Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 And they set out and made camp in the plains of Moab, across the Jordan, where Jericho is situated. 2 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorite, 3 and that the Moabites had great fear of him, and that they were not able to bear his […]

1 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare as many calves, and the same number of rams.” 2 And when he had acted according to the words of Balaam, they placed a calf and a ram together on each altar. 3 And Balaam said to Balak: “Stand for a […]

1 And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert, 2 and lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel dwelling in tents by their tribes. And […]

1 Now Israel, at that time, dwelt in Shittim, and the people were fornicating with the daughters of Moab, 2 who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate, and they adored their gods. 3 And Israel was initiated into Baal of Peor. And so the Lord, being angry, 4 said to Moses, “Take all […]

1 After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses, and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest: 2 “Number the entire sum of the sons of Israel, from twenty years and above, by their houses and kinships, all who are able to go forth to war.” 3 And so, […]

1 Then there approached the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, who was the son of Joseph: and their names are Mahlah, and Noa, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest, and all […]

1 The Lord also said to Moses: 2 “Instruct the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: Offer my oblation and bread, and the incense of most sweet odor, at their proper times. 3 These are the sacrifices which you must offer: Two immaculate one-year-old lambs each day as a perpetual holocaust. 4 […]

1 “Now the first day of the seventh month also shall be venerable and holy to you. In it, you shall not do any servile work, because it is the day of the sounding of the trumpets. 2 And you shall offer a holocaust, as a most sweet odor to the Lord: one calf from […]

1 And Moses explained to the sons of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him. 2 And he said to the leaders of the tribes of the sons of Israel: “This is the word, which the Lord has instructed: 3 If any man makes a vow to the Lord, or binds himself by an […]

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “First, avenge the sons of Israel from the Midianites, and then you shall be gathered to your people.” 3 And immediately Moses said: “Arm the men among you for a battle, so that they may be able to fulfill the retribution of the Lord on the […]