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Numbers 1:47-14:42
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47 The Levites from their ancestors’[a] tribe were not mustered[b] in their midst.

48 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 49 “You will not muster[c] the tribe of Levi, and you will not take a census of[d] them in the midst of the Israelites.[e] 50 You will appoint[f] them over the tabernacle of the testimony,[g] over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will take it down,[h] and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger[i] that approaches it will be put to death. 52 The Israelites[j] will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their[k] own banner according to their divisions. 53 But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,[l] and there will not be wrath on the community of the Israelites;[m] and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony.”[n] 54 And the Israelites[o] did thus; they did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses.

The Arrangement of the Camps

2 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “The Israelites[p] will encamp each with his standard, with a banner according to their families;[q] they will encamp around the tent of assembly. 3 The ones who encamp on the eastern side, toward the sunrise, will be of the standard of the camp of Judah according to their divisions; and the leader of the descendants of Judah will be Nahshon son of Amminadab, 4 and his division and the ones counted[r] are seventy-four thousand six hundred. 5 And the ones who encamp next to him will be the tribe of Issachar. And the leader of the descendants of Issachar will be Nethanel son of Zuar, 6 and his division are fifty-four thousand four hundred. 7 For the tribe of Zebulun: the leader of the descendants of Zebulun will be Eliab son of Helon, 8 and his division and the ones counted[s] are fifty-seven thousand four hundred. 9 All those counted from the camp of Judah are one hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred. They will set out first according to their divisions.

10 “The standard of the camp of Reuben will be to the south according to their divisions. The leader of the descendants will be Elizur son of Shedeur. 11 And his division and the ones counted[t] are forty-six thousand five hundred. 12 Those encamped next to him will be the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the descendants of Simeon will be Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. 13 And his division and the ones counted[u] are fifty-nine thousand three hundred. 14 For the tribe of Gad: the leader of the descendants of Gad will be Eliasaph son of Reuel. 15 And his division and the ones counted[v] are forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty. 16 All those counted[w] from the camp of Reuben are one hundred and fifty-one thousand four hundred and fifty. They will set out second according to their divisions.

17 “The tent of assembly the camp of the Levites will set out in the midst of the camps; they will set out just as they encamped, each according to their standards.[x]

18 “The standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their divisions will be to the west. The leader of the descendants of Ephraim will be Elishama son of Ammihud. 19 And his division and the ones counted[y] are forty thousand five hundred. 20 The tribe of Manasseh will be next to him. The leader of the descendants of the tribe of Manasseh will be Camaliel son of Pedahzur. 21 And his division and the ones counted[z] are thirty-two thousand two hundred. 22 For the tribe of Benjamin: the leader of the descendants of Benjamin will be Abidan son of Gideoni. 23 And his division and the ones counted[aa] are thirty-five thousand four hundred. 24 All those counted[ab] from the camp of Ephraim are one hundred and eighty thousand one hundred. They will set out third according to their divisions.

25 “The standard of the camp of Dan according to their divisions will be to the west. The leader of the descendants of Dan will be Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. 26 And his division and the ones counted[ac] are sixty-two thousand seven hundred. 27 Those encamped next to him will be the tribe of Asher. The leader of the descendants of Asher will be Pagiel son of Ocran. 28 And his division and the ones counted[ad] are forty-one thousand five hundred. 29 For the tribe of Naphtali: the leader of the descendants of Naphtali will be Ahira son of Enan. 30 And his division and the ones counted[ae] are fifty-three thousand four hundred. 31 All the ones counted[af] from the camp of Dan are one hundred and fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They will set out last[ag] according to their divisions.”

32 These were the ones counted of the Israelites[ah] according to their families;[ai] all those counted from the camps according to their divisions were six hundred and three thousand five hundred. 33 The Levites were not counted in the midst of the Israelites,[aj] just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

34 And the Israelites[ak] did everything that Yahweh commanded Moses. They encamped according to their standards, and they[al] set out each one according to their clans[am] among their families.[an]

Aaron’s Sons

3 These are the genealogies of Aaron and Moses at the time[ao] when Yahweh spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai. 2 These are the names of the descendants of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 These are the names of the descendants of Aaron, the priests, the anointed ones whom he consecrated as priests.[ap] 4 Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh[aq] when they presented a strange fire before Yahweh[ar] in the desert of Sinai, and they had no children.[as] Eleazar and Ithamar served as priest during the presence of Aaron their father.

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Bring near the tribe of Levi, and set the tribe[at] before Aaron[au] the priest, and they will minister to him. 7 They shall observe his duties and the duties of the entire community before the tent of assembly, to do the work of the tabernacle. 8 And they will keep all the vessels of the tent of assembly and the responsibilities of the Israelites,[av] to do the work[aw] of the tabernacle. 9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants; they are surely assigned to him from among the Israelites.[ax] 10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger[ay] who approaches will be put to death.”

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, 12 “I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites[az] in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites.[ba] The Levites will be mine 13 because all the firstborn are mine; on the day of my killing all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both humankind and animal;[bb] they will be mine. I am Yahweh.”

14 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, saying, 15 “Muster[bc] the descendants of Levi according to their families,[bd] according to their clans. You will count every male from one month[be] and above.” 16 So Moses mustered[bf] them according to the command of Yahweh,[bg] just as he commanded. 17 These were the sons of Levi according to their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 18 And these are the names of the sons of Gershon according to their clans: Libni and Shimei. 19 And the sons of Kohath according to their clans: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. 20 The sons of Merari according to their tribes: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites according to their families.[bh]

21 To Gershon belonged[bi] the clan of the Libnites and the clan of the Shimeites; these are the clans of the Gershonites. 22 The ones counted[bj] according to the number of every male from one month[bk] and above were seven thousand five hundred. 23 The clans of the Gershonites will camp behind the tabernacle to the west, 24 and the leader of the family[bl] of the Gershonites is Eliasaph son of Lael. 25 And the responsibility of the descendants of Gershon in the tent of assembly is the tabernacle, and the tent covering it and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of the assembly, 26 and the hangings of the courtyard and the curtain of the doorway of the courtyard that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its ten cords, all of its use.

27 To Kohath belonged[bm] the clan of Amramites,[bn] the clan of the Izharites,[bo] the clan of the Hebronites,[bp] and the clan of the Uzzielites;[bq] these were the clans of the Kohathites.[br] 28 According to the number of every male from one month[bs] and above there were eight thousand six hundred keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary. 29 The clan of the descendants of Kohath will encamp on the side of the tabernacle to the south. 30 The leader of his family[bt] according to the clans of the Kohathites[bu] is Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. 31 Their responsibility was the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altar, and the vessels of the sanctuary, with which they ministered, and the curtain, and all of its use. 32 The chief of the leaders[bv] of the Levites[bw] was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest who had oversight of those keeping the responsibility of the sanctuary.

33 To Merari belonged[bx] the clan of Mahlites[by] and the clan of the Mushites:[bz] these are the clans of Merari. 34 The ones counted[ca] according to the number of every male from one month[cb] and above were six thousand two hundred. 35 The leader of the family[cc] according to the clans of Merari is Zuriel son of Abihail; they will encamp of the side of the tabernacle to the north. 36 The responsibility of the sons of Merari was the supervision of the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, pillars, bases, and all its vessels and all its service, 37 and the pillars around the courtyard, and their bases, pegs, and cords.

38 Those encamped before the tabernacle to the east—before the tent of assembly to the east—were Moses and Aaron and his sons; they will keep the responsibility of the sanctuary for the Israelites;[cd] and the stranger[ce] who approaches will be put to death. 39 All those counted from the Levites whom Moses and Aaron mustered[cf] according to the word of Yahweh,[cg] according to their clans, every male from one month[ch] and above were twenty-two thousand.

40 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Muster every firstborn male from the Israelites[ci] from one month[cj] and above and count[ck] their names. 41 And you will receive the Levites for me—I am Yahweh—in the place of all the firstborn among the Israelites,[cl] and the animals[cm] of the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the animals[cn] among the Israelites.”[co] 42 So Moses mustered[cp] all the firstborn among the Israelites[cq] just as Yahweh commanded him. 43 And all the firstborn males[cr] among the number of names from one month[cs] and above, the ones counted,[ct] were twenty-two thousand two hundred and seventy-three.

