Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-01-11

their neighbors, and set them TO butcher,
inc those neighbors until they. should OBJ
lain their possessions. Acting under
this delusion, he burnt cities and goodly
castles with fire, massacFeed men, slew
married women. and gave-u unmarried
women 10 the soldiery. Read the 5lst
chapter Of Numbers. II runs thus:
The EIidianites spoiled.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, say
ling, afenge The children of Israel ct The
Mldanites afierward shaltihou be galh-
cred unto thy people. Aud Moses spake
unto thespeople. saying, arm some OF your
selves unto The war. and letthcm GO against
the Nlidianites, and avenge the Lord Of
INDIAN. Of every tribe athousand, through
out all The tribes of ael,>shall ye send
to the war. So there were delivered out
of the thousands Of Israel, a thousand of
every tribe, twelve thousand armed Tor
war. And Moses sent lhems 10 the war,
a thousand OF every tribe, them anG PPM
ehas the son OF Eeazar The prizes, to the
war, wth.the holy instruments. and The
trumpels to blow 10 his hand. And they
varied against the M,dlanites, as the
/ Lord commanded Moses and they slew
all the males. And they slew the kings
of indian, besides the resi- Of them that
were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem,
and Eur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings
of INDIAN Balaam also the son OF Beor
l,L,. III ri nd ho
child en- of Israel took all the women OF
i INDIAN captives and their little ones, and
took the spoil of all their cattle, and all
their focks, and all their goods And
they burnt all their cities wherein they
dwelt, and all their goodly castles. with
fire. And they took ailthe spoil, and all
the prey, both Of men and ofteasts And
they brought the captives, and the prey,
and the spoil unto Moses and EleaZar the
priest, and unto the congregation of the
children of Israel, unite The camp at the
plains of Moab, which are by Jordon near
Jericho.
Aud Moses, and Eieazar the priest, and
all the princes OF the congregation, went
iofth~tO meet them without the camp
/ And Moses was wrolh with The officers Of
the host, with the captains over thousands
aud the captains over hundreds, which
came from the battle. And Moses said
tunto them, have ye saved all the women
alive! Behold, these caused the the
children of Israel, through the counsel o.
4 Balaam, to commit trespass against the
Lord in the matter Of Peor, and there was
plague among the congregation OF the
Lord. Now there fore kill every male
among the little ones, aud kill every WON
anthat hath known man by lying with
him. But all the women-chlldren, tia
have not known man by lying witt
him, keep alive for yourselves. And do
We abide without the camp seven days
D whosoever hath kilIel any person, anc
i whosoever hath touched any slain, purify
both yourselves aud your captlves on III,
: third day, and on the seventh day. Ant
: purify all your rainent, and all that l.
r made Of skins, and all work Of goats hair
f and all things made Of. wood. And Eie
; azar the priest said unto The men Of wa
which went 10 the battle, this is the ordi
e nance Of the law which the Lord com
5 manded Moses Only the gold, and tn
v silver, the brass, the ron the liz, and th
the lead, everything that may abide til
fire., We shall make it 60 trough the fire
; and it shall be clean: nevertheless il shaI
!. be purified with the water of separation
r aud all that abidelh not the Ere We shal
= make 90 through the water. And y
shall wash your clothes on the sevent
GAY, aud We shall be cle5n, and afterwart
e ye shall come into the camp.
n Mud the Lord spake unto Moses, saying
T. take The sum Of the prey that was take;
!. both Of man and OF, beast, thou, and Elt
azar the priest, and the chief flthers 9th
con gregaLion And divide the prey in
t. two paris; between them that TOOK Ii
it war upon them, who went out to batti
IT and between all the congregation An
levy a tribate unto the Lord Of the men
~ war which went cut TO battle: one sol
'r Ct FIVE hundred, both of the persons, an
IS fine beeves, and Of the asses, and Of ii
: sheep take it If their half, and give
unto EieaZaI the priest, tor heave ole
IL ing Of the Lord. And of The children I
N Israel's half, thou shalt take one porto
l. Of fiv, Of the persons, Of the beeves,
80 the asses, and Of the focks. of all mann,
Of beasts, AMI give them unto the Levite
J. which keep the charge of the tabernac
lr of the Lord. And Moses and Eleaz
d. The priest did as the Lord commando
lg Moses. And the booty, being the re
>, Of the prey which the men Of war 'hs
~ caught. was six hundred thousand ar
lot seventy thousand and FIVE thousand shee
ut, and thrrescore and twelve thousand beevt
r.. and ;nreescore and one thousand asses, al
:, thirty and two thousand persons in all,
women that had not known maa by " ii
It's with him. And The half which WAS il
portion ofthem that Went out to war. "
in number three hundred thousand al
Of seven and thirty thousand and fye hun
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