321 And much cattle hath been to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad, very many; and they see the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, and lo, the place 'is' a place 'for' cattle; 2 and the sons of Gad, and the sons of Reuben, come in and speak unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the company, saying: 3 'Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon— 4 the land which Jehovah hath smitten before the company of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle.' 5 And they say, 'If we have found grace in thine eyes, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession; cause us not to pass over the Jordan.' 6 And Moses saith to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, 'Do your brethren go in to the battle, and ye—do ye sit here? 7 and why discourage ye the heart of the sons of Israel from passing over unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them? 8 'Thus did your fathers in my sending them from Kadesh-Barnea to see the land; 9 and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them; 10 and the anger of Jehovah burneth in that day, and He sweareth, saying, 11 They do not see—the men who are coming up out of Egypt from a son of twenty years and upward—the ground which I have sworn to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, for they have not been fully after Me; 12 save Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they have been fully after Jehovah; 13 and the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He causeth them to wander in the wilderness forty years, until the consumption of all the generation which is doing the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah. 14 'And lo, ye have risen in the stead of your fathers, an increase of men—sinners, to add yet to the fury of the anger of Jehovah toward Israel; 15 when ye turn back from after Him, then He hath added yet to leave him in the wilderness, and ye have done corruptly to all this people.'
16 And they come nigh unto him, and say, 'Folds for the flock we build for our cattle here, and cities for our infants; 17 and we—we are armed hasting before the sons of Israel till that we have brought them in unto their place; and our infants have dwelt in the cities of defence because of the inhabitants of the land; 18 we do not turn back unto our houses till the sons of Israel have inherited each his inheritance, 19 for we do not inherit with them beyond the Jordan and yonder, for our inheritance hath come unto us beyond the Jordan at the 'sun'-rising.' 20 And Moses saith unto them, 'If ye do this thing: if ye are armed before Jehovah for battle, 21 and every armed one of you hath passed over the Jordan before Jehovah, till his dispossessing His enemies from before Him, 22 and the land hath been subdued before Jehovah—then afterwards ye do turn back, and have been acquitted by Jehovah, and by Israel; and this land hath been to you for a possession before Jehovah. 23 'And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you; 24 build for yourselves cities for your infants, and folds for your flock, and that which is going out from your mouth do ye.' 25 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben speak unto Moses, saying, 'Thy servants do as my lord is commanding; 26 our infants, our wives, our cattle, and all our beasts, are there in cities of Gilead, 27 and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.'
28 And Moses commandeth concerning them Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the sons of Israel; 29 and Moses saith unto them, 'If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben pass over with you the Jordan, every one armed for battle, before Jehovah, and the land hath been subdued before you, then ye have given to them the land of Gilead for a possession; 30 and if they do not pass over armed with you, then they have possessions in your midst in the land of Canaan.' 31 And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answer, saying, 'That which Jehovah hath spoken unto thy servants—so we do; 32 we—we pass over armed before Jehovah 'to' the land of Canaan, and with us 'is' the possession of our inheritance beyond the Jordan.' 33 And Moses giveth to them, to the sons of Gad, and to the sons of Reuben, and to the half of the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorite, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land by its cities, in the borders, the cities of the land round about. 34 And the sons of Gad build Dihon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 35 and Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 and Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran, cities of defence, and sheepfolds. 37 And the sons of Reuben have build Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 and Nebo, and Baal-Meon (changed in name), and Shibmah, and they call by 'these' names the names of the cities which they have built. 39 And sons of Machir son of Manasseh go to Gilead, and capture it, and dispossess the Amorite, who 'is' in it; 40 and Moses giveth Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he dwelleth in it. 41 And Jair son of Manasseh hath gone and captureth their towns, and calleth them 'Towns of Jair;' 42 and Nobah hath gone and captureth Kenath, and its villages, and calleth it Nobah, by his own name.