44 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 45 “Receive the Levites in the place of all the firstborn among the Israelites,[cu] and the animals of the Levites in the place of their animals; the Levites will be mine. I am Yahweh. 46 And the ransom of the two hundred and seventy-three of the firstborn of the Israelites[cv] who are excessive over the Levites, 47 you will receive five shekels a person, in the sanctuary shekel; you will collect twenty gerahs[cw] per shekel. 48 You will give the money to Aaron, and to his sons the ransom of the ones who are excessive among them.” 49 And Moses received the money of the redemption from the ones who were excessive from those redeemed of the Levites. 50 From the firstborn of the Israelites[cx] he took the money, one thousand three hundred and sixty-five shekels, in the sanctuary shekel. 51 And Moses gave the money of the ransom to Aaron and to his sons according to the word[cy] of Yahweh just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

The Census of the Kohathites

4 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 2 “Take a census[cz] of the descendants[da] of Kohath from the midst of the descendants[db] of Levi, according to their clans and their families,[dc] 3 from thirty years old[dd] and above, up to fifty years old,[de] everyone who comes to the service to do the work in the tent of assembly. 4 This is the work of the descendants[df] of Kohath in the tent of assembly, concerning the holiness of the sanctuary: 5 When setting out the camp, Aaron and his sons will go and lower the curtain of the covering and cover with it the ark of the testimony.[dg] 6 They will put on it a covering of fine leather,[dh] and they will spread a cloth of perfect blue over it, and they will place its poles. 7 And over the table of the presence they will spread out a blue cloth and put on it the plates, dishes, and libation bowls, and the pitchers of the libation; and the bread of continuity will be on it. 8 They will spread over it a scarlet cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of fine leather,[di] and they will place its poles. 9 They will take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light source, its lamps, a pair of its tongs, its small pans, and all the vessels of its oil with which they attend to it. 10 They will put it and all its vessels inside a covering of fine leather[dj] and put it on the carrying frame. 11 Over the altar of gold they will spread a blue cloth, and they will cover it with a covering of fine leather[dk] and place its poles. 12 They will take all the vessels of the cultic service with which they serve in the sanctuary and put them on a blue cloth, and they will cover them with a covering of fine leather;[dl] and they will put them on the carrying frame. 13 They will remove the fat-soaked ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it; 14 they will put on it all the vessels with which they serve, the fire pans, forks, shovels, and bowls—all the vessels of the altar. They will spread on it a covering of fine leather;[dm] and they will place its poles. 15 And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the vessels of the sanctuary when the camp sets out, the descendants[dn] of Kohath will come after to carry these, but they must not touch the sanctuary, or they will die. These are the load of the descendants[do] of Kohath in the tent of assembly.

16 “Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is to supervise the oil of the light source, the incense, the regular grain offering,[dp] the oil of anointment, the supervision of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, in the sanctuary and in its vessels.”

17 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 18 “You must not cut off the tribe of the clan of the Kohathites[dq] from the midst of the Levites. 19 Do this to them and they will live and not die when they come near the most holy things. Aaron and his sons will go and appoint them, each one to his task and burden. 20 But they must not go and look for a moment[dr] at the holy objects.”

21 Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 22 “Take a census[ds] of the descendants[dt] of Gershon also, according to their families[du] and clans, 23 from those twenty years old[dv] and above until fifty years old;[dw] you will muster[dx] them, all who come to help to do the work of the tent of assembly. 24 This is the work of the clans of the Gershonites:[dy] to serve and to carry. 25 They will carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of assembly and its covering and the covering of fine leather,[dz] which is on top of it,[ea] and the curtain of the doorway of the tent of assembly, 26 and the curtains of the courtyard, and the covering for the doorway of the gate of the courtyard, which is all around on the tabernacle and altar, and their cords and all the vessels of their work; and all that is done to them they will do. 27 And all the work of the descendants[eb] of the Gershonites[ec] will be at the command[ed] of Aaron and his sons, for all they are to carry and for all their work, and you will appoint to them responsibility for all they are to carry. 28 This is the work of the clan of the descendants[ee] of the Gershonites[ef] in the tent of assembly, and their responsibility lies under the direction[eg] of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

29 “For the descendants[eh] of Merari according to their clans, according to their families,[ei] you will muster[ej] them; 30 from those thirty years old[ek] and above until fifty years old;[el] you will muster[em] them, all who come to do the work of the tent of assembly. 31 And this is the responsibility of those who are to carry,[en] all their work in the tent of assembly: the frames of the tabernacle and its bars, pillars, and bases, 32 and the pillars of the courtyard all around, and their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their vessels and for all their work. You will appoint by name the vessels that they are responsible to carry. 33 This is the work of the clan of the descendants[eo] of Merari, for all their work in the tent of assembly under the direction[ep] of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

34 And Moses and Aaron mustered the leaders of the community according to the house of their families,[eq] 35 from those thirty years old[er] and above until fifty years old;[es] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 36 the ones counted[et] were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. 37 These were those counted of the clans of the Kohathites,[eu] everyone who served in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered[ev] according to the command[ew] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.[ex]

38 And the descendants[ey] of Gershon counted according to their clans and according to their families,[ez] 39 from those thirty years old[fa] and above until fifty years old,[fb] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly; 40 the ones counted,[fc] according to their clans, according to their families,[fd] were two thousand six hundred and thirty. 41 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants[fe] of Gershon, everyone who serves in the tent of assembly whom Moses and Aaron mustered[ff] according to the command[fg] of Yahweh.

42 Those counted of the clans of the descendants[fh] of Merari according to their clans, according to their families,[fi] 43 from those thirty years old[fj] and above until fifty years old,[fk] everyone who comes to the service to work in the tent of assembly, 44 the ones counted,[fl] according to their clans, were three thousand two hundred. 45 These were those counted of the clans of the descendants[fm] of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron mustered[fn] according to the command[fo] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.[fp]

46 All those counted of the Levites whom Moses and Aaron and all the leaders of Israel mustered[fq] according to their clans, according to their families,[fr] 47 from those thirty years old[fs] and above until fifty years old,[ft] everyone who comes to the service to do the work of the service carrying in the tent of assembly, 48 the ones counted[fu] were eighty thousand five hundred and eighty. 49 According to the command[fv] of Yahweh by the hand of Moses[fw] they were mustered,[fx] each man according to his service and according to their[fy] service and according to their[fz] burden; and so they were counted by him just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Rules Concerning Those Unclean

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the Israelites:[ga] they must send everyone from the camp who is afflicted with a rash,[gb] everyone with a fluid discharge, and everyone unclean through contact with a corpse. 3 You will send away both male and female;[gc] you will send them outside the camp.[gd] They must not make unclean their camps where I am dwelling in their midst.” 4 So the Israelites[ge] did so. They sent them away outside the camp;[gf] just as Yahweh spoke to Moses, so did the Israelites.[gg]

Rules of Restitution

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Speak to the Israelites:[gh] ‘When a man or woman commits[gi] any of the sins of humankind by acting unfaithfully, it is a sin against Yahweh, and that person will be guilty; 7 they will confess their sin that they did and will make restitution for their[gj] guilt by adding a fifth to it[gk] and giving it to whomever was wronged.[gl] 8 But if the man does not have a redeemer to make restitution to him for the reparation, the reparation is to be given to Yahweh for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him. 9 And every contribution of all the holy objects of the Israelites[gm] that they bring to the priest for him will be his. 10 The holy objects of a man will be for him;[gn] whatever he gives to the priest will be for him.’”

Rules Concerning an Unfaithful Wife

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the Israelites[go] and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully to him, 13 and a man sleeps with her and ejaculates and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is concealed, although she is defiled, and there is no witness against her and she was not caught, 14 if a spirit of jealousy comes over him, and he is jealous of his wife and she is defiled; or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife but she is not defiled, 15 he will bring his wife to the priest. And he will bring her offering for her, one-tenth of an ephah of flour. He will not pour oil on it, and he will not put frankincense on it because it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of remembering,[gp] a reminding of guilt.

16 “‘Then the priest will bring her near and present her before[gq] Yahweh; 17 the priest will take holy waters in a clay vessel, and from the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and the priest will put it into the waters. 18 And the priest will present the woman before[gr] Yahweh, and he will uncover the head of the woman; he will then put in her hands the grain offering of the remembering—which is the grain offering of jealousy—and in the hand of the priest will be the waters of bitterness that brings a curse. 19 Then the priest will make her swear an oath, and he will say to the woman, “If a man has not slept with you, and if you have not had an impurity affair under your husband, go unpunished from the waters of bitterness that brings this curse. 20 But if you have had an affair under your husband, and if you are defiled and a man other than your husband had intercourse with you,” 21 the priest will make the woman swear an oath of the sworn oath of the curse, the priest will say to the woman, “May Yahweh give you a curse and a sworn oath in the midst of your people with Yahweh making[gs] your hip fall away[gt] and your stomach swollen; 22 and these waters that bring a curse will go into your intestines to cause your womb to swell and to make your hip fall away.”[gu] And the women will say, “Amen. Amen.”

23 “‘And the priests will write these curses on the scroll, and he will wipe them off into the waters of the bitterness. 24 He will make the woman drink the waters of the bitterness that brings[gv] a curse, and the waters of bitterness that bring a curse will go into her. 25 The priest will take the grain offering of jealousy from the hand of the woman, and he will wave the grain offering before Yahweh,[gw] and he will present it to the altar; 26 the priest will grasp her memorial offering from the grain offering, and he will turn it into smoke on the altar, and afterward he will make the woman drink the waters. 27 When he has made her drink the waters, it will come about, if she has defiled herself and acted unfaithfully to her husband and the waters of bitterness that bring a curse go into her and her stomach swells and her hip falls away,[gx] the woman will be as a curse in the midst of her people. 28 And if the woman is not defiled, and she is pure, she will go unpunished and be able to conceive children.

29 “‘This is the regulation of jealousy, when a woman has an affair under her husband and she is defiled, 30 or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he will present the woman before Yahweh,[gy]and the priest will do to her all of this law. 31 The man will go unpunished from guilt, and the woman, she will bear her guilt.’”

