slaughtered before him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and <crossref let="o" cid="c04019004.1"/>sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And the heifer shall be burned in his sight. <crossref let="p" cid="c04019005.1"/>Its skin, its flesh, and its blood, with its dung, shall be burned.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And the priest shall take <crossref let="q" cid="c04019006.1"/>cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire burning the heifer.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Then the priest <crossref let="r" cid="c04019007.1"/>shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. But the priest shall be unclean until evening.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="s" cid="c04019008.1"/>The one who burns the heifer <crossref let="r" cid="c04019008.2"/>shall wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water and shall be unclean until evening.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And a man who is clean shall gather up <crossref let="t" cid="c04019009.1"/>the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a <crossref let="u" cid="c04019009.2"/>clean place. And they shall be kept for the water for <crossref let="v" cid="c04019009.3"/>impurity for the congregation of the people of Israel; it is a sin offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And the one who gathers the ashes of the heifer <crossref let="r" cid="c04019010.1"/>shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. And this shall be a perpetual statute for the people of Israel, and for the stranger who sojourns among them.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="w" cid="c04019011.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04019011.1" from="04019002.1" to="04019022.1"/>Whoever touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean seven days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019012"/>
+    <verse num="12">He <crossref let="x" cid="c04019012.1"/>shall cleanse himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so be clean. But if he does not cleanse himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not become clean.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Whoever touches a dead person, the body of anyone who has died, and does not cleanse himself, <crossref let="y" cid="c04019013.1"/>defiles the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="z" cid="c04019013.2"/>and that person shall be cut off from Israel; because the water for impurity was not thrown on him, he shall be unclean. His uncleanness is still on him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><q class="continue-double" qid="04019014.1" from="04019002.1" to="04019022.1"/>This is the law when someone dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And every <crossref let="a" cid="c04019015.1"/>open vessel that has no cover fastened on it is unclean.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="b" cid="c04019016.1"/>Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a <crossref let="c" cid="c04019016.2"/>grave, shall be unclean seven days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019017"/>
+    <verse num="17">For the unclean they shall take <crossref let="d" cid="c04019017.1"/>some ashes of the burnt sin offering, and fresh<note nid="n04019017.1"/> water shall be added in a vessel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Then a clean person shall take <crossref let="e" cid="c04019018.1"/>hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And the clean person shall sprinkle it on the unclean <crossref let="f" cid="c04019019.1"/>on the third day and on the seventh day. <crossref let="g" cid="c04019019.2"/>Thus on the seventh day he shall cleanse him, and he shall <crossref let="h" cid="c04019019.3"/>wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and at evening he shall be clean.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><q class="continue-double" qid="04019020.1" from="04019002.1" to="04019022.1"/>If the man who is unclean does not cleanse himself, <crossref let="i" cid="c04019020.1"/>that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, since he has defiled the sanctuary of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. Because the water for impurity has not been thrown on him, he is unclean.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04019022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And <crossref let="j" cid="c04019022.1"/>whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening.<q class="end-double" qid="04019022.1" from="04019002.1" to="04019022.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020001"/>
+  <chapter num="20">
+    <heading>The Death of Miriam</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came <crossref let="k" cid="c04020001.1"/>into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And <crossref let="l" cid="c04020001.2"/>Miriam died there and was buried there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020002"/>
+    <heading>The Waters of Meribah</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="m" cid="c04020002.1"/>Now there was no water for the congregation. <crossref let="n" cid="c04020002.2"/>And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And the people <crossref let="o" cid="c04020003.1"/>quarreled with Moses and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04020003.1" from="04020003.1" to="04020005.1"/>Would that we had perished <crossref let="p" cid="c04020003.2"/>when our brothers perished before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Why have you brought the assembly of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And <crossref let="q" cid="c04020005.1"/>why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.<q class="end-double" qid="04020005.1" from="04020003.1" to="04020005.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020006"/>
+    <verse num="6">Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and <crossref let="r" cid="c04020006.1"/>fell on their faces. <crossref let="s" cid="c04020006.2"/>And the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> appeared to them,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020007"/>
+    <verse num="7">and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020008"/>
+    <verse num="8"><crossref let="t" cid="c04020008.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04020008.1" from="04020008.1" to="04020008.2"/>Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So <crossref let="u" cid="c04020008.2"/>you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.<q class="end-double" qid="04020008.2" from="04020008.1" to="04020008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And Moses took the staff <crossref let="v" cid="c04020009.1"/>from before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as he commanded him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020010"/>
+    <heading>Moses Strikes the Rock</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, <crossref let="w" cid="c04020010.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04020010.1" from="04020010.1" to="04020010.2"/>Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?<q class="end-double" qid="04020010.2" from="04020010.1" to="04020010.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, <crossref let="u" cid="c04020011.1"/>and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron, <q class="begin-double" qid="04020012.1" from="04020012.1" to="04020012.2"/>Because <crossref let="x" cid="c04020012.1"/>you did not believe in me, <crossref let="y" cid="c04020012.2"/>to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.<q class="end-double" qid="04020012.2" from="04020012.1" to="04020012.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="z" cid="c04020013.1"/>These are the waters of Meribah,<note nid="n04020013.1"/> where the people of Israel quarreled with the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and through them he showed himself holy.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020014"/>
+    <heading>Edom Refuses Passage</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="a" cid="c04020014.1"/>Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to <crossref let="b" cid="c04020014.2"/>the king of Edom: <q class="begin-double" qid="04020014.1" from="04020014.1" to="04020017.1"/>Thus says <crossref let="c" cid="c04020014.3"/>your brother Israel: You know all the hardship that we have met:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020015"/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="d" cid="c04020015.1"/>how our fathers went down to Egypt, <crossref let="e" cid="c04020015.2"/>and we lived in Egypt a long time. <crossref let="f" cid="c04020015.3"/>And the Egyptians dealt harshly with us and our fathers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And <crossref let="g" cid="c04020016.1"/>when we cried to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, he heard our voice and <crossref let="h" cid="c04020016.2"/>sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. And here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="i" cid="c04020017.1"/>Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard, <crossref let="j" cid="c04020017.2"/>or drink water from a well. We will go along the King&apos;s Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed through your territory.<q class="end-double" qid="04020017.1" from="04020014.1" to="04020017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But Edom said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04020018.1" from="04020018.1" to="04020018.2"/>You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.<q class="end-double" qid="04020018.2" from="04020018.1" to="04020018.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And the people of Israel said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04020019.1" from="04020019.1" to="04020019.2"/>We will go up by the highway, <crossref let="k" cid="c04020019.1"/>and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, <crossref let="l" cid="c04020019.2"/>then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.<q class="end-double" qid="04020019.2" from="04020019.1" to="04020019.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020020"/>
+    <verse num="20">But he said, <crossref let="m" cid="c04020020.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04020020.1" from="04020020.1" to="04020020.2"/>You shall not pass through.<q class="end-double" qid="04020020.2" from="04020020.1" to="04020020.2"/> And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Thus Edom <crossref let="n" cid="c04020021.1"/>refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel <crossref let="o" cid="c04020021.2"/>turned away from him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020022"/>
+    <heading>The Death of Aaron</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">And they journeyed from <crossref let="p" cid="c04020022.1"/>Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to <crossref let="q" cid="c04020022.2"/>Mount Hor.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="r" cid="c04020024.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04020024.1" from="04020024.1" to="04020026.1"/>Let Aaron be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land that I have given to the people of Israel, because <crossref let="s" cid="c04020024.2"/>you rebelled against my command at the waters of Meribah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron <crossref let="r" cid="c04020026.1"/>shall be gathered to his people and shall die there.<q class="end-double" qid="04020026.1" from="04020024.1" to="04020026.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Moses did as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded. And they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020028"/>
+    <verse num="28"><crossref let="t" cid="c04020028.1"/>And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there <crossref let="u" cid="c04020028.2"/>on the top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04020029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, <crossref let="v" cid="c04020029.1"/>all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021001"/>
+  <chapter num="21">
+    <heading>Arad Destroyed</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">When <crossref let="w" cid="c04021001.1"/>the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in <crossref let="x" cid="c04021001.2"/>the Negeb, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="y" cid="c04021002.1"/>And Israel vowed a vow to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04021002.1" from="04021002.1" to="04021002.2"/>If you will indeed give this people into my hand, then I will devote their cities to destruction.<q class="end-double" qid="04021002.2" from="04021002.1" to="04021002.2"/><note nid="n04021002.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called <crossref let="z" cid="c04021003.1"/>Hormah.<note nid="n04021003.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021004"/>
+    <heading>The Bronze Serpent</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="4">From Mount Hor <crossref let="a" cid="c04021004.1"/>they set out by the way to the Red Sea, <crossref let="b" cid="c04021004.2"/>to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And the people <crossref let="c" cid="c04021005.1"/>spoke against God and against Moses, <crossref let="d" cid="c04021005.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04021005.1" from="04021005.1" to="04021005.2"/>Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and <crossref let="e" cid="c04021005.3"/>we loathe this worthless food.<q class="end-double" qid="04021005.2" from="04021005.1" to="04021005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="f" cid="c04021006.1"/>Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> sent fiery serpents among the people, and <crossref let="g" cid="c04021006.2"/>they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="h" cid="c04021007.1"/>And the people came to Moses and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04021007.1" from="04021007.1" to="04021007.2"/>We have sinned, for we have spoken against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and against you. <crossref let="i" cid="c04021007.2"/>Pray to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, that he take away the serpents from us.<q class="end-double" qid="04021007.2" from="04021007.1" to="04021007.2"/> So Moses prayed for the people.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04021008.1" from="04021008.1" to="04021008.2"/>Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.<q class="end-double" qid="04021008.2" from="04021008.1" to="04021008.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021009"/>
+    <verse num="9">So <crossref let="j" cid="c04021009.1"/>Moses made a bronze<note nid="n04021009.1"/> serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021010"/>
+    <heading>The Song of the Well</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And the people of Israel set out and <crossref let="k" cid="c04021010.1"/>camped in Oboth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="k" cid="c04021011.1"/>And they set out from Oboth and <crossref let="k" cid="c04021011.2"/>camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021012"/>
+    <verse num="12">From there they set out and camped in <crossref let="l" cid="c04021012.1"/>the Valley of Zered.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021013"/>
+    <verse num="13">From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the <crossref let="m" cid="c04021013.1"/>Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04021014.1" from="04021014.1" to="04021015.1"/>Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of the Arnon,<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021015"/>
+    <verse num="15">
+        <begin-line/>and the slope of the valleys<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>that extends to the seat of <crossref let="n" cid="c04021015.1"/>Ar,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and leans to the border of Moab.<q class="end-double" qid="04021015.1" from="04021014.1" to="04021015.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">And from there they continued <crossref let="o" cid="c04021016.1"/>to Beer;<note nid="n04021016.1"/> that is the well of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04021016.1" from="04021016.1" to="04021016.2"/>Gather the people together, so that <crossref let="p" cid="c04021016.2"/>I may give them water.<q class="end-double" qid="04021016.2" from="04021016.1" to="04021016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Then Israel sang this song:
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04021017.1" from="04021017.1" to="04021018.1"/>Spring up, O well!&emdash;Sing to it!&emdash;<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021018"/>
+    <verse num="18">
+        <begin-line/>the well that the princes made,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>that the nobles of the people dug,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>with <crossref let="q" cid="c04021018.1"/>the scepter and with their staffs.<q class="end-double" qid="04021018.1" from="04021017.1" to="04021018.1"/><end-line/>
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <end-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="same-paragraph"/>And from the wilderness they went on to Mattanah,
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021019"/>
+    <verse num="19">and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021020"/>