331 These 'are' journeys of the sons of Israel who have come out of the land of Egypt, by their hosts, by the hand of Moses and Aaron; 2 and Moses writeth their outgoings, by their journeys, by the command of Jehovah; and these 'are' their journeys, by their outgoings: 3 And they journey from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month, on the morrow of the passover have the sons of Israel gone out with a high hand, before the eyes of all the Egyptians— 4 and the Egyptians are burying those whom Jehovah hath smitten among them, every first-born, and on their gods hath Jehovah done judgments— 5 and the sons of Israel journey from Rameses, and encamp in Succoth. 6 And they journey from Succoth, and encamp in Etham, which 'is' in the extremity of the wilderness; 7 and they journey from Etham, and turn back on Pi-Hahiroth, which 'is' on the front of Baal-Zephon, and they encamp before Migdol. 8 And they journey from Pi-Hahiroth, and pass over through the midst of the sea, into the wilderness, and go a journey of three days in the wilderness of Etham, and encamp in Marah. 9 And they journey from Marah, and come in to Elim, and in Elim 'are' twelve fountains of waters, and seventy palm trees, and they encamp there; 10 and they journey from Elim, and encamp by the Red Sea. 11 And they journey from the Red Sea, and encamp in the wilderness of Sin; 12 and they journey from the wilderness of Sin, and encamp in Dophkah. 13 And they journey from Dophkah, and encamp in Alush; 14 and they journey from Alush, and encamp in Rephidim; and there was there no water for the people to drink. 15 And they journey from Rephidim, and encamp in the wilderness of Sinai; 16 and they journey from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamp in Kibroth-Hattaavah. 17 And they journey from Kibroth-Hattaavah, and encamp in Hazeroth; 18 and they journey from Hazeroth, and encamp in Rithmah. 19 And they journey from Rithmah, and encamp in Rimmon-Parez; 20 and they journey from Rimmon-Parez, and encamp in Libnah. 21 And they journey from Libnah, and encamp in Rissah; 22 and they journey from Rissah, and encamp in Kehelathah. 23 And they journey from Kehelathah, and encamp in mount Shapher; 24 and they journey from mount Shapher, and encamp in Haradah. 25 And they journey from Haradah, and encamp in Makheloth; 26 and they journey from Makheloth, and encamp in Tahath. 27 And they journey from Tahath, and encamp in Tarah; 28 and they journey from Tarah, and encamp in Mithcah. 29 And they journey from Mithcah, and encamp in Hashmonah; 30 and they journey from Hashmonah, and encamp in Moseroth. 31 And they journey from Moseroth, and encamp in Bene-Jaakan; 32 and they journey from Bene-Jaakan, and encamp at Hor-Hagidgad. 33 And they journey from Hor-Hagidgad, and encamp in Jotbathah; 34 and they journey from Jotbathah, and encamp in Ebronah. 35 And they journey from Ebronah, and encamp in Ezion-Gaber; 36 and they journey from Ezion-Gaber, and encamp in the wilderness of Zin, which 'is' Kadesh. 37 And they journey from Kadesh, and encamp in mount Hor, in the extremity of the land of Edom. 38 And Aaron the priest goeth up unto mount Hor, by the command of Jehovah, and dieth there, in the fortieth year of the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month; 39 and Aaron 'is' a son of a hundred and twenty and three years in his dying in mount Hor. 40 And the Canaanite—king Arad—who is dwelling in the south, in the land of Canaan, heareth of the coming of the sons of Israel. 41 And they journey from mount Hor, and encamp in Zalmonah; 42 and they journey from Zalmonah, and encamp in Punon. 43 And they journey from Punon, and encamp in Oboth; 44 and they journey from Oboth, and encamp in Ije-Abarim, in the border of Moab. 45 And they journey from Iim, and encamp in Dibon-Gad; 46 and they journey from Dibon-Gad, and encamp in Almon-Diblathaim. 47 And they journey from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamp in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo; 48 and they journey from the mountains of Abarim, and encamp in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, 'near' Jericho. 49 And they encamp by the Jordan from Beth-Jeshimoth, unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.
50 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, 'near' Jericho, saying, 51 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are passing over the Jordan unto the land of Canaan, 52 then ye have dispossessed all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and have destroyed all their imagery, yea, all their molten images ye destroy, and all their high places ye lay waste, 53 and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land—to possess it. 54 'And ye have inherited the land by lot, by your families; to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance; whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your fathers ye inherit. 55 'And if ye do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it hath been, those whom ye let remain of them, 'are' for pricks in your eyes, and for thorns in your sides, and they have distressed you on the land in which ye are dwelling, 56 and it hath come to pass, as I thought to do to them—I do to you.'