Rules Concerning Nazirites

6 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites[gz] and say to them, ‘When a man or a woman takes a special vow, a vow of a Nazirite,[ha] to keep separate for Yahweh, 3 he will abstain from wine and fermented drink; he will not drink wine vinegar or vinegar of fermented drink; he will not drink the fruit juice of grapes or eat fresh or dry grapes. 4 All the days of his separation[hb] you will not eat from anything that is made from the grapevine, from sour grapes to the skin of grapes.

5 “‘All the days of the vow of his separation a razor will not pass over his head. Until fulfilling the days that he separated himself to Yahweh he will be holy and grow long the locks of the hair of his head.

6 “‘All the days of keeping himself separated for Yahweh he will not go to a person who is dead; 7 for even his father, mother, brother, or sister he will not make himself unclean by their death,[hc] because the separation to his God is on his head. 8 He will be holy for Yahweh all the days of his separation.[hd]

9 “‘If someone dies suddenly and makes the head of his separation[he] unclean, he will shave off the hair of his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day he will shave it off. 10 On the eighth day he will bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons[hf] to the priest by the doorway of the tent of assembly, 11 and the priest will offer one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering, and he will make atonement for him because he sinned concerning the corpse. He will consecrate his head on that day. 12 He will rededicate to Yahweh the days of his separation[hg] and bring a ram-lamb in its first year[hh] as a guilt offering. The former days of his vow will fall away because his separation was defiled.

13 “‘This is the regulation of the Nazirite for the day of the fulfilling of the days of his separation: one will bring him to the doorway of the tent of the assembly. 14 He will present his offering to Yahweh, one ram-lamb in its first year[hi] without defect as a burnt offering, and one ewe-lamb in its first year[hj] without defect as a sin offering, and one ram without defect as a fellowship offering; 15 and a basket of unleavened bread, finely milled flour of ring-shaped bread cakes mixed with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil, and their grain offering and their libations. 16 The priest will present before Yahweh[hk] and offer his sin offering, his burnt offering; 17 he will offer a ram as a sacrifice of a fellowship offering to Yahweh, in addition to the basket of the unleavened bread; the priest will offer his grain offering and his libation. 18 The Nazirite will shave off the hair of his consecrated head[hl] at the doorway of the tent of assembly, and he will take the hair of his consecrated head,[hm] and he will put it on the fire that is beneath the sacrifice of the fellowship offering. 19 The priest will take the shoulder from the ram that is boiled, and one ring-shaped bread cake of unleavened bread from the basket, and one wafer of unleavened bread, and he will put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head.[hn] 20 The priest will wave them as a wave offering before the presence of[ho] Yahweh; they[hp] are a holy object to the priest, in addition to the breast section of the wave offering, and in addition to the upper thigh of the contribution; and afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.

21 “‘This is the regulation of the Nazirite who has made a vow of his offering to Yahweh according to his separation, in addition to what he can afford.[hq] In accordance to the word of his vow that he vowed, he will do, concerning the instruction of his separation.’”

The Priestly Blessing

22 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘You will bless the Israelites:[hr] You will say to them:

24 Yahweh will bless you
    and keep you;
25 Yahweh will make shine his face on you
    and be gracious to you;
26 Yahweh will lift up his face upon you,
    and he will give you peace.’

27 And they will put my name on the Israelites,[hs] and I will bless them.”

The Leaders Make Offerings

7 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle and appointed and consecrated it and all its vessels, and the altar and its vessels, and he appointed them and consecrated them, 2 the leaders of Israel, the heads of the families,[ht] presented an offering; they were the leaders of the tribes and were the ones in charge of the counting. 3 They brought their offering before the presence of[hu] Yahweh, six covered utility carts and twelve cattle, a utility cart for two of the leaders, and a bull for each; and they presented them before[hv] the tabernacle. 4 Yahweh said to Moses, saying, 5 “Take them,[hw] and they will be used to do the work of the tent of the assembly; and you will give them to the Levites, each according to his required service.”[hx] 6 So Moses took the utility carts and the cattle, and he gave them to the Levites. 7 Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants[hy] of Gershon according to their required service;[hz] 8 and four utility carts and eight cattle he gave to the descendants[ia] of Merari according to their required service,[ib] under the authority of[ic] Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 9 But to the descendants[id] of Kohath he did not give anything because the work of the sanctuary they carried upon them on their shoulders.[ie]

10 The leaders presented offerings for the dedication of the altar on the day of its anointing, and the leaders presented their offerings before[if] the altar. 11 Yahweh said to Moses, “One leader for each day[ig] will present their offering for the dedication of the altar.”

12 And it happened, the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah. 13 His offering was one plate of silver—its weight was one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[ih] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 14 one golden dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense; 15 one young bull,[ii] one ram, one male lamb in its first year[ij] as a burnt offering; 16 one he-goat as a sin offering; 17 and as a sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs a year old.[ik] This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering. 19 He presented as his offering one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking wine weighing seventy shekels[il] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[im] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering. 20 One dish weighing ten shekels filled with incense; 21 one young [in] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[io] as a burnt offering; 22 one he-goat as a sin offering; 23 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[ip] This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the descendants[iq] of Zebulun: 25 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking wine weighing seventy shekels[ir] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[is] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 26 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[it] filled with incense; 27 one young[iu] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[iv] as a burnt offering; 28 one he-goat as a sin offering; 29 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[iw] This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.

30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the descendants[ix] of Reuben: 31 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[iy] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[iz] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 32 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[ja] filled with incense; 33 one young[jb] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[jc] as a burnt offering; 34 one he-goat as a sin offering; 35 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[jd] This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

36 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the descendants[je] of Simeon: 37 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[jf] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[jg] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 38 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[jh] filled with incense; 39 one young[ji] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[jj] as a burnt offering; 40 one he-goat as a sin offering; 41 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[jk] This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the descendants[jl] of Gad: 43 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[jm] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[jn] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 44 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[jo] filled with incense; 45 one young[jp] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[jq] as a burnt offering; 46 one he-goat as a sin offering; 47 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[jr] This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.

48 On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the descendants[js] of Ephraim: 49 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[jt] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[ju] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 50 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[jv] filled with incense; 51 one young[jw] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[jx] as a burnt offering; 52 one he-goat as a sin offering; 53 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[jy] This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.

54 On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the descendants[jz] of Manasseh: 55 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[ka] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 56 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[kb] filled with incense; 57 one young[kc] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[kd] as a burnt offering; 58 one he-goat as a sin offering; 59 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[ke] This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

60 On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the descendants[kf] of Benjamin: 61 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[kg] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[kh] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 62 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[ki] filled with incense; 63 one young[kj] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[kk] as a burnt offering; 64 one he-goat as a sin offering; 65 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[kl] This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.

66 On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the descendants[km] of Dan: 67 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[kn] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[ko] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 68 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[kp] filled with incense; 69 one young[kq] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[kr] as a burnt offering; 70 one he-goat as a sin offering; 71 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[ks] This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

72 On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the descendants[kt] of Asher: 73 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[ku] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[kv] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 74 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[kw] filled with incense; 75 one young[kx] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[ky] as a burnt offering; 76 one he-goat as a sin offering; 77 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[kz] This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran.

78 On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the descendants[la] of Naphtali: 79 his offering was one silver plate—its weight one hundred and thirty shekels—and one silver bowl for drinking weighing seventy shekels[lb] according to the sanctuary shekel, both of them[lc] filled with finely milled flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 80 one golden dish weighing ten shekels[ld] filled with incense; 81 one young[le] bull, one ram, a male lamb in its first year[lf] as a burnt offering; 82 one he-goat as a sin offering; 83 and for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering, two cattle, five rams, five he-goats, and five male lambs in their first year.[lg] This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

84 This was the dedication of the altar on the day of anointing it, from the leaders of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls for drinking wine, twelve golden dishes; 85 each plate of silver weighed one hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl for drinking seventy, all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel; 86 the twelve golden dishes filled with incense, each dish weighing ten shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, all the gold of the dishes one hundred and twenty; 87 all the cattle for the burnt offering twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs in their first year,[lh] and their grain offering; and twelve he-goats as a sin offering; 88 and all the cattle of the sacrifice of the fellowship offering twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty male lambs in their first year.[li] These were the dedication of the altar after its anointing.

89 And when Moses came to the tent of assembly to speak with him,[lj] he would hear the voice speaking to him from the atonement cover,[lk] which is on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, and he would speak to him.

The Seven Lamps

8 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron, and say to him: ‘When you are setting up the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in front of the face of the lampstand.’” 3 And Aaron did so; he set up the lampstand in front of the face of its lamps, just as Yahweh commanded Moses. 4 And this is how the lampstand was made,[ll] a hammered-work of gold; from its base up to its blossom,[lm] it was hammered-work according to the pattern that Yahweh showed Moses; so he made the lampstand.