+    <verse num="20">and from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah <crossref let="r" cid="c04021020.1"/>that looks down on the desert.<note nid="n04021020.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021021"/>
+    <heading>King Sihon Defeated</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">Then <crossref let="s" cid="c04021021.1"/>Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021022"/>
+    <verse num="22"><crossref let="t" cid="c04021022.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04021022.1" from="04021022.1" to="04021022.2"/>Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard. We will not drink the water of a well. We will go by the King&apos;s Highway until we have passed through your territory.<q class="end-double" qid="04021022.2" from="04021022.1" to="04021022.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021023"/>
+    <verse num="23"><crossref let="u" cid="c04021023.1"/>But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his territory. He gathered all his people together and went out against Israel to the wilderness and <crossref let="v" cid="c04021023.2"/>came to Jahaz and fought against Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="w" cid="c04021024.1"/>And Israel defeated him with the edge of the sword and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the <crossref let="x" cid="c04021024.2"/>Jabbok, as far as to the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strong.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021026"/>
+    <verse num="26">For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021027"/>
+    <verse num="27">Therefore the <crossref let="y" cid="c04021027.1"/>ballad singers say,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04021027.1" from="04021027.1" to="04021030.1"/>Come to <crossref let="z" cid="c04021027.2"/>Heshbon, let it be built;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>let the city of Sihon be established.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021028"/>
+    <verse num="28">
+        <begin-line/>For <crossref let="a" cid="c04021028.1"/>fire came out from <crossref let="z" cid="c04021028.2"/>Heshbon,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>flame from the city of Sihon.<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>It devoured <crossref let="n" cid="c04021028.3"/>Ar of Moab,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and swallowed<note nid="n04021028.1"/> the heights of the Arnon.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021029"/>
+    <verse num="29">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="a" cid="c04021029.1"/>Woe to you, O Moab!<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>You are undone, O people of <crossref let="b" cid="c04021029.2"/>Chemosh!<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>He has made his sons fugitives,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and his daughters captives,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>to an Amorite king, Sihon.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021030"/>
+    <verse num="30">
+        <begin-line/>So we overthrew them;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>Heshbon, as far as <crossref let="c" cid="c04021030.1"/>Dibon, perished;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and we laid waste as far as Nophah;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>fire spread as far as <crossref let="d" cid="c04021030.2"/>Medeba.<q class="end-double" qid="04021030.1" from="04021027.1" to="04021030.1"/><note nid="n04021030.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021031"/>
+    <heading>King Og Defeated</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And Moses sent to spy out <crossref let="e" cid="c04021032.1"/>Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021033"/>
+    <verse num="33">Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle <crossref let="f" cid="c04021033.1"/>at Edrei.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="g" cid="c04021034.1"/>But the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04021034.1" from="04021034.1" to="04021034.2"/>Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people, and his land. And <crossref let="h" cid="c04021034.2"/>you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.<q class="end-double" qid="04021034.2" from="04021034.1" to="04021034.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04021035"/>
+    <verse num="35">So they defeated him and his sons and all his people, until he had no survivor left. And they possessed his land.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022001"/>
+  <chapter num="22">
+    <heading>Balak Summons Balaam</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Then <crossref let="i" cid="c04022001.1"/>the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And <crossref let="j" cid="c04022002.1"/>Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And <crossref let="k" cid="c04022003.1"/>Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And Moab said to <crossref let="l" cid="c04022004.1"/>the elders of Midian, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022004.1" from="04022004.1" to="04022004.2"/>This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.<q class="end-double" qid="04022004.2" from="04022004.1" to="04022004.2"/> So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022005"/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="m" cid="c04022005.1"/>sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor <crossref let="n" cid="c04022005.2"/>at Pethor, which is near the River<note nid="n04022005.1"/> in the land of the people of Amaw,<note nid="n04022005.2"/> to call him, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022005.1" from="04022005.1" to="04022006.1"/>Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022006"/>
+    <verse num="6"><crossref let="o" cid="c04022006.1"/>Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.<q class="end-double" qid="04022006.1" from="04022005.1" to="04022006.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7">So the elders of Moab and <crossref let="l" cid="c04022007.1"/>the elders of Midian departed with <crossref let="p" cid="c04022007.2"/>the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak&apos;s message.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And he said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022008.1" from="04022008.1" to="04022008.2"/>Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> speaks to me.<q class="end-double" qid="04022008.2" from="04022008.1" to="04022008.2"/> So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022009"/>
+    <verse num="9"><crossref let="q" cid="c04022009.1"/>And God came to Balaam and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022009.1" from="04022009.1" to="04022009.2"/>Who are these men with you?<q class="end-double" qid="04022009.2" from="04022009.1" to="04022009.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And Balaam said to God, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022010.1" from="04022010.1" to="04022011.3"/>Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><q class="begin-single" qid="04022011.1" from="04022011.1" to="04022011.2"/>Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.<q class="end-single" qid="04022011.2" from="04022011.1" to="04022011.2"/><q class="end-double" qid="04022011.3" from="04022010.1" to="04022011.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022012"/>
+    <verse num="12">God said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022012.1" from="04022012.1" to="04022012.2"/>You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for <crossref let="r" cid="c04022012.1"/>they are blessed.<q class="end-double" qid="04022012.2" from="04022012.1" to="04022012.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022013"/>
+    <verse num="13">So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022013.1" from="04022013.1" to="04022013.2"/>Go to your own land, for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has refused to let me go with you.<q class="end-double" qid="04022013.2" from="04022013.1" to="04022013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022014"/>
+    <verse num="14">So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022014.1" from="04022014.1" to="04022014.2"/>Balaam refuses to come with us.<q class="end-double" qid="04022014.2" from="04022014.1" to="04022014.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And they came to Balaam and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022016.1" from="04022016.1" to="04022017.2"/>Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: <q class="begin-single" qid="04022016.2" from="04022016.2" to="04022017.1"/>Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="s" cid="c04022017.1"/>for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. <crossref let="t" cid="c04022017.2"/>Come, curse this people for me.<q class="end-single" qid="04022017.1" from="04022016.2" to="04022017.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="04022017.2" from="04022016.1" to="04022017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, <crossref let="u" cid="c04022018.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04022018.1" from="04022018.1" to="04022019.1"/>Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, <crossref let="v" cid="c04022018.2"/>I could not go beyond the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> my God to do less or more.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022019"/>
+    <verse num="19">So you, too, <crossref let="w" cid="c04022019.1"/>please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will say to me.<q class="end-double" qid="04022019.1" from="04022018.1" to="04022019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022020"/>
+    <verse num="20"><crossref let="q" cid="c04022020.1"/>And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022020.1" from="04022020.1" to="04022020.2"/>If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; <crossref let="x" cid="c04022020.2"/>but only do what I tell you.<q class="end-double" qid="04022020.2" from="04022020.1" to="04022020.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022021"/>
+    <verse num="21">So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022022"/>
+    <heading>Balaam&apos;s Donkey and the Angel</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22">But God&apos;s anger was kindled because he went, <crossref let="y" cid="c04022022.1"/>and the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> took his stand in the way <crossref let="z" cid="c04022022.2"/>as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And the donkey saw the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022024"/>
+    <verse num="24">Then the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And when the donkey saw the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam&apos;s foot against the wall. So he struck her again.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Then the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> went ahead and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022027"/>
+    <verse num="27">When the donkey saw the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam&apos;s anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="a" cid="c04022028.1"/>opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022028.1" from="04022028.1" to="04022028.2"/>What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?<q class="end-double" qid="04022028.2" from="04022028.1" to="04022028.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And Balaam said to the donkey, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022029.1" from="04022029.1" to="04022029.2"/>Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.<q class="end-double" qid="04022029.2" from="04022029.1" to="04022029.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And the donkey said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022030.1" from="04022030.1" to="04022030.2"/>Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?<q class="end-double" qid="04022030.2" from="04022030.1" to="04022030.2"/> And he said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022030.3" from="04022030.3" to="04022030.4"/>No.<q class="end-double" qid="04022030.4" from="04022030.3" to="04022030.4"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022031"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="31">Then the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="b" cid="c04022031.1"/>opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022032.1" from="04022032.1" to="04022033.1"/>Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out <crossref let="c" cid="c04022032.1"/>to oppose you because your way is perverse<note nid="n04022032.1"/> before me.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022033"/>
+    <verse num="33">The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live.<q class="end-double" qid="04022033.1" from="04022032.1" to="04022033.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022034"/>
+    <verse num="34">Then Balaam said to the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="d" cid="c04022034.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04022034.1" from="04022034.1" to="04022034.2"/>I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.<q class="end-double" qid="04022034.2" from="04022034.1" to="04022034.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And the angel of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022035.1" from="04022035.1" to="04022035.2"/>Go with the men, <crossref let="e" cid="c04022035.1"/>but speak only the word that I tell you.<q class="end-double" qid="04022035.2" from="04022035.1" to="04022035.2"/> So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022036"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="36">When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, <crossref let="f" cid="c04022036.1"/>on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And Balak said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022037.1" from="04022037.1" to="04022037.2"/>Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to <crossref let="g" cid="c04022037.1"/>honor you?<q class="end-double" qid="04022037.2" from="04022037.1" to="04022037.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022038"/>
+    <verse num="38">Balaam said to Balak, <q class="begin-double" qid="04022038.1" from="04022038.1" to="04022038.2"/>Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? <crossref let="h" cid="c04022038.1"/>The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.<q class="end-double" qid="04022038.2" from="04022038.1" to="04022038.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022039"/>
+    <verse num="39">Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04022041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41">And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023001"/>
+  <chapter num="23">
+    <heading>Balaam&apos;s First Oracle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">And Balaam said to Balak, <crossref let="i" cid="c04023001.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023001.1" from="04023001.1" to="04023001.2"/>Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.<q class="end-double" qid="04023001.2" from="04023001.1" to="04023001.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam <crossref let="j" cid="c04023002.1"/>offered on each altar a bull and a ram.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And Balaam said to Balak, <crossref let="k" cid="c04023003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023003.1" from="04023003.1" to="04023003.2"/>Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will come <crossref let="l" cid="c04023003.2"/>to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you.<q class="end-double" qid="04023003.2" from="04023003.1" to="04023003.2"/> And he went to a bare height,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><crossref let="m" cid="c04023004.1"/>and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023004.1" from="04023004.1" to="04023004.2"/>I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.<q class="end-double" qid="04023004.2" from="04023004.1" to="04023004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="n" cid="c04023005.1"/>put a word in Balaam&apos;s mouth and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023005.1" from="04023005.1" to="04023005.2"/>Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.<q class="end-double" qid="04023005.2" from="04023005.1" to="04023005.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And he returned to him, and behold, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And Balaam <crossref let="o" cid="c04023007.1"/>took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023007.1" from="04023007.1" to="04023010.1"/>From <crossref let="p" cid="c04023007.2"/>Aram Balak has brought me,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>the king of Moab <crossref let="q" cid="c04023007.3"/>from the eastern mountains:<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-single" qid="04023007.2" from="04023007.2" to="04023007.3"/>Come, <crossref let="r" cid="c04023007.4"/>curse Jacob for me,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and come, denounce Israel!<q class="end-single" qid="04023007.3" from="04023007.2" to="04023007.3"/><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023008"/>
+    <verse num="8">
+        <begin-line/>How can I curse whom God has not cursed?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>How can I denounce whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has not denounced?<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023009"/>
+    <verse num="9">