341 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2 'Command the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When ye are coming in unto the land of Canaan—this 'is' the land which falleth to you by inheritance, the land of Canaan, by its borders— 3 then hath the south quarter been to you from the wilderness of Zin, by the sides of Edom, yea, the south border hath been to you from the extremity of the Salt Sea, eastward; 4 and the border hath turned round to you from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and hath passed on to Zin, and its outgoings have been from the south to Kadesh-Barnea, and it hath gone out at Hazar-Addar, and hath passed on to Azmon; 5 and the border hath turned round from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its outgoings have been at the sea. 6 'As to the west border, even the great sea hath been to you a border; this is to you the west border. 7 'And this is to you the north border: from the great sea ye mark out for yourselves mount Hor; 8 from mount Hor ye mark out to go in to Hamath, and the outgoings of the border have been to Zedad; 9 and the border hath gone out to Ziphron, and its outgoings have been at Hazar-Enan; this is to you the north border. 10 'And ye have marked out for yourselves for the border eastward, from Hazar-Enan to Shepham; 11 and the border hath gone down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east of Ain, and the border hath gone down, and hath smitten against the shoulder of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; 12 and the border hath gone down to the Jordan, and its outgoings have been at the Salt Sea; this is for you the land by its borders round about.' 13 And Moses commandeth the sons of Israel, saying, 'This 'is' the land which ye inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half of the tribe; 14 for the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received, by the house of their fathers; and the tribe of the children of Gad, by the house of their fathers; and the half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance; 15 the two tribes and the half of the tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan, 'near' Jericho, eastward, at the 'sun'-rising.'
16 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 17 'These 'are' the names of the men who give to you the inheritance of the land: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua son of Nun, 18 and one prince—one prince—for a tribe ye do take to give the land by inheritance. 19 'And these 'are' the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 20 and of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Aminihud; 21 of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; 22 and of the tribe of the sons of Dan, the prince Bukki son of Jogli; 23 of the sons of Joseph, of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh, the prince Hanniel son of Ephod; 24 and of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim, the prince Kemuel son of Shiphtan; 25 and of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun, the prince Elizaphan son of Parnach; 26 and of the tribe of the sons of Issachar, the prince Paltiel son of Azzan; 27 and of the tribe of the sons of Asher, the prince Ahihud son of Shelomi; 28 and of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali, the prince Pedahel son of Ammihud.' 29 These 'are' those whom Jehovah hath commanded to give the sons of Israel inheritance in the land of Canaan.
30 And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know, 31 for he was teaching his disciples, and he said to them, 'The Son of Man is being delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him, and having been killed the third day he shall rise,' 32 but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
33 And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, 'What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?' 34 and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater; 35 and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, 'If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.' 36 And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them, 37 'Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'
38 And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.' 39 And Jesus said, 'Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me: 40 for he who is not against us is for us;
41 for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;
42 and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea. 43 'And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable— 44 where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. 45 'And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire—the unquenchable— 46 where there worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched. 47 And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire— 48 where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched; 49 for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted. 50 The salt 'is' good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season 'it'? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'
(Read Mark 9:30-40)
The time of Christ's suffering drew nigh. Had he been delivered into the hands of devils, and they had done this, it had not been so strange; but that men should thus shamefully treat the Son of man, who came to redeem and save them, is wonderful. Still observe that when Christ spake of his death, he always spake of his resurrection, which took the reproach of it from himself, and should have taken the grief of it from his disciples. Many remain ignorant because they are ashamed to inquire. Alas! that while the Saviour teaches so plainly the things which belong to his love and grace, men are so blinded that they understand not his sayings. We shall be called to account about our discourses, and to account for our disputes, especially about being greater than others. Those who are most humble and self-denying, most resemble Christ, and shall be most tenderly owned by him. This Jesus taught them by a sign; whoever shall receive one like this child, receives me. Many have been like the disciples, ready to silence men who have success in preaching to sinners repentance in Christ's name, because they follow not with them. Our Lord blamed the apostles, reminding them that he who wrought miracles in his name would not be likely to hurt his cause. If sinners are brought to repent, to believe in the Saviour, and to live sober, righteous, and godly lives, we then see that the Lord works by the preacher.
(Read Mark 9:41-50)
It is repeatedly said of the wicked, Their worm dieth not, as well as, The fire is never quenched. Doubtless, remorse of conscience and keen self-reflection are this never-dying worm. Surely it is beyond compare better to undergo all possible pain, hardship, and self-denial here, and to be happy for ever hereafter, than to enjoy all kinds of worldly pleasure for a season, and to be miserable for ever. Like the sacrifices, we must be salted with salt; our corrupt affections must be subdued and mortified by the Holy Spirit. Those that have the salt of grace, must show they have a living principle of grace in their hearts, which works out corrupt dispositions in the soul that would offend God, or our own consciences.