Moses Consecrates the Levites

5 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Take the Levites from the midst of the Israelites[ln] and purify them. 7 So you will do to them, to purify them: sprinkle on them waters of purification, and they will shave their whole body[lo] and wash their garments. 8 And they will take a young bull[lp] and its grain offering of finely milled flour mixed with oil, and you will take a second young bull[lq] as a sin offering. 9 You will bring the Levites before[lr] the tent of assembly, and you will summon the entire community of the Israelites.[ls] 10 And you will bring the Levites before Yahweh,[lt] and the Israelites[lu] will lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron will offer[lv] the Levites as a wave offering before Yahweh[lw] from the Israelites,[lx] and they will do the work of Yahweh. 12 And the Levites will lay their hands on the head of the one bull and offer it as a sin offering and the other one as a burnt offering to Yahweh, to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you will present the Levites before[ly] Aaron and before[lz] his sons, and he will offer[ma] them as a wave offering to Yahweh.

14 “And you will separate the Levites from the midst of the Israelites,[mb] and the Levites will be for me. 15 And after this the Levites will come to serve at the tent of assembly, and you will purify them, and you will offer[mc] them as a wave offering. 16 For they are given to me exclusively from the midst of the Israelites.[md] I have taken them for myself in place of the firstborn of every womb, every firstborn from the Israelites.[me] 17 For every firstborn among the Israelites[mf] is mine, both humankind and animal. On the day I destroyed every firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them to me, 18 and I have taken the Levites in the place of every firstborn among the Israelites.[mg] 19 And I have given the Levites; they are given to Aaron and his sons from the midst of the Israelites[mh] to do the work of the Israelites[mi] in the tent of the assembly and to make atonement for the Israelites,[mj] so a plague will not be among the Israelites[mk] when the Israelites[ml] come near the sanctuary.”

20 And Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites[mm] did to the Levites; everything that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the Israelites[mn] did to them. 21 And the Levites purified themselves, and they washed their garments, and Aaron offered them[mo] as a wave offering before Yahweh;[mp] and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them. 22 After this the Levites came to do their work in the tent of assembly before Aaron and his sons. Just as Yahweh commanded Moses concerning the Levities, so they did to them.

23 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 24 “This is what is for the Levites: those twenty-five years old[mq] and above will[mr] come to help with the service in the work of the tent of assembly; 25 and those fifty years old[ms] will[mt] return from the service of the work and will serve no longer. 26 They[mu] can attend[mv] their brothers in the tent of assembly to keep their responsibilities, but they[mw] will not do work. This is what you will do concerning the Levities and their responsibilities.”

The Passover

9 Yahweh spoke to Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the second year after they came out from the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying, 2 “Let the Israelites[mx] observe the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month at twilight[my] you will perform it at its appointed time according to all its decrees; and according to all its stipulations you will observe it.” 4 So Moses spoke to the Israelites[mz] to observe the Passover. 5 And they observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight[na] in the desert of Sinai. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, thus the Israelites[nb] did.

6 And it happened, men who were unclean by a dead person[nc] were not able to perform the Passover on that day. And they came before[nd] Moses and Aaron on that day. 7 And those men said to him, “Although we are unclean by a dead person,[ne] why are we hindered from presenting the offering of Yahweh at its appointed time in the midst of the Israelites?”[nf] 8 Moses said to them, “Stay. I will hear what Yahweh commands to you.”

9 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 10 “Speak to the Israelites,[ng] saying, ‘Each man that is unclean by a dead person[nh] or is on a far journey, you or your descendants,[ni] he will observe the Passover of Yahweh. 11 On the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight[nj] they will observe it; they will eat it with unleavened bread and bitter plants. 12 They will leave none of it until morning, and they will not break a bone in it; they will observe it according to every decree of the Passover. 13 But the man who is clean and not on a journey, and he fails to observe the Passover, that person will be cut off from the people because he did not present the offering of Yahweh on its appointed time. That man will bear his guilt. 14 If an alien dwells with you he will observe the Passover of Yahweh according to the decree of the Passover and according to its stipulation; thus you will have one decree for you, for the alien and for the native of the land.’”

The Cloud and the Fire

15 And on a day setting up the tabernacle, the cloud covered the tent of the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony; in the evening it was on the tabernacle as an appearance of fire until morning. 16 So it was[nk] continually; the cloud would cover it and the appearance of fire by night. 17 Whenever the cloud lifted up from on the tent, after that the Israelites[nl] would set out, and in the place where the cloud dwelled, there the Israelites[nm] camped. 18 On the command of Yahweh[nn] the Israelites[no] would set out, and on the command of Yahweh[np] they encamped; all the days that the cloud dwelled on the tabernacle they encamped. 19 And when the cloud prolonged on the tabernacle many days the Israelites[nq] kept the kept requirement of Yahweh and did not set out. 20 When the cloud remained[nr] a number of days on the tabernacle, on the command of Yahweh[ns] they encamped; and on the command of Yahweh[nt] they set out. 21 When the cloud remained[nu] from evening until morning, and the cloud lifted up in the morning, they would set out, or if it remained in the daytime and at night, when the cloud lifted up they set out. 22 When it was two days, a month, or a year[nv] that the cloud prolonged to dwell on the tabernacle, the Israelites[nw] encamped, and they did not set out; when it lifted up they set out. 23 On the command of Yahweh[nx] they encamped, and on the command of Yahweh[ny] they set out. They kept the requirement of Yahweh, on the command of Yahweh[nz] in the hand of Moses.[oa]

The Silver Trumpets

10 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Make yourself two silver trumpets; make them of hammered-work. You will use them[ob] for calling the community and for breaking the camp. 3 You will blow them, and all the community will assemble to the doorway of the tent of assembly. 4 But if they blow only one, the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, will assemble to you. 5 When you will blow a blast, the camps that are camping on the east will set out; 6 when you blow a second blast, the camps that are camping on the south will set out; they will blow a blast for their journeys. 7 But when summoning the assembly, you will blow, but you will not signal with a loud noise. 8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, will blow on the trumpets; this will be an eternal decree for your generations. 9 If you go to war in your land against the enemy who attacks you, you will signal with a loud noise on the trumpets. You will be remembered before[oc] Yahweh your God, and you will be rescued from your enemies.

10 “And on the day of your joy and in your appointed times, at the beginning of your months, you will blow on the trumpets in addition to your burnt offerings and in addition to the sacrifices of your fellowship offerings. And they will be as a memorial for you before[od] your God; I am Yahweh your God.”

The Israelites Depart from Sinai

11 And it happened, in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth of the month the cloud was lifted from upon the tabernacle of the testimony.[oe] 12 And the Israelites[of] set out for their journey[og] from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud dwelled in the desert of Paran. 13 They set out for the first time[oh] on the command of Yahweh in the hand of Moses.[oi] 14 The standard of the camp of the descendants[oj] of Judah set out for the first time according to their divisions, with Nahshon son of Amminadab over its division. 15 And Nathanel son of Zuar was over the division of the descendants[ok] of Issachar; 16 Eliab son of Helon was over the division of the tribe of the descendants[ol] of Zebulun.

17 The tabernacle was taken down, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, the bearers of the tabernacle, set out. 18 And the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their divisions; Elizur son of Shedeur was over their division. 19 Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai was over the division of the sons of the tribe of Simeon. 20 Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of the descendants[om] of Gad.

21 The Kohathites, the bearers of the sanctuary, set out, and they set up the tabernacle before they arrived. 22 And the stand of the camp of the descendants[on] of Ephraim set out according to their divisions; Elishama son of Ammihud was over its division. 23 Gamaliel son of Pedahzur was over the division of the tribe of the descendants[oo] of Manasseh. 24 Abidan son of Gideoni was over the division of the tribe of the descendants[op] of Benjamin.

25 Then the standard of the camp of the descendants[oq] of Dan, who formed a rear guard for all the camps, set out according to their divisions; Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai was over its division. 26 Pagiel son of Ocran was over the division of the tribe of the descendants[or] of Asher. 27 Ahira son of Enan was over the division of the tribe of the descendants[os] of Naphtali. 28 These were the departures of the Israelites[ot] according to their divisions; and so they set out.

29 Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, the father-in-law of Moses, “We are setting out to the place that Yahweh said, ‘I will give it to you’; go with us, and we will treat you well[ou] because Yahweh promised[ov] good concerning Israel.” 30 But he said to him, “I will not go. I will only go to my land and to my family.” 31 He[ow] said, “Please, do not abandon us because you know our encampment in the desert, and you should be our guide.[ox] 32 Moreover, if you go with us, the good that Yahweh will do to us we will do to you.”

33 And so they set out from the mountain of Yahweh a journey of three days, with the ark of the covenant of Yahweh setting out ahead of them[oy] three days’ journey to search out a resting place for them; 34 and the cloud of Yahweh was over them by day when they set out from the camp.

35 And whenever the ark was setting out Moses would say,

“Rise up, Yahweh!
May your enemies be scattered;
may the ones that hate you flee from your presence.”
36 And when it rested he would say,
“Return, Yahweh,
to the countless thousands of Israel.”

The Israelites Complain

11 And it happened, the people were like those who complain of hardship[oz] in the hearing[pa] of Yahweh, and Yahweh became angry,[pb] and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and it consumed the edge of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died down. 3 And he called the name of that place Taberah[pc] because the fire of Yahweh burned among them.