+        <begin-line/>For from the top of the crags <crossref let="s" cid="c04023009.1"/>I see him,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>from the hills I behold him;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>behold, <crossref let="t" cid="c04023009.2"/>a people dwelling alone,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="u" cid="c04023009.3"/>not counting itself among the nations!<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023010"/>
+    <verse num="10">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="v" cid="c04023010.1"/>Who can count the dust of Jacob<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>or number the fourth part<note nid="n04023010.1"/> of Israel?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>Let me die <crossref let="w" cid="c04023010.2"/>the death of the upright,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and let my end be like his!<q class="end-double" qid="04023010.1" from="04023007.1" to="04023010.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023011"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11">And Balak said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023011.1" from="04023011.1" to="04023011.2"/>What have you done to me? <crossref let="x" cid="c04023011.1"/>I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.<q class="end-double" qid="04023011.2" from="04023011.1" to="04023011.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And he answered and said, <crossref let="y" cid="c04023012.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023012.1" from="04023012.1" to="04023012.2"/>Must I not take care to speak what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> puts in my mouth?<q class="end-double" qid="04023012.2" from="04023012.1" to="04023012.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023013"/>
+    <heading>Balaam&apos;s Second Oracle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">And Balak said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023013.1" from="04023013.1" to="04023013.2"/>Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.<q class="end-double" qid="04023013.2" from="04023013.1" to="04023013.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, <crossref let="z" cid="c04023014.1"/>and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Balaam said to Balak, <crossref let="a" cid="c04023015.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023015.1" from="04023015.1" to="04023015.2"/>Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> over there.<q class="end-double" qid="04023015.2" from="04023015.1" to="04023015.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> met Balaam and <crossref let="b" cid="c04023016.1"/>put a word in his mouth and said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023016.1" from="04023016.1" to="04023016.2"/>Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.<q class="end-double" qid="04023016.2" from="04023016.1" to="04023016.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023017.1" from="04023017.1" to="04023017.2"/>What has the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoken?<q class="end-double" qid="04023017.2" from="04023017.1" to="04023017.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023018.1" from="04023018.1" to="04023024.1"/>Rise, Balak, and hear;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>give ear to me, O son of Zippor:<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023019"/>
+    <verse num="19">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="c" cid="c04023019.1"/>God is not man, that he should lie,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>or a son of man, that he should change his mind.<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>Has he said, and will he not do it?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023020"/>
+    <verse num="20">
+        <begin-line/>Behold, I received a command to bless:<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="d" cid="c04023020.1"/>he has blessed, and <crossref let="e" cid="c04023020.2"/>I cannot revoke it.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023021"/>
+    <verse num="21">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="f" cid="c04023021.1"/>He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>nor has he seen trouble in Israel.<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> their God is with them,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and the shout of a king is among them.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023022"/>
+    <verse num="22">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="g" cid="c04023022.1"/>God brings them out of Egypt<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and is for them like <crossref let="h" cid="c04023022.2"/>the horns of the wild ox.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023023"/>
+    <verse num="23">
+        <begin-line/>For there is no enchantment against Jacob,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>no <crossref let="i" cid="c04023023.1"/>divination against Israel;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="j" cid="c04023023.2"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04023023.1" from="04023023.1" to="04023023.2"/>What has God wrought!<q class="end-single" qid="04023023.2" from="04023023.1" to="04023023.2"/><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023024"/>
+    <verse num="24">
+        <begin-line/>Behold, a people! <crossref let="k" cid="c04023024.1"/>As a lioness it rises up<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and as a lion it lifts itself;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="l" cid="c04023024.2"/>it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and drunk the blood of the slain.<q class="end-double" qid="04023024.1" from="04023018.1" to="04023024.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">And Balak said to Balaam, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023025.1" from="04023025.1" to="04023025.2"/>Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.<q class="end-double" qid="04023025.2" from="04023025.1" to="04023025.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023026"/>
+    <verse num="26">But Balaam answered Balak, <q class="begin-double" qid="04023026.1" from="04023026.1" to="04023026.4"/>Did I not tell you, <crossref let="m" cid="c04023026.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04023026.2" from="04023026.2" to="04023026.3"/>All that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> says, that I must do<q class="end-single" qid="04023026.3" from="04023026.2" to="04023026.3"/>?<q class="end-double" qid="04023026.4" from="04023026.1" to="04023026.4"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And Balak said to Balaam, <crossref let="n" cid="c04023027.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023027.1" from="04023027.1" to="04023027.2"/>Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.<q class="end-double" qid="04023027.2" from="04023027.1" to="04023027.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023028"/>
+    <verse num="28">So Balak took Balaam to the top of <crossref let="o" cid="c04023028.1"/>Peor, which overlooks <crossref let="p" cid="c04023028.2"/>the desert.<note nid="n04023028.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And Balaam said to Balak, <crossref let="q" cid="c04023029.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04023029.1" from="04023029.1" to="04023029.2"/>Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.<q class="end-double" qid="04023029.2" from="04023029.1" to="04023029.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04023030"/>
+    <verse num="30"><crossref let="r" cid="c04023030.1"/>And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024001"/>
+  <chapter num="24">
+    <heading>Balaam&apos;s Third Oracle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">When Balaam saw that it pleased the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to bless Israel, he did not go, as at <crossref let="s" cid="c04024001.1"/>other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel <crossref let="t" cid="c04024002.1"/>camping tribe by tribe. And <crossref let="u" cid="c04024002.2"/>the Spirit of God came upon him,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024003"/>
+    <verse num="3">and he <crossref let="v" cid="c04024003.1"/>took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04024003.1" from="04024003.1" to="04024009.1"/>The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,<note nid="n04024003.1"/><end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024004"/>
+    <verse num="4">
+        <begin-line/>the oracle of him who hears the words of God,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>who sees the vision of the Almighty,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="w" cid="c04024004.1"/>falling down with his eyes uncovered:<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024005"/>
+    <verse num="5">
+        <begin-line/>How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>your encampments, O Israel!<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024006"/>
+    <verse num="6">
+        <begin-line/>Like palm groves<note nid="n04024006.1"/> that stretch afar,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>like gardens beside a river,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="x" cid="c04024006.1"/>like aloes <crossref let="y" cid="c04024006.2"/>that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has planted,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>like cedar trees beside the waters.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024007"/>
+    <verse num="7">
+        <begin-line/>Water shall flow from his buckets,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and his seed shall be <crossref let="z" cid="c04024007.1"/>in many waters;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>his king shall be higher than <crossref let="a" cid="c04024007.2"/>Agag,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="b" cid="c04024007.3"/>his kingdom shall be exalted.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024008"/>
+    <verse num="8">
+        <begin-line/>God brings him out of Egypt<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and is for him like the <crossref let="c" cid="c04024008.1"/>horns of the wild ox;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>he shall <crossref let="d" cid="c04024008.2"/>eat up the nations, his adversaries,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and shall <crossref let="e" cid="c04024008.3"/>break their bones in pieces<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="f" cid="c04024008.4"/>pierce them through with his arrows.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024009"/>
+    <verse num="9">
+        <begin-line/>He crouched, he lay down like a lion<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="g" cid="c04024009.1"/>like a lioness; who will rouse him up?<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="h" cid="c04024009.2"/>Blessed are those who bless you,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and cursed are those who curse you.<q class="end-double" qid="04024009.1" from="04024003.1" to="04024009.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And Balak&apos;s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he <crossref let="i" cid="c04024010.1"/>struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, <crossref let="j" cid="c04024010.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04024010.1" from="04024010.1" to="04024011.3"/>I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024011"/>
+    <verse num="11">Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, <crossref let="k" cid="c04024011.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04024011.1" from="04024011.1" to="04024011.2"/>I will certainly honor you,<q class="end-single" qid="04024011.2" from="04024011.1" to="04024011.2"/> but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has held you back from honor.<q class="end-double" qid="04024011.3" from="04024010.1" to="04024011.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And Balaam said to Balak, <q class="begin-double" qid="04024012.1" from="04024012.1" to="04024014.1"/>Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024013"/>
+    <verse num="13"><crossref let="l" cid="c04024013.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04024013.1" from="04024013.1" to="04024013.2"/>If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to do either good or bad <crossref let="m" cid="c04024013.2"/>of my own will. What the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> speaks, that will I speak<q class="end-single" qid="04024013.2" from="04024013.1" to="04024013.2"/>?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, <crossref let="n" cid="c04024014.1"/>I will let you know what this people will do to your people <crossref let="o" cid="c04024014.2"/>in the latter days.<q class="end-double" qid="04024014.1" from="04024012.1" to="04024014.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024015"/>
+    <heading>Balaam&apos;s Final Oracle</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15"><crossref let="p" cid="c04024015.1"/>And he took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04024015.1" from="04024015.1" to="04024019.1"/>The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024016"/>
+    <verse num="16">
+        <begin-line/>the oracle of him who hears the words of God,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and knows the knowledge of <crossref let="q" cid="c04024016.1"/>the Most High,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>who sees the vision of the Almighty,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="r" cid="c04024016.2"/>falling down with his eyes uncovered:<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024017"/>
+    <verse num="17">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="s" cid="c04024017.1"/>I see him, but not now;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>I behold him, but not near:<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="t" cid="c04024017.2"/>a star shall come out of Jacob,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and <crossref let="u" cid="c04024017.3"/>a scepter shall rise out of Israel;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>it shall <crossref let="v" cid="c04024017.4"/>crush the forehead<note nid="n04024017.1"/> of Moab<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and break down all the sons of Sheth.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024018"/>
+    <verse num="18">
+        <begin-line/><crossref let="w" cid="c04024018.1"/>Edom shall be dispossessed;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="x" cid="c04024018.2"/>Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed.<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>Israel is doing valiantly.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024019"/>
+    <verse num="19">
+        <begin-line/>And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and destroy the survivors of cities!<q class="end-double" qid="04024019.1" from="04024015.1" to="04024019.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20">Then he looked on Amalek and <crossref let="y" cid="c04024020.1"/>took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04024020.1" from="04024020.1" to="04024020.2"/>Amalek was the first among the nations,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/><crossref let="z" cid="c04024020.2"/>but its end is utter destruction.<q class="end-double" qid="04024020.2" from="04024020.1" to="04024020.2"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04024021.1" from="04024021.1" to="04024022.1"/>Enduring is your dwelling place,<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and your nest is set in the rock.<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024022"/>
+    <verse num="22">
+        <begin-line/>Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>when Asshur takes you away captive.<q class="end-double" qid="04024022.1" from="04024021.1" to="04024022.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">And he took up his discourse and said,
+      <end-paragraph/>
+      <begin-block-indent/>
+      <begin-paragraph class="line-group"/>
+        <begin-line/><q class="begin-double" qid="04024023.1" from="04024023.1" to="04024024.1"/>Alas, who shall live when God does this?<end-line class="br"/>
+    </verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024024"/>
+    <verse num="24">
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>But ships shall come from <crossref let="a" cid="c04024024.1"/>Kittim<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line/>and shall afflict Asshur and <crossref let="b" cid="c04024024.2"/>Eber;<end-line class="br"/>
+        <begin-line class="indent"/>and he too <crossref let="c" cid="c04024024.3"/>shall come to utter destruction.<q class="end-double" qid="04024024.1" from="04024023.1" to="04024024.1"/><end-line/>
+    </verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <end-block-indent/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04024025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">Then Balaam rose and <crossref let="d" cid="c04024025.1"/>went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025001"/>
+  <chapter num="25">
+    <heading>Baal Worship at Peor</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">While Israel lived in <crossref let="e" cid="c04025001.1"/>Shittim, <crossref let="f" cid="c04025001.2"/>the people began to whore with the daughters of Moab.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="g" cid="c04025002.1"/>These invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025003"/>
+    <verse num="3">So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And the anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was kindled against Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <crossref let="h" cid="c04025004.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04025004.1" from="04025004.1" to="04025004.2"/>Take all the chiefs of the people and <crossref let="i" cid="c04025004.2"/>hang<note nid="n04025004.1"/> them in the sun before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="j" cid="c04025004.3"/>that the fierce anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> may turn away from Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04025004.2" from="04025004.1" to="04025004.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And Moses said to <crossref let="k" cid="c04025005.1"/>the judges of Israel, <crossref let="l" cid="c04025005.2"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04025005.1" from="04025005.1" to="04025005.2"/>Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.<q class="end-double" qid="04025005.2" from="04025005.1" to="04025005.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were <crossref let="m" cid="c04025006.1"/>weeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="n" cid="c04025007.1"/>When Phinehas <crossref let="o" cid="c04025007.2"/>the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025008"/>
+    <verse num="8">and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Nevertheless, <crossref let="p" cid="c04025009.1"/>those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025010"/>
+    <heading>The Zeal of Phinehas</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><q class="begin-double" qid="04025011.1" from="04025011.1" to="04025013.2"/>Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he <crossref let="q" cid="c04025011.1"/>was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in <crossref let="r" cid="c04025011.2"/>my jealousy.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Therefore say, <crossref let="s" cid="c04025012.1"/><q class="begin-single" qid="04025012.1" from="04025012.1" to="04025013.1"/>Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025013"/>
+    <verse num="13">and it shall be to him and to <crossref let="t" cid="c04025013.1"/>his descendants after him the covenant of <crossref let="u" cid="c04025013.2"/>a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.<q class="end-single" qid="04025013.1" from="04025012.1" to="04025013.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="04025013.2" from="04025011.1" to="04025013.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025014"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="14">The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, chief of a father&apos;s house belonging to the Simeonites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of <crossref let="v" cid="c04025015.1"/>Zur, who was the tribal head of a father&apos;s house in Midian.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="w" cid="c04025017.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04025017.1" from="04025017.1" to="04025018.1"/>Harass the Midianites and strike them down,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04025018"/>
+    <verse num="18">for they have harassed you with their <crossref let="x" cid="c04025018.1"/>wiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of <crossref let="y" cid="c04025018.2"/>Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.<q class="end-double" qid="04025018.1" from="04025017.1" to="04025018.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026001"/>
+  <chapter num="26">
+    <heading>Census of the New Generation</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><crossref let="z" cid="c04026001.1"/>After the plague, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="a" cid="c04026002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04026002.1" from="04026002.1" to="04026002.2"/>Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers&apos; houses, all in Israel who are able to go to war.<q class="end-double" qid="04026002.2" from="04026002.1" to="04026002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026003"/>
+    <verse num="3">And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them <crossref let="b" cid="c04026003.1"/>in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026004"/>
+    <verse num="4"><q class="begin-double" qid="04026004.1" from="04026004.1" to="04026004.2"/>Take a census of the people,<note nid="n04026004.1"/> from twenty years old and upward,<q class="end-double" qid="04026004.2" from="04026004.1" to="04026004.2"/> as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="c" cid="c04026004.1"/>commanded Moses. The people of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were:</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5"><crossref let="d" cid="c04026005.1"/>Reuben, the firstborn of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the clan of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the clan of the Palluites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026006"/>
+    <verse num="6">of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the clan of the Carmites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026007"/>
+    <verse num="7">These are the clans of the Reubenites, and those listed were <crossref let="e" cid="c04026007.1"/>43,730.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And the sons of Pallu: Eliab.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026009"/>
+    <verse num="9">The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram, <crossref let="f" cid="c04026009.1"/>chosen from the congregation, who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026010"/>
+    <verse num="10">and <crossref let="g" cid="c04026010.1"/>the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured 250 men, and <crossref let="h" cid="c04026010.2"/>they became a warning.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026011"/>
+    <verse num="11">But <crossref let="i" cid="c04026011.1"/>the sons of Korah did not die.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026012"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">The sons of <crossref let="j" cid="c04026012.1"/>Simeon according to their clans: of Nemuel, the clan of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the clan of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the clan of the Jachinites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026013"/>
+    <verse num="13">of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the clan of the Shaulites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026014"/>
+    <verse num="14">These are the clans of the Simeonites, <crossref let="k" cid="c04026014.1"/>22,200.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026015"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="15">The sons of <crossref let="l" cid="c04026015.1"/>Gad according to their clans: of Zephon, the clan of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the clan of the Haggites; of Shuni, the clan of the Shunites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026016"/>
+    <verse num="16">of Ozni, the clan of the Oznites; of Eri, the clan of the Erites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026017"/>
+    <verse num="17">of Arod, the clan of the Arodites; of Areli, the clan of the Arelites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026018"/>
+    <verse num="18">These are the clans of the sons of Gad as they were listed, <crossref let="m" cid="c04026018.1"/>40,500.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026019"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="19">The sons of <crossref let="n" cid="c04026019.1"/>Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And the sons of Judah according to their clans were: of Shelah, the clan of the Shelanites; of Perez, the clan of the Perezites; of Zerah, the clan of the Zerahites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the clan of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the clan of the Hamulites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026022"/>
+    <verse num="22">These are the clans of Judah as they were listed, <crossref let="o" cid="c04026022.1"/>76,500.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23">The sons of <crossref let="p" cid="c04026023.1"/>Issachar according to their clans: of Tola, the clan of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the clan of the Punites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026024"/>
+    <verse num="24">of Jashub, the clan of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the clan of the Shimronites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026025"/>
+    <verse num="25">These are the clans of Issachar as they were listed, <crossref let="q" cid="c04026025.1"/>64,300.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26">The sons of <crossref let="r" cid="c04026026.1"/>Zebulun, according to their clans: of Sered, the clan of the Seredites; of Elon, the clan of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the clan of the Jahleelites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026027"/>
+    <verse num="27">These are the clans of the Zebulunites as they were listed, <crossref let="s" cid="c04026027.1"/>60,500.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">The sons of <crossref let="t" cid="c04026028.1"/>Joseph according to their clans: Manasseh and Ephraim.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026029"/>
+    <verse num="29"><crossref let="u" cid="c04026029.1"/>The sons of Manasseh: of <crossref let="v" cid="c04026029.2"/>Machir, the clan of the Machirites; and Machir was the father of Gilead; <crossref let="w" cid="c04026029.3"/>of Gilead, the clan of the Gileadites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026030"/>
+    <verse num="30">These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the clan of the Iezerites; of Helek, the clan of the Helekites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026031"/>
+    <verse num="31">and of Asriel, the clan of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the clan of the Shechemites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026032"/>
+    <verse num="32">and of Shemida, the clan of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the clan of the Hepherites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026033"/>
+    <verse num="33">Now <crossref let="x" cid="c04026033.1"/>Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters. And the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026034"/>
+    <verse num="34">These are the clans of Manasseh, and those listed were <crossref let="y" cid="c04026034.1"/>52,700.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026035"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35">These are the sons of Ephraim according to their clans: of Shuthelah, the clan of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the clan of the Becherites; of Tahan, the clan of the Tahanites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the clan of the Eranites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026037"/>
+    <verse num="37">These are the clans of the sons of Ephraim as they were listed, <crossref let="z" cid="c04026037.1"/>32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their clans.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">The sons of <crossref let="a" cid="c04026038.1"/>Benjamin according to their clans: of Bela, the clan of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the clan of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the clan of the Ahiramites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026039"/>
+    <verse num="39">of Shephupham, the clan of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the clan of the Huphamites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the clan of the Ardites; of Naaman, the clan of the Naamites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026041"/>
+    <verse num="41">These are the sons of Benjamin according to their clans, and those listed were <crossref let="b" cid="c04026041.1"/>45,600.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026042"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="42">These are the sons of <crossref let="c" cid="c04026042.1"/>Dan according to their clans: of Shuham, the clan of the Shuhamites. These are the clans of Dan according to their clans.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026043"/>
+    <verse num="43">All the clans of the Shuhamites, as they were listed, were <crossref let="d" cid="c04026043.1"/>64,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026044"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="44">The sons of <crossref let="e" cid="c04026044.1"/>Asher according to their clans: of Imnah, the clan of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the clan of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the clan of the Beriites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026045"/>
+    <verse num="45">Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the clan of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the clan of the Malchielites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026047"/>
+    <verse num="47">These are the clans of the sons of Asher as they were listed, <crossref let="f" cid="c04026047.1"/>53,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026048"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="48">The sons of <crossref let="g" cid="c04026048.1"/>Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026049"/>
+    <verse num="49">of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026050"/>
+    <verse num="50">These are the clans of Naphtali according to their clans, and those listed were <crossref let="h" cid="c04026050.1"/>45,400.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026051"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="51">This was the list of the people of Israel, <crossref let="i" cid="c04026051.1"/>601,730.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026052"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="52">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026053"/>
+    <verse num="53"><crossref let="j" cid="c04026053.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04026053.1" from="04026053.1" to="04026056.1"/>Among these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026054"/>
+    <verse num="54"><crossref let="k" cid="c04026054.1"/>To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance; every tribe shall be given its inheritance in proportion to its list.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026055"/>
+    <verse num="55">But the land shall be <crossref let="l" cid="c04026055.1"/>divided by lot. According to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026056"/>
+    <verse num="56">Their inheritance shall be divided according to lot between the larger and the smaller.<q class="end-double" qid="04026056.1" from="04026053.1" to="04026056.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026057"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="57"><crossref let="m" cid="c04026057.1"/>This was the list of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites; of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026058"/>
+    <verse num="58">These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites, the clan of the Hebronites, the clan of the Mahlites, the clan of the Mushites, the clan of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026059"/>
+    <verse num="59">The name of Amram&apos;s wife was <crossref let="n" cid="c04026059.1"/>Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses and Miriam their sister.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026060"/>
+    <verse num="60"><crossref let="o" cid="c04026060.1"/>And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026061"/>
+    <verse num="61"><crossref let="p" cid="c04026061.1"/>But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unauthorized fire before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026062"/>
+    <verse num="62">And those listed were <crossref let="q" cid="c04026062.1"/>23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For <crossref let="r" cid="c04026062.2"/>they were not listed among the people of Israel, because <crossref let="s" cid="c04026062.3"/>there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026063"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="63">These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who listed the people of Israel <crossref let="t" cid="c04026063.1"/>in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026064"/>
+    <verse num="64"><crossref let="u" cid="c04026064.1"/>But among these there was not one of those listed by Moses and Aaron the priest, who had listed the people of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04026065"/>
+    <verse num="65">For the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had said of them, <crossref let="v" cid="c04026065.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04026065.1" from="04026065.1" to="04026065.2"/>They shall die in the wilderness.<q class="end-double" qid="04026065.2" from="04026065.1" to="04026065.2"/> Not one of them was left, <crossref let="w" cid="c04026065.2"/>except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027001"/>
+  <chapter num="27">
+    <heading>The Daughters of Zelophehad</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Then drew near the daughters of <crossref let="x" cid="c04027001.1"/>Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027002"/>