4 The riff-raff that were in their midst had a strong desire;[pd] and the Israelites[pe] turned back and also wept, and they said, “Who will feed us meat? 5 We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumber, melon, leek, the onions, and the garlic. 6 But now our strength is dried up;[pf] there is nothing whatsoever except for the manna before us.”[pg]

7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its outward appearance was like that of bdellium-gum. 8 The people went about and gathered it, and they ground it with mills or crushed it with mortar. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into bread-cakes; and it tasted like olive oil cakes. 9 When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna came down with it.

10 Moses heard the people weeping according to their[ph] clans, each at the doorway of their tents. Then Yahweh became very angry,[pi] and in the eyes of Moses it was bad. 11 And Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you brought trouble to your servant? Why have I not found favor in your eyes, that the burdens of all these people have been placed on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? If I have fathered them,[pj] that you could say to me, ‘Carry them[pk] in your lap, just as a foster-father carries the suckling on the land that you swore an oath to their ancestors?’[pl] 13 From where do I have meat to give all these people? They weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat and let us eat!’ 14 I am not able to carry all these people along alone; they are too heavy for me. 15 If this is how you are going to treat me, please kill me immediately if I find favor in your eyes, and do not let me see my misery.”

16 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know are elders of the people and their[pm] officials; take them to the tent of assembly, and they will stand there with you. 17 I will come down and speak with you there; I will take away from the spirit that is on you, and I will place it on them; and they will bear the burdens of the people with you; you will not bear it alone. 18 And you will say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves tomorrow, for you will eat meat because you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will feed us good meat? It was good for us in Egypt.” Yahweh will give to you meat, and you will eat. 19 You will eat, not one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, 20 but for a whole month,[pn] until it comes out from your nose and becomes as nausea to you; because you have rejected Yahweh, who is in your midst, and you wept before his presence,[po] saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’” 21 But Moses said, “There are six hundred thousand on foot, among whom I am in the midst, and you yourself said, ‘I will give meat to them, and they will eat for a whole month.’ 22 Should flocks and cattle be slaughtered for them? Should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be enough for them?” 23 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Is Yahweh’s power limited?[pp] Now you will see if my word will happen or not.”

24 So Moses went out, and he spoke the words of Yahweh to the people, and he gathered together seventy men from the elders of the people, and he made them stand[pq] all around the tent. 25 Then Yahweh went down in the cloud and spoke to him, and he took away the spirit that was on him, and he put it[pr] on the seventy elders. And as soon as the spirit was resting on them they prophesied, but they did not do it again.

26 But two men were left in the camp; the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the second was Medad, and the spirit rested on them; they were among those who were written down, but they did not go out to the tent, so they prophesied in the camp. 27 So a boy[ps] ran and told Moses and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” 28 And Joshua son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from time of his youth, answered, “Moses, my lord, stop them.” 29 But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that he[pt] give all Yahweh’s people prophets, that Yahweh put his spirit on them!” 30 Then Moses and the elders of Israel were gathered to the camp.

The Quail

31 Then a wind set out from Yahweh, and it drove quails from the west, and he spread them out on the camp about a day’s journey on one side and about a day’s journey on the other, all around the camp, about two cubits on the surface of the land. 32 And so the people worked[pu] all day and all night and all the next day, and they gathered the quail (the least of the ones collecting gathered ten homers).[pv] 33 While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people. 34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah[pw] because they buried the people that were greedy.[px] 35 From Kibroth Hattaavah[py] the people set out to Hazeroth; and they stayed[pz] in Hazeroth.

Aaron and Miriam Murmur Against Moses

12 And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he took (because he took a Cushite wife); 2 and they said, “Has Yahweh spoken only through Moses? Has not Yahweh also spoken through us?” And Yahweh heard it. 3 Now the man, Moses, was more humble than any other person on the face of the earth, 4 and Yahweh said suddenly to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, “Go out, you three, to the tent of assembly.” So the three of them when out. 5 And Yahweh went down in a column of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and he called Aaron and Miriam, and the two of them went, 6 and he said,

“Please hear my words:
    If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh,
will make myself known to him in a vision.
    I will speak to him in a dream.[qa]
7 Not so with my servant Moses;
    in all my house he is faithful.
8 I will speak to him mouth to mouth,
    in clearness, not in riddles;
and he will look at the form of Yahweh.

Why were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

9 And Yahweh became very angry[qb] with them, and he went away. 10 And the cloud departed from on the tent, and behold, Miriam was infected with a skin disease[qc] white like snow; when Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was afflicted with a skin disease. 11 So Aaron said to Moses, “Please, my lord, please do not put on us this sin in which we were foolish and in which we have sinned. 12 Please do not let her be like the dead, whose flesh is half consumed when coming out from the womb of its mother.” 13 And Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “God, please heal her!”[qd] 14 But Yahweh said to Moses, “If her father had surely spit in her face, would she not bear her shame for seven days? Let her be confined for seven days to an outside place of the camp, and afterward she may be gathered.” 15 So Miriam was confined to the outside place of the camp seven days, and the people did not set out until Miriam was gathered. 16 And afterward the people set out from Hazeroth, and they encamped in the desert of Paran.

Spies Sent to Spy Out the Land of Canaan

13 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Send for yourself men, and let them explore the land of Canaan, which I am about to give to the Israelites;[qe] from each tribe of his father send one man,[qf] everyone a leader among them.” 3 So Moses sent them from the desert of Paran on the command of Yahweh; all of the men were leaders[qg] of the Israelites.[qh] 4 And these are their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; 5 from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; 6 from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; 7 from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; 8 from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; 9 from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; 10 from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; 11 from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; 12 from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; 13 from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; 14 from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; 15 from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki. 16 These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.

17 Moses sent them to explore the land of Canaan, and he said to them, “Go up like this to the Negev,[qi] and go up into the hill country, 18 and you will see what the land is like and if the people who inhabit it are strong or weak, or whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land that they are inhabiting is good or bad, and whether the cities they are inhabiting are camps or fortifications, 20 and whether the land is fertile or lean, and whether there are trees on it or not. You will show yourself courageous, and you will take some of the fruit of the land.” It was the time of first ripe grapes.

21 So they went up and explored the land from the desert of Zin until Rehob, at Lebo Hamath.[qj] 22 They went up through the Negev[qk] and came to Hebron, where[ql] Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai the descendants of the Anakites were. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) 23 And they came up to the valley[qm] of Eshcol, and they cut off a vine branch and one cluster of grapes from there; they carried it on a pole between two men, with pomegranates and figs. 24 That place he called the valley[qn] of Eshcol on account of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites[qo] cut off from there.

The Spies Return

25 They returned from exploring the land at the end of forty days.[qp] 26 And they came[qq] to Moses and Aaron and to the entire community of the Israelites[qr] in the desert of Paran at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the community, and they showed them the fruit of the land. 27 And they told him,[qs] “We came to the land that you sent us, and it is flowing of milk and honey; this is its fruit. 28 Yet the people who are inhabiting it are strong and the cities are fortified and very large; moreover, we saw the descendants of the Anakites there. 29 The Amalekites are living in the land of the Negev;[qt] the Hittites, Jebusites, and the Amorites are living in the hill country; and the Canaanites are living at the sea and on the banks of the Jordan.”

30 And Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “Surely, let us go up and let us take possession of it because surely we will be able to prevail over it.” 31 And the men who went up with him said, “We are not able to go up to the people because they are stronger than us.” 32 And they presented the report of the land that they explored to the Israelites,[qu] saying, “The land that we went through to explore is a land that eats its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of great size.[qv] 33 There we saw the Nephilim (the descendants[qw] of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their eyes.”

The People Complain

14 Then all the community lifted up their voices,[qx] and the people wept during that night. 2 And all the Israelites[qy] grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and all the community said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt or in this desert! 3 Why did Yahweh bring us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little children will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” 4 They said to each other,[qz] “Let us appoint a leader, and we will return to Egypt.”

5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before[ra] the assembly of the community of the Israelites.[rb] 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the explorers of the land, tore their garments. 7 And they said to all the community of the Israelites,[rc] “The land that we went through to explore is an exceptionally good land.[rd] 8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and he will give it to us, a land that is flowing with milk and honey. 9 Only do not rebel against Yahweh, and you will not fear the people of the land, because they will be our food. Their protection[re] has been turned from them; Yahweh is with us. You should not fear them.” 10 And all the community said to stone them with stones, but the glory of Yahweh appeared in the tent of assembly among the Israelites.[rf]

11 And Yahweh said to Moses, “How long until this people will despise me, and how long until they will not believe in me, and in all the signs that I have done in their[rg] midst? 12 I will strike them[rh] with disease, and I will dispossess them;[ri] I will make you into a greater and stronger nation than them.”[rj]

13 And Moses said to Yahweh, “Then the Egyptians will hear that you brought up this people from their[rk] midst in your power, 14 and they will tell it[rl] to the inhabitants of this land. They heard that you, Yahweh, are in the midst of this people, that you are seen eye to eye, and your cloud is standing over them, and in a column of cloud you go before them by day and in a column of fire at night. 15 But if you destroy this people all at once,[rm] the nations that will have heard your message will say, 16 ‘Yahweh was unable to bring this people in the land that he swore by an oath, and he slaughtered them in the desert.’ 17 But now, please, let the power of my Lord be great, just has you spoke,

18 ‘Yahweh is slow to anger[rn]
    and great of loyal love,
forgiving[ro] sin and rebellion;
    but surely he leaves nothing unpunished,
visiting the sin of the fathers on the sons
    to the third and fourth generations.’