+    <verse num="2">And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the chiefs and all the congregation, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><q class="begin-double" qid="04027003.1" from="04027003.1" to="04027004.1"/>Our father <crossref let="y" cid="c04027003.1"/>died in the wilderness. He was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> <crossref let="z" cid="c04027003.2"/>in the company of Korah, but <crossref let="a" cid="c04027003.3"/>died for his own sin. And he had no sons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027004"/>
+    <verse num="4">Why should the name of our father be taken away from his clan because he had no son? <crossref let="b" cid="c04027004.1"/>Give to us a possession among our father&apos;s brothers.<q class="end-double" qid="04027004.1" from="04027003.1" to="04027004.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">Moses <crossref let="c" cid="c04027005.1"/>brought their case before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027007"/>
+    <verse num="7"><q class="begin-double" qid="04027007.1" from="04027007.1" to="04027011.2"/>The daughters of Zelophehad <crossref let="d" cid="c04027007.1"/>are right. <crossref let="e" cid="c04027007.2"/>You shall give them possession of an inheritance among their father&apos;s brothers and transfer the inheritance of their father to them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And you shall speak to the people of Israel, saying, <q class="begin-single" qid="04027008.1" from="04027008.1" to="04027011.1"/>If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father&apos;s brothers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to the nearest <crossref let="f" cid="c04027011.1"/>kinsman of his clan, and he shall possess it. And it shall be for the people of Israel <crossref let="g" cid="c04027011.2"/>a statute and rule, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.<q class="end-single" qid="04027011.1" from="04027008.1" to="04027011.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="04027011.2" from="04027007.1" to="04027011.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027012"/>
+    <heading>Joshua to Succeed Moses</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04027012.1" from="04027012.1" to="04027014.1"/>Go up into <crossref let="h" cid="c04027012.1"/>this mountain of Abarim and see the land that I have given to the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027013"/>
+    <verse num="13">When you have seen it, you also <crossref let="i" cid="c04027013.1"/>shall be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron was,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="j" cid="c04027014.1"/>because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin when the congregation quarreled, failing <crossref let="k" cid="c04027014.2"/>to uphold me as holy at the waters before their eyes.<q class="end-double" qid="04027014.1" from="04027012.1" to="04027014.1"/> (These are <crossref let="l" cid="c04027014.3"/>the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Moses spoke to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027016"/>
+    <verse num="16"><q class="begin-double" qid="04027016.1" from="04027016.1" to="04027017.1"/>Let the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <crossref let="m" cid="c04027016.1"/>the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027017"/>
+    <verse num="17">who <crossref let="n" cid="c04027017.1"/>shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> may not be <crossref let="o" cid="c04027017.2"/>as sheep that have no shepherd.<q class="end-double" qid="04027017.1" from="04027016.1" to="04027017.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027018"/>
+    <verse num="18">So the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04027018.1" from="04027018.1" to="04027021.1"/>Take <crossref let="p" cid="c04027018.1"/>Joshua the son of Nun, a man <crossref let="q" cid="c04027018.2"/>in whom is the Spirit, and <crossref let="r" cid="c04027018.3"/>lay your hand on him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027019"/>
+    <verse num="19">Make him stand before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, and you shall <crossref let="s" cid="c04027019.1"/>commission him in their sight.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027020"/>
+    <verse num="20">You shall invest him with some of your authority, <crossref let="t" cid="c04027020.1"/>that all the congregation of the people of Israel may obey.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him <crossref let="u" cid="c04027021.1"/>by the judgment of the Urim before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.<q class="end-double" qid="04027021.1" from="04027018.1" to="04027021.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And Moses did as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded him. He took Joshua and made him stand before Eleazar the priest and the whole congregation,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04027023"/>
+    <verse num="23">and he laid his hands on him and <crossref let="s" cid="c04027023.1"/>commissioned him as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> directed through Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028001"/>
+  <chapter num="28">
+    <heading>Daily Offerings</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04028002.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>Command the people of Israel and say to them, <q class="begin-single" qid="04028002.2" from="04028002.2" to="04028002.3"/>My offering, <crossref let="v" cid="c04028002.1"/>my food for my food offerings, my <crossref let="w" cid="c04028002.2"/>pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to offer to me at its appointed time.<q class="end-single" qid="04028002.3" from="04028002.2" to="04028002.3"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="x" cid="c04028003.1"/>And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028004"/>
+    <verse num="4">The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028005"/>
+    <verse num="5">also <crossref let="y" cid="c04028005.1"/>a tenth of an ephah<note nid="n04028005.1"/> of fine flour for <crossref let="z" cid="c04028005.2"/>a grain offering, mixed <crossref let="a" cid="c04028005.3"/>with a quarter of a hin<note nid="n04028005.2"/> of beaten oil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028006"/>
+    <verse num="6">It is a <crossref let="b" cid="c04028006.1"/>regular burnt offering, which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Its drink offering shall be a quarter of a hin for each lamb. In the Holy Place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028008"/>
+    <verse num="8">The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028009"/>
+    <heading>Sabbath Offerings</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9"><q class="continue-double" qid="04028009.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028010"/>
+    <verse num="10">this is <crossref let="c" cid="c04028010.1"/>the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028011"/>
+    <heading>Monthly Offerings</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="d" cid="c04028011.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04028011.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028012"/>
+    <verse num="12">also <crossref let="e" cid="c04028012.1"/>three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull, and two tenths of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028013"/>
+    <verse num="13">and a tenth of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for every lamb; for a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028014"/>
+    <verse num="14">Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third of a hin for a ram, and a quarter of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Also <crossref let="f" cid="c04028015.1"/>one male goat for a sin offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028016"/>
+    <heading>Passover Offerings</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="g" cid="c04028016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04028016.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the fourteenth day of the first month is the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s Passover,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><crossref let="h" cid="c04028017.1"/>and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="i" cid="c04028018.1"/>On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028019"/>
+    <verse num="19">but offer a food offering, a burnt offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; <crossref let="j" cid="c04028019.1"/>see that they are without blemish;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028020"/>
+    <verse num="20">also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; three tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two tenths for a ram;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028021"/>
+    <verse num="21">a tenth shall you offer for each of the seven lambs;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028022"/>
+    <verse num="22">also <crossref let="k" cid="c04028022.1"/>one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028023"/>
+    <verse num="23">You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a regular burnt offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028024"/>
+    <verse num="24">In the same way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>. It shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And <crossref let="l" cid="c04028025.1"/>on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028026"/>
+    <heading>Offerings for the Feast of Weeks</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26"><q class="continue-double" qid="04028026.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On <crossref let="m" cid="c04028026.1"/>the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028027"/>
+    <verse num="27">but offer a burnt offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: <crossref let="n" cid="c04028027.1"/>two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028028"/>
+    <verse num="28">also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each bull, two tenths for one ram,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028029"/>
+    <verse num="29">a tenth for each of the seven lambs;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028030"/>
+    <verse num="30">with <crossref let="o" cid="c04028030.1"/>one male goat, to make atonement for you.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04028031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall offer them and their drink offering. <crossref let="p" cid="c04028031.1"/>See that they are without blemish.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029001"/>
+  <chapter num="29">
+    <heading>Offerings for the Feast of Trumpets</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029001.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. <crossref let="q" cid="c04029001.1"/>It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029002"/>
+    <verse num="2">and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029003"/>
+    <verse num="3">also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah<note nid="n04029003.1"/> for the bull, two tenths for the ram,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029004"/>
+    <verse num="4">and one tenth for each of the seven lambs;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029005"/>
+    <verse num="5">with <crossref let="o" cid="c04029005.1"/>one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029006"/>
+    <verse num="6">besides <crossref let="r" cid="c04029006.1"/>the burnt offering of the new moon, and its grain offering, and <crossref let="s" cid="c04029006.2"/>the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offering, according to the rule for them, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029007"/>
+    <heading>Offerings for the Day of Atonement</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7"><crossref let="t" cid="c04029007.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04029007.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation and <crossref let="u" cid="c04029007.2"/>afflict yourselves.<note nid="n04029007.1"/> You shall do no work,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029008"/>
+    <verse num="8">but you shall offer a burnt offering to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, a pleasing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old: <crossref let="v" cid="c04029008.1"/>see that they are without blemish.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bull, two tenths for the one ram,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029010"/>
+    <verse num="10">a tenth for each of the seven lambs:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029011"/>
+    <verse num="11">also <crossref let="w" cid="c04029011.1"/>one male goat for a sin offering, besides <crossref let="x" cid="c04029011.2"/>the sin offering of atonement, and the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029012"/>
+    <heading>Offerings for the Feast of Booths</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="12"><crossref let="y" cid="c04029012.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04029012.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> seven days.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And <crossref let="z" cid="c04029013.1"/>you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, thirteen bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029014"/>
+    <verse num="14">and their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two tenths for each of the two rams,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029015"/>
+    <verse num="15">and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029016"/>
+    <verse num="16">also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029017"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="17"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029017.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the second day twelve bulls from the herd, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029018"/>
+    <verse num="18">with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, <crossref let="a" cid="c04029018.1"/>in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029019"/>
+    <verse num="19">also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029020"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="20"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029020.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029021"/>
+    <verse num="21">with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029022"/>
+    <verse num="22">also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029023"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="23"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029023.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029024"/>
+    <verse num="24">with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029025"/>
+    <verse num="25">also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029026"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="26"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029026.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029027"/>
+    <verse num="27">with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029028"/>
+    <verse num="28">also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029029"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="29"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029029.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029030"/>
+    <verse num="30">with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029031"/>
+    <verse num="31">also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offerings.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029032"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029032.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029033"/>
+    <verse num="33">with the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029034"/>
+    <verse num="34">also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029035"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="35"><crossref let="b" cid="c04029035.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04029035.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>On the eighth day you shall have a <crossref let="c" cid="c04029035.2"/>solemn assembly. You shall not do any ordinary work,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029036"/>
+    <verse num="36">but you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029037"/>
+    <verse num="37">and the grain offering and the drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, in the prescribed quantities;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029038"/>
+    <verse num="38">also one male goat for a sin offering; besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029039"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="39"><q class="continue-double" qid="04029039.1" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/>These you shall offer to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> at your <crossref let="d" cid="c04029039.1"/>appointed feasts, in addition to your <crossref let="e" cid="c04029039.2"/>vow offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your grain offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.<q class="end-double" qid="04029039.2" from="04028002.1" to="04029039.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04029040"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40"><note nid="n04029040.1"/> So Moses told the people of Israel everything just as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030001"/>
+  <chapter num="30">
+    <heading>Men and Vows</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Moses spoke to <crossref let="f" cid="c04030001.1"/>the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="04030001.1" from="04030001.1" to="04030015.1"/>This is what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="g" cid="c04030002.1"/>If a man vows a vow to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, or <crossref let="h" cid="c04030002.2"/>swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. <crossref let="i" cid="c04030002.3"/>He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030003"/>
+    <heading>Women and Vows</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="3"><q class="continue-double" qid="04030003.1" from="04030001.1" to="04030015.1"/>If a woman vows a vow to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father&apos;s house in her youth,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030004"/>
+    <verse num="4">and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030005"/>
+    <verse num="5">But if her father opposes her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will forgive her, because her father opposed her.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="continue-double" qid="04030006.1" from="04030001.1" to="04030015.1"/>If she marries a husband, while under her <crossref let="j" cid="c04030006.1"/>vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030007"/>
+    <verse num="7">and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030008"/>
+    <verse num="8">But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her <crossref let="j" cid="c04030008.1"/>vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. <crossref let="k" cid="c04030008.2"/>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will forgive her.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030009"/>
+    <verse num="9">(But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.)</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And if she vowed in her husband&apos;s house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030011"/>
+    <verse num="11">and her husband heard of it and said nothing to her and did not oppose her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she bound herself shall stand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030012"/>
+    <verse num="12">But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and <crossref let="l" cid="c04030012.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will forgive her.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030013"/>
+    <verse num="13">Any vow and any binding oath to afflict herself,<note nid="n04030013.1"/> her husband may establish,<note nid="n04030013.2"/> or her husband may make void.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030014"/>
+    <verse num="14">But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her pledges that are upon her. He has established them, because he said nothing to her on the day that he heard of them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030015"/>
+    <verse num="15">But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then <crossref let="m" cid="c04030015.1"/>he shall bear her iniquity.<q class="end-double" qid="04030015.1" from="04030001.1" to="04030015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04030016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">These are the statutes that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses about a man and his wife and about a father and his daughter while she is in her youth within her father&apos;s house.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031001"/>
+  <chapter num="31">
+    <heading>Vengeance on Midian</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="n" cid="c04031002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04031002.1" from="04031002.1" to="04031002.2"/>Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall <crossref let="o" cid="c04031002.2"/>be gathered to your people.<q class="end-double" qid="04031002.2" from="04031002.1" to="04031002.2"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031003"/>
+    <verse num="3">So Moses spoke to the people, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="04031003.1" from="04031003.1" to="04031004.1"/>Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s vengeance on Midian.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031004"/>
+    <verse num="4">You shall send a thousand from each of the tribes of Israel to the war.<q class="end-double" qid="04031004.1" from="04031003.1" to="04031004.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031005"/>
+    <verse num="5">So there were provided, out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand <crossref let="p" cid="c04031005.1"/>armed for war.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and <crossref let="q" cid="c04031006.1"/>the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031007"/>
+    <verse num="7">They warred against Midian, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses, and <crossref let="r" cid="c04031007.1"/>killed every male.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031008"/>
+    <verse num="8">They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, <crossref let="s" cid="c04031008.1"/>Evi, Rekem, <crossref let="t" cid="c04031008.2"/>Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed <crossref let="u" cid="c04031008.3"/>Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031010"/>
+    <verse num="10">All their cities in the places where they lived, and all their <crossref let="v" cid="c04031010.1"/>encampments, they burned with fire,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="w" cid="c04031011.1"/>and took all the spoil and all the plunder, both of man and of beast.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031012"/>
+    <verse num="12">Then they brought the captives and the plunder and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the people of Israel, at the camp on <crossref let="x" cid="c04031012.1"/>the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the chiefs of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And Moses was angry with <crossref let="y" cid="c04031014.1"/>the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031015"/>
+    <verse num="15">Moses said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04031015.1" from="04031015.1" to="04031020.1"/>Have you <crossref let="z" cid="c04031015.1"/>let all the women live?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031016"/>
+    <verse num="16">Behold, <crossref let="a" cid="c04031016.1"/>these, <crossref let="b" cid="c04031016.2"/>on Balaam&apos;s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> in the incident of <crossref let="c" cid="c04031016.3"/>Peor, and so <crossref let="d" cid="c04031016.4"/>the plague came among the congregation of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031017"/>
+    <verse num="17">Now therefore, <crossref let="e" cid="c04031017.1"/>kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031018"/>
+    <verse num="18">But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him <crossref let="f" cid="c04031018.1"/>keep alive for yourselves.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="g" cid="c04031019.1"/>Encamp outside the camp seven days. Whoever of you has killed any person and <crossref let="h" cid="c04031019.2"/>whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031020"/>
+    <verse num="20">You shall purify every garment, every article of skin, all work of goats&apos; hair, and every article of wood.<q class="end-double" qid="04031020.1" from="04031015.1" to="04031020.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031021"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="21">Then Eleazar the priest said to the men in the army who had gone to battle: <q class="begin-double" qid="04031021.1" from="04031021.1" to="04031024.1"/>This is the statute of the law that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded Moses:</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031022"/>
+    <verse num="22">only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031023"/>
+    <verse num="23">everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless, it shall also be purified <crossref let="i" cid="c04031023.1"/>with the water for impurity. And whatever cannot stand the fire, you shall pass through the water.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031024"/>
+    <verse num="24">You must <crossref let="j" cid="c04031024.1"/>wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean. And afterward you may come into the camp.<q class="end-double" qid="04031024.1" from="04031021.1" to="04031024.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031025"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="25">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><q class="begin-double" qid="04031026.1" from="04031026.1" to="04031030.1"/>Take the count of the plunder that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers&apos; houses of the congregation,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031027"/>
+    <verse num="27">and <crossref let="k" cid="c04031027.1"/>divide the plunder into two parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And levy for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> a tribute from the men of war who went out to battle, <crossref let="l" cid="c04031028.1"/>one out of five hundred, of the people and of the oxen and of the donkeys and of the flocks.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031029"/>
+    <verse num="29">Take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest as a contribution to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And from the people of Israel&apos;s half you shall take <crossref let="m" cid="c04031030.1"/>one drawn out of every fifty, of the people, of the oxen, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all the cattle, and give them to the Levites <crossref let="n" cid="c04031030.2"/>who keep guard over the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="04031030.1" from="04031026.1" to="04031030.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031032"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="32">Now the plunder remaining of the spoil that the army took was 675,000 sheep,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031033"/>
+    <verse num="33">72,000 cattle,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031034"/>
+    <verse num="34">61,000 donkeys,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031035"/>
+    <verse num="35">and 32,000 persons in all, women who had not known man by lying with him.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And the half, the portion of those who had gone out in the army, numbered 337,500 sheep,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031037"/>
+    <verse num="37">and <crossref let="o" cid="c04031037.1"/>the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s tribute of sheep was 675.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031038"/>
+    <verse num="38">The cattle were 36,000, of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s tribute was 72.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031039"/>
+    <verse num="39">The donkeys were 30,500, of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s tribute was 61.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031040"/>
+    <verse num="40">The persons were 16,000, of which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s tribute was 32 persons.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031041"/>
+    <verse num="41">And Moses gave the tribute, which was the contribution for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, to Eleazar the priest, <crossref let="p" cid="c04031041.1"/>as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031042"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="42">From the people of Israel&apos;s half, which Moses separated from that of the men who had served in the army&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031043"/>
+    <verse num="43">now the congregation&apos;s half was 337,500 sheep,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031044"/>
+    <verse num="44">36,000 cattle,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031045"/>
+    <verse num="45">and 30,500 donkeys,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031046"/>
+    <verse num="46">and 16,000 persons&emdash;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031047"/>
+    <verse num="47"><crossref let="q" cid="c04031047.1"/>from the people of Israel&apos;s half Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites who kept guard over the tabernacle of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031048"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="48">Then <crossref let="r" cid="c04031048.1"/>the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, came near to Moses</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031049"/>
+    <verse num="49">and said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04031049.1" from="04031049.1" to="04031050.1"/>Your servants have counted the men of war who are under our command, and there is not a man missing from us.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031050"/>
+    <verse num="50">And we have brought the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s offering, what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and beads, <crossref let="s" cid="c04031050.1"/>to make atonement for ourselves before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-double" qid="04031050.1" from="04031049.1" to="04031050.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031051"/>
+    <verse num="51">And Moses and Eleazar the priest received from them the gold, all crafted articles.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031052"/>
+    <verse num="52">And all the gold of the contribution that they presented to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, was 16,750 shekels.<note nid="n04031052.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031053"/>
+    <verse num="53"><crossref let="t" cid="c04031053.1"/>(The men in the army had each taken plunder for himself.)</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04031054"/>
+    <verse num="54">And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, <crossref let="u" cid="c04031054.1"/>as a memorial for the people of Israel before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032001"/>
+  <chapter num="32">
+    <heading>Reuben and Gad Settle in Gilead</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">Now the people of Reuben and the people of Gad had a very great number of livestock. And they saw the land of <crossref let="v" cid="c04032001.1"/>Jazer and the land of Gilead, and behold, the place was a place for livestock.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032002"/>
+    <verse num="2">So the people of Gad and the people of Reuben came and said to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the chiefs of the congregation,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="w" cid="c04032003.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04032003.1" from="04032003.1" to="04032004.1"/>Ataroth, <crossref let="x" cid="c04032003.2"/>Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, <crossref let="y" cid="c04032003.3"/>Nebo, and Beon,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032004"/>
+    <verse num="4">the land <crossref let="z" cid="c04032004.1"/>that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> struck down before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.<q class="end-double" qid="04032004.1" from="04032003.1" to="04032004.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And they said, <q class="begin-double" qid="04032005.1" from="04032005.1" to="04032005.2"/>If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us across the Jordan.<q class="end-double" qid="04032005.2" from="04032005.1" to="04032005.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6">But Moses said to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben, <q class="begin-double" qid="04032006.1" from="04032006.1" to="04032015.1"/>Shall your brothers go to the war while you sit here?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032007"/>
+    <verse num="7">Why will you discourage the heart of the people of Israel from going over into the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has given them?</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032008"/>
+    <verse num="8">Your fathers did this, <crossref let="a" cid="c04032008.1"/>when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032009"/>
+    <verse num="9">For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the people of Israel from going into the land that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had given them.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><crossref let="b" cid="c04032010.1"/>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s anger was kindled on that day, and he swore, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><q class="begin-single" qid="04032011.1" from="04032011.1" to="04032012.1"/>Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, <crossref let="c" cid="c04032011.1"/>from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to give <crossref let="d" cid="c04032011.2"/>to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed me,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032012"/>