19 Please forgive the sin of this people according to the greatness of your loyal love, just as you forgave[rp] this people, from Egypt until now.”

20 Yahweh said, “I have forgiven them according to your word; 21 but as I am alive, the glory of Yahweh will fill all the earth. 22 But because all the men who have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the desert yet tested me these ten times and did not listen to my voice, 23 they will not see the land that I swore by oath to their ancestors,[rq] and all those who despised me will not see it. 24 But my servant Caleb, because another spirit was with him, he remained true after me, and I will bring him into the land that he entered,[rr] and his offspring will take possession of it. 25 And the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; tomorrow turn and set out for the desert by way of the Red Sea.”[rs]

26 And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, 27 “How long will I bear this evil community who are grumbling against me? I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites[rt] which they are making[ru] against me. 28 Say to them, ‘Surely as I live,’ declares[rv] Yahweh, ‘just as you spoke in my hearing,[rw] so I will do to you; 29 in this desert your corpses will fall, and all your counted ones, according to all your number, from twenty years old[rx] and above who grumbled against me. 30 You yourselves will not come into the land that I swore by oath[ry] to make you to dwell in it, but Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 But your little children, whom you said would be plunder, I will bring them, and they will know the land that you rejected. 32 But for you, all your corpses will fall in this desert. 33 And your children will be shepherds in the desert forty years,[rz] and you will bear your unfaithfulness until all your corpses have fallen[sa] in the desert. 34 According to the number of the days[sb] that you explored the land, forty days,[sc] a day for each year,[sd] you will bear your sins forty years,[se] and you will know my opposition.’ 35 I, Yahweh, have spoken; I will surely do this to all this evil community who has banded together against me. In this desert they will come to an end, and there they will die.”

36 As for the men whom Moses sent to explore the land, who returned and made the community grumble against him by spreading a report over the land, 37 the men who spread the evil report of the land died by the plague before Yahweh.[sf] 38 But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh lived from among the men who went to explore the land.

39 And Moses spoke words to all the Israelites,[sg] and the people mourned greatly. 40 They rose early in the morning and went to the top of the mount, saying, “Here we are. We will go up to the place that Yahweh said, because we have sinned.” 41 But Moses said, “Why are you going against the command of Yahweh? It will not succeed. 42 You should not go up because Yahweh is not in your midst; do not let yourselves be defeated in the presence of your enemies,

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 1:47 Or “fathers’”
  2. Numbers 1:47 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  3. Numbers 1:49 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  4. Numbers 1:49 Literally “Lift up the head of”
  5. Numbers 1:49 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  6. Numbers 1:50 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  7. Numbers 1:50 Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
  8. Numbers 1:51 Literally “lower it”
  9. Numbers 1:51 Or “outsider”
  10. Numbers 1:52 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  11. Numbers 1:52 Hebrew “his” or “its”
  12. Numbers 1:53 Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
  13. Numbers 1:53 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  14. Numbers 1:53 Other modern translations read “tabernacle of the covenant”
  15. Numbers 1:54 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  16. Numbers 2:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  17. Numbers 2:2 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  18. Numbers 2:4 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  19. Numbers 2:8 Literally “the ones counted of him,” or “the ones mustered of him”
  20. Numbers 2:11 Literally “the ones counted of him,” or “the ones mustered of him”
  21. Numbers 2:13 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  22. Numbers 2:15 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  23. Numbers 2:16 Or “those mustered”
  24. Numbers 2:17 Literally “each man on his hand according to their standards”
  25. Numbers 2:19 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  26. Numbers 2:21 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  27. Numbers 2:23 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  28. Numbers 2:24 Or “those mustered”
  29. Numbers 2:26 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  30. Numbers 2:28 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  31. Numbers 2:30 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  32. Numbers 2:31 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  33. Numbers 2:31 Literally “from behind”
  34. Numbers 2:32 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  35. Numbers 2:32 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  36. Numbers 2:33 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  37. Numbers 2:34 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  38. Numbers 2:34 Hebrew “each one,” or “each man”
  39. Numbers 2:34 Hebrew “his clans”
  40. Numbers 2:34 Literally “the house of his fathers”
  41. Numbers 3:1 Literally “on a day”
  42. Numbers 3:3 Literally “he filled their hands to serve as a priest”
  43. Numbers 3:4 Literally “before the face of Yahweh”
  44. Numbers 3:4 Literally “before the face of Yahweh”
  45. Numbers 3:4 Literally “sons were not for them”
  46. Numbers 3:6 Literally “cause it to stand”
  47. Numbers 3:6 Literally “in the presence of Aaron”
  48. Numbers 3:8 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  49. Numbers 3:8 Or “service”
  50. Numbers 3:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  51. Numbers 3:10 Or “outsider”
  52. Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  53. Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  54. Numbers 3:13 Literally “from humankind to animal”
  55. Numbers 3:15 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  56. Numbers 3:15 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  57. Numbers 3:15 Literally “the son of a month”
  58. Numbers 3:16 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  59. Numbers 3:16 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  60. Numbers 3:20 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  61. Numbers 3:21 Literally “To Gershon was”
  62. Numbers 3:22 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  63. Numbers 3:22 Literally “the son of a month and above”
  64. Numbers 3:24 Literally “the house of his father”
  65. Numbers 3:27 Literally “For Kohath was”
  66. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Amramite”
  67. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Izharite”
  68. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Hebronite”
  69. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Uzzielite”
  70. Numbers 3:27 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  71. Numbers 3:28 Literally “the son of a month”
  72. Numbers 3:30 Literally “the house of his father”
  73. Numbers 3:30 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  74. Numbers 3:32 Literally “the leader of leaders”
  75. Numbers 3:32 Hebrew “Levite”
  76. Numbers 3:33 Literally “for Merari was”
  77. Numbers 3:33 Hebrew “Mahlite”
  78. Numbers 3:33 Hebrew “Mushite”
  79. Numbers 3:34 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  80. Numbers 3:34 Literally “the son of a month”
  81. Numbers 3:35 Literally “the house of his father”
  82. Numbers 3:38 Literally “for the responsibility of the children of Israel”
  83. Numbers 3:38 Or “outsider”
  84. Numbers 3:39 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  85. Numbers 3:39 Literally “the mouth of Yahweh”
  86. Numbers 3:39 Literally “the son of a month”
  87. Numbers 3:40 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  88. Numbers 3:40 Literally “the son of a month”
  89. Numbers 3:40 Literally “and lift up the number of”
  90. Numbers 3:41 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  91. Numbers 3:41 Hebrew “animal”
  92. Numbers 3:41 Hebrew “animal”
  93. Numbers 3:41 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  94. Numbers 3:42 Or “counted” or “summoned” or “enrolled”
  95. Numbers 3:42 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  96. Numbers 3:43 Hebrew “male”
  97. Numbers 3:43 Literally “the son of a month”
  98. Numbers 3:43 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  99. Numbers 3:45 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  100. Numbers 3:46 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  101. Numbers 3:47 Hebrew “gerah”
  102. Numbers 3:50 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  103. Numbers 3:51 Literally “mouth”
  104. Numbers 4:2 Literally “and lift up the number of”
  105. Numbers 4:2 Or “sons”
  106. Numbers 4:2 Or “sons”
  107. Numbers 4:2 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  108. Numbers 4:3 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  109. Numbers 4:3 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  110. Numbers 4:4 Or “sons”
  111. Numbers 4:5 Or “the ark of the covenant”
  112. Numbers 4:6 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  113. Numbers 4:8 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  114. Numbers 4:10 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  115. Numbers 4:11 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  116. Numbers 4:12 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  117. Numbers 4:14 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  118. Numbers 4:15 Or “sons”
  119. Numbers 4:15 Or “sons”
  120. Numbers 4:16 Literally “the grain offering of continuity”
  121. Numbers 4:18 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  122. Numbers 4:20 Literally “as devouring”
  123. Numbers 4:22 Literally “And lift up the number of”
  124. Numbers 4:22 Or “sons”
  125. Numbers 4:22 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  126. Numbers 4:23 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  127. Numbers 4:23 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  128. Numbers 4:23 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  129. Numbers 4:24 Hebrew “Gershonite”
  130. Numbers 4:25 Literally “the hide of a sea cow”
  131. Numbers 4:25 Literally “is above upon it”
  132. Numbers 4:27 Or “sons”
  133. Numbers 4:27 Hebrew “Gershonite”
  134. Numbers 4:27 Literally “the mouth”
  135. Numbers 4:28 Or “sons”
  136. Numbers 4:28 Hebrew “Gershonite”
  137. Numbers 4:28 Literally “in the hand”
  138. Numbers 4:29 Or “sons”
  139. Numbers 4:29 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  140. Numbers 4:29 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  141. Numbers 4:30 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  142. Numbers 4:30 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  143. Numbers 4:30 Or “count,” or “summon,” or “enroll”
  144. Numbers 4:31 Literally “them carrying”
  145. Numbers 4:33 Or “sons”
  146. Numbers 4:33 Literally “in the hand”
  147. Numbers 4:34 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  148. Numbers 4:35 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  149. Numbers 4:35 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  150. Numbers 4:36 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  151. Numbers 4:37 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  152. Numbers 4:37 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  153. Numbers 4:37 Literally “the mouth”
  154. Numbers 4:37 Or “through Moses”
  155. Numbers 4:38 Or “sons”
  156. Numbers 4:38 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  157. Numbers 4:39 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  158. Numbers 4:39 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  159. Numbers 4:40 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  160. Numbers 4:40 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  161. Numbers 4:41 Or “sons”
  162. Numbers 4:41 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  163. Numbers 4:41 Literally “the mouth”
  164. Numbers 4:42 Or “sons”
  165. Numbers 4:42 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  166. Numbers 4:43 Literally “thirty years and above”
  167. Numbers 4:43 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  168. Numbers 4:44 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  169. Numbers 4:45 Or “sons”
  170. Numbers 4:45 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  171. Numbers 4:45 Literally “the mouth”
  172. Numbers 4:45 Or “through Moses”
  173. Numbers 4:46 Or “counted,” or “summoned,” or “enrolled”
  174. Numbers 4:46 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  175. Numbers 4:47 Literally “a son of thirty years”
  176. Numbers 4:47 Literally “a son of fifty years”
  177. Numbers 4:48 Literally “the ones counted of them,” or “the ones mustered of them”
  178. Numbers 4:49 Literally “the mouth”
  179. Numbers 4:49 Or “through Moses”
  180. Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “he mustered”
  181. Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “his”
  182. Numbers 4:49 Hebrew “his”
  183. Numbers 5:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  184. Numbers 5:2 The precise meaning is uncertain; many modern translations suggest “leprosy”
  185. Numbers 5:3 Literally “from male until female”
  186. Numbers 5:3 Literally “to an outside place of the camp”
  187. Numbers 5:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  188. Numbers 5:4 Literally “to an outside place of the camp”
  189. Numbers 5:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  190. Numbers 5:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  191. Numbers 5:6 Literally “does”
  192. Numbers 5:7 Hebrew “his”
  193. Numbers 5:7 Literally “on top of it”
  194. Numbers 5:7 Literally “to whomever he was guilty”
  195. Numbers 5:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  196. Numbers 5:10 That is, the priest
  197. Numbers 5:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  198. Numbers 5:15 Or “memorial”
  199. Numbers 5:16 Literally “before the face of”
  200. Numbers 5:18 Literally “before the face of”
  201. Numbers 5:21 Hebrew “giving”
  202. Numbers 5:21 Or “waste away”
  203. Numbers 5:22 Or “waste away”
  204. Numbers 5:24 Hebrew “bring”
  205. Numbers 5:25 Literally “before the face of Yahweh”
  206. Numbers 5:27 Or “wastes away”
  207. Numbers 5:30 Literally “before the face of”
  208. Numbers 6:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  209. Numbers 6:2 Literally “one separated”
  210. Numbers 6:4 That is, “the Nazirite”
  211. Numbers 6:7 Literally “with their dying”
  212. Numbers 6:8 That is, “the Nazirite”
  213. Numbers 6:9 That is, “the Nazirite”
  214. Numbers 6:10 Literally “the sons of doves”
  215. Numbers 6:12 That is, “the Nazirite”
  216. Numbers 6:12 Literally “a son of his year”
  217. Numbers 6:14 Literally “a son of his year”
  218. Numbers 6:14 Literally “a daughter of his year”
  219. Numbers 6:16 Or “before the face of Yahweh”
  220. Numbers 6:18 Literally “the head of his separation”
  221. Numbers 6:18 Literally “the head of his separation”
  222. Numbers 6:19 Literally “his separation”
  223. Numbers 6:20 Literally “before the face of”
  224. Numbers 6:20 Hebrew “it”
  225. Numbers 6:21 Literally “except from that which overtakes his hand”
  226. Numbers 6:23 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  227. Numbers 6:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  228. Numbers 7:2 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  229. Numbers 7:3 Or “before the face of”
  230. Numbers 7:3 Literally “before the face of”
  231. Numbers 7:5 Literally “Take from them”
  232. Numbers 7:5 Literally “according to the mouth of his work”
  233. Numbers 7:7 Or “sons”
  234. Numbers 7:7 Literally “according to the mouth of their work”
  235. Numbers 7:8 Or “sons”
  236. Numbers 7:8 Literally “according to the mouth of their work”
  237. Numbers 7:8 Literally “in the hand of”
  238. Numbers 7:9 Or “sons”
  239. Numbers 7:9 Hebrew “the shoulder”
  240. Numbers 7:10 Literally “in the presence of”