+    <verse num="12">none except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the <crossref let="e" cid="c04032012.1"/>Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for <crossref let="f" cid="c04032012.2"/>they have wholly followed the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.<q class="end-single" qid="04032012.1" from="04032011.1" to="04032012.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>&apos;s anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them <crossref let="g" cid="c04032013.1"/>wander in the wilderness forty years, until <crossref let="h" cid="c04032013.2"/>all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> was gone.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And behold, you have risen in your fathers&apos; place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> against Israel!</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032015"/>
+    <verse num="15">For if you <crossref let="i" cid="c04032015.1"/>turn away from following him, he will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people.<q class="end-double" qid="04032015.1" from="04032006.1" to="04032015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">Then they came near to him and said, <crossref let="j" cid="c04032016.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04032016.1" from="04032016.1" to="04032019.1"/>We will build sheepfolds here for our livestock, and cities for our little ones,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032017"/>
+    <verse num="17">but <crossref let="k" cid="c04032017.1"/>we will take up arms, ready to go before the people of Israel, until we have brought them to their place. And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032018"/>
+    <verse num="18"><crossref let="l" cid="c04032018.1"/>We will not return to our homes until each of the people of Israel has gained his inheritance.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032019"/>
+    <verse num="19">For we will not inherit with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, <crossref let="m" cid="c04032019.1"/>because our inheritance has come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east.<q class="end-double" qid="04032019.1" from="04032016.1" to="04032019.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032020"/>
+    <verse num="20">So <crossref let="n" cid="c04032020.1"/>Moses said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04032020.1" from="04032020.1" to="04032024.1"/>If you will do this, if you will take up arms to go before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for the war,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032021"/>
+    <verse num="21">and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, until he has <crossref let="o" cid="c04032021.1"/>driven out his enemies from before him</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032022"/>
+    <verse num="22">and the land is subdued before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>; then after that you shall return and be free of obligation to the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and to Israel, and <crossref let="p" cid="c04032022.1"/>this land shall be your possession before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032023"/>
+    <verse num="23">But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and <crossref let="q" cid="c04032023.1"/>be sure your sin will find you out.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032024"/>
+    <verse num="24"><crossref let="r" cid="c04032024.1"/>Build cities for your little ones and folds for your sheep, and do what you have promised.<q class="end-double" qid="04032024.1" from="04032020.1" to="04032024.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben said to Moses, <q class="begin-double" qid="04032025.1" from="04032025.1" to="04032027.1"/>Your servants will do as my lord commands.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032026"/>
+    <verse num="26"><crossref let="s" cid="c04032026.1"/>Our little ones, our wives, our livestock, and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032027"/>
+    <verse num="27"><crossref let="t" cid="c04032027.1"/>but your servants will pass over, every man who is <crossref let="u" cid="c04032027.2"/>armed for war, before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to battle, as my lord orders.<q class="end-double" qid="04032027.1" from="04032025.1" to="04032027.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032028"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="28">So <crossref let="v" cid="c04032028.1"/>Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and to <crossref let="w" cid="c04032028.2"/>Joshua the son of Nun and to the heads of the fathers&apos; houses of the tribes of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And Moses said to them, <q class="begin-double" qid="04032029.1" from="04032029.1" to="04032030.1"/>If the people of Gad and the people of Reuben, every man who is armed to battle before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, will pass with you over the Jordan and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032030"/>
+    <verse num="30">However, if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.<q class="end-double" qid="04032030.1" from="04032029.1" to="04032030.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And the people of Gad and the people of Reuben answered, <q class="begin-double" qid="04032031.1" from="04032031.1" to="04032032.1"/>What the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has said to your servants, we will do.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032032"/>
+    <verse num="32">We will pass over armed before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us beyond the Jordan.<q class="end-double" qid="04032032.1" from="04032031.1" to="04032032.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032033"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="33">And <crossref let="x" cid="c04032033.1"/>Moses gave to them, to the people of Gad and to the people of Reuben and to the half-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 and its cities with their territories, the cities of the land throughout the country.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And the people of Gad built <crossref let="y" cid="c04032034.1"/>Dibon, <crossref let="z" cid="c04032034.2"/>Ataroth, <crossref let="a" cid="c04032034.3"/>Aroer,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032035"/>
+    <verse num="35">Atroth-shophan, <crossref let="b" cid="c04032035.1"/>Jazer, Jogbehah,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032036"/>
+    <verse num="36"><crossref let="c" cid="c04032036.1"/>Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran, <crossref let="d" cid="c04032036.2"/>fortified cities, and folds for sheep.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And the people of Reuben built <crossref let="e" cid="c04032037.1"/>Heshbon, <crossref let="y" cid="c04032037.2"/>Elealeh, Kiriathaim,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032038"/>
+    <verse num="38"><crossref let="f" cid="c04032038.1"/>Nebo, and <crossref let="g" cid="c04032038.2"/>Baal-meon (<crossref let="h" cid="c04032038.3"/>their names were changed), and <crossref let="c" cid="c04032038.4"/>Sibmah. And they gave other names to the cities that they built.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And the sons of <crossref let="i" cid="c04032039.1"/>Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and captured it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032040"/>
+    <verse num="40">And Moses <crossref let="j" cid="c04032040.1"/>gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he settled in it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032041"/>
+    <verse num="41">And <crossref let="k" cid="c04032041.1"/>Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.<note nid="n04032041.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04032042"/>
+    <verse num="42">And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah, after his own name.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033001"/>
+  <chapter num="33">
+    <heading>Recounting Israel&apos;s Journey</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">These are the stages of the people of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt by their companies under the leadership of Moses and Aaron.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033002"/>
+    <verse num="2">Moses wrote down their starting places, <crossref let="l" cid="c04033002.1"/>stage by stage, by command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and these are their stages according to their starting places.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033003"/>
+    <verse num="3">They <crossref let="m" cid="c04033003.1"/>set out from Rameses in <crossref let="n" cid="c04033003.2"/>the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the day after the Passover, the people of Israel went out <crossref let="o" cid="c04033003.3"/>triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033004"/>
+    <verse num="4">while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, <crossref let="p" cid="c04033004.1"/>whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> had struck down among them. <crossref let="q" cid="c04033004.2"/>On their gods also the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> executed judgments.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">So the people of Israel set out from Rameses and camped at <crossref let="r" cid="c04033005.1"/>Succoth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033006"/>
+    <verse num="6">And they set out from Succoth and camped at <crossref let="s" cid="c04033006.1"/>Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033007"/>
+    <verse num="7">And they set out from Etham and turned back to <crossref let="t" cid="c04033007.1"/>Pi-hahiroth, which is east of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And they set out from before Hahiroth<note nid="n04033008.1"/> and <crossref let="u" cid="c04033008.1"/>passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and they <crossref let="v" cid="c04033008.2"/>went a three days&apos; journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033009"/>
+    <verse num="9">And they set out from Marah and came to <crossref let="w" cid="c04033009.1"/>Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033010"/>
+    <verse num="10">And they set out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And they set out from the Red Sea and camped in <crossref let="x" cid="c04033011.1"/>the wilderness of Sin.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And they set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And they set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033014"/>
+    <verse num="14">And they set out from Alush and camped at <crossref let="y" cid="c04033014.1"/>Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033015"/>
+    <verse num="15">And they set out from Rephidim and camped in the <crossref let="z" cid="c04033015.1"/>wilderness of Sinai.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033016"/>
+    <verse num="16">And they set out from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at <crossref let="a" cid="c04033016.1"/>Kibroth-hattaavah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And they set out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at <crossref let="b" cid="c04033017.1"/>Hazeroth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033018"/>
+    <verse num="18">And they <crossref let="c" cid="c04033018.1"/>set out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033019"/>
+    <verse num="19">And they set out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And they set out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033021"/>
+    <verse num="21">And they set out from Libnah and camped at Rissah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033022"/>
+    <verse num="22">And they set out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033023"/>
+    <verse num="23">And they set out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And they set out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And they set out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033026"/>
+    <verse num="26">And they set out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And they set out from Tahath and camped at Terah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033028"/>
+    <verse num="28">And they set out from Terah and camped at Mithkah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And they set out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033030"/>
+    <verse num="30">And they set out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033031"/>
+    <verse num="31">And they set out from Moseroth and camped at <crossref let="d" cid="c04033031.1"/>Bene-jaakan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And they set out from Bene-jaakan and camped at <crossref let="e" cid="c04033032.1"/>Hor-haggidgad.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033033"/>
+    <verse num="33">And they set out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at <crossref let="e" cid="c04033033.1"/>Jotbathah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033034"/>
+    <verse num="34">And they set out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033035"/>
+    <verse num="35">And they set out from Abronah and camped at <crossref let="f" cid="c04033035.1"/>Ezion-geber.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033036"/>
+    <verse num="36">And they set out from Ezion-geber and camped in the <crossref let="g" cid="c04033036.1"/>wilderness of Zin (that is, Kadesh).</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033037"/>
+    <verse num="37">And they set out from <crossref let="h" cid="c04033037.1"/>Kadesh and camped at <crossref let="i" cid="c04033037.2"/>Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033038"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="38">And Aaron the priest went up <crossref let="j" cid="c04033038.1"/>Mount Hor at the command of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and died there, in the fortieth year after the people of Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033039"/>
+    <verse num="39">And Aaron was <crossref let="k" cid="c04033039.1"/>123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033040"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="40">And <crossref let="l" cid="c04033040.1"/>the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negeb in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033041"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="41">And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033042"/>
+    <verse num="42">And they set out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033043"/>
+    <verse num="43">And they set out from Punon and camped at <crossref let="m" cid="c04033043.1"/>Oboth.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033044"/>
+    <verse num="44">And they set out from Oboth and camped at <crossref let="n" cid="c04033044.1"/>Iye-abarim, in the territory of Moab.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033045"/>
+    <verse num="45">And they set out from Iyim and camped at <crossref let="o" cid="c04033045.1"/>Dibon-gad.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033046"/>
+    <verse num="46">And they set out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033047"/>
+    <verse num="47">And they set out from Almon-diblathaim <crossref let="p" cid="c04033047.1"/>and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033048"/>
+    <verse num="48">And they set out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in <crossref let="q" cid="c04033048.1"/>the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho;</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033049"/>
+    <verse num="49">they camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as <crossref let="r" cid="c04033049.1"/>Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033050"/>
+    <heading>Drive Out the Inhabitants</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="50">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033051"/>
+    <verse num="51"><q class="begin-double" qid="04033051.1" from="04033051.1" to="04033056.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, <crossref let="s" cid="c04033051.1"/>When you pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033052"/>
+    <verse num="52">then <crossref let="t" cid="c04033052.1"/>you shall drive out <crossref let="u" cid="c04033052.2"/>all the inhabitants of the land from before you and destroy all their <crossref let="v" cid="c04033052.3"/>figured stones and destroy all their metal images and demolish all their high places.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033053"/>
+    <verse num="53">And you shall take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033054"/>
+    <verse num="54"><crossref let="w" cid="c04033054.1"/>You shall inherit the land by lot according to your clans. <crossref let="x" cid="c04033054.2"/>To a large tribe you shall give a large inheritance, and to a small tribe you shall give a small inheritance. Wherever the lot falls for anyone, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033055"/>
+    <verse num="55">But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as <crossref let="y" cid="c04033055.1"/>barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall trouble you in the land where you dwell.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04033056"/>