  241. Numbers 7:11 Literally “One leader for the day one leader for the day”
  242. Numbers 7:13 Literally “the two of them”
  243. Numbers 7:15 Literally “one bull, a son of a cattle”
  244. Numbers 7:15 Literally “the son of its year”
  245. Numbers 7:17 Literally “sons of a year”
  246. Numbers 7:19 Hebrew “shekel”
  247. Numbers 7:19 Literally “the two of them”
  248. Numbers 7:21 Literally “a son of cattle”
  249. Numbers 7:21 Literally “the son of its year”
  250. Numbers 7:23 Literally “sons of a year”
  251. Numbers 7:24 Or “sons”
  252. Numbers 7:25 Hebrew “shekel”
  253. Numbers 7:25 Literally “the two of them”
  254. Numbers 7:26 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  255. Numbers 7:27 Literally “a son of cattle”
  256. Numbers 7:27 Literally “the son of its year”
  257. Numbers 7:29 Literally “sons of a year”
  258. Numbers 7:30 Or “sons”
  259. Numbers 7:31 Hebrew “shekel”
  260. Numbers 7:31 Literally “the two of them”
  261. Numbers 7:32 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  262. Numbers 7:33 Literally “a son of cattle”
  263. Numbers 7:33 Literally “the son of its year”
  264. Numbers 7:35 Literally “sons of a year”
  265. Numbers 7:36 Or “sons”
  266. Numbers 7:37 Hebrew “shekel”
  267. Numbers 7:37 Literally “the two of them”
  268. Numbers 7:38 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  269. Numbers 7:39 Literally “a son of cattle”
  270. Numbers 7:39 Literally “the son of its year”
  271. Numbers 7:41 Literally “sons of a year”
  272. Numbers 7:42 Or “sons”
  273. Numbers 7:43 Hebrew “shekel”
  274. Numbers 7:43 Literally “the two of them”
  275. Numbers 7:44 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  276. Numbers 7:45 Literally “a son of cattle”
  277. Numbers 7:45 Literally “the son of its year”
  278. Numbers 7:47 Literally “sons of a year”
  279. Numbers 7:48 Or “sons”
  280. Numbers 7:49 Hebrew “shekel”
  281. Numbers 7:49 Literally “the two of them”
  282. Numbers 7:50 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  283. Numbers 7:51 Literally “a son of cattle”
  284. Numbers 7:51 Literally “the son of its year”
  285. Numbers 7:53 Literally “sons of a year”
  286. Numbers 7:54 Or “sons”
  287. Numbers 7:55 Literally “the two of them”
  288. Numbers 7:56 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  289. Numbers 7:57 Literally “a son of cattle”
  290. Numbers 7:57 Literally “the son of its year”
  291. Numbers 7:59 Literally “sons of a year”
  292. Numbers 7:60 Or “sons”
  293. Numbers 7:61 Hebrew “shekel”
  294. Numbers 7:61 Literally “the two of them”
  295. Numbers 7:62 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  296. Numbers 7:63 Literally “a son of cattle”
  297. Numbers 7:63 Literally “the son of its year”
  298. Numbers 7:65 Literally “sons of a year”
  299. Numbers 7:66 Or “sons”
  300. Numbers 7:67 Hebrew “shekel”
  301. Numbers 7:67 Literally “the two of them”
  302. Numbers 7:68 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  303. Numbers 7:69 Literally “a son of cattle”
  304. Numbers 7:69 Literally “the son of its year”
  305. Numbers 7:71 Literally “sons of a year”
  306. Numbers 7:72 Or “sons”
  307. Numbers 7:73 Hebrew “shekel”
  308. Numbers 7:73 Literally “the two of them”
  309. Numbers 7:74 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  310. Numbers 7:75 Literally “a son of cattle”
  311. Numbers 7:75 Literally “the son of its year”
  312. Numbers 7:77 Literally “sons of a year”
  313. Numbers 7:78 Or “sons”
  314. Numbers 7:79 Hebrew “shekel”
  315. Numbers 7:79 Literally “the two of them”
  316. Numbers 7:80 Literally “one dish of ten gold”
  317. Numbers 7:81 Literally “a son of cattle”
  318. Numbers 7:81 Literally “the son of its year”
  319. Numbers 7:83 Literally “sons of a year”
  320. Numbers 7:87 Literally “sons of a year”
  321. Numbers 7:88 Literally “sons of a year”
  322. Numbers 7:89 That is, Yahweh
  323. Numbers 7:89 Some modern translations have “mercy seat” (see, for example, the NRSV, NASB)
  324. Numbers 8:4 Literally “the work of the lampstand”
  325. Numbers 8:4 Or “flower”
  326. Numbers 8:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  327. Numbers 8:7 Literally “they will send a razor on all their body”
  328. Numbers 8:8 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
  329. Numbers 8:8 Literally “a bull, a son of cattle”
  330. Numbers 8:9 Literally “in the presence of”
  331. Numbers 8:9 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  332. Numbers 8:10 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
  333. Numbers 8:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  334. Numbers 8:11 Literally “Aaron will wave”
  335. Numbers 8:11 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
  336. Numbers 8:11 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  337. Numbers 8:13 Literally “in the presence of”
  338. Numbers 8:13 Literally “in the presence of”
  339. Numbers 8:13 Literally “Aaron will wave”
  340. Numbers 8:14 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  341. Numbers 8:15 Literally “Aaron will wave”
  342. Numbers 8:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  343. Numbers 8:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  344. Numbers 8:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  345. Numbers 8:18 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  346. Numbers 8:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  347. Numbers 8:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  348. Numbers 8:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  349. Numbers 8:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  350. Numbers 8:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  351. Numbers 8:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  352. Numbers 8:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  353. Numbers 8:21 Literally “Aaron waved them”
  354. Numbers 8:21 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
  355. Numbers 8:24 Literally “from a son of twenty-five years”
  356. Numbers 8:24 Hebrew “and he will”
  357. Numbers 8:25 Literally “from a son of fifty years”
  358. Numbers 8:25 Hebrew “he will”
  359. Numbers 8:26 Hebrew “he”
  360. Numbers 8:26 Or “assist”
  361. Numbers 8:26 Hebrew “he”
  362. Numbers 9:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  363. Numbers 9:3 Literally “between the two evenings”
  364. Numbers 9:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  365. Numbers 9:5 Literally “between the two evenings”
  366. Numbers 9:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  367. Numbers 9:6 Literally “by a life of a person”
  368. Numbers 9:6 Literally “in the presence of”
  369. Numbers 9:7 Literally “by a life of a person”
  370. Numbers 9:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  371. Numbers 9:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  372. Numbers 9:10 Literally “by a life of a person”
  373. Numbers 9:10 Literally “generations”
  374. Numbers 9:11 Literally “between the two evenings”
  375. Numbers 9:16 Hebrew “it will be”
  376. Numbers 9:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  377. Numbers 9:17 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  378. Numbers 9:18 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  379. Numbers 9:18 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  380. Numbers 9:18 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  381. Numbers 9:19 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  382. Numbers 9:20 Literally “it was there”
  383. Numbers 9:20 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  384. Numbers 9:20 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  385. Numbers 9:21 Literally “it was there”
  386. Numbers 9:22 Literally “or days”
  387. Numbers 9:22 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  388. Numbers 9:23 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  389. Numbers 9:23 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  390. Numbers 9:23 Literally “mouth of Yahweh”
  391. Numbers 9:23 Or “through Moses”
  392. Numbers 10:2 Literally “They will be for you”
  393. Numbers 10:9 Literally “in the presence of”
  394. Numbers 10:10 Literally “in the presence of”
  395. Numbers 10:11 Some modern translations (e.g., the NRSV) have “tabernacle of the covenant”
  396. Numbers 10:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  397. Numbers 10:12 Hebrew “journeys”
  398. Numbers 10:13 Literally “in the beginning”
  399. Numbers 10:13 Or “through Moses”
  400. Numbers 10:14 Or “sons”
  401. Numbers 10:15 Or “sons”
  402. Numbers 10:16 Or “sons”
  403. Numbers 10:20 Or “sons”
  404. Numbers 10:22 Or “sons”
  405. Numbers 10:23 Or “sons”
  406. Numbers 10:24 Or “sons”
  407. Numbers 10:25 Or “sons”
  408. Numbers 10:26 Or “sons”
  409. Numbers 10:27 Or “sons”
  410. Numbers 10:28 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  411. Numbers 10:29 Literally “do good to you”
  412. Numbers 10:29 Literally “Yahweh spoke”
  413. Numbers 10:31 That is, Moses
  414. Numbers 10:31 Literally “you should be our eyes”
  415. Numbers 10:33 Or “before them”
  416. Numbers 11:1 Literally “complain of bad”
  417. Numbers 11:1 Literally “in the ears”
  418. Numbers 11:1 Literally “his nose became hot”
  419. Numbers 11:3 This word is difficult, but some modern translations suggest the word in Hebrew means “burning” (see NRSV, NASB)
  420. Numbers 11:4 Literally “desired a desire”
  421. Numbers 11:4 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  422. Numbers 11:6 Literally “our life is dry”
  423. Numbers 11:6 Literally “for the manna of our eyes”
  424. Numbers 11:10 Hebrew “its”
  425. Numbers 11:10 Literally “the nose of Yahweh became very hot”
  426. Numbers 11:12 Hebrew “him/it”
  427. Numbers 11:12 Hebrew “him/it”
  428. Numbers 11:12 Or “fathers”
  429. Numbers 11:16 Hebrew “his/its”
  430. Numbers 11:20 Literally “until a period of one month”
  431. Numbers 11:20 Literally “before his face”
  432. Numbers 11:23 Literally “Is Yahweh’s hand short?”
  433. Numbers 11:24 Literally “caused them to stand”
  434. Numbers 11:25 Or “gave it”
  435. Numbers 11:27 Hebrew “the boy”
  436. Numbers 11:29 That is, Yahweh
  437. Numbers 11:32 Literally “arose”
  438. Numbers 11:32 HALOT 330, “a dry measure”
  439. Numbers 11:34 Hebrew “the graves of greediness”
  440. Numbers 11:34 Literally “craved”
  441. Numbers 11:35 Hebrew “the graves of greediness”
  442. Numbers 11:35 Hebrew “they were”
  443. Numbers 12:6 Hebrew “the dream”
  444. Numbers 12:9 Literally “And the nose of Yahweh became hot”
  445. Numbers 12:10 The precise meaning is uncertain; many modern translations suggest “leprosy”
  446. Numbers 12:13 Literally “Please heal please her”
  447. Numbers 13:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  448. Numbers 13:2 Literally “one man one man from the tribe of his father”
  449. Numbers 13:3 Literally “heads”
  450. Numbers 13:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  451. Numbers 13:17 An arid region south of the Judean hills
  452. Numbers 13:21 Or “near Hamath”
  453. Numbers 13:22 An arid region south of the Judean hills
  454. Numbers 13:22 Hebrew “and there”
  455. Numbers 13:23 Or “wadi”
  456. Numbers 13:24 Or “wadi”
  457. Numbers 13:24 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  458. Numbers 13:25 Hebrew “day”
  459. Numbers 13:26 Hebrew “they went and came”
  460. Numbers 13:26 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  461. Numbers 13:27 Hebrew “they told him and said”
  462. Numbers 13:29 An arid region south of the Judean hills
  463. Numbers 13:32 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  464. Numbers 13:32 Literally “men of measurements”
  465. Numbers 13:33 Or “sons”
  466. Numbers 14:1 Hebrew “they lifted up and gave their voice”
  467. Numbers 14:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  468. Numbers 14:4 Literally “A man said to his brother”
  469. Numbers 14:5 Literally “in the presence of”
  470. Numbers 14:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  471. Numbers 14:7 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  472. Numbers 14:7 Literally “the land is very very good”
  473. Numbers 14:9 Literally “Their shadow”
  474. Numbers 14:10 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  475. Numbers 14:11 Hebrew “his”
  476. Numbers 14:12 Hebrew “him”
  477. Numbers 14:12 Hebrew “him”
  478. Numbers 14:12 Hebrew “him”
  479. Numbers 14:13 Hebrew “his”
  480. Numbers 14:14 Literally “say”
  481. Numbers 14:15 Literally “as one man”
  482. Numbers 14:18 Literally “slow of noses”
  483. Numbers 14:18 Literally “lifting up”
  484. Numbers 14:19 Literally “lifted up”
  485. Numbers 14:23 Or “fathers”
  486. Numbers 14:24 Or “he went to”
  487. Numbers 14:25 Literally “sea of reed”
  488. Numbers 14:27 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  489. Numbers 14:27 Literally “they are grumbling”
  490. Numbers 14:28 Literally “declaration of”
  491. Numbers 14:28 Literally “in my ears”
  492. Numbers 14:29 Literally “a son of twenty years”
  493. Numbers 14:30 Literally “I lifted up my hand”
  494. Numbers 14:33 Hebrew “year”
  495. Numbers 14:33 Literally “until to complete your corpses”
  496. Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “day”
  497. Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “day”
  498. Numbers 14:34 Literally “a day for a year a day for a year”
  499. Numbers 14:34 Hebrew “year”
  500. Numbers 14:37 Literally “in the presence of Yahweh”
  501. Numbers 14:39 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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