+    <verse num="56">And I will do to you <crossref let="z" cid="c04033056.1"/>as I thought to do to them.<q class="end-double" qid="04033056.1" from="04033051.1" to="04033056.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034001"/>
+  <chapter num="34">
+    <heading>Boundaries of the Land</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><q class="begin-double" qid="04034002.1" from="04034002.1" to="04034012.1"/>Command the people of Israel, and say to them, When you enter <crossref let="a" cid="c04034002.1"/>the land of Canaan <crossref let="b" cid="c04034002.2"/>(this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, the land of Canaan as defined by its borders),</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034003"/>
+    <verse num="3"><crossref let="c" cid="c04034003.1"/>your south side shall be from the wilderness of Zin alongside Edom, and your southern border shall run from the end of <crossref let="d" cid="c04034003.2"/>the Salt Sea on the east.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And your border shall turn south of <crossref let="e" cid="c04034004.1"/>the ascent of Akrabbim, and cross to Zin, and its limit shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to <crossref let="e" cid="c04034004.2"/>Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And the border shall turn <crossref let="f" cid="c04034005.1"/>from Azmon to <crossref let="g" cid="c04034005.2"/>the Brook of Egypt, and its limit shall be at the sea.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="continue-double" qid="04034006.1" from="04034002.1" to="04034012.1"/>For the western border, you shall have the Great Sea and its<note nid="n04034006.1"/> coast. This shall be your western border.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034007"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="7"><q class="continue-double" qid="04034007.1" from="04034002.1" to="04034012.1"/>This shall be your northern border: from the Great Sea you shall draw a line to <crossref let="h" cid="c04034007.1"/>Mount Hor.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034008"/>
+    <verse num="8">From Mount Hor you shall draw a line <crossref let="i" cid="c04034008.1"/>to Lebo-hamath, and the limit of the border shall be at <crossref let="j" cid="c04034008.2"/>Zedad.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034009"/>
+    <verse num="9">Then the border shall extend to Ziphron, and its limit shall be at <crossref let="k" cid="c04034009.1"/>Hazar-enan. This shall be your northern border.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10"><q class="continue-double" qid="04034010.1" from="04034002.1" to="04034012.1"/>You shall draw a line for your eastern border from Hazar-enan to Shepham.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034011"/>
+    <verse num="11">And the border shall go down from Shepham to <crossref let="l" cid="c04034011.1"/>Riblah on the east side of Ain. And the border shall go down and reach to the shoulder of <crossref let="m" cid="c04034011.2"/>the Sea of Chinnereth on the east.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034012"/>
+    <verse num="12">And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at <crossref let="n" cid="c04034012.1"/>the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.<q class="end-double" qid="04034012.1" from="04034002.1" to="04034012.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">Moses commanded the people of Israel, saying, <crossref let="o" cid="c04034013.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04034013.1" from="04034013.1" to="04034015.1"/>This is the land that you shall inherit by lot, which the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has commanded to give to the nine tribes and to the half-tribe.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="p" cid="c04034014.1"/>For the tribe of the people of Reuben by fathers&apos; houses and the tribe of the people of Gad by their fathers&apos; houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034015"/>
+    <verse num="15">The two tribes and the half-tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.<q class="end-double" qid="04034015.1" from="04034013.1" to="04034015.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034016"/>
+    <heading>List of Tribal Chiefs</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034017"/>
+    <verse num="17"><q class="begin-double" qid="04034017.1" from="04034017.1" to="04034028.1"/>These are the names of the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: <crossref let="q" cid="c04034017.1"/>Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034018"/>
+    <verse num="18">You shall take one <crossref let="r" cid="c04034018.1"/>chief from every tribe to divide the land for inheritance.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034019"/>
+    <verse num="19">These are the names of the men: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034020"/>
+    <verse num="20">Of the tribe of the people of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034021"/>
+    <verse num="21">Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034022"/>
+    <verse num="22">Of the tribe of the people of Dan a chief, Bukki the son of Jogli.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034023"/>
+    <verse num="23">Of the people of Joseph: of the tribe of the people of Manasseh a chief, Hanniel the son of Ephod.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034024"/>
+    <verse num="24">And of the tribe of the people of Ephraim a chief, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034025"/>
+    <verse num="25">Of the tribe of the people of Zebulun a chief, Elizaphan the son of Parnach.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034026"/>
+    <verse num="26">Of the tribe of the people of Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034027"/>
+    <verse num="27">And of the tribe of the people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034028"/>
+    <verse num="28">Of the tribe of the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.<q class="end-double" qid="04034028.1" from="04034017.1" to="04034028.1"/></verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04034029"/>
+    <verse num="29">These are the men whom the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded to divide the inheritance for the people of Israel in the land of Canaan.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035001"/>
+  <chapter num="35">
+    <heading>Cities for the Levites</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses in <crossref let="s" cid="c04035001.1"/>the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035002"/>
+    <verse num="2"><crossref let="t" cid="c04035002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04035002.1" from="04035002.1" to="04035008.1"/>Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to dwell in. And you shall give to the Levites pasturelands around the cities.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035003"/>
+    <verse num="3">The cities shall be theirs to dwell in, and their pasturelands shall be for their cattle and for their livestock and for all their beasts.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035004"/>
+    <verse num="4">The pasturelands of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits<note nid="n04035004.1"/> all around.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035005"/>
+    <verse num="5">And you shall measure, outside the city, on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the middle. This shall belong to them as pastureland for their cities.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035006"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="6"><q class="continue-double" qid="04035006.1" from="04035002.1" to="04035008.1"/>The cities that you give to the Levites shall be <crossref let="u" cid="c04035006.1"/>the six cities of refuge, where you shall permit the manslayer to flee, and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035007"/>
+    <verse num="7">All the cities that you give to the Levites shall be <crossref let="v" cid="c04035007.1"/>forty-eight, with their pasturelands.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And as for the cities that you shall give <crossref let="w" cid="c04035008.1"/>from the possession of the people of Israel, <crossref let="x" cid="c04035008.2"/>from the larger tribes you shall take many, and from the smaller tribes you shall take few; each, in proportion to the inheritance that it inherits, shall give of its cities to the Levites.<q class="end-double" qid="04035008.1" from="04035002.1" to="04035008.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035009"/>
+    <heading>Cities of Refuge</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="9">And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> spoke to Moses, saying,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035010"/>
+    <verse num="10"><q class="begin-double" qid="04035010.1" from="04035010.1" to="04035034.1"/>Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, <crossref let="y" cid="c04035010.1"/>When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="z" cid="c04035011.1"/>then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person without intent may flee there.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035012"/>
+    <verse num="12">The cities shall be for you a refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he stands before the congregation for judgment.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035013"/>
+    <verse num="13">And the cities that you give shall be your <crossref let="a" cid="c04035013.1"/>six cities of refuge.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035014"/>
+    <verse num="14"><crossref let="b" cid="c04035014.1"/>You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035015"/>
+    <verse num="15">These six cities shall be for refuge for the people of Israel, and <crossref let="c" cid="c04035015.1"/>for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, that anyone who kills any person without intent may flee there.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035016"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="16"><crossref let="d" cid="c04035016.1"/><q class="continue-double" qid="04035016.1" from="04035010.1" to="04035034.1"/>But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035017"/>
+    <verse num="17">And if he struck him down with a stone tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035018"/>
+    <verse num="18">Or if he struck him down with a wooden tool that could cause death, and he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall be put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035019"/>
+    <verse num="19"><crossref let="e" cid="c04035019.1"/>The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035020"/>
+    <verse num="20">And if he pushed him out of hatred or hurled something at him, <crossref let="f" cid="c04035020.1"/>lying in wait, so that he died,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035021"/>
+    <verse num="21">or in enmity struck him down with his hand, so that he died, then he who struck the blow shall be put to death. He is a murderer. <crossref let="e" cid="c04035021.1"/>The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035022"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="22"><q class="continue-double" qid="04035022.1" from="04035010.1" to="04035034.1"/>But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or hurled anything on him <crossref let="g" cid="c04035022.1"/>without lying in wait</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035023"/>
+    <verse num="23">or used a stone that could cause death, and without seeing him dropped it on him, so that he died, though he was not his enemy and did not seek his harm,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035024"/>
+    <verse num="24">then <crossref let="h" cid="c04035024.1"/>the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and <crossref let="e" cid="c04035024.2"/>the avenger of blood, in accordance with these rules.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035025"/>
+    <verse num="25">And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it <crossref let="i" cid="c04035025.1"/>until the death of the high priest <crossref let="j" cid="c04035025.2"/>who was anointed with the holy oil.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035026"/>
+    <verse num="26">But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035027"/>
+    <verse num="27">and <crossref let="e" cid="c04035027.1"/>the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035028"/>
+    <verse num="28">For he must remain in his city of refuge <crossref let="i" cid="c04035028.1"/>until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035029"/>
+    <verse num="29">And these things shall be for <crossref let="k" cid="c04035029.1"/>a statute and rule for you throughout your generations in all your dwelling places.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035030"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="30"><q class="continue-double" qid="04035030.1" from="04035010.1" to="04035034.1"/>If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the <crossref let="l" cid="c04035030.1"/>evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035031"/>
+    <verse num="31">Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035032"/>
+    <verse num="32">And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035033"/>
+    <verse num="33">You shall not <crossref let="m" cid="c04035033.1"/>pollute the land in which you live, for blood <crossref let="m" cid="c04035033.2"/>pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except <crossref let="n" cid="c04035033.3"/>by the blood of the one who shed it.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04035034"/>
+    <verse num="34"><crossref let="o" cid="c04035034.1"/>You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, <crossref let="p" cid="c04035034.2"/>for I the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.<q class="end-double" qid="04035034.1" from="04035010.1" to="04035034.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+  <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036001"/>
+  <chapter num="36">
+    <heading>Marriage of Female Heirs</heading>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="1">The heads of the fathers&apos; houses of the clan of the <crossref let="q" cid="c04036001.1"/>people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers&apos; houses of the people of Israel.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036002"/>
+    <verse num="2">They said, <crossref let="r" cid="c04036002.1"/><q class="begin-double" qid="04036002.1" from="04036002.1" to="04036004.1"/>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the people of Israel, and <crossref let="s" cid="c04036002.2"/>my lord was commanded by the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036003"/>
+    <verse num="3">But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036004"/>
+    <verse num="4">And when <crossref let="t" cid="c04036004.1"/>the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.<q class="end-double" qid="04036004.1" from="04036002.1" to="04036004.1"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036005"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="5">And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, saying, <q class="begin-double" qid="04036005.1" from="04036005.1" to="04036009.2"/>The tribe of the people of Joseph <crossref let="u" cid="c04036005.1"/>is right.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036006"/>
+    <verse num="6">This is what the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: <q class="begin-single" qid="04036006.1" from="04036006.1" to="04036009.1"/>Let them marry whom they think best, <crossref let="v" cid="c04036006.1"/>only they shall marry within the clan of the tribe of their father.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036007"/>
+    <verse num="7">The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel <crossref let="w" cid="c04036007.1"/>shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036008"/>
+    <verse num="8">And <crossref let="x" cid="c04036008.1"/>every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036009"/>
+    <verse num="9">So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.<q class="end-single" qid="04036009.1" from="04036006.1" to="04036009.1"/><q class="end-double" qid="04036009.2" from="04036005.1" to="04036009.2"/></verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036010"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="10">The daughters of Zelophehad did as the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded Moses,</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036011"/>
+    <verse num="11"><crossref let="y" cid="c04036011.1"/>for Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father&apos;s brothers.</verse>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036012"/>
+    <verse num="12">They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father&apos;s clan.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+    <marker class="begin-verse" mid="v04036013"/>
+    <begin-paragraph/>
+    <verse num="13">These are the commandments and the rules that the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> commanded through Moses to the people of Israel <crossref let="z" cid="c04036013.1"/>in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.</verse>
+    <end-paragraph/>
+  </chapter>
+</book>
+</crossway-bible